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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will grant the Republicans' their big wish this campaign season — a vote on offshore oil and gas drilling — but only if the GOP accepts a few of her own demands.
Pelosi's decision to relent on the drilling issue, laid out with new clarity in Saturday's Democratic radio address, illustrates the political pressure Democrats are feeling this campaign season. But the legislative menu Pelosi envisions includes a number of offerings that Republicans have considered unpalatable, a clear indication she will force the GOP to give up a lot in exchange for more domestic oil and gas exploration.
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Her priorities include a repeal of royalty relief for offshore drillers and an end to other tax credits for the biggest oil companies, as well as so-called use it or lose it legislation forcing energy companies to relinquish un-used leases.
In the radio address, Pelosi said the Democrats' plan "will consider opening portions of the Outer Continental Shelf for drilling, with appropriate safeguards, and without taxpayer subsidies for Big Oil."
As excerpts from Pelosi's address spread among lawmakers and their staffs Friday night, House Republican Conference spokesman Brian Schubert was encouraging GOP press secretaries and communications directors to "have your bosses issue statements pointing out that Speaker Pelosi's energy plan is not an all-of-the-above answer to our energy crisis, nor will it take all of the necessary steps — overwhelmingly supported by the American people."
And before Pelosi's address even aired, House Republicans had posted a "fact-checking" article on the House Republican Conference website.
Most of the items Pelosi outlined on Saturday have been considered in the past two years: requiring President Bush to release oil from the 700-million-barrel Strategic Petroleum Reserve, creating new safeguards to prevent "excessive speculation" in the commodities markets, forcing energy companies to use more renewable technologies and reducing mass transit costs for commuters.
Many of the items on her legislative wish list failed earlier this summer because Democrats brought the measures to the floor under rules reserved for noncontroversial legislation. Those rules block the minority from offering alternatives but also require a higher threshold for passage.
"Suspension of the rules is not the way to consider energy issues," said California Rep. David Dreier, the ranking Republican on the House Rules Committee.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in a conference call on Friday, didn't shoot down Pelosi's plan to move a measure that includes more drilling. Instead, he applauded the bipartisan "Gang of 10" for offering a compromise package in the Senate that would allow Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia to opt out of a federal ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, calling it a "step in the right direction."


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Learning from the 2010 season continues to be a recurring theme in Revolution news. Frank Dell'Apa's piece for the Boston Globe looks at the subject through the eyes of Matt Reis, while CSN's article features thoughts from Pat Phelan.
Defenders Kevin Alston and Darrius Barnes are also preparing for an improved 2011 season. MLSSoccer.com's Kyle McCarthy details Alston's winter spent in the training room, addressing his nagging hamstring injury for a healthy start to the new year. And as per Gus Martins for ESPN Boston, Barnes has been working on the distribution aspect of his game and is looking forward to getting back at it.
Both New England Soccer Today and American Soccer News look at the Revs' newest additions – both confirmed and rumored – and how they might factor into the lineup.
Homegrown player Diego Fagundez earned national attention from ABC News and CNN today. The U16 shares his dream to start in MLS and explains what kind of life changes he is making to attain his goals in this ABC News piece. On CNN, Fagundez is named one of the week's most intriguing people.
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I think SDC meant exactly what he wrote. The original semi auto prototype was the MAS 38, modified in 1939 by the MAS 38/39. This was followed by the MAS 40, which was actually adopted by the French Army about the time the Germans crashed the party.
Incredibly, development continued through the war years, and the MAS 44 was developed, followed after the war by the MAS 49 and 49/56.
The MAS semi autos are not conversions or modifications of the MAS 36 bolt action rifle; they are similar in appearance, but the semi-auto receiver is much larger than that of the MAS 36, and the whole gun is sturdier. Stocks are not the same, though they look the same at first glance.
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Last October at Woodbine in Canada,
Chantal Sutherland was on the verge of making the announcement that she
was about to ride her last race when fellow jockey Alex Solis offered a
word of caution.
"I was for sure I wasn't coming back, "
Sutherland said recently by phone from her home in Huntington Beach.
"But Alex said, 'You're just tired right now. It happens to all of us.
Don't make it a retirement announcement, just say you're taking a
Sutherland contemplated following Solis'
advice. Then, "Lo and behold, my brother tweeted that I was retiring."
So there was no change in the announcement but, a short time later, a
change in Sutherland's thinking.
And Sutherland, unretired at age 37, will
be the "Face of Del Mar" again this season as she was last year, her
second full season at the seaside track. "I took some time off at the
end of October. I was kind of tired and I felt like I needed a break,"
Sutherland said. "I hadn't really taken a break since I started racing.
"Then, when I finished redecorating and
renovating the house that my husband (Dan Kruse) and I bought, I kind
of started thinking about racing again. There are other things that I
could do, but there's really nothing that I love as much as horse
racing. It has been a huge part of my life and I really missed my
routine and competing. So I decided to come back.."
Another summer at Del Mar was a motivating factor.
"I actually called Craig Dado (DMTC
Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer) myself and got the
ball rolling for my return to Del Mar," Sutherland said. "Not only do I
love Del Mar because of the track, but because I live so close
(Huntington Beach) that it's easy to get there and work as hard as I
know I'm going to have to work to make this comeback successful like I
hope it is going to be."
