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Claudio Castiglioni has bought MV Agusta back from Harley just two years
after The Motor Company purchased the exotic sportsbike brand. The move
may seem odd, but remember that, thanks to Harley, MV is now free of
debt and has millions of dollars in new manufacturing equipment as well
as an all-new midsize model ready to go in the form of the MV Agusta F3.
Official word below and more analysis on the way.
Update: MV's official statement added.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 6, 2010 -- Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) has concluded the sale of its subsidiary, MV Agusta, to Claudio Castiglioni and his wholly owned holding company, MV Agusta Motor Holding, S.r.l., effective today.
Castiglioni is the former owner of the Italian motorcycle maker and has served as MV Agusta's chairman since 2008, when Harley-Davidson acquired the company.
In October 2009, Harley-Davidson announced its intention to sell MV Agusta as part of a new corporate strategy to focus resources on the Harley-Davidson brand. Since then, Harley-Davidson has held discussions with various potential MV Agusta buyers.
"MV Agusta is a proud brand and we wish Mr. Castiglioni and the company's employees well," said Harley-Davidson President and Chief Executive Officer Keith Wandell. "Our decision to divest MV Agusta reflects our strategy to focus our efforts and our investment on the Harley-Davidson brand, as we believe this provides an optimal path to long-term growth."
Varese, August 6th 2010 - Claudio and Giovanni Castiglioni, through their family holding company have repurchased from Harley Davidson 100% of the shares of MV Agusta Motor S.p.A. which owns historic brands MV Agusta and Cagiva.
Harley-Davidson announced in October 2009 its intention to sell MV Agusta to concentrate on its core business and brand.
In connection with the repurchase transaction Lazard and Co. have acted as the financial advisor along with counsel Alessandro Varrenti (CBA) and Giuseppe Galeano whom provided legal and tax assistance in conjunction with family counsellors Giuseppe Carteni (Leadlaw), Andrea Lanata and Sergio Caramella. Along with Giovanni Castiglioni, the company will be headed by Mr. Massimo Bordi, a well known Italian manager. A 62-year-old engineer, Bordi took Ducati to success during the years when that company was owned by the Castiglionis and continued to manage it successfully under the ownership of Texas Pacific Group. Since 2003 Massimo Bordi has been the CEO of Same Deutz Fahr, contributing largely to the success of the company. Massimo Bordi commented that "MV Agusta has full capacity to once again become a major player in the high luxury brand motor bikes, this brand is one of the most recognized worldwide. We will implement a number of reorganization and managerial actions in the near future. Both the current and new models under development have a very strong character, great innovative features and a very unique design, I have no doubts about their future success."
Claudio Castiglioni, the historic intimate soul of MV Agusta will continue as chairman, and will concentrate on the development of the new products. Upon signing the agreement with Harley-Davidson, Claudio Castiglioni stated "MV Agusta is the crown jewel of Italian motorcycles, I am thrilled to have completed this transaction. I have already won once together with Massimo Bordi, we made the most beautiful bikes in the world and we will continue with this tradition".


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Eric Galko of Optimum Scouting and Sporting News staff analyze the trades that have been made during the 2013 NFL Draft:
Dolphins stay active
Miami was wheeling and dealing during Round 3.
After sending wide receiver Davone Bess to Cleveland (see below), the Dolphins traded their second pick of the round (No. 82 overall) to the New Orleans Saints for a pair of fourth-round selections—No. 106, which the Saints had just obtained in the Chris Ivory trade (see below), and No. 109.
Then, it traded back into the third, packaging No. 109, a fifth-round pick (No. 146) and a seventh-round selection (No. 224) to the Green Bay Packers for pick No. 93, which the Packers got in its second deal of the day with the San Francisco 49ers (see below). Miami took Utah State cornerback Will Davis with the Packers' pick.
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Jets complete trade for Saints RB Ivory
Not long after drafting Geno Smith in the second round, the Jets added another potential backfield starter. They acquired running back Chris Ivory from New Orleans in exchange a fourth-round pick (No. 106 overall).
The Jets were rumored for weeks to be in the mix for Ivory, even after they signed versatile Mike Goodson as a free agent. New York now has Ivory, Goodson, Bilal Powell and Joe McKnight in its backfield.
"He's a very physical, violent runner," general manager John Idzik said of Ivory. "He's got size, he's got speed and runs with attitude and plays with attitude."
Ravens move up for K-State's Brown in deal with Seahawks
The Ravens under GM Ozzie Newsome are known for being savvy drafters, but the Super Bowl champs' heralded defense lost Ray Lewis, Paul Kruger and Dannell Ellerbe this offseason, causing fans to wonder if the team could even return to the playoffs in 2013.
After getting hard-hitting safety Matt Elam in the first round, Newsome added another quality piece to the defense in the undersized yet super-athletic and aggressive Arthur Brown. Newsome had to trade up with the Seahawks—swapping spots in Round 2 (Seattle got pick No. 62) and also giving up fifth- and sixth-round picks (Nos. 165 and 199, respectively)—to get Brown at No. 56.
Seattle took Texas A&M running back Christine Michael with the 62nd pick.
Brown, the older brother of Eagles running back Bryce Brown, is an easy player to be excited about while watching him on film. He has unique speed, range and lower-body explosiveness for a linebacker.
Despite being the fifth linebacker (excluding 3-4 rushers) taken in the draft, he could very well be this class's best. He has big shoes to fill in replacing Lewis, a sure-fire Hall of Famer.
49ers deal with Packers twice
San Francisco, which traded down earlier in Round 2 with Tennessee, moved up five spots at the bottom of the round, getting the 55th overall pick from Green Bay for the 61st overall selection and a sixth-round pick (No. 173). The Niners took Rice tight end Vance McDonald. The Packers selected Alabama running back Eddie Lacy at 61.
The teams pulled off another trade in the third round. Green Bay traded its third-round pick (No. 88) to San Francisco for the 49ers' fourth- (No. 93) and seventh-round (No. 216) picks. San Francisco selected Auburn defensive end Corey Lemonier. Green Bay later traded No. 93 to the Miami Dolphins (see above).
FANTASY SOURCE: Lacy best bet among draftees to make an early impact
Dolphins send Bess to Browns
Miami dealt wide receiver Davone Bess to Cleveland on Friday. Bess, in turn, has agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Browns, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. The new deal will run through the 2016 season.
To get Bess, the Browns traded their fourth-round pick (No. 104) and fifth-round pick (No. 164) to the Dolphins for Miami's fourth-round pick (No. 111) and a seventh-rounder (No. 217).
Chargers snag Te'o after move up
San Diego ended the Manti Te'o drama early in Round 2 by taking the Notre Dame linebacker with the 38th overall pick. The Chargers sent their second-round pick (45th overall, which became LSU linebacker Kevin Minter) and a fourth-round selection (No. 110) to the Arizona Cardinals to secure Te'o.
Te'o is projected to start inside in the Chargers' 3-4 scheme alongside Donald Butler and eventually assume control of the middle of the defense.
After getting a top offensive lineman (Alabama's D.J. Fluker) in Round 1, the Chargers' new regime gets what it hopes will be its defensive leader with its second pick.
Titans move up for Hunter
Tennessee made a trade with the San Francisco 49ers at the start of Round 2 Friday, moving from 40th overall to 34th. The Titans used the pick on Tennessee wide receiver Justin Hunter.
