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The American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) has moved to an annual conference and exhibition and has announced a call for papers for the 2007 Conference & Exposition, "Why Gamble With Your Future? – Go Membranes!" which is scheduled for Las Vegas July 23 to 26, 2007.
The conference will explore the development, implementation and operation of membrane facilities to provide new water supplies and enhance water reliability and water quality. Key program focus areas will include coastal and inland brackish water desalination, seawater desalination, membrane filtration and contaminant removal, membrane bioreactors and water reuse applications.
AMTA has invited authors and experts in the field to present abstracts on a variety of membrane topics, including: Planning and Policy Challenges; Coastal and Inland Brackish Water Challenges; Seawater Desalination; Wastewater Treatment & Reuse; Membrane Filtration; Membrane Plant Management: Operating Principles and Practical Experiences; and Concentrate Treatment, Recovery and Disposal. The deadline for submitting abstracts is September 30, 2006.


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The Cleverest Way to Eat French Fries
For the french fry-loving Anglophile, this fish and chips cone is a must-have. The ceramic container modeled after the newspaper cone traditionally used to eat chips in England comes from the collaboration between West Elm and Fishs Eddy. It's cute and clever, and we would expect no less from this pairing.
If you aren't sure how to make classic fish and chips, there appears to be a recipe directly on the newspaper-style cone. We haven't gotten a good look at it to see if the recipe is complete, but we love the idea of getting a new dish to try along with a serving piece.

