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HAVANA - Fidel Castro spent nearly five decades railing against even the tiniest of capitalist reforms in the Western Hemisphere's last communist country.
Some Cubans are hoping his brother, Raul, would embrace free markets and more if he becomes president Sunday - perhaps moving Cuba to something more like Vietnam or China, which also have communist leaders who control all things political, but let markets largely rule their economies.
"China is a communist country but the people are free to earn a lot and buy cars, cell phones," said Alberto, who rolls cigars in a government factory for $15 a month. "Why can't Cuban communism be like that?"
The answer could start to emerge Sunday when Cuba's parliament meets to choose new leaders. While Raul Castro is likely to be named president, the choices for 30 other lawmakers on the Council of State, including his No. 2, could indicate how far the island's supreme governing body is willing to go toward opening the economy.
Fidel, 81 and ailing, took himself out of the running Tuesday for the top spot but may continue to wield enough power as Communist Party chief to stifle any major changes.
Raul, 76, has already tantalized many reform-seekers while serving as acting president for 19 months. He has urged unspecified "structural changes" in Cuba's communist system, acknowledged that state salaries don't meet basic needs, and called on Cubans to complain openly when government control of the economy flounders - although, so far, there have been few changes beyond better pay for farmers and increased food production.
And as defense minister, Raul put Cuba's military at the forefront of the economy, as he and other top military officers assumed control of such key sectors as electronics imports, cigar exports, and tourism.
"There could be a new perspective with Raul, new freedoms that are exciting to some," said Sergio, a 47-year-old government factory worker.
Like others interviewed, he was afraid that having his full name appear in the foreign press could lead to harassment by supervisors at work, or even political repercussions. Raul Castro has called for an increased tolerance of public criticism, but many are still afraid to openly speak their minds.
The Cuban government provides free housing, education and health care, and ration cards help cover the costs of basic food. Few Cubans want to part with those benefits and fully embrace U.S.-style capitalism, although many are hoping the new government could accept tweaks to the system and enough small economic opportunities to allow for small quality-of-life improvements.
"No one dies of hunger in Cuba, but the system of everyone equal, prisoners the same as students, the same as doctors - it doesn't work," said Evelyn, a 24-year-old student. "People who work hard deserve to be paid well."
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An old picture of a footballer dubbed the "one-armed wonder" will be hung in a bar close to where he was shot dead by loyalists more than 40 years ago.
A state-of-the-art Orange hall has opened in Co Armagh, heralding the late Grand Secretary Drew Nelson's desire to shift the Order towards greater community outreach.
Organisers of the Eastside Awards - which celebrate the best of east Belfast - have extended the deadline for entries.
A notorious murderer is once again walking the streets of Belfast after being released on licence.
Paramilitary-style shootings have doubled over the past year, the PSNI has revealed.
Patricia O'Neill, the mother of Northern Ireland international football manager Michael O'Neill, has died after a long illness, the Belfast Telegraph has learned.
Nearly one in five fatal accidents on Northern Ireland's roads is caused by speed.
The leadership of dissident republican party Saoradh say they hope Brexit is "as hard as hell" and they are backing the move because it will "quicken the end of one of the most repulsive and destructive nations that has ever existed".
Two men are being questioned after police seized drugs worth an estimated £70,000.
A Newtownabbey Presbyterian congregation which had its church buildings almost totally destroyed by arsonists 15 years ago celebrated its 150th anniversary yesterday with a Victorian Lamplight Service.
The DUP has slammed the shadow chancellor after he said a customs union between Northern Ireland and the Republic must survive Brexit for the good of the economy.
A fire breather who turned into a human fireball on the streets of Belfast has said he won't be put off performing his daring act.
Households are more than £800 a year worse off as a result of Brexit, an economic study has found.
A man has died following a crash involving his bicycle and a transit van on the Glenshane Road in Co Londonderry on Thursday.
The devastated parents of a 12-year-old Mayobridge girl who lost her life after the beach buggy she was travelling in collided with another vehicle have said she was their "shining light".
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Why is that when i flash a kernel on a compatible rom it boots to the samsung note 2 logo for a few seconds then it just sits there black?, no progress is ever made, only sitting there black. when i decide to restore to the fresh nandroid backup i made before the kernel flash it always corrupts it somehow and i cant restore to it, always gives me an error at the restoring data part . Its for the tmobile note 2; please and thanks for the help
I currently am running slimkat rom 4.4.2 on my note 2(tmo), when I flashed Perseus kernel on my phone I was using a regular debloated 4.3 rom but still went black. I have CWM, when I flashed everything was good(booting up never past the black screen) when I went to recover back to my fresh backup it starts off good but when I gets to recovering data it sits there for a few minutes and then it gives me an error "error recovering from backup". I wish I had more to say but I'm writing this from my phone
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BOSTON (CBS) – A hearing was held Wednesday on a proposed expansion of the bottle bill. Supporters held a rally to push for its passage.
The proposal would add a nickel deposit to more drink bottles like water and sports drinks.
About a hundred or so people gathered in front the State House to hear from those who support the updated bill.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Ben Parker reports
Jim Hunt, Chief of Environment and Energy for the city of Boston, says Mayor Menino backs the expanded plan, and not having a deposit on some bottles makes a mess of the city.
Nearly 200 cities and towns have passed resolutions supporting an updated bottle bill.
Supporters say it will save up to seven million dollars for communities on litter cleanup and disposal if passed.


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Issue No. 03 - May (1982 vol. 8)
pp: 250-269
P. Zave , Bell Laboratories
The approach to requirements specification for embedded systems described in this paper is called "operational" because a requirements specification is an executable model of the proposed system interacting with its environment. The approach is embodied by the language PAISLey, which is motivated and defined herein. Embedded systems are characterized by asynchronous parallelism, even at the requirements level; PAISLey specifications are constructed by interacting processes so that this can be represented directly. Embedded systems are also characterized by urgent performance requirements, and PAISLey offers a formal, but intuitive, treatment of performance.
system design and specification, Applicative programming, distributed processing, embedded (real-time) systems, requirements analysis and specification, simulation models
P. Zave, "An Operational Approach to Requirements Specification for Embedded Systems", IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 8, no. , pp. 250-269, May 1982, doi:10.1109/TSE.1982.235254


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Yes mostly over my kids but if we are out and some girl hits on dh I make sure she knows hes mine. He finds it cute but I hate it that I feel that way.