For moving down to 40, San Francisco also acquired a seventh-rounder this year (216th overall) and a third-round selection in the 2014 draft. The Niners took Florida State defensive end Tank Carradine at No. 40.
FANTASY SOURCE: Hunter insurance for Britt
Vikings trade for Patterson
After taking Sharrif Floyd (23rd overall) and Xavier Rhodes (25th), the Vikings traded with the New England Patriots to get a third pick in the first round, which they used on Tennessee receiver Cordarelle Patterson.
It was thought the Vikes would take Patterson at 22 or 25, the latter pick coming from Seattle in the Percy Harvin trade. Instead, the Vikings keep their defense young and give QB Christian Ponder an explosive replacement for Percy Harvin.
The price for Patterson was steep—the Vikings gave New England their next three picks (Nos. 52, 83 and 102), as well as a seventh-round choice—but they obviously feel they only needed to leave this draft with a top receiver.
For New England, the move is classic Bill Belichick—trading back from the first round to acquire more selections. New England now has eight picks this year's draft. The Pats took SMU outside linebacker Jamie Collins with the 52nd pick, and Rutgers cornerback Logan Ryan with the 83rd selection.
Falcons jump up eight spots
Just two years ago, the Atlanta Falcons traded two first-round picks and more to select Julio Jones sixth overall. They didn't move up nearly as far, nor give up nearly as much, the Falcons moved from No. 30 to No. 22 to grab Washington cornerback Desmond Trufant.
Atlanta lost Brent Grimes in free agency to the Dolphins and had a gaping hole at cornerback. Sources said they wanted either Dee Milliner or Trufant, with both cornerbacks graded closely together. Getting a cornerback who can start right away was a must for the Falcons.
The Rams, who already moved up early to select Tavon Austin at No. 8, acquired the Falcons' first-rounder (30th overall), a third-rounder (No. 92 overall) and sixth-rounder (No. 198 overall) for the 22nd pick along with a 2015 sixth-rounder. St. Louis selected Georgia linebacker Alec Ogletree with the 30th pick and Austin's WVU teammate Stedman Bailey at 92.
St. Louis now recovers some of the picks lost in its earlier trade. Rams GM Les Snead is proving once again to be one of the more creative drafters in the NFL after multiple moves in 2012 as well.
49ers move up to get Reid
With the most picks (13) in the 2013 NFL Draft and few major needs, the San Francisco 49ers were rumored to be strong contenders to move up and get a premium player.
After seeing Texas' Kenny Vaccaro selected 15th overall to New Orleans, the 49ers decided it was time to get help at safety.
The 49ers traded up from pick No. 31, also giving up their third-round selection, to the Cowboys' selection at 18 overall to select LSU safety Eric Reid.
Thought to be the second-best safety after Vaccaro for most teams, Reid was rumored to be considered an option for the Cowboys, Bengals and Rams.
The Cowboys move down 13 spots, picking up the 74th overall pick as well, but still have needs on the offensive line, interior defensive line and safety. They selected Wisconsin center Travis Frederick at 31 and Baylor wide receiver Terrance Williams at No. 74.
Bills-Rams swap
Excited Bills fans had to wait a little longer for their team to select a potential franchise quarterback in the 2013 NFL Draft.
Buffalo traded down in the first round, sending the eighth overall pick to the St. Louis Rams, who selected West Virginia receiver Tavon Austin.
With the No. 16 overall pick they received in the deal, the Bills selected Florida State QB EJ Manuel.
Austin, long speculated to go in the top 10 despite being a 5-foot-9 and limited as a route runner, is the most intriguing playmaker to enter the draft in recent years.
With the Rams having little receiving help around Sam Bradford after the loss of Danny Amendola in free agency, they decided to be aggressive Thursday night.
For moving back to No. 16, the Bills added picks 46, 78 and 222 overall while giving the Rams their third-round pick, 71st overall. Buffalo now has more options to fill needs at receiver, guard and defensive end. It selected Oregon inside linebacker Kiko Alonso with the 46th pick.
Dolphins trade up for Jordan
After two "expected" selections to start the 2013 NFL Draft, the Miami Dolphins made a splash with the third overall pick.
Trading up from No. 12 to the Raiders' spot at No. 3, the Dolphins continued their aggressive offseason.
But instead of filling one of their two biggest needs, cornerback or offensive tackle, Miami went with athletic defensive end/outside linebacker Dion Jordan of Oregon.
Jordan likely will be rushing the passer opposite Cameron Wake, giving the Dolphins a unique pass rushing duo for years to come. Add in the fact that Jordan can play in space well enough to be a situational linebacker, and Miami now has unique versatility in its front seven.
The Raiders, who didn't have a second-round pick to start this draft thanks to the Carson Palmer trade two years ago, got the 42nd overall pick in the draft with this trade along with moving down to the 12th overall spot. Oakland used the No. 42 pick on Florida State offensive tackle Menelik Watson.

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Clippers Fall Behind, and It's Only July
Another Clipper off-season is progressing in a way that can only be called Clipperesque.
That can mean a variety of things, but in this instance it means frustrating.
Sometimes it feels as if the other NBA teams are out on the track while the Clippers are on a treadmill.
An NBA source said Tuesday that the Clippers were close to an agreement with Cuttino Mobley. This the week after Bobby Simmons left for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Let's see: Mobley averaged 17.2 points a game for the Orlando Magic and Sacramento Kings last season, Simmons 16.4 a game, giving the Clippers a net gain of 0.8 of a point.
Well, technically that's progress. It's just not very inspiring.
The Clippers: Movin' toward the playoffs, tenth by tenth.
Mobley will provide outside shooting and defense at the shooting guard position and give the Clippers a solid starting lineup along with Elton Brand, Corey Maggette, Chris Kaman and Shaun Livingston.
All of those guys can play, but not one of them demands a double-team. None gives the Clippers an automatic matchup edge, game in and game out.
This makes two consecutive summers that the Clippers actually did things the right way, came correct with the cash ... and came away with little to show for it. Last year, they threw money at the feet of Kobe Bryant, but he stayed with the Lakers.
This year they tried for Seattle's Ray Allen (the best player on the market) and Michael Redd (the best shooter), but both took the most money they could get and re-signed with their teams at prices beyond what the collective bargaining agreement would allow the Clippers to offer.
And Simmons left for a surprising $9 million a year, a figure the Clippers never imagined they'd hear and weren't prepared to spend on a borderline starter.
It seems as if every imaginable force works against the Clippers.
There's the inertia of their losing ways � 12 years and counting since their last winning season � that prevents them from signing a veteran looking to play for a winner at a discount.
There's the law of supply and demand. With Allen, Redd and then Larry Hughes gone, the Clippers were forced to spend a premium on Mobley. You've all felt it at your fantasy league auctions, that time when there's only one guy left at a position, and other teams need him just as badly as you do.
They still have shopping left to do, but the big-time free agents are gone.
If the Clippers were unfortunate in free agency, though, they were unwise on draft day.
They selected Russian Yaroslav Korolev at No. 12, when Danny Granger of New Mexico and Gerald Green of Gulf Shore Academy were available.
Granger was one of the most polished players in the draft, and Green one of the most talented.