In 2011, her first full season at Del Mar,
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placing ninth in the rider standings. In 2012 her numbers were 62
7-6-8, among them a victory aboard Miss California in the opening race
of the meeting. Her lone Del Mar stakes victory came aboard Great Hot in
the 2011 Torrey Pines. In the Pacific Classic, she was fourth on Game
On Dude in 2011 and second on the same horse in 2012. "Opening day is
always so cool to be a part of and to people watch. The Pacific Classic,
which I've had the privilege of riding in a couple of times, is great,"
Sutherland said. "Every day at Del Mar is fantastic. I love the
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Title: The Connection Between Fueling Flows and Outflows in Active Galaxies: Ionized Spirals in Markarian 573
Abstract: \it HST images of the Seyfert 2 galaxy Mrk 573 show ionized arcs in its extended narrow-line region (ENLR), and an \it HST STIS long- slit spectrum indicates that much of the ionized gas is outflowing. Our geometric and kinematic models confirm that the arcs are due to nuclear dust spirals in a kpc-scale disk that are crossing into the ionizing bicone from the central AGN. indicating an intimate connection between the outflows of ionized gas and fueling flows in the form of dust spirals. However, the high radial velocities of the gas at distances > 2'' (~700 pc) do not fit our simple outflow model, and we have suggested that they could be due to rotation, albeit with unusually large amplitudes, or to in situ acceleration of the clouds off the original fueling flow by radiation pressure and/or entrainment in a highly-ionized wind. We can distinguish between these possibilities, and thereby investigate the connection between feeding and feedback in this active galaxy, by obtaining a full kinematic map of the ionized and molecular gas in the circumnuclear regions of Mrk 573 with \it Gemini North and NIFS.
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Transportation Commission mulling I-405 tolling options
KIRKLAND, Wash. -- It's not a matter of if tolling will come to Interstate 405, it's a matter of how much the tolling will cost.
The first recommendations were shared Wednesday with the Washington State Transportation Commission at Kirkland City Hall. There, political leaders representing 10 cites shared their recommendations with Commission members.
Tom Cowan, the Vice Chair of the Washington State Transportation Commission, drives I-405 and knows how slow it can be.
"It took me an hour to go eight miles on 405," he said.
Commuters who use the interstate regularly hope something can be done to relieve the congestion, but few say they're in favor of a toll.
"I'm not a big proponent on tolls,"said commuter Josh Arnold.
The state plans to relieve 405 congestion by adding one or two so-called Hot lanes between Bellevue and Lynnwood, then eventually from Bellevue to Renton. Hot lanes are toll lanes, similar to the ones on State Route167.
The idea is that drivers will pay to use the lanes during peak hours, which would free up other lanes. It's up to the state's Transportation Commission to figure out how to pay for their construction and maintenance by setting toll rates. But first they're getting input from the public, the DOT and Executive Advisory Groups.
Cowan says in addition to tolling, gas tax revenue will help pay the project's $334 million price tag.
At Wednesday's recommendation meeting, which was the first of a series, commissioners heard from an Executive Advisory Group made up of various city leaders. Members suggested gas taxes for funding and immediate construction, and also urged the Commission to consider phasing in a proposal to increase 405's minimum Hot lane occupancy from two to three riders.
EAG member and Kirkland Mayor Joan McBride asked the Commission to consider restricting the Hot lanes to vehicles with three or more people only during peak hours, but to keep those lanes free to the two-plus crowd during off peak hours.
"It's also an elegant transition to our citizens that are used to two plus free," said McBride.
Drivers would be charged based on distance traveled in the Hot Lanes and the cost would fluctuate depending on real time demand.
Many drivers in Kirkland wondered with a toll on the 520 Floating Bridge, a possible toll on the I-90 crossing and now Hot Lane tolls on I-405, what would happen to traffic on Interstate 5.
"I think that's going to cause a lot of backups on other highways or back roads and I-5," said commuter Josh Arnold. "It will cause a lot more traffic an is not going to help anything in the area."
The Commission intends to set toll rates for I-405 by July 2014 with tolling starting in mid 2015.
More information about the project is available online.


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Who among us hasn't at some point in our working lives – whether in a job interview or a performance review – experienced stress and anxiety? Have you ever wondered whether your nervous tics, sweaty palms and obvious unease has cost you a job or promotion?
Research by Julie McCarthy, a professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, suggests employers would do well to minimize anxiety levels among potential job candidates to ensure that the best people are chosen for the position.
"Some people might argue that we want to hire someone who can handle anxiety and if you can't handle it in a job interview, how can you handle it on the job," she says. And in some cases, that may be true. But, for the most part, the intense pressure that candidates face in job interviews isn't characteristic of the day-to-day performance that's required of them, argues Dr. McCarthy. "Just because someone is anxious in a job interview doesn't mean they aren't going to be a phenomenal employee," she says. "They might actually be superb."
The research has important implications for companies that want to ensure they use fair and objective hiring and advancement practices and select the best qualified people. "You want to get as accurate a picture as possible of the individual," she says.
Dr. McCarthy has been studying workplace anxiety since she was a PhD student, when she developed work selection tests for various companies. Friends and colleagues used to turn to her for advice on how to curb their nervousness during job interviews. Her research work now focuses on analyzing the impact of employee anxiety on test and interview performance. She collaborates with numerous employers to gauge the impact of anxiety on an employee's performance in job interviews, annual reviews and promotional exams, and to identify strategies to reduce the negative effects of anxiety. She has worked with police services, retailers, the armed forces, government agencies, and other organizations in Canada and the U.S.
In one research study, she partnered with the Ontario Police College, a police training institution that develops and administers promotional exams for many of the province's police officers. One aim of the project was to assess what role anxiety played on test performance. The research, which was published in the journal Personnel Psychology, yielded some interesting results: Anxiety can be "a double edged sword," it found. Some candidates who experienced high levels of anxiety during the test found it more difficult to concentrate, which had a negative impact on their exam performance. However, others who experienced high stress levels were able to channel those feelings, resulting in better exam results. The goal for employers, Dr. McCarthy suggests, should be to implement coping strategies to help employees manage their anxiety in order to reduce the negative consequences while increasing the positive ones.
