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SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Twenty-four years after its creation, "The Waltz Project" finally enjoyed its New York City Ballet premiere Thursday night at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Peter Martins' lively ballet characterizes four couples in piano waltzes by nine contemporary American composers, handsomely played by Cameron Grant.
Originally scheduled for SPAC in 1988, "The Waltz Project" was scratched that summer because of a string of injuries. Thursday's performance, with a cast entirely new to the ballet, revealed it as charming, intriguing and a little scary.
Its format, a series of brief duets, makes it a distant cousin of Jerome Robbins' "In the Night," also showing this season. Martins paints his characters less richly and subtly than Robbins, but his waltzers' relationships offer greater variety, with two compatible couples and two problematic ones.
Savannah Lowery and Adrian Danchig-Waring, one troubled pair, danced to Joan Tower and Milton Babbitt with steps ranging from hectic to meditative. Danchig-Waring hurled Lowery about in wild lifts; Lowery later evoked puzzlement, holding her hands out before her face and turning her palms toward her.
The other candidates for couples therapy, Megan Fairchild and Andrew Veyette, whirled violently to Joseph Fennimore and angrily pushed and pulled to Roger Sessions' dissonant waltz. Fennimore's waltz inspired Veyette to fold up Fairchild at the waist and mime stuffing her bottom-first down a narrow chute.
Things looked cheerier for Teresa Reichlen and Amar Ramasar. As pals, they rough-housed to Philip Glass, Ramasar spinning Reichlen off-balance and carrying her wrapped around his waist. In Robert Moran's waltz, they discovered deeper affections, expressed in slow, high, eccentric lifts.
Tiler Peck shucked and jigged for unflappable Robert Fairchild in funny numbers to Ivan Tcherepnin and Tom Constanten. She skittered about in double-time, desperate to arouse him with her jazzy shimmy. When his motor suddenly kicked in, he happily hoisted her upside down, her purple sneakers on display.
In the group finale, to Morton Gould, everyone takes a waltzing position for a mostly unison display, ending with the women supported in backbends, kicking the air. Witty and thoughtful, "The Waltz Project" shows Martins' gift for choreographing in the American idiom.
In addition to excellent repeats of George Balanchine's "Concerto Barocco" and "Kammermusik No. 2," his dazzling "Symphony in C" also returned, with different leads in the first and last movements. Ana Sophia Scheller confidently danced the opening, beautiful in supported leaps and slow supported fouett�s. Her partner, Chase Finlay, promenaded her handsomely but looked tentative in some launches and landings. Speedy Erica Pereira ably kicked off the delirious finale with Sean Suozzi.
Two things remain too short about "Symphony in C" this season. The third movement repeat again disappeared, depriving us of all the Sterling Hyltin and Joaquin De Luz we rightfully deserve.
The second truncation unfortunately mars Marc Happel's sparkling new costumes. As a friend pointed out, the new "pancake" tutus lie flatter than Barbara Karinska's "powder puff" design. Further, unlike Happel, Karinska characteristically extended the bodice by attaching a yoke, which let the tutu ride lower and more gracefully on the hips.
The result, a shorter, more rigid skirt, reveals more of the dancer's bottom. Call me a prude, but with such heavenly choreography as Balanchine's, shouldn't we be reminded a little less of dancers' physicality?
Thursday's program repeats today at 2 p.m., "The Waltz Project" also returns July 19 at 2 p.m., and "Symphony in C" at 8 p.m. July 21.


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McGill ended the regular season fourth in the nation with a 6.20 digs per game average. The senior also at 688 digs moved into second place in IPFW school history for the most digs in a single-season.
Steenhuysen earned her second Summit League Setter of the Year award during her four-year college career after leading the conference and being fifth in the nation with a 12.16 assists per game average. In addition, the senior was the only setter during the regular season to win the Summit League Offensive Player of the Week award.
Along with the two seniors winning awards, Spencer became the first IPFW player to be selected as the Summit League Player of the Year. Spencer led the conference having both double-digit kills and digs in 18 matches this season and was in the nation's top 40 with a 4.25 kills per game average.
McGill, Spencer and Steenhuysen besides their top individual honors were named to the Summit League All-League Team.
IPFW ended the regular season in second place, one-match behind first place IUPUI, and earned a berth into the four-team conference tournament.
IUPUI and IPFW led all teams each having three players make the All-League Team.
In addition to the All-Legue Team, senior middle attacker Jessie Manwaring was named to the Honorable Mention All-League Team while outside attacker Hailie Ripley made the Summit League All-Freshman Team.
Manwaring had a team-high 25 solo blocks and was second on IPFW with a 2.57 kills per game average. Ripley as a redshirt freshman led the Mastodons with 111 blocks and contributed on offense with a 2.20 kills per game average.
Ripley was the only IPFW player to make the seven-person All-Freshman Team. IUPUI outside attacker Kaitlyn Hickey was an All-Freshman Team selection and won the Freshman Player of the Year to become the lone non-IPFW player to earn a top individual award from the conference this season.


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It was a year of storms, of raging winds and rising waters, but also broader turbulence that strained our moorings. Our atmosphere, our politics, our economy – rarely in memory have they seemed in such constant agitation.
Our emotions, too. In the year's final weeks, amid a torrent of tears in a heartbroken Connecticut town, a rush of grief seemed to wash over all of us from the shooting deaths of 20 children and six adults in an elementary school, and of the shooter's mother in her home. The senselessness and loss plumbed depths of sorrow and outrage we had not felt, together, for many years.
But if 2012 battered us with floods and tempests, and seemed especially dark in its final days, it was also perhaps more distinctively a year of mornings after, when clouds parted and dawn's light fell upon altered landscapes.
Surveying the changes, we were sometimes sanguine, at other times distraught.
There were, of course, the storms themselves, taking not just ferocious but sometimes freakish forms. Americans saw an unusually warm winter, spring tornadoes, summer drought, and a band of concentrated, hurricane-scale thunderstorms that taught millions the word "derecho."
Autumn brought Hurricane Sandy and a wintry nor'easter that disrupted millions of lives and killed hundreds, many swept from their homes in communities with safe-sounding names like New York's Breezy Point and the Rockaways that unexpectedly entered the lexicon of global disaster zones.
When the waters did recede, they revealed a country perhaps one step readier to confront difficult questions: Is our planet changing, and are we responsible? Even more abruptly, the Connecticut killing spree seemed in one terrible day to bring the long-dormant issue of gun control to the political forefront.
Sandy may also have boosted President Barack Obama in the last days of a close-run re-election campaign that was nothing if not a storm itself – a seemingly endless $6 billion typhoon of negativity that simply exhausted Americans, particularly in a handful of swing states on whose airwaves it made landfall.
But it ended at last, and if the outcome seemed to affirm the status quo, it also laid bare a political topography reshaped by changing demographics.
Just over half the country, disproportionately the young and minority, celebrated Obama's re-election, and three states became the first to approve gay marriage at the ballot box. Among those on the losing side, older and whiter as a group, some were genuinely shocked by the result, and expressed sadness in the conviction that an America that felt familiar to them was slipping away.
After nearly half a decade, rays of sunlight at last shone on the American economy. Unemployment, though still uncomfortably high, fell below 8 percent for the first time in more than three years. Housing began to rebound. Though political gridlock threatened to undermine it, recovery seemed at last at hand.
Yet the flickering revival also illuminated how much may have changed forever. Factories were hiring again, but often couldn't find workers with the needed qualifications. A college degree was the increasingly unforgiving divider between the haves and have-nots, fueling anxiety over its rising price.
One 2012 study reached the remarkable conclusion that even during the depths of the worst recession in the lifetimes of most Americans, the number of jobs available to people with a bachelor's degree never stopped increasing. And even when the economy picked up in 2012, the number of available jobs for those with only a high school diploma continued to decline. In other words, for those with a college degree, the Great Recession never happened. For those without one, it may never end.
Amid great sorrow, there was no shortage of wondrous human achievement in 2012.
Scientists in Switzerland tied the final string of a knot that explains the most elementary workings of the universe: the "standard model" of physics. With the words, "I think we have it," they announced with virtual certainty they had found the so-called Higgs boson "God particle." It was an answer to one of the most basic but bedeviling questions imaginable: Where does mass come from?
At the London Olympics, Jamaican Usain Bolt proved himself the greatest sprinter of all-time, and Baltimore swimmer Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian. But for the Americans, victory in the medal table was driven by women -a reward, on the 40th anniversary of Title IX, for a broad-based culture of sports participation. The defining image: 16-year-old gymnast Gabby Douglas, suspended with seemingly impossible fluidity and grace at the apex of her jump from a balance beam, en route to the all-around gold medal.
There were, as always, those who let us down. Lance Armstrong, the supposedly superhuman cyclist stripped of seven Tour de France titles, humiliated by a meticulous official report that painted him a cheat and a bully. Revered general and CIA director David Petraeus, taken down by an affair with a fawning biographer. Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, carted off to prison for 30 to 60 years for child sex abuse.
Internationally, there was no shortage of storms in 2012, though less in the way of resolution. Old enmities and grievances resurfaced in the Middle East, clouding the legacy of the 2011 Arab spring. The number of dead in the Syrian civil war passed 40,000. Israeli and Palestinian civilians suffered through another escalation of the conflict in Gaza.
In Libya, four Americans, including ambassador Chris Stevens, were killed in an attack on the Benghazi consulate that became yet another point of bitter political dispute in Washington.
The European Union accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, but its grand experiment with a single currency teetered. Greeks rioted against austerity, and anti-immigrant groups harking back to the continent's fascist past drew energy from the despair. Spain, Portugal and Italy struggled to right themselves and offer a way forward to an emerging generation that has never tasted opportunity.
Although some clouds parted in 2012, there remained no dearth of the grieving and the suffering, on whom "the sky, it seems, would pour down stinking pitch" – in the words of Shakespeare's famous take on tempests – and who anxiously awaited what the dawning light of 2013 would reveal.