The Clippers must have some quota on high school players. After selecting Darius Miles out of East St. Louis High with the third pick in the 2000 draft, they sent the rights to Dominguez's Tyson Chandler to Chicago for Elton Brand in 2001. I loved that trade then, and still do.


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I've been informed by our webhost that one of our sites has been hacked. By gaining unauthorised access to the site, hackers have been able to send out spam using our domain name (using from: email@example.com in the spam).
We've been asked to remove these violated files and close any security vulnerabilities before the webhost can restore the site. We've been able to identify the files and removed them.
However, how can we specifically pinpoint and close any security loopholes so that it doesn't happen again? The site is using lots of scripts etc. so we don't know where the vulnerability could lie.
We've ran lots of sites since the 1990s and never had a single security violation, so this situation is a new one to us.
Thanks a million for any advice.
First, please remember that others can SPAM the world using your e-mail address as their Reply To: address, i.e., without accessing your server.
Since you've discovered that an attack had taken place, you have been hacked.
First, replace all your passwords with those you can create using http://strongpasswordgenerator.com - and make them STRONG! Don't forget ALL passwords, i.e., cPanel, e-mail, FTP and Telnet (if enabled). Eliminate all the entry points you don't need.
Have your host run and RErun maldet scans until there is no problem found then have them run by CRON on a regular basis. Maldet is a freeware app that admins won't let others setup and run but they will set it up for you if you ask (at least they do on WebHostingBuzz ... and WebHostingZoom before them).
If you're paranoid (and I am!), you can also generate a script which will compare and store hashed valued for your scripts (.php, .html and .js in particular) on a daily basis and CRON that, too!
You can never be too paranoid! "They" may not be out to get you but you may fall as an innocent victim of some hacker "just because he can."
If its on a shared server, you will have to ask your host to find the source of the hack and give you suggestions regarding the nature of the hack and they will be able to give you pointers to assist you, as the nature of hacking has to be known to fix the loop holes. Since you are using scripts make sure to analyse them for loopholes as well. What DK mentioned is pretty much all you can do to secure your domain.
If you are on a VPS or a dedicated server you should also check your ssh keys and also see if there are any unknown/suspicious users as well as do a rootkit scan as well. rkhunter is a good tool to do a rootkit scan.
Also in addition to using strong passwords, changing them periodically is a good practice as well.
Hello! I just came across this concept, and it's a new one to me. I'm familiar with creating hashes for passwords, but I'm not quite sure what you mean by a hashed value for a script. Could you elaborate a bit?
hash_file() is a convenient tool to use to obtain a hash value of a file. Hash values are of a fixed length and impossible to determine the original contents but the limited length makes it ideal to save in a database. When the newly generated value differs from the saved hash value, you've got a changed file. If a new file suddenly appears, it won't have a value in the database (ergo, a new file) and any file for which a new hash is not generated is obviously a deleted file.
You can create your own script very quickly (with a little knowledge of PHP and any database).
Thanks! Sounds like a powerful and easy to implement tool...


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For people who visit us, here some information about the bus line near the Guest House.
If you don't want to walk to Dupont circle metro station or to go downtown, we have the 42/43 Mount Pleasant or H1 lines which stops just four doors from the Bed and Breakfast.
The route will begin on Columbia Road until reaching Connecticut Avenue, heading south. The route travels around Dupont Circle and past Farragut Square before turning east on H Street past Lafayette Park where is located the White House to go after to Metro Center. The route will end at Chinatown on 9th and G Streets across the street from the National Portrait Gallery and few blocks away from the National Mall, museums and memorials.
The route will begin like the 42/43 on Columbia Road until reaching Connecticut Avenue, heading south. The route travels around Dupont Circle and going South on New Hampshire, past Foggy Bottom, The George Washington University before taking 23rd Street (State Department). The bus will turn east on Constitution Ave to finish is route on 18th street.
Happy travel! Jonathan
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Washington DC Bed and Breakfast accommodations. We are centrally located, 10 minutes walk to DuPont Circle metro/subway, 1 mile north west of White House.


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ATLANTA - John Calipari looked ready for nap.
The Kentucky coach seemed to have worn himself out on the sidelines as his team sprinted past Indiana 102-90 Friday night at the Georgia Dome, advancing to Sunday's NCAA Tournament South Regional Semifinal, and Calipari - meeting the media in the early hours of Saturday morning - looked ready to nod off.
And so it's understandable that Hoosiers coach Tom Crean said he told Calipari afterward, "Make sure you got enough energy to win this thing, because that game took a lot out of everybody." And it's logical that Calipari was asked if the Wildcats might not have much in the tank for Sunday's 2:30 p.m. battle with Baylor.
Calipari didn't seem concerned.
"When you're playing at this time of the year, you've got more energy than you need," Calipari said. "This team is in great shape."
Why should he worry?
The Wildcats (35-2) looked built to run on Friday, sprinting to their highest point total since the season opener against Marist. Indiana (27-9) was looking to push the pace, but it suited Kentucky fine.
In running past the Hoosiers, UK avenged its only regular-season loss - Christian Watford, who hit the game-winner in that Dec. 10 Indiana win, led IU with 27 points on Friday - but that wasn't the point.
The Wildcats advanced to their third straight Elite Eight under Calipari. On Sunday at 2:30 p.m., they'll face Baylor in the South Regional Final with a second straight Final Four trip on the line.
So Calipari downplayed the revenge angle. Though he admitted late in the regular season that his team had been motivated by an ESPN commercial that showed Watford's game-winner, he steered clear of it this week.
"We never watched the ad, I didn't put in tapes, we didn't talk about the last game," Calipari said. "We didn't. Let us worry about us playing well. If that's not good enough, us at our best, then someone played really good."
Indiana did on Friday.
The Hoosiers shot 52.2 percent from the floor and scored the most points any team had against a Calipari-coached Kentucky defense since UK beat Sam Houston State 102-92 in the third game of his tenure.
"That was them," said senior Darius Miller, who had 19 points for UK. "They were knocking down shots. They were being really aggressive and getting to the rim. We just had trouble guarding them tonight."
Kentucky had lots of trouble.
It had foul trouble - two early fouls sent Anthony Davis to the bench for most of the second half - and trouble guarding Watford and Cody Zeller, who scored 20 points.
But it didn't have trouble scoring in transition - UK matched IU with 18 fast-break points - or closing out the Hoosiers in the second half. The Wildcats made their last 16 free throws and 35-of-37 overall.
"I've been doing this 20 years, so I don't know, but I've probably had some teams that have done this," Calipari said. "But I've also had some teams that shoot 30 percent from the foul line.
"So I've had bad free throw shooting teams and had to figure that out. Let me say this. It's a lot easier when they go up and make free throws, I'll tell you that."
Kentucky got 24 points and 10 rebounds from Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. Doron Lamb added 21 points. Marquis Teague shot 4-for-14 but finished with 14 points, seven assists and two turnovers.
There were brilliant performances on both sides - 10 players scored in double digits - in what was perhaps this NCAA Tournament's most entertaining game. Both teams attacked the rim. Both were efficient offensively.
There was no buzzer-beating drama, but there were 40 minutes of high-quality basketball between two teams long on talent on heart. In the end, Kentucky had enough of both to survive.
And Calipari's unconcerned that the tank might be empty on Sunday - or that his team will feel the favorite's burden when it's time to play Baylor.
