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Juan Montoya was lucky to escape unhurt after a mechanical failure sent his car into the back of a jet dryer, engulfing both vehicles and the track in a fierce fire.
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Just when fans thought they'd seen it all this year at Daytona, the whole thing went up in flames at turn 3. [See video of Montoya's accident]
The race was under caution after David Stremme blew an engine on lap 157, and Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing's Juan Montoya was among those to pit under the yellow flag and then back in a second time to have the car checked out for a serious vibration. He was back on track and catching up with the field when the car suddenly snapped right on him and he lost control.
Montoya had been running along the bottom of the track to give plenty of room to the safety vehicles that were carrying out routine caution period clean-up activities at the top of the high banked speedway, but the sudden snap sent the #42 straight up the track and into the back of a jet dryer.
The collision was bad enough, but it ruptured the dryer's 200-gallon tank filled with jet fuel to power the jet engine used to burn off any surface water from the track resulting from rainfall. The fuel caught fire and engulfed the jet dryer in a huge fireball.
The fuel seeped out of the ruptured tank and ran down the banked track, catching fire as it went and leaving a literal wall of flame right across the track that took several minutes to bring under control. The race was red flagged as fire crews tackled the blaze, with real fears that the intensity of the heat could cause race-ending damage to the track surface if not extinguished quickly.
Montoya was not seriously injured by either the impact or the ensuing fire, but he was a bit singed by the experience.
"I'm okay. My foot hurt, but I'm okay. For as big of a hit that way; I'm pretty good to be honest," he said after getting checked out at the medical centre. "I was full on the brakes and when I hit, I hit driver's side and my foot slipped onto the clutch and it scratched the top of my foot."
The fire burned Montoya's race helmet before the force of the collision pushed the #42 clear. "I saw the flames. My helmet got a little burned and everything," he said. "I didn't think about the truck, I thought 'I'm actually hitting the jet and it's not going to be fun.' Before I got there I was thinking 'this thing is going to be on fire pretty bad' and it was."
The driver of the dryer truck, Duane Barnes, also escaped serious injury, although he was taken to the local Halifax Health Medical Center for treatment before being released shortly afterwards.
"He came with me [in the ambulance]. He was pretty scared, but he looked okay," said Montoya. "I am sure he is pretty shaken and is going to be sore."
As for the cause of the accident, Montoya could only think that it was related to the vibration he'd been experiencing that had brought him back into the pits.
"I did the pit stop and when I came out of the pits I felt a vibration in second gear. I told them I think either a transmission broke or something," he said. "I went to third gear and when I accelerated the vibration came back. I came back into the pits, they looked at everything tight and okay.
"I went again and I was in fourth gear. I wasn't even going that fast and it was moving and travelling a lot. It just felt really strange, as I was talking on the radio the car just turned right," he said. "Something fell in the rear of the car and the car just spun into the jet dryer."
He summed it up succinctly by adding: "It's not the way you want to finish the Daytona 500."
The red flag lasted for more than two hours and racing didn't resume until nearly midnight. In the meantime, track officials needed to check out the fire damage in turn 3 and also deal with the huge quantities of fuel that had seeped into the track surface - which they did with repeated rinses using laundry detergent.
That left the drivers once again in limbo, parked out on the backstretch of the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway tri-oval and with little else to do except stand around and chat "about everything but racing back here," as Carl Edwards put it. "Nothing for the television," Dale Earnhardt Jr. was quick to add.
But at least Brad Keselowski had come prepared: he'd stashed his mobile phone in his pocket before the race and was soon on Twitter, posting updates and even photos that he's taken of the fire from his car.
"They keep making fun of me for it, but I'm having a good time," Keselowski said of the other drivers' reactions to his addiction to social media. "Nobody else has a phone ... They should get one to see what's going on!"
"We were asking why Brad had his phone in his car," said Jamie McMurray. "Nobody could figure that out." Dave Blaney - who was the race leader under the red flag after not having pitted earlier - was even more bemused by the whole thing and was left wondering what "Twitter" was in the first place.
Once restarted, the race was eventually won by Matt Kenseth, who managed to hold off Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Greg Biffle to the line in a green-white-chequered finish.
Jimmie Johnson exited the race on lap 2 after being hit by Elliott Sadler. The accident also caught up the 2011 Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne, as well as David Ragan and Danica Patrick.
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I had lots of nice things I was prepared to say about Baggachipz, a forum member who has been with us since the very beggining and helped shape the collective personality of GWJ, but then he sent in this picture of himself and it washes away two-and-a-half years of good things. I mean, imagine if he's wearing the coconut bikini when playing Battlefield 2; the guy who just happily ran you over, may be wearing a grass skirt!
Read on to find out exactly what the hell is wrong with Baggachipz.
1)Who the devil are you?
My name is Matt, and I'm a disturbingly average white male, 29 years ripe. We just moved to Charlotte, NC to build our dream house.
2) What are you supposed to be doing during the day when you're reading GWJ?
My job title usually includes "Web Developer," but I've come to terms with the fact that I'm professional job switcher. Do what you're good at, they say. Currently I'm trying to start my own business but the harsh mistress of capitalism will most likely require full-time employment in the near future.
3) How about family? Kids? Pets? Particularly meaningful inanimate objects?
I have a lovely wife and a four-legged canine kid, whose name is Denver. Denver is no doubt a "gateway dependent" which will most likely result in human additions to our family.
I'm particularly fond of a small bull's head statue which my parents brought me from Greece years ago. I don't know why they got it for me or what its purpose is. This small bull head is downright scary, and it doesn't match with anything; which, I've learned annoys my wife and ruins her decor motif. As a result, I'm that much more compelled to have it on display in a prominent space in the house. It's fun to see whether guests in our home will ask about it.
4) What was your favorite game over the last year or so? Why?
I sure wish I could list some off-the-wall hidden gem of a game, and look like a seasoned gaming connoisseur. But, my GOTY is Half-Life 2, for every reason everyone else has already listed. It's the only game in a long time that when I finished it, I wanted more in a good way. Like I stated above I'm disturbingly average. Honorable mention goes to Battlefield 2, whose excellent gameplay and teabagging opportunities have brought me much joy and agony.
5) Which game are you looking forward to most?
I'm going to cheat a bit and say that more than any one game, I'm really looking forward to the experience that the Xbox 360 will potentially provide. Yes, I'm filling out this profile right before it launches, amid peak hype, and when this gets posted months from now I may end up looking like a total clown. Moreso than usual.
6) What is your fondest gaming memory?
Until college, games had been more of an obsessive playtime activity that I always figured I'd outgrow. That is, until one night when my freshman-year roommate fired up QBasic Gorillas and we started playing. Then, the idea of mixing the penalty of alcohol consumption was introduced and games competition took on another dimension. What a wonderous new world was opened to me! Competition got fierce, and eventually we were good enough that we would hit the opposing gorilla on every attempt. The unlikely marriage of geeky video entertainment and binge drinking produced a glorious offspring that continues to live with me to this day.
