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The San Francisco 49ers will need Colin Kaepernick to come out strong if the team hopes to remain a powerhouse.
The Niners front office will enter the 2014 season believing that the Nevada product can do just that, giving their QB a six-year $126 million extension back in June.
While few can deny that Kaepernick has loads of potential, possessing one of the strongest arms in the league and having the ability to make big plays with his legs, you can't overlook his struggles with progression reads and how he has benefited from a great defense when looking at his win-loss record.
The 49ers ranked 30th in the league in passing yards with 2,979, however, that stat alone doesn't do the whole story justice. The red and gold's projected no. 1 receiver in Michael Crabtree was out due to injury for the majority of the season thanks to a torn Achilles. The loss of Crabtree's play making abilities made wide out Anquan Boldin and tight end Vernon Davis premium targets for opposing defenses, while Kaepernick struggled to gain trust with any of Crabtree's replacements. Nothing backed up that notion more than the fact that 20 of Kaepernick's 21 touchdown passes were to either Boldin or Davis.
Consequently, a significant portion of the offseason this year has been focused on the wide receiver position. Over the past few months, the Niners have added Stevie Johnson (traded for a conditional fourth-round pick to Buffalo), signed Brandon Lloyd and drafted Bruce Ellington out of South Carolina in the fourth round, while also assuring the return of Boldin by resigning him to a two-year contract.
Yes, this is a run first offense anchored by arguably the best offensive line in football when at full strength, and driven by work horse running back Frank Gore. But with Gore at 31 years young and nine years of nearly 2,200 carries under his belt, the end of the line is drawing near for the tailback. Kaepernick must then take much of the burden off of the running game to ensure that it will still be fresh come playoff time.
The team has addressed its depth problem at the skill positions and has announced that it will "open up the playbook" a bit more for Kaepernick. This figures to eliminate any notion of holding back their fourth year quarterback.
But regardless of what is said or even done on offense, over the past three seasons the 49ers elite defense has performed so well that the offense rarely had to outperform them…this may not be the case in 2014.
With outside linebacker Aldon Smith's legal issues continuously swirling around, it's no guarantee that Aldon will be in pads for the entire season, in fact, NBC's Mike Florio reported that the league office expects to suspend Aldon for at least one game.
According to SFGate's Kevin Lynch, Defensive end Justin Smith went in for an "undisclosed medical treatment" and at 35 years old, may not be ready for training camp.
All-Pro linebacker NaVorro Bowman is still recovering from his MCL and ACL injury that he suffered towards the end of last season's NFC Championship Game and is expected to miss at least half of the regular season. If and when he does return, there's no way of predicting how strong he will be, much like Crabtree last season.
Finally, the secondary is somewhat young and new to each other. Free agent signee Antoine Bathea replaces Donte' Whitener, rookie Jimmie Ward figures to see time as the primary nickel back, and Tramaine Brock will be tested to see if he can duplicate last year's breakout season and maintain it throughout this year's campaign as a full-time starter…sounds familiar right?
Which brings us back to Kaepernick; he is entering into his fourth year of pro ball, but only has one regular season under his belt where he was the full time starter. So can he really emerge as a star at this point in his career? Nobody is expecting Peyton Manning like numbers, not all "stars" are based off of how many categories they lead the league in at the end of the season (Russell Wilson is on that cusp…if not already there), but when the stage is set and there's adversity afoot, the questions must stop…And that's when the stars shin the brightest.
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CHESHAM United have lost four first team players this summer and expect to lose more before the new season starts, but boss Andy Leese has not taken the departures laying down with new arrivals already announced in what he describes as the the most difficult close season of his management career.
The club were rocked by the sudden exits of front three James Potten, Chris Dillon and Drew Roberts, with John Kyriacou also moving on.
But while Leese is surprised and disappointed by the departures – and admits more players could follow them away from The Meadow – he and the squad are already moving on.
Midfielder Andy Ballard has joined from Oxford City, as has left sided attacker Mark Bell, who was with Nuneaton in the Conference last season.
Also arriving are right back-come-midfielder Ashley Smith, fellow defender Tom Baddeley and former Chesham top scorer Simon Thomas, who returns to link up with Inih Effiong up front.
Leese said: "As the board know and supporters may have guessed, it has been a testing summer. The most trying I have known after 15 years in management.
"Players have departed the club through their own choices, not ours.
"We may well be paying the price for not going up, but the consensus in the squad post season was that we all wanted one more go at promotion. That has turned out not to be the case.
"Unfortunately I don't think we have seen the end of the departures yet, with other players seeking to move and being tempted to follow those that have gone.
"The timing is not great, but we have to move on. The club is backing us as club owner Roger Payne pointed out last week, and we have to create a team that is capable of competing again at the top end of the division.
"We have done that before, and anyone who knows me will appreciate that I will not be happy with a team that is not capable of competing at the top end of any division I have managed in.
"It may yet end up a transitional season but that is certainly not the intention.
"Water flows quickly under the bridge in football and the good news is that we have been able to agree terms to bring some exciting new and familiar faces to the club as we look to meet the challenge of another tough season."
Darren Purse, Shane Gore, Dave Fotheringham, Laurie Stewart, Alex Brown, Danny Gordon, Richard Graham and Stefan Hamilton have all agreed to stay with discussions ongoing with other players.

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Oh, they may have snagged one of the better celebrity couple names, but TomKat had a decidedly dubious celebrity marriage.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes's five-year union always had a staged quality. Its bliss proclaimed at regular intervals, accompanied by Cruise's scary, big-toothed, overcompensating smile, the marriage felt scrupulously scripted.
Maybe that's why we're all so thrilled that it could be headed toward the kind of kooky, convoluted ending not seen since the unmasking scenes in the first Mission: Impossible movie. Divorces divvy up shared property, and the narrative of TomKat's life is now diverging rather spectacularly.
The beginning of the love affair was a Tom Cruise production. But the divorce, it seems, will be written and directed by Katie Holmes. While Cruise was always going for The Grand Romance, Holmes is now aiming for The Great Escape. There's a lot at stake here, and it's not so much Cruise's multimillion-dollar fortune as his public persona.
Hollywood has a fine tradition of sham marriages, and the TomKat saga came off as a calculated, maybe even contractual bid to present Cruise as a relatable, regular husband-and-father kind of guy (who just happens to dig extreme sports and count his net worth at $200 million-plus). Holmes, who at the time they got together was a 26-year-old good-girl, promised a normality that could be counted on to counteract Cruise's odd Scientological outbursts and rumours about his control-freaky ways.
Cruise has always seemed like a bit of a pod person, passing himself off as a real human being by carefully observing and replicating earthling behaviour. His relationship to Holmes ticked the obvious boxes for true love -- the whirlwind romance (check!), the proposal atop the Eiffel Tower (check!), the wedding in a 15th-century Italian castle (check!).
Unfortunately, Cruise misjudged -- disastrously -- with his bizarre burst of Oprah-frightening couch-jumping in 2005. Trying to look like he was crazy in love, he ended up looking plain crazy.
The action-man's rare but revealing slip-ups undermine his official love story, making alternative readings of the TomKat text deliciously compelling. One gossip site memorably called Holmes "a Scientology war bride," while others snarked that she was being heavily chaperoned by Tom's people, coming off as passive and trance-like in interviews.
And while Holmes always looked polished and put-together on the red carpet, the paparazzi outdid themselves in catching and freezing micro-expressions of trapped terror or mute despair.
At first she looked a bit like a Humane Society puppy, staring beseechingly from its cage. Recently, Holmes had perfected the tragic-yet-bravely-bearing-up smile that Diana, Princess of Wales, wielded so brilliantly near the end of her marriage to Prince Charles.