Dr. McCarthy also studies anxiety levels in the daily workplace. Her research has shown that workplace anxiety can lead to emotional exhaustion among employees, which can result in absenteeism. It isn't only those who work in what we typically think of as high-stress jobs, such as air traffic controllers, who face stress and anxiety. "Even people in retail sales experience it," she says. And it's just as important to teach those individuals techniques and strategies to help them manage their stress, she adds.
Implementing workplace practices that mitigate stress can save employers money by reducing employee absenteeism and turnover. "If you have a work force that has high levels of anxiety and stress, it can be really detrimental to productivity, morale and satisfaction" she adds, and ultimately to the bottom line. Some estimates put the cost of lost wages due to employee absenteeism in the billions of dollars, she notes.
Dr. McCarthy's research aims to help companies identify and implement strategies and practices that reduce employee anxiety, such as flextime. Having understanding managers who maintain good relationships with their employees can also go a long way toward offsetting the effects of anxiety, she explains. In job interviews, organizations should ensure that those conducting the interview are able to interact effectively with people and aren't too intimidating.
Her research is now expanding into new areas. One line of study looks at how employees can best manage anxiety through specific behaviours and activities, such as exercise and rest. "It's a complicated process because there are individual differences," she says. What works for some may not for others. Determining what works best for each individual employee will be "critical," she says.
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Calvin Harris And Rihanna's New Track Is The Song You'll Hate To Love
Say hello to this summer's anthem
Calvin Harris and Rihanna have been in the studio creating some musical magic, and they've produced something pretty special. This Is What You Came For is out just in time for it to be played so often we'll hate it come July.
The pair last collaborated on 2011's hit, We Found Love, which sold 10.5 million copies worldwide and won a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video. This song is going to be just as big. Just ask Taylor Swift.
You'll know all the words, your mum will know all the words, you'll wonder if there wasn't a time before you knew it's anthemic clubland beats. Like it or not, you're going to be hearing this song all summer.


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All are free, or provide a trial period.
Another reason I don't believe much time should be spent researching high paying niches is that just because some people get $5 per click for a certain keyword, it certainly doesn't mean that you will too.
Another reason is that a high paying niche is likely to have more competition. It may take you 3 times as much work to get good positions for a niche that pays $1 per click as it would to get good positions for a niche that pays 33 cents per click.
I have created a few sites thinking they would be good money makers and they often are, but the sites that make me the most money are not the ones I would have expected.
That's my 2 cents.
The problem with what some do, is they end up spending a lot of time building a site (being that if it's competitive, it's going to require a lot of content), however because it's so competitive, the payoff is not as good and it becomes a you put in X amount of time for Y amount of profit when you could have put in X/2 amount of time and made Yx2 amount of profit" on a much less competitive niche.
I have lists of things I find interesting/fascinating. Every now and then I'll go out and do a "survey" if you will, of said topics. If it seems that interest is picking up for some reason or there is some big development on the horizon, and nobody is the "go-to" site, or if there are "go-to" sites, if there is room for another, I'll go for it.
I look at the sites I've done because they are sites that I thought should have existed and didn't (i.e. sites I'd visit) and I look at the sites I've done simply because they'd be a cheap buck, and the difference is huge. The ones where I'm really interested tend to do much better over time.


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Mondeo Tdci 130 Hissing (Video Too)
fish4tea replied to Stevetdci130's topic in Maintenance / Servicing / MOT Discussionsget a jug of water and put some washing up liquid in it, stir it up a bit and then paint with a soft paint brush over the suspect area while engine running and look for the bubbles
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fish4tea replied to tukshop's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale Clubshould be a bit better than that,mines a tdci 130 est and i get 46 round town and 55-60 on a longer run all according to the trip computer though but it is pretty accurate. fill the tank to the absalute top of the filler neck,zero the trip/miles,drive it for at least half a tank,re-fill to the same level note the liters of fuel needed to re-fill it and note the miles done and do the maths..
Tdci Engine Cutting Out On Full Throttle
fish4tea posted a topic in Technical Knowledgehi mondeo tdci 130 2002 have a problem when i put my foot down to overtake etc some times and not every time the engine loses power the glow light flashes and some times the engine cuts out,can red line it in any gear and its fine, just 5 gear and as you know with no engine the steering is almost impossible and little braking,turn off the ignition and resart everything is hunky dory again....... any ideas?
Tdci Injectors
fish4tea posted a topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale Clubhi i have a 2.0 tdci 130 and may need a change of injector can anyone say if it is specific to my engine power or will any injector from the 115 or 155 engines work, and awap it and get it coded i.e are the injectors the same part number for all 2.0tdci engines
Cleaning Windscreen
fish4tea replied to DaveyG's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale Clubtry Auto Glym glass cleaner not cheap but works brilliantly especially if the car has been smoked in
Issues With New (2Nd Hand) Mondeo Estate
fish4tea replied to daithesaes's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale Clubmight be worth having the glow plugs checked as can cause lumpy start from cold,and if I were you I would take it to a Ford dealer have them plug it in and then if there computer shows any faults you can take this list back to you garage,my local dealer charges £30 for a diagnostic hook up takes about 1/2 hour
Suspension Bushes
fish4tea replied to fish4tea's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale Clubyep
Suspension Bushes
fish4tea posted a topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale Clubhi does anyone know if there is a company supplying bushes,i am looking for the round bush that is at the end of the rear hub/knukle on an estate mondeo it is on the long blade like part that bolts to a bracket bolted to the underside of the car as ford will only supply the whole knukle at a pprice of £181 + vat
Failing Oil Pressure??
