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The Niggler Cemetery Association's Annual Meeting will be Saturday, Sept. 28, at 10 a.m. at the Osseo United Methodist Church, 16 Second Ave. S.E. in Osseo. The meeting will be in the fellowship hall, which is handicapped accessible.
All gravesite lot owners and families of the ancestors buried in the cemetery and other interested persons are encouraged to attend. The purpose of the meeting is to elect trustee's to the Board for the years 2013-14. The meeting will also share reports from committees, status of financials and other business to come before the meeting, including future plans for the cemetery.
The cemetery is located within the city limits of Osseo at the intersection of County Road 81 and 89th Avenue N.W. (just over the railroad tracks on the immediate left). For further information or questions, contact Secretary/Treasurer Lila Hedlund at 763-425-2927.


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@Metul did you see the demo layout I threw in the Survival state (and the ultra-cute sun I made ).
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Okay guys, so the talk of a new background and color scheme has been circling more and more, and I myself think it is time to create something new. So here is my idea... you tell me what you think of it. Admins: We each come up with an idea we think would be best. Personally, I feel the translucent background is a bad idea, and we should steer clear from it. I've had many editor's complain about it (including myself). So... in this forum.. give us your ideas.
Once all the admin's have put in their idea's, I will contact User:XD1 and have him create a cool new background for each idea.
Then we can create a blog with each screen-cap/picture of each Admin's idea...and let users vote on which they like best. The winning background/theme will then be changed. QueenBuffy 22:49, June 4, 2012 (UTC)
- I would personally vote for this spiffy image of Winterfell burning after the Sack of Winterfell:
- It tonally matches the action of A Storm of Swords, in that you realize "Winterfell has fallen, been sacked and burned. The sh*t is really hitting the fan". --The Dragon Demands 22:55, June 4, 2012 (UTC)
I'd be happy to participate. I think the problem with the visual editor is offputting to new users so we should definitely avoid transparent backgrounds in future. We could rotate our backgrounds if multiple ideas look good. I will aim for just one good one for now but I have high hopes for everyone else!--Opark 77 23:05, June 4, 2012 (UTC)
QueenBuffy's Idea
BACKGROUND IDEA: Have the Stark Banner on the left. Have the Lannister Banner on the right, with a solid background- sorta like this one here NO Translucent background.
COLOR SCHEME IDEA: Something neutral that goes with both banners- maybe light tones- I use XD1's judgement, and can always put input in after I see what he comes up with.
ANY OTHER ELEMENT: Having the Newsfeed on the main page, so we always get current news of GoT.(nevermind, we do have one lol...maybe make it better seen?) I do also like the idea of rotating quotes section.
- ...we have a news feed?!--The Dragon Demands 23:04, June 4, 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, like the one here on my TB main page here - NEVERMIND, we do have it. It's on the right, just small- Maybe make it better seen :)
- ...we have a news feed?!--The Dragon Demands 23:04, June 4, 2012 (UTC)
Opark 77's Idea 1
BACKGROUND IDEA: Have the Iron Throne split across the two sides of the page.
COLOR SCHEME IDEA: Black, grey, orange and red.
ANY OTHER ELEMENT: Quotes on the main page
--Opark 77 18:06, June 7, 2012 (UTC)
Opark 77's Idea 2
BACKGROUND IDEA: Have the relief detail elements from the opening titles as runners on either side of the page e.g. File:Doom of Valyria Title Sequence.jpg.
COLOR SCHEME IDEA: Lighter grey, blue links and red non-links.
ANY OTHER ELEMENT: Quotes on the main page
--Opark 77 18:06, June 7, 2012 (UTC)
I'm not an admin, do I have to be to comment? Serious question, I'm not being sarcastic. Furthermore, I am not aware if I have added to the page correctly, as there was no obvious place to put a comment except the edit button. If my post is in the wrong place, please direct me on where to move it via my talk page, or if this page is indeed only for the admins, then delete it as you see fit, whoever is in charge of this page.
I would definetly recommend a change, as the current background makes the white text one is typing hard to read when editing. I personally would back an idea wherein the four main factions of the third season (I'm assuming the following are the main factions of book 3 as I have not read A Storm of Swords as of June 7th, 2012) -The Starks, Baratheons, Greyjoys, Lannisters all have their sigils on the page but in a compass like positioning i.e Starks to the left, Baratheons at the top, Lannisters to the right and Greyjoys to the bottom.
Thedoucheinthenorth 18:43, June 7, 2012 (UTC)
- Your comment looks fine and your contribution is welcome as far as I am concerned. The current editing issue is easily resolved by switching to source mode. You can do that permanently by altering your settings in Special:Preferences or on a per edit basis by clicking the source mode tab in the dark red bar at the top of the edit window.--Opark 77 19:02, June 7, 2012 (UTC)
Think we are done and ready to get this forum over to XD1? --QueenBuffy 19:07, June 14, 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah, we don't seem to be getting any new suggestions so we should go for it.--Opark 77 10:33, July 8, 2012 (UTC)


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What If?:Dentists could time travel?
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Imagine a wonderful world, full of anesthesia and pain. A world where everyone throughout the entire course of history had a photogenic smile, free of cavities and toothaches. This is the world with dentists capable of time travel. Unfortunately, this isn't the world we live in, due to the lack of a certain device featured in the move Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. However, it sure is fun to consider what the heck would happen!
edit So what would they do first?
If given a functioning time machine the Orthodontic Union for the Care of Human teeth (or O.U.C.H.) would form a new acronym worthy group, called TODA (Time Oriented Dental Association). The individual oral care personnel within the organization would be called T.D.s, or Time Dentists, due to the lack of originality in the future. Although glorified in the future, a Time Dentist's job would be very dangerous, as one accidental push of a button could send you seconds before the meteor that made dinosaurs extinct hits the earth. It would be the duty of TODA to fix the teeth of each client's ancestors upon request. To help you understand how they would do this, here is a short screenplay describing the average day of a T.D.
edit The Adventures Of Nathanial the Time Dentist! (issue 41)
Prologue: It was an average, boring day for Nathanial. However, boring is a relative statement. As a matter of fact, many would consider Nat to have the coolest job in the world. What did he do? Protecting the ages from cavities, whitening teeth across the eras, distributing free dental floss throughout the centuries, he is a Time Dentist!
Nathan: My, Oh my! What an average boring day for our organization, TODA. Isn't that right, Smittens? (In the future, it is an international law that all Dentists must have an assistant with a silly name as part of the ridiculous laws passed in the United Nations, known as the Great April Fools Prank of 2248)
Smittens: Sure is Nathan! Oh look, the Dent-a-Phone is ringing!
Nathan: A client Smittens! We have a client! Put me on the line Smittens!
Smittens: Right away! -pushes a big red button conveniently located within siting distance of his secretary desk thanks to the fantastic engineers who designed it-
Nathan: -holding Dent-a-phone- Your speaking to TD Nathaniel of TODA, how may I help you?........Yes.......Uh huh...........Go on....WHAT?!?!.....Oh no! You mean your distant ancestor Dewey Lewey couldn't marry an attractive female he loved because of his crooked teeth? And he had to settle for someone a tad ugly? AND SHE PASSED DOWN HER UGLYNESS THROUGHOUT YOUR FAMILY'S GENERATIONS?!?!?! This is serious! Quick Smittens! To the Tooth Mobile!
edit After Traveling through Time and Arriving at the Exact Destination of Dewey Lewey by Traveling Faster than the Velocity of the Speed of Light and Manipulating the Gravity of the Universe to Temporarily Cease to Exist as to allow Time Travel to be Possible in Accordance with Einstein's Theory of Relitivity:
Nathan: Ah! Finally done traveling through time and arriving at the exact destination of Dewey Lewey by traveling faster than the velocity of the speed of light and manipulating the gravity of the universe to temporarily cease to exist as to allow time travel to be possible in accordance with Einstein's Theory of Relitivity. Feels wonderful to step back into the realm of time doesn't it smittens?
Smittens: I think I feel time-sick!
Nathan: Walk it off Smittens! Don't be a wussy. Hey look! There's Dewey Lewey!
Dewey Lewey: Hello good oddly dressed chaps! How do things fair on your end?
Nathan: We are quite dandy thank you! Well except for Smittens, he's a tad time sick.
Dewey Lewey: I beg your pardon?
Nathan: Nevermind, just let me have a look at your teeth. -inspects Dewey's fabulous bones designed for chewing- Hrm... everything seems alright. This is quite odd, unless...
Unknown: HAHAHAHAHA! TIME TO RUIN THIS SUCKERS TEETH!
Smittens: Oh no! Its the Sugary Centurion! What will we ever do TD Nathanial?
Nathan: I'm on it! Dental Superpowers, ACTIVATE! -super amazing whoosh noise-
Sugary Centurion: You won't beat me this time TD Nathanial! I have a trick up my sleeve! -rolls back sleeves- SUGAR CANNON, FIRE! -fires sugar cannon-
Nathan: Incredulous jumping incisors! This thing is bound to cause cavities in everything it hits! -pauses for a moment- Wait a minute! I have an idea! Quick Smittens, the chewing gum!
Smittens: Aye-eye TD Nathan! -tosses sugar-free chewing gum to Nathan-
Nathanial: Take this you Enormous Enamel Eroder! -shoves chewing gum in the Sugary Centurion's teeth-
Sugary Centurion: OUCH! My Undernourished teeth make chewing sugar free gum painful! If only I had drank my milk and brushed my teeth daily!
Nathanial: Your under arrest, Sugary Centurion, due to the fact that dentists in the future have legal authority to make public prosecutions! Maybe Next time you'll make your lollipops sugar-free you Crazy Cavity Causer! So what did we learn today Smittens?
Smittens: Always brush your teeth twice a day and floss once a day.
Nathan: Atta-boy Smittens! Atta-boy!
edit Now Back to Reality
These articles is part of Uncyclopedia's 'What If series. See more What If's?
Unfortunately, TD Nathan and his loyal assistant Smittens do not exist. But if the DID exist, this would be a very accurate portrayal of the daily life a TD expiriances. Until the time machine is invented, and until Dentists have the legal right to prosecute people under the full extent of the law, all we can do is dream and imagine what life would be like with dentists capable of Time Travel. Though you have to admit, having your own Tooth Mobile capable of traveling through time and arriving at the exact destination you desire by traveling faster than the velocity of the speed of light and manipulating the gravity of the universe to temporarily cease to exist as to allow time travel to be possible in accordance with Einstein's Theory of Relitivity would be pretty darn awesome.
edit See also
- Dentist
- Time-travelling fried eggs
- Kitten (rhymes with Smittens)
- Alternate Universes I Seriously Hope Do Not Actually Exist