"You know, it seems like there's only one team that is not allowed to lose in this tournament, and that's us," Calipari said. "I don't want them to feel that. That's not the case."
That's why on Thursday Calipari took his team to the movies - the Cats saw 21 Jump Street, "Which I had to sit through, by the way," he said - instead of having them watch NCAA Tournament games.
Calipari wants his players relaxed. He wants them having fun.
That's why early Saturday morning, after the Cats sent the Hoosiers home, after they sprinted past Indiana, he told them to slow down. For just a moment, he wanted them to savor it.
"Today (Indiana) had a chance to beat us in the way they played and gave themselves every opportunity," Calipari said. "But I enjoy this. I tell these guys all the time enjoy winning. You smile and enjoy it, because the other (option) stinks."


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Sound Publishing wins three SNA awards for Web projects
Sound Publishing took home a trio of top prizes in Suburban Newspapers of America's 2009 Local Community Web Site Contest.
The awards were announced May 14 and, for Sound, included first place wins in:
- PNWAutos.com (Best Classified Site/Vertical All Circulation Classes)
- Winter snow storm coverage (Best Collaborative Project All Circulation Classes)
- WSDOT begins I-90 work to repair deteriorating expansion joints (Best Video Initiative Class C)
The annual awards "commemorate excellence in online media" and represent "the top Web initiatives from community and suburban newspapers," according to SNA's Web site.
The wins come about a year after Sound rolled out an overhaul of its 30-some community news sites, as well as a redesign of its PNWAutos.com site. A focus on video and link journalism has intensified during the past 12 months, as Sound has continually added new features to their community news sites.
Sound Publishing, Inc. is the largest publisher of community and suburban newspapers in Washington and is also one of the area's largest commercial Web printers. The company operates 30 community and suburban newspapers, two monthly business journals, and 18 Little Nickel and Nickel Ads weekly shoppers throughout Washington and Oregon. Sound also operates web printing facilities in Everett and Bainbridge Island and publishes two editions of the Northwest Navigator for the U.S. Navy.
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Prize Recipient
Steven Feller
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"For his painstaking investigations and elucidation of the structure of borosilicate glasses, and for his strong commitment to the education of undergraduate students and vigorous encouragement of their substantial participation in his research program."
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For each of the following, solve for the answer word. The first and last letters of each word are given and the number of letters in the word is also provided. For each, the phrase/sentence which follows is a clue which gives you an "alternative interpretation" of the word as opposed to the word's true meaning.
Example: b?????e (7 letters) - not a small aisle
Answer: beguile <== big aisle (not a small aisle)
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2) t????e (6 letters) - A couple goes Dutch.
3) c????n (6 letters) - Give 'em a ring.
4) f????t (6 letters) - the main reason they're taking a vacation
5) p??????d (8 letters) - when poor Dave missed the prom
6) f?????g (7 letters) - Rover needs a trim because...
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2) The 4th letter is "p".
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4) The 4th letter is "e".
5) The 3rd letter is "o".
6) The 4th letter is "l".
Answer1) depend <== deep end (not the shallow end)
2) toupee <== Two pay. (A couple goes Dutch.)
3) column <== Call 'em. (Give 'em a ring.)
4) forest <== for rest (the main reason they're taking a vacation)
5) promised <== prom missed (when poor Dave missed the prom)
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A regional water authority aimed at salvaging the foundering Regional Desalination Project or finding another water source for the Peninsula is being reviewed by six Peninsula cities this week and next.
Tuesday, the Carmel City Council unanimously passed a resolution to join the Monterey Regional Water Management Authority, which would include Pacific Grove, Monterey, Sand City, Seaside and Del Rey Oaks.
The Pacific Grove City Council has scheduled a hearing at 6 p.m. Thursday on a similar resolution.
Sand City and Monterey city councils will take up the issue Tuesday. Seaside has scheduled its hearing on Jan. 19. Del Rey Oaks will consider it Jan. 24.
The proposal is supported by the cities' mayors, who say it would be in cities' best interest to form a joint powers agency that would advance the regional project or an alternative water supply and provide a forum for deliberation and public participation.
California American Water, the main provider of water on the Peninsula, was given the OK from the state Public Utilities Commission in December 2010 to participate in a public-private water project — the Regional Desalination Project. But since then, the mayors say in a report released Friday, "multiple impediments have arisen that have delayed and threatened the viability of the regional project."
The project has drawn criticism over its governance and the cost of the water it would supply, as well as how it would provide representation for Cal Am customers.
The mayors recommended entering into an agreement with the San Diego office of the Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck law firm for legal services for the water authority and related water issues. That firm represented developers of a San Diego regional water desalination project.
The region already has a public agency responsible for water management — the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District — but critics have repeatedly said it has yet to develop an additional major regional water source.
David Stoldt, Water Management District general manager, said the mayors have not responded to district requests to be involved in any discussions related to forming a joint powers agency.
"They've kept it close to the vest," he said. "We were not included. We're the ones with the statutory authority to do all this work."
The district has a policy advisory committee made up of elected officials from the cities and county, he said, and a technical advisory committee made up of staff from those agencies.
"We are supportive of regional water supply planning," Stoldt said, "especially if alternatives need to be brought forward if the regional project doesn't move forward."
There are several weaknesses in the mayors' proposal, Stoldt said, including:
· It creates confusion. "Who does what? It undermines the district's statutory authority."
· It doesn't adequately represent 34 percent of Cal Am customers on the Peninsula: residents of Carmel Valley, Pebble Beach and the Highway 68 corridor.
· There is no revenue source to cover costs, including potential legal fees of $500,000 or more for developing the environmental impact reports and other documents that would be associated with an alternative water project if one becomes necessary.
· Except for Seaside's own water department, the cities lack the necessary engineering and water planning expertise.
"As structured," Stoldt said, "the (joint powers agency) lacks the tools to be successful."
Cal Am spokeswoman Catherine Bowie said the company welcomes the mayors' input and support, which "has been invaluable throughout the development and permitting process for the Regional Desalination Project." She said she could not comment on the merits of the proposed agency because she had not seen specifics.
Cal Am, which supplies customers on the Peninsula, draws its water from the Carmel River and Seaside Groundwater Basin aquifers.
Both are subject to restrictions under a cease-and-desist order issued by the state Water Resources Control Board limiting water withdrawals from the Carmel River to all but 3,376 acre-feet per year by 2016, and a judicial order limiting withdrawals from the Seaside basin.
Cal Am gets about 75 percent of the water for its Peninsula customers from 18 wells along the lower Carmel River. The 1995 state order said Cal Am has the legal right to only 3,376 acre-feet of river water a year.
But Cal Am's annual diversion of river water has ranged from 9,538 to 11,178 acre-feet, exceeding the company's legal limit by an average of 7,150 acre-feet annually, state officials say.
When the state first cracked down on Cal Am's use of Carmel River water in 1995, the utility was using about 14,100 acre-feet of river water a year.
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WINSTED >> Town Attorney, Kevin Nelligan, presented details Monday into the civil suit against the former finance director, Henry Centrella, at the second Board of Selectmen meeting of the month.
Nelligan said that, over the course of the last five years, large amounts of cash went missing from the tax office. The money was taken before it had been deposited into the town's accounts. The missing funds do not effect tax payments made by Winsted residents.