Now Holmes seems ready to rewrite her life, and the tabloids are definitely onside, treating her divorce like a daring prison break. They report, with undeniably gleeful undertones, that she waited until Cruise was safely in Iceland, set up a New York bolthole, blindsided him with papers, and moved for sole custody of the couple's six-year-old daughter, Suri.
One website ran the first post-divorce-announcement photos of Holmes with the blaring headline "Here's What Freedom Looks Like," making it sound as if she had just crossed the Alps into neutral Switzerland.
Cruise is now attempting to regroup, positioning himself as the "deeply saddened" injured party, ambushed by an immature and wayward wife. But it's hard to see how this position can be sustained as his life goes increasingly off script. The star's hyper-managed public persona has carried him through a lot, but in the end it actually drives the tabloid desire to get to the "real" Tom Cruise (whoever that could possibly be). An ugly divorce and custody battle might force Cruise to take off the mask and expose what's underneath.
(So, oh my gosh, it IS like the ending of Mission: Impossible.)


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Hi KathyLR
I was on the Majesty for my first cruise back in 2007. I think that's a good choice for your first cruise. A short cruise, and a relatively small ship compared to the others in RCI's fleet.
Yes, there is lots to do during the times you are at sea. At least one pool will be open 24 hours. I don't believe the water is heated, but I could be wrong. It may feel good, since it may be hot and humid when you're on your cruise. The bars and lounges also sell soda, so as Dave mentioned, your daughter won't have a problem getting into the lounges; she just can't buy alcohol.
Also, regarding Bingo nights, your daughter cannot claim a prize, as Bingo is still considered a form of gambling, and you must be 21. Your daughter can play, but I believe if she wins, then you must claim her prize.
There are also shows each night in the auditorium / theater either before or after dinner, depending on what seating you have for dinner (main seating, second seating, or My Time Dining, or whatever RCI calls it). You do not have to attend these shows, just something to keep in mind.
Enjoy! Don't say you weren't warned if you come back from your cruise, and are hooked!
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Make It Real
It helps so much as an actor when the conditions around you are real, and this is really cold, and you get that sense of what it's really like.
—Angelina Jolie, "Behind the Lines"
Ton of energy, when you're hurling people off, make it real with those sticks. None of this patting. Really sell me on the hitting.
—Martin Campbell, to extras for Food Riot scene, "Behind the Lines"
Beyond Borders
Martin Campbell
Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Noah Emmerich, Teri Polo, Linus Roache, Yorick van Wageningen
(Paramount and Mandalay Pictures)
US DVD: 23 Mar 2004
"Should I stay or should I go?" It's "London, 1984," and a vivacious, gowned, and frivolous Sarah (Angelina Jolie) is dancing to a Clash cover, not yet knowing that this lyric will become the question of her life. It will also frame the film, Beyond Borders, in the sense that it means so well, and wants to badly to do right, but it is so stuck in romance conventions that it loses sight of the very political points it means to underline.
While at a benefit ball with her proper British husband Henry (Linus Roache), she first lays eyes on Dr. Nick Callahan (Clive Owen), who crashes the swanky fete with a crew of fellow white aid workers and a tiny Ethiopian child called Jojo. "Now here's an interesting thing," says director Martin Campbell during the commentary track, with producer Lloyd Phillips, on Paramount's DVD. "This little boy that Clive brings into the room: very skinny, looks like he's starving. In fact, he's healthy, this kid, he was 10 years old. It took forever to find somebody this skinny. The truth was, he was a boy with allergies."
The truth is shifty throughout Beyond Borders, primarily because its fiction is filtered through Sarah's eyes. She watches, rapt, as Nick accuses the ball's patron of withdrawing funds from his non-profit relief agency (a non-government organization, or NGO), currently struggling to save lives in famine-ravaged Ethiopia. Nick's performance is only amplified when one of the guests tosses a banana at Jojo (Campbell notes that the child playing Jojo was specifically allergic to bananas, and so they made a chocolate banana for him to eat for the scene). Nick goes on to use this vile and blatantly racist gesture to showcase his own sensitivity and self-consciousness, inviting Jojo to play "monkey" for the audience, just as the cops bust in and drag off all the protestors, including young Jojo, who, ripped from Nick's presumably caring arms, meets a terrible fate.
The scene inspires Sarah to do a right thing, that is, leave her comfy urban environs for the deserts of Ethiopia, bearing truckloads of food. Sarah's reporter sister Charlotte (Teri Polo) comes to talk with her about it and provide support (here on the commentary track, Campbell and Phillips can't stop themselves from discussing Polo's "over the top" checkered coat and Jolie's short wig: "She looks as cute as hell"). Sarah argues with her husband about her new sense of mission: "Don't go running off to some hole in Africa just to salve your conscience, warns Henry, "It's not the most grownup thing to do."
Sarah's ambitions also speak to the many problems in Beyond Borders, a well-meaning but often tactless "romance." Set against "the backdrop of the world's most dangerous hot spots" (this according to the press notes), it posits white aid workers, circa 1984 to '95, hopping from horror to horror, in Ethiopia, Cambodia (during Pol Pot's genocidal campaign), and at last Chechnya (these locations approximated by Namibia, Thailand, Montreal, and Quebec Provence).
As they endeavor to save "third world" victims of famine, war, disease, displacement, and drought, the workers run up against local governments, gangs, and guerillas, as well as the CIA; desperate for money, Nick collaborates with this odious agency, embodied by the snotty and frankly vicious Steiger (Yorick Van Wageningen), in a weapons-running scheme. The plot point leads to a couple of "action" type scenes (and understandably bothers real life NGO workers, who protest that such depiction impairs their efforts to organize legitimate funding). Nick's brief interactions with indigenous activists in each spot hardly quells the film's celebratory image of noble whites doing noble work, as victims appear unable to save themselves; this only supports a familiar imperial fiction. (Tellingly and predictably, the film does not mention disasters effected by U.S. or U.K. activities.)
That's not to say that the film doesn't underline the fact of ongoing devastations around the world, or that the determined workers don't also learn something about their own limits as they struggle against mostly human-made iniquity. But such background—children with caved-in chests, a baby playing with a grenade handed him by the Khmer Rouge—also make the supposed sweep of the love story looks increasingly silly, as it draws toward a climax that might be most charitably described as "extravagant." Similarly, the first few shots in Namibia are stunningly picturesque; as Campbell says of trucks crossing an endless dry expanse, "This is a shot I love, it's very David Lean, this very kind of almost lunar landscape, which looks so wonderful." It does, but the romance is distracting.
The DVD includes several featurettes that exacerbate this disparity, between the filmmakers' stated intention and the film's effects. In "Writing Beyond Borders: A Conversation with Screenwriter Caspian Tredwell-Owen," the screenwriter asserts, "What I try to bring across in the movie is that the relief workers are put in positions where they're forced to decide between the lesser of two evils. There is no right answer." While it's not precisely profound, the documentary does lay out some appropriate moral confusions (Oliver Stone was involved in the project early on, but the DVD doesn't explain how it fell apart, and one can only imagine how different that movie would have been.) A less thoughtful piece, "Angelina: Goodwill Ambassador," has her discussing the UNHCR, "dealing with" refugees in over 120 countries, and insists, "The refugees I've met have completely changed my life; they've taught me about a strength and of will and spirit that I knew nothing about").