fish4tea replied to fish4tea's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale Clubwell update time, have changed the filter for the hell of it, but noticed that there was oil in the pressure sensor connector so gave it a clean and all seems well at the moment so will get a new sensor on monday,lets hope that's all it was, as going to be looking at the dash every 5 seconds now. could be the sensor has let oil into the mechanism giving false readings. would still be interested in finding out how to get all the engine readings on the trip display if anyone can point me in the right direction,cheers
Failing Oil Pressure??
fish4tea posted a topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale Clubwhilst driving home last night when approaching a roundabout the oil pressure light flickered on, stopped checked levels all ok,got home about 1/2mile away ok,this morning started it up all ok,as the oil warms up the light flickers on when engine is doing less than 1000rpm, 1000rpm and over it goes out, engine seems ok, no overheating, no nasty smells, oil seems to be getting to the top of the head ok, all sounds as it did quite sweet for a diesel,oil is 5-30 from ford does not have any nasty knocking from the big ends main bearings or rattly top end in fact it sounds nice and smooth so am wondering if its a oil pressure sender failing or has someone else got any better ideas did see somewhere that you can get the oil pressure up on the inst display somehow as the pressure seems to be dropping as the oil gets hotter and thinner
Flashing Glow Plug Light When Driven Hard
fish4tea replied to fish4tea's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale Clubwell it's still doing it but only in 5th gear,if I red line it in any gear other than 5th no problems,but if I just floor it in 5th to overtake some times it pops the glow light on and I have to turn off the engine and restart it and it's ok again,anyone near Lowestoft have the kit to read the codes as really object to using a Ford dealer as they generally are crap and greedy (John Grose are anyway)
2.0 Tdci Mpg?
fish4tea replied to wellzy's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale ClubI get about 45-47 round and about and 57-60 on a longer run on a tdci 130 5speed est, 192000mls now so just about run in then,he he
What's Missing From This Bit Of The Dash? (Picture)
fish4tea replied to danzman1991's topic in Ford Mondeo / Vignale Clubnothing i think, mines a ghia and got the same little storage hole
as the guy above says to move it would be one hell of a job so it must be there,try using anything like hazards indicators washer/wipers anything using a relay and should be able to hear them clicking,or (failing that short out the battery and see where the fire starts from,JOKE)
it might be on a drop down hinge, while since i had my mk1/2 put the lights on with the door open and ign on and follow the sound of the buzzer as the buzzer relay should be in the internal f/box


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It's been almost a decade since wine writer Jon Bonné left Seattle to become the San Francisco Chronicle's Wine Editor. He returns to the Northwest this weekend to celebrate the charms of his former homestate's wines as part of Taste Washington. During this weekend's festivities, he'll be a busy guy, hosting a wine tasting/talk at Picnic, at a Book Larder event, and participating on the panel of "An Old Vine's Tale," a seminar on Saturday morning. We asked him to tell us a little more about his thoughts on Washington wine, California wine (on which he quite literally wrote the book, wine pairings for seasonal local foods, and what to look for this weekend at Taste Washington.
Seattle Refined: Seattle's attitude has always veered away from spending large amounts of money on things that are seen as excessive or luxurious. That means the city lacks the kind of high-end restaurants you see in SF, NY, and LA. How do you think that affects the wine industryboth in terms of not having the Meadowoods, the Manresas, the Per Ses serving more expensive wines, and in the bottle-purchasing habits of people here?
Jon Bonné: I think the way Seattle views both spending and wine is exactly where the rest of the country is headed. That's not to say there's no place for expensive wines, or expensive restaurants. But one thing that became a part of my wine DNA when I lived in Seattle was that it was seamlessly integrated into culinary life. People were excited by and proud of Northwest wines. And those wines were priced to drink any night of the week. As wine culture has matured in the rest of the country, I think we'll begin to see other markets behave that way.
SR: What other differences do you see in wine attitudes between Washington and California?
JB: If anything, where California is right now -- or the subset that I'm defining as "the new California" -- is growing ever closer to the aesthetics of Seattle and the Northwest. People aren't interested in $200 Cabernet. They're interested in $25 Cabernet Franc that's meant to enjoy in the moment; they're interested in local wines on tap.
California, or at least San Francisco, has been accused of not supporting local wines. I don't think that's true; I think the market is embracing California wines that speak to them. It's ironic that Seattle was accused of the same behavior a few years ago, because I always adored how Seattleites could gracefully transition between local wine and imported wine without making a fuss. That's happening in California now, too.
If there's any difference, it is in that price resistance. I think the California industry had, and largely still has, an expectation that it can make expensive wine and that someone will buy it. Washington hasn't yet experienced that; I hope the industry there manages to skip that particular set of growing pains.
SR: What Washington varietal and California varietal do you think are poised to make the biggest difference in the next few years, respectively, and why?
JB: Who can say? I mean, who would have thought Moscato would become the new Pinot Grigio? I still think Grenache has great potential in both states. For California, there's also a great growth in fresh whites, from Albariño to Vermentino. And Chardonnay is coming back big time. And I do still think Franc is Washington's secret weapon.
SR: California was the original upstart, up against old world wines, followed by Washington--with a very different style of arriving on the scene, smaller, scrappier, even less respected. Now Washington is maturing rapidly. What opportunity do you see for Washington and what do winemakers need to do to establish (or cement) Washington as a top wine region?
JB: Washington had a very different upbringing. Its early industry relied far more on a handful of large wineries, making not a Gallo sort of wine but an affordable, everyday sort of wine. That created a reputation for quality, but not necessarily one for distinction.
What we've seen in every wine region is that a handful of small, obsessive producers push quality forward until it's world-class. I think Washington has that. But it also has some challenges -- including an even bigger barrier than California between many growers and producers. Some of that is literal: the Cascades make it a challenge for small producers to work next to the land.