7) Can you hear me now? Good, what's in your wallet?
If you're that Verizon Wireless guy, I'd like to fight you. What kind of world is this when the Dell Dude gets phased out but the Verizon guy is still around? My wallet contains a Costanza-esque collection of receipts and occasionally money. I also have four two-dollar bills stashed in there for no apparent reason.
8) Finally, why do you play games at all? Why haven't you outgrown them?
Games are another form of entertainment, and in my case my favorite form. Their interactive nature makes them superior to passive (and often mind-numbing) forms such as TV. I also love the social aspect of online multiplayer games, even if my wife thinks I look rediculous in a headset. Don't get me wrong, I watch plenty of TV, but I'd rather be playing games. Usually. Those who feel that games are just a child's toy clearly haven't played any games in a long time, and that's their loss. Plus they know I'd pwn them omfglol.
9) Thanks for taking the time to answer our hard hitting questions! Any last words?
My life has seen its share of accomplishments, from Making the game-winning kick in the World Kickball Championship in 2000 to winning a pie-eating contest at summer camp. Those notable accomplishments pale in comparison to getting a front-page spot on this majestic site. Anyone wanna play some QBasic Gorillas?
Thanks, Bagga. While I don't encourage your grass skirt wearing, it occurs to me that wearing something while grilling on your porch is better than wearing nothing.
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Dubai: The Department of Economic Development (DED) has seized Dh4 million worth of fake electronic goods from a warehouse in Al Aweer in what it has called one of the biggest crackdown on counterfeiting to date.
Officials from the Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection (CCCP) division of DED tracked and raided the warehouse which contained more than 20,600 carefully packaged duplicates of a variety of popular electronic brands.
Acting manager of CCCP's Intellectual Property Rights Protection Unit, Khalid Ali Al Youha, said that the DED has put all its efforts to protect trademarks and consumer rights in Dubai
"Dubai being a major logistics hub and retail destination we maintain an extreme vigil against counterfeiting and trademark infringement. The Commercial Compliance and Consumer Protection division conducts regular market inspections and also acts on complaints received, to avoid Dubai being used as a conduit to sell or distribute counterfeit goods," added Al Youha.
Around 60 people were found working at the warehouse which included fake goods from leading brands LG, Panasonic, Sony, Sharp and Hitachi.
The seized goods weighed a total of 120 tonnes and included 5,300 television sets, 7,000 DVD players and various other devices including stereo sets, and home appliances.
The owner of the goods will be given a Dh30,000 fine, the maximum penalty for trademark infringement, and the confiscated goods will be destroyed.
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"Trademark infringement violates intellectual property rights and Dubai is determined to curb such practices. Counterfeiting corrupts the market, kills innovation and denies a consumer his right to quality and information," said Al Youha.
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The Titanfall beta has come and gone, and this past weekend showed that this game is going to be a huge deal for the Xbox One. Tons of people joined up to play, and the game was rock solid for most of them. There's clearly a huge discrepancy between the PC and Xbox One experiences right now, but everything is winding up for the March launch to be utterly flawless. Now that it's gone, the urge to play unfinished games lingers. Fortunately, a trailer for Wolfenstein: The New Order revealed a beta for the upcoming Doom title, which provides us with its own list of reasons about which to be either excited or disappointed.
Brazil has added 30 robots to the task force responsible for keeping everyone safe during the World Cup this year, and iRobot is the company supplying the hardware. The infamous PackBots are a distant cousin to the Roomba you might know iRobot for, but these tough little machines are more than capable of getting the job done. Take a look at our breakdown of the details for more on these fun little machines, but don't bother trying to buy one.
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REQUIRES THE HIPPODROMEBRUTE BURNOUTFirst there was Rocket Race now there is Brute Burnout[h3shot]40535907[/h3shot]MORE PICSSpecial Thanks to LIGHTSOUT225 & G043RInspiration: That is quite simple I'm an avid Rocket Racer and i always want to play it on Foundry. Since rocket launchers are just to powerful for such a small arena and I'm an advocate of the bruteshot it was quite simple to just mix both. I also wanted to make a multi-level area focusing more on the vertical than horizontal.Description: The arena is perfectly symmetrical with 3 seperate floors.The first floor has 4 ramps and 2 large sets of stairs to help you reach the second floor. On the first floor there are many colums and signs to protect you from incoming bruteshots the draw back is that it requires precise navigation. The second floor is completly open and hold a pallet bridge on each side, man-cannon to transfer you from side to side. The 2nd floor also has 2 "wave bridges" made of of fences to help you reach the 3rd floor which is miniscule compared to the other floors. Messing up on reaching the 3rd floor usually end with you falling to the ground below.Information: Each team is made up of 2 players and a maximum of 4 teams. (Teams MUST be Red, Blue, Green or Orange) Every VIP starts a bruteshot, 2 spike grenades, a bubble shield and 1 mongoose. (use it wisely)Anti-Grief System: Since grieving is such a problem in Rocket Race ive taken time to stop this in Brute Burnout. 1st the VIP is invunerable has 50% speed and 200% gravity which means you wont be jumping to get the out of reach desination. 2nd The VIP Proximity Traits, as long as your driver is near the VIP he is also invulnerable. But, if the driver is more than 10 meters away he will turn white, gain a waypoint above him (visible to everyone) and be vulnerable to attack. So remeber if you get knocked off your mongoose focus on finding it and your teammate, it could mean the difference between victory and death.[Edited on 06.22.2008 6:42 PM PDT]
Great map and gametype idea.
Great game. Nice job with bungie favs!
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wow that idea with the VIP proximity is very good, they shuld implement it into rocket race.
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The DFS Namespace service could not initialize cross forest trust information on this domain controller, but it will periodically retry the operation. The return code is in the record data.
I had already tried with the below steps,
1. Navigate to the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Dfs
2. Modify the DependOnService value and add NTDS to the list.
3. Create a new DWORD value named DelayedAutostart and set its value to 1.
4. Restart DFS service.
When I restart the DFS service I get the same error again? Any idea why this is happening? I want to get rid of this error. Please let me know if anyone has solution!!.
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I had already tried with the above link wherein the first step is to restart the dfs service and when I do that I get the same error. Also I checked for Network issue related errors in the system log but nothing was there.
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I'm 17 years old, and for the past few months I have been waking up with bruises on my legs and arms. Lately it has been getting worse. This morning I counted ten. The last a couple days like any bruise but I don't recall injuring myself in any way. Also I have been getting a stinging/burning in my finger tips has only happened a couple times. Using know if they are related in any way. Please help me figure out what might be wrong.
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I've recently been waking up with strange bruises as well. I may not be very helpful but I suggest getting a blood test.