You know she means well, and she has 'raised awareness," probably. She also talks some more in "Behind the Lines," a two-part, 36-minute "making of" documentary, begins in Montreal, standing in for Grozny, Chechnya, as the narrator describes the "epic love story" covering three continents and 10 years, with each "era" having its "own look" (just how you find multiple "eras" in 10 years is a question). Many of the extras, Jolie notes, come from "war-torn" countries, and she hopes that the working on the set isn't a "bad experience" that evokes "a horrible memory for them." She fidgets in the snow: I" don't know, you'd have to ask them." At which point the documentary cuts to someone who appears to be a refugee, who remains unnamed (unlike the interviewed crewmembers and Jolie), whose words are translated by the second assistant director: "When he arrived on the set, for him of course, it's not at all this Hollywood business. It reminds him of what happened. The first time it was very hard on him."
Real-life relief worker Nick Winer (also, "Camp Consultant, Africa," for the film), comments on what's not visible in this fiction: "The business of suffering is interesting because the suffering always seems to happen with an extraordinary amount of dignity." At least Campbell appears to understand his own responsibility. Sitting in the Namibian desert, he says, "You know, we're making a movie, we're not making a documentary. And sometimes, we've got to bend the truth a little bit, obviously. That funny noise you're hearing is people sweeping my sand. If you want to pan across there and have a quick look-see? [The camera shows men raking sand.] 'Cause I want it all to look virgin, all to look nice instead of, you know 400 crewmembers having tramped all over it."
Sarah's Ethiopian adventures include getting educated by her female truck driver ("Death is everywhere"), wearing pristine white outfits, and cradling a starving child as his mother lies dying nearby. This child, reassures Campbell, was healthy and pot-bellied, made cadaverous by digital means. While the CGI is obvious enough to be distracting, the director's explanation further spares you the troubling idea of an actual starving body. But the process also raises questions as to "truth," not essential in a fiction film, but also as to what's at stake in seeing trauma and tragedy, for whom.
The film is at least partly aware of this difficulty. When Sarah is suitably horrified by the spectacle, she presses Nick to help her care for him. Angry at her swooping in without context or scheme, he calls her on her own intentions: "I see, you pay for these trucks, so I have to indulge some fucking white girl's idea of heroism, right? Well, why stop there? Do you want a picture? I can get you a picture of "poor little rich girl holds dying black baby. You do your hair right, you'll look great." (Nick's stunning refusal to care for young Tula reportedly runs counter to relief workers' usual practice.) The tensions he voices—between privilege and responsibility, right and arrogance—are surely worth contemplating, but Beyond Borders can't take the time. It has a romance to kindle.
By the time Sarah leaves this camp, she's fallen hard for dashing Nick and bonded with his earnest partner, Elliott (Noah Emmerich), who is specifically denoted as Buddhist and who sets her up to work for London's UNHCR office (United Nations High Commission for Refugees). Her work is surely compelling, as is Nick's, but the movie uses their interests as ways to symbolize their repressed and mutual passion for one another—as if they can't carry on their efforts are not dramatic enough in themselves.
So moved is Sarah by Nick's passion (he admits here that he erred by bringing Jojo to London) that even as she has an adorable son back home with her dreary, jobless, and conveniently unfaithful husband, she finds herself thinking of Nick every day while working at the London UNHCR office. She finds the means and time to see Nick when the story arc demands, and so she travels to the jungles of Cambodia, where she witnesses Khmer Rouge atrocities. She undertakes a final trip to wintry Chechnya when she learns that Nick has disappeared. Using extremely expedient connections assembled by Charlotte, Sarah follows Nick to the snowy wilds. Sarah braves resident commanders, trigger-happy militants, and landmines to seek out her man.
For all its obvious investment in showing the terrible truths of global catastrophes, displaced peoples and refugees, and terrible vicissitudes of war, Beyond Borders is stuck within the exceedingly familiar borders of Sarah's drama. As her voiceover asks, "I wonder, do we all know where we belong?" Even as she finds her place, Beyond Borders can't really get at the more pressing question: Who is this "we" it represents?
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Borrowing a rifle
Hey guys,
My buddies are going shooting this weekend, and asked me to come along, but I do not currently own a rifle, I want to but am a tad short on $. So anyway, I want to borrow a rifle from my dad or my boss, but can i legally do that. I live in MA and already have an FID.
Mass laws are terrible! W/ the FID, you are limited to a low capacity rifle. If someone else in your party has an LTC-A let them transport the rifle if it is high capacity(over 10 rounds).
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so if im borrowing a .22 tube fed than im fine right?
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NEW YORKBeloved actor Christopher Reeve, whose tragic paralysis vaulted him to new heights of public adorationincluding a spot atop the Washington Monumenthas been unanimously selected by the editorial staff of Inspirational Cripple magazine as its Man of the Year for 1996.
"Christopher was the obvious choice this year, even in a year so filled with unusually inspirationaland unusually crippledcandidates," said Inspirational Cripple editor in chief Ted Phillips. "His appearances at the Academy Awards and the Democratic National Convention this past year were unprecedented new achievements in mass inspiration. Stephen Hawking could not have done better."
Said Phillips: "Christopher Reeve truly embodies everything our magazine is about."
In addition to a cover photo of Reeve, the magazine will feature an eight-page story on the Superman star's long, inspirational struggle with his handicap, punctuated by touching photos showing highlights of his paralysis.
The issue also features a two-page foldout mini-poster of a paralyzed Reeve smiling bravely, inspiring the reader with his fortitude in the face of personal tragedy.
Due on newsstands next week, the Christopher Reeve issue is projected to be the biggest seller in Inspirational Cripple's 15-year history, outselling even December 1982's blockbuster James Brady/Teddy Pendergrass Co-Man of the Year issue.
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Citation: Whitaker, T.B. Sampling for Mycotoxins, IN: Mycotoxins in Food: Detection and Control, Eds: N. Magan and M. Olsen. Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK, pp.704. 2004 Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: It is difficult to obtain precise and accurate estimates of the true mycotoxin concentration of a bulk lot when using a mycotoxin-sampling plan that measures the concentration in a small portion of the bulk lot. A mycotoxin-sampling plan is defined by a mycotoxin test procedure and a defined accept/reject limit. A mycotoxin test procedure is a complicated process and generally consists of several steps: (a) a sample is taken from the lot, (b) the sample is ground (comminuted) in a mill to reduce particle size, (c) a subsample is removed from the comminuted sample, and (d) the mycotoxin is extracted from the comminuted subsample and quantified. Even when using accepted test procedures, there is variability associated with each step of the mycotoxin test procedure. Because of this variability, the true mycotoxin concentration in the lot cannot be determined with 100% certainty by measuring the mycotoxin concentration in a sample taken from the lot. The variability for each step of the mycotoxin test procedure, as measured by the variance statistic, is shown to increase with mycotoxin concentration. Sampling is usually the largest source of variability associated with the mycotoxin test procedure. Sampling variability is large because a small percentage of kernels are contaminated and the level of contamination on a single seed can be very large. Methods to reduce sampling, sample preparation, and analytical variability are discussed.


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Hey kiddos look what I've got!
So I've been playing this for the past two days and I'm really digging it! Expect two more review-in-progress posts and then the final review. Thanks for reading, and as always see ya later! EDIT: Read the Campaign Review in Progress HERE
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Hi everyone,
Was wondering if anyone knew how to update custom fields without replacing the content already in them.
Specifically I mean a "Multiple Options (can select many)" field.
We're merging a few databases into one to use in Mailbuild and as we import each one if there's a double-up it overwrites the box ticked by the first database.
Just in case it's not clear, here's what happens:
I upload 1.csv which ticks 1 in the custom field A for every user imported
I upload 2.csv which ticks 2 in the custom field A for every user imported
The problem is that there is a small amount of cross-over between the two databases, so I ideally I would like 2.csv to add to the custom field value of the subscribers imported in 1.csv, as opposed to overwrite them. That is, users who were present in all three databases would have boxes 1, 2 and 3 ticked in field A after the import was completed.