I think California, at first, wanted to be Bordeaux. Now, at least in part, it wants to be Burgundy -- small, elite. Washington should aim for something different. Its charm has always been the accessibility and small scale of its wineries.
SR: You've talked a lot about how the money and the quest for more hurt the California wine industry, how do you see that playing out in Washington? Will they hit the same struggles? Or perhaps different ones?
JB: Well, that could be an inevitable part of growing pains. All regions face tough questions about ambitions and growth. When I left Washington in 2005, people were already worried about land costs in Red Mountain becoming unsustainable.
What I think will make a difference is how much the focus remains on the wine. Napa made a choice during the 1990s that it wanted to be about luxury, not specifically wine. Now it's returning to focus on wine and artisanship, but the built-in costs make that difficult. The more focus there is on wine that people can actually drink, the more likely Washington is to avoid the economic traps that California has faced.
SR: Okay, enough rivalry. Let's talk getting along: food and wine! Specifically, the foods of Seattle. Right now we're coming into bountiful spring: seafood, spring greens, wild mushrooms. What are some of your favorite wines for this season here in Washington?
JB: Semillon! There's no better time than when green garlic and asparagus and favas hit the markets.
SR: What other local foods in Washington do you love to pair with local wines?
JB: When spring lamb arrives, it's definitely time for Franc and for Syrah. The acidity that's available in Washington reds really commends them to that meat.
SR: What do you look for in a wine to choose it as great for pairing with food? And which Washington winemakers do the best job of capturing those attributes?
JB: It needs to have depth, of course, but it needs freshness. Nothing's more important. Naming names is always a tricky business, but I will say I've long been entranced with Cadence's wines, and of course Gramercy Cellars as well. I've lately been obsessed with wines from the Gorge; a bottle from Domaine Pouillon that I had a couple years ago still haunts me. And the Analemma wines shot right into my Top 100 last year. But there are many, many others.
SR: Finally, what wines are you most looking forward to tasting at the Taste Washington event this weekend?
JB: A gentleman never tells! But I will be looking forward to checking on the status of things from the Gorge, as well as what's new from Chelan and western Yakima. There are a lot of wines we don't see down in California as often as I'd like, so this is a chance to revisit some terroir that I'm very fond of.


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GLENDALE, Ariz. – Manny Hermosillo from San Diego, one of the acting coaches at last weekend's Perfect Game National Underclass Showcase-Session 1, needed to get his big first baseman and right-handed pitcher's attention, so he called out in a way he knew would create minimal confusion.
"Hey, New York!" Hermosillo shouted in the direction of Ryan Coulon, a 6-foot-4, 225-pound St. Anthony's High School junior from Lindenhurst, N.Y., a village located on the southern shore of Long Island. "Hey, New Yorker, here you go," Hermosillo yelled while tossing Coulon the brilliant white PG game ball. "It's your turn today."
A smile crossed Coulon's face as he snagged the baseball bare-handed. "The atmosphere here is great," he said a few minutes later. "Everybody's nice, everyone's accepting of you for who you are."
More than 110 prospects from the high school graduating classes of 2015, 2016 and 2017 were in attendance at the PG National Underclass Showcase-Session 1, which ran simultaneously with the PG West Uncommitted Showcase Dec. 7-8 at the Camelback Ranch spring training complex here in Phoenix's west suburbs.
They came from 14 states – primarily California, Arizona and Texas – and Ontario and Alberta, Canada, but Coulon was the only one that came from the Northeast or from the East Coast, for that matter.
"I wanted to get seen out here on the West Coast," said Coulon, who has not yet committed to a college. "I want to get my name out across the country, and not just on the East Coast where I live. I think this can be very beneficial because there are more opportunities out here for a player."
Coulon may have been out of his geographical region at a showcase held more than 2,400 miles from his New York home, but he wasn't out of his league. He has been playing with the New York Steelheads – an East Coast travel ball organization headed by director of baseball operations Brad Jackson, director of player development Joe Francisco and general manager Hector Aristy – since his sophomore year in high school, and had visited other parts of the country and been around other top prospects.
"We've been traveling a lot – I've been with them for a year-and-a-half now, and it's been real good exposure," Coulon said of the Steelheads experience.
He enjoyed his first taste of Perfect Game tournament action with the Steelheads at the 16u PG BCS Finals June 27-July 3 in Fort Myers, Fla., and was named to the all-tournament team after going 7-for-13 (.538) with four doubles, a home run, seven RBI and four runs scored, with a whopping 1.702 OPS. That performance started the proverbial boulder rolling down the side of the mountain.
"We started with Perfect Game a little late, with that tournament down in Florida (the PG BCS Finals)," Ryan's father, Mike Coulon said last weekend. "He's a power-hitter and he's so strong, (PG officials) were saying, 'We don't have you on our bank (database). Ryan, we have to get you in our bank; you've got to come to these showcases.'"
Coulon accepted an invitation to perform at the Mid-Atlantic Underclass Showcase in Hamilton Township, N.J., Aug. 24-25, and continued to impress. He was named to the event's Top Prospect List and Top Prospect Team, with a PG scout indentifying Coulon as "one of the event's strongest hitters" who "showed an ability to drive the ball to the opposite field and make consistent contact to his pull side."
The New Jersey showcase was more of a regional event, a fact that Coulon and his dad, Mike, were fully aware of. They both thought it was important that Ryan attend a national underclass showcase, and while they considered the PG National Underclass Showcase-Session 3 in Fort Myers, Fla., early next month, they decided to head to the desert instead just to get a jump on things.
"It was very important for Ryan to be here this weekend," Mike said. "His goal is to play (NCAA) Division I baseball. He's got the size (and) he's got the strength, so we wanted to come down to a national event."