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Guns in schools? Good for business!
On Meet the Press yesterday, National Rifle Association honcho Wayne LaPierre said: "If it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy."
OK, Wayne. You're crazy.
I don't intend to analyze his idea. If you really want to know why it's crazy to lock and load 99,000 public schools (LaPierre envisions hiring "retired miitary...retired police...former Secret Service)", there's plenty of evidence online about why it would be logistically unworkable and financially insane. Nobody, except for the usual gun nuts, takes his idea seriously; even the conservative New York Post ran a cover-page headline this weekend calling LaPierre an "NRA Loon."
But I'd amend the crazy label. He's actually crazy like a fox.
Because this is all about money. In terms of annual business, the American gun industry is worth $12 billion. The NRA's budget annual budget is $250 million; it depends not just on membership dues, but on lavish industry contributions. For instance, the gun-making firm Sturm Ruger just finished a one-year sweetheart deal with the NRA; it gave the NRA a dollar for every gun sold, and the NRA's take totaled $1.2 million. And the gun retailers get in on the act, too. The CEO of Cabela's, a hunting and outdoor gear chain, recently gave the NRA $1 million in cash.
In other words, the NRA exists to do the industry's bidding. The NRA can talk all day (and it certainly does) about the Second Amendment and about its stalwart defense of Freedom, but its real job is to keep the industry fat and happy and profitable - by ensuring that it sells more and more guns. What's good for the gun industry is good for the NRA, and vice versa. The industry and the NRA are essentially telling the devastated parents of Newtown: "It's not personal. It's business."
Which brings us to LaPierre's guns-in-schools proposal. He knows that he's being reviled and ridiculed; he knows that the kind of people who watch Meet the Press probably view him as a self-parodying buffoon. And I would bet that he couldn't care less - because his intended audience is comprised of his gun business clients. In this time of crisis (the worst crisis for gun industrialists since Columbine in 1999), he wants to demonstrate that he has their back.
If his bid to arm the schools goes nowhere, he at least showed his clients that he doesn't intend to cede an inch to the "elitists" who threaten the industry's profit margins. And if LaPierre does get some traction with his idea - in some states here, in some localities there - well, all the better, because that could be a swell way to sell more guns. Armed retirees in thousands of schools...that could be a whole new market.
Right now, roughly 40 percent of the gun industry's annual domestic sales go to law enforcement; LaPierre's idea could grow that slice of the pie. And that would be a very nice deal for the gun industry - because the percentage of gun-owning households has long been shrinking. True fact. According to a study by the Univerity of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center, roughly half of all households had guns back in 1973; in 2010, the share was only 32 percent. So it would just be smart business to expand sales elsewhere.
Which is why LaPierre is touting "armed security" - active cops as well as retired sentries - as a way to "protect our kids." It would've been far more accurate if he had touted it as a way to "protect our profits."
At one point yesterday, host David Gregory suggested that perhaps it would be a good idea to ban semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity ammunition: "If we replace (30-round magazines) and said, 'Well, you could only have a magazine that carries five bullets or ten bullets,' isn't it just as possible that you can reduce the carnage in a situation like Newtown?" In other words, Gregory was asking LaPierre whether he understood basic math.
LaPierre: "I don't believe that's going to make one difference."
A laughable response, yes. A nauseating response, yes. But how else would we have expected him to respond? Semi-automatic weapons (known to NRA leaders as "sporting arms") and high-capacity magazines are growth sectors of the gun market. The gun-owning households, shrinking share notwithstanding, tend to buy lots of guns, and they love those sporting arms. There's no way the NRA will agree to any legislation that shaves the industry's annual $12 billion.
So the next time LaPierre shows up on a Sunday show taking about Freedom, remember his unspoken message: "Guns are good business. Invest your kids."
I'm off the grid on Christmas Day. On Wednesday, from 10 to 11 a.m., I'll be guesting on WHYY's Radio Times, reviewing the year and looking ahead. I'll handle the domestic politics; my co-guest, Philadelphia Inquirer foreign affairs columnist Trudy Rubin, will look overseas.
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text: Investigation of slurry pond collapse begins By Staff, wire reports December 4, 2012 Story Share LUMBERPORT, W.Va. -- Investigators on Tuesday began looking for the cause of an embankment collapse at a massive CONSOL Energy coal slurry pond in Harrison County last week, as crews continued their search for a dozer operator who has been missing since his vehicle fell into the impoundment Friday afternoon.MSHA spokeswoman Amy Louviere said that "informal interviews" were conducted as the investigation of the incident at CONSOL's Nolan Run slurry impoundment, located near the company's Robinson Run underground mine.Four days after the accident, the company, MSHA and state officials were slowly moving toward the recovery of the dozer from the soupy wastewater. The dozer operator, who has not been identified, is missing and presumed drowned, though federal officials continued to refer to a "rescue and recovery" operation.MSHA used flatbed trucks to bring barges to the recovery site as crews dredged around the shoreline so the barges can be launched once they're assembled.Small boats will maneuver the barges into place, and a certified marine surveyor will confirm the loads they can hold. The barges are about 12 feet wide and 36 feet long, like those that move coal along rivers, and they'll serve as the platform for the operation, Louviere said. Fifty-foot pipes will anchor the recovery platform."A 25-foot buffer zone will be established from the shore, which will be illuminated," Louviere said. "Anyone in this buffer zone will be required to have a spotter and be wearing a life jacket."Louviere said the plan is to sink sheet pilings into the pond around the dozer, walling it off. The dozer is believed to be stuck 25 to 35 feet in the slurry, the refuse and solid material that sit beneath about 10 to 12 feet of dirty water. Slurry is the waste created when coal is washed to help it burn more cleanly.Crews will pump the slurry out from around the dozer, Louviere said, and replace it with water so divers can enter and search for the missing operator. It's unclear how the bulldozer will be removed. Pittsburgh-based CONSOL has scheduled a technical briefing for the news media for Wednesday afternoon, but said the telephone event would last only 15 minutes and not include an opportunity for reporters to ask questions.Louviere said there was no risk to the public from the failure of the 200- by 200-foot section of the embankment because the structural problems were inside, not outside, the impoundment.The pond encompasses about 78 acres and is estimated to hold between 1.6 billion and 1.9 billion gallons of wastewater, said state Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Kathy Cosco.That's the equivalent of about 2,500 to 2,900 Olympic-size swimming pools, each holding about 600,000 gallons.The impoundment is permitted to hold 3.4 billion gallons, Cosco said, but typically operates well below that volume.The mine was idled over the weekend, and production has not yet resumed.Two engineers whose pickup trucks also went into the slurry suffered no life-threatening injuries. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 Judge gives water crisis settlement preliminary approval 3 Plans for all-ages venue rise in old bakery building 4 Body found in Kanawha River, near South Charleston 5 City of Milton tries to revive Morris Memorial property WVU to test reusable to-go containers Previous Story Woman hit, killed by train in Chapmanville Next Story