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Dryhill, built on the site of an ancient Roman villa and vineyard, is a beautiful 400-year-old former farmhouse sleeping up to ten people. Approached by a long private rural track leading to a circular driveway, this charming property is surrounded by 14-acres of woodland and gardens.
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Lenovo: New Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks and Increasing Market Shareby Jarred Walton on 6/4/2012 3:30 AM EST
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Pneumothorax - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkDisplay
13.3" Matte 16:9 768p (1366x768)
14" Matte 16:9 768p (1366x768)
What year is this again? Asus is looking better and better... Reply
jramskov - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkMy thoughts exactly - lousy resolution! Asus seems to finally have understood that a nice display is great - Acer seems to have upgraded their new offerings as well. Based on the displays alone, I would avoid these. Reply
SleepyFE - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkWhat is it with everyone and hi-res. Sure it's cool when the display is big but on 13" it's just a bad idea. You can't make good use of the computer if you have to hold a magnifying glass in one hand. You could lower the display res but then why did you overpay. What you should want from a screen if good viewing angles and visibility is strong sun light. Reply
Pneumothorax - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkAt least give us a dang choice.... Also, with tablets going hi-res, web sites are eventually going to be made for higher res. Reply
T2k - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkThey are, already. And yes, gives an a fuckin' CHOICE, stupid cheap Chinese Lenovo. Reply
germinop - Monday, August 06, 2012 - linkwhat are you guys talking about? There are a handful good ones at http://www.squidoo.com/ivy-bridge-ultrabook Reply
T2k - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkWhat is it with any frugal retard who thinks 1600x900 is "hi-res" (sic!)...?
The fact that you stuck with that PoS 1366x768 on your shitty el cheapo 2008 laptop does not mean the world has stopped and should remain there, only to give you cheaper and cheaper (and shittier and shittier) replacement units, you stupid cheap fuck. Reply
T2k - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkPS: (j/k :D) Reply
dagamer34 - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkMy guess is that Windows 8 supports high DPI displays far better than Windows 7 does, so a full HD display with Windows 7 will have some very tiny text. Laptops shipping with windows 8 will fare better with a full HD display. Reply
pcgeek101 - Monday, June 04, 2012 - link1366x768 is a complete joke, even on a 13" screen. Hell, my 10.1" tablet is higher DPI, and even IT looks like crap! Power users and software developers like myself need higher resolution displays, because software does not scale up/down very well. We aren't at the point of having resolution-independent software yet, despite attempts from Microsoft to make a compatible UI framework (Windows Presentation Foundation / WPF).
When will hardware manufacturers GET WITH THE TIMES? This is friggin' 2012!
I really would like to buy a Lenovo unit, but I can't justify throwing away more money on something that won't satisfy me. I tried it with a Samsung Series 5 notebook, and was displeased with the result. Initially I thought I would be OK with it. Reply
T2k - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkSolution: do not buy fuckin Lenovo. Last year I was considering their stuff, now I can clearly say all of them a re junk when it comes to screen and won't be even looking at them. Reply
tuxRoller - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkDepends on the model. At the ideapad level, lenovo is really relying more on design, it seems like. I would grab one of these U series ultrabooks in a flash if they had better specs and battery life (imho these are the nicest looking laptops on the market).
However, at the thinkpad level, things flip and specs improve a lot. Suddenly you get the magnesium chassis, ips screens, great keyboards and awesome battery life (even with the W520). However, these aren't cheap. Reply
T2k - Monday, June 04, 2012 - linkI literally stopped reading the article here: "16:9 768p (1366x768)"
It's 2012 - GFY, Lenovo. Reply


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The Brownlees will be competing against themselves in a small way when the BT Sport Industry Awards are announced at a star studded ceremony in London on Thursday, May 8.
The Brownlee Tri has been nominated in the Participation Event of the Year, sponsored by Robertson Taylor W&P Longreach, but so has the PruHealth World Triathlon Grand Final.
Both Jonathan and Alistair took part in that event last year, with Jonathan coming second.
Other events shortlisted in the category are the Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run, the Prudential RideLondon and the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon and Ultra 2013.
The official shortlist was selected through an extensive steering process involving 50 key industry figures and more than 60 hours of intensive judging, fully overseen by Deloitte, the awards' official independent scrutineers.
The shortlist will now go to the main judging panel, who will decide the winners.
Following on from the success of the inaugural Brownlee Tri, Olympic and world champion brothers Alistair and Jonny Brownlee have announced that registration is open for their North and South triathlons this year.
They also revealed that the two new iconic host venues for 2014 will be and Harewood House, near Leeds.
Brownlee Tri South will take place on June 15, hosted by iconic National Trust property Petworth House and Park in West Sussex, while on September 21 the Brownlee Tri North will take place at Harewood House, near Leeds.
Close to where the brothers grew up and now live, and also where they have trained before, Harewood House provides not only a stunning setting, but the opportunity for entrants to ride the same roads that the Tour de France will race on earlier in the summer.
David Lascelles, Earl of Harewood, said: "I'm delighted that Jonny and Alistair Brownlee are coming to Harewood for the Brownlee Tri.
"People have swum in the lake and run and cycled round the estate before, but I'd be pretty sure that they've never done it as fast as the Brownlees!
"This is a first for us, but not for them - they've trained here for many years. I hope everyone enjoys the day.
"It is a great challenge for the competitors and a wonderful way for spectators to enjoy Harewood."
* For information about getting involved, visit www.brownleetri.com, www.facebook.com/brownleetriathlon or Twitter @Brownleetri.


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Where He Fell
Lt. Raymond Godlewski was a platoon leader in Company L, in the 3rd Battalion of the Army's 17th Infantry Regiment, my late father's unit, a part of the 7th Infantry Division. Lt. Godlewski was killed in action in the Spring of 1945, during the terrible battle of Okinawa, the bloodiest (and last) battle that Americans fought against the Japanese in World War II. He was initially buried in the 7th Division's own cemetery on the island, not far from Hagushi Beach, where the regiment had made the initial landings on April 1st.
My father recalled Lt. Godlewski as late as the 1980's, when he made notes of the men and events that he recalled from his service as an infantry officer during the war in the 17th Infantry Regiment.


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Visit Cliff Kincaid's website at http://www.aim.org/
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Skyhawks clipped in 4A showdown
High school women's basketball team loses tournament final to No. 1-ranked Chinook Coyotes in Lethbridge
Wednesday, Jan 15, 2014 06:00 am
The top two 4A high school women�s basketball teams in Alberta collided in Saturday�s final at the Coyote Invitational Tournament in Lethbridge.
And when the dust settled, the No. 1 Chinook Coyotes emerged victorious against the No. 2 St. Albert Skyhawks.
The host Coyotes outscored the Skyhawks 21-7 in the second quarter to lead 37-19 at halftime, en route to the 61-40 decision.
�I guess that�s why they are No. 1 right now,� said Paige Gaudreau, head coach of the Skyhawks, winners of four-straight 3A provincial gold medals before moving up to 4A this season. �We have lots to work on and improve, but this tournament was great for us because of all the strong competition.�
The eight-team draw featured four teams ranked top-10 in 4A and the No. 1-ranked 3A McCoy Colts of Medicine Hat, losers of the last three 3A provincial finals against the Skyhawks.
The Skyhawks shot only 27 per cent from the field against the Coyotes, long and athletic at most positions.
�We had troubles executing our press, which led to turnovers,� Gaudreau said.
The Skyhawks struggled trying to stop Kacie Bosch, a Team Alberta player who sank a game-high 25 points.
Kayla Ivicak and Marinya Marcichiw, teammates of Bosch on the U17 provincial squad at the 2013 Canada Summer Games, led the Skyhawks with 10 points apiece.
Jessa Ivicak grabbed a team-best 11 rebounds, Marcichiw had seven boards and Kayla pulled down five.
The Skyhawks advanced to the final by defeating the Holy Cross Crusaders of Saskatoon 62-51. At halftime it was knotted at 24.
�Holy Cross played a super up-tempo game, in-your-face pressure D and ran the floor well,� Gaudreau said. �In the second half we did a great job of executing and running our press break, which led to easy scores and was the difference in the game.�
Brielle Wise and Riki Steward paced the attack with 16 points apiece. Wise added eight boards and Steward had six, as the Skyhawks outrebounded the Crusaders at both ends of the floor.
The Skyhawks tipped off the tournament in Friday�s 54-41 win over the Cardston Cougars, ranked 10th in 4A.
The Skyhawks outscored the Cougars 14-9 in the third quarter and 19-11 in the fourth after the first half ended in a 21-all deadlock.
The Ivicak sisters combined for 30 points and 24 rebounds against the Cougars, led by Kayla�s 17 points and 13 boards.
They were named tournament all-stars.
The Skyhawks � 3-1 in metro Edmonton division one (the team�s only loss was 59-53 to the 6-0 Spruce Grove Panthers, ranked No. 5 in 4A) and 11-2 overall � host their invitational tournament Jan. 30 to Feb. 1.
The first league game after the exam break for the two-time defending metro Edmonton premier (now division one) champions is Feb. 4 against the Paul Kane Blues at 6:30 p.m. at the SkyDome.