Coulon continued to perform well at the National Under-Session 1. After his batting practice session, a PG scout noted that Coulon has "good hitting mechanics for a big power hitter" and has "good bat speed and the ability to drive the ball deep."
"I felt really good," he said of his BP session. "I was driving the ball to right field as well as to my pull (left field) side; the pitches were there and I just went with them. I feel like I've progressed a lot. I've hit the weight room and I'm happy with where I'm at right now."
He also threw 79 mph from first to third base during the workout session, the second highest first baseman velocity recorded at the event.
Simply judging by his size, it would be easy to assume that Coulon is also a football and/or basketball player, but he gave up football his freshman year in high school and quit playing basketball as an eighth-grader.
"I found out baseball was the sport I wanted to play and I have a passion and a love for the game," he said. "I like going into the last inning and being the hero … like getting the base hit or getting the home run to win the game," he said. That passion is evident when he's in his element at PG showcases and tournaments.
"He shines during these events. He loves hard baseball," Mike said. "Unfortunately, a lot of the pitching up in New York is getting watered down because there are so many travel teams and it's hard to really play up with talented kids; Perfect Game is great for providing that. He plays up to the competition … and that's what you get here; that's the positive."
Coulon has already started looking ahead to the spring and the summer. St. Anthony's has a policy that forbids freshmen and sophomores from playing up on the varsity squad so he will be playing his first year of varsity baseball this spring.
He said his plans for next summer include playing in a lot more tournaments with the Steelheads while also attending as many college camps as he's able to. A combination of PG tournaments and college camps should go a long way toward removing that "uncommitted" tag from his PG Player Profile page.
Mike Coulon will support his son all the way, whether that involves lessons or further showcase commitments or even traveling to places where someone can shout "Hey, New York!" and everyone knows who they're yelling at.
Both father and son know that Ryan has to work on his speed and footwork around first base, while also adding muscle to even further enhance that "power hitter" tag, but they seem willing to put in the work.
"In ninth grade he played basketball, football and baseball and he decided, that's it, I want to play baseball," Mike recalled. "I was a little upset because I enjoyed watching him play football – he's a big kid, he was a defensive end. … But he's following his dream, which is always the best thing, and I'll give him every chance that I can."


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The 2012 Audit Report revealed that only one out of the four waste incinerators is up and running.
PETALING JAYA: Audit findings revealed today that the overall management of waste incinerators by the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry are not satisfactory.
Out of the four projects, only one is in operation. Another two projects have been completed but not in operation yet, while the fourth was still under construction.
Under the Ninth and Tenth Malaysia Plan, a total of RM199.09 million ut of the RM337.45 million allocated by the Federal Government was spent on the construction of the incinerators.
The ministry built incinerators using the combustion technology proposed by XCN Technology Sdn Bhd in Pulau Langkawi, Pulau Pangkor, Cameron Highlands and Pulau Tioman.
The audit finding proved that the all the incinerators were not completed during the scheduled period and only one was ready within the extended deadline.
Another two incinerators were completed between 46 days and 104 days after the extended deadline while one is still under construction.
Even the Pangkor incinerator could not operate at the set temperature range and is inefficient.
There were also flaws in the documents on the plant operation and maintenance contract.
The report also revealed that there were design flaws resulting in the incinerator not operating at optimal level.
Bad management was also due to non-compliance of the Enviromental Impact Assesment (EIA), Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Factories and Machinery Act.
The National Audit Department advised the ministry to provide an effective management of solid waste.
The audit also recommended raising public awareness on the importance of separation of solid waste.
The ministry was urged to improve the solid waste treatment so that autogenous combustion could be achieved in a more efficient manner.


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The aqua line travels the ebb and flow of his 53-day spiritual sensitivity cycle. When the aqua line is at the top of the chart Harold Budd is very in tune with his spiritual self. At these times Harold may reach new heights religiously or experience intense mystical experiences. During periods when the aqua line is near the bottom of the chart Budd is not particularly in sync with the spiritual side of life.
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The lack of clear public understanding about the role of the armed forces represents one of the greatest strategic threats facing the military, MPs have warned.
The Commons Defence Committee said the ending of military operations in Afghanistan combined with a reduced appetite for overseas interventions could lead the public questioning the purpose of the forces.
It expressed concern that defence would be increasingly seen as a matter of "discretionary spending" and warned that any further cuts would result in a "disproportionate decline" in the forces' fighting power.
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It was essential, it said, that future decisions relating to Britain's ability to deploy forces around the world were based on proper strategic thinking and not simply the political "horse-trading" which accompanies the Government's comprehensive spending review process. The committee called on ministers to develop a proactive communications strategy to bridge the "disconnect" with the public and explain why military force was still needed.
It said: "Explaining the case for defence to the public only becomes harder in the light of public scepticism about both the objectives of recent operations and how success in them might be defined. There is a lack of understanding amongst the public of what HM Armed Forces should be for, and this represents one of the greatest strategic threats facing the armed forces.
"Public sympathy and support is to be welcomed, but it must not obscure or undermine a hard-headed understanding of what they are for."


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Asymptotic power comparison of three tests in GMANOVA when the number of observed points is large
This paper is concerned with the testing problem of generalized multivariate linear hypothesis for the mean in the growth curve model(GMANOVA). Our interest is the case in which the number of the observed points p is relatively large compared to the sample size N. Asymptotic expansions of the non-null distributions of the likelihood ratio criterion, Lawley–Hotelling's trace criterion and Bartlett–Nanda–Pillai's trace criterion are derived under the asymptotic framework that N and p go to infinity together, while p/N→c∈(0,1). It also can be confirmed that Rothenberg's condition on the magnitude of the asymptotic powers of the three tests is valid when p is relatively large, theoretically and numerically.