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A snowstorm that's causing commuter chaos in the U.S. forced flight cancellations in Canada while a separate storm snarled morning traffic in southern Ontario.
The morning commute was down to a crawl for thousands of motorists across southern Ontario after the snowstorm.
Hundreds of plows have been clearing roads for the afternoon commute in Toronto, which saw up to 10 centimetres of snow - light compared to St. Catharines, Ont., which got 24 centimetres.
Almost 200 flights at Toronto's Pearson Airport have been cancelled, most to and from the U.S. northeast where a separate snowstorm forced hundreds of cancellations.
In Montreal, 45 flights have been cancelled to or from the northeastern U.S. and about 20 flights were cancelled at the Ottawa airport.
By 9 a.m., CAA had taken about 900 calls for service in the Greater Toronto Area and had 234 tow trucks on the road.
CAA spokesman Jeff LeMoine says Toronto-area motorists had a 45- to 65-minute wait for service, while in London and Sarnia, Ont., the wait was about 85 minutes and in Barrie, Orillia and areas north it was 60 minutes.
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This was supposed to be the year Washington made it back to the playoffs. In fact, just a week ago, the ESPN Forecast panel predicted that the Wizards would go 40-42 and earn a No. 7 seed come April. Not so fast.
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Sang D. Choi serves as a Full Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, Wis, USA. Dr. Choi is the Director of the Center for Occupational Safety and Ergonomics Research and coordinates the Occupational Ergonomics Program. Dr. Choi teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in construction safety and health, ergonomics, analysis, and design for safety in industrial operations, and system safety analysis. Also, Dr. Choi serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Dr. Choi is selected for inclusion in 2011 and 2010 Edition of Who's Who in America and is the recipient of the University-Wide Outstanding Research Award. Dr. Choi has produced more than 90 high-quality refereed publications and is a frequent keynote and session Speaker at prestigious national and international conferences. Dr. Choi's research interests include construction safety and ergonomics, fall prevention, aging workforce, and prevention through design. Professor Choi's teaching mission is to the research- to-practice (RtP-) bridging the gap between academia and the SH&E practitioner. Dr. Choi earned his Ph.D. degree from the Western Michigan University in industrial engineering focusing on occupational ergonomics and safety. He is a Board Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and a Board Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE). Dr. Choi has served as an OSHA-approved Outreach Instructor and Course Chair for construction and industrial safety. Dr. Choi is a Professional Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES).
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Nicki, Weezy, and new YMCMB teammate Fred Durst were throwing down at LIV this weekend in Miami to celebrate Barbie's brand new ablum being released. Here's another reason for them to celebrate. The numbers have come in and with 255,551 units moved in her first week, Barbie has taken the top spot on the charts. Even with the crown, this may be a disappointment for Pop/Rap star who moved 376,000 in the first week for her debut. Well, bittersweet I guess.
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Carbon driver facing DUI count
A Carbon County driver is facing a charge of driving under the influence (DUI) following an incident early Saturday, Oct. 3.
State police at Lehighton said Guy F. Hartman, 46, of Ashfield, was stopped for a traffic violation about 12:40 a.m. at Bridge and Canal streets., in Franklin Township. He was found to be under the influence and transported to the Palmerton Hospital for a blood test.
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Today after so much work i reached my first big milestone with 100 pictures/illustrations online.
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Horan hatching plan to help Mayo have final say
Immediately after they blew the myth of the unbeatable Donegal team apart, Mayo were installed as favourites for Sam Maguire.
Never mind that Kerry were still in the running without an All-Ireland title since 2009; which is the beginnings of a famine for that crowd.
Or Dublin, last winners in 2011 and who are teeming with young talent such as Jack McCaffrey, while they still yet have Bernard Brogan to produce a signature performance for them.
And to even get to tackle either of those two, they have to get through Tyrone, with their by-now ingrained self-confidence stemming from the three All-Irelands of the last decade and the reported promise that Mickey Harte made to his players that they would win three of the next five All-Ireland titles.
Earlier this week, Tyrone were priced at 3/1 for this semi-final. An indication that the turf accountants are satisfied that Mayo have found a means of getting past Ulster-style opposition and Tyrone are similar to Donegal?
"Similar but different, I think it's fair to say," is the assessment of Mayo manager James Horan.
"Tyrone press you higher up the pitch. They compress quite well but they attack quite well. They try and set the tempo.
"They are very effective what they do, a very experienced, seasoned team with a very experienced, seasoned manager."
What Mayo will be nervous about is Tyrone's ability to grind out wins under the most overbearing pressure.
In the league meeting between these two sides, only the second game of the programme during mid-February in Castlebar, the westerners owned the ball but an injury-time penalty converted by Stephen O'Neill was enough to take the league points north.
"That game was a bizarre game for us and of course it's something we'll go back and have a look at. I know people said it was a controversial penalty at the end but that's irrelevant; we were four points down dominating a game possession-wise."
In the lead-in to the quarter-final Horan skilfully stayed out of some of the most outlandish and puzzling sledging that emanated from the Donegal camp.
Tyrone have not gone down that route themselves but last week took measures in their own way, issuing journalists at the press night with a sheet containing statistics concerning fouls committed in their games this season.
It suggests they are tightening the circle and fostering a siege mentality, something noted by Horan when he said: "I'm sure Mickey Harte will use any means at his disposal to make sure his team are properly prepared and motivated for the game.
"That team has had a lot of tough times and a lot of tough games down through the years so maybe it is something that will unify them."
He added, "We'll know what to expect from Tyrone, that's for sure. They are very effective at what they do and how they play.
"They come out in a wave together with the ball and we'll maybe have to make some adjustments to our game.
"Ultimately, the game on August 25 is about how we play, how we set up and us being as good as we can be, and seeing where that takes us."
It has taken them as far as the semi-final. Now for the real stuff.
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The autopsy report listed wounds from medical procedures, including needle puncture marks, chest tubes protruding from an incision, surgical incisions with stitches, and multiple catheters, all of which put into context Aoki's deep frustration with his medical care. After his death, friends told reporters that Aoki died from complications from dialysis (Rosenfeld and I both wrote obituaries reporting this). Hundreds of people attended his memorial, filling UC Berkeley's Wheeler Auditorium. A year later his friends revealed the truth of his suicide on the Richard Aoki Memorial website, claiming that the lie was not to protect his image, but because they were all still in shock (later Dong explained that they made the announcement because the cause of death would eventually become available through public records). "In that initial phase, the rush of it and trying to figure out what to do, we thought, maybe we should say it was related to his complications" with illnesses, Dong told me.
Since the news broke that Aoki was an FBI informant, some have speculated that he committed suicide because he was afraid of the reaction to Rosenfeld's book, or because he felt guilty about his double life. Rosenfeld interviewed Aoki twice on the phone in 2007 as part of the reporting for his book on FBI activities at UC Berkeley. He first heard Aoki's name in 2002 while talking to Threadgill, the former FBI agent. Rosenfeld would bring stacks of FBI documents for Threadgill to look at, and one file contained a news clipping from the Third World Strike that included Aoki's photo and name. Threadgill said he knew Aoki because he developed him as an informant.
In 2007, with Threadgill's account as his primary evidence (the majority of Aoki's FBI files were released in 2012), Rosenfeld asked Aoki about any connection to the FBI. Aoki denied it, but also said "People change...It's complex, layer upon layer," as if offering a vague explanation. To this day, no one besides Threadgill, who died in 2005, has publicly admitted knowledge of Aoki's being an FBI informant. His other known handler, Nottingham, according to recently released FBI reports, died in 2004.
Aoki left no suicide note, but Cheng suggested a few reasons why he may have wanted to end his life. Cheng thinks that Aoki was suffering greatly because of his illnesses and "he wanted to go out on his own terms." He also theorized that the death of Aoki's mother the month prior may have played a role; perhaps Aoki believed he had fulfilled his last remaining familial obligation: to give his mother, the only remaining member of his immediate family, a proper funeral. "I think his mom was a huge motivation for him to stay alive, to take care of her affairs," Cheng said. "He never said this, but it's more my belief: she dies in 2009, and shortly after, he said, 'Well, I'm glad I lived long enough to take care of her.'"
Regardless of the reasons for his death, some friends continue to believe he never wavered from his revolutionary commitment. Dong noted that as he went through Aoki's closet, he saw something that struck him: two uniforms neatly pressed and hanging in dry cleaning bags. One was his Army uniform, the other his Panthers outfit. "He was always talking about how he was in the army," Dong said. "He never hid it from people. He talked about how that was his patriotic period. But then he was even more proud that he was involved with the Black Panthers. So he definitely had to transition from this patriotic conservative to a revolutionary. And when he transitioned, he was fully committed."
The revelation that Aoki was an FBI informant has created a firestorm of responses from former Black Panther Party members, activists of all ages and backgrounds, and Asian-American and African-American scholars. After Rosenfeld's first story was published, some attacked Rosenfeld's credibility as a journalist. Many activists and people of color were distrustful of the initial report because of the mainstream media's contentious relationship with those communities, said Jamilah King, an editor at Colorlines.com, a news organization with an office in Oakland that is devoted to coverage of race, culture, and politics. "The reaction to the first report and the length to which people went to discredit Seth Rosenfeld showed how deeply embedded that distrust is in communities of color of mainstream journalists and of white journalists who are trying to shape or form the story of people who lived through this time."
Some took issue with Rosenfeld's reporting. In a video that accompanied the original article, Rosenfeld interviews Dong and then films his reaction as he presents Dong with a stack of Aoki's FBI documents. Audiences see the shock on Dong's face and his response that he had no idea Aoki was an informant. Dong said he thought the interview would be about the Sixties and Seventies; others felt like it was an unfair "gotcha" moment. Rosenfeld told the Express that he had told Dong in advance that they would discuss Aoki, and that since Dong was Aoki's executor, it was fair to ask him the question.
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While it's not much to look at right now, an unassuming corner of the front lawn of the Ambler Student Recreation Center at Kansas University will soon be bursting with vibrantly colored aromatic aster, black-eyed susans and crested iris. The near-to-blooming flowers are just a few of the 2,500 plants from 18 species in the 5,200-square-foot cornucopia across the street from Allen Fieldhouse.
This massive bouquet of nature's bounty belongs to a garden that will celebrate its first full year on Earth Day. It's a fitting birthday since the plot is a bit of an eco-gardening wonder. Known as the Student Rain Garden, its planters are hoping it might inspire a sustainable revolution in landscaping.
Rain gardens funnel and absorb storm water from impervious urban areas like sidewalks, driveways and - in this instance - the roof of the recreation center. This helps naturally filter the storm runoff back into the water table rather than the sewers. "It's basically a depression that can collect that initial flush of rain water," says Jeff Severin, director of the KU Center for Sustainability, who helped organize the garden's creation. "They're typically designed with native plants and other kinds of tolerable species that can also help filter any pollutants in that water. So basically it's an urban storm water management tool that people can use in their yards on a small scale or, in the case of the campus garden, can be used in a pretty large scale. Ours is kind of different because it's huge."
The rain garden was conceived back in 2007 as a far more modest endeavor by environmentally minded students.
"At the time it was a very small idea and a very small rain garden, then it turned into a big idea and a very large rain garden," recalls Laura Foster, architecture grad student at KU who was then a member of Emerging Green Builders, the student organization integral in making the rain garden happen.
The project grew in scope thanks to the eager participation of the recreation center, who decided to fold the construction of the garden into its 2008 expansion. By early last year, two limestone-bounded tiers were completed, and the inaugural planting was held on Earth Day. Nearly 200 members of the campus and larger Lawrence community rolled up their sleeves and pitched in. "To see that many people out helping, supporting the student-led initiative - everyone was really proud of what we were able to accomplish," Severin says. "The students really saw that as something tangible from their experience at KU, to say that they were part of this project that's going to provide water quality benefits, and a really great use of native plants for landscaping, that people can enjoy for years to come."
That the unveiling was on Earth Day was no coincidence.
"It was good to have this sense of community within KU that everybody was excited to come out and plant a plant on Earth Day," Foster says. "I know we celebrate Earth Day every year, but you don't often get your hands dirty to celebrate it. The Earth doesn't necessarily appreciate it when you just celebrate it - it also wants some love in return. So planting it on that day was a very good thing."
And the influence of the Student Rain Garden might extend well beyond the KU community. It's one of four rain gardens in Kansas currently being studied as a prototype by respected Kansas City eco-architecture firm BNIM and researchers from Kansas State University. "It's really exciting that K-State has to come to KU to look at something," adds Foster with a bit of playful school pride.
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This coming October, FUCT will be introducing their new Basics Collection. Just like their SSDD line, the new Basics collection is also entirely manufactured in Japan and consists of pretty much all the items one should have in his closet, including oxford shirts, carpenter pants, hoodies, raglan t-shirts and more. Branding is kept very minimal on all items with quality being the main focus. We really like how FUCT has been slowly expanding these past years, taking everything step by step and making all the right moves. The new FUCT Basics collection is looking great and we are looking forward to its release in the coming months. Hopefully it will also be available outside of Japan.
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President Obama has signed a new executive order to strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure by increasing government threat information-sharing and by jointly developing and implementing a framework of cybersecurity practices with U.S. industry. The White House said the executive order, which was signed Feb. 12, is "not a substitute" for new cybersecurity laws, which it says are still needed.
Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), ranking member, re-introduced H.R. 624, the Cyber Intelligence and Sharing Protection Act. The bill is identical to the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (H.R. 3523) that passed the House of Representatives in the 112th Congress.
Pictured left: Rogers, left, and Ruppersberger, right.
Ruppersberger will be a featured at the Space Foundation's Cyber 1.3 conference on April 8. See details here.
On Feb. 14, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held an oversight hearing on "Advanced Cyber Threats Facing Our Nation." Members of the committee and witnesses both agreed that the new executive order was a good first step to help increase U.S. cybersecurity. The committee members and witnesses also agreed with the White House's statement that new legislation on cybersecurity is needed to complement the executive order by providing liability protections to companies in order to motivate greater sharing of threat information.
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The Caucus Race — limited edition with vintage silk
A wonderfully evocative print from our own Alice Tarot. This bag features a beautifully printed satin front combined with a softly coloured vintage textured silk. This is a limited edition, sewn individually here in Czech Republic.
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- Side "Baba Studio limited edition" tag in gold and red for a touch of added caché.
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text: Hey folks - I'm having some serious trouble deciding between the Babolat Aeropro Drive (2013) and the Wilson BLX Juice 100. Both fit the specs I like, and both seem like great racquets for me game. However - from people who have played with them, ideally played with both, which would you choose?! I've demoed the Juice and liked it a lot, and am soon to demo the Babolat. From play experience however, which one do you like better? Also - with each, what string setups do you run, or would be ideal in terms of comfort and good balance of playability, control, with some power as well? Thanks a ton in advance! Best, Cpt Jello