In the fall of 2012 the money reappeared in the town's account deposits that amounted to less than $10,000 each. Nelligan believes the small deposits amounts were so to avoid red flags. Together, the deposits totaled more than $60,000.
"That triggered a more intensive forensic audit," Nelligan said.
It was revealed on July 10 that the town planned to file a lawsuit against Centrella to recoup losses of $2.25 million that he is alleged to have stolen from the town during his time as finance director. The town claimed that they could receive a judgment of $7.5 million or more from the lawsuit based on probable cause.
Nelligan referred to the loss of cash as an "inordinate amount of small change," and said that all town employees are working diligently to help investigate their former coworker.
"It's one thing to see the money leave but it's another to find out how it's left and how much to the penny" Nelligan said. "A tremendous amount of effort has been put into that."
Nelligan says that he feels that Centrella's actions qualify statutory theft giving the town the right to seek three times the amount of what they believe was stole.
Between the cash stolen from the tax office and Centrella's supposed W-2 scheme, in which Centrella is alleged to have altered his federal and state withholdings claiming more than what was actually withheld, which amounted to $187,000, attorney Nelligan says $2.4 million was lost.
The town plans to explore different avenues to recover the stolen funds. Nelligan says pursuing the person responsible will be the first step and the others involve possible pay outs from insurance claims.
"If we succeed in our insurance policy claims," Nelligan said, "That's about 1 million dollars."
The town currently has two insurance claims in progress.
"This matter is not over just because we've filed a civil suit," Nelligan said. "But our investigation and our attempts to collect all our assets back is now over."
The criminal investigation is ongoing and Nelligan says the case may take several months.


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With the hiring of USA Boxing International Teaching Coach Pedro Roque last year, USA Boxing has placed an increased emphasis on international competition and Coach Roque and the High Performance staff has created a calendar of events that will provide Team USA with valuable international experience.
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Team USA started the year with an impressive performance at the Independence Cup as the squad's eight athletes won seven medals at the tournament, including gold medals by flyweight Shawn Simpson (Chicago, Ill.) and light welterweight Erickson Lubin (Kissimmee, Fla.). Prior to traveling to the Dominican Republic, the team joined Coach Roque at the Olympic Training Center for the first of several educational training camps planned for 2013.
The 2013 AIBA Men's World Championships, October 4-20 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, will highlight the elite men's international schedule in the fall. The elite male winners from the 2013 USA Boxing National Championships next month will represent Team USA in Kazakhstan. Prior to traveling to Kazakhstan, the team will take part in as many as seven training camps and four international competitions in Ukraine, Chile and Puerto Rico to prepare them for the diverse styles they will see at the World Championships.
The junior men (15-16-year-olds) will compete in World Championships action in 2013 as well; with their premier event taking place August 17-26 in Kiev, Ukraine. The junior males earned their berths at the inaugural Junior World Team Open in January. They will enjoy the opportunity to participate in an unprecedented five preparatory training camps prior to traveling overseas. In addition to the training opportunities with Coach Roque, the young boxers will travel to two international competitions, gaining experience against top boxers from Europe and their counterparts in south, central and north America.
Following the debut of women's boxing at the Olympic Games, the female boxers in both the junior and elite age divisions will enjoy numerous training and competitive opportunities in 2013. For the first time, USA Boxing will host a training camp solely focused on junior females prior to a tournament in Finland in March. They will participate in a training camp later in the spring as well.
Although the Women's World Championships only take place in even-numbered years, the elite women will still compete in international tournaments both in Europe and closer to home in central America. The U.S. team enjoyed great success at the 2012 Continental Championships and the elite women will return to the event in May in Venezuela in addition to competitions in central America later in the summer. Additional competitive opportunities are currently being finalized for late 2013 to give the elite women beneficial international experience opportunities.
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Why AL-/NL-only Leagues are Superior to Mixed Leagues
January is absolutely flying by, and we're rapidly approaching draft season. If you don't already have your leagues locked down, you'll be doing so shortly. Tout Wars and LABR both set their league rosters this past week—of note to BP readers, I'll be leaving Tout Wars NL and moving back to Mixed due to the Astros-related roster contraction while Jason Collette will be moving from LABR AL to Mixed, where he'll team up with Paul Sporer. This expert league movement reminded me of a request I received from reader Robotey back in August that I was waiting until the preseason to address:
@Derek -- I don't know if this under your purview, but as Fantasy devotees go I am strongly of the school that deep 'only' leagues are the only ones worth considering--precisely because they can lead to these tests of attrition that I am currently undergoing. Any chance you may feel similarly may write a passion piece about the test of humanity that is the 'deeper league'?
While I won't go as far as to say that "deep 'only' leagues are the only ones worth considering," I do vastly prefer "only" leagues to mixed leagues. So, for those of you still debating what kind of league (or leagues) to play in for the 2013 fantasy baseball season, here is my attempt at persuading you to give an AL- or NL-only league a shot.
While mixed leagues have the built-in fun factor of getting to own multiple superstars, I find it much more gratifying to draft the lesser-known players who outperform their market-based expectations. Mixed leagues often become a game of stars and scrubs, ultimately being decided by whomever's stars stay healthy and whoever's scrubs break out. They disproportionately shift in the direction of whoever manages to make the best April pickups. In the first month of the season, tons of players outperform expectations due to nothing more than small sample sizes and luck, and often you're merely rolling the dice on one or two of these guys in the hopes that you manage to get the one who proves to be legitimate. Whoever lucks into Jose Bautista has a huge advantage. Yes, whoever drafts Bautista in an AL-only league has an advantage as well, but in a deep league, nearly every player of note gets nominated on auction day. You're put to a decision on every player on day one. This adds an element of skill that is absent in the piñata-candy-snatching frenzy that is a mixed-league April.
AL- and NL-only leagues force you to play close attention to everybody. In a mixed league, Cleveland's backup catcher can safely be ignored, but in an AL-only league, Lou Marson has value. In a deep league, you're not just caring about prospects like Mike Trout and Bryce Harper; when the Twins recall Brian Dozier to play every day at shortstop, you have to be all over it. It's easy to say that Adrian Beltre is good; it's much harder to put a price tag on Kyle Seager. Playing time situations have to be watched closely. A big chunk of guys on mixed-league rosters are locked into playing time, but in deep leagues, you have to decide what to do with a floundering James Loney; is he going to pick himself back up, is he going to be benched, is he going to be traded? Don't think you're just going to drop him; yeah, he's James Loney, but that's still better than Brooks Conrad.
AL- and NL-only leagues also open up new avenues for strategic thinking. How do you want to structure your roster? If you're not careful, you'll end up with holes (or worse, Wilson Valdez) in your starting lineup… unless you're okay with that and decide to make up for it elsewhere. Would you rather draft a so-so asset who will contribute immediately or gamble on a prospect that might not make it to the majors until July? How do you want to spend your FAAB? Does this decision play into how you structure your roster and spend your money on draft day? Do you want to spend here and there on the Doziers of the world or save up in the hopes that Zack Greinke gets traded over to the American League? In mixed leagues, FAAB bidding is far less exciting and even less challenging. The only guys worth going after are guys in the midst of a potential breakout, newly anointed closers, and the few top prospects that are recalled into regular playing time that aren't already owned.