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come between me and my family and the mamabear comes out :D
I am protective....not over protective. Mess with my husband and sons (even though they are adults) and you will have a serious bitch to deal with. I would fight to the death for them all.
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A former vice chairman of Enron Energy Services, White faced enemy fire last week for his push last year to privatize energy utilities that supply the armed forces. The activist group Public Citizen accused White of making decisions favorable to Enron soon after he officially joined the Bush Administration last June. Previously, White drew attention for his Enron holdings, more than 400,000 shares--by far the largest among Bush Administration officials--which he sold between June and October for an estimated profit of more than $12 million. In those months, he says he had 30 strictly personal calls or meetings with Enron employees.
SHERRON WATKINS Enron vice president
Corporate-development executives make the unlikeliest folk heroes. But Watkins wrote the prescient Aug. 15 memo to Lay that predicted Enron could "implode in a wave of accounting scandals"--a line that is already a well-worn mantra among Enron's victims.
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Thames finding his way with Mariners
Thames finding his way with Mariners
With the Orioles southpaw Zach Britton starting on Tuesday, the left-handed Thames wasn't in the lineup for the first time since his first day with the Mariners on July 31. The 25-year-old has hit .222 (4-for-18) with a home run and two RBIs in his first five games.
"New team, back in the show, so it is a matter of getting into a routine again," Thames said. "It's a lot different here, but it feels good."
Thames has played both left and right field for manager Eric Wedge, while hitting eighth in the order. The Mariners figure to use the final two months of this season to see what they've got in the powerful youngster, acquired for reliever Steve Delabar.
"I still want to really watch him some more before I say anything about him," Wedge said. "There are some things to like there. You like his bat speed, he's got some thump. He's been bouncing around the outfield OK. He's a good kid, strong, so I just want to keep watching him play and give him some opportunity here."
Thames spent parts of the past two seasons with Toronto, and was hitting .330 with a .935 OPS in 54 games with Triple-A Las Vegas at the time of the trade. Readjusting to big league pitching is part of his challenge now.
"Of course, the pitching down there and up here is night-and-day different," Thames said. "Getting used to the strike zone and that stuff is different, but once you start getting the at-bats and reps -- I don't want to say it gets easier, because it's never easy -- but it gets more normal.
""I'm still tinkering a little. The eyes and hands aren't in sync quite yet, but it'll all come together soon."
As for his initial impression of the Mariners?
"This is a good group of young guys that want to play hard and win," Thames said. "I love this team just because it's not about individual results, but team results. We do have some veterans helping out, but it's good to be part of an up-and-coming young group where everybody is still developing."


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Lester blow for Forest
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Nottingham Forest striker Jack Lester has been ruled out for the rest of the season.Nottingham Forest striker Jack Lester has been ruled out for the rest of the season, just a fortnight after returning to The City Ground.
Lester completed his switch back to Forest from Sheffield United at the end of last month, and became an instant hero with the winner against Queens Park Rangers.
But he was stretchered off early in the second half of his third appearance for the club against Derby County on Saturday.
Scans have shown the 29-year-old has damaged his cruciate ligament and will miss the club's battle to stay in The Championship.
Under-fire Forest boss Joe Kinnear cursed the timing of the injury, particularly after Lester's fine start to the second chapter in his City Ground career.
"It's a terrible blow, most of all for the lad but for the club as well," Kinnear told the club's official website.
"He had settled straight back in after returning to The City Ground from Sheffield United and made the kind of impact we hoped he would. Then this happens.
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Beckham out for six weeks with Achilles injury
David Beckham faces a fight to be fit for the start of the season after being ruled out for six weeks.
Beckham, who has stepped down as England captain, had scans on his injured knee and ankle on Sunday.
The Real Madrid midfielder limped out of Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against Portugal in the second-half.
The scans showed a tear in his right Achilles tendon and a small 'lesion' in the ligaments of his left knee.
A spokesman for Beckham confirmed the England star will undergo a second scan on the injuries with the Real Madrid club doctors present.
Beckham, 31, said: 'I twisted my knee in the first-half and then I went up for a header in the first five minutes of the second-half and the player landed on my Achilles.'
He had planned to have three weeks' rest before returning to pre-season training with Real but the injuries could change his schedule.
Six weeks means he would not be in action until August 12, just four days before Steve McClaren's first match as England manager.
McClaren starts his reign with a friendly against Greece at Old Trafford on August 16.
He must name a new England captain after Beckham's decision to retire from the role, with Chelsea skipper John Terry the favourite to take over.
Beckham remains determined not to end his international playing career yet.
He has 94 caps and would love to achieve his century and be part of McClaren's plans for Euro 2008.
England's first Euro 2008 qualifier is at home to Andorra on September 2.


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GAVIN BRENNAN'S second-half winner gave Drogheda United a slight advantage ahead of next week's return game.
Drogheda's early dominance was rewarded on eight minutes when Ryan Brennan fired past James McArdle from 12 yards after a mis-hit Stephen Quigley effort rolled into his path, and just five further minutes had elapsed when Gary O'Neill laid off to Paul O'Conor, whose first-time shot flew into the bottom corner of the Portadown net.
On 25 minutes the visitors pulled a goal back with an Aaron Burns header. And with half-time imminent, Ports' captain Kevin Braniff curled a brilliant 25-yard shot in off the bar to restore parity.
The early stages of the second half were edgy, but the Drogs edged ahead on the hour mark when Ryan Brennan teed up brother Gavin, who stroked the ball home from just inside the box.
DROGHEDA UNITED – Schlingermann; Quigley, Byrne, Prendergast, Grimes; R Brennan, O'Conor, Foley; Brady (Rusk 65), O'Neill (O'Brien 70), G Brennan.
PORTADOWN – McArdle; Andrew Burns, Ramsey, Breen, Redman; Murray, Mackle (Mouncey 65), Rooney (McCafferty 65), Aaron Burns; Braniff, Twigg.
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On Monday night we caught up with Stephen Strasburg, the Nationals right-hander at heart of so much debate and attention last season because of his shutdown. In the offseason before his first unrestricted season in the major leagues, Strasburg has been keeping busy. He has golfed (and watched some, too), started throwing bullpen sessions, rested, built up his body strength and hosted his third annual charity 5K run to benefit his former university's baseball program.