text: Went offshore out of homosassa for the 1st time last saturday. Picked spot off topspot map, caught alot of big grunts, red grouper with 2 being keepers. we were chummimg when we spot man in the brown suit, I grab freeline pole put a pin fish on and it gets whacked. After a nice fight bring him to the net and in the boat he comes 44" Cobia. Have picture on my phone don't know how to uplload on computer. Well fishing slows down, go to start boat but all it does is spin over, no fire. We work on it for a while finally call towboat. Capt. Dan says he'll be there in 2 hours. so we use the ipilot to move another spot and continue fishing till he gets there. We tie rope on and start in, my sister says why don't you try to start boat, bam she fires up and we on our way in. so we get to marker 2 and i flag down Capt. Dan to give him a tip for coming all the way out there to get us. He says I gotn a few "TIPS" for you. So sunday we head out to these new found tips along the way the boat acts like it's losing fire. Well I happen to lean on the kill switch and boat takes off again. Then tries to die again I push down on switch and it takes off again. I look for some tape to wrap around plastic key only have a bandaid but it works and were off. Well we caught well over 70 to 80 grouper with 4 keeper gags and 4 keeper reds. We left the fish to get in early to have dinner with mom and dad. Labor day we go back out and again we get 4 keeper gags and 1 keeper red with 60 to 70 grouper released. I want to say THANKS to CAPT.DAN for the spots not many fisherman give out #'s. We had a blast and will be coming back to homosassa again. Sorry for the late and long report. Mattfishing 008.jpgfishing 009.jpg


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Elvis Presley 1956, Charge: Assault and disorderly conduct
There are few things weaker than getting arrested. I'm not sure if you've ever had the privilege of getting your picture taken while arguably doing your worst, but I was fortunate enough to have been captured after copping my DUI last year. With the purpose to "neither judge the guilt or innocence of those portrayed," author, photographer and filmmaker George Seminara has compiled this collection of photographs for your viewing pleasure. Sourcing photographs from the 50's to the 90's, Seminara's collection highlights the various personalities that have ended up on the other side of the law. If nothing else, use this as inspiration. You can go to jail and still be successful.
Charles Barkley 1991, Charge: Battery; Disorderly Conduct
Zsa Zsa Gabor 1989, Charge: Battery against an officer; disobeying an officer; driving without a registration; driving without a license; driving with an open container of alcohol
Al Pacino 1961, Charge: Carrying a concealed weapon
Larry King 1971, Charge: Grand Larceny
Jack Kevorkian 1990, Charge: First-degree murder
George Carlin 1972, Charge: Disorderly Conduct; obscenity
Don King 1959, Charge: Suspicion of drug dealing
Lenny Bruce 1963, Charge: Possession of hypodermic needles
Eugene 'Mercury" Morris 1982, Charge: Three counts of selling cocaine; three counts of possessing cocaine; one count of trafficking in cocaine; one count of conspiracy to sell cocaine; one count of possession of marijuana
Jim Morrison 1967, Charge: Breach of peace; resisting arrest; immoral exhibition
Axl Rose 1992, Charge: Four counts misdemeanor assault; one count property damage
Suzanne Somers 1982, Charge: Disorderly Conduct
Christian Slater 1994, Charge: Criminal possession of a weapon
Jane Fonda 1970, Charge: Assault and battery
Photographs for this post taken from Mugshots by George Seminara.