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I have had the same problem as as chelseaaa2315, I was diagnosed with von willebrand disease. You need to test done to get a platelet count done on yourself asap.
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Cal returned to racing a few months later. Bell's been engineering spectacular comebacks ever since. From a dirt track low-side, to a grand prix high-side, to the father of extreme sports rag-dolling across the Caesar's Palace parking lot, Bell Helmets were there when the world's best riders went down. And with innovations like energy absorbing liners, the first full-face motorcycle helmet, and more design patents than any helmet company in history, Bell's always been there to help them get back up again.
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If all you did was root the phone, you will be able to OTA... BUT,
This OTA update will install NC5 on your phone and add the lovely Knox warranty void as well.
As far as I can tell, at this time, therd is NO way of rooting the Verizon S4 after updating to NC5.
If you look under "About Phone, Status.. Device Status, if it says OFFICIAL, you'll be good to go for OTA.
But remember... no Rooting under the new OTA with verizon, until one of the XDA Genius finds a solution for us zombies.
I tried to OTA on rooted phone and it failed.
Don't like to do a factory reset, so I basically only want an OTA update. Cant stick anymore as my phone is driving me nuts, my phone screen keeps on going black and locking every few seconds when I wake the screen from sleep
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If you've ever wondered what happens when you stick a Google Nexus One phone in a rocket and blast it to 28,000ft from the Nevada desert, then here's your answer: This fine piece of tomfoolery was the work of rocket fans down at the Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation, who provided a launch vehicle for the "Nexus One/ …
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But surely the Van Allan Belt will shield any low earth orbit satalite pretty well anyway...If i recall there are many sats in LEO even some useful ones like the entire Iriduim constellation.
erm, no, the Van Allen Radiation Belt is, as the name suggests, chock-full of harmful radiation and, inconveniently, occupies the entire range of Low Earth Orbit, which happens to comfortably contain the orbits of the Iridium satellite constellation. You can bet those suckers are shielded to the gills.
Thanks for the prompt to read more.. mis remembered half truths... so my wiki funded education now says that the Van Allen Belts do create a safe zone but it is further out, between the inner and outer belts. Knowledge corrected.
Rumor has it there are lumps of rock taller than that ... and I'm fairly certain that last time I crossed ThePond[tm], I was about a mile higher.
The boundary between atmosphere and space is traditionally put at 100km, so, eh, much much higher.
Bonkers-assed "I wonder if we can repurpose something into something else" tomfoolery always brings a smile to my face.
Try doing this with a iPhone...
An iPhone might even get a better reception up there!
will it get a better signal
Pah! Paris can do better than that.
Didn't look like freefall to me, it appeared to be parachuting at that point. Unless it was freefalling while being attacked by an orange flying squid.
I'm pretty impressed the phone survived impacting with the desert floor at over 10,000 miles per hour.
It was actually doing something useful too. Pictures in the first link, more details of the flight in the second. I don't know which of the experiments it was part of.
Glad to see it survived :)
OK, now I'm really really dizzy!
An interesting experiment. It could have been a good test of a camera's image stabilisation system.
The welsh have been doing something similar for years, using bottle rockets and small animals.
The UK space program has progressed nicely ;-)
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The Dakota County Law Library will host a meet-and-greet open house from noon-2 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, in recognition of Law Day. The open house will be held at the Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley.
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February 13, 2013
ASPEN – The addition of a third lawyer in the Pitkin County Attorney's Office received an informal go-ahead Tuesday from county commissioners, though some of them were critical about proposing the new position now because the 2013 budget was just given final approval in December.
A budget amendment for the position will come back to commissioners for formal adoption at a later date.
The need to increase legal services to other county departments, coupled with leading the fight to defend Thompson Divide against new gas-drilling activities, is driving the request, County Attorney John Ely said. It wasn't apparent the additional staffing would be necessary when budget preparations began last year, he said.
Hiring outside counsel to help would probably cost double the $144,000 proposed for the position, which includes $120,000 from the general fund and $24,000 from the Healthy Rivers and Streams Fund, Ely added.
County commissioners have made Thompson Divide and water issues a priority for the legal team, he said.
"It really is no exaggeration that the county has been doing the majority of the legal work surrounding the Thompson Divide gas issue," Ely said.
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Athletic directors from Colonial Athletic Association schools and members of the conference staff will meet Friday to discuss the future direction of the league, which has lost key members VCU and Old Dominion to other conferences in recent months.
With Georgia State also leaving the league in its transition to the Football Bowl Subdivision, the CAA is down to nine permanent members and will ponder this week whether to expand to 12, 14 or 16 members, a source close to the conference told Sporting News.
Old Dominion (Conference USA) and Georgia State (Sun Belt) will compete in the CAA one more year before departing for their new homes.
The CAA lost VCU to the Atlantic 10 conference for this season when the A-10 went shopping for new members to replace Temple (on its way to the Big East) and Charlotte (leaving to play football in Conference USA). Old Dominion is departing the CAA in order to pursue its FBS upgrade.
It's not out of the question other CAA members that play at the highest levels of FCS, namely James Madison and Delaware, also could consider moving their football programs toward FBS conferences.
In the current climate, CAA schools and league office will discuss the best options for the conerence's future, which includes quite possibly inviting College of Charleston from the Southern Conference. Other possible targets include Davidson and Elon from that league, or Stony Brook of the America East. Stony Brook's recent athletic successes include a trip to baseball's College World Series, and it would give current CAA member Hofstra a neighborhood rival.
The CAA would need to find willing partners among those schools, however. Appalachian State has been resistant to CAA interest, largely because it appears to be focused on moving toward FBS status.


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The Leafs Trade Your Spirit For Cash
Photo by designwallah. Taken on the northwest corner of Dundas Street West and University Avenue.
A few months ago, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment—MLSE—illegally spray-painted the Toronto Maple Leafs logo along with the phrase "Spirit is Everything" on sidewalks around the city. Not to be outdone, The Zan Tabak Herald, a Toronto Raptors blog, responded with its own snarky tag that said "We Prefer Winning." (Which might have made more sense if the Raptors were, you know, actually winning.)
Now, it looks like the Leafs' advertisement has been tagged again, and for at least one anonymous Torontonian at Dundas and University, "spirit" just isn't cutting it anymore for a near-last place team that's run by an organization that only seems to care about its bottom line.
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Precinct caucuses to be held Tuesday
MORRIS – Minnesota's three major political parties – Republican, Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) and Independence – will hold their precinct caucuses next Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. at locations around Morris.
Precinct caucuses are open to the public. In order to vote, offer resolutions or become a delegate at a precinct caucus, attendees must be eligible to vote in the next general election, live in the precinct and be in general agreement with the principles of the political party.
The Republican Party caucus will be held at the Prairie Inn. Candidates Nancy Taffe and Jeff Backer, who are seeking the party's nomination to run for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 12A, are scheduled to attend.