Over the winter, Strasburg, 24, watched as the Nationals bolstered their World Series hopes by trading for the leadoff hitter they long sought (Denard Span), added a power closer to the back of the bullpen (Rafael Soriano) and a veteran workhorse to the starting rotation (Dan Haren).
Strasburg is particularly interested in working alongside Haren, a fellow right-hander who, even as his velocity diminished slightly with age, was a highly effective pitcher. In essence, Haren, 32, can help Strasburg master the art of pitching.
"I think I can learn a lot from him, especially the way he pitches and his repertoire," Strasburg said. "He definitely has nasty stuff. I know he throws that splitter, but I think I can really learn from how he uses his splitter because my change-up is more that type of pitch than a conventional change-up."
Strasburg said his body is stronger and more mature, and his arm feels good. After Christmas, he started playing catch again. He threw his first bullpen session Friday and the second Monday, his close friend and college battery mate Erik Castro catching.
Castro, in the Houston Astros organization, and Strasburg meet at San Diego State for their workouts. Strasburg does his yoga in the morning, throws with Castro at noon and then does his conditioning. At the college, they run into other major leaguers, some Southern California natives, such as former teammate Xavier Nady, Adam Jones of the Orioles, and Aaron Harang or Brandon League of the Dogders.
Strasburg is excited for next season not just because of his own opportunities but because he understands that the rest of teammates and him are drive by the Nationals gut-wrenching loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the National League Division Series. That heart break, Strasburg argued, may turn out to be a blessing.
"The biggest thing is that we're not satisfied," he said. "Strange as it may sound, I think we got the right amount of exposure to the playoffs. And it would be one thing if we ran through it and it came easy to us. Unfortunately it didn't, and that's only going to make us stronger in the long run."
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12/23: April's tri-cycle
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12/25: Fowler steals five
12/26: Werth runs wild
12/27: Rallying Tribe
12/28: Stetter's mark
12/29: Hanrahan's odd win
12/30: Mets bear Brunt
12/31: Nolasco's 16K gem
After all, eight different players hit for the cycle in 2009 to match the record for cycles in a season set all the way back in 1933.
The trend was never more evident early in the year when it showed up in unusual circumstances, as three players hit for the cycle in a five-day span in just the second week of the season.
The Dodgers' Orlando Hudson did it first on April 13 and was followed by the Rangers' Ian Kinsler, who did it just two days later, and the Twins' Jason Kubel, who pulled it off just two days after Kinsler.
Interestingly enough, however, it didn't set the record as three players also accomplished the feat in a five-day span in 2008 when Adrian Beltre and Stephen Drew hit for the cycle on the same day, just four days after Cristian Guzman did the trick.
But while based on recent history hitting for the cycle might appear almost common the last few years -- there have been 16 players who have achieved the feat over the last three seasons -- it's undoubtedly rare as it has been accomplished 288 times dating back to 1882, which works out to about two to three cycles hit per season.
So if you look at it that way, three cycles happening within five days of each other in back-to-back seasons is truly remarkable.
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It was Hudson who first hit for the cycle in 2009 and he didn't waste any time as his cycle came in his first game in Los Angeles on April 13.
It actually marked the first time a Dodgers player had hit for the cycle at Dodger Stadium in its 47-year existence while Hudson also became the first Dodgers player to do it since Wes Parker accomplished the feat in 1970.
The cycle was even more impressive considering future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson started the game on the mound for the Giants and Hudson homered, doubled and singled against him.
But Hudson didn't even realize he had hit for the cycle when he slid into third base for a triple in the sixth inning against reliever Brandon Medders and had to be alerted by his teammates and the fans, who cheered wildly.
"I was like, 'Congratulations for what?'" Hudson said after the game. "I had no idea what was going on. And then I realized it was the cycle. I was wondering why they were cheering for me like that."
So while Hudson couldn't have predicted his amazing day and didn't even realize what he had done, no one could have seen what was coming in the next four days with two more players hitting for the cycle.
Next up was Kinsler, who did the trick on the same day baseball celebrated Jackie Robinson Day on April 15.
It was a fitting way to honor the Hall of Famer, who also hit for the cycle back in August 1948, which was just a little over a year after he broke baseball's color barrier.
"It is more special to do it on Jackie Robinson Day," Kinsler said at the time. "He's the guy who could do everything in the game, hit triples, hit home runs, steal bases, score runs, do everything. It is weird that it's Jackie Robinson Day and I'm playing second base, but it's great it happened that way."
Kinsler couldn't have done it in better style as his six hits to go along with the cycle matched William Farmer Weaver, who also had six-hit cycle with the Louisville Colonels on Aug. 12, 1890.
When his night at the Ballpark at Arlington was over, Kinsler's six-hit game included two singles, two doubles, a triple and a home run, and in the process he became the first Rangers player in club history to have six hits in a nine-inning game.
It was impressive no doubt, but it didn't quite have the dramatics that Kubel's cycle had two days later, as Kinsler's came in a 19-6 blowout over Orioles while Kubel helped the Twins overcome a seven-run deficit against the Angels in an 11-9 win at the Metrodome on April 17.
And to top it all off, Kubel completed his cycle with a game-winning grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning to become just the seventh player to hit a grand slam while also hitting for the cycle. He also was the first since Miguel Tejada in 2001 to finish a cycle with a grand slam.
"That's not going to happen too many times," Kubel said, with a laugh at the time. "I've never had a cycle before, not professionally. It was an unbelievable moment."
It was an unbelievable moment to be sure, but combined with Hudson's and Kinsler's heroics earlier in the week, it earned itself a spot as one of the most memorable occurrences of the 2009 season.
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It's only been three short years since her American Idol win helped launch country cutie Carrie Underwood into the realm of the megastar.
But that was all the time she needed to (twice) rack up multi-platinum album sales, nab a few high-profile Grammys and become the youngest performer ever inducted into the Grand Old Opry.
Most recently, the overachiever served as co-host of the 2008 Country Music Awards, where she won female vocalist of the year (her third in a row) while manning the podium with pal Brad Paisley.
And while most of us would consider a nomination cause enough for nervousness, Underwood swears the multi-tasking approach -- she also performed her new hit Just a Dream as part of the telecast -- actually made for a much smoother show.