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(CBS News) The Obama administration is set to unveil new rules Friday. They're designed to help make the air cleaner. They would cut gasoline emissions, but critics warn we'll be paying for them at the pump.
The oil industry says the proposed regulations would increase the price of gas, but clean air advocates say it would be like taking more than 30 million cars off the nation's roads.
EPA to propose rule to clean up tailpipe pollution
Bill Becker, of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, said, "It is the single most important air pollution control strategy that President Obama will likely offer in his second term as president."
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce the proposed rules on Friday. The goal is to cut down on pollution by reducing the amount of sulfur in gasoline by two-thirds.
But there's strong resistance from the oil industry. Bob Greco, of the American Petroleum Institute, told CBS News, "We feel this rule has not been justified, but will have a significant cost on the refining industry. And ultimately, put upward pressure on gasoline prices at a time when our economy doesn't need that."
Republicans in Congress -- as well as some Democrats -- have also pushed back against the effort to change the standards. And it could be years before the proposal actually takes effect.
But supporters say that if, and when, it does, it'll be a game-changer. Becker said, "We know of no other air pollution strategy that can achieve as substantial, as cost-effective, and as immediate emission reductions as this strategy."
Opponents say they don't think it'll make a difference, pointing out that oil producers have already cut gasoline sulfur by 90 percent since 2004. Greco said, "We don't think it will have any environmental impact."
There's also disagreement on how much it will cost drivers.
"They won't notice it," Becker said.
Greco has a different view: "This would be a very difficult pill to swallow."
The White House says the price of gas will go up less than a penny, but the oil industry says it could rise as much as 9 cents a gallon. The new regulations won't take effect for at least another four years. White House officials say if they do take effect, each year they could save 2,400 lives and help 23,000 children avoid respiratory ailments.
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Lead McEnroe wants to hang out with you. Because they hang out with each other way too much, and it's getting weird. Described by The Apiary as "a fearless character creation machine," and "Masters of the art of long-form improv" by Short and Sweet NYC, this long-running Magnet staple presents a show that is certifiably insane, yet oddly eloquent.


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RT is an industrial-grade trouble ticketing system. It lets a group of people intelligently and efficiently manage requests submitted by a community of users. RT is used by systems administrators, customer support staffs, NOCs, developers, and even marketing departments to track issues, outages, bugs, requests, and all kinds of other things at thousands of sites around the world.
Wine is an implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. It does not require Microsoft Windows, but can use native Windows DLLs if they are available. It provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix as well as a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows programs to run on x86-based Unixes.
Tulip is an information visualization framework dedicated to the analysis and visualization of relational data. Tulip aims to provide the developer with a complete library, supporting the design of interactive information visualization applications for relational data that can be tailored to the problems being faced. Written in C++, the framework enables the development of algorithms, visual encodings, interaction techniques, data models, and domain-specific visualizations. One of the goals of Tulip is to facilitate the reuse of components, and it allows developers to focus on programming their application. This development pipeline makes the framework efficient for research prototyping as well as the development of end-user applications. The framework also provides a complete software for visual analysis of relational data having attributes.
GNU TeXmacs is a free wysiwyw (what you see is what you want) editing platform with special features for scientists. The software aims to provide a unified and user friendly framework for editing structured documents with different types of content: text, mathematics, graphics, interactive content. TeXmacs can also be used as an interface to many external systems for computer algebra, numerical analysis, and statistics. New presentation styles can be written by the user and new features can be added to the editor using Scheme.
Check_MK is a complex addon for Nagios/Icinga and consists of three subprojects. The check and inventory system Check_MK is a general purpose Nagios plugin for retrieving data. It adopts a new approach for collecting data and obsoletes NRPE, check_by_ssh, NSClient, and check_snmp. It features a significant reduction of CPU use on the Nagios host and automatic inventory of items to be checked, and is especially useful with larger Nagios installations. "MK Livestatus" gives immediate and fast access to live and historic Nagios status data. It's a supported backend for many addons including NagVis, NagiosBP, and Thruk. "Check_MK Multisite" is a feature complete replacement for the Nagios GUI, and uses MK Livestatus as a backend. It is very fast, and supports efficient distributed monitoring.


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Little girls in blue gingham and ruby-colored shoes could be seen throughout the Akron Civic Theatre, all dressed up for Ballet Theatre of Ohio's performance of "The Wizard of Oz" at the May 3 matinee.
The ballet itself, which featured Dorothy and her friends as they ventured to the Emerald City, also had tap-dancing crows, cute Munchkins, lovely poppies and more. Guests at the theater could find activities beforehand as well, with passports and small prizes given out to younger guests, and the opportunity to walk through the story on the second floor of the theater. Afterward, dancers posed with guests for pictures.
For details on shows or auditions for the Ballet Theatre of Ohio, call 330-688-6065 or visit www.ballettheatreohio.org online.
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It's more than just alliteration; it's a statement, a proclamation that Thursdays are when the weekend should really start. Kicking it off right is the key, and what better way than with a cocktail that not only takes the edge off, but tastes good too. Last week we rounded out Halloween with a gruesome Zombie Cocktail; now that it's November we're plunging head-first into the fall.
Leaves are gathering on lawns, crunching up side by side in colorful piles, and it's getting cold! Cold enough to wear sweaters, comfy socks and knitted hats, lie under blankets and hold something warm and alcoholic between your hands. With cinnamon, orange and clove, our Spiced Cabernet is ideal for autumn days and nights. So heat up a pot, ladle it into a round of mugs and toast to the season. Bottoms up, folks.
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1 cup sugar, plus more to taste
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2 small or 1 large cinnamon sticks
1 navel orange
In a large non-reactive saucepan, combine Cabernet, 1 cup sugar, cloves, and cinnamon sticks. Cut the orange in half and juice both halves into the bowl; then add the orange halves to the pan. Heat over medium-low until steaming but not boiling. Let cook over low heat for about 30 minutes to blend flavors.
Season with more sugar to taste, if desired. Ladle from pot into mugs, making sure not to serve any stray cloves or pieces of orange.
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As you may know, the ME/CFS Worldwide Patient Alliance has been sponsoring a contest for patients to create videos that can be used as a Public Service Announcement (PSA) for ME/CFS. The winning video will be sent to TV stations all across the nation.
Six excellent videos have been created and entered in the contest, but now MCWPA needs your help!
Use this link to the MCWPA Discussion Forum, where you will find a Discussion Topic created for each of the PSA contest entries. Click on the link to watch the YouTube videos, then leave your thoughts and opinions on each one in the discussion forum. Entrants will then have a chance to revise their videos, based on your feedback, before final voting on the winner. Sounds like fun, right? Go on over there now and let your voice be heard! This is your chance to add your own thoughts to a national ME/CFS awareness campaign.
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Well, Arizona had to lose eventually, right?
I'm not sure I subscribe to the "getting a loss out of the way is good in the long run" theory, but if we learned anything from Thursday's 70-66 loss to Oregon or an 80-70 win on Saturday against Oregon State, it's that Arizona will at least have a chance to win every game.
Now, the Wildcats struggled against the Ducks, and they didn't look like the fourth-best team in the country. For much of the game, Arizona didn't even look like the fourth-best team in the Pac-12.
Oregon exploited the Wildcats' biggest, glaring weaknesses — breaking a zone defense, defending the long ball — but it also showed how dangerous Arizona might be come March.
Monday, Arizona dropped from its No. 4 ranking to No. 7, and that's fine. In reality, the Wildcats weren't the fourth-best team in the nation. But they might be soon as we inch closer to the Pac-12 and NCAA tournaments.
Solomon Hill and Nick Johnson are consistent, safe and the surest bets on Arizona's roster, and Kevin Parrom is close behind.
Mark Lyons might take a few ill-advised shots, and turn the ball over a bit much from the point guard position, but his scoring prowess and clutch free throw shooting might be the biggest reason Arizona started 14-0 in the first place.
Lyons, Johnson, Parrom and Hill are the Wildcats' team leaders, but Arizona's chances of going deep into March rests on the shoulders of its three youngest players.
No more evident than in the two-game Oregon road trip, Grant Jerrett, Brandon Ashley and Kaleb Tarczewski will be the difference makers for this year's squad.
Last year, Arizona struggled because of a lack of height.
That's not the only reason the Wildcats didn't make the NCAA tournament for the second time in three years, but starting a 6-foot-7 Jesse Perry at center often put the UA at an inherent disadvantage down low.
That's changing with the emergence of the Wildcats' talented young trio, despite their struggles Thursday night.
They combined to shoot 3-of-13 with seven points and 11 rebounds.
More than the other two, growing pains were expected for the 7-foot Tarczewski. As head coach Sean Miller has said, developing 7-footers is not an overnight process.
He has shown flashes of what he can do, and he's easily the Wildcats' best rebounder. If he can figure it out, and maybe not hold onto the ball so long, he gives Arizona a weapon not many teams can employ.
Jerrett and Ashley in particular have struggled lately.
Against Utah on Jan. 5, Miller benched Ashley for much of the second half because of some defensive struggles he said "any fan could see."
But the 6-foot-8 Ashley has shown an impressive scoring ability.
He's had 10 games of nine points or more and is shooting an impressive 56.4 percent from the field, but he also had six games of three points or less and turns the ball over a bit too much.
Entering the Oregon State game, though, Jerrett scored zero points against Oregon, zero against Utah and one against San Diego State — a 10-point effort against Colorado notwithstanding.
If Jerrett could utilize his length (he has a 7-foot-2 wingspan), and work from the inside out instead of the other way around to capitalize on his shooting ability, Arizona will be better for it.
Against Oregon State on Saturday, Hill made five three-pointers, Parrom two, Lyons had 16 points and five assists, while Johnson added 14 points, six rebounds and five assists of his own.
But, stellar play from the freshmen — less Tarczewski, more Jerrett and Ashley — was the key to Arizona's first double-digit victory since a 19-point win against Miami on Dec. 23.
Ashley, who was benched in favor of Parrom against Oregon, returned to the starting lineup and made an efficient 6-of-8 shots, scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds.
Jerrett only scored eight points, but hit two three-pointers, had five rebounds and swatted six shots.
Keep an eye on the progression of Ashley, Jerrett and Tarczewski because if their progression keeps in the right direction, Arizona might be a force to be reckoned with.
•This story was courtesy of the Arizona Daily Wildcat.
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Monday August 21
Anquan tells the guys about his plans for the future plus talks about his time with the Cardinals
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Friday August 18
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Gianfranco Zola claimed Watford's superb fourth goal on Saturday was an example of what they are trying to achieve at the club.
The Hornets made more than ten passes in the build-up to Cristian Battocchio's goal, which rounded off an emphatic 4-0 victory over Huddersfield.
Play started in Watford's own half and involved five different players, as their slick passing and movement delighted the Vicarage Road crowd.
Zola said: "I think that [the fourth goal] is exactly what we want to do; building up an understanding and connection between the players. Knowing that if one player has the ball then the others are not out of it and everyone is involved.
"Even players that are not in close range of the ball, they know the ball is going to get there and that is exactly what happened in the fourth goal. A lot of players were involved, there was a lot of good movement, understanding and in the end a perfect finish. I was delighted."
Battocchio made his third start of the season at the weekend following his reintroduction into the side the previous week at Middlesbrough.
The Argentine-born midfielder impressed in both matches and is currently keeping club captain John Eustace out of the side following his injury.
Zola said: "We were just talking about Cristian because when he came here, he was nowhere near what he is now. But he stayed out [the team], he was in the stand more than once, but never complained and kept working and now he is getting back all those sacrifices due to the patience he showed in the first half of the season."
Another player who has found first team football hard to find this season is Craig Forsyth but he came back into the starting XI on Saturday due to Daniel Pudil's late withdrawal because of his son's illness.
Zola praised Forsyth's performance, saying: "I clapped everybody at the end of the game, but I clapped Craig more than the others. I selected him for the game at the last minute because we had a problem with Pudil. He came on and he did his job very well. He proved he can do a good job for this club."