Republicans will also hold a preference ballot for Republican candidates for Governor and U.S. Senate. Caucus attendees will vote for precinct officers and delegates, discuss changes to the party platform, and lay the foundation for the 2014 elections.
The DFL Party caucus will be held at Morris Area Elementary School. DFLers will elect officers and delegates, discuss resolutions and show their support to re-elect Gov. Mark Dayton and Sen. Al Franken. Incumbent Rep. Jay McNamar is also scheduled to attend the caucus.
The Independence Party caucus will be held at the Morris Public Library. The IP is offering three ways to engage precinct caucus night: in person; on a live, online caucus via computer or mobile device that evening; or through an online caucus available Feb. 4 through Feb. 18.
For more information about the Republican's precinct caucus activities, go to http://mngop.com; to learn more about the DFL caucus visit www.dfl.org; and for more information about the IP's precinct caucus visit www.mnip.org.


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What am I talking about? Stock. The base of any good dish. And if it's a bad stock it's not going to taste too great. And I don't care what anyone says I can always taste when it's come from a box or from powder.
Everyone has their own stock recipe, so I'll save that for another post.
But my tip today is. Don't throw away those scraps! No I haven't gone mad. But if you'd use it in a stock then keep it. Those carrot skins and tips, the ends of onions, the green course ends of a leek. It's all good stuff! I keep a large zip lock bag in the freezer and just wack it all in together. Then when I make my stock I dump the contents into the pot along with my bones and out comes an awesome stock!


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Louis J. Barletta, U. S. Representative represents the people of Pennsylvania's 11th Congressional District. Rep. Barletta was first sworn in on January 5, 2011.
Illegal immigration is a very important issue for Rep. Barletta, who first tackled the problem when he was mayor of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. He was the first mayor in the country to introduce and sign into law local ordinances cracking down against businesses that knowingly hire illegal aliens, and has since become a national figure in the fight against illegal immigration.
As a small business owner, Representative Barletta saw how government regulation and taxes could affect the bottom line. Even though he had very little interest in politics, he decided to run for a slot on Hazleton City Council. He was first elected to council in 1998, then was elected mayor in 2000.
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The 2013 session of Jazz Camp West began last Saturday. This year's faculty roster includes some of the most respected and widely known artists playing jazz today. Examples include trombonist-composer Wayne Wallace, pianist-composer Jovino Santos Neto, drummer-composer Matt Wilson (who is this year's artist-in-residence), and the vocal-guitar duo Tuck and Patti (Tuck Andress and Patti Cathcart). To be thorough, the list also includes: pianists Randy Porter, Glen Pearson, Dan Zemelman, Ben Heveroh, Walter Bankovitch, and Matt Jenson; trumpeters Erik Jekabson and Mario Guarneri; saxophonists Laura Dreyer and Charles McNeal; flutist John Calloway; drummers Allison Miller, Deszon Clairborne, and Tommy Shepherd; vocalists Faye Carol, Terrence Kelly, Greta Matassa, Michelle Hawkins, Celia Malheiros, and Shanna Carlson; guitarists Anthony Michael Peterson and Brian Pardo; bassists Troy Lampkins and Hans Holt; percussionists John Santos, Ami Molinelli, and Mark Rosenthal. Dance is an integral part of Jazz Camp West and the lineup of dance instructors features Sidney Weaverling, Ryan Mead, Lynn Brilhante, Ronnie Reddick, and Aaron Draper. I had the pleasure of attending as a faculty member in 2012 and consider it an honor to be returning in the same capacity. Since a summary of the camp's history and its founders' vision can be found in last year's post, this post will focus more on my own impressions of the camp's daily routine.
Breakfast is the first scheduled event that takes place in two dining hall rooms, one to serve (well, self-serve, buffet-style) and one to dine in. The fare is all-American: scrambled eggs for 300 people, bacon, potatoes, fruit (cantaloupe, melon, grapes, apple, and/or banana), oatmeal offered in a wide range of viscosities, toast, oleo, juice, and the all-important coffee. (Tea or hot chocolate is available as an alternative caffeine delivery beverage.) This starts at 8 a.m. and is interrupted promptly at nine by the morning yoga class. For those who want to engage in an activity less physically demanding, there are jam-sessions and classes to attend. I don't want to engage in physical activity at that hour and usually sleep through breakfast, but as early as 9 a.m. I could take classes in beginning improvisation, jazz basics and fundamentals, paradiddles for beginning drummers, advanced theory and ear training, Cuban-style salsa and rueda de casino, how to play the pandeiro, and how to spit out rapid-fire lyrics—or play free music!
This is all available during the first hour here. All of the classes are an hour long and later in the day student campers can pick from an offering of topics ranging from hip hop basics to the music of Bob Marley to laying in a gospel rhythm section to playing steel drums. There are combos where students get tips on how to better work together as a group and late-night jam sessions where they get to play with the instructors named above. Every day two concerts are held, one featuring the students and one featuring the faculty. Needless to say, the faculty concerts are miniature jazz festivals in themselves.
Tuck and Patti in performance at Jazz Camp West on Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Tuesday marked the official 30th anniversary of Jazz Camp West, and the faculty concert was a fantastic celebration of music and emotion. Many of the artists involved in JCW feel that it is one of the high points of their year. One artist stated in a faculty meeting that it is the best teaching situation he is involved in. Allison Miller originally came as an artist-in-residence and has returned no less than three times as a regular faculty member. This year marks the sixth time Tuck and Patti have come to teach at JCW. One of the reasons for this is that Jazz Camp West is a place that honors the idea of spirituality as an element in music instruction. It's not an institutional environment that needs to negate intuition and passion, but rather a learning environment that fosters and salutes them. In this sense, JCW is a bridge between the traditional and modern approaches to jazz education, where the former was steeped in mentorship and the latter in academic meritocracy.
Of course, current economic trends have forced Living Jazz, the umbrella organization that sponsors Jazz Camp West, to start thinking of new ways to raise money so that JCW can see another 30 years of teaching American music. Hopefully, next year will see a surge in attendance and contributions from interested donors. I know that I have become smitten with the experience of Jazz Camp West and hope that I will be invited back again and again. But that can only happen if JCW stays in business.


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Readers talk about end of the world
There was overwhelming reaction from Gulf News readers on the report ('Getting ready for the end of the world,' Gulf News, December 19) that looked at the controversy surrounding the end of the world prediction based on the ancient Mayan calendar. Most felt that this prediction offends people's faith. They said that only God is aware of when the world will end and cannot be based on an ancient calendar. Some came up with reasons why the Mayans may have made the prediction. Others felt that people need to focus more on leading a good, honest and honourable life and not worry about what tomorrow brings. We present a selection of the letters that came in via email, Facebook and gulfnews.com.