Of course, this is all mere opinion—there's no right or wrong answer here—and there are certainly drawbacks to AL-/NL-only leagues; if one of your big-ticket items gets injured, that might be all it takes to cost you the league since solid replacements are so hard to come by. For me, however, I far prefer the challenges and the ultimate gratification of deep leagues. Where do you guys stand?
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Peter Hood
I find that mixed leagues with 20 or more teams provide many of the same challenges. I do agree with the basic idea though and am considering moving away from the smaller (12 team) mixed leagues altogether.
Jan 21, 2013 04:07 AM
I've played NL-only for 25 years and mixed for only five. I prefer an AL/NL only league for all the reason stated above, plus being in a NL-only league helps me better focus on the players on the teams in the NL who compete against my favorite team, the Cardinals. However, a couple of guys in our NL-only league whine that it's too difficult, that there too many players to keep track of. Before last season, we shrunk the rosters, deleting an OF and C position, and creating an extra UTIL position. This off-season, one owner left, and the Astros left, creating a league of eight owners with a player field of 375.
Jan 21, 2013 06:13 AM
Obviously the more casual a fan you are the more you'll prefer a mixed league. Not everyone wants to have to know who is third in line for saves on Cleveland, or who Houston's backup C is.
Jan 21, 2013 07:44 AM
Dear Mike W.,
Jan 21, 2013 19:59 PM
I am in a 16 team mixed keeper lg and auction-base draft, with 25 roster spots; and a 20 teams mixed keeper lg with incentive-base draft order, with 35 roster spot (including 4 minor league spots). I 've participated in redraft yearly mixed lg and won 16 teams and 14 teams but choked on 10 teams league. I definitely feel what Mr Carty meant.
Jan 21, 2013 08:10 AM
I have one disagreement. Leagues where players are lost/FAABed when traded from the NL to AL or vice versa are ridiculous. Why introduce something with that much luck in it.
Jan 21, 2013 09:53 AM
I play in an AL-only league w/ten teams. We are allowed to keep 2 NLers from season to season. If a guy is traded from league to league mid-season, he stays on your roster and becomes an off-season decision. Those holdover NLers are tradeable between seasons as long as they haven't fallen off one of your league teams' rosters and the team gaining him in trade has room for an NLer. Once your league team drops the NLer, he can't be part of your league unless he moves back to the AL.
Jan 21, 2013 11:03 AM
I've played in NL only and mixed. I think the argument made in favor of NL/AL versus mixed can be addressed by the number of teams, roster size and format (re-draft, keeper, dynasty). I'm in a 16 team mixed dynasty, with 25 active and 25 reserve slots, plus 8 injured spots in season. You have to know every player and prospect on every team to have success. The more teams and/or roster spots there are, the more you have to know.
Jan 21, 2013 10:38 AM
Yup. I'm in a deep mixed league -- 15 teams, 22 active roster spots, 5 bench, unlimited DL and 12-player minor leagues (where you don't have to activate them as soon as they get to majors). League is basically a hybrid of keeper/dynasty and gets all benefits of AL/NL-only in terms of depth, w/o the ridiculousness of how to deal with mid-season trades fom one league to another.
Jan 21, 2013 12:33 PM
I like 14-team mixed dynasty with 40 man rosters the best. I've tried only leagues, but losing players with they are traded out of the league is too much.
Jan 21, 2013 12:59 PM
John Carter
How does anybody have time to play a mixed league? In an AL/NL only, you only have to be an expert on one league. I don't play roto type baseball, but I guess the answer is that mixed leagues do not go as deeply. However, that depends on how many managers there are, no? So, if you have the time to be an expert on both leagues, then a deep mixed league would have more managers to trade with.
Jan 21, 2013 13:39 PM
What's really interesting is how many variations there are in leagues, just among the small group of leagues referred to in this thread. Given that,it makes the concept of dollar values and ADP very hard to pin down.
Jan 21, 2013 13:48 PM
Kyle E.
I concur. I've played in a variety of leagues. My favorite was an AL-only with rules somewhat similar to those used in rotisserie laid out by Okrent and company (namely the 25 man roster filled out at auction and the 15 player reserve roster drafted afterwards).
Mar 16, 2013 12:03 PM
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Insp Ducker said: "It is too much of a coincidence for this not to be a dedicated criminal team who have a specific aim in mind.
"I believe that a small group is deliberately targeting business offices purely to steal laptops which have been left out and on view."
Police are advising all business owners to take simple steps to secure their offices. They say premises should be securely locked overnight and laptops and smaller valuable items should be stored away, or even taken home outside office hours.
Insp Ducker is also urging all business owners to review their workforce operating practices and to send a clear message to their staff that a major factor in beating the criminal is act smarter and remove their opportunities to steal.
Homeowners are asked to take the same advice to act against opportunistic theft. As the weather has become warmer there has also been a small increase in property stolen from garages and sheds. In most cases, the shed or garage that has been broken into has been left unlocked.
In addition, homeowners should consider additional security for expensive bicycles, garden machinery and other equipment stored in sheds and garages.
Insp Ducker said: "We recently returned an expensive bicycle to its owner after it was recovered near where it was stolen. "We were able to do this because it had a secure bicycle lock. The thief clearly couldn't manage carrying it away so dumped it nearby. "I cannot stress enough how important it is to keep your doors locked. It is a simple step but very effective."
For more crime safety advice contact your local Neighbourhood Policing Team on 101.


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While the current era of unrest is being driven by inter-related and deeply-rooted political, economic, and social forces over which the United States has only limited influence, it is critical to U.S. national security interests that we maintain our engagement with people throughout the region. The region's pre-existing challenges – poor quality education, healthcare, and other public services, coupled with lack of political and economic opportunity – were at the core of many of the uprisings that began five years ago. With few exceptions, people's grievances have largely still not been addressed.
Violent conflict, fragility and violent extremism cross borders and present significant threats to both regional and international security. The costs of conflict — in a developmental, economic and human sense— are extraordinary. We must address the development-related factors that drive instability and the plight of the 1.5 billion people living in conflict and fragility around the world.
Just as we have faced other global threats with defense, diplomacy and development, so, too, must we use these tools to prevent violent extremism. Understanding the underlying "drivers" and identifying effective responses to address the root causes of the spread of violent extremism is critical. USAID is in a unique position as the United States Government's lead development agency to address these underlying drivers. It is not an "either" "or" question of which tool to use, but rather a matter of effectively utilizing all of the elements of what we know to work. With that said, USAID's efforts are essential but not sufficient. We must engage in a comprehensive approach in order to defeat this growing threat.
For less than one percent of the federal budget, the President's request keeps us on this path. The request will provide the resources we need to deliver against our most urgent priorities and to advance our mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting resilient, democratic societies around the world while remaining consistent with the levels set in the 2015 Bipartisan Budget Act. Overall, the FY 2017 budget request for the State Department and USAID is $50.1 billion, $35.2 billion of which is Enduring, and $14.9 billion of which is Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding.
As a core pillar of American leadership and power, global development works together with defense and diplomacy to advance our interests and values abroad, and to protect the American people at home. With less than one percent of the federal budget, USAID supports critical development activities and the courageous development professionals who carry them out in challenging, often dangerous, conditions every day. In total, the President's funding request for accounts from which USAID administers assistance is $22.7 billion. $11.0 billion of this total is in core USAID-managed accounts: 1) Development Assistance; 2) Global Health Programs-USAID; 3) International Disaster Assistance; 4) Food for Peace Title II; 5) Transition Initiatives; 6) Complex Crises Fund and 7) USAID Administrative Expense accounts.