"I think the whole co-hosting thing took the pressure off the other two," says Underwood, 25, from a tour stop in Oregon. "Like when you're nominated, that's something to get nervous about. And right before the award, when they're announcing the nominees, I'm still like, 'Holy crap -- I'm nominated, too! Time to get nervous!'
"But the performance and all that almost took a back seat to the hosting, because for once, I wasn't sitting in the audience going over my song and overthinking every little thing."
In addition to all the love from the Grammys and CMAs, Underwood has been recognized by everyone from Billboard to MTV to the Academy of Country Music. Despite her CMA threepeat, however, she's not planning to pull a Candice Bergen and take her name out of the running next year.
"Um, no," she says with a laugh. "But if I don't win, I'll be fine with that."
Given the career whirlwind she's in -- not to mention all the fun she's having -- it's only fitting that Underwood would want to call her second album Carnival Ride. And the success of the disc -- together with her co-writing credits on three of its four No. 1 singles -- has certainly cemented her spot on the short list of singers who've managed to parlay an Idol win into a career.
Not bad for someone who'd all but given up on her showbiz dreams by the time she graduated high school, enrolling at university to avoid winding up like the rest of the tragic cases who "spend their whole lives chasing something that's never going to happen.
"I don't regret it. I even went back and finished after Idol," says Underwood, who graduated magna cum laude with a degree in mass communications. "It was all just God telling me what he wanted me to do. He laid it out in front of me, and doors started opening. And when that happens, you have to walk through."
Ironically, it was Underwood's sorority sisters who convinced her to take the Idol plunge, and though many remain skeptical about the show, Underwood feels it serves as a reliable pop culture barometer.
"One of the great things about American Idol, for anybody who doubts it, is that people are telling the record industry what they want," she says. "People are saying, 'This is what we want to hear,' as opposed to a bunch of record execs choosing for them."
These days, Underwood remains the definition of a fan favourite, though she keeps herself so busy she rarely has time to contemplate her own success.
"Most of my moments happen, like, at the mall, when somebody comes up to me who's really, really excited," she says. "Then it's like, 'Oh yeah. This is what I do.' "


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2 Pistols - Blinded
Over the past four months, our DJ Booth audience has had the opportunity to hear rapper 2 Pistols collaborate with the likes of T-Pain (She Got It), Young Jeezy (Closed Eyes), and Ray J (You Know Me). Now, the Tampa Bay native is ready to go the solo route with the newest release from his upcoming debut, Death Before Dishonor. On Blinded, 2P is once again captivated by a lady who's "got it," only this time around he isn't playin' about the wedding ring. Blessed to have the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League as his in-house producers, 2P flows over a classic Manfred Mann sample (Blinded By The Light) that's wrapped as tightly as a douche. For more similarly-crafted hits, Death Before Dishonor hits stores June 24 (a date no longer occupied by either G-Unit or The Game).


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Pulaski superintendent: School in 'crisis response mode'
PULASKI - It was a jarring start to the new school year in Pulaski.
"This is not the way you want to recall the first day of school," said Pulaski Schools Superintendent Milt Thompson.
A crash at an intersection on highway 29 killed one person in a car, and injured several student athletes in a school bus.
"I don't personally recall the last time we had a major incident involving a school bus," said Captain Thomas Tuma of the Shawano County Sheriff Department.
Pulaski's superintendent says his high school was in "crisis mode" today.
That's because at about nine o'clock Tuesday night one of its school buses traveling home from a volleyball match collided with a car.
The passenger in the car, 24-year-old Shannon Hall from Athens, died. The driver, 27-year-old Justin Cyzan of Marathon, is in the hospital with serious injuries.
Seventy-four-year-old James Muller of Green Bay was driving the bus. No citations have been issued.
The crash greatly affected Pulaski high school, because more than a dozen students were hurt.
What should have been a moment of victory for the Pulaski Girls volleyball team turned into a night of tragedy, as this car slammed into the back of the team's bus.
"If they were excited and it turned into that, that would be very heartbreaking and shocking," said Kimberly Uelmen, the district's communications director and the coach of the freshman volleyball squad. Her players were not on the bus when the crash happened.
Pulaski school district officials say they're trying to help students cope with the physical and emotional aftermath. Thirteen students were injured Tuesday. Six were taken to the hospital.
Superintendent Milt Thompson says he and counselors visited with those students overnight.
"It's really amazing to me how resilient kids are. There were students who were reassuring me that they were doing fine and you know that they would get through this," said Thompson.
Those students have been released from the hospital, and have been excused from school.
But despite the situation, most of the volleyball team members who were on the bus were in class Wednesday. Counselors continued to meet with students.
Thompson says students aren't the only ones having difficulty dealing with the crash. The 74-year-old bus driver, a school district employee, is still in disbelief.
"He was broken up last night. You can imagine. He felt horrible about the accident," said Thompson.
Debris from the vehicles involved in the crash Tuesday evening still litter the intersection here at St Augustine Drive. Accident reconstruction teams say it could take months to finish this investigation.
Thompson said law enforcement appreciated the school district's quick response to the crash, helping to notify parents and getting students home safely.
"Instead of being reactive to that situation, that when that situation happened we had a lot of people who knew what to do," said Thompson.
As the investigation into the crash continues, school staff hopes students will be back on the road to normalcy soon.
Tomorrow's volleyball match against Manitowoc Lincoln has been postponed. Pulaski High School says it does not know when it will be rescheduled.
The crash investigation is in its early stages. But, here are the facts to this point.
We know the car was traveling west on Highway 29. The bus was trying to cross 29 after reaching the end of Highway 156.
Despite other reports, investigators say it's too early to say which driver is at fault.
"They will be working on their crash reconstruction. Currently we have the Wisconsin State Patrol working with us on the vehicle inspection on the bus and our officers are going to be conducting whatever interviews they deem appropriate with witnesses, passengers and so forth," said Tuma.
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UPBEAT Danny Guthrie's confident he'll be fit to face Stoke City – and play his part in Newcastle's European run-in.
A frustrated Guthrie missed the club's Easter fixtures with a calf problem.
But the midfielder hopes to be back in training next week ahead of the visit of Tony Pulis's side to St James's Park on April 21.