Only God is aware
The end of the world news should not be believed and not be given undue importance. Even a person's death is unpredictable. Only God knows about the end of this world. Nobody else knows that. It's all a misconception of few people, which has spread so much that it has reached the level wherein some Chinese are actually preparing for this. If you want to believe that it's, indeed, going to turn true then let's all from now this minute till so called 'end of the world' start doing good deeds to wash off all bad deeds that we may have done. Today will pass just like any other day and this debate will remain one of the most talked about topics in history.
From Ms Madhu Madan, Sharjah
Live true
The news about the world coming to end today is nonsense created by the people and not by the creator. But one must not forget judgement day. As is truly said, 'live life as if there's no tomorrow'.
From Mr Jos Cardozo, Dubai
No signs
I am happy to see this article as I am actively working on this issue for the past year. I will also shed some light on this case. According to my personal observations from my telescope, there is no such big change in planetary movements. Everything is normal. So I advise against making your minds busy and avoiding such negative discussions. This time can be spent in some other creativity. Only Allah knows the exact last day. Be calm and keep yourself busy in prayers.
From Mr Irtesam Haider, Sharjah
We will destroy Earth
The world will not end by these predictions. It is only us human beings who will be responsible for its ending, whether by nuclear war or the impending global warming if we do not take care of this planet. Or unless a catastrophic event like the asteroid that hit the earth millions of years ago will happen.
From Mr Paul, Dubai (Full name withheld by request)
Get back to work
People who believe that the world is ending today need to grow up. Firstly, it's so hideous to believe all that people say. Keep your faith strong and wait for the Lord's coming instead. If your faith is strong, you will not listen to gossip. Now get back to work
From Mr Richie, Dubai (via gulfnews.com)
Not today
This is all rubbish. The world will end one day, but not today. So be happy and try to keep others happy too.
From Mr Asif Shaukat, Abu Dhabi
Follow the Quran
I do not believe that today is the end of the world. No one else will know when it will happen. It's the imagination of the human mind only. Only Allah, the most powerful, the most merciful, the most almighty knows when the judgement will happen. As Muslims, we should believe the Quran and the Hadiths - what they say.
From Mr Mohammad Mahbubul Islam, Abu Dhabi
Divine wisdom
Indeed, Allah alone has knowledge of the hour and sends down the rain and knows what is in the wombs. And no soul perceives what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul perceives in what land it will die. Indeed, Allah is all knowing.
From Mr Abid Hussain, Dubai
Taking a break
The world is going to end today. That's why I told my boss I was not going to do overtime on Thursday!
From Mr Amer, Dubai (via gulfnews.com)
Such a fuss!
My first question is - why create such as a fuss about such a small issue? Gulf News covers many big issues that happen around the UAE. It is not right of anyone to predict the end of the world. One day all are going to submit and return to Allah but only by his command.
From Mr Ali, Dubai (via gulfnews.com)
Right priorities
I'm pretty sure only those with internet access and time on hand to watch television and movies bother about this! Imagine the people in war torn and under developed countries being completely oblivious to it!
From Ms Nina, Sharjah (via gulfnews.com)
Nobody can guess
Nobody knows when the world is going to be end. Only God knows this secret. People cannot guess the day or time, it's only a rumour. Have a nice weekend.
From Mr Najm Al Deen, Dubai
The right clothes
All are saying, "The world is going to end". Still, I don't know what to wear on this special occasion.
From Ms A. Megarajan, Kallakurichi, India
No evidence
In summary, there is absolutely no evidence that the 2012 Mayan prophecy should be considered a reliable prediction of doomsday. Also included in the ancient Mayan prediction that December 21, 2012, would be the end of the world are the following theories: our sun is a god; the sun is powered by the blood of human sacrifice; the creation moment occurred at 3114 BC, despite all evidence that it happened much earlier; and the visual alignment of stars has some significance for everyday human life.
From Mr Aji, Abu Dhabi (via gulfnews.com)
Don't pay heed
Please don't waste your time and web space on topics like doomsday or something like that. You can add more value to the media industry by not giving much importance to rumours like these. Rather try to create a positive impact in everybody's life by solving current global issues. If the world has to end then there is no escape. Then, why would people invest heavily in the future? This is just drama.
From Mr Abdul Gafoor, Abu Dhabi
Education is good
Whether it's hoax or not, the media has to publish such stories in order to educate those with blind faith. Healthy debates on such will avert such beliefs.
From Mr Shareef P.P., Dubai
Don't worry, stay calm and be happy.
From Mr K. B. G. Menon, Dubai
Bad humour
This is just a nonsensical joke. No one has the power to predict the future except God and God alone!
From Ms Jillianskie, Dubai (via gulfnews.com)
Fooling their kings
This is preposterous. This isn't the first time that such ridiculous and frenzy creating news has been circulating. Since ancient times, folks kept predicting it wrong, they probably thought to throw the date thousands of years ahead so that their kings wouldn't get angry at their false prophecies. I've already made plans for a grand party on the 31st.
From Mr Ahmad Bashir Khan, Dubai
Getting married
Please add one more year before the end of the world, because next year is my plan for marriage.
From Ms Niamat Sharjah (via gulfnews.com)
A stunt
Nonsense, this news is just a publicity stunt for movies released. It's just another Friday and we will all enjoy it more joyfully.
From Mr Wagle C.K., Sharjah
Do not accept it
No, it's not possible, especially when we are equipped with advanced technology.
From Ms Rakhee Mansukhani, Dubai
An unknown fact
My end of world will be with the end of my breath and it could be in the next second or could take 100 more years. So this is a very, very big joke, accepting today to be the end of the world.
From Mr Mohammad Zubair, Abu Dhabi
People are lying
The religious scriptures clearly mention that the knowledge of the last day is only with God. No one other than God knows when it will be. So all those who predict the date of the last day are simply lying. They themselves do not believe it and if we track their lives, I am sure they will be enjoying their life without any tension and just raising concerns in the mind of many innocent people around the world. May God forgive them for their ignorance.
From Mr Biju K., Abu Dhabi
Change in energy
What is the significance of today? It is the end of a cycle, in which a subtle change of energy will take place and allow humankind to enter into a more spiritual state, one of greater consciousness in which we will re-evaluate our priorities and recapture our intimate connection with Nature. Some may not even notice this transformation. They may think that today is a day like any other, but a change in energy will take place.
From Ms Boney Bersleebi, Al Ain
Climate change
Humans and his or her ignorance of energy and force is the cause for mismanagement and the present state of the environment. Sun and its force (light/heat) unwinds, earth (matter) and its force winds or cools. The cyclic climatic change manifest when these two principle forces give way to one another smoothly over period of time. When environmental heat is pushed up unilaterally and time period given to earth to cool is shortened, it breaks the principle and design on which Nature functions. This leads to accelerated climate change leading to destruction by natural disasters.