Social development and economic growth in Central America have been stymied by a dramatic rise in crime and violence — particularly in the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. While the homicide rate has declined in Honduras, it is still unacceptably high. In El Salvador, the statistics from 2015 are truly alarming — over 100 murders per 100,000 people. This surpasses the murder rate at the peak of El Salvador's civil war in the 1980s.
The recent wave of insecurity is rooted in increased gang violence and international crime, as well as deep-seated issues of social and economic inequity, and lack of economic opportunity for vast segments of society. Economic productivity in Central America has grown slowly over the last decade, and underemployment hovers between 30 and 40 percent in the Northern Triangle.
On Monday, the President announced his intent to submit a Fiscal Year 2016 supplemental request to aggressively respond to the Zika virus outbreak. USAID is included in this request so that we can help countries affected by the Zika virus respond and protect their citizens. In my testimony today, I will describe what USAID is prepared to do with existing and supplemental resources to respond as part of an interagency effort, discuss Zika within the context of the challenges of infectious diseases and the, and share what we and other partners are doing to help countries around the world prevent, detect and respond to infectious diseases.
The U.S. Government employs a whole-of-government approach to address the complex problem of Wildlife Trafficking. We work closely with other government agencies, including the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, to ensure that programs are coordinated and streamlined. These efforts avoid programmatic overlap and enhance effectiveness by incorporating our respective technical and operational strengths.
Our work in Afghanistan reflects USAID's mission: We partner to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our security and prosperity. USAID's civilian assistance programs in Afghanistan are a critical component of our core U.S. national security objective of a stable Afghanistan that al-Qaeda and other terrorists cannot use as a base to threaten the United States, our interests, or U.S. persons overseas. We remain committed to an assistance program in Afghanistan that is effective, accountable, and sustainable. We also remain committed to ensuring accountability for U.S. taxpayer dollars and program results.
Two years of conflict in South Sudan has created a devastating humanitarian crisis. The peace agreement signed in August provides the best chance for a return to peace and development. Its implementation is urgently needed. The people of South Sudan are suffering and the humanitarian situation is only getting worse. Response teams cannot reach people who need aid the most, especially in the Greater Upper Nile Region, due to local clashes and authorities denying access.
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text: THE FIRST STORY-ARC OF MCFARLANE & KIRKMAN'S HAUNT CONCLUDES! More is revealed involving Kurt's death, and it puts Daniel and Kurt at odds once again. A mole is exposed within The Agency and Haunt must come to a decision involving his future. Do not miss the stunning end to the introductory arc of this hot new series.


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Bruno was with no doubt the fastest in the race, running by the other contenders and crossing the finish line well before the others. He had won the race, but someone else was given the winner's trophy. Why?
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Brenda claims she and Sonny can't be together and calls Robin to beg her to help keep the mobster away. Will Robin carry out her friend's plea? While Miss Barrett isn't looking to start up a romantic relationship with Sonny, she still can't help but look out for him and tries to convince Dante of Sonny's innocence in the car bomb case. Will her words sway him to take his father's side in the matter?In other Port Chuck happenings, Carly tries to get a rise out of Claire when she revels in telling the feisty prosecutor that Brenda dumped Sonny—not the other way around. Will Carly succeed in putting doubt in Claire's head regarding her place in Sonny's life? At the same time, Brenda's return is causing quite the drama for Sam and Jason's relationship, to the point where Sam refuses to have sex with him. Will Jason be propelled to reprioritize?
While Brenda's presence is making life a living hell for most of the females in town, it's Lisa that's providing the headache for Robin. The nutcase continues to push Robin's buttons and causes her to freak when she thinks Lisa's messing with her patients. Only one question—why in the world is Lisa allowed to run loose?
As the week winds down, Ethan concocts a plan to get his father back into Tracy's good graces. Will it work or hit a dead end? Meanwhile, Luke asks Carly for a favor. What's his request and will Carly put aside her selfishness long enough to help him out? All this, plus what will Lucky do when he gets a special order from the Balkan's men regarding Siobhan? Stay tuned for a rollercoaster ride all week long on General Hospital.
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This document contains information for an outdated version and may not be maintained any more. If some of your projects still use this version, consider upgrading as soon as possible.
Partial Caching
Partial caching is a feature that allows the caching of just a portion of a page.
As opposed to static publishing, which avoids the SilverStripe controller layer on cached pages, partial caching allows caching for pages that contain a mix of moderately static & user specific data, and still provide full access control and permission enforcement.
The trade-off is that it does not provide as much performance improvement as static publishing, although for data heavy pages the speed increases can be significant.
The way you mark a section of the template as being cached is to wrap that section in a cached tag, like so:
<% cached %>
<% end_cached %>
Each cache block has a cache key - an unlimited number of comma separated variables (in the same form as
if and
with tag variables) and quoted strings.
Every time the cache key returns a different result, the contents of the block are recalculated. If the cache key is the same as a previous render, the cached value stored last time is used.
Since the above example contains just one argument as the cache key, a string (which will be the same every render) it will invalidate the cache after the TTL has expired (default 10 minutes)
Here are some more complex examples:
From a block that updates every time the Page subclass it's the template for updates
<% cached 'database', LastEdited %>
From a block that shows a login block if not logged in, or a homepage link if logged in, depending on the current member
<% cached 'loginblock', CurrentMember.ID %>
From a block that shows a summary of the page edits if administrator, nothing if not
<% cached 'loginblock', LastEdited, CurrentMember.isAdmin %>
An additional global key is incorporated in the cache lookup. The default value for this is
$CurrentReadingMode, $CurrentUser.ID, which ensures that the current Versioned state and user ID are
used. This may be configured by changing the config value of
SSViewer.global_key. It is also necessary
to flush the template caching when modifying this config, as this key is cached within the template itself.
For example, to ensure that the cache is configured to respect another variable, and if the current logged in user does not influence your template content, you can update this key as below;
global_key: '$CurrentReadingMode, $Locale'
Often you want to invalidate a cache when any in a set of objects change, or when the objects in a relationship change. To help do this, SilverStripe introduces the concept of Aggregates. These calculate and return SQL aggregates on sets of DataObjects - the most useful for us being the Max aggregate.
For example, if we have a menu, we want that menu to update whenever any page is edited, but would like to cache it otherwise. By using aggregates, that's easy
<% cached 'navigation', List(Page).max(LastEdited) %>
If we have a block that shows a list of categories, we can make sure the cache updates every time a category is added or edited
<% cached 'categorylist', List(Category).max(LastEdited) %>
We can also calculate aggregates on relationships. A block that shows the current member's favourites needs to update whenever the relationship Member::$has_many = array('Favourites' => Favourite') changes.
<% cached 'favourites', CurrentMember.ID, CurrentMember.Favourites.max(LastEdited) %>
Cache key calculated in controller
That last example is a bit large, and is complicating our template up with icky logic. Better would be to extract that logic into the controller
public function FavouriteCacheKey() {
$member = Member::currentUser();
return implode('_', array(
and then using that function in the cache key
<% cached FavouriteCacheKey %>
Cache blocks and template changes
In addition to the key elements passed as parameters to the cached control, the system automatically includes the template name and a sha1 hash of the contents of the cache block in the key. This means that any time the template is changed the cached contents will automatically refreshed.