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In this edition of Nerd Alert, I'd like to shift our attention away from shot locations and their corresponding efficiencies -- i.e. our concern here over the past three weeks -- and towards another fantasy category: rebounding.
There are two metrics that we might call "advanced" ways of analyzing rebounds -- namely, Total Rebound Rate (TRR) and Rebounds per 40 Minutes (REB40). (Both available here.)
TRR is, in the words of Basketball Reference's glossary, "an estimate of the percentage of available rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor." The formula for it looks like this: 100 * (TRB * (Tm MP / 5)) / (MP * (Tm TRB + Opp TRB)). The result is expressed in a percentage where the average is 10% -- owing to the fact that there are 10 players on a court, each with (hypothetically) the same chance of grabbing a missed shot.
REB40 is really just rebounds per minute scaled to something like what a starter might play per game. Hoop Data (from where I've gotten most of the data for this post) uses REB40. Basketball Reference, on the other hand, uses REB36 (i.e. rebounds per 36 minutes).
In this post, I'd like to ask -- and attempt to answer -- some basic questions about these two measures of rebounds and how they might better assist the fantasy owner in assessing talent.
The reader will excuse me, I hope, for the brevity of some of these entries. A lot of the work on these sorts of problems is on the data-collection side of things. Luckily, it doesn't really call for much in the way of fleshing out, as the graphs are pretty self-explanatory.
So, as I say, this post is designed to answer some simple questions about advanced ways of measuring rebounding. Accordingly, I've formatted what follows in the form of a Q&A. Note, also, that all data is taken from player seasons, over the last four years, of 40-plus games and 20-plus minutes per game.
Boom, nerd-ahol:
Question: How closely do TRR and REB40 correlate?
Answer: Super closely.
This probably isn't very surprising, but it's still worth asking the question. For the graph below, I've plotted TRR versus REB40 for qualified players over the last three years.
That r-squared is essentially as high as possible and suggests almost perfect correlation between the two.
Basically, if you want to find out how many rebounds a guy will average every 40 minutes, just multiply his TRR by 0.688 and add 0.0149.
Question: Between TRR and REB40, which is better to predict the next season's REB40?
Answer: They're roughly the same, although REB40 is actually slightly better -- and easier.
This surprises me quite a bit actually. I suspected before I ran the numbers that TRR would be more effective, on account of it appears -- at face value -- to be more granular. In fact, this isn't the case at all, as the graphs below suggests.
Again, the difference is negligible. But as REB40 is considerably easier to calculate -- and perhaps even slightly more accurate -- there's no reason not to use it as a way of adjudging a player's rebounding ability.
Question: Can we just use one season's rebounds per game (RPG) to predict the next season's RPG?
Answer: Sort of.
As you can see below, RPG actually correlates pretty strongly year to year. We already know that REB40 correlates very strongly season to season, so what we're seeing here is the effect of that minus any changes created by fluctuations in playing time.
Basically, if you know that DeJuan Blair averaged 6.4 RPG in 18.2 minutes per game (MPG) last season, and you know that he's likely to receive the same sort of playing time this season, then you can guess that DeJuan Blair will probably average about 6.4 RPG. In fact, through 26 games this season, Blair is averaging 6.4 RPG in 19.9 MPG. That's basically the same.
The distinction comes, obviously, when a player receives considerably more or fewer MPGs.
Question: What the hell good is this information?
Answer: I'm getting to that.
I'll get to specific players in next week's edition of Nerd Alert. For now, though, the point is this: from what we know, it appears as though knowing a player's most recent REB40 -- or any kind of per-minute rebound stat -- is a pretty effective means of knowing his future REB40.
It also probably lets us know, in the event that a player begins receiving twice as much playing time, he's also likely to post double the rebounds. (I concede that this is obvious-sounding, but I'll also suggest that it's good practice to establish obvious-sounding things, lest one ends up being wrong and looking like a total jerkbag.)


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text: Don't wish for anyone being in the same spot but I was caught speeding tonight and the thing was that when the speed gun was pointing at me I heard my car 'ping' at me. Does anyone know if this some kind of feature or was I just imagining it? The gun was pointing at the front of my car and I dont have any sensors or camera attached on my front bumper.


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M-37 construction project detours drivers for months
Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:47:11 GMT —
The Michigan Department of Transportation started work on a construction project on M-37 yesterday. A detour has been opened to redirect traffic while roughly 3 miles of M-37 is closed for the construction.
MDOT plans to realign M-37 at "Sherman Hill" from the Manistee River to 10 1/2 Road and also reconstructing M-37 from north of M-115 to the Manistee River. Crews from Team Elmers are moving the mountain of dirt to clear a place for a new, straighter road.
The detour redirects drivers around the construction and MDOT officials emphasize the importance of taking the detour rather than finding their own way. Fred Ward has been living along M-37 for the past 17 years and although he supports the construction project, he fears that drivers will now travel too fast on the road with no hindrance of the curve. As long as the speed limit is obeyed, Ward believes visibility on the hill will be improved.
" It will be safe for people, not so many people will be getting killed on that hill," Ward said.
The detour will be open until late June when this phase of the project is completed, and M-37 will be reopened.


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Walmart topped the list of retailers on the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands, according to a study commissioned by WPP Group and conducted by Millward Brown Optimor.
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Kellogg recently was recognized for the strength of its company, its brands and corporate responsibility efforts.
Some of the nation's most popular retailers earned a spot on Interbrand's annual ranking of the 50 most valuable U.S. retail brands.
A global branding consultancy firm released its "most valuable brands" report last week, naming two...


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Habitot Children's Museum has meant a great deal to my family - especially to my two daughters. Hardly a week goes by where the older one does not ask to go to Habitot. The younger one, well she cannot talk yet, but I see how big her smile is when she is there. We have been to Habitot so many times over the past few years to take classes, for our daughter to attend camp, for birthday parties, for parent's night out, and to attend the museum. After each and every single visit we have walked away glad we came. We say this not just because our kids have fun there. Habitot is more than just a fun place to play. We say that because Habitot has helped my children grow, nurtured their curiosity, and stimulated their development. Habitot has also helped my wife and I with all of the wonderful things Habitot provides parents. From parenting literature to the book library to the toy library to parents night out, Habitot supports parents and care givers. I will not forget the time when my then 2 year old daughter had a difficult time sharing at the train table and I looked up and saw the brochure on sharing and taking turns on the wall. Nor will I forget the first time I took our younger daughter in to the area for pre- and new walkers and saw her crawl through a padded obstacle for the first time. Moments like these with our kids are very precious for my wife and I. We thank Habitot for providing so many smiles, and so many lessons.
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Osage man injured in crash
An Osage man was injured in a one-vehicle accident west of Park Rapids Saturday evening.
The accident, around 6:30 p.m., occurred on Highway 34 east of Osage in Becker County.
It appeared as if the injured man was westbound when his vehicle left the roadway and rolled in the south ditch.
A distraught woman who identified herself as Charlene Vierra, of Osage, arrived on the scene just as emergency medical technicians were strapping the injured man to a spine board. The vehicle he was driving was upright on the edge of a cornfield.
Vierra identified the man as her son-in-law, Curt Brown, also of Osage.
Brown was being treated at the scene.
"I think he's OK," Vierra said, answering a cell phone call from her daughter.
Ambulances from Park Rapids and Detroit Lakes responded. Brown was taken to the waiting Park Rapids ambulance and likely will be transported to St. Joseph's Area Health Services.
Becker County called for assistance from the Park Rapids police and Hubbard County Sheriff's Department. The Minnesota State Patrol was also on the scene.
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The Weston High girls tennis team fell 183-216 to Lauralton Hall at Racebrook Country Club on Tuesday.
Joy Essaghof had her team's best score with a 45. Lauren Solinsky followed with a 52.
Claire Cook shot a 58 and Kendra Savage completed the scoring for the team with a 61.
Anna Wiest shot a 51 but was in the No. 6 spot as an alternate.
Weston is now 7-7 overall.