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Backed by key hits, Cobb upstages Pettitte
ST. PETERSBURG -- Alex Cobb brought the magic on Wednesday night as the Rays closed out a much-needed winning homestand with a 3-0 victory over the Yankees at Tropicana Field with 19,177 watching.
Cobb picked up his third win of the season with 8 1/3 sensational innings, while Ben Zobrist and Sean Rodriguez came through with big hits to pace the Rays' offense.
"I felt really good out there tonight," Cobb said. "I knew throwing out my first bullpen [session] that I was going to have good fastball location. … When you have that mindset going into the first couple of innings, you get in kind of a groove and things just start to work out for you."
The 25-year-old Cobb entered the ninth having allowed just two singles and a walk, but Brett Gardner's clean single through the right side with one out ended the right-hander's night after 105 pitches and seven strikeouts.
"He has a good idea how to pitch, man," Gardner said. "Like anybody else, if he's hitting his spots and mixing and matching his curveball and his changeup in there, throwing his fastball on the inside corner, [he'll succeed]. He threw well."
Joe Maddon was criticized for lifting ace David Price in favor of Fernando Rodney in the ninth inning of Tuesday night's 4-3 loss. But the previous night's decision did not affect the Rays manager's thinking on Wednesday night.
"[Cobb] was going out there with the thought of, 'One man on, he was done,'" Maddon said. "That's how I had it set up with the bullpen guys. He still had really good stuff. They were coming to their really thick part of the order again, and once he got up to 106 with a man on base, I thought that was the right time to bring Fernando in."
Rodney followed, recording his third save in four opportunities despite allowing the Yankees' fourth and final single to bring the tying run to the plate, first in the form of Robinson Cano, then Travis Hafner. Rodney retired both.
"It's nice having Fernando in that particular moment," Maddon said. "He's fine. He's going to have a great season once again. To get Cano and Hafner, that's pretty impressive stuff. That is a real closer mentality with great stuff."
By winning, the Rays finished their homestand with a 5-1 mark, which sat particularly well after the club went 2-7 on its first road trip of the season.
"That was a tough road trip," Cobb said. "It was becoming not too fun to be in the clubhouse. And we definitely made up for that during this homestand with fun."
Cobb referenced Maddon's decision to bring in a magician, a DJ, a cockatoo and penguins during the course of the homestand in an effort to relax his team.
Tampa Bay moved to 10-11 on the season as it prepares to open a 10-game road trip through Chicago, Kansas City and Colorado.
After 4 1/2 scoreless innings featuring the best of starters Andy Pettitte and Cobb, the Rays broke serve.
Pettitte, who had struck out seven Rays through four, hit Jose Molina on the left foot to start the fifth. Kelly Johnson followed with a single to right that Yankees right fielder Brennan Boesh let roll through his legs to put runners on second and third.
Pettitte recovered to strike out Desmond Jennings and Ryan Roberts, but the veteran left-hander could not escape the jam unscathed. Zobrist drove a 2-1 pitch to the right-center-field gap for a two-run double to put the Rays up, 2-0.
"It was just really not a great sequence for me," Pettitte said. "It wasn't a terrible pitch, but obviously it was the wrong pitch at that time."
Rodriguez homered to center field to lead off the bottom of the sixth and push the lead to 3-0.
"I just told myself to be aggressive," Rodriguez said. "He had a high pitch count, and he had been obviously getting to each one of us, finding a way to get to each one of us. Zo had that quality at-bat with those two runners on; that was big to pick us up. I just wanted to get on leading off. .. Fortunately, I got a good pitch to hit."
Despite allowing just three runs (two earned) and striking out 10 in six innings, Pettitte took his first loss, falling to 3-1 on the season.
"He had good stuff," Maddon said of Pettitte. "He had really good stuff. His velocity was up to 91 [mph]. Slider, cutter, fastball location -- everything was really good. I was impressed that we got three runs on him. I thought, 'This guy's not going to give anything up tonight. I could see 0-0 late in the game.' That was pretty impressive."
Not only did the Rays right the ship during the homestand, they also settled into the identity forecast for them this season.
"We're going to pitch," Rodriguez said. "That's basically what we built our team on this year -- good pitching, good defense and timely hitting."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A DOG and two puppies were seized from a house in Blackburn when police executed a dangerous dogs warrant.
Officers attended the address in Railton Avenue after Twin Valley Homes had been informed there was a suspected American pit bull, which had given birth to a litter of eight puppies.
Two of the puppies, a bitch and a dog and their mother Roxy, were taken to a local kennels where they will be tested to confirm if they are a banned breed.
American pit bulls are one of four breeds of dog that are on a list on banned dogs in the UK.
Sgt Conrad Tapp, from Blackburn's South West Neighbourhood Policing team, said it was understood the other six puppies from the litter, which are thought to have been crossbread with an American bull dog, had been sold on.
He said: "Initial indications are that the female dog is an American pit bull which is a banned breed.
"It is classed as a fighting dog so it was imperative for us to recover the dog.
"We are led to believe that six of the litter have been sold within the local community.
"The dogs we seized need to be examined to confirm they are pit bulls and inquiries are ongoing."
Sgt Tapp appealed for anybody who might have been sold one of the puppies or had any information about where they were to come forward. He said: "I am quite keen to retrieve the puppies that have been sold and would ask for the co-operation of members of the public, who should bear in mind that these pups have been bred for a suspected banned dog.
"I would urge any member of the public who thinks they might have bought one of the animals to go and get them examined.
"If not, they could be leaving themselves, their loved ones and immediate family at risk because we do not know what temperament the puppies will have."
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Pit bull profile
- American pit bulls are medium-sized, solidly built, short-haired dogs.
- It is thought their early ancestors came from England and Ireland and the breed was first used to bait bulls and bears.
- Twelve countries in Europe, as well as Australia, Canada, Ecuador, Malaysia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore and Venezuela have some kind of legislation on these kinds of dogs.
- According to the United Kennel Club, 'this breed is eager to please and brimming over with enthusiasm'.
- Their average life expectancy is between 12 to 14 years.