Is this possible?
Any word on this?
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Saint Leo defeats the Fighting Knights 11-3 and 5-0 in SSC weekend series
SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo University softball team won both games of its doubleheader on Saturday afternoon against Lynn University, and in doing so swept the weekend Sunshine State Conference (SSC) series. The Lions, who improve to 26-18 overall, and 8-10 in SSC play, defeated the Fighting Knights 11-3 (five innings) in game one, and 5-0 in game two.
Lynn drops to 20-28 on the year and 4-17 in SSC play.
Ashley Ehlers got her 10th win of the season (10-5) going 4.0 innings and gave up three runs on five hits. She walked two and struck out one in the first outing of the afternoon.
The Lions jumped out on top quickly and gave Ehlers all the run support she would need, putting up five runs in the first inning on three hits. Brittany Ewing drove in the first run of the afternoon for Saint Leo with a bunt single driving in Adriana Sanders. After a bases loaded walk to Cassie Boggs drove in a run to give the Lions a 2-0 edge, Michelle George opened the game up with a three-run double to right center field giving Saint Leo a 5-0 lead.
Lynn finally got on the board in the third inning when Devin Kochergen homered off Ehlers to center field making the score 5-1.
The Lions then scored three runs in the third inning and two runs in the fourth pushing their lead to 10-1.
Saint Leo tried to put the Fighting Knights away in the top of the fifth inning, by way of the eight-run rule, however Lynn scored two runs to make the score 10-3.
The Lions, got one of the two runs back in the bottom of the fifth to finally invoke the eight-run rule. McKenzie Burns led off the inning with a walk. Brittany Ewing then reached on a fielder's choice and Burns advanced to third on a muffed throw. Chelsey Steedley then drove in Burns with a bunt single to end the game.
George finished the game going 2-for-3 with a double, three RBI and a run scored.
Sanders, who would end up having a solid afternoon offensively and played two complete games behind the home plate, went 2-for-4 with a double, one RBI and one run scored.
In game two, Alana Tabel took the ball in the beginning of the game and dominated from the first pitch. Tabel threw a complete game two-hit shutout, striking out seven and not allowing any runners to reach base by way of a walk. The win was her fifth of the season (5-6).
Saint Leo scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, the first coming by way of Ewing who singled and drove in Sanders. Sanders singled and stole second to lead off the Lions half of the inning.
Sarah Steiner then took Katelyn Key deep over the right center field fence for a two-run home run giving the green and gold a 3-0 lead.
The Lions would get one run in the third when Sanders scored on a Ewing sacrifice bunt; and then a run in the fourth inning on a Boggs home run to center field to end the days scoring.
Sanders went 3-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored in game two. However, on the afternoon, Sanders would go a combined 5-for-7 with a double and a triple, driving in one run and scoring three times.
Steiner finished 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored.
Saint Leo will play its final home series of the season next weekend when it faces Florida Southern in a three-game series at University Softball Stadium. The series will begin on Thursday, April 17 at 7 p.m. and conclude with a doubleheader on Friday, April 18, at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
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SHE learnt the ropes backstage at Clacton's West Cliff Theatre - now Gemma Friel is about to be centre stage at the Winter Olympics.
Thrilled Gemma, 21, was headhunted by Games organisers in Russia after taking part in London 2012.
Her experience landed her a role as stage manager during the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Paralympics in Sochi.
A gagging order means she has to stay tight-lipped about the top-secret spectaculars.
Gemma said: "I can't say anything about the performance - but it's going to be amazing!
"I am incredibly lucky to be apart of such an amazing experience, twice!
Gemma headed out to chilly Russia last week.
"My Russian colleagues often laugh at me when I go out wrapped up in my big coat, thermals and gloves .. because for them this is warm!" she said.


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Date: Fri Mar 20 04:47:13 EDT 2009
On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:14:43 -0400 Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote: > On Mar 19, Eli Barzilay wrote: > > Just a quick hack, for people who use the google toolbar (so it's > > limited to FF and IE): > > > > http://toolbar.google.com/buttons/add?url=http://plt-scheme.org/search-button.xml > > Did anyone try it? (I'm wondering if these kind of things are > useful.) It says to me: Custom Buttons Not Available for Your Operating System To add this site's button, you'll need the latest version of the Google Toolbar. However, we've detected that your current operating system does not support the Google Toolbar that's required. Here are our system requirements: • Windows XP/2000 SP3+, Mac OS X 10.2+ or Linux • Firefox 1.5+ or Internet Explorer 6.0+ I have a Linux on amd64 and Iceweasel 3.0.6 and Google does not like me. Nevermind, I prefer my searchplugin :) Speaking of searching the docs: did it happen to you that the search function does not find anything and then searching for the exactly same thing yields a number of results? Happens to me every now and then, but I wasn't able to reproduce it reliably. regards, Marek
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Galaxy SOHO
Zaha Hadid Architects
Beijing, China
The Galaxy SOHO, inspired by the grand scale of Beijing, will become an integral part of the living city.
The architecture is a composition of five continuous, flowing volumes that are set apart, fused or linked by stretched bridges. These volumes, clad in an aluminum skin, adapt to each other in all directions, generating a panoramic architecture without corners or abrupt transitions that break the fluidity of its formal composition.
The great interior courts of the project are a reflection of traditional Chinese architecture where courtyards create an internal world of continuous open spaces. Here, the architecture is no longer composed of rigid blocks, but instead comprised of volumes which coalesce to create a world of continuous mutual adaptation and fluid movement between each building. Shifting plateaus within the design impact upon each other to generate a deep sense of immersion and envelopment.
As visitors enter deeper into the building, they discover intimate spaces that follow the same coherent formal logic of continuous curvelinearity.
The lower three levels of Galaxy SOHO house public facilities for retail and entertainment. The levels immediately above provide work spaces for clusters of innovative businesses. The top of the building is dedicated to bars, restaurants and cafés that offer views along one of the greatest avenues of the city.
These different functions are interconnected through intimate interiors that are always linked with the city, helping to establish Galaxy SOHO as a major urban landmark for Beijing.
Facts about Galaxy SOHO
Site Area:
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SOHO China Ltd.
Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Project Director:
Satoshi Ohashi
Cristiano Ceccato
Project Architect:
Yoshi Uchiyama
Project Team:
Stephan Wurster
Michael Hill
Samer Chamoun
Eugene Leung
Rita LeeLillie Liu
Rolando Rodriguez-Leal
Wen TaoTom Wuenschmann
Seung-ho Yeo
Shuojiong Zhang
Michael Grau
Shu Hashimoto
Shao-Wei Huang
Chikara Inamura
Lydia KimYasuko Kobayashi
Wang Lin
Yereem Park
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Institute of Architecture & Design
Last updated: December 19, 2013
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Zaha Hadid Architects
Travel guide to Beijing
Travel guide: Hong Kong
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Free Write #61: Schooling
by Nojh on Feb.27, 2013, under Entertainment, Free Write, Writing
Welcome to Free Writing! Quick fiction written for entertainment purposes. This week we have another piece of flash fiction. We're continuing the story from the last few weeks. So if you haven't read the others, click here to see them all. Enjoy!
By Nojh Livic
Prime had been a scientist for a majority of the cycles that he had been active. There was a brief stint during his first hectically where he tried performing arts but it hadn't worked out to any body's satisfaction. The appeal of science, for Prime, was the quiet sense of adventure. Science was rarely full of excitement. Most breakthroughs were not made quickly in any field of science and in planetary science, Prime's particular specialty, the act of data collecting took could take gigacycles for a planet the size of Earth. Prime was used to taking its time when making performing science.