From Mr John Paily, Mangalore
A new cycle starts
There are always big cosmological events happening, but now we are able to predict many of them. The Mayan calender doesn't predict the end of the world, but it is interpreted as the end of a cycle and the beginning of another one. But we all know that this world has finite age and it has to come to an end and restart.
From A Reader, Toronto, Canada (Name withheld by request)
Everything is finite
To be honest, yes, we are coming nearer to the Judgement Day. Everything in this universe is created to end except the creator, who is Allah. It's just a matter of time.
From Mr Imran, Dubai
One day, it will end
Yes, I do believe that one day the world is going to finish, but when, only Allah and his messenger Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) know. All of us should prepare for that day.
From Mr Ali, Dubai (via gulfnews.com)


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Find the Winterfall Runners and stop them from delivering their shipment to Winterfall Village.
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When this toxic substance is mixed with the water from the hot springs, it loses its toxicity, only retaining the ability to temporarily affect those that ingest it. This must be why the Winterfall protect the hot springs so fervently -- they need them to purify their firewater.
We need to stop this -- cut off contact between the Winterfall and the Deadwood. A group of runners walks the distance between their village and Felwood. Find and defeat them, and steal their shipment.
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A Middle Tennessee woman was jailed late last week after she allegedly told her son she would place him in state custody if he did not lie about an altercation.
According to a report on the Lawrenceburg Now, 33-year-old April Haddock was arrested at her home on Friday night for filing a false police report.
Authorities were initially called to the home to investigate an alleged domestic assault.
Upon their arrival deputies learned Haddock allegedly told her 10-year-old son, who is mentally handicapped, to report his father had struck her in the face several times.
When questioned, Haddock admitted she had forced her son to lie.
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Title: Three-dimensional measurements of aerosol mixing state during CALNEX using aircraft aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry
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Research Program Area: Atmospheric Processes
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Particles in the atmosphere impact human health and climate. Knowledge of the sources of these aerosol particles, as well as how their physiochemical properties evolve once emitted, is key to accurately predict their impacts. As part of CalNex 2010, an aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer (ATOFMS) was used in ship and aircraft based measurements to obtain insight into the sources and properties of aerosol throughout California. Comparisons between this and other aircraft campaigns give a unique and unprecedented look into the different types of carbonaceous aerosol in California.
Carbonaceous particles were ubiquitous throughout the LA basin. The ports in Long Beach showed higher fractions of soot, from ships and local diesel traffic, compared to other areas. These particles underwent processing and acquired secondary species, such as ammonium and nitrate, rapidly after emission. Aerosol measured near the ports in Long Beach contained high amounts of sulfate and soot, relative to aerosol measured inland which contained more nitrate. In southern California, particulate secondary species were primarily nitrate rather than sulfate as encountered in northern California. Northern California sources were dominated by carbonaceous species produced by secondary biogenic compounds reacting with pollution, agricultural emissions, and traffic. Soot containing particles in northern California were generally much smaller ( < 100 nm) with less secondary coatings than in southern California. ATOFMS data were compared and validated against satellite optical retrievals. Secondary sources were classified well, but further improvement is needed for classification of primary sources. Six peer-reviewed scientific publications to date have used this dataset, highlighting that the results from the ATOFMS played an important role in improving our understanding of the sources of carbonaceous aerosols in California.
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POLICE are investigating after a collision between two cars, which injured both drivers.
It happened on the outskirts of Consett, County Durham, yesterday (Wednesday, August 27) afternoon just before 3.10pm on the A691 at Iveston, close to the car park for the Pavilion restaurant.
Two vehicles were involved, a blue Ford Focus driven by a 36-year-old man from Wingate and a red Toyota Yaris, driven by a woman aged 62 from Leadgate.
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She has internal injuries and is classed as 'serious but stable'.
A spokesman for Durham Constabulary said: "It appears the crash happened when the Focus, which was travelling south took a right hand bend just south of the Leadgate Industrial Estate and then for an unknown reason collided with the Yaris, which was heading in the opposite direction.
"The road was closed to traffic four around four-and-a-half hours.
"Any witnesses who may have seen either vehicle on the road prior to the crash are asked to contact the collision investigation unit via 101."


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CM Summit - Best and Brightest Shine in NYC
June 8, 2010
Today the Conversational Marketing Summit wraps up two days of digital marketing sessions in NYC under the theme Marketing in Real Time. Throughout the event, presenters and conference organizers have been posting their slides to the CM Summit Channel on SlideShare and should post a video archive shortly.
CM Summit kicked off Internet Week NY, a week-long celebration of the most forward-thinking technologies and practices on the Internet.
Opening Slides by John Battelle, Monday June 7View more presentations from CM Summit: Marketing in Real Time.
CM Summit's presentations include great overviews by John Battelle of Federated Media and Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley Research. Senior marketers at brands like Amex, AT&T, Intel, Levono presented cross-platform case studies of their own experiences. Facebook, Twitter, Google and the next wave of disruptors like Foursquare, Boxee, and AdMob all shared content .
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Series: This post is the sixth part of the Data Services Expressions Series which describes expressions generated by WCF Data Services.
We will be looking into navigations in the next couple of posts. To be able to do that we first have to explain so called key lookups. With a query to a given entity set, the service returns all the entities in that set. We can use filters and such to limit the entities returned, but such queries will always assume that the result may contain multiple items.
In order to specify a single entity, the query must somehow identify just one instance. In WCF Data Services each entity has key properties, which serve this purpose. By specifying values for all of the key properties, any given entity instance is uniquely identified. Key lookup is a query (or part of query) which specifies the values for the key properties. So using key lookup we can ask for just one entity. Simple key lookup is like this:
The above query returns a single entity or 404 response if the product specified doesn't exist. Our Product entity has just one key property called ID and thus it's not necessary to specify the name of the key property. The query above asks for product with its key property (ID) of value 1 (integer).
When such query is processed and translated into expression tree WCF Data Services will actually generate a query which asks for all products with ID equal to 1. Once that query returns its results, the service will verify that only one result was returned. So the above URL gets translated into expression tree like this one:
System.Collections.Generic.List`1[TypedService.Product].Where(element => (element.ID == 1))
It is pretty straightforward, it's the query root followed by a filter which picks only products with ID equal to 1.
Note that we would get the exact same expression by running a URL query like:
http://host/service.svc/Products?$filter=ID eq 1
But the response for this query is different, it returns a list with a single item instead of the item itself directly.
Now let's see what happens if the given entity has more than one key property. We will use an entity called Record which has two key properties; PartitionID which is an integer and RowID which is a string. A query for a single record looks like this:
The expression tree which is generated for this query is a bit different than what we could expect. WCF Data Services will use a separate Where call for each key property it needs to filter the results on, so it looks like this:
.Where(element => (element.PartitionID == 1))
.Where(element => (element.RowID == "id0"))
Note again that it is expected that such query returns at most one result. If that's not true the service will fail with a 500 status code.