While Guthrie's Newcastle future is far from certain – talks on a new deal are planned for the summer when he's out of contract – the 24-year-old is determined to play between now and the end of the season, with European football – and the Champions League – still on the agenda.
"I knew I'd miss the two over the Easter weekend," said Guthrie.
"I had a little niggle in my calf, which they said would take 10 days to two weeks to heal.
"There's no game this weekend. It means I'll get a good week of training."
Aston Villa are keen on Guthrie, who manager Alan Pardew wants to keep at St James's Park.
Negotiations over a new deal have been put on hold until the end of the season.
However, the decision will be as much a footballing as a financial one, with Guthrie, signed in the summer of 2008, having found his opportunities in central midfield limited by the form of Cheik Tiote and Yohan Cabaye.
Meanwhile, Guthrie's fellow midfielder Cheik Tiote also hopes to be back for the Stoke game, having suffered a recurrence of a hamstring problem in Good Friday's 2-0 win over Swansea City.
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You need to know how much power you are putting out. You need a watt meter, or a volt/ohm/amp meter + math. Otherwise, you are still just taking educated guesses about how much power you are producing. It would be better still to figure out how much actual thrust you are producing.
I reinforced both elevator and rudder.
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cheers guys,
springer that is my exact motor i will (fingers crossed) be getting some new batteries next week,
i will prob try making a new wing for the moment, (a 42") as the fuse is the ap1, (i thought the wings were interchangable with the fuse)
cheers guys, your help is much apprechiated
i had another flight today,
(unchanged from previous post) plently of gently elevetor to get me to altitude,
i was circleing the bottom of my field, a little like a glider catching a thermal
and something caught my eye, right behind my BB. about 15ft behind. following me.
an adult redkite what a sight. where is the bloody camera when you need one.
for those who dont know. a red kite, is an endangered bird of prey here in england. their numbers are on the increase. but it is a rare sight to see one. (i have seen this red kite many times before (its nest is near my stables some where)
so next time you might just see a bird as big as my plane, following my plane
oh what fun that was. i really cannot stop smiling. being followed by such a beautiful bird of prey, fantastic
also you know when you have really had a great flight, when you come back to your hanger, when all your batteries are dead. and the plane is undamaged
cheers guys,
well if he is interested in my plane again i might just get some really good pics
i guess his wing span must be about 1-1.5m. absolutly beautiful bird, (all in all i have seen 3 together. i have learnt there is a nest behind where i fly, so you never know )
Dick, Johns Pop, Springer , et al,
Thanks so much for the "heads up" and the research on the spackle !
So... use the newer stuff...don't use too much...(so you don't have to sand too much)...
and use it and let it dry in a well ventilated or open area...
...and if you are not using an applicating device (spatula , popcycle stick, table knife etc.)
but using your fingers....wear rubber gloves!....right?
Very good to know
Thanks again
I'm thinking of building the 48" BluBaby with the stock dihedral wing and possibly making the aileron wing later. We'll see. I figure the 48 incher is the largest I can build with a Blue Wonder. I think it'll have enough oomph for lazy flying, but I'm worried it won't be powerful enough for an aileron wing for minor aerobatics like loops, stall turns, or inverted. What do you guys think? Maybe a 36 incher is more in order.
I think most of you guys know me by now, I'm not a newb or anything, lol. But I'm looking for a break from ego/adrenaline driven models. I hope I won't get too board with this plane. After all, I have been cruising my Dart around at 1/4 throttle for multiple packs in a row the last couple days. It's actually been kind of relaxing.
I might build the BluBaby, I'm not committed yet though. Just want to do another quick scan of the plans thread to see if there's some other choices to consider.
- Jeff
50 watts/lb: Minimum required for flight.
70-90 watts/lb: Trainer and slow flying aerobatic models.
90-110 watts/lb: Sport aerobatic and fast flying scale models.
110-130 watts/lb: advanced aerobatic and high speed models
I typically shoot for 80-100w/lb on most of my planes. I hate being short on power!
The BW maxes out around 85 watts on a 3S lipo and GWS 9x5HD (straight blade) prop.
IMHO, this is sufficient for up to a 16oz AUW plane with decent performance including a 4ch aileron version. Just to give you and idea, my last 4ch BB42 build came in around 16oz.
If you build light and very carefully, you might be able to keep a 48" WS BB under 20oz. But I'm not sure If I would try a 4ch setup with such little power.
Personally I would just build the BB42 3ch RET to start with. If your build comes in light (16oz or less), then it would be a fine platform for a 4ch aileron version.
Not to argue the point but just to share my experiences, I've found a flat KFm2 or KFm3 wing with ailerons to be something that is relatively easy to fly once you have mastered the BB's with dihedral and RET systems.
The high wing generates pretty good stability, even when it does not have dihedral. I think there is a slight "pendulum effect" in high wing planes that makes them want to return to level flight by themselves.
On one of my BB's and later on the high winged SPADET I built I found that if I started a turn with the ailerons and then let the stick center itself, the plane would slowly return to level flight by itself. This was with the plane trimmed out and and balanced for level flight of course.
If you wanted to return to level flight more quickly you could apply aileron that countered the turn of course. But there was not really any amount of inherent instability nor any need to "fly the plane full time" when I went with a flat wing with ailerons from a dihedral wing. And in most cases, the ailerons were much more effective without dihedral than with it.
Once you get past the RET phase and fly with ailerons for a while, you are also probably making a lot of small and subtle control inputs that you are not really even conscious of.
And if you want to be able to keep the wings level in turns because you are shooting videos, the flat wing will really help with that. By using the rudder to make slightly "skidding" turns and applying a little countering aileron I could make perfectly flat turns, especially with the SPADET.
Some fliers are not the least bit interested in using the rudder with ailerons and making coordinated turns but I love flying like that. It has given me the control instincts that give me much better control of the plane on cross wind approaches and things like that.
It will probably start an argument but I think someone that flies "yank and bank" on ailerons all the time is not really a complete pilot. When I hear people brag that "..I never use the rudder..." I don't think "skilled pilot", I think "not fully trained pilot" or "pilot that is not using all his tools."
Eeeeasy Jack, eeeasy..... I haven't had time to build much of anything here lately, but I'm looking forward to building a flat KFm wing to get more practice flying just like you're talking about. My BB42 with KFC wing still flies pretty good although a bit chewed up, so I think I'm going to build a whole new 42 with a KFm wing.