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A while ago I talked about doing something kinda weird for Frayed Knights 2 Random spell generation. (And note the picture to the right is FK1. The special effects in FK2 are currently minimal and not very photogenic).
It got mixed in, across several permutations, with a completely revised initiative system. Which doesnt really count as an initiative system anymore its a totally different interface for taking actions. It was inspired a little by collectable trading card games. Not that Im turning an RPG into a CCG, but when a single player is playing a group of characters I started envisioning it a little bit more like choosing an action out of a hand of options.
Theres still a lot under construction, but the initial prognosis is
promising. Very promising. No doubt theres a lot of work to do on the balancing front, but so far, given relatively few rules, its looking good.
One aspect of making the spells was to make them sound over-the-top, a little like spells from old-school Dungeons & Dragons, Tunnels & Trolls, or the original release of Hackmaster. I think I succeeded. Here are some of my favorites:
Baba Yagas Unbelievable Armor Intensification
Primordial Magic Defense Impairment of Ariel
Underwhelming Revival
Fangals Cryptic Magic Defense Bonus
Arkans Introductory Magic Defense Failure
Sufficient Vim
Cleansing of Apuleius
Penelopes Occult Boon
Oakfathers Empowerment
Wimpy Spellwipe
Wussy Crawl
Worthy Armor Restriction
Brutuss Explosive Core Punishment
Zalems Unfathomable Spiky Devastation
Ill tell ya I want to use Zalems Unfathomable Spiky Devastation just based on the name. (For the record, its a Sorcerer spell that does piercing damage to a single target). Sadly, the random tables are pretty large, so the chances Ill ever see that spell again are almost non-existent. To be honest, I learned quite a few new words as I was putting together the tables. Id never even heard the word, caliginous before (and it still fails my spell-checker). Pretty cool stuff, really. I learned a lot of new words reading Gary Gygaxs text back when I was a kid, too.
Although if I decide to localize for other languages, Ive got some serious challenges in hand.


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Bailey, Stein will wed at Country Barn
By editor on June 18, 2014
Kirsten Bailey and Joshua Stein recently announced their engagement.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bailey, Lititz. She is employed as a massage therapist at Wenger Chiropractic.
The future groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kreiner, Lititz. He is currently attending Kutztown University for Art Education.
A July 19 ceremony will be held at the Country Barn, officiated by Matt Sowada.


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It happens to the best of them girl! Selena Gomez took a nasty fall during her show in Fairfax, Va. over the weekend. She was dancing all around during Slow Down and apparently didn't realize the stage dropped off! Take is took it's towards the end.
Looks like she didn't get hurt too bad.. Selena kept dancing and was back to performing without missing a beat! What a true professional!
Selena has been dazzling crowds on her Stars Dance Tour which is coming here next month with Emblem 3!! Do you have tickets to the show? Here she is covering Katy Perry's 'Roar'.


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Ultimate Goals
Top 30 Targets
Why Renewables?
Business Plan
Alan Waugh - 4th September, 2015
Which path to take?
Current Opportunities:
Renewable Energy Vacancies advertised in last 15 days
138, with 83 paying a salary over 40k
Strengths & Opportunities
Brand recognition, existing Clients & active candidate database
Goal to provide 100% of electricity from renewables by 2020 & Fossil free by 2030. Renewable sources generated 49.8% of gross electricity consumption in 2014
Rising cost of oil means alternative energy resources may be sought
Data as at March 2015 show that Scotland had 7.4 GW of installed renewable electricity generation capacity, with an additional 8.9 GW of capacity either under construction or consented. Taking in to account pipeline projects, the total renewable capacity either in operation or in planning totals 20.7 GW.
Weaknesses & Threats
Relatively unknown in the market. Competiton; although not fierce, has more of a footprint.
UK Government look to withdraw funding for onshorewind, Solar and Biomas projects, meaning finance needs to come from the private sector. Offshore wind projects have, so far, been unaffected.
Siemens have recently released a report
containing concerns of a skills shortage in the sectors. It also states that 1 in 4 are leaving
for adjacent markets; this may cease due to
the heavy job losses in the oil & gas space.
Should the SNP have a decisive victory in
the 2016 Holyrood elections, then it is likely
they will call for another referendum; with or
without David Camerons support. If successful, the financial climate may be uncertain in the interim.
In Onshore and Offshore Wind Powered projects alone, there are 315 projects operational, 52 under construction and approval consented for another 357 across Scotland
For Hays to become the go-to company for all of Scotlands renewable industry requirements.
To build a team of industry experts who specialise in specific areas of the Divison. i.e. Wind, Solar, Hydro etc.
To Generate over 750k of GM revenue within the first 5 years
0-6 Months Strategy
Become familiar with Hays culture, systems & processes
Take immediate ownership of any vacancies which fall under my scope
Work closely with the Marketing Team to develop material tailored to specific hiring requirements
Liase with internal staff, to determine where there could be crossover opportunities with existing clients
Concentrate on Perm market for quick wins
Establish new candidate pipeline through advertising, peer referral, reference checks, database regeneration networking & headhunting
Identify potential client streams through market mapping, cv stripping, reference checks and exploring existing vacancies on job boards etc.
Request assistance from the candidate attraction team to commence search for additional team member (timeline to be determined by volume)
0-6 Months Targets
Introduced our services to at least two Hiring Managers from each of my top 30 target list
Signed terms with at least two clients new to Hays
Placed minimum 4 candidates on permanent placements
Secured placements for at least two candidates in the contractor space
Represent a core group of 10 candidates for reverse marketing purposes
Attend at least one industry event
Generate GM revenue of over 25K
6-12 Months Strategy
Have a thorough understanding of all business lines, so I am well equipped to cross sell where there is an opportunity to do so
Look to introduce as many of my peers as possible to any new clients I secure
Begin to target all clients who provide services to the top 30 client list
Look to place more emphasis on the 12 month + contractor market
Assess the market to ascertain whether there is enough scope to recruit an additional team member
6-12 Month Targets
Active client contract portfolio to exceed 6 by month 12
Make 15+ placements
Represent a core group of 20 candidates for reverse marketing
Exceed 100 face to face meetings
Have a 1/3 interview to placement ratio
Generate GM revenue of over 50K (at least 10K to come from contractor revenue)
Year 2 Targets
Portfolio of active client contracts to exceed 20 by the end of month 24
Sign MSA terms with at least one client
Minimum of 40 placements made (15 from contractor space)
Have exclusive early access to vacancies with at last 5 clients
Represent a core group of 40 for reverse marketing
Attend one industry event per quarter where possible
Generate more than 150K by month 24
Year 3 Targets
Active client portfolio to reach 35 by end of third year
Sign MSA terms with an additional two clients
Represent a group of over 50 candidates across all areas within the division
Attend one industry event per quarter where possible
Minimum 60 placements (60/40 split between perm and contract)
Have a 1/2 interview to placement ratio
Break the 250K GM revenue mark by month 36
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Multi-Level Governance in Sustainable Energy Planning
3 December, 12:00-17:00 pm, 75018 Paris
(English – French translation will be available)
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.Sustainable Energy Action Plans at a regional and local level are often developed in isolation of each other. This can lead to duplication, overlaps, wasted resources and missed opportunities to save time, money. COOPENERGY, co-funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme, has supported the development of more effective collaborative working between regional and local public authorities to maximise coherence in energy planning and actions between levels of governance. This event presents the results, lessons, tools available, and shining examples from the project.
- Learn how 7 European regions have forged a more collaborative approach between the regional and local public authorities to revise together the Regional Sustainable Energy Action Plan taking into account local needs, to implement joint actions for more efficiency and coherence (ex : joint procurement of public lighting), etc.
- Discover the tools developed now available to you to implement more collaborative sustainable energy planning in your territory