And that's it, key lookups are really not complicated. In the next post we will look at our first navigations over navigation properties.


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Education Roundup for the Week Ending April 22, 2011
SACRAMENTO—The California Department of Education (CDE) today issues this week's Education Roundup featuring education-related announcements of public interest.
Central Valley Schools Earn Highest "Healthy Schools" Honor
Six schools in Stanislaus County last week received the nation's first U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) Gold Award of Distinction. The schools join an elite group nationwide that is recognized for health, nutrition, and fitness excellence. The winners are:
- Paradise Elementary in the Paradise Elementary School District, Modesto.
- Peterson Alternative Center for Education of the Stanislaus County Office of Education, Modesto.
- Shiloh Elementary in the Shiloh Elementary School District, Modesto.
- Dena Boer in the Salida Union Elementary School District, Salida.
- Salida Elementary in the Salida Union Elementary School District, Salida.
- Sisk Elementary, Salida Union Elementary School District, Salida.
The HUSSC is part of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative to end childhood obesity within a generation. Schools participating in the challenge voluntarily adopt USDA standards for food they serve at their schools and agree to provide nutrition education and opportunities for physical activity. These six schools met high standards for the nutritional content of school lunch meals, emphasizing whole grains, fresh fruit, dark green and orange vegetables, dry beans and peas, and offer only low-fat or fat-free milk.
The HUSSC aligns with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson's "Team California Campaign for Healthy Kids" that encourages physical activity and good eating habits in schools and communities. For information on HUSSC, please visit
HealthierUS School Challenge [Note: The preceding link to the HealthierUS School Challenge Web site is no longer active.].
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Refinement and Retesting of "eBankQual" Scale in Internet Banking Service Settings
The eBankQual scale was developed for measurement of service quality and customers' satisfaction in e-banking service setting. This scale was tested in earlier study and found good predictive ability. However, testing and retesting must be required to prove either this scale having strong predictive ability or not. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to retesting of eBankQual scale. In the present study, this scale was tested in internet banking service setting. This scale was tested using Cronbach's alpha reliability test and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using SPSS-20 and Amos-20. Result of the reliability and validity test shows that System Availability, E-Fulfillment, Accuracy, Efficiency, Security, Responsiveness, Easy to use, Convenience, Cost Effectiveness, Problem Handling, Compensation, Contact and Perceived value are reliable dimensions of eBankQual Scale and it having good predictive ability in determination of customers' satisfaction in Internet Banking service.
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Ismaeliyyah International Film Festival Resurrected
After a five-year hiatus, the Iasmaeliyyah International Film Festival for short documentary films will open on October 27 and continue until December 1, according to local newspapers.
More than 200 short documentary and narrative films and cartoons will be screened at the festival, including the Syrian film Clay Renaissance directed by Mohammed Qarseli, Jordanian films, Flowers Weddings directed by Abad Al Daoud, and One Year directed by Subhi Al Zubaidi.
The Palestinian film News Time directed by Azzah Al Hasan will be screened, in addition to the two Iranian films Circle, directed by Mohammed Sirfani, and First Lotus, directed by Ali Safora.
Also, on the schedule are the Tunisian film Khamisa, directed by Malikah Al Mihdawi, and the Lebanese films It's OK, directed by Natali Harb, and Tourib, directed by Maha Haddad.
The Egyptian films Laura Time, directed by Marian Khoury, and Palestine, 52 Years of Occupation, directed by Ahmed Abu Zaid, will also be screened.
Germany is among the foreign countries that will participate in the festival with the film Patrols Across Life, directed by Samir Naser Al Saghir, in addition to Canada, which will enter Through Singing, directed by Tahani Rashed.
France will participate with the film Cairo...Mother and Son directed by Mustafa Al Hasnawi, and Greece with the film Wrong Century directed by Sterkhios Nizis.
One of the most important sections of the festival is the one that will include films tackling the Palestinian issue as seen by foreigners and Arabs. This will be carried out on the sidelines of the festival under the banner Palestine in the Eyes of Others, and will include the screening of eight films produced by various foreign countries.
These include the Danish work All Oppressed People Are Always Right, directed by Nels Fist, which is a 45-minute documentary film.
The festival will also screen the Swedish film Gaza Ghetto, Pictures of a Palestinian Family 1948-1984, directed by Biaho Lacomfist and Pierre Purekland, the Dutch 45-minute film Goodbye Beirut directed by George Selwizar, and the English 22-minute film Intifada, the Road to Freedom directed by Sara Montgomery.
Organizers will also screen the German 22-minute film Intifada on the Way to Palestine, directed by Robert Gregg, the Dutch 34-minute film Palestine under Occupation directed by Trudy Van Quailn, the French 86-minute film Aqabet Jaber directed by Eyal Sifan, and the 54-minute Canadian film Shoot and Shout directed by Helen Claud Afsky.
The festival will honor a number of figures including Chilean director Megel Litin, Egyptian documentary film director Husam Ali and the late Dutch documentary film director Van Der Van Dirkokin, who died this January 7. The festival will send special greetings to the Palestinian photographer Talal Abu Rahmeh, who shot the most daring scene which shook the whole world, in which Palestinian child Mohammed Al Durrah was shot to death by Israeli soldiers this spring.
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Whether your customer is a large corporate facility or a small town elementary school, how you treat those you work for can, and in most cases will, determine your employment status.
How can you ensure good customer service? Do you rely on logbooks, follow-up telephone calls, in-person quality assurance checks or some other method?
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Overwatch Patch Notes – 19.10.2016
siomer, 19 Paź 2016
Blizzard po raz kolejny wydał kolejną łatkę, w której znalazło się kilka poprawek błędów w grze. Zmiany znajdziecie w rozwinięciu newsa.
A new patch is now live on Windows PC. Read below to learn more about the latest changes.
To share your feedback, please post in the General Discussion forum.
For a list of known issues, visit our Bug Report forum.
For troubleshooting assistance, visit our Technical Support forum.
Please note that these changes will be rolled into a larger patch for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at a later date.
- Fixed an issue causing the default Overwatch spray to override a player's chosen spray when watching a Play of the Game or Highlight
- Fixed an issue causing players to frequently disconnect while viewing Highlights
- Fixed a bug preventing the appropriate music from playing after a loss on the Junkenstein's Revenge Brawl
- Fixed a bug causing multiple issues when displaying data on the leaderboards
- Fixed an issue preventing Ana's Nano Boost callouts from being heard by the enemy team
- Fixed a bug preventing players from receiving credit toward the Healing Done commendation when healing D.Va's mech
- Fixed a graphical issue that was preventing the liquid in Mei's Endothermic Blaster from appearing
- Fixed a bug causing Reinhardt's Charge to unexpectedly stop when crossing certain thresholds (e.g. when exiting a dropship)
- Increased the volume of Roadhog's "Want some candy" voice line
- Fixed a bug on Eichenwalde that caused some textures to stretch across the map for some players
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First Lady's fave designers aren't flattered by imitation
We here at Deal Divas are all about getting designer looks for less. We like quality, but we also dig the trendy knockoffs at bargain stores like Forever 21 and Target.