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Linear regression is commonly used in modeling the behavior of a dependent variable (output) using a set of independent variables (inputs or regressors). In this talk, I will consider the problem of constrained linear regression when data are accumulating over time and the error terms are not necessarily exogenous. In many large-scale stochastic or dynamic programming problems, finding the exact optimal solution is computationally prohibitive. Thus, we attempt to approximate optimal policies by identifying good approximations for recourse functions (in stochastic programming) or value functions (in dynamic programming). In certain applications, it is essential to account for the structural properties of the problem (e.g., theoretical bounds on regression parameters) in these approximations in order to achieve better convergence speed and improve the quality of solutions. I will demonstrate that the inclusion of such regulatory constraints enhances the stability of approximations by replacing the assumption of no collinearity in incoming data with a milder condition. Other applications of this problem include a wide range of stochastic and dynamic programs where recourse or value functions can be adequately approximated with separable concave or convex functions. I will discuss how constrained least squares permit the use of separable linear or smooth splines in approximating these functions while also satisfying desired convexity or concavity conditions. I will present an algorithm using a primal active-set and the Schure-complement methods to solve constrained least squares problems in real-time as data are accumulating. Finally, I will establish a set of conditions under which the estimates provided by the proposed algorithm are consistent, i.e., they converge to the true parameter values in probability.
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Given the vast potential range of human behaviour, parking your car at the top of loading ramp is hardly one of the most obnoxious moves you could make.
But the move becomes a bit more questionable if you choose to park your car every day in a spot that inconveniences other motorists. And if you're the person in charge of the organization in question, such a move becomes outright uncouth.
But when you're the senior public servant for the City of Winnipeg, going out of your way to obtain a special parking spot at the rear of city hall's Administration Building borders on an outrageous act.
This is not because Phil Sheegl, Winnipeg's chief administrative officer, doesn't deserve a convenient parking spot. In fact, as the head of a billion-dollar corporation that employs more than 8,000 people, Winnipeg's CAO is entitled to the best available stall in any city-owned parking facility.
As it happens, the Civic Centre Parkade, the closest parking facility to city hall, was the best place for Sheegl, Mayor Sam Katz and other members of city council to leave their vehicles. But the Princess Street facility has been shuttered since the end of the summer due to structural-safety problems that flow directly from a decision made by the very same organization Sheegl runs.
What's outrageous is Winnipeg's CAO, the person ultimately responsible for the closing of the Civic Centre Parkade, appears unaffected by its closure. By choosing to park at the top of a loading ramp -- whether or not he's in the way of delivery vehicles -- Phil Sheegl has chosen to send a remarkable message about accountability.
Built in 1966, the Civic Centre structure is one of two enclosed parkades owned and operated by the Winnipeg Parking Authority. The Millennium Library Parkade, completed in 1976, requires $3.3 million worth of repairs.
Back in 2010, the Winnipeg Parking Authority warned senior city officials the Civic Centre Parkade required $6.2 million worth of repairs as well. So a plan was hatched to spend part of the proceeds from the $23.6-million sale of the Winnipeg Square Parkade to fix up the Civic Centre structure.
The original idea was to set aside $2 million for the work once a decision was made about the parkade's future. But the following year, the city decided to put off that plan.
Instead, the city spent $606,000 on "emergency repairs" -- that would allow the parkade to remain open for another five years. In theory, this would allow officials to make a decision about the parkade's future in 2014, when the Winnipeg Police Service moves into new headquarters in the former Canada Post building on Graham Avenue.
But the Civic Centre Parkade didn't make it that far. An unfavourable late-summer engineering report led the Winnipeg Parking Authority to suddenly shutter the structure on a Friday evening in September. Barricades then went up around the building, which now stands as a colossus of useless concrete across almost an entire block of Princess Street.
The Winnipeg Police Service, which used to rent 134 of the parkade's stalls, has been forced to commandeer a block of James Avenue for use as a surface-parking lot. City councillors and other officials were then forced to rent space from private parkades. And there is little hope of actually repairing the parkade, as it would cost $11.3 million just to extend its life another 15 years.
Both the Winnipeg Parking Authority and civic accommodations -- the city utility responsible for municipal buildings -- would love to demolish this parkade. But that won't happen because the police service still uses an underground parkade that lies below the structure.
And even if the parkade could be dismantled, the southern portion of the property cannot be sold to any buyer other than a government or non-profit entity, thanks to the 138-year-old caveat that demands the land be used for public purposes. The same caveat also applies to the Public Safety Building, the existing police headquarters, which also risks becoming an empty husk of brutalist architecture when the new police digs are ready next year.
The cost of those new digs is now a cool $194 million, when you factor in the purchase price, the reconstruction work, the consolidation of various police functions and the financing. But the potential for recouping this tally from the sale of PSB or the Civic Centre Parkade is bleak, thanks to both the caveat and a shortage of potential buyers.
In other words, city hall keeps making decisions without considering the ramifications of what lies around the corner. While every level of government makes short-sighted moves, most officials take great pains to at least appear contrite about those decisions. Civil servants in particular are expected to accept responsibility for their decisions.
But the City of Winnipeg is a special place where optics don't seem to matter to anyone. Certainly not to city councillors, who voted last week to spend more money on themselves while raising property taxes and cutting grants to non-profits. Certainly not to the CAO's office, which installed the infamous "Three Wise Monkeys" at its entrance in defiance of the fact those simians signify turning a blind eye to wrongdoing.
And certainly not to the CAO himself, who does not appear to be inconvenienced by the sudden closure of the Civic Centre Parkade, one of the four original components of a modernist Civic Centre campus that served as one of downtown Winnipeg's original revitalization projects.
Again, Phil Sheegl deserves a good parking spot. Given his position, he shouldn't even have to pay for it.
But maybe he should shell out some money for some advisers capable of seeing, hearing and speaking of any evil that comes across their desks, no matter how esoteric.
"You know what, boss? Maybe you shouldn't park on top of a loading ramp when everyone else has to make do," such an adviser might say.
"But of course," would be the correct response. Unless, of course, you have a plan to reopen the Civic Centre Parkade, dispose of the Public Safety Building and maybe even fix the Sherbrook Pool for good measure.


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Sophomore Taylor Gushue's bases-loaded, two-run single in the bottom of the eighth erased a 3-2 Miami lead and Florida went on to defeat Miami, 6-4, Saturday night before a chilled McKethan Stadium crowd of 3,899, ending a six-game losing streak while handing the No. 21 Hurricanes their first defeat of the season.
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"I felt relaxed and I didn't try to do too much," Gushue said. "I just tried to put a good swing on the ball, and that's what happened."
"We've been looking for a guy to step up and swing the bat all year long," UF coach Kevin O'Sullivan said. "That was a big one."
UF freshman starter Tucker Simpson was able to work out of jams in each of the first three innings, as the Hurricanes left five men on base, including three in scoring position, but he ran out of luck in the top of the fourth when Miami (10-1) used a one-out infield hit and stolen base by Michael Broad and a two-out, bloop RBI single off the bat of Brandon Lopez to take a 1-0 lead.
The Gators (4-7) answered in the fourth, with some help.
Sophomore third baseman Zack Powers stroked a one-out single to left and ended up at third moments later when Miami starter Javi Salas threw wildly to first on an attempted pickoff.
Gushue, who was 2-for-3 on the night and drove in three runs, followed with a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Powers to tie things at 1-all and end a career-high 14 2/3-inning scoreless streak for Salas.
Simpson, however, could not protect the lead.
Miami's Alex Hernandez led off the fifth inning with a single, and Chantz Mack followed with a well-placed bunt to put two men on with no outs.
Clean-up batter David Thompson then laid down a sacrifice bunt and Powers threw wildly to first, allowing Hernandez to score with the go-ahead run and Mack to reach third.
A passed ball on Gushue allowed Mack to score one pitch later and make it 3-1, and after fanning Miami's Brad Fieger for his career-high sixth strikeout, Simpson was pulled for sophomore reliever Ryan Harris, who threw 3 1/3 innings of one-hit, shutout ball to keep the 'Canes at bay.
"I think what kind of gets lost is that Ryan Harris did a really nice job," O'Sullivan said.
Sophomore second baseman Casey Turgeon led off the UF sixth with a home run into the Miami bullpen in right-center to cut the 'Canes led to 3-2.
Salas went six innings before giving way to lefty reliever A. J. Salcines.
Salcines (2-1), who took the loss, gave up a lead-off walk to Turgeon to lead off the eighth, and Justin Shafer followed with a double to left-center.
Salcines then hit Powers to load the bases with nobody out. Gushue made him pay with his long two-run single.
Reliever Adam Sargent took over for Salcines and proceeded to wild pitch two more runs across the plate before the inning ended.
Miami added a run off UF closer and winner Johnny Magliozzi (1-0) on back-to-back, two-out doubles by Mack and Thompson before he retired Fieger on a fly ball to center to end the game.
UF freshman shortstop Richie Martin extended his team-high hitting streak to nine games.
The teams will meet in the three-game series finale today at 1 p.m.
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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. (February 22, 2012) - Brett Chance netted a career high 18 points to trump the Tars short bench as Rollins posted a 57-47 win at Barry Wednesday.
The victory keeps Rollins (16-9, 9-6 SSC) in line for a top seed and first round home game in the Sunshine State Conference Tournament. Barry drops to 12-15 overall and 6-9 in conference play.
Chance hit 7-of-10 from the field, including four 3-pointers, to pace the Tars and better his previous career best of 14 set against Webber International earlier in the year.
Myk Brown added 16 points and six rebounds while Ian Scott posted seven points and a career-best 10 rebounds.
Jermaine Edwards led Barry with a double-double, tallying 14 points and 10 rebounds. Evan White chipped in 13-points off the bench.
Rollins starters outscored Barry's first-five 47-16 on the night.
The Tars got off to a good start and led 14-6 halfway through the first period. A White triple with 6:20 left in the half pulled the Bucs to within 19-17 but the Tars finished the period on a 10-1 run and led 29-18 at the half.
Rollins pushed the lead to 12 three times early in the second half, but a late Barry run closed the gap to 43-39 with four minutes to play. Another Chance 3-pointer sparked a quick 6-0 Tars run and they converted 9-of-10 from the stripe down the stretch to hold on for the win.
The Tars will close the regular season on Saturday, Feb. 25 at Nova Southeastern. Tipoff is schedule for 4 p.m. from Ft. Lauderdale. Fans can follow all the action live on the Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com and locally on 91.5 FM, WPRK.