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good! starts calm,it's good for a (royal) peacefull castle or village,or if i make a movie of Minecraft,it comes in very good! i made it so it is that i fight Giants,Spiders,Skeletons and Zombies,then i face the power of the Nether ---ghasts blew up the redstone trail when it was done,and too...after that,i had to smash a EnderCrystal (in the overworld) and get teleported back up (i fell down into a pit) and the WitherBoss appeared! after that,i made of everything ruïnes and this music came in PERFECT for the peacefull ending! great!
Epic review and feedback man, glad you're playing badass games with tons of excellent battles! Thanks for the review.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
U should contact Nintendo to see if they can put it in the new Zelda game
I probably wouldn't want to compose for a Zelda game. The sound they use isn't for me personally. Glad you enjoyed it though!
Rated 5 / 5 stars
This can calm the mood will still being alert.
Glad you enjoyed it :D
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Amazing composition !
Mind if I ask (in brief) which VST's and soundfonts you used for this?
Thanks for the compliment man, I used quite a few resources while making the tune, I'll see if I get time to post you a PM one of these days :)
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
relly nice piece you got here man, i've started making music recently with FL Studios so im new on this world of music making, do you have any advice to give me?
I would advice you to stay away from FL personally, never like that software, go to Cubase instead, a bit harder to learn but way better base software. :)
Thanks for the review by the way!