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OLYMPIA — Former state Sen. Dave Schmidt ended his dispute with the state Public Disclosure Commission Thursday by agreeing to a $10,000 fine to settle allegations he improperly pocketed tens of thousands of dollars following his unsuccessful 2006 re-election campaign.
Schmidt will have a year to pay the penalty arising from charges he improperly reimbursed himself $32,260 in unspent donations for wages he claims to have lost while serving in the Senate from 2003-06.
Under a stipulated agreement approved by commissioners Thursday, the ex-lawmaker also acknowledged using campaign funds for personal use when he spent $755.20 on airline tickets to Arizona for himself and a campaign worker after the election.
The case, stemming from a complaint filed in 2010, was headed to the Attorney General's Office — where a much larger fine could have been levied — until Schmidt and PDC staff struck the deal.
A defiant Schmidt told commissioners in a hearing that he felt his actions fell within the boundaries of state law governing use of donations.
"There is no question I lost money campaigning," said Schmidt, who participated in the meeting on the phone rather than drive from his Edmonds residence. "If I didn't sign (the stipulation), it would go to the attorney general and I would need to hire an attorney and I can't afford it.
"Bottom line, it was the lesser of two evils," he said.
Schmidt, a moderate Republican, won a seat in the state House of Representatives in 1994. He served four terms before capturing the Senate seat serving Snohomish, Lake Stevens and Mill Creek in 2002.
Four years later, he lost re-election to Democrat Steve Hobbs. In 2010, the two met in a rematch and he lost again.
In the 2006 campaign, Schmidt raised $193,999 and had $32,260 left over at the end.
But Schmidt did not file reports detailing what he did with that money until the 2010 campaign was under way. Those reports revealed he kept the unspent money as compensation for earnings he said he lost when he missed training and other duties as a member of the National Guard because of the campaign.
A national veterans group that backed Hobbs filed a complaint with the PDC challenging the legitimacy of Schmidt's use of the donations.
State election laws do allow candidates to reimburse themselves for expenses such as gasoline if its use is directly related to the campaign.
Phil Stutzman, director of compliance for the PDC, said Schmidt "was unable to provide any actual evidence" of campaigning on the specific dates for which he claimed reimbursement.
He said it appeared Schmidt realized after his loss in 2006 that he would be unemployed so he went back and found dates for training from 2003-06 and tallied them up as lost wages.
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So, I came to the startling realization that I only remember to write after already finishing a game, and it might be slightly more interesting to read about what will be done than what has been done. That in mind, I figured I might make a concious effort to post what I am working on in the present tense than the past tense.
So, what I started working on a few days ago is a fairly simple game, but with likely much higher art requirements than what is usual for me. Luckily, a Ludum Dare is this month, effectively giving me two months to work on this game and still be good for the One Game A Month challenge.
In the game, you are one of a few survivors of an aggresive alien invasion. While in hiding you build a cannon to launch a projectile at the alien ships overhead. Since a direct confrontation would be laughably one sided, you set it up with a remote control. You have one shot to cause as much destruction as possible.
I am going to try to have at least 4 different ships to give some variety and color to the scene. There will also be upgrades you can add to your cannon between attempts to maximize your destructive potential. I will probably also add some sort of graphic on the top so the text isn't just floating around where the flying ship parts can make them hard to read.
There is a slight possibility I have laughed maniacally at least once while watching the chain explosions going off.
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2014-08-24 11:14:31
Hi there, Popped by to here to say : I like your games, specially Fly Stomper and Fire everywhere gj! :)
But please remember we don't all have qwerty keyboards.. hand position was too uncomfortable to play your last submission. :(
Just saying.. so maybe like this I could play all your future games :p
Sorry about that, I've made some alias keys to hopefully make the controls more comfortable. I'll be uploading the new version in a few minutes. What key combinations are more comfortable on the style keyboard you have?
2014-08-25 04:03:33
Hey cool! Thanks! :D
I wish that more game devs get to consider this problem.
Europe here, so I use QWERTZ.
Wikipedia says:
"The QWERTZ keyboard is a widely used computer and typewriter keyboard layout that is mostly used in Central Europe. The main difference between it and QWERTY is that Y and Z are swapped..."
So you probably miss out on many players, I've noticed I'm not the only one complaining. ^^'
Some use 'A, S, D' but this could be bit annoying for those using AZERTY. Though not as much as QWERTY/QWERTZ as the 'A' is still typed with the same finger.
'H, J, K, L' keys seem to be similar on 3 most widely used keyboard layouts. (qwerty, qwertz, azerty) but I've come across games that work for all keyboard layouts:
Games that have assigned keys to the physical location instead of the letter. Meaning.. 'Z' (QWERTY ) , Y' (QWERTZ) and 'W' (AZERTY ) are located at the same place, so the game assigned the key to that spot whatever letter it types.
Might be worth looking in to that? ^^'
Thanks again and keep up the good work! :)


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About one in 20 adults in America is not literate in English, meaning 11 million people lack the skills to handle many everyday tasks, a federal study shows.
From 1992 to 2003, adults made no progress in their ability to read sentences and paragraphs or understand other printed material, such as bus schedules or prescription labels.
The adult population did make gains in handling tasks that involve math, such as calculating numbers on tax forms or bank statements. But even in that area, the typical adult showed only enough skills to perform simple, daily activities. Perhaps most sobering was that adult literacy dropped or was flat across every level of education, from people with graduate degrees to those who dropped out of high school.
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AUSTIN - Rep. Tom DeLay's attorneys filed a subpoena Thursday seeking the testimony of grand jurors, including those who indicted the former House majority leader and those who rejected charges.
DeLay's legal team wants to prove prosecutorial misconduct by District Attorney Ronnie Earle, who they say "shopped around" the case against DeLay to three different grand juries before finding one that would indict DeLay on money laundering and conspiracy charges.