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On 2 June I saw my first workers of B terrestris/lucorum and B pascuorum, plus my first male of the season, inevitably B pratorum (on a strawberry flower). I had only seen queens of five of the commoner species, and a few B pratorum workers, in the Edinburgh area.
On 4 June there was a queen B campestris on broom just north of Torphichen, West Lothian. It was almost all yellow-orange, either its natural colouring or due to a coating of pollen. Had this been the north coast I would have wondered whether it was B distinguendus, but this is 200 miles or more from the nearest population of that species.
Today i have seen my first males, one early bumble and one red-tailed male. Exciting times. Remember the males cannot sting, so please handle them gently, they love it
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conducted a very disappointing BeeWalk survey yesterday in Pilrig Park Edinburgh.
Only one bumblebee, my first male B pratorum (Early bumblebee) of 2013. Although at least I saw 2 other bumblebees off-transect.
It was unusually chilly yesterday morning, so I don't know if low temps locally were to blame or if it's a consequence of the generally late Spring.
The first male bumblebee appeared on BeeWatch in the last week of May but the last few days more are appearing.
This is much later than last year.
kind regards, elaine
Saw the first male bumblebee of the year today as well - an early bumblebee on the geranium just outside our front door. His yellow moustache was lovely!
I live in High Wycombe, down in the Chilterns.
There are a good number of bumblebees foraging around here at present - a great relief after the awful summer last year; and a never-ending winter.
I'm seeing many B. pratorum drones around at present, and the numbers are increasing.
They are working Raspberries amongst other flowers.
I have also seen at least one each of the following species in the last few days:
B. terrestris.
B. hortorum.
B. lapidarius.
B. hypnorum - nest surveillance seems to have started at a colony I've moved to my garden - but not continuous as yet. (See B. hypnorum 2013 thread.)
I'm looking out for B. lucorum - but don't think I've seen one yet !
Yours Clive


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A SUPERMARKET security guard was taken to hospital after a fleeing shoplifter drove a car into him.
The thief, who had stolen some wine, got into a vehicle pursued by the security guard.
The car then hit the guard and left the scene.
The drama occurred at Sainsbury's in Pitwines Close, Poole, at 1.29pm, on Thursday lunchtime.
Detective Sergeant Julie Dransfield of Bournemouth and Poole CID, said that, fortunately, the security guard was not seriously injured.
She added: "The offending vehicle is a blue Citroen Xsara and two men were seen in the car. One of them is described as white, approximately 45 years old and of athletic build.
"He is bald and was wearing a white shirt under a grey blazer and dark jeans."
A spokesperson for South Western Ambulance Service confirmed that they received a call at 1.31pm and an ambulance crew attended to a man who received leg and ankle injuries after being hit by a car.
The man was taken to Poole Hospital to receive treatment.
Sainsbury's confirmed that an incident occurred at its store in Pitwines Close which involved a shoplifter stealing an amount of alcohol.
The spokesperson said that the security guard gave chase and as he turned a corner outside the store, he was hit by a car.
Detective Sergeant Dransfield urged witnesses and anyone with information to contact Dorset Police on 101, quoting incident number 26:206.
Alternatively, call the free and anonymous Crimestoppers line on 0800 555 111.


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Pasadena area schools took extra precautions on campuses Friday following news of a mass shooting in Connecticut, requesting increased patrols and reminding parents about security measures.
"It's always on your mind, and it's human nature to think that it could happen here," said David Davis, the emergency preparedness manager at Pasadena Unified School District.
Elementary campuses conduct safety drills for various scenarios, including fires and threats, at least once per month, Davis said.
"The younger ones are more well versed," he said.
Pasadena police chief Philip Sanchez said the department is "conspicuously aware" of threats against public and private schools.
"We are not immune to violence," Sanchez said. "We consistently work with public and private school partners in conducting security checks even if it something like having visitors check in at the front desk."
The tactics employed in mass shootings have changed over the years, Sanchez said.
In the past, the strategy was to get people out of the location as fast as possible, but the lesson learned in the wake of the 2008 Virginia Tech tragedy altered the way law enforcement manages mass shootings.
More often, people are told to "shelter in."
"What it allows you to do is to know the environment you are in," Sanchez said. "You can lay low, lock the door. It buys you enough time for law enforcement to arrive."
Pasadena Unified has a shelter in place policy, and put it into practice during a gun scare at Muir High School in May. A student was seen with a weapon that turned out to be an Airsoft gun.
Guns are prohibited on PUSD campuses, and can lead to suspension or expulsion.
San Gabriel Unified School District Superintendent David Yoshihara said the district schools have a "lock down" policy in place should a shooting occur on or near campus. The district also partners closely with the San Gabriel Police Department to handle a crisis situation, and teachers and administrators participated in an "active shooter" training this summer.
"We rely a lot on the police and their guidance," Yoshihara said.
Yoshihara said all SGUSD schools are also closed campuses, meaning that visitors must enter through the school office.
"I think the more districts do that I think it just adds that level of deterrence of someone thinking it's an easy opportunity," he said.
Alhambra Unified School District Superintendent Laura Tellez said AUSD has officers on campus and on patrol to ensure school safety, as well as many programs to prepare teachers to deal with a dangerous situation.
She said the district also has a close partnership with Alhambra Police Department.
"PD called me first thing this morning to alert us and assure us that they will continue with extra vigialnce," Tellez said.
In addition, Laurel Bear of the district's Gateway to Success program, said the district has a focus on mental health among students, staff and parents, which she said is essential to keeping a save and successful environment.
"We focus constantly on mental health," Bear said. "Our kids need to be in a good place emotioinally and socially and it is critical for them to reach their academic potential."
Staff Writer Lauren Gold contributed to this report.