Paul had less than a quarter of a cycle.
"Look is there anything you can tell me about your shell? What it is? What it's physical and chemical qualities are?" Paul asked, his tone agitated. He was pacing back and forth in front of the container, which Prime was not settled inside. It was agreed that he should remain in his re-entry form until after the inspection of the general the solider had warned Paul about. This required interrupting the tests that Paul had been running on a piece of Prime's chassis, however, which created a brand new problem. Paul had nothing to present to the general.
"I may have learned your language quick but I still do not know enough of your language to be able to explain the science concepts," Prime said, having reconfigured his re-entry shell enough to allow him to vibrate his outer chassis and simulate a voice. It was cruder and less human than his other form's voice, but Paul seemed able to understand him fine. "Plus there are laws and guidelines about sharing information with new sentient species. I do not know these laws but I know they exist."
"Look I need something. Theories! Ideas. Nothing I did made a mark on your shell, yet you're able to take it apart and re-assemble it with ease. It has to be some type of molecular technology right?"
"Define molecular?" Prime ask, to which Paul only exhaled loudly and stomped over to an opposite counter. He pointed at the periodic table of elements that was on the wall, one of the original info graphics that aided Prime in learning English.
"That is a list of all the elements. Combinations of these make molecules. Molecular technology would be technology which could do this artificially at the atomic scale," Paul explained quickly and with elevated volume, which was likely another sign of agitation. Prime was learning that humans had quiet a library of behaviors that communicated agitation.
"Yes. It is like that. The shell is a molecule composed of several of those elements, plus a several that do not appear to be described in your info graphic," Prime stated. Paul stared at Prime's container for a moment, then once again exhaled loudly. His entire body appeared to deflate slightly, but then he emitted a slight chuckle.
"Okay. Okay I think I can work with that. Please point out the elements used," Paul said. Prime picked the ones that best fit the molecular makeup of its outer shell based upon the characteristics the info graphic described. Some elements did not match exactly and Prime also pointed out these discrepancies. Together they discovered the basic atomic composition of Prime's effective skin, in terms that could be explained in a human science school.
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Exporting data to a simple CSV file has provided me an array of problems.
The problem: In every exported .csv file the first row of the document was blank and then the data started in the second row. The methods I used were: fopen, fputcsv, fclose to put the data into a csv file and setHTTPHeader with renderText and file_get_contents to export the file for a download. I tried testing if the loop index was off and was creating the problem but it was not the case. I also tried making sure I was not inserting any newline characters to the csv file.
The solution: After trying to debug every step, I have realized that the problem was caused by having an extra two lines at the end of the php file in which the download was called. After doing more testing, I realized that it only worked for me if there was a blank line and then the ending ?> for my program to work. Make sure there is a blank line before your PHP end tag and also make sure there are no blank lines after it.


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I have the sweetest, most lovable and well behaved, Golden Retriever. Her name is "Aubry" I call her "Bree", named after my God daughter She is truly my guardian angle. We love to go to Clinton Lake and romp about!
I am spiritual not religious. I enjoy discovering and pursuing things in the world around me that bring me joy, serenity, strength, wisdom, bliss, good health and knowledge. I am comfortable with my self and laugh a lot at the unpredictability of my daily life. Thank you for reading my self summary, like me, it is a work in progress ;-)
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On February 26, 2012, an African-American teen named Trayvon Martin was found shot to death in a small community north of Orlando. Who was his killer? George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old leader of the Sanford, FL community watch program; a position he had essentially bestowed upon himself.
Zimmerman remains a free man, protected by a Florida law known by many as a 'Stand Your Ground' law. Florida was the first of several states to pass a "Stand Your Ground" law which legally allowed someone to take proactive measures and use deadly force as a means of self-protection outside of their own home (which was the previous, traditional limit for such use of force).[1] Prior to the passage of the 2005 law, an individual faced with a situation which may call for self-defense was legally obligated to first and foremost attempt to flee. Because Zimmerman is able to claim that he suspected that Martin was committing a crime and that he "reasonably" believed that he was in personal danger, (it seems) he has been granted a certain level of immunity from being punished for his actions. This has created a good deal of controversy around the country.
Since the incident, bill sponsor, Former State Senator Durrell Peadon (R) and other members of the Florida legislature have started speaking out against this interpretation of their law.[2] They claim the Florida legislature did not intend this kind of result in passing this bill, but simply intended to provide a measure of self-protection for honest Americans. In fact, representatives have said that if the facts show that the alleged actions of Zimmerman on February 26 are true, then he will find no protection in their law. But that is not really their call anymore, is it? Now the matter is in the hands of the Florida justice system.
One provision of the law in question can be found in §776.013 of the Florida statute.[3] Specifically section (1) reads:
A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonable believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
A few things jump out about the text of this law and the facts of this situation. First, is the question of whether Zimmerman was even attacked. From what is publicly known about Zimmerman's conversations with the police, they seem to indicate that, in fact, Zimmerman may have been the one who initiated contact with the teen. The second issue is the use of the ever problematic reasonable belief standard in a statute which allows one individual to end the life of another and potentially go unpunished for this action. Another provision of Florida law, §776.012, gives further possible protection to Zimmerman and reads:
A person is justified in using force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself against the other's imminent use of unlawful force. However, a person is justified in the use of deadly force and does not have a duty to retreat if: (1) he or she reasonable believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony.[4]
This provision may aid Zimmerman in attempting to defend his actions as it does not place a requirement on the individual to have been first attacked. However, even with 776.012, there is still a problem with the reasonable belief standard. A "forcible felony" as stated in both 776.012 and 776.013 is defined under Florida statute §776.08 and includes: "murder; manslaughter; sexual battery; carjacking; home-invasion robbery; robbery; burglary; arson; kidnapping; aggravated assault; aggravated battery; aggravated stalking; aircraft piracy; unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a destructive device or bomb; and any other felony which involves the use or threat of physical force or violence against any individual."[5]
A classmate put these statutes in a way that really rang out for me: "Authorized Vigilante Justice." Since hearing that, I have seen others voice a very similar opinion.[6] I grew up in South Central Texas, and I also own multiple firearms. I am a firm believer in an individual's right to own and bear arms. Similarly, the right to defend yourself and your home are also codified in Florida statute §776.013. However, that right should not eclipse the rights of another individual's rights.
Under the letter of the law there is a decent chance that a jury could find that Zimmerman reasonably believed that Martin was robbing a home, or any other of the many crimes applicable under §776.08. That is the problem. The state of Florida has allowed the beliefs of an individual with a gun to become a form of justice, and that simply should not be permissible.
There is no claim that Trayvon Martin actually committed a felonious crime or was in the process of committing one before his encounter with George Zimmerman that fateful night. But even if Martin had done something wrong, he is owed several things by our justice system, including the right to have a jury determine whether he is actually guilty of committing any crime. Instead, being a lone outsider in a community late at night seems to have given Zimmerman a right to take on the roles of everyone in our judicial system, from police officer to judge to executioner. The due process rights (not to mention the life) Zimmerman stole from Martin that night show, in and of itself, why the Florida law, as written, is simply unacceptable.
This is not to say that the idea of a "Stand Your Ground" law cannot work. It can. However, no law which gives an individual a right to end the life of another should be based on a standard that they reasonably believed that one thing or another was going to happen. An officer cannot arrest me without some measure of probable cause and a judge cannot sentence me to death until a prosecutor has proved to a jury that I have committed a crime punishable by death beyond a reasonable doubt. However, because Zimmerman was just an average citizen with a gun, he is allowed an almost indefinable standard by which to decide whether Martin had the right to continue living.