Admittedly my 4ch experience is limited to my BB33. So far it's mainly aileron only turns, I've just barely begun to perform coordinated turns with rudder.
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Could Duke be in for another late season slide? According to John Gasaway at the Basketball Prospectus it looks very likely. Duke is clearly the best team in the conference but they have shown some weakness, particularly away from Cameron. That makes the potential showdown with Maryland the second to last game of the season very intriguing.
If you want a conference dark horse take a look at Florida State. Sitting at 7-5 with a sweep of Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech the Seminoles have a very favorable remaining schedule with road games at North Carolina and Miami and home games against Clemson and Wake Forest, neither of which are particularly good road teams. The offense has improved the last four games while Michael Snaer and Xavier Gibson are providing more reliable bench scoring that wasn't there earlier in the season. If Maryland falters you could see the Seminoles finish 2nd in the ACC.
On the other hand Clemson is probably the most likely team to stumble to the finish. Never a particularly great road team Clemson must travel to Maryland, FSU and Wake Forest in their last five games. Throw in a home game against Georgia Tech and that is probably the most difficult remaining slate for any of the teams near the top.
My predicted finish for the ACC:
- Duke (13-3)
- Virginia Tech (11-5)
- Maryland (10-6)
- Wake Forest (10-6)
- Georgia Tech (8-8)
- Clemson (8-8)
- Virginia (6-10)
- North Carolina (5-11)
- Boston College (5-11)
- Miami (4-12)
- N.C. State (3-13)
I might be a little pessimistic about Maryland's chances but I wouldn't want to seem like a homer. It would be nice to finally get a top-4 first round bye in the ACC Tournament and that could set up a rematch of the 85-83 overtime loss to Wake Forest.


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Possible schedule change- looks like the parents might not be here until Saturday so I might be available. Probably a game time decision.
We probably can't determine what to run until we see who makes it. If Az can't run, I'd be very hesitant to run the 7s. He's the lowest rank in the group right now and has the slowest progress of the group. Anything we/y'all run will just put him in a deeper hole than he's already in and there's not that many catchup areas for him at this level. Y'all are welcome to run the 7s without me if it works out that way, but it would get complicated running them without Az.
If you end up running the 7s, Peter's got the slate right, although I'd selfishly prefer you save the HouseK stuff for last since you might not get to those after knocking out Carnival and slogging thru Hobgoblin Hell.
I don't know everyone's status on the 13/14s since that wasn't really an "official" group, so I can't really say what those toons would run. For my part (which doesn't really matter much and doesn't matter at all if I'm not running), Shadohe is done with Lordsmarch1, Lordsmarch2, Necro3, and everything in the Desert—which I believe means she's got nowhere to be except Gianthold. I've got absolutely no problem repeating quests for others if that's necessary.
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Roasted broccoli is a wonder. A hot oven can transform the mild vegetable into something rich and caramelized, and the depth of flavor it's capable of never ceases to amaze me. And tossing with hot pasta is about the best way I know to transform that magic into a full meal. This recipe, from Diane Rossen Worthington's Seriously Simple Parties, takes things a step further by tossing the whole thing with a pistachio gremolata.
Why I Picked This Recipe: I've had plenty of pasta recipes with roasted or sauteed broccoli, but none with a pistachio gremolata. It turns out to be something of a rustic pesto, with the nuts chopped rather than blended, but providing the same herby, nutty flavor.
What Worked: Roasting the broccoli rather than sauteeing it provides even caramelization. And the pistachio mixture is truly wonderful—nutty, herbaceous, and lemony.
What Didn't: No complaints here. It's a strong, simple pasta recipe with a nice unexpected twist.
Suggested Tweaks: Any short pasta would work here, and certainly a little Parmesan cheese would also be welcome.
Adapted from Seriously Simple Parties.
About the author: Blake Royer has been writing for Serious Eats since 2007. He is the Creative Director at Jamco Creative in Chicago. You can follow him on Twitter: @blakeroyer.


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Intelligence gleaned about the North Korean program shows that Pyongyang is taking "initial steps" toward getting that nuclear weapon into the field, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the House Intelligence committee on Thursday.
North Korean forces unveiled this new "road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile" last spring, and has routinely put the weapon on display as a public show of force since then, Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) chief Lt. Gen Michael Flynn testified to the panel the same day.
Pyongyang has already sent out the mobile missile launchers designed to fire the new ballistic missile "but not the missiles themselves," Flynn added.
Pyongyang is still preparing to launch several long-range, non-nuclear missiles positioned on the eastern coast of the peninsula, which could happen as soon as this week, according to South Korean military analysts.
North Korean military units began moving the non-nuclear missiles into position last week, in a show of force directed at Washington and its allies in the Western Pacific region.
"That's an area we watch very, very carefully as to what their real capability is," the DIA chief said Thursday.
Clapper and Flynn's assessments coincide with a new DIA report that found North Korea might have nuclear weapons that could be delivered by ballistic missiles, although the reliability was low.
Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) read from the unclassified section of the classified report, completed in March, at a House Armed Services hearing Thursday.
"DIA assesses with moderate confidence the North currently has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by ballistic missiles, however the reliability will be low," Lamborn read.
Lamborn asked Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Martin Dempsey if he agreed with the DIA assessment, but Dempsey declined to comment on the report because it was classified and hadn't been released.
Flynn told members of the House Intelligence panel he would provide further details to House members on North Korea's nuclear missile capability during the classified portion of Thursday's hearing.
The North Korean army claimed Wednesday that it has final approval to launch a nuclear strike against the United States.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army formally notified Washington that U.S. threats would be "smashed by ... cutting-edge smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear strike means" in a statement last month.
"The merciless operation of [our] revolutionary armed forces in this regard has been finally examined and ratified," said the statement, published by North Korea's state-run news agency.
— Jeremy Herb contributed to this report


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Nora C.wrote a review of Ibex Balance Bralette - Women's on May 8, 2015
Backpacked over 1,000 miles in this one
Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Fit: Runs small
I walked the second half of the Appalachian Trail wearing this bra. I pretty much kept it on unless I was washing it. It wicked great, was warm when I needed it to be warm, and it didn't feel cold and clammy when wet.