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Dr. Katie Guest came to the Lakes Region in 1999 after completing her veterinary training at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. Although she now limits her veterinary practice to cats, dogs and exotics, Dr. Guest previously treated horses, cows, sheep, and goats in her prior workplace. Dr. Guest has developed special interests in surgery and reproductive medicine. She has completed advanced courses in laser surgery and performs some of the more challenging surgical procedures, such as thyroidectomy (the removal of one or both of the thyroid glands €" a treatment option for cats with hyperthyroidism) and entropion (correction of eye lid abnormalities). In the field of reproductive medicine, she has experience with artificial insemination, semen collection and evaluation, pregnancy evaluation, and caesarian section. Dr. Guest lives with her husband, John (also a veterinarian at our hospital), children Connor, Ella, Madelyn & Caroline plus 3 cats & 2 dogs in Gilford. When she is not working, Dr. Guest enjoys hiking, skiing, and gardening


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With E3 less than a week away, expect to start seeing a lot more of Dishonored. To get a jump start, today we're revealing US pre-order incentives that will be available at launch.
Physical and downloadable bonuses include:
- GameStop – Arcane Assassin Downloadable Upgrade Pack & Dishonored Tarot cards
- Best Buy – Shadow Rat Downloadable Upgrade Pack & Whale Oil USB Lamp
- Amazon – Backstreet Butcher Downloadable Upgrade Pack
- Walmart – Acrobatic Killer Downloadable Upgrade Pack
- Target – Smart Phone Dishonored Decal
More pre-order information, including details on territories outside of the United States, will arrive in the weeks ahead. In the meantime, check out the Flickr slideshow below for more details on these pre-order only items.


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You may have noticed this new acronym popping up on some of our products. RoHS stands for Restrictions on Hazardous Substances, and it's a directive that could have a huge impact on the production and disposal of consumer electronics. First adopted in Europe in 2006 (and later adopted in California in 2007), RoHS restricts the use of six dangerous substances in lots of common electronics. According to the official RoHS compliance Web site (www.rohs.eu), the RoHS symbol indicates that "new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain any of the six banned substances: lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, poly-brominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), in quantities exceeding maximum concentration values."
While some military and medical equipment is exempt from RoHS compliance, the electronics governed by the standard are among the most common you'll find in your home, from radios to MP3 players to cell phones and (increasingly) computers. In practical terms, the standard protects factory workers at the production level, sharply reducing their exposure to hazardous substances. The standard also has a profound impact on the disposal and recycling of electronics, in that disposed substances will no longer have at least six of the most hazardous chemicals formerly found in electronics, and recycled electronics will not expose workers to toxics as they harvest components.
If you specialize in recording weak AM stations on your CC Witness Plus, you might be interested in our CC Witness Plus Ferrite Stick. This specially designed ferrite stick fits into the back of the cradle, which is part of the CC Witness Plus Accessory Kit, and couples to the Twin Coil Ferrite® AM Antenna (sold separately).
Currently, the Twin Coil Ferrite AM Antenna can be adapted to the CC Witness Plus using "hook and eye" material (included with the antenna) but if you want to do a nice neat job, then this is the adapter for you.
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The iPhone 4S is $99 and the 4 is free on contract. Can't get cheaper than free. In one more generation when the 4 is gone then the free iPhone will be the 4S, and it'll have the turn by turn directions and great camera and everything. I don't think Apple needs to have a "cheaper" iPhone. They already have cheap iPhones. What they need are colors and different screen sizes. They make different sized Macs, iPads, Displays, why is the iPhone different? I just find it odd that they know that different consumers want different sizes in all these other products, yet they keep sticking to this "optimal" size for the iPhone. They need to have the 4S size, the 5 size, and they need to release a version with a GSIII or Razr Maxx screen size (WIDER!) as well. I'd buy that in a heartbeat. Not to mention the battery gains they'd get from the larger form factor, like the Razr Maxx HD. I had to use one of those for a month, and the screen size and battery life blew me away. Not enough that I'd continue suffering Android, but the hardware was legit. Sign me up for an iPhone Max in red. Thanks Tim!
gene mustard has no idea >.> why in the world would apple release a cheaper iphone? They have nearly every darn thing in the market right now from ipod nano to iphone to ipad mini to ipad. Then they have everything covered in the traditional pc and laptop market as well.
Unless apple makes up a new category, like they did with the iphone and ipod, they a have no need to introduce another product line.
I have an iPhone 5 and a Galaxy s3 .. I do like the bigger screen ..but they are 100% that it is easier to type on the iPhone
You guys advocating the GS3 and Note 2 are dead on. I have buddies that each have a note 2 or GS3 and they are pretty cool. The only problem with them is they are both running Android. So its a big no for me. I've used both OS's extensively and IMO iOS is the superior platform. I'll be waiting until next October to roll around and be upgrading my 4S to the new iPhone. Sheep? Nope. I made my own mind up through personal research.
making a cheeper iPhone wounld't devalue the brand, it would just open new income for Appl£.
All Apple need to do is upgrade the 3Gs a little, sell it as a factory unlocked iDevice for around $100/£80 and they'd still make money from it while having a cheeper iDevice
the 3Gs was a great iPhone, in my opinion I don't think they'd do bad doing what I've suggested


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Raise awareness about healthy eating by making a short video of a talking junk food puppet? That's what My Food My Way, a nutritional campaign for students in Toronto, is trying to do with Foodagram. Choose one of the five puppets—Chippy (cup of fries), Molly Moo (milkshake), Papa Roni (slice of pizza), Pattie (burger), and Tubbs (cup of soda)—record up to 10 seconds of audio, and Foodagram will automatically create a video of the puppet "saying" your message.
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Sideshow Collectibles has released new photography of their latest 12-inch GI Joe action figure: DUSTY. The fan favorite desert trooper will be available for Pre-Order through the Sideshow Newsletter on Thursday, October 7th, which is typically published between 6PM and 7PM (Pacific Time).
The exclusive version of Dusty will include an AC58 Anti-Armor Rifle Grenade accessory and will be priced at $129.99. Additionally, a Regular Edition, without Rifle Grenade, will be priced at $129.99 and available for Pre-Order. Both versions of Dusty 12-inch Figure will be sold on a first come, first served basis, and will have the FLEXPay option available as a payment choice.


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WAYNE, N.J. — Toys"R"Us has expanded international shipping for online orders on Toysrus.com and Babiesrus.com to more than 60 countries across Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, Europe, North America and South America. The company is providing this service to its customers in partnership with i-parcel, a leading international air express company that facilitates global shipping capabilities.
"By introducing international shipping on Toysrus.com and Babiesrus.com, online customers around the world can now shop the vast product assortment offered on our e-commerce sites," said Milton Pappas, VP e-commerce customer experience for Toys"R"Us, U.S. "This new service also allows us to expand the global reach of the Toys"R"Us and Babies"R"Us brands to countries where we do not already operate stores, including Brazil, Mexico and more."
Through this partnership, i-parcel will facilitate the international sale, transport and delivery of products for this new online shipping option to customers around the world. To ensure a seamless customer experience, i-parcel will also handle all customer service inquiries related to specific shipments and deliveries. When shopping on Toysrus.com and Babiesrus.com, customers can select international shipping for eligible items, as noted on the product detail page. Once a destination is chosen, the customer will be directed to an i-parcel page where all taxes, shipping and duty information and costs will be displayed. The customer will then complete their transaction with i-parcel through its site.
Customers in the U.S. can also take advantage of this new service when shopping at their local store. With the help of a store associate, shoppers can send relatives and friends around the world gifts for special occasions year-round. When placing international orders at Toys"R"Us and Babies"R"Us stores nationwide a customer's billing and shipping addresses do not need to be the same.