For a law of this type to be effective, it will take a clearer statute and standard by which to determine whether a crime is happening and a narrower definition of what allows an individual to initiate the use of deadly force against another. Several of the listed forcible felonies are obviously understandable (such as arson, sexual battery, aircraft piracy, etc.); however, others do not seem to warrant the punishment of potential death by citizen. For example, under Florida law, one is allowed to kill another if one finds it reasonably necessary to prevent them from committing an imminent car-jacking. To save the possession of a third-party from being stolen, it would be ok to kill someone. This is unreasonable.
The Florida courts should have the opportunity to look at Zimmerman's case, if only for the fact they could have the opportunity to strike the law down and force the legislature to re-assess the how the law is written. Clearer definitions need to be implemented so that an individual must have more than just a subjective belief that a crime is being committed or that someone is threatening them. It may not be as extreme as needing to see a weapon, but a level of accountability must be in place for those who will take it upon themselves to put the words of 776.012 and 776.013 into effect.
We may never have a clear picture of what happened that night between Martin and Zimmerman Sanford, Florida. Instead, we will get a picture that involves a nation displaying a level of rage and debate over the actions taken that night by Zimmerman. Some have called this a race issue, and they may be right.[7] There is not enough known about Zimmerman to know if he would be driven by racial prejudice to act in this way. Others will say this is a gun rights issue, and they may be right, too.[8] There are many issues at play here. But in the end, I see only one solution being the correct one under the United States Constitution, and that is to arrest and try George Zimmerman for murder allowing for him to officially raise his self-defense claim (up to this point it has been the decision of the police and District Attorney's to not arrest Zimmerman as they have determined he acted within the bounds of Florida statutes §776.013 and §776.012 in a court of law. Then it should be the responsibility of the courts to shoot down the defense and rule this law to be unconstitutional, so that Zimmerman is punished for his actions and the state of Florida's legislature will be forced to fix this law so that another person will not feel justified by over-zealously taking the life of one of their fellow men.
[1] http://www.kansascity.com/2012/03/27/3517168/nra-helped-spread-stand-your-ground.html; http://www.theroot.com/blogs/naacp/how-stand-your-ground-went-national
[2] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/is-it-too-much-to-expect-to-get-the-facts-first/2012/03/24/gIQApysHYS_blog.html
[6] http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201203291100–tms–amvoicesctnav-a20120329mar29,0,5876045.column
[8] http://www.thenewamerican.com/opinion/950-bob-confer/11309-qstand-your-groundq-and-self-defense
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The international monetary and financial system has witnessed tremendous change over the recent decades. Rapid expansion in cross-border capital flows, continued financial innovation, and deepening financial markets pose increasing challenges not only for national policy makers, but also for international financial institutions. This has been particularly true of the IMF as it seeks to serve its global membership, and it has triggered a critically important discussion of the Fund's strategic direction.
The IMF's current strategic review does not start from scratch. The reform process was launched at the end of the 1990's and was continued by former Managing Director Horst Köhler with important initiatives. These initiatives – particularly efforts to strengthen the IMF's surveillance function and the so-called "exceptional access framework" – must now be locked in and implemented consistently.
For example, the introduction of standards and codes, reports on their observation (ROSC's), Financial Sector Assessment Programs (FSAP's), and the resulting increase in the Fund's transparency might contribute to an improvement of bilateral, regional, and multilateral surveillance. The exceptional access policy, which seeks to both enhance the predictability of the Fund's lending policy and to safeguard its financial position, is still waiting for its first real test.
But the world needs to look beyond even these issues. The IMF's management shares many strategic considerations repeatedly raised by the Bundesbank, which has argued that the Fund should limit its activities to its core mandate: promoting monetary and financial stability. Thus, the IMF's role in the international monetary system should not go beyond applying its key instruments for promoting macroeconomic stability: surveillance and economic policy advice.


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Without giving away the plot, let me just say that Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter is quite literally a milliner. In a Wonderland style of Project Runway, he makes more than a few. Although I would love to own one from the movie's costume collection, I would definitely settle for this fun feathered cloche.


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You might love a good corned-beef sandwich, but how much do you really know about Emerald Isle cuisine? This hands-on cooking class gives you a chance to both prepare and enjoy a traditional Irish lunch, including beef-and-Guinness stew, Dublin-style parsnip colcannon and "spotted dog" sweet cake—a thick raisin soda bread. The hearty grub should help mitigate the effects of any other St. Patrick's weekend activities you have planned.
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Defense worker: 'On furlough — back Tuesday'
WASHINGTON — Civilian Defense workers across the United States began taking unpaid leave on Monday in a Pentagon-imposed austerity move expected to save $1.8 billion through Sept. 30 by effectively cutting the pay of about 650,000 workers by nearly 20 percent.
Defense officials said they could not say exactly how many people took a day of unpaid leave because those decisions are handled locally at workplaces across the country. But absences were evident at the Pentagon.
"Sorry, we're on furlough — back Tuesday," said a sign taped to one computer.
The move, criticized by some lawmakers and unions, was one of the most visible effects of the nearly $37 billion in automatic across-the-board budget cuts imposed on the Pentagon this year to try to curb the government's nearly $1 trillion deficit.
The military has postponed maintenance, curtailed training, canceled deployments and taken other steps to slash spending.
The cuts were imposed when Congress and the Obama administration failed to reach a compromise on alternative ways to reduce outlays.
Defense officials said about 85 percent of the 770,000 civilian employees eligible for furlough would begin taking two days of unpaid leave per two-week pay period beginning this week and continuing through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. That amounts to about a day per week for 11 weeks.
"I myself will be furloughed two days this pay period, which starts today," Pentagon spokesman George Little said.
He said the furloughs were expected to reduce Pentagon spending by $1.8 billion through the end of the fiscal year.
Rep. Sean Maloney of New York said the cuts were the result of "dumb decisions" by the last Congress. He said the furloughs would affect about 1,000 families at the military academy at West Point in New York, slashing an average of $4,000 in wages per affected employee between now and Sept. 30.
"That's a big cut in anybody's pay, particularly over such a short period," Maloney told a conference call.
"It represents an 18-percent reduction in that pay, and this will be a direct impact on families themselves but also the communities that depend on the wages of these employees for their own small businesses and local economies," he said.


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Stout sentenced for role in drug case
– Katie Zerr –
A Mobridge man has been sentenced to serve more than 12 years in prison for his part in a case that netted eight arrests on drug related charges.
Tim Stout, 37, was sentenced by Judge Charles Kornman to serve 151 months in the state penitentiary and three years of supervised probation after his release on charges of distribution of methamphetamine. He was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment.
Stout's arrest is a result of an investigation that started with a reported assault in Mobridge (see Scott Waltman's story on this page) in December. The investigation revealed a number of kidnappings, assaults and aggravated assaults as well as drug distribution charges for area residents.
According to the Aberdeen American News, Stout associated with those who committed the kidnappings and assaults, but did not participate in those events. He did however, work for two of the men responsible for the trail of crimes that led to his arrest.
According to the American News story, Stout was given between 40 and 50 grams of methamphetamine to sell on Standing Rock, but used the drugs himself.
Kornmann refused to consider a lighter sentence due to Stout's criminal and drug history.
Stout faced a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and up to a fine of $1 million dollars for the methamphetamine charge.
The case was investigated by the Northern Plains Safe Trails Drug Enforcement Task Force.
Residents plead guilty to kidnapping, drugs
Two people have pleaded guilty to crimes in a Mobridge-area case that involves federal charges of drug distribution, kidnapping and assault.