State law prohibits prosecutors from attending grand jury deliberations, but the defense alleges that Earle unlawfully participated in the second grand jury's deliberations and tried to force those grand jurors to indict DeLay. Earle denies the allegations.
Grand jury testimony is secret and Earle does not have to release transcripts unless he's ordered to by a court, so the defense has asked Senior Judge Pat Priest to allow the grand jurors to testify.
NASA plans to remove foam on shuttle's tank
NASA plans to change the space shuttle's external fuel tank again, this time removing a troublesome section of protective foam that broke off during the launch of Discovery last July, the space agency said Thursday.
The removal of more foam from the tank and further testing to find the root cause of cracks in the foam could lead to a longer delay until the next shuttle flight, tentatively set for May. But NASA official Bill Gerstenmaier, who is leading the investigation into the foam loss, said that's not necessarily the case. The targeted foam section protects a cable tray that runs along the tank. "We think that's the best thing to do, just take it off," Gerstenmaier said.
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THE Treasury is preparing to name and shame government departments that wastefully overspend in a bid to slash budgets.
The worst offenders will be highlighted in a fraught review in which the Treasury is demanding cuts of up to £14billion across all government budgets – apart from health, schools and international development, which are all protected.
Cabinet ministers are said to have angered the Prime Minister by brazenly attempting to safeguard spending in their own departments.
In particular, Mr Cameron is said to have been especially annoyed with the Ministry of Defence's attempt to "offload" some of its costs on to the aid budget, which is ring-fenced.
Now, according to insiders, Treasury officials have drawn up examples of absurd spending decisions in a bid to embarrass ministers into making deeper cuts.
Defra is also highlighted for spending £4.7million last year on advertising food – including £140,000 on "Bacon Connoisseurs Week".
Examples of unnecessary spending include the £90million a year that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pays in fines to the European Commission for incorrect payments made to farmers and others under the Common Agricultural Policy.
Defra is also highlighted for spending £4.7million last year on advertising food – including £140,000 on "Bacon Connoisseurs Week".
Defra claims to have cut errors leading to fines and said that the bacon week was funded by private money, not taxpayers.
Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has started the latest spending review by demanding that most departments cut 10 per cent from their spending, though the March Budget outlined cuts of eight per cent.


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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA, January 16, 2009 - The Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA) has presented Victoria Ruff with its 2008 Volunteer of the Year Award at the "Lewy Body Dementia Educational Presentation" at Sherrill House, home to LBDA's local Boston support group. The evening included an Alzheimer's vs. Lewy Body Dementia lecture by Dr. Stephen Gomperts, Massachusetts General Hospital, and a book signing/discussion with Dr. Thomas Graboys, author of Life in the Balance: a Physician's Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia.
The award, one of LBDA's highest honors, is presented annually to a volunteer who demonstrated innovation and dedication in building awareness about Lewy body dementias, who enhanced the efficiency of LBDA, and who exceeded LBDA's expectations in their role as a volunteer. Individuals are nominated for this award by their fellow LBDA volunteers and the winner is selected by LBDA's Board of Directors each fall in Atlanta, GA.
"Victoria has been a volunteer with LBDA since 2006. She began her volunteer work after the passing of her mother, who had LBD. Within two years the support group she started had more than 60 members. Victoria is also responsible for engaging participants to increase awareness about Lewy body dementia through participation in the Boston area annual Memory Walk and through delivering LBDA materials to local doctor's offices and nursing homes," said LBDA CEO Kim Mitchell.
"Receiving this award is very meaningful. After the passing of my mother, I had all this knowledge about Lewy body dementia that I didn't want to just fall through the cracks. I chose to continue the fight because there was so little information out there. I felt that if I could just help one caregiver and/or family from going through what we went through during my mom's journey, it would make it all worthwhile," said Ms. Ruff.
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According to the IDC (Premier Global Marketing Survey Company)Internet users spend an average of 32.7 hours online each week. That's close to half the time they spend on any media (70.6 hours), twice the time they spend watching TV (16.4 hours) and close to eight times as much time as they spend reading magazines and newspapers (3.9 hours). The two fastest growing categories are video and social media (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Wikipedia, Blogs, YouTube, etc).
Clearly, attention is shifting on-line for all of our social and business needs.
Abrams Research recently asked over 200 social media leaders at the Social Media Week 2009 conference, what social media site would you recommend your business to pay for
(if they had to)? Twitter beat Facebook by more than two to one. Why? One of the most typical responses was, " It is the quickest way I've seen to spread information virally to a wide scope of people attached in a lot of random ways."
So, what is Twitter?
Twitter is a free social messaging utility for staying connected in real-time and is one of the fastest growing communities online. It allows people to send public or private messages in 140 characters or less via the web or mobile phone. Think of it as a Facebook status update on steroids. The idea is to sign up and find people that you want to follow. Once you follow them, you receive updates minute by minute on whatever they "tweet". A "tweet" is a 140 character or less statement or link to information.
For instance, I follow people that are relevant to my business. By sharing quick bits of information, I can stay connected to them, know their interests and appeal to them for my professional or personal needs. The key is to "tweet" about relevant topics. No one cares if you are having coffee (unless of course you own a coffee business and are sharing your favorite brew). As a Twitter courtesy, if you follow someone they usually follow you back so, get out there and start following and watch your site grow! Think about this. If you send out one "tweet" that directs your followers to relevant news about your business, which directs them to you or your website- you can reach thousands of Twitter followers by the minute.
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text: Hello, On wii's rayman raving rabbids the first edition I don't have time to complete story mode and was hoping if anybody here new of a way to get access to all games in score mode. Maybe I could download somebody elses profile and place it on my wii or perhaps something else will work. Don't know if it is possible. Thanks