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After a large brush fire forced the evacuation of a Prunedale polling place, Monterey County officials said the rest of Tuesday's high-turnout election appeared to go smoothly for most voters.
The 10-acre fire on Frisch Road began around 2 p.m., Cal Fire said, forcing the evacuation of about two dozen residents and the closure of the American Legion Hall polling place.
"I haven't heard one complaint," said poll worker Manny Garcia, who was working at the precinct when the fire broke out, forcing closure of Prunedale Road North.
He and Jonah Tellez were among those evacuated who set up shop for the closed precinct in the Prunedale Grange, about a mile away.
A California Highway Patrolman who stood watch over the road closure said he had to turn away about 20 voters by 3:30 p.m. It took about an hour for the address of the new voting location to filter out to officers manning the road closure, so some voters weren't sure where to go.
Some expressed anger, but said they would vote in Salinas or Castroville.
Tellez said voters coming to the grange from the closed precinct told him they learned of the new location from postings on Facebook.
County Registrar of Voters Linda Tulett said officials at first wanted to move the polling place to a nearby church, but it soon became clear that location was also within the closure zone.
"We said, 'Let's pick a place where you're not going to evacuate,'" Tulett said, pausing during a busy night at the county elections office in Salinas.
She said the elections office has a Facebook page, where it posted news of the move as soon as a new location was approved.
Tulett said some voters were notified of the move by text message and phone calls from the county's Emergency Services Office, a system that was in place in 2010 when storms forced the move of a Big Sur polling place.
Elections field inspector Nicole Campoli said at the Prunedale Grange that although voting at one's home precinct is preferable, "any voter is able to vote at any polling place."
By 5 p.m., the grange parking lot was filling up, due to both high voter turnout and the American Legion Hall relocation, Campoli said.
As a block-long line of voters snaked out of Tulett's office in Salinas, 18 rental trucks were poised outside, ready to dash off to collect ballots when the county's 81 voting locations closed — minus one because of the Prunedale evacuation.
A field inspector walked in and told Tulett that other Salinas polling places were also packed.
"That's what we've been hearing all night — just busy, busy, busy," Tulett said.
She called Tuesday's a "typically extremely busy" turnout. "We do have a record number of voters now," she said. She said the county also issued more vote-by-mail ballots this year than ever before.
One field inspector walked in with an American Flag tucked under her arm and handed it to Tulett.
"It has 48 stars," the woman said.
A voter had apparently noticed that the almost-antique flag, which appeared well-worn, was not the current version of the stars and stripes. Poll workers found the correct version and quickly replaced it.
While Tulett said she couldn't tell yet if turnout was better than the 2008 presidential election, it was clear the night was going to be a long one.
The first release of election results, slated for 8:30 p.m., was delayed for more than half an hour as officials waited for the last voter to leave her voting booth at the elections office.
Linda Guzman of Salinas said she had to take off three back braces to make the drive to the office on South Main Street.
Voters who are in line when polls close at 8 p.m. are allowed to stay and vote, although the office is closed to anyone arriving after the cutoff time.
Guzman said that while the ballot measures and presidential election were important, she was especially concerned about early childhood care, saying there has to be more safety and less violence in Salinas.
She said the gang violence problem "makes me want to go back to school and start again with local politics."
Guzman made local news in 2004 when she accused her ex-boyfriend, a former prison warden, of kicking her already injured back. The man was acquitted of the misdemeanor charges after his first trial ended with a hung jury.
Late in the day, a power outage left a Las Lomas precinct in the dark, but Tulett said voting continued anyway.
She said poll workers were prepared with flashlights and the machines had battery backups.
"We did OK with our flashlights and the tools that we have," she said. "You gotta love the tenacity of the voters who showed up with their own flashlights."
Despite the delays and curveballs, Tulett said, voting appeared to go without many hitches.
"The fire threw a wrench into our plans, but that was resolved in an hour," she said. "We have a pretty well-oiled machine."
Herald staff writer Elizabeth Devitt contributed to this story.
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Americans nationwide recognize the many achievements and sacrifices of Hispanic Americans each year from September 15 to October 15. During this period – officially recognized under federal law since 1988 – we come together to celebrate the rich histories, diverse cultures and countless contributions of the 50 million Hispanic Americans living across the country.
Throughout National Hispanic Heritage Month, the Broward Sheriff's Office is highlighting the successful careers and accomplishments of some of the agency's leaders. "The men and women of BSO reflect the diverse communities we serve," Sheriff Scott Israel said. "We honor all those of Hispanic heritage in our agency. Each one is dedicated to serving and protecting the residents and visitors of Broward County."
During this month, BSO will use Facebook and Twitter to honor Hispanic culture. The invaluable leadership, achievements and career history of BSO Hispanic personnel will be made available online each week.
"This annual observance enhances our focus on the need to foster diversity at every level of our agency, and this month reminds us of our commitment to equal opportunity – and equal justice – for everyone," Israel said.
According to U.S. Census Bureau data, the Hispanic population in Broward County is the largest and fastest growing in the nation, with Miami-Dade coming in a close second. On our website, www.sheriff.org, the Broward Sheriff's Office will be listing numerous community events and suggesting ways to mark Hispanic Heritage Month and educate those not familiar with Latin American cultures.
The observance of National Hispanic Heritage Month commences on September 15 to coincide with the Independence Day of several Latin American countries. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua celebrate their Independence Day on September 15; Mexico celebrates on September 16 and Chile celebrates on September 18. Columbus Day – alternatively named throughout Latin America as "Día de la Raza" – is also celebrated during Hispanic Heritage Month.
"Our community is stronger and more vibrant because of the great diversity here in South Florida," said Sheriff Israel. "That same amazing diversity is well represented in the Broward Sheriff's Office and likewise makes BSO a stronger and more vibrant public safety agency."
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The most important thing to know about Friday's action is that it isn't very significant. It is nice that the mood has been upbeat and that the market is carrying a positive bias, but the price action has little to do with the things that usually matter, such as macroeconomics or even fundamentals. The market is just being pushed around by traders who are trying to take advantage of positive sentiment and light volume. On Monday it will be back to business, and the action is apt to be much more mixed.
The bearish technicians are going to be talking quite a bit about how this week's oversold bounce has now run its course. We're seeing a classic move into resistance on declining volume, and you can bet that there will be plenty of bears wagering that the market will roll back over.
While the technical argument isn't at all hard to see, the bulls will be focusing on the potential resolution of the "fiscal cliff" issue. That is potentially the biggest market driver out there, but you have to be a real optimist to believe the politicians will reach an agreement without first going through a pretty nasty battle. I expect a resolution, but I don't anticipate it will occur until the deadline is very close.
Hopefully we'll see enough volume and volatility in the market to provide us with some interesting trading. I'm going to stay very flexible and open-minded, and will keep digging for opportunities. Regardless of how the political issues play out, we should be able to bank some profits.
Enjoy the holiday weekend, and get that shopping done early. I'll see you Monday.