Neither Anthony Brown Otter nor Amber Long Chase has been sentenced. Brown Otter, 24, pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and use of a firearm during a crime of violence or drug trafficking.
Long Chase, 32, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. She was never charged in connection with the alleged kidnappings and assaults.
The counts stem from incidents late last year, and six other people have also been charged in the case.
According to court documents, sometime between Dec. 23 and 25 large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine and several thousand dollars were stolen from a trailer house in Mobridge in which Jose "Ivan" M. Garcia lived. Also, according to court documents, on Dec. 27 Garcia, Brown Otter, Marco Uribe, Andrew Kills Crow and Nathan Martin picked up four people, took them to a remote area, interrogated them and assaulted them in an attempt to learn who had stolen the money and drugs. According to court documents, the assaults involved hitting and kicking the victims, brandishing handguns and putting the barrels of two guns into the mouth of one of the victims.
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The victims had been at a Dec. 23 party at Garcia's trailer during which cocaine had been used, according to paperwork in the case. Details of the alleged kidnappings and assaults are laid out in the factual basis filed in Brown Otter's case. Here is what authorities believe happened, according to those documents:
• The morning of Dec. 27, Kills Crow knocked on a window of the Wakpala home of one of the victims and told the victim, "Let's go for a ride and talk." The victim got into a car with Garcia and Kills Crow.
As they drove away, vehicles pulled in front and behind them. Uribe and a male companion who was living with Garcia were in the front vehicle. Martin and Brown Otter were in the rear vehicle.
• All three vehicles drove to the Wakpala Powwow Grounds where Uribe got out of the front car, opened the trunk, pulled out two guns and handed one to the male companion. The male struck the victim in the head with a handgun, and he and Uribe started kicking the victim and interrogated him about the missing drugs and money. When they were convinced that the victim was not responsible for the break in, they forced him to help them find others who were at the party. They also told the victim that if he tried to run or call the police, they would shoot up his house.
• The three vehicles then tracked down a second party-goer in Mobridge. They drove him to a nearby hill where Brown Otter struck the man. Brown Otter and the male companion kicked the man, then interrogated him about the missing drugs and money, compelling him to assist the group in finding others they thought might be responsible for the break in.
• About 2 p.m., the group picked up a third party-goer in Mobridge and a fourth in Wakpala because they thought the two men might have been involved in the break in. They drove to the Wakpala Powwow Grounds where Uribe handed Brown Otter a handgun. Brown Otter and the male companion beat the men to the ground with their fists, then kicked them.
• The four victims were then escorted to a creek where they were told to sit. The male companion and Uribe then pointed their handguns at the heads of the four men. The male and Uribe both stuck their guns in the mouth of one of the victims. The four men were then again interrogated about the drugs and money and threatened with being shot if they did not tell the group where the drugs and handguns were. The victims were told that if they called police, the group would return with more men and more guns. Uribe and the male companion cocked their handguns several times.
• Once satisfied that the four victims didn't know where the drugs were, Uribe, Martin, Garcia, Kills Crow, Brown Otter and the male companion left the victims at the scene of the interrogation. While Garcia, Kills Crow and Martin were present, they didn't participate in the assault.
Various charges filed
There are also drug-related charges against some of the people in the case, stemming from an alleged conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine between Oct. 1 and Dec. 28, according to paperwork filed in the case.
The charges against the various people involved in the incidents include:
Kills Crow, who was 20 at the time of his initial appearance in March: conspiracy to distribute cocaine, a felony punishable by as much as 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine; four counts of aiding and abetting kidnapping, a felony punishable by as much as life in prison and a $250,000 fine and four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony punishable by as much as 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Uribe, who was 25 at the time of his initial appearance in April: conspiracy to distribute cocaine; conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, a felony punishable by as much as 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine; four counts of aiding and abetting kidnapping; four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and use of a firearm during a crime of violence or drug trafficking, a felony punishable by as much as life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Martin, 30: conspiracy to distribute cocaine, four counts of aiding and abetting kidnapping, four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon.
Tim Stout, 37: conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
Dustin Swimmer, 26: conspiracy to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
In exchange for Long Chase's guilty plea, a charge of conspiracy to distribute cocaine was dismissed. In exchange for Brown Otter's guilty pleas, several related charges were dismissed. Both are scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 3, according to court documents.
Court records don't reveal more information about either Garcia nor the unidentified male aside from showing Garcia is accused of charges including conspiracy to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, four counts of aiding and abetting kidnapping, five counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, use of a firearm during a crime of violence or drug trafficking.


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Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT)
Combatting mental health problems through improved access to evidence based talking therapies
The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Expansion Programme builds on the ground breaking IAPT programme that started in 2008. Through the rapid expansion of training psychological therapists and the commissioning of new teams to work in primary care, the IAPT programme has led the way in improving availability of NICE recommended treatments for people suffering with anxiety disorders and depression.
The adult IAPT expansion programme
We are working with NHS England to deliver the objectives of the Five Year Forward View (FYFV) Independent Taskforce Report. The report outlines a need to further expand access to integrated psychological therapies for adults with anxiety and depression, with the aim of meeting 25% of need and a focus on those with long-term physical health conditions and people who are out of work. We're developing a sustainable plan for growth and further development of the IAPT workforce over the next five years through workforce planning and education commissioning - expanding and up-skilling the IAPT workforce to increase access and develop robust integrated models for delivering psychological therapies in primary care.
The IAPT expansion programme will accelerate with additional NHS England investment in 2016/17 and 2017/18 to develop integrated IAPT services embedded within physical healthcare pathways and to train therapists to deliver psychological therapies for people living with long term physical health conditions and medically unexplained symptoms.
Training for long-term conditions and medically unexplained symptoms
To support the expansion of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, we are commissioning continued professional development (CPD) training for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners and High Intensity Therapists.
The training focuses on high intensity and low intensity approaches to support people with mental health problems and physical long-term conditions or persistent and distressing medically unexplained symptoms. The IAPT Education and Training Expert Reference Group have developed evidence based curricula to support the commissioning of two new training programmes:
- High Intensity Therapist (HIT) long term conditions/medically unexplained conditions curriculum.
- Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) long term conditions curriculum.
Resources are available for both the High Intensity Therapist and Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner courses.
A full list of training providers is available to download.
Useful links
- NHS England - Improving Access to Psychological Therapies for Long Term Conditions and Medically Unexplained Symptoms
- NHS England - implementation guidance for Five Year Forward View for Mental Health
- Royal College of Psychiatrists - consensus statement
- NHS England - map of early implementer clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)
- NHS England - overview of early implementer projects
- NHS England - blog about IAPT expansion
- NHS England - case study


text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- There's no denying that Wall Street has an insatiable appetite for growth. But to that end, I don't believe that there's anything a company can do other than to beat its performance expectations, which is exactly what Cisco ( CSCO) has now done for 10 consecutive quarters. But instant gratification is another flaw that plagues investors, many of whom missed, if not blatantly ignored, the good that came out of Cisco's earnings report; this sent the stock tumbling down 10%.Earlier this week, I told you that Cisco was a buy ahead of earnings. And even with Wednesday's plunge, I'm not backing away from that. Here's why I was right: Cisco beat or reached the upper end of its guidance on pretty much every metric that mattered, including earnings of 52 cents per share on revenue of $12.4 billion. On an adjusted basis, which removes a patent litigation settlement with TiVo ( TIVO) and other items such as stock compensation expense, the network giant posted a net income of $2.8 billion, up 12% year over year. This is while the Street was modeling for 8% growth. Revenue, meanwhile, was up 6% year over year. Some are calling it "in line", but based on some estimates, Cisco actually posted a slight beat -- albeit by $100,000. Not to mention the company generated $4 billion in cash flow. I get that the margin story was not up to Cisco's usual standards, falling more than 1% year over year. But I wouldn't blow this out of proportion. In fact, the slight decline in margin was expected, especially since the company was facing shrinking corporate enterprise budgets. Do you recall what happened to Aruba Networks ( ARUN) in its May quarter? The stock was hit by "hurricane Cisco" -- falling almost 30% following Aruba's third-quarter earnings report. Cisco was accused by the Street as having caused Aruba's revenue miss by using "aggressive discounting." Why, then, would everyone seem shocked by Cisco's slight decline in margins? It doesn't make sense. On June 3, I talked about this very issue and mentioned that Cisco was sacrificing its margin to grow revenue, while squeezing rivals out of potential sales. It worked perfectly. But this quarter, Cisco had to "pay the piper."