That attitude makes the fashion industry's upper crust cringe.
A couple weeks ago, a foursome of First Lady Michelle Obama's fave designers -- Narciso Rodriguez, Thakoon Panichgul, Maria Cornejo and Jason Wu (creator of the inaugural ballgown) -- went to Washington to lobby against design piracy. They are sick of cheapo chains that copycat their creations and sell them for basement prices, sometimes before the original versions make it to stores. They want stiffer copyright laws that protect their trademarks AND their innovation.
We get that -- to a point. We wouldn't like it either if someone swiped our witticisms and wrote them as their own before we had a chance to publish them on our pretty little blog.
But imitation is inevitable. And how many people are going to mistake a Forever 21 knockoff for the real deal? The people who can afford Cornejo's $200 knit tops and $1,500 coats are going to buy them. She's not going to lose business with the masses, because the masses couldn't pony up that kind of cash in the first place.
"I design clothes for women who are in that I-have-to-pay-a-mortgage niche," she told the Washington Post's Robin Givhan.
Um, since when do most mortgage-paying women have money left over for a $200 top?
Cornejo does sound eager to jump on the Target gravy train, where designers like Thakoon Panichgul have profited from less expensive lines. We approve.
~ Deal Diva Colleen
(Photo: Getty Images. Michelle Obama looking lovely in a plum Narciso Rodriguez dress. But, hey, she wears J.Crew, too!)


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Peckinpah, Sam
|David Samuel Peckinpah
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American film director and screenwriter who was noted for his creative slow-motion vision of violence and killing the old fashioned Western.
Raised on a ranch on Peckinpah Mountain in the Sierras east of Fresno, Sam's dad was a judge and his mom a Christian Scientist from a family with money. He had one brother, Denver. Growing up under the strict discipline of military school, after graduation he joined the Marines during World War II with a tour of duty in China.
When he returned he enrolled in the University of Southern California, graduating with a master's degree in drama. He got a job sweeping floors in a Los Angeles TV station in 1953 and was fired because he wouldn't wear a suit. Hired as fourth assistant casting director by Allied Artists, he moved up to dialogue director then played a bit role in the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." After being asked to write episodes for TV's "Gunsmoke," "Tales of Wells Fargo" and other Westerns, he began writing and directing his own TV series, "The Rifleman," in 1959.
Peckinpah's first film, "The Deadly Companions," was in 1961. A creative man, his films were known not only for their technique of showing gritty, realistic violence in slow motion but also for the psychological motivations behind the actions. His "Ride the High Country" won awards from Brussels, Paris and Mexico. "The Wild Bunch" was released in 1969 and although he was called brilliant, the film earned him the title of Picasso of Violence. In December 1971 "Straw Dogs" was released.
A genius and a perfectionist, Sam would spend 24 hours a day in the cutting room getting editing just right if the union would allow it. He hated stupidity and wanted to control everything from direction to cutting of his films. In later years he was blacklisted as a difficult man, a drinker and a fighter, but was nonetheless given the chance to direct "Noon Wine" for TV, airing 11/23/1966. His reputation as a genius was reinforced. He received a Writer's Guild nomination for Best TV Adaptation and Director's Guild nomination for Best TV Direction. He retired to the mountains in 1978. Peckinpah's mom died in 1983. Known as a boozing, whoring, woman-beating, paranoia crazed taskmaster, Peckinpah started using cocaine in the 1970's but stopped before his death. His last jobs were directing the music videos of Julian Lennon.
Married five times, three times to the same woman, all his marriages ended in divorce. His first wife, Maria, was an actress. They married in 1947 and were divorced in 1962. His third marriage took place in 1972. He had one daughter.
Peckinpah had a heart attack in 1979 in Montana and received a pace maker. Doctors in Puerto Vallarta found a blood clot in his lung, he was rushed to Inglewood, CA where he died 12/28/1984 of a heart attack.
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Employee Free Choice: The Facts on First-Contract Resolution
As the debate gets underway over the Employee Free Choice Act and the freedom to bargain and form unions, here are the facts on one of the most important provisions of the act: ensuring that workers have the ability to get a first contract.
- · The Employee Free Choice Act is legislation that will give workers back the freedom to bargain with their employers for better benefits, wages, and working conditions. Corporations pull out all the stops to keep workers from forming unions including harassment, intimidation, and even firings.
- · Even when workers surmount all the obstacles and succeed in forming a union, employers often deny them the benefits of collective bargaining by dragging their feet on negotiating a contract. According to a study by John Paul Ferguson at MIT, 44 percent of the time workers never get a first contract, even when they've won their union.
- · Workers never get contracts because the current law gives employers lots of incentive to stall indefinitely. The Employee Free Choice Act would set timelines and give workers real recourse when employers won't bargain in good faith.
- · According to new public polling conducted by Hart Research Associates and commissioned by the AFL-CIO, 61 percent of the public supports first-contract arbitration.
What is first contract arbitration?
When workers in a union and their corporation can't reach an agreement on a first contract, either side can choose mediation and arbitration so that disagreements are addressed fairly and according to a set timeline. The amendment is aimed at incentivizing, not replacing, the process of collective bargaining.· Here is how it works:
- If a new union and an employer are bargaining for their first contract and are unable to reach an agreement within 90 days, either party may request mediation by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS).
- After 30 days of mediation, if there is still no agreement, the dispute is referred to binding arbitration.
- · Arbitration is a common and necessary tool used by corporations to conduct every day business. Corporations object to this provision because the current system allows them to stall and eventually deny workers' freedom to have unions.
Why are so many newly formed unions unable to get first contracts?
The current company-dominated system does little to punish employers that refuse to bargain. Even if a union proves a corporation is stalling, the current remedies usually are as minimal as posting a notice stating they will not bargain in bad faith again. Newly formed unions lose their presumption of majority status after one year without reaching a contract. This gives employers the incentive to delay the bargaining process for a year and force the workers to go through the system again, when they will try even harder to keep workers from forming a union.
How will the Employee Free Choice Act help?
By giving workers the choice to request mediation and arbitration, the Employee Free Choice Act guarantees that every worker who forms a union will get a contract. Likewise, by giving workers the choice to request mediation and arbitration, the Employee Free Choice Act eliminates the incentive for employers to bargain in bad faith. Knowing that delaying the process indefinitely is no longer an option, employers are much more likely to bargain in good faith. The Employee Free Choice Act will dramatically reduce the delay, frustration and animosity associated with the current company-dominated system.


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