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|Kalyn's favorite Phase One Recipe for December 2010 is
Shredded Chicken Salad with Green Olives, Celery, and Green Onion.
If there was ever a time for new beginnings, it's the first day of a brand new decade. Of course, New Year's Day every year is when many people decide to get more serious about losing weight. If you just started a diet and found my blog by googling South Beach Diet Recipes, welcome to Kalyn's Kitchen, and good luck with your weight loss journey. Anyone who's starting phase one today might want to check out the index of Phase One Recipes from Kalyn's Kitchen, and the archive page for monthly Phase One recipe round-ups, both part of the recipe archives in the left sidebar. On the first day of every month I do a post like this to spotlight Phase One Recipes I've posted that month or noticed on other food blogs. My goal with these round-ups is to show that Phase One really is do-able, and even though December isn't exactly the best month for dieting, there are plenty of tasty ideas that I found this month.
Phase One Appetizers and Condiments
Ham Salad from Coconut and Lime (use light mayo and serve in celery for South Beach Diet)
Ahi Tuna Tartare from What's Cooking Chicago
Rosemary Roasted Almonds from Two Peas and Their Pod
Crab-Stuffed Deviled Eggs from Running with Tweezers (use light sour cream for South Beach Diet)
Roasted Chickpeas with Indian Spices (video) from Dani Spies
Sardine Salad Appetizer from Eat Little, Eat Big (serve with celery or sliced cucumbers for Phase One)
Frittata Bites with Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomatoes from A Mingling of Tastes
Smoky Black Bean Dip from Jeannette's Healthy Living (serve with celery and other veggie dippers for phase one)
Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms from Life's Ambrosia
Phase One Salads and Salad Dressings
Shredded Chicken Salad with Green Olives, Celery, and Green Onions from Kalyn's Kitchen
Healthy Cobb Salad from Sweetnicks (go easy on the blue cheese for South Beach Diet)
Phase One Soups, Stews, and Chilis
Beef and Bean Chili from Sidewalk Shoes
Chicken Sausage, Zucchini, and Mushroom Soup from Soup Chick
Turkey Chili from Skinny Kitchen
Red Lentil Soup with Sauteed Scallops from Chico's Kitchen
Red Lentil, Chili, and Chickpea Soup from Running with Tweezers
Phase One Vegetables and Side Dishes
Spiced Chickpeas with Avocado from Cheap Healthy Good
French Beans with Toasted Almonds and Garlic from Cook Sister! (use olive oil for South Beach Diet)
Green Beans with Tomatoes and Onions from Life's Ambrosia
White Northern Beans with Aji Verde Sauce from Skinnytaste
Pan Roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli from Israeli Kitchen
Roasted Broccoli Rabe with Garlic from Skinnytaste
Spaghetti Squash for Dinner from New Urban Balance
Spicy Stir Fry Bok Choy with Ginger and Soy Sauce from Cookin' Canuck
Phase One Meat, Chicken, or Fish Entrees
Chicken Caprese from Steamy Kitchen
Grilled Lamb Chops from What's Cooking Chicago (remember to choose lamb with 10% fat or less for South Beach Diet)
Garlic Studded Herb Roast Beef from Life's Ambrosia (remember to choose beef with 10% fat or less for South Beach Diet)
Pork Chops with Mushrooms and Shallots from Skinnytaste (use olive oil instead of butter and choose pork with 10% fat or less for South Beach Diet)
Simple Shredded Chicken in the CrockPot from Dani Spies
Phase One Vegetarian or Meat-Free Entrees
Spanish Lentil and Mushroom Stew from The Taste Space
Spiced Chickpeas with Avocado from Cheap Healthy Good
Phase One Breakfasts
Baked Mini-Frittatas with Broccoli and Three Cheeses from Kalyn's Kitchen
Frittata Bites with Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomatoes from A Mingling of Tastes
Zucchini Frittata with Flaked Almonds from Chico's Kitchen (use a moderate amount of diets for South Beach Diet)
Asparagus with Fried Egg and Parmesan from Steamy Kitchen
Did I Miss Your Phase One Recipe?
Phase one menus for the South Beach Diet focus on lean meats, seafood, eggs, dried beans, soy products, low-fat dairy products, nuts and seeds, and most vegetables. Phase one doesn't permit fruit, alcohol, bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, sugar, or any foods high in saturated fat. Obviously I miss lots of phase one recipes, so if you're a food blogger who posted a recipe this month that you think would be approved for phase one, please feel free to e-mail me the link at kalynskitchen (at) comcast (dot) net. I'll take a look, and if the recipe is phase-one friendly, I'll add it to next months roundup. (Please don't leave recipe links in the comments. They will not be published.
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The banking industry may be getting some help with its hacker problem.
The Obama administration issued an executive order Tuesday designed to encourage cooperation between government agencies and private industry in fighting cyber-attacks against critical U.S. infrastructure.
Here's what the president had to say about it in his State of the Union address:
America must also face the rapidly growing threat from cyberattacks. Now, we know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private emails. We know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. Now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid, our financial institutions, our air traffic control systems. We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy.
And that's why, earlier today, I signed a new executive order that will strengthen our cyber defenses by increasing information sharing and developing standards to protect our national security, our jobs and our privacy.
When it comes to protecting the nation from cyberattacks, banking has been considered a critical infrastructure sector, along with energy, dams, health care and others, since a 1996 executive order signed by President Bill Clinton, says Doug Johnson, vice president of risk management policy at the American Bankers Association.
If you're wondering why, imagine a scenario where a major bank's data, including account balances, transactions and investment holdings, wiped out by a cyberattack, and how people and businesses would react to that. Suffice to say, it wouldn't be pretty.
Even with the status quo, hackers would be unlikely to succeed in the outright mass destruction of financial data, Johnson says.
"Even without this, there's a certain redundancy in systems that prevent that scenario," he says. "To the extent that a particular set of data is compromised and somehow customer data is unable to be retrieved from a particular system, it has been backed up on another system."
But the executive order does a few things that will help banks be more resistant to attempts to sabotage or steal critical data going forward, Johnson says.
- It gives existing bank regulators in the U.S. Treasury, who already have a deep knowledge of how the industry works, responsibility for helping banks assess their readiness and deal with cyberthreats. Treasury regulators will, in turn, coordinate with the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies to prevent and deal with attacks on the banks.
- It recognizes that critical industries, including banks, need to have more employees with high-level security clearances so they'll to be privy to government intelligence that could help them respond more effectively to threats. Johnson says that at the moment, the entire banking industry has about 200 people with top security clearances, and that's not enough to effectively use government intelligence to help protect banks.
- It encourages government agencies to declassify information useful to banks in heading off cybersecurity threats whenever possible.
- It charges U.S. Department of Homeland Security regulators with finding ways to incentivize the development and adoption of cybersecurity technology.
Johnson says the type of information sharing and multi-agency coordination mandated in the order will be instrumental in helping banks respond to the recent cyberattacks on bank websites, which some, including Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., have attributed to Iran.
Still, if the idea of a terrorist moving your electronic accounts to zero worries you, you can always elect to receive paper statements or regularly print out online statements to have a hard copy on hand just in case.
What do you think? Do you worry about a catastrophic cyber-attack on your bank?
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Does my Coleman get that hot?
After reading some of the posts about zinc, I'm wondering about my set-up. I plan to eventually get a Lee pro iv pot but until then I'm making ingots in my smallish (4-5lbs?) cast iron pot on a single burner Coleman stove. Can that stove get the lead hot enough to melt zinc? (Don't have a thermometer yet, either). Just wondering.
I have fished out some zinc weights but didn't think about the possibility of having already melted some into my alloy. All of my ingots "seem" to be pure lead WW but I dunno. What do you think?
I just ordered my first mold today, a Lee TL356-124-2R double cavity and will be ladle-pouring until I get my Lee pot. WW Ingots 28lbs.jpg
I have scored about 56 lbs of WW and another 40lbs of stick-ons by stopping into several tire shops and just asking. I'm melting the WW separate from stick-ons, thinking I'll fiddle with the pure lead later on.
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yes it will get hot enough to melt the zinc wws. Your best bet is to do a "cold" smelt. Dump your wws in the pot and turn on the gas. Right after your lead WWs are melted (they will melt first because their melting temp is lower than zinc...there is about a 200* difference in melting points, BTW..so don't feel super-rushed to get the clips and zinc ones out) you will see the clips and zinc WWs floating on the top. Ingotized all the lead in the pot...and start over with a "cold" pot (it is not really cold but I use this term to differentiate between a pot where you leave a little molten lead in the bottom to melt the new batch of WWs faster.) As you get the feel for it, you will get comfortable enough to leave a couple inches of lead in the bottom to help melt the new WWs faster. But, be careful and make sure you pour your ingots fast or turn your heat down because as your lead level lowers, it will heat up pretty quick. If it gets over 780*ish, you run the risk of melting the zinc ones when you pour the fresh batch of WWs in. When you pour the WWs into the pot, it cools down the alloy really fast, so you would have to have it pipin' hot to melt the zinc ones. Good luck!
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I couldn't think of any better 'your mom' joke this early in the morning, so you'll just have to make do with: Because it's your mom.
I was gonna say something about it coming out tits, but that would be wrong, so I won't do that.
However, I will say:
- I can't wait for the "thigh" dye to complete the chicken-trio.
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Here's a delicious-sounding soup to make on the weekend and take to work for lunch all week long. This Slow Cooker Spanish-Style Split Pea Soup from Kayotic Kitchen has chorizo, beef bouillon, garlic, bay leaves, and paprika to add to the flavor of green split peas and soup vegetables.
More Ideas with Split Peas or Lentils in the Slow Cooker:
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" Alternative Club and Venue. Bank Street, near Fitzalan Square Tram Stop "
Well it seems that a bit of an update on Corporation is due...
Firstly, the nightclub moved quite a few years ago, and is now on the corner of Eldon Street and Milton Street, near the Devonshire Cat pub. If you're on Division street, walk down the side of the Forum Bar (with Devonshire Green on your right) and keep walking, down the side of the Devonshire Cat, and eventually you'll be stood in the queue to get into Corp.
Many of the classic club nights still remain the same, Oddball, Reservoir Rocks, Hardside and Drop, however there are now new additions, such as The Skool Disco on wednesday nights, to please the student crowd and less hard-core rock fans amongst you. (Yes you are expected to turn up in School uniform).
There is now more live bands playing, with many big names visiting over the years, such as Kill2This, Hed(pe) and due soon Gary Numan. They had a crack at an under 18s night too (not sure if it's still running) called K-Corp (which I'm pretty sure stands for 'Kiddie Corp'.
If you're a die hard Corp fan, you'll see many of the old faces, and new faces too (those of us have been going for years believe that all the new faces are 'underage kids' till we find out they are actually all over 18, and it's just that we've got several years older!
Halloween is always a highlight on the Corp calendar, everyone comes in costumes - bring a pumpkin and get in free!
The music is still great, and it's still a dingy rock club. Don't be fooled by apperances, most of the patrons are actually really lovely people!
Good times!
The Corporation is Sheffields biggest rock nightclub, since Rebels closed down about 6 years ago ( sob). The venue has two spacious rooms, one usually plays the more 70's rock, Sabbath, Purple to name but a few, for us older generations, adn the other side usually plays the more up to date stuff, bio hazard, sepultura, pantera et etc. Their is a warm welcome from the bouncers on the door, and not usually too much trouble inside. The decor is mainly black, which is a little mundane, but then your not there for the surroundings! Everyone is very pleasant, and you can wear whatever you fancy, and no one points and laughs. The burger van outside is great too, i can advise the chilli burger with cheese is a great tonic on top of fourteen bottles of newcastle brown. If you are a rocker, and come to sheffield, go to the corporation, but visit the boardwalk too just around the cornerto start the night off well.
When I first arrived in Sheffield I knew that the nightlife was, well, a tiny bit, good but I soon became disappointed as the clubbing seen was really set up for those who are in favour of dance and pop music. Our union had one night for those with a more alternative taste but this wasn't up for much. I soon discovered a club in Sheffield called The Corporation, which ONLY catered for those with my kind of musical tastes. When I first went I was I found it suited what I was looking perfectly and I now like going there every week. The club is situated on Bank Street, one or two streets behind the cathedral and the first surprise you get is how big in is for a non-mainstream club. There are two huge rooms and it usually gets packed. Everything is suitably black and the sound system is very loud- just right for the kind of music they play. There are three main nights at The Corp., which cater for all kinds of tastes: - MONDAY- LOADED with DJ Angst, a night for all the mainstream rockers who like bands such As Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Korn and Limp BizKit. There is some indie tunes such as SuperGrass and others to keep the indie kids happy. In the other room our rock Society in the Union has started their own nights which can be Djed by anyone in the society and can be any taste they want- the last one was an industrial night and highly recommended. FRIDAY- There are two rooms playing on the next two nights. On this night in Room 1 is MYSTERY MACHINE again with DJ Angst and is a more tones down indie and baggy pop night with bands such as the Happy Mondays and the Charlatans. This is a good night for those who don't want to end up death. If you like loud, however, Room 2 maybe more your style where DROP is featured with DJ's Chippy and Lee. The music played here is a mix of Nu, Death and Thrash Metal with a lot of Sk8 punk thrown in, which keeps the skaters using the indoor ramp happy. SATURADAY- In room 1 is HARDSIDE
where those who love to dress up black and look white should come, a definite for the Goths. The DJ's Chippy and Kev play all the new Nu, Death, Goth, Thrash and Industrial tunes with which we're all familiar. If this is not your style just go in for a couple of seconds to see the great clothes and make up some of them wear- it's great. In Room 2 is my personal favourite of all the nights- RESERVIOR ROCKS with DJ Phyll. This is for all the old school metalers who like a bit of Judas Priest, Wasp, ZZ Top and the rest. Don't be two scared of the 50-year-old truckers (but don't get in their way either). Overall this club is really worth while place to visit. It also features many live bands such as Agnostic Front, Terrorvision and The Vandals. It has a great atmosphere and the drinks are cheap too, about £1.50 for a bottle of Newcastle brown. It has good facilities including a huge cloakroom for all the Leather Jackets. The other thing I like is no dress code as I don't like to have to get dressed up too much and I hate wearing Loafers. Anyway the more wacky you look the more normal you are. If you're ever in Sheffield check this club out but bring a set of earplugs. Good Club, Great night.
Corporation is Sheffield's biggest rock club, boasting two rooms, skate ramp, playstations and a diner as well as it's own pub next door it really is worth a visit. Friday nights are Mystery Machine in room one and Drop in room two. Mystery Machine describes itself as spooky indie but really it's a whole load of stuff from indie to 80s and the odd bit of heavier stuff. Drop is a skatey affair, best ask someone else on that one! Saturdays are heaven! My favorite club night is in room two, Reservoir Rocks, a whole room full of people in cowboy boots, tight trousers and bandannas in their oversized hair (honestly, and that is just the men!)So funny and the music is great too, assuming of course that you like Poison, Bon Jovi, Little Angels and so on. Room one has Hardside which apparently is good but I never really leave the comedy rock room. Weekday nights have had a succession of unsuccessful townie nights which I have, for obvious reasons, never ever been to. On the whole it's great though drinks are a bit pricy.