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OASIS of the Seas---Just had to try it!: Oasis of the Seas Cruise Review by azbjc
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OASIS of the Seas---Just had to try it!
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
The public areas on the Oasis are some of the best on the seas. We love to stroll on the Promenade and enjoy the music, but it is wall-to-wall people when there's a parade. Hint: to watch the parade go up one floor where there are several public balcony overlooks. The Boardwalk is really just a way to get to the Aqua Theatre. Along the way, you pass Johnny Rockets and several other pay eateries. Central Park is a beautifully landscaped pathway between two parts of the ship and it is also lined with extra-fee eateries; with the exception of the Central Park Cafe. This cafe is worth finding! Roast beef is handsliced; the tuna melt is best I've ever had. Salads, especially make your own, are wonderful. Great cookies and desserts, too. They have some salads and sandwiches conveniently packed to take with you, also. The Sports deck is a nicely equipped area--the flowriders were seeing a lot of action; mini-golf is a big family hit, and the children's pool area made me wish I had brought along a grandchild. Studio B, the Comedy Club, the Opus Theatre, and the casino are all located next to each other, which makes it convenient to go from one to another. Most of our evenings when we weren't at shows we danced to the great bands in Dazzles--this was one of our favorite spots. The bar waiters are extremely attentive though, and don't want you to be without a drink so they visit you often. Too bad--I can make one drink last all night. Our favorite daytime spot was the Solarium--what a beautiful wraparound view when sailing into ports. This area has a great breakfast and lunch bisto (extra fee for dinner). This is a great roomy area with several groups of casual chairs, and it never feels crowded. We loved the huge hottubs with their great views.
The Oasis has one important feature over all the other ships, at least at this point in time, the great entertainment. We made all our reservations online beforehand, and if you don't, you'll be sorry. All the shows were upscale from any I've ever seen on a ship. The Aqua show was amazing as was the aerial Oasis of Dreams. Ihe ice show was better than I've seen on the Navigator of the Seas. The Broadway show was very well done, but I think "Footloose" would have been a better choice. I hope they change the Broadway show every year or so. Our Aqua Show was cancelled due to high winds, but it was scheduled for another day and time. There were a lot of people complaining that they didn't get to see it; well, this is where that flat screen in your stateroom comes in handy---the show was scheduled for another day and time and those people holding reservations for the cancelled show didn't even have to rescheduled since it was done for them automatically.
Now, to the food! Well, we weren't impressed with the main diningroom but we didn't go away hungry. The first night I ordered a pork chop Mojito just to try something different--it was delicious. One night we ordered a type of steak, which was not cooked to our specifications but we didn't want to wait for another to be prepared. If you read a small box on the menu, you can order for about $15 a 10 oz filet mignon from the pay restaurant Chops and it will be served to you in the diningroom. Since a 10oz steak could feed the two of us, we ordered one and split it. Cheaper than paying for two people to eat at Chops. Wow! Best filet I have eaten in a long time. Wish we had read that little box sooner. We were disappointed in the Promenade Cafe because they never changed their food selections all week, but we would stop here for a late night snack. (Doesn't compare to the great International Cafe on Princess.) We tried the pizza--just okay. Tried to stay away from the Windjammer because of the crowds so went more to the Solarium Bistro and Central Park Cafe.
Ports: We normally choose to sail a specific itinerary and like being in port. (One of our favorites is the Southern Medley on Emerald Princess.) We chose to sail on the Oasis for the ship experience. Two and a half days out of seven in port is not enough for us. Couldn't the Oasis at least stop on a private island? Being in the port of Nassau for only about 5 hours is a real letdown. You need a whole day for most of the best excursions in Nassau. We took the number 10 bus to the stop closest to Ardasta Gardens and walked about 5 minutes to the small zoo. They are trying so hard to keep this little tropical zoo up so we felt we did our duty toward conservation.
St Thomas is one of our favorite ports. We always use dependable Godfrey Tours to take us downtown for about an hour and then off to Coki Beach for the most fun in the water you can have. Located next to the aquarium, Coki is a great place to snorkel right from shore. You can rent chaises and buy food, but the vendors aren't agressive.
St Maarten is also one of our favorite ports. We usually walk downtown to Front Street and enjoy the shops for they are some of the best in the Caribbean. Then we go to the beach behind the Front Street shops and stroll the pathway, grabbing a cocktail now and then, and enjoying the beach. This area is alway so clean and seems so festive. It is one of my favorite spots in the Caribbean.
Will we sail on the Oasis again? We don't think so. We enjoyed the ship and the shows, but now we've been there, saw that. We will go back to choosing a ship for its itinerary. Everyone who enjoys cruises should probably sail on the Oasis or the Allure once for the experience. Less
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Four people were injured when a goods train plunged into the Amanzimtoti River near Durban on Tuesday, KwaZulu-Natal emergency workers said.
"The raging river has eroded the sand from under the train tracks, causing the train to plunge several metres into the torrent waters," said Netcare 911 spokesman Chris Botha.
Paramedics arrived at the scene to find the four train staff members severely traumatised, cold and wet.
"After they were stabilised on scene, medics transported them to the Netcare Kingsway hospital for the care that they required," he said. - Sapa


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- Countermarch
- Countermarch Coun`ter*march" (koun`t?r-m?rch"), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. {Countermarched} (-m?rcht"); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Countermarching}.] (Mil.)
To march back, or to march in reversed order.
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The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near and receded. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.


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The Administration Building at Exelon City Solar, the nation's largest urban solar power plant, has been recognized with Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. (Credit: Exelon Generation)
Based on City Solar site's northern edge, the building can be employed for both conferences as well as for office purposes, that has been provided with exhibits to enlighten the visitors about the power plant and Exelon 2020, the company's industrial plan to equalize, eliminate or transfer its carbon footprint by 15 mtpa or more emissions of greenhouse gas by 2020. Other features that facilitated the building with Silver New Construction LEED-certification were the garden at the rooftop for observing the 41ac solar field, the utilization of almost 25% of recycled resources for construction, and natural illumination for more than 95% of the inner space.
The president of Exelon Power, Sonny Garg says that the LEED-certification along with this new construction will encourage the progress of City Solar.
Exelon City Solar, a 10MW solar power plant, is situated on a brownfield in the West Pullman region of Chicago. The 32,292 PV panels produce adequate electricity to energize 1,500 homes per annum. The accomplishment of construction in 2010 facilitates several tours for community groups, local students, and industrial organizations to enlighten them about solar energy.
Exelon Solar, a part of Exelon Power is the proprietor and operator of Exelon's hydroelectric, renewable and fossil power plants. Exelon Power's Renewable Energy Education Center in Fairless Hills, Pa and the Visitor Center at Conowingo Dam in Darlington, Md has also been presented with LEED-certification.
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