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responsive website design testing on iPad portrait & landscape orientations with viewport width=device-widthportrait version shows perfectly what one would expect for 768pxlandscape version (1024px) shows a mimic of the narrow portrait version and ignores the media queryeffectively blowing up the content and disregarding the extra available horizontal spaceis this really a default iOS behaviour? or an iOS bug?most android tablets act perfectly well for both orientationsinitial-scale=1.0 has been suggested by some but highly frowned upon by otherscan we come to an agreement about this for the sake of our common mental health?
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initial-scale=1.0 has been suggested by some but highly frowned upon by others
Who frowns upon it? Are you sure? It's fair enough to frown on disabling user scaling altogether, but starting at 1.0 scale is perfectly reasonable. :-/
pasting 5 snippets of text from a conversation i had with an expert commercial programmer about initial-scale and iPad orientation:
There is no reason to use initial-scale. Just don't use it.
iPads, in viewport mode, display 1024 pixels horizontally. Period. Unless you set initial-scale, in which case, things go out of whack when you change orientation.
The iPad is effectively 1024 pixels wide in both landscape and portrait mode when you design a responsive layout.
We do not use initial-scale. We do not recommend using initial scale. If you want to use initial-scale, then that is certainly your prerogative.
The initial-scale attribute should not be used as it screws up the display when changing orientation. Trust me, we've done enormous amounts of testing on this.
a second opinion is very welcome here, please leave your feedback.
What was his comment about your original issue, which initial-scale fixed?
If you don't use initial scale then your media queries for portrait and landscape are useless because the device will just assume the page is 980px wide and shrink it to fit resulting in a zoomed layout in layout mode and not an optimised one as far as I can tell.
If you aren't using media queries then you don't need the actual meta tag at all anyway because you aren't catering for smaller devices. Even if you create a fully fluid site the smaller device will just assume the page is 980px wide and shrink it until it fits in the viewport.
If you are using media queries then it is imperative that the meta tag is added with "width=device-width" or the mobile device (or tablet) will again assume the page is 980px wide and shrink it microscopically until it fits. The initial-scale=1.0 is to stop the text from being resized when changing from portrait to landscape as you can often tell because the line length contains the same number of words which means its just been zoomed (this seems to be the trigger for the zoomed layout on the old ios5) .
The problem you mention with the change to landscape was fixed in ios6 and my ipad shows no such problem with changing from portrait to landscape with your layout. Previous to ios6 the fix was to set initial scale to 1 but also set 'maximum-scale=1.0' or 'user-scalable=no'. The problem with this approach is that as mentioned before it stops users from also pinching and zooming so was not the best option. There are some scripts about that fix this issue.
However, as I mentioned above this is no longer an issue in ios6 and 7 so is it really worth while to add it?
The initial-scale attribute should not be used as it screws up the display when changing orientation. Trust me, we've done enormous amounts of testing on this
Note that the html5 boilerplate created by the brightest minds in the industry use this:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
Paul, first YES we are using media queries, however...i am not sure if the bug that was fixed in ios6 is the same bug i am trying to highlight herethat layout you link to is from another post, the correct page is without initial-scale and was tested on ios7:http://sinfronteras.edu.mx/p7/fine5.htmwhere you can see it behaves as described and as shown in the screenshots.
When i added initial-scale=1.0 to that layout it displayed perfectly on ios7 in landscapehttp://sinfronteras.edu.mx/p7/fine4.htmi thought i had found a great fix, however, the responsive menu developer started to tell me NOT to use initial-scale=1.0 (go figure!)
Ralph, his comments about my "fix" are all above and he basically persuaded me to stop using initial-scaleand accept the blowing up or zooming in effect in landscape mode which he claims is the apple bugi agree with Paul that many bright minds in the industry use initial-scale=1.0but this guy is also very well versed in responsive layout and has no reason to liemost importantly he also has many working examples online which do not use initial-scale:
so, where does that leave us?
I thought I knew what I was talking about but even I'm getting confused now I have revised some of my comments above to reflect this. It seems there are two issues. Zoomed layout and zoomed text.
The bug is evident because you didn't have the initial-scale=1.0 in place. Without it, it behaves like ios5 and just zooms the portrait view text in landscape mode.
Yes its a strange thing to say as the fix worked exactly as I thought it would.
I can't really understand their stance on this (p7) and when I indeed look at that project seven page you linked to on the ipad I see that it has the same problem as your page in that the landscape view is a zoomed version of the portrait view. You can tell this because they both have exactly the same number of words per line except in landscape mode the text is enlarged. Initial scale would fix this.
The issue isn't as clear cut as I thought and others have discussed other methods
Project7 has been around for some time and so I withdraw my earlier comments about not trusting them but I don't understand the logic behind the statement to remove the initial scale. As you can see from my demo of your page it works well in landscape and portrait. Their examples seem to be portrait versions of the ipad and the same version in landscape just a bit larger rather than a larger width page.
There may be something that I'm missing so I would like to see current examples of where initial scale fails or doesn't do a good job. It's only by threads like this that we can gather more information anyway and hopefully move forward.
I think I need to do some more testing after a good nights sleep:)
I recently helped turn a fixed-width site into a somewhat mobile friendly site, in that mobile styles kick in at a certain point via @media rules. It's a bit of a mess doing this, but seems to work OK.
The site's wrapper is 1040px in width. On tablets, the client wanted some left/right padding, and on tiny screens everything drops to a single column. It all worked really well just using
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
The content fits nicely on the iPad screen—from side to side—even though its pixel width is wider than 1024px. I don't really understand why, though.
If I add initial-scale=1, the layout is too wide on iPad—which I do understand, but I don't want that, of course. So leaving off initial-scale does have its uses—even if because I've done something wrong!
Paul, you understand completely the issue at hand, thanks for getting your mind around it. lets see what people have to say. i spent the last few days trawling the web using various search terms, and nothing has come up about this. maybe the project7 attitude of not doing anything about it, and letting iOS act natively, is the best option? or as you very wisely asked, what would be the disadvantage of correcting the issue with what seems to be a VERY common attribute (initial-scale).
a simple sample test for iPad users,in horizontal landscape mode please note the difference between these 2 pages:
one has the initial-scale=1.0 meta tag and the other has no initial-scale set (only width=device-width)you will see that initial-scale=1.0 forces your iPad to use the full width of the device in landscapedo you as an iPad user prefer and expect that? fine4.htmor do you prefer seeing the narrow portrait version blown up when in landscape? fine5.htm
You must have something else going on there Ralph. This example is 1040px fixed width with no initial scale and it sticks out the side in portrait mode as expected. If you switch to landscape mode it still sticks out by just as much because the layout is zoomed and is miles out rather than a few odd pixels. What's worse is then if you switch back to portrait the layout gets zoomed again in error.
This example with initial scale added shows portrait exactly the same as without initial scale but then switching to landscape it fits much better and is just a few pixels out. Switching once again back to portrait does not zoom the page again as with the previous example.
or do you prefer seeing the narrow portrait version blown up when in landscape? fine5.htm
No I don't prefer that version because when I rotate the ipad I want the 1024px display and not 768px scaled up. I can get that in portrait view by just zooming anyway.
I've done a series of tests this morning trying a number of combinations to see what the effects are between initial scale and not using initial scale and in every test not adding initial scale to 1 causes the layout to fail without exception. Indeed you will see that in one of the tests that media queries for 1024px are ignored by the ipad if initial scale is not set to 1!! It just uses the 768px media stylesheet.
test3.htm : 1024px max-with no initial scalePortrait fits nicelyLandscape is 768px version just zoomed to ft the wider 1024px screen. Text is too large in landscape mode.
Result : Fail
test4.htm : As above but with initial scale set to 1Portrait fits nicelyLandscape fits nicely with longer lines of text as expected
Text same size on both screens
Result : Pass
test5.htm : 1224px max-with no initial scalePortrait fits nicelyLandscape is 768px version just zoomed to ft the wider 1024px screen. Text is too large in landscape mode.
test6.htm : As above but with initial scale set to 1Portrait fits nicelyLandscape fits nicely with longer lines of text as expected
test7.htm : Testing media query with body background colour . No initial scalePortrait is red body backgroundLandscape is red body background but it should be blue. The media query for 1024px has not been activated!!
test8.htm : As above but with initial scale set to 1Portrait is Red body backgroundLandscape is Blue body background as expected
test9.htm : 1024px fixed width no initial scalePortrait stretches out of viewport as expectedLandscape also stretches out of viewport even though the layout is supposed to be the same size as the viewport. Text is too large in landscape mode.
An extra bug is triggered here if going back to portrait from landscape once again the layout is scaled yet again!!
test10.htm : As above but with initial scale set to 1Portrait the same as previous example of course and sticks out at the side.Landscape fits exactly.
No bug triggered when going back to landscape.
Further Tests 11,12,13 and 14 use a max width of 1040px and a fixed width of 1040px just to test a wider view and the results are exactly the same as all the other tests and without initial scale all tests fail badly.
I can't actually find a single test where not using initial scale of 1 is any benefit for a normal website.
The biggest issue I see is that you have media queries and a set of fixed width designs for 762px and 1024px then the 1024px media queries never get activated unless you have initial scale set to 1.
There indeed may be other triggers and variations but for me I will continue using the meta tag and setting initial scale to 1.
If anyone has examples of where omitting initial scale has benefits then I would like to see them and perhaps document them here to keep a record.
great work from Paul, thanks!i see no reason to stop using the full 1024 pixels width when iPad is horizontalbut i am open to other opinions....and the p7 expert continues to advise that there is NO REASON TO USE INITIAL SCALE
It would be helpful if the expert could say why rather than that 'there is no reason' as that is no real help to us. P7 has been around a long time and obviously have some great knowledge but unless your expert is willing to share the reasons why then we can only surmise that he doesn't really know why and is perhaps repeating something that has been passed down.
I am willing to change my opinion as we are all still learning about best practices for mobile but I do need to know why I should my approach:)
I took a look at the main projectseven site (I won't link to it but you can find it) and they don't use initial scale in the main version but unlike the other p7 site you linked to they have additional rules for landscape only.
@media only screen and (max-width: 768px) {
body { background:red }
@media only screen and (min-device-width : 768px) and (max-device-width : 1024px) and (orientation : landscape) {
body { background:green }
In some cases they have rules for portrait and landscape and desktops whic means they are duplicating or even trebling the rules they need when if they had used initial scale the normal media queries would have applied. Indeed in further testing I can see that they are still caught by the zoom bug so in landscape they are adjusting to font-size to compensate for this resulting in a lot of extra unnecessary work.
More tests.
Test15 : No initial scale but landscape orientation rules applied.
Portrait mode as expected.Landscape mode now shows the green background from the landscape rules which is great but the text is still enlarged so no gain in horizontal space unless you add further rules.
Score 5/10
Test 16 : Same as above with initial scale.
Portrait mode as expectedLandscape mode as expected and no zoomed text.
Test 17: With initial scale but no landscape settings
@media only screen and (max-width: 1024px) {
body { background:green }
@media only screen and (max-width: 768px) {
body { background:red }
Portrait mode as expectedLandscape mode as expected and no zoomed text and no need for extra landscape rules.Pass
So far in every test I have done not using initial scale has failed in some way while using it has passed every time.
I think that perhaps the p7 site are working on historic data and using that technique to perhaps avoid the ios5 zooming bug. It would be nice though to have some concrete and evidence and examples of when leaving off initial scale is beneficial. I can only see that it creates much much more work to get right or leaves the site broken (as in your first p7 example).
final comments from project seven:
In order to use device unspecific media queries, a viewport meta tag is required. This is how we make our layouts. I would also like to emphasize that the absence of initial-scale most definitely does not cause an iPad to shrink a page based on a 980 pixel baseline. What triggers a mobile device to read non-device media queries is simply having the content="width=device-width" attribute on the viewport meta tag. Only in its absence, will a mobile device "shrink to fit".
do we understand that?
Yes , I mentioned that in one of the above posts and width=device-width is a must to enable media queries to work on mobile but the point P7 is missing is that without initial scale = 1 they cannot target landscape properly on the ipad as all they get is a zoomed version of portrait which is evident from the first link you posted from them.
As I mentioned in my last post on their normal site they have used orientation media queries to target landscape but they are still suffering from the zoom bug and then are also reducing font-size to compensate. All of which was unnecessary if they had used initial scale.
They still have provided no proof or evidence or any advice to make any of the assumptions I have made be incorrect. There seems to be no benefits from the technique they are using but only downsides.
As a follow up to this there is a recent post on the quirksmode site about device width and initial scale and it can be seen from the table that the most reliable technique is to include device width and initial scale and then all but one of the tested devices did the same thing.
It's by no means cut and dry but by sheer weight of opinion and examples (and with no examples to the contrary) I have to conclude that P7 are incorrect in their assumptions.
Thanks for the link, Paul. Jeesh, what a messy situation.
Yes its no surprise we mortals cannot get it right when its not built right.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 12/9/2013 (1439 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers did more Sunday than finally win their first game at Investors Group Field.
Behind the scenes, the front office did something right, too.
I know about it only because Windsor Park mother Jodi Montgomery sent a letter to the Free Press. It was really an open letter addressed to the fan who made her son cry at last weekend's game. The blowhard with the big blow-horn was sitting in a first-row seat right next to where the archrival Riders would run onto the field Sunday.
Jodi's wee son, Hugh, wanted to see and greet his heroes up close, so she encouraged him skip down to closer seats wearing his green Roughriders jersey. Soon, little Hugh had trudged the nine rows back to his seat, head bowed, tears welling. Jodi went back down to find the Bomber fan who had told her son to sit down. She found the blowhard with the blow-horn and asked if he had told her son to sit down. At which point he yelled at her through the blow-horn to "sit down" and "go back to your seats."
Jodi said she pushed the horn away and returned to their seats.
The next day, still upset about what happened, Jodi sent her open letter to him through the Free Press.
"To the Winnipeg Blue Bomber fan in section 141, row 1 seat 2. I really hope you've been thinking about what you did before the game started at the Banjo Bowl. I hope you feel remorse. My son is 8 years old.
"He went to the game on Sept. 8 wearing his Roughrider jersey, to have fun and cheer on his team. What a surprise to realize our seats were right next to where they would run onto the field. He wanted to get as close as he could and maybe get a high five. You didn't. If anything, you wanted to yell at and taunt the players and, as it turned out, also yell at my son. Where was your decency? Your reasoning? Sense of sportsmanship?
"Was it necessary to yell at my son and rudely tell him to sit down? The game hadn't started yet. He wasn't going to stand there all day. He wasn't even in front of you. The only reason I can think of for you yelling at him was because he was wearing a Riders' jersey. You need to remember a few things: It is a game. It wouldn't be very exciting if we all cheered for the same team. It is supposed to be FUN. A little good-natured banter back and forth is expected and tolerated. Do you act like that outside the stadium? It's a game, not an uprising. You spoiled a perfectly great family outing for my son."
Jodi finished her letter by telling the blowhard with the blow-horn how her little boy answered when he was asked how he felt after the game.
"Bullied," he said.
I contacted Bombers communications director Darren Cameron and asked if there was a way for the club to identify who was sitting in that front-row seat. And what fans who encounter those kinds of situations can do in the moment. Cameron didn't answer the question about identifying the fan.
But he did say the Bombers have a Fan Helpline they can contact by texting BOMBERS to 78547 or 204-800-2790 or call 204-788-4357.
Then he addressed the incident.
He said the Bombers have been in contact with the family in recent days and were "working to resolve this matter with them, including offering them a Rider gear package and invite them to a game, compliments of the club... "
Bravo, Bombers.
But coincidentally, the Free Press received a Twitter tip about another report of an incident that sounds as if it was in the same area where the Montgomerys had their problem.
A female Riders fan was reportedly standing there, cheering as her team went back to their locker-room, when "one man literally pushed her and called her a loser and bitch" while a woman "was yelling obscenities at her." The account said the female Riders fan smacked one of the hooligans.
The hooligans weren't through with her.
According to the report, another one spit and rubbed his bloodied arm on her, and another man with a blow-horn blew it right in her face.
Sound familiar?
As they say, there's one in every crowd. Unfortunately, it sounds as if there was more than one in Sunday's crowd. In future, Bomber security and their high-tech surveillance cameras might want to keep an eye out for the hooligans in blue and gold who assault women. And make kids cry. After all, that's the reason the cameras are there.
Isn't it?