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Burnett to meet with specialist about forearm irritation
ANAHEIM -- Left-hander Sean Burnett, restricted to throwing off flat ground since landing on the disabled list with left forearm irritation, is scheduled to visit renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews in Florida on Monday.
Burnett, out of action since last Saturday, does not expect anything to come of the visit but has had arm troubles in the past and wants to make sure everything checks out.
"It feels fine, but I haven't thrown off a mound," said Burnett, who is eligible to come off the DL on May 12.
The Angels reliever had Tommy John surgery in September 2004 and also had surgery this past offseason to remove two bone spurs from his throwing elbow.
After visiting with Andrews on Monday morning, Burnett plans to fly to Houston that afternoon to rejoin his teammates.
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GROVE WOOD Primary School in Rayleigh is to become an academy.
The school will become the third primary academy in the Rochford district in July, after it received the go-ahead from the Department for Education.
Ashingdon Primary and Westerings Primary both broke from County Hall control to become academies in September 2011.
Grove Wood underwent a period of consultation with its staff, parents and pupils about the plans in November, and submitted the results to the Government in December.
Headteacher Richard Green said the school planned to take academy status on July 1.
He said: "We are all very pleased with the outcome of the decision.
"The July start gives us adequate time to put all the behind-the-scenes changes in place."
The decision to switch to the academy structure, which sees greater direct funding from central government and less from Essex County Council, was prompted by a desire for control over their curriculum.
Mr Green said: "We want our curriculum to be as engaging as possible for our pupils and this gives us the chance to review our curriculum.
"Any decision we want to make, we want to have a positive impact on the children."
There will be no name change and the uniform will remain the same.
Mr Green added: "There is not going to be any impact.
"We want to keep as consistent as we possibly can be.
"It won't be an ordeal for anyone."
The school was rated 'good', the second highest grade possible, in each of its last two inspections by Ofsted.
After the switch to academy status, Grove Wood will still be bound by law to follow codes of practice on admissions and special educational needs and would continue to be inspected by Ofsted.
An Essex County Council spokesman said: "The council welcomes the freedom of choice schools have to apply for academy status.
"We support schools to take this step where they see this will further develop or improve education.
"We look forward to working with Government to support academies through brokering relationships between all schools, regardless of school provider."


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A physiotherapist will recommened various exercise aids to ensure a quick return to fitness following a sports injury, but products can also be used to promote general wellbeing. While most rehabilitation training takes place in the gym, home exercises are vital too to ensure success. Equipment that can be used for physiotherapy and fitness include gym balls, Yoga mats, vibration plates, exercise wheels and foam rollers.
Physiotherapy exercises play an important role in the rehabilitation of sports injuries and musculoskeletal problems to develop strength, flexibility and balance. Exercising with a physiotherapist is very important to rehabilitate knee and ankle injuries. A wobble board is perfect for improving joint stability and balance and to reduce recurrent ankle sprains.
Resistance bands or exercise loops can be used to strengthen a muscle and are another important aspect of fitness. These bands are commonly used to toughen the shoulder and ankle.
Equipment such as hand therapy balls and therapeutic putty are ideal in improving hand, finger and wrist movements, as well as strength.
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i actually started to think the same thing a few weeks ago. i think they may team up in a team hell no kinda way. be tag champs or w.e and keep saying 'i'm the best' 'no, im the best'
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"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
if I were to make a list of the top 5 things Jim did as coach, his benching of Tinsley would be in the top 5, maybe it kight be number 1.
That is one thing I liked about JOB. The FO was hesitant to move on situations. Their hesitancy led to the Artest debacle, SJAX craze, JO's entitlement, Tinsley holding us hostage, lost trades (Augustin, Mayo, and others), and ironically JOB staying too long.
JOB at least forced their hand in dealing with Tins.
The players he was playing sucked that was the problem, Ford,Dunleavy, Murphy, Rasho, Head, Murray, Posey, etc, etc, he had better players on the bench but refused to play them.
Then I remembered that to you better means loosing games and now I regret spending the time typing any of this.
ps. smile at my temporary avatar, you know that dogs awesome.:-)
Another Posey fact: 88% of his 241 FGA that year were for three. He hit just about a third of his shots. JOB kept playing him.
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OLYMPIC diver Pete Waterfield has been coaching young members of a sports club at Perins School in Alresford.
The Year 7 members of the Sky Sports Club were selected as 'out of catchment area' students or sole pupils from a primary school to attend Perins.
The students are currently taking part in 'Hula-Hooping' sessions once a week to help promote a seamless transition into secondary school.
The project allows those who are less confident in getting involved or are currently unable to take part in sport to take on other roles such as, the commentator, part of a camera crew or the student interview panel. The students were engaged and enthused by his fast-paced trampolining session in the morning.
He explained how divers use trampolines to practice certain techniques and to perfect moves. They learnt how to support one another on the trampolines and how to perform basic moves which they developed into set routines.
The students eagerly listened to his life story especially as he talked of his time at the London 2012 Olympic Games with diving partner, Tom Daley.
Year 7 student Kaitlin Lafferty, aged 11, said: "I thought the day with Peter Waterfield was outstanding. We played lots of great activities and supported each other. It was great to have a visit from an Olympic athlete and was a once in a lifetime opportunity."