I'm 5'4" and was around 130 lbs on the trail but mostly leg muscle. So I'd say I was a 34AA at the time and the 2012 model fit great in a small. I ordered the small again, as my original one is a little thread bare and stretched out in the straps after about 6 months of near continuos wear. And the 2014 small feels a bit small. I have certainly gained back some weight on top since 2012, but am still around a 34A. I wouldn't say it cuts into my curves exactly, but a medium might have been better this time. The 2012 said "Climb the Mountains and get their good tidings." and the 2014 one says "The art of wool." I will still wear it and hope it stretches a little or will save it for another backpacking trip where I'm likely to loose weight on top again.


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K, so here is a story from back in the day. I was an 18 year old student in high school, with my 17 year old sister trailing right behind me. The interesting thing about me being the school "hunk", is that my sister is your typical sexy cheerleader girl. First about me: I'm Johnny, 6 foot, a nice build due to working out regularly, blue eyes, black hair, nicely tanned skin. Although I may not be the football player type every cheerleader dreams of, I'm in a pretty well known local rock band, with all the girls looking up at me on stage with dreamy eyes. So let's just say getting laid hasn't been much of a problem.
Now, my little sis Jenny (yes our parents purposely named us Johnny and Jenny), is totally the typical cheerleader who has dated almost the entire football team at one time or another, also a gossiping bitch, although not as much as the rest of the girls. She's definitely the hottest by far. With nice big tits and a big tight ass. She's the spitting image of me, black hair, blue eyes, cute smile, and a nice tan. I have heard rumors of all the guys (including friends of mine) that she's ****ed, as I'm sure she's heard rumors of all the girls (yes her friends included) that I've stuck my cock into. We don't really talk about that, as much as we seem to get along.
At home it's just me, her, and dad, who's gone half the time working his ass off. It's pretty much the same routine every day, but there was one day that was different than any other. A day that changed my life. My sister had recently broken up with her ******* boyfriend, who was cheating on her, even though the slut was cheating on him as well. My friend Isaac had the decency to tell me she had sucked his cock in a bathroom stall while she was still with her boyfriend. She has built quite the reputation for herself as a whore.
I had gone out with my friends after school to the park to play some basketball, when my buddy Brad, who lives right across the street, had informed me that my sister's ex-boyfriend's car was parked in our driveway. I immediately dropped the ball and ran to my car, my blood was boiling and I was ready to kick some ass. I've always been very protective of my sis, family is everything after all. What people didn't know, is that I also had a crush on her for years. I've always secretly wished I could stick my cock into that tight teen pussy.
Anyway, I got there, grabbed my bat out of my car and quietly walked into the house. It was quiet, then I heard what I thought sounded like gagging. So I ran upstairs, opened the door and there my sister was on her hands and knees with her ex boyfriend ****ing her from behind while his friend was ****ing her face. what a slut! Their eyes immediately shot open as they pulled out of my sister, grabbed their clothes, and bolted out of the room as I stood there in shock holding my bat. Jenny just kept her head down in shame, got up, and started to walk past me without a word, but I grabbed her arm and threw her on the bed.
"What the **** was that for!?" Jenny screamed.
"Why the **** were two cocks just in you, you little ****ing whore?" I yelled back.
"None of your damn business John!"
"Well it is now! I'm sick of hearing about all the guys you **** and suck off at school and whore around with while I just stand around and listen. Now I'm finally getting mine bitch!"
I have always wanted to **** my baby sister, and all these years she's walked around in next to nothing, always bending over in front of me, dressing like a slut, I have finally had enough and this was my chance to **** her. At least I hoped so.
"Wait...you want to **** me?"
"Yes, I do, and I am" I just stared into her eyes with lust.
"Well Johnny, how do you think I feel hearing from my friends how many girls you **** and how big your cock is? It's such a tease!" She stared back into my eyes.
It got really quiet, and after a long silence, she finally spoke up.
"Can I see it?" she asked.
"You don't have much of a choice after what I just saw."
"Oh, well that's OK. I like being dominated and forced to do things anyway," she said and gave me a wink.
Hearing these things from my own innocent looking little sister drove me crazy. I unzipped my pants and pulled out my 9" hard cock and she was in shock. She just stared at it until finally, she did the last thing I expected. She got down on her knees and engulfed my entire cock with her mouth, fitting in as much as she could.
I just looked down at my own little sister sucking her brothers cock like a whore and staring up into my eyes while doing it. I was in heaven. I then grabbed her by her cute pigtails and began ****ing her face, deepthroating her until she started gagging, and drool started running down her chin as the tears welled up in her eyes.
But she didn't stop, didn't try to pull away. In fact she started moaning louder with my dick still in her mouth, and pushed herself further onto my slobbery wet cock.
"Mmm you're such a disgusting little whore, you know that right?"
She just nodded her head while bobbing up and down on that cock. Finally she came up for air. So I grabbed her hair and threw her on the bed.
"Get on your hands and knees, slut. Stick that ass up. Your big brother's gonna **** you like the common little slut you are."
"Ohhh yes sir. Oh ya Johnny tell me what to do, call me names, make me do nasty things. I wanna be your little whore sister that you can use any time you want, fill up any hole you want."
I got on the bed, grabbed her hips and slid my cock into her tight pussy, inch by inch. It felt so good. This whore still had a tight pussy. I grabbed her by the hair and ****ed her even harder, occasionally slapping her ass and calling her names like whore, bitch, slut, ****, and skank. And she loved it, she moaned with everything I did to her.
"Mmm yeah baby **** me so hard. Treat me like a dirty little girl needs to be treated. Punish me. ugh slap my ass big brother. Use me. Ohhh I'm gonna cum!"
With that she exploded with an orgasm, writhing in complete pleasure. She was dizzy.
Just thinking to herself, "My own brother just ****ed me like a whore, and I love it."
"It's your turn big brother," she said while getting on her knees.
I began jerking my off when she said, "That's my job silly."
I didn't need any further encouragement, so I grabbed her head and began to **** her throat, talking dirty to her.
"Your such a little cock slut Jenny. Just look at you. You're sucking your own brothers' dick like a nasty little girl. Mmm You like getting ****ed by your big bro?"
She just nodded yes and moaned. Hearing myself say those things to her, and seeing how much she loved it, sent me over the edge. I couldn't hold back anymore. I pulled out of her throat and started rubbing my dick rapidly.