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Angelina Jolie recently revealed a new detail about her upcoming wedding to Brad Pitt, but it's not what you might expect. We aren't talking about nuptials on a private island with a performance by Cirque du Soleil. Instead, the actress says their kids, Maddox, 12, Pax, 10, Zahara, 9, Shiloh, 7, and 5-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne, may act as wedding planners.
"We are discussing it with the children and how they imagine it might be. Which is verging on hysterical, how kids envision a wedding," Jolie joked to People magazine. The star added, "It's going to be Disney or paintball — one or the other!"
RELATED: 6 Ways to Involve Your Child in the Wedding Process
Well, what if the Jolie-Pitt kids really did plan this Hollywood wedding? Here's what I think it might be like...
Guests will receive invitations on coloring pages. The Jolie-Pitt kids gather around a big craft table and basically have a coloring party. The details of the wedding; location, time are scribbled around the edges of the crayon drawn, mini-masterpieces. A few invitations are folded into paper airplanes. They are hand delivered to the guests, along with a bag of cheese doodles.
Guests arrive at the selected location: A playground. What better place to throw a wedding than a park, with swings, slides, monkey bars and a basketball court, and of course, room to paintball? Good thing the kids informed guests the attire was play clothes.
Guests sit, well, anywhere. You might see George Clooney parked on one side of a teeter-totter; Matt Damon is on the other side. Jon Voight claimed a swing, while Julia Roberts and her brood were lucky enough to score an entire picnic table. A few late arrivals have to rough it, sitting "crisscross, apple sauce" on the mulch.
The service is officiated by a Disney character. The girls wanted Anna and Elsa from Frozen to officiate the wedding, while the boys voted for Sven, the reindeer. Eventually they all agreed upon Olaf, the snowman.
Angelina wears a princess dress. Angelina Jolie will have to be dressed exactly like Cinderella, of course. She couldn't quite fit into Vivienne's costume, so one was custom made for her big day.
Brad wears a ninja costume. The boys won on this one; Brad Pitt even dons a Samurai sword for the occasion.
Music is an organic part of the ceremony. Each kid plays his or her instrument of choice to usher mom down the aisle, which incidentally is made of ice cream. Maddox and Pax wail on drum sets, while Zahara and Shiloh bang on keyboards. The younger kids have maracas, tambourines and recorders.
Food is awesome. The ceremony is brief, because, really it's the party that people want to get to! There's a buffet of candy, pizzas are delivered (the kids are sure to inform guests they do not have to eat dinner before dessert tonight!) and each guest is given whipped cream.
Playtime lasts all night. Now guests are unleashed onto the playground, where they can run around well, past bedtime. When people do start to feel sleepy, they are gifted with monster slippers and a warm chocolate chip cookie, before they are ushered into camping tents set up on one edge of the park. Marshmallows are roasted and stories are told, as guests drift off to dreamland under the starry sky.
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When I travel, I'm perpetually afraid that I'm getting ripped off – by airlines, by taxi drivers, by hotels – you name it. If I have to pay for it, I figure there's a good chance I'm paying too much.
This isn't an unrealistic fear. A lot of the time, we unwitting travelers overpay for all kinds of things, and it's usually in the form of pesky little fees – often hidden from our awareness, sneakily snuck in to part us with a wee bit more money than we actually needed (or wanted) to pay.
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Here are a few random examples of hidden travel fees that are sometimes avoidable, and always annoying:
Some airlines sneak travel insurance into the cost of the flight, and you must go back to a screen to specifically DE-select the insurance. I once found it was so masked in fine print it took me half an hour to locate where to deselect it.
Speaking of sneaky airlines, I once got on a long-haul flight that claimed to offer meal service on the ticket, only to discover it was meal service – for a fee. At 36,000 feet and with a grumbling stomach I didn't have much choice but to fork over some cash for food.
Hotels are in on the hidden travel fees game too; don't crack open that "complimentary" bottle of water on your bedside table unless you're sure it's free. Although you'd think snacks and drinks placed in your room outside the mini-bar are free, they aren't always.
Speaking of hotels, they consistently overcharge for currency exchange services. I was given this tip by a hotel concierge, who said I should never use a hotel desk to exchange money.
If you're renting a car, remember that adding additional drivers to the rental agreement means extra fees. This is never worked into the quote, and can be a nasty surprise when you arrive to pick up the car.
Some of the worst hidden travel fees come with currency conversion. No matter what you do and how you pay, you're forking out hidden travel fees to convert your money, and more often than not they're completely invisible to you. The best you can do is to minimize conversion fees; usually by using debit cards or credit cards.
ATMs are not only currency conversion culprits, but they also get you with withdrawal fees. Here are a few tricks to using ATMs abroad so you can keep more money in your bank account instead.
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This is just a teaser. The last time I did a count of hidden travel fees, I came up with 37 of them. Some are more hidden than others, but all of them are unnecessary if you know how to avoid them. Check it out:
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In their search for a new coach of the national team, Russian soccer federation officials interviewed Fabio Capello on Thursday. He is one of 13 candidates that also include
ex-Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola, Rafael Benitez and Harry Redknapp.
"They received Capello today. They conducted negotiations," Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti news agency. "From here, we move on to the next candidate," Mutko added. "I think that over the course of a week -- certainly by next Tuesday -- all the consultations with the managers on our list... will be held."
Capello's name, who left his post as England manager in February, has sparked the greatest interest. He is rumored to be the Russian federation's first choice and Mutkto added to the buzz by putting the Italian on a par with Guus Hiddink, who is a revered figure after leading Russia to the European Championship semifinals four years ago. The post went vacant last month when Dick Advocaat departed following Russia's failure to advance out of a tepid group at Euro 2012.
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In Tomb Raider @1920x1200 with all settings at maximum + TressFX. Using the built-in benchmark, my fps went from…
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In Metro 2033 @1920x1200 with everything maxed + Advanced PhysX, I went from around 23 fps to around 50 fps. (Used Fraps)
Considering that I haven't touched the rest of my system yet, I'm quite happy with those results. With the CPU and RAM you have, you should see a significantly larger increase if you were to upgrade your GTX 460 to a 770.
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TLC's Here Comes Honey Boo Boo is, no doubt, an addicting show. Whether you watch it because you are genuinely entertained or because you can't look away (no matter how hard you try), you're likely watching it.
The show has come under fire for several reasons. People feel that Honey Boo Boo's mom, June Shannon, is a terrible mother and that the family is disgusting. Fair enough, but it's obvious that this family has a lot of love. Now, there is a new addition to the family — with a few extra additions of her own!
Honey Boo Boo's sister, Anna Shannon (who goes by Chickadee on the show), gave birth to a healthy daughter over the summer, according to Radar Online. This week, when the baby made her début on national television, viewers noticed that the baby had ten toes and 11 fingers. That's right, little Kaitlyn was born with two thumbs on her right hand.
As can be imagined, viewer were less than kind, many commenting online and calling the child's "deformity" a result of inbreeding. Of course, this is an ignorant response (there are many factors that can cause two thumbs), and matriarch Mama June knows that. Perhaps, that's why the family isn't thinking about surgery for the little girl anytime soon. June says that having two thumbs on one hand makes the little girl "unique."
Of course, any family would be accepting of their child no matter what. I think it's great that the family isn't rushing to remove the extra extremity and that they are handling the situation so calmly.
When I was pregnant with my son, one of my ultrasounds only picked up one of my son's legs. The doctors feared that the other was not developing and sent me in for further ultrasounds. For a few days, I was panicky, wondering how my son would survive with only one leg. In the end, an additional ultrasound picked up my son's second leg and he was born healthy with all of his extremities.
No matter what, I would have loved and supported him, but I would have been a ball of nerves for 18 years. I commend the Shannon family for handling the situation with such poise and not letting the public's snarky comments impact them negatively. In fact, since they found fame from Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, the entire family has done a great job at dealing with the negativity that comes along with fame.
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Getting Prepped for RWA Nationals
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- jean harrington said...
Nico, All good suggestions for prepping for the RWA, but the flask of booze for day's end is on my A list. Good blog, very enjoyable. Thanks for sharing this insider info.
- July 17, 2017 at 6:03 PM
- Clare London said...
Great post. I run a (much smaller!) convention in the UK and the one thing most newbies say is how nervous they are of going, and what to expect. I think the answer is to have a "first aid" kit like you say, and try to relax! :)
- July 18, 2017 at 1:33 AM
- Julie Moffett said...
This is the first year in 5 years I'm not going. Relax and have a great time. It can be overwhelming, but do whatever you want and not a thing more. You'll survive! :)
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Thanks for stopping by, everyone.
Yeah, Jean, sometimes a nice little shot is the only way to quiet down after all the excitement.
That's so cool you run a convention, Clare. I remember those newbie nerves, but the usually go away by the time you pick up your badge and are in the thick of things.
I'm sorry I won't see you there, Julie! But a 5 year run is pretty good. Hopefully I'll catch you at the next one.
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For every single day in May we are going to post some significant product or company news on our blog. These aren't going to be little things like "We've made it so you can create catalogue tree structures instantly using a short-hand notation" (although we did do that ): they'll be fairly major things, most of which we've kept completely secret until now.
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Guldi offers more allegations against Levy
The defendant in an insurance fraud trial under way in Riverhead states in an affidavit that Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy used his political influence to provide protection for the criminal acts of a key witness in the case.
The affidavit, filed by the defendant, former Suffolk Legis. George Guldi, also says that the witness, Levy's one-time friend Ethan Ellner, performed free legal work for Levy and did legal work "for Levy's signature" while Ellner's law license was suspended in 1999 after Ellner's tax evasion conviction. Ellner's license was reinstated in 2001. The affidavit provides no specific details to support the allegations.
In his affidavit, which is a sworn statement, Guldi asserted that Ellner was aware that Levy disliked Guldi and was motivated to lie at the trial to curry favor with Levy.
Levy declined to be interviewed about Guldi's allegations, but issued a statement: "As I've said before, Mr. Ellner was once a friend and we had occasional business interaction. But to suggest that these mortgage fraud and forgery indictments against Mr. Guldi were somehow brought by the D.A. because I didn't like Mr. Guldi is the height of absurdity. Next, Guldi will say I framed Roger Rabbit."
Guldi is on trial for insurance fraud in connection with a November 2008 fire that destroyed his Westhampton Beach home. He is also charged with involvement in an $82-million mortgage fraud case.
Ellner, who was also charged in the mortgage fraud case, pleaded guilty to grand larceny charges and is now testifying against Guldi.
Guldi filed the affidavit to try to compel Levy to testify at the trial. Suffolk County Attorney Christine Malafi has moved to block Guldi's effort, and County Court Judge James F.X. Doyle, who is presiding over the trial, has not yet ruled on the issue.
The relationship of Guldi, Levy and Ellner has been in the spotlight in recent weeks as Guldi, who is representing himself, fights the insurance fraud and grand larceny charges filed against him by Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota. Ellner took the stand yesterday and is expected to continue his testimony today.
The affidavit also refers, without any explanation, to a "debauched trip to Puerto Rico which Ellner and Levy took together and their activities there which were anti-social or illegal and/or highly embarrassing in which they engaged together."
Guldi's statement also refers to what it describes as Levy's business dealings with Ellner, including what Guldi characterized as irregularities in transactions involving apartment buildings in Eastport and Albany that were owned by Levy. He also alleges, without details, "other irregular property transfers and eviction proceedings."
Guldi states that Levy intervened to obtain and expedite permits for Ellner's projects and protected him from violations.
Real estate records reviewed by Newsday show that Ellner has handled at least one closing, several evictions and title work on at least four of Levy's properties since 1997.
In a recent statement to Newsday, Levy, who took office in 2004, said he often relied on friends in the legal community to help him with his legal practice. In a statement released Friday, Levy spokesman Dan Aug said, "The county executive never said there was free legal work done for him since he has been county executive."