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Beavers dismiss Aluesi from football team
Corvallis - Oregon State University freshman defensive lineman Noa Aluesi has been dismissed from the football team for a violation of team rules, head football coach Mike Riley announced Monday.
Aluesi has not played this season and was expected to redshirt after enrolling at OSU in January as a true freshman. He is a graduate of Jefferson High School in Portland.


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Does anyone have any experience at CTCA? We have heard a lot of great things about it and I am reading the book "There's No Place Like Hope" which is written by a woman who was treated there after she was told by other doctors/hospitals that there was no hope. If Dave has had no shrinkage of his tumors on the next CT scan he is thinking about checking out other options. Thanks for any info anyone has available. Patrice


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Pino wins as Twins' 26th man for twin bill
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins officially recalled right-hander Yohan Pino from Triple-A Rochester to be the club's 26th man on the roster for Game 1 of Saturday's split doubleheader against the Tigers. He earned his second career big league win, giving up four runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks over five innings in Minnesota's eventual 12-4 win.
Pino was called up to start Game 1 against the Tigers on regular rest, as he last pitched on Monday for the Red Wings. He was able to get out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth inning.
"Pino battled really hard," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He got through it. He got into a tough situation in the fifth with the bases loaded -- and you can either leave him in to get the win or take him out. And we gave him his shot and he got the big out there."
The right-hander was solid in his last start at Triple-A, allowing just two runs over seven-plus innings to improve to 10-2 with a 2.47 ERA for Rochester. His last start with the Twins before Saturday came on Aug. 12, when he gave up seven runs over 4 1/3 innings against the Astros.
Pino was optioned to Rochester on Aug. 15, so he had to be optioned back to Triple-A after his start on Saturday. Players must spend 10 days in the Minors after being optioned before being called up again. But the rule didn't apply to his start on Saturday because he came up as the club's 26th man.
Pino, though, said he remains hopeful he'll be called up again once rosters expand in September.
"I'm fine," Pino said. "I'll go down there and pitch -- and hopefully be back up here in September."
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WILTSHIRE Police is appealing for information following the theft of six high value watches from a house in Swindon.
The theft took place at an address on Marlborough Road, Swindon, between January 18 and January 21.
The watches, which have an estimated total value of £43,000, are very distinctive and include brands such as Frank Muller, Jaeger-Le-Couture and Breitling.
A 29-year-old woman from the Swindon area has been arrested on suspicion of theft and remains in police custody at Gablecross Police Station.
Acting Detective Sergeant Alan Mills of Swindon CID said: "We are appealing for the public's help in locating these watches.
"I would ask any members of the public who may have been approached by anyone in the street trying to sell watches or whether they have seen these watches for sale in antique or second hand shops to contact Wiltshire Police.
"These items are of great value to the owner and we are keen to locate them as quickly as possible."
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7 million in 4 days? RIDICULOUS!!!
Not trying to deem this null because it is a huge success for the jailbreak community, but the main reason it's so huge isn't new users as much as the fact so many devices are supported on iOS 6. This is the first time 4 generations have been supported for an iOS
I donated 10.00. Well worth it. I've done spent 15 or 20 on apps/tweaks. So yea it's a money train. Choo. Choo.
Donated five. Awesome work!
How do you like them apples... Apple.
Me too, at least Airplane Toggle is asking for a discretionary donation. I'm willing to toss in, but my current financial status prevents me. It's hard when gas goes up to 4 bucks, everything else goes up too.
But I understand these people worked their arses off to get us this JB, so ill toss up once I get my monthly bills dealt with.
But what it comes down to bottom line, app devs have to make sure their app works not just on a iPhone 3G, 4, 4S.. But now iPhone 5 and 5S's. so that's a lot of work they have to do so the package can span across all of those, not to mention iPads and apple TVs.
i don't know what it is. just a feeling. i think it's knowing that apple doesn't want me to do it and that they've gone to great pains and expense to keep me from doing it. i'm 40 years old with a wife, a mortgage, and a nine year old kid -- it's really the only little bit of rebellion i'm allowed anymore.


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ONE of the greatest sprinters ever, former world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell, the man who has run under 10 seconds more than any other in history, will race at this year's Stawell Gift.
The biggest ticket item the historic race has attracted, Powell held the world sprint record for three years before Jamaican teammate Usain Bolt arrived and overtook him.
Powell ran 9.77 seconds to break the world record in June 2005, then twice equalled that record before eventually breaking it when he ran what remains his personal best time of 9.74 in Rieti, Italy, in September 2007. The time stood until Bolt set the first of three 100 world records when he ran 9.72 in New York in 2008.
Powell remains at No. 4 on the list of fastest men, behind Bolt (9.58), another Jamaican teammate, the world champion Yohan Blake (9.69) and American Tyson Gay (9.69).
Powell, 30, has made three Olympic finals in the 100 but at the London Games he was hampered by a groin complaint that had him limping home in eighth place. The injury kept him out of the Jamaican 4 x 100 relay in which Michael Frater joined Bolt, Blake and Nesta Carter to win gold in world record time.
Powell will become the fastest man ever to run at Stawell which, despite being a small Victorian goldfields town, remains host to the country's richest and most famous footrace with a winner's prize of $40,000.
"I've been ready to come down a couple of times over the past few years but I'm happy to say that this year will be the year," Powell said.
No athlete has ever run more sub-10-second times in the 100 than Powell, who has done that 88 times. Despite winning the gold medal at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Powell clocked 10.03 in both the semi-final and final.
"I will need to be in sub-10 second shape and run faster than a 10 second hundred if I want to make the final I think," said Powell, who will run off scratch in the handicapping event.
Powell's former training partner Michael Frater raced at Stawell last year and came close to making the Gift final after a photo finish in the semi-final.
"Michael told me about the great time he had last year and he came really close to making the final. I've watched the finals and know about Josh Ross and his win from scratch so I'd like to become the third man to do that," Powell said.
"Like most Jamaican sprinters, I've grown up running on grass and a lot of our training is done on grass so that's no problem. The handicaps are a different story though."
Powell will become the first 100 world record holder to run at Stawell in 62 years.
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Hello all,
What is the best way to pass a data from previous execution of the sequence to the next one (for next UUT)?
I thought that local variable (container with some various controls and arrays) stays through the next executions but it appears that it is cleared after Cleanup. Am I missing something?
I would like to do something like shift register between subsequent executions. It is easy to do with LabVIEW (also with TestStand and LabVIEW) but I would like to do such thing purely in TestStand.
Can someone help me with some advice?
Thanks in advance,
Best Regards,
Solved! Go to Solution.
The behavior you see is expected.
You can store variable information in a file using the Write() function and read it back with the ReadEx() function.
You could also use (gag) Station Globals.
Thanks for your input.
If I am not wrong Station Global is accessible from each running sequence, isn't it?
So, except doing some tricks with files (Write() / ReadEx()) or LabVIEW (Functional global / Global) there is no 'normal TestStand' way to send data variables from one DUT to next one execution?
Let's say I have 4 parallel test sockets (with Parallel model) and I want to use a cluster (container) with settings and product counter inside it for each socket separately? No TestStand resource to accomplish that?
That's weird, but maybe I don't think in TestStand
Best Regards,
Station Globals are accessible by all sequences on that PC and maintain state between executions as they're stored in an .ini file.
Once the execution is finished all variables are unloaded from memory. Think of it like once a top-level VI finishes execution and LabVIEW is closed. The value of a functional global would be the default, rather than what had happened previously.
The TestStand way of doing this is to use a Configuration entry point to configure bench/test socket settings into a file and then read from that file during run-time.
You'd have to do something similiar in LabVIEW to get consisent behavior between opening/closing the application.
There are many ways you can do this.
1) FileGlobals - These are per execution globals by default. There is a setting to share them between executions on a per file basis, but the default is a separate copy per execution which sounds like what you want.
2) Execution.RunTimeVariables and Thread.RunTimeVariables - See the API help for more details.
Hope this helps,
Using the RunState.Execution.RunTimeVariables would work for you.
Use Option = 0x5 when you first create the variable
Then you can use RunState.Execution.RunTimeVariables.<variable_name> in expressions.
ie RunState.Execution.RunTimeVariables.MyNumber++
Make use of RunState.Execution.RunTimeVariables.Exists() to avoid any errors.
eg RunState.Execution.RunTimeVariables.Exists("MyNumber",0)
(Note: PropertyExists("RunState.Execution.RunTimeVariables.<variable_name>") doesn't work in this instance)
You can use the watch window to view your RunTimeVariables but you have to use RunState.Execution.RunTimeVariables.<variable_name>
or RunState.Thread.RunTimeVariables.<variable_name>.
Thank you guys,
I would rather not use StationGlobals or FileGlobals, I just got a feeling that this is not a proper case to use them.
I will give a try to RunState.Execution.RunTimeVariables and if I fail I will use a fglb of LabVIEW and store there ThreadIDs, so it can select / update / remove proper entry for proper test socket.
Best regards,
If you just want to know what testsocket a particular thread is in, you should just be using:
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RayFarmer - thanks for the example, I gave it a quick look and it looks promising.
What I need to store there are such containers:
They look like this as LV clusters:
I hope I can store containers In RunTimeVariables also (not only simple types like strings or numerics) or is it impossible? Tomorrow I will take a look at TestStand API, how to hadle containers. I got a feeling it will be a burdensome work to maintain them (fill / remove / read).
Today I was trying to accomplish this task with use of functional globals but somehow I can't force them to stay in memory I use ParallelModel with 2-5 test sockets.
This is what I do:
1) ProcessSetup - I run there a InitializeTester.vi (not reentrant) and inside I have my functional global (as SubVI) which is initialized with the array (same size as number of test sockets). Load Option: Preload when execution begins; Unload Option: Unload when sequence file is unloaded.
2) MainSequence - Setup: ConfigureTester.vi (reentrant) with fglb inside (as SubVI), where I assign Threat IDs to the array, so afterwards I can use desired entries in the array for specific test sockets. Load Option: Preload when execution begins; Unload Option: Unload when sequence file is unloaded.
3) MainSequence - Main: Check_fglb - and here my shift register is empty.
So question is whether (Load Option: Preload when execution begins; Unload Option: Unload when sequence file is unloaded) also apply to the SubVIs (my fglb is a sub)?
I found an example on this forum of using fglbs (so they work;> -> https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-6227 <-) but there they are used directly as the actions not as SubVIs. Maybe that is the case? Anyway, I will verify this tomorrow.
I appreciate all your patience and help
Best Regards,