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LANSING, Mich. - A union activist is seeking a court order to stop a state review team examining the city of Detroit's finances from meeting in private.
The suit filed Wednesday in an Ingham County court says the review team has violated the state's Open Meetings Act by meeting in "secret."
The suit was filed by Robert Davis, a Highland Park school board member and union activist. Davis also has sued in hopes of overturning the state's appointment of an emergency manager in the Highland Park district.
Davis says he plans to urge an Ingham County judge to issue an order Thursday blocking the Detroit financial team meetings.
A spokeswoman for Gov. Rick Snyder says the review team isn't subject to the Open Meetings Act and has properly followed procedures.
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Orthopedics company Stryker has shown an interest in Smith & Nephew, its rival across the pond. Apparently Medtronic is also interested in taking over the U.K. company.
Orthopedics company Smith & Nephew's stock has soared in the past seven days.
In a matter of a week, two news articles have painted the London-based maker of hips and knees as coveted by equally if not better-known names in the medtech world.
First it was Stryker, whose CEO finally acknowledged that the company had taken a preliminary look at Smith & Nephew from and M&A perspective. When Smith & Nephew's shares rose to new highs, a U.K. regulatory panel contacted Stryker and at the panel's request Stryker said it would not bid for the company for a six-month period, according to several news reports.
Now Bloomberg is reporting that Smith & Nephew has a second suitor. Not an orthopedics firm. But medical devices giant Medtronic, which is described as a "more serious bidder" than Kalamazoo, Michigan-based Stryker.
In an email, a Medtronic spokeswoman declined to comment on the rumored takeover, although Bloomberg says "no offer is imminent."
Were this deal to happen, it would underscore how large medical device companies want to be the one-stop shop for their hospital customers amid continuing pricing pressures. It is also a response to the fact that as hospitals moving to reduce treatment variation, they are looking to have fewer vendors that they do business with on any given product or device category.
If a transatlantic marriage ensued, the deal also would emphasize how large companies are trying to use scale to arm against the challenges wrought by a change in healthcare paradigm and the Affordable Care Act.
But the deal, as Bloomberg reports, has other immediate advantages for Medtronic. Here's a portion from the story:
The transaction would probably be structured as a tax inversion, with Medtronic using Smith & Nephew's corporate shell to move its legal residence to the U.K., the people said. The gap between the 35 percent federal tax rate and much lower levies in some European countries is spurring such deals -- including Pfizer Inc. (PFE)'s now shelved effort to acquire AstraZeneca Plc. (AZN) The U.K. has a 21 percent corporate income tax rate.
Medtronic's Chief Executive Officer Omar Ishrak has said he wouldn't rule out a tax-inversion deal.
"Strategically, we do have this current problem that we have a lot of cash outside the U.S.," he said in a May 20 telephone interview. "We encourage some kind of U.S. tax reform that allows us access to that cash in a more reasonable way."
The report says Smith & Nephew is aware that Medtronic is evaluating the company. A company spokesman declined to comment on its new suitor in an email Wednesday.
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-- By Arundhati Parmar, Senior Editor, MD+DI
Who would have thought it would have come to this from just ten years ago? The Joke Medical Device Company of the Year: Medtronic. Let's see, what hasn't gone wrong with Medtronic in the past year, nothing I can see. Massive patent litigation lawsuit losses, a string of huge recalls, Federal government cases of kickbacks, a RICO Act suit by a major third-party payor…you know them all…and probably more. I blame it all on that very, very loose term, "leadership".
The last three Medtronic CEO's and that company's Boards of Directors have never had a clue what to do with the Giant. Luckily for the past decade, they always had great, dependable pre-2004 products, a fantastic sales and marketing force, and a toothless, competition that worked very, very hard to emulate Number One in all manners…however bad that tactic was.
Now, we have a corporate state at a major tipping point. Medtronic could possibly go in either direction, but the latest evidence is that it should go way, way down from here. So, what is the great and thoughtful solution for this critical juncture? Buy Smith & Nephew. What?! Wait, WHAT??!! Once again, the Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight is back on its high horse. Is this the only, only single-step "solution" company "leaders" can think about? Buy something big and let's see what happens? How can this do anything for Medtronic? It can't. The whole idea is so incomprehensible.
When are the Medtronic shareholders going to find some gonadal fortitude and tell Ishrak and the Board to go "old school" to get back on track?
Paul Stein