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Yosimar Arias scored on a direct free kick midway through the first half, helping CS Herediano beat the Seattle Sounders 1-0 in CONCACAF Champions League group play on Tuesday night.
Arias set up his free kick 25 yards from the goal, to the left of the penalty area restraining arc.
He sent the ball over a five-man Sounders wall, and it curled into the back left corner when goalkeeper Kasey Keller couldn't get across in time to stop it.
"I've always liked to do those type of things," Arias said. "I do them during training time and during games. It's something I like to try."
Herediano (1-3-0, three points in Group D) handed the Sounders (3-1-0, nine points) their first group play loss.
Seattle still leads the four-team group with two games left.
"We knew it was our last chance to still have a chance in this tournament," Arias said. "So since we left Costa Rica, we were (focused) to come and look for the three points."
Herediano's only two goals of the tournament have come against Seattle.
The Costa Ricans were outscored by a combined 7-0 in their first two group games before scoring on a penalty kick in last Wednesday's 2-1 home loss to the Sounders.
"Last week was a game that seemed destined that way," said Jafet Soto, who took over as Herediano's coach earlier this month. "(The Sounders) had only two chances last week, and they were two goals."
Goalkeeper Daniel Cambronero came up big for Herediano, especially in the game's final minutes to preserve the lead.
He went to his left to deny Lamar Neagle's 10-yard header in the 82nd minute, then jumped to tip a 6-yard header attempt by Sammy Ochoa over the crossbar in the 89th minute.
Cambronero finished with four saves as the Sounders outshot Herediano 12-8.
"He has been on the national team at some point, and he's only 24 years old," Soto said. "He has a great future."
Jorge Barbosa, the tournament's leading scorer with four goals coming into Tuesday's round of games, nearly had Herediano on the board late in the 14th minute.
A Seattle defensive breakdown in its own box resulted in Barbosa getting the ball at the top of the 6-yard box on the right side. Wide open and with Keller beat, he banged his shot off the near post.
Barely half a minute later, it was the Sounders with a near-miss when Neagle's 25-yarder from the left side was floating toward the far post, but was pulled in at the last moment by Cambronero.
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Why do most people lie about their age? Because they think they have to. Our culture at large — and our gay male culture specifically — embodies ageism. Young is good. Older is less good.
"If people knew my real age, I'd never work again." I have heard this plaint more than once. The last time was the day before yesterday, when talking about age with a vivacious, successful Brazilian friend. She doesn't dare tell the truth.
On Facebook, few people put their year of birth. For online dating sites, not to mention hookup sites, there is such pressure to lie that those of us who tell the truth are odd men out. When I post my age as 59, men think I'm somewhere between 64 and 75. Again: Why do we lie about our age?
Ageism, yes. Internalized ageism as well. Internalized prejudice is when we operate out of a learned prejudice about something we are: I have been exploring my own internalized homophobia, anti-Semitism, and AIDS-phobia, however subtle or overt, for years. I lead workshops where we have looked at our internalized racism, classism, genderism, etc.
How do we know when we are operating from internalized prejudice? When we try to "pass" without cause. When we are living in the belief that what we are is less than what other people are. When we have bought into other people's prejudices (which do exist) and perceive danger even when it doesn't exist.
There are situations where honesty about my sexual orientation, my HIV status, or my religious heritage could get me killed. I would lie or hide if my life were at stake. However, often I observe "passing" behavior when there is neither danger nor whisper nor threat of danger. Most of us will not suffer harm if we are honest about our sexuality or our age. We do, however, suffer psychically, from constant denial of the truth about who or what we.
In the workshops there is one internalized prejudice that absolutely
everyone relates to: internalized ageism. When asked, all perceived
the statement "You look younger than your age" as a compliment.
We are passing. At 90, my father would be insulted if someone didn't
say he looked at least 15 years younger.
Recently, I dated a
man I met online. His profile said 38. I didn't doubt it. In
conversation, it came up that he is actually 47. I asked him why.
"Because I look 38," he said. He didn't like it when I suggested that he is
perpetuating distorted behaviors around age: Actually, to paraphrase
Gloria Steinem, "this is what 47 looks like."
We are complicit
if we continue to play this game. Among the comments on my first
column in this series, was a statement that my photo "had been royally
airbrushed." This is not true. And it reflects a too-oft accepted idea
of what a 59-year-old man looks like. Age is how long we have been in
this body — it is not our vitality, it is not our beauty.
friend David heard I was writing about why people lie about their age:
In his best Olympia-Dukakis-in-Moonstruck voice, he quipped, "Because
they are afraid of death ... " My response is that we are afraid of perceived social death. We act as if we might die, but we don't.
Telling the truth about our age could be neutral. The more of us who
do it, the more of a norm it will become.