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DFS Lobby in the Pennino Building in Fairfax Closed
The Department of Family Services lobby on the second floor in the Pennino Building at 12011 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax is closed
Services for the SNAP, TANF, and Medicaid programs, as well as financial, energy and child care assistance, are available from the Pennino office. Be advised that since this area is a temporary lobby during the construction on the second floor, it is much smaller than before and the wait time for services is much longer.
The good news: you do not need to come to the Pennino office to receive services. You can do everything online using CommonHelp, the new website for public assistance benefits.
Through CommonHelp you can:
If you don't have a computer at home or access to one from places such as the Fairfax County Public Libraries or a community center, you may call us at 703-324-7500 or visit any of our other offices:
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Mobile Accessible Travel Training (MATT) Bus
An innovative transportation resource is available to Fairfax County senior citizens. In November 2004, Supervisor Hudgins and the Fairfax County Department of Transportation (FCDOT) introduced a unique Fairfax Connector bus that has been renovated and designed for training senior citizens to travel safely and independently on regional transit systems.
The bus, called MATT (Mobile Accessible Travel Training), is used to educate seniors through a hands-on learning experience. Neighborhood and Community Services (NCS) staff will coordinate "travel training" trips in which seniors will travel by bus and rail transit to and from a destination of their choice. The travelers-in-training will identify a bus stop near their residence, learn to read bus schedules and route maps, learn how to pay the fare and how to signal the driver to stop, as well as other bus travel skills. The bus will deliver seniors to a Metrorail station where they will learn how to determine the fare and purchase Metrorail fare cards, load SmarTrip cards, read the system map, and board the trains to travel by rail.
Travel training has proven useful in allaying the fears of seniors who are reluctant to use transit, as well as those who have no other means of transportation. The Fairfax County Special Populations Transportation Programs (SPoT) Team has been offering travel training to seniors for the last few years, using regular in-service FAIRFAX CONNECTOR buses. With the MATT bus, this training is enhanced with state-of-the-art technology and a virtual classroom inside the bus.
The MATT bus is an actual FAIRFAX CONNECTOR bus that has been completely renovated and rebuilt to current safety and fuel efficiency standards. It features all of the same characteristics as other transit buses, and can be used to transport as many as 30 passengers. But the most unique feature of the bus is a special area in the rear for classroom-like instruction. The classroom area includes audio and video components that can play VCR tapes, DVDs and computer-driven programs that will be shown on three LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) television screens, two of which are mounted on the ceiling of the bus. The MATT bus has been equipped with two battery systems: one that runs the mechanical side of the bus while the other provides power to the technology system in the classroom area. The separate batteries enable the technology to be used without the bus engine running, so no fuel is burned and no exhaust fumes are dispensed.
The bus features a
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The MATT bus is available for groups of seniors who wish to be trained and groups at residences, senior or community centers, or other groups in Fairfax County who want to learn more about transit and transportation programs.
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No idea what this lure is. I am from Ireland and bought it at a car boot sale (Yard sale) from a girl who said her Grandfather owed it but has now passed. She said he went on many fishing trips to the U.S so its possibly from there
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Degree Criteria
The BA in Education degree criteria are the goals toward which your individualized undergraduate studies are aimed. Throughout your course of study, you are expected to deeply engage with the criteria, working toward a full and sustained demonstration of them by graduation. Degree criteria direct the study plan as a whole and differ depending on the concentration.
Students graduating with a BA in Education will have successfully completedall of the Goddard BA degree criteria (see Goddard College's BA Curriculum Guide Handbook)
Students graduating with a BA in Education will have also successfully completed the following Education and Licensure Program's degree criteria:
- Gained an understanding of, and actualized the essential concepts of progressive education, namely inquiry based learning, reflection and critical thinking, and student-focused curriculum.
- Prepared themselves to work toward the creation of a more just, humane, democratic, and sustainable world.
- Produced a culminating project in the form of a Senior Study in an area of interest, for example: curriculum development, multicultural education, alternative education, environmental education, critical pedagogy, democratic schooling, collaborative teaching, feminist theories of education, or authentic assessment.
Students graduating with a concentration in Community Education will have successfully accomplished the following:
- Demonstrated an understanding of the philosophy and history of progressive and community education
- Acquired a critical awareness about community education process, including: community and family involvement; partnerships and collaboration; building and supporting sustainable program
- Conveyed an understanding of how community education is related to political context with regard to school, family connection, community, action, advocacy, social justice and diverse communities.
- Completed a field experience and documented the skills and knowledge to plan and implement program and curriculum development in a community context: such as, out of school time programming; place based education and service learning; expanded learning opportunities during and after school.
- Articulated an autobiographical understanding of one's relationship and experience in community education
- Produced a culminating project in the form of a Senior Study in an area of interest in community education in which there is integration of theory and practice.
Learn more about the Community Education Concentration here.
Goddard's Dual Language Early Childhood Education (CE) concentration within the Education Program is designed for working adults engaged in Dual Language Early Childhood Education and related fields. It uses the Soy Bilingüe Adult Dual Language (ADL) Model developed by the Center for Linguistic and Cultural Democracy. This means that during the residency, Spanish is used for half the time and English is used half the time.
Learn more about this concentration here.
Teacher Licensure is offered through the Vermont Department of Education for those completing BA and certificate programs or for those completing the licensure only requirements. A Vermont Teacher License has reciprocity in many other states through the Interstate Certification Compact (Reciprocity Agreement). Goddard's licensure program, in concurrence with state requirements, is competency-based. Students interested in becoming licensed teachers plan, with the help of their advisor, a sequence of studies, field experience, internships, and other learning activities in order to acquire the competencies required of beginning teachers. Prospective students will find complete licensure requirements in the Goddard Education Undergraduate Addendum Handbook and the Licensure Endorsement Handbook, both of which can be obtained through the Goddard College.