Purposely stale data
In some situations it's more important to be fast than to always be showing the latest data. By constructing the cache key to invalidate less often than the data updates you can ensure rendering time is constant no matter how often the data updates.
For instance, if we show some blog statistics, but are happy having them be slightly stale, we could do
<% cached 'blogstatistics', Blog.ID %>
which will invalidate after the cache lifetime expires. If you need more control than that (cache lifetime is configurable only on a site-wide basis), you could add a special function to your controller:
public function BlogStatisticsCounter() {
return (int)(time() / 60 / 5); // Returns a new number every five minutes
and then use it in the cache key
<% cached 'blogstatistics', Blog.ID, BlogStatisticsCounter %>
Cache block conditionals
You may wish to conditionally enable or disable caching. To support this, in cached tags you may (after any key arguments) specify 'if' or 'unless' followed by a standard template variable argument. If 'if' is used, the resultant value must be true for that block to be cached. Conversely if 'unless' is used, the result must be false.
Following on from the previous example, you might wish to only cache slightly-stale data if the server is experiencing heavy load:
<% cached 'blogstatistics', Blog.ID if HighLoad %>
By adding a HighLoad function to your page controller, you could enable or disable caching dynamically.
To cache the contents of a page for all anonymous users, but dynamically calculate the contents for logged in members, you could use something like:
<% cached unless CurrentUser %>
As a shortcut, the template tag 'uncached' can be used - it is the exact equivilent of a cached block with an if condition that always returns false. The key and conditionals in an uncached tag are ignored, so you can easily temporarily disable a particular cache block by changing just the tag, leaving the key and conditional intact.
<% uncached %>
Nested cacheblocks
You can also nest independent cache blocks (with one important rule, discussed later).
Any nested cache blocks are calculated independently from their containing block, regardless of the cached state of that container.
This allows you to wrap an entire page in a cache block on the page's LastEdited value, but still keep a member-specific portion dynamic, without having to include any member info in the page's cache key.
An example:
<% cached LastEdited %>
Our wonderful site
<% cached Member.ID %>
Welcome $Member.Name
<% end_cached %>
<% end_cached %>
This will cache the entire outer section until the next time the page is edited, but will display a different welcome message depending on the logged in member.
Cache conditionals and the uncached tag also work in the same nested manner. Since Member.Name is fast to calculate, you could also write the last example as:
<% cached LastEdited %>
Our wonderful site
<% uncached %>
Welcome $Member.Name
<% end_uncached %>
<% end_cached %>
The important rule
Currently cached blocks can not be contained within if or loop blocks. The template engine will throw an error letting you know if you've done this. You can often get around this using aggregates.
Failing example:
<% cached LastEdited %>
<% loop $Children %>
<% cached LastEdited %>
<% end_cached %>
<% end_loop %>
<% end_cached %>
Can be re-written as:
<% cached LastEdited %>
<% cached Children.max(LastEdited) %>
<% loop $Children %>
<% end_loop %>
<% end_cached %>
<% end_cached %>


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Indiana gives Philadelphia 7.5 mil trade exception
Indiana gives lottery-protected #1 to Phil
Indiana receives Al Harrington (6 years starts at 7.5 mil)
even money swap
Philadelphia gives up Iverson (18.3 mil)
Phil receives 7.5 mil trade exception
Phil receives Marvin Williams (4.2 mil)
Phil receievs Tyron Lue (3.5 mil)
Phil receives Josh Childress (2.9 mil)
Phil receives lottery-protected #1 from Atl
Phil receives lottery-protected #1 from Ind
even money swap
Atlanta receives AI (18.3 million)
Atlanta sends Al Harrington to Indiana
Atl sends Williams, Lue, and Childress to Philly
Atlanta sends lottery-protected #1 to Phil
Atlanta is inder the cap so they can absorb the extra salary
Why for Indiana?
Al for a future #1 and TE is good value
Why for Atl?
AI for a #1 and 3 young players is a little steep but they keep the core of Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, Zaza, and Shelden Williams as a solid set of starters with AI. Maybe the first round pick is too much, and a #2 pick is OK instead.
Why for Philly?
The TE lets them reduce salary and rebuild with young talent and draft picks.


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JBoss.orgCommunity Documentation
The HTTP protocol has built in content negotiation headers that allow the client and server to specify what content they are transferring and what content they would prefer to get. The server declares content preferences via the @Produces and @Consumes headers.
@Consumes is an array of media types that a particular resource or resource method consumes. For example:
@Consumes("text/*") @Path("/library") public class Library { @POST public String stringBook(String book) {...} @Consumes("text/xml") @POST public String jaxbBook(Book book) {...}
When a client makes a request, JAX-RS first finds all methods that match the path, then, it sorts things based on the content-type header sent by the client. So, if a client sent:
POST /library content-type: text/plain thsi sis anice book
The stringBook() method would be invoked because it matches to the default "text/*" media type. Now, if the client instead sends XML:
POST /library content-type: text/xml <book name="EJB 3.0" author="Bill Burke"/>
The jaxbBook() method would be invoked.
The @Produces is used to map a client request and match it up to the client's Accept header. The Accept HTTP header is sent by the client and defines the media types the client prefers to receive from the server.
@Produces("text/*") @Path("/library") public class Library { @GET @Produces("application/json") public String getJSON() {...} @GET public String get() {...}
So, if the client sends:
GET /library Accept: application/json
The getJSON() method would be invoked
@Consumes and @Produces can list multiple media types that they support. The client's Accept header can also send multiple types it might like to receive. More specific media types are chosen first. The client Accept header or @Produces @Consumes can also specify weighted preferences that are used to match up requests with resource methods. This is best explained by RFC 2616 section 14.1 . Resteasy supports this complex way of doing content negotiation.
A variant in JAX-RS is a combination of media type, content-language, and content encoding as well as etags, last modified headers, and other preconditions. This is a more complex form of content negotiation that is done programmatically by the application developer using the javax.ws.rs.Variant, VarianListBuilder, and Request objects. Request is injected via @HttpContext. Read the javadoc for more info on these.


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HOUSTON - A University of Houston information technology manager has been accused of possessing child pornography on his computer.
Hugo Luna has been charged with five felony counts of possession of child pornography.
Harris County Precinct 4 Constables said they discovered thousands of images of child sexual assaults on his personal computer.
Deputy constables said they made the arrest on Wednesday as Luna was trying to board a plane out of the country.
Luna admitted to collecting the images, deputy constables said.
Luna was booked into the Harris County Jail with bond set at $500,000.
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text: It was only an exhibition game, but Monday night's 7-1 loss to the Kings at The Pond wasn't much of a season debut for the Ducks, especially in their new uniforms. As Coach Randy Carlyle put it, it was pretty much a case of men against boys for most of the night, and the Ducks were on the wrong end. Certainly, things figure to be different when players such as Scott Niedermayer, Chris Pronger, Teemu Selanne and Andy McDonald are in the lineup. Neither goaltender who played for the Ducks, Michael Leighton nor Ilya Bryzgalov, had much success, Leighton giving up three goals on 19 shots and Bryzgalov four goals on 17 shots. Then again, as Carlyle said, neither had much help. Maybe the Ducks can put on a better show Wednesday night, when they face the San Jose Sharks at The Pond.