"Oh yeah baby give me that warm cum. I want it so bad. Reward me for being a good submissive little slut. Pleeeeeeaasse Johnny!"
Right at that moment I came like I never have before. The first stream landed right across her face, and the rest went all over her open mouth, and was dripping down her chin. She was just moaning in delight as she swallowed it all down like a good girl. She took her finger and scraped all the leftover cum from her face into her mouth.
"Mmm I'm a cumslut too. I love warm cum on me, or in me!" She just smiled.
After that the door slammed open. I jumped up and looked over, and sure enough, It was dad.
"You two have a lot of explaining to do."
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The Lehigh Valley's finalists in the 46th Pillsbury Bake-Off will leave this week to compete in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, you can try out their recipes.
Nadine Clark of Telford, a senior product manager at Olympus America in Center Valley, is competing in the Amazing Doable Dinners category with her weeknight meal, Chicken Caprese Focaccia.


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Provost Heather Hardy recently announced that Jerry Buk, Southern Area director of University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, has accepted the offer to become interim dean and director of UNCE.
Buk will assume his duties Aug. 23 when Dean Karen Hinton steps down after serving as dean and director since 1998.
Buk has 35 years of experience in Cooperative Extension in a variety of leadership roles in both rural and urban settings and in three states.
He has served as the Southern Area director since 2010, and before that as the Central/Northeast Area director from 1997 to 2010.


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Scientists say you should not sit down for more than 3 hours a day.
LONDON: You may want to go for a walk after reading this. People who don't sit more than three hours a day are more likely to live an additional two years, a new study has claimed.
Scientists from Louisiana University found that those adults who are seated only for a maximum of three hours a day typically live an extra two years.
Watching television has a similar effect, according to the researchers' calculations. They found that those who limit their daily viewing to two hours live for nearly a year and a half longer.
Experts have long blamed the growing sedentary lifestyles for rising levels of obesity and a lack of fitness in today's adults. This in turn is linked to heart problems, diabetes and many forms of cancer. The new findings, published in the journal BMJ Open, will no doubt cause concern amongst office workers who spend most of the day at their desks.
The new research reviewed past studies involving 167,000 adults aged 18 to 90. The researchers compared the subjects' life expectancy with how much time they had spent sitting down and watching television .
They calculated that 27% of all deaths in America are partly caused by adults spending too much time sitting down. Similarly, 19% of all deaths are in part due to watching too much TV.
"The results of this study indicate that extended sitting time and TV viewing may have the potential to reduce life expectancy in the US," they concluded.
But other experts said the study certainly did not prove sitting down for too long shortened your life expectancy.—Agencies


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The last time Edmonton's Victor Valamaki took an extended break from the octagon, he found himself fast-tracked to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) six months later.
Repeating that feat remains his career goal, but in hindsight, Valamaki wishes his first UFC experience had turned out differently.
"I felt a little bit rushed the last time coming back and I had a game plan of wanting to get to the UFC within two years," the man known as 'The Matrix' said prior to stopping Nick Hinchliffe in the main event on last night's King of the Cage: Excalibur MMA card at Rexall Place.
"I went from not fighting, to getting the call to the UFC - and you can't turn down a call from the UFC," he added.
Before last night, Valamaki's last appearance on a local MMA card was 11 months ago when he lost his MFC light heavyweight title to Halifax native Roger Hollett.
Afterwards he severed ties with his former manager and MFC owner Mark Pavelich.
Shortly after the loss to Hollett, Valamaki tore an abdominal muscle and couldn't do a sit-up for close to two months.
His time away from the MMA spotlight has allowed him to reflect on his career.
He admits that during his MFC title reign, he at times lacked focus and was burning himself out with too many fights in quick succession.
Valamaki holds an 0-2 record in the UFC, and an 11-5 career record after last night's win. His UFC contract wasn't renewed after he lost to Alessio Sakara at UFC 70.
"I want to get back to the UFC, but I want to take my time," he said.
"I am in no hurry at all. If it takes me a year or two, so be it. I just want to make an impact."
Valamaki admits that his relationship with Pavelich hasn't mended over the past year - and he's through with fighting in the MFC.
"Not to bad-mouth anybody, but we just didn't see eye-to-eye on quite a few things and there were some personality conflicts and some money problems," said Valamaki.
"I just found it better to go elsewhere, and I honestly think it's the best thing that both Mark and I could have done.
"No matter what I think of Mark, he runs a great show. He is very organized and he runs the biggest show in Edmonton right now. I have never seen someone work as hard as him.
"I don't hold a grudge all that much, but I know Mark does.
"I am not his biggest fan by any means, but I have let it all go. I've walked past him at events, but it seems like his shoelaces are untied every time I see him."
Valamaki has four more fights lined up for the rest of 2008.
There has been talk about a possible rematch with Hollett, who has been dealing with some injury problems of his own after beating Valamaki last August.
"That fight might take place in the fall in Halifax, which is his hometown," said Valamaki. "I want a crack at him again. My head wasn't into it the first time, I was a little burnt out. I got caught with a thumb in the eye and that made a difference."
In the meantime, Valamaki is just focused on the small steps to get his career back to where it was last year.
"This break has been good; I've got the fire back and I've been training harder than I ever have," he said.


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Last week, we introduced daily gamers to TradeSports.com, a site with skill-based trading games that allow users to buy and sell stock in the outcomes of sporting events. Each contest corresponds to one real-life game, with a variety of different stocks to choose from based on both team and individual performance.
TradeSports offers two different game types, pre-game contests and real-time contests. The former has stocks that close with the opening tip/first pitch, while the latter allow gamers to continue trading until the conclusion of the corresponding sporting event. The pre-game contests are simpler and perhaps the best place for a new user to start, while the real-time games offer a more interactive trading experience that doesn't end at tip-off.
Today, I'll be discussing the real-time contest I participated in Wednesday night, which was based on Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers.
I started off by going to the contests page and looking for options for the Heat-Pacers game I was planning to watch Wednesday night. There was one spot left in a 10-entrant, $22 entry-fee contest, and I was fortunately able to grab it about 30 minutes before the tip. The payout structure was similar to what you might see in a 10-person contest on any daily gaming site, with $100 for first, $60 for second and $40 for third. The structure was perhaps a bit flatter than what some people are used to, as third place still essentially doubles his/her money.
The eight stock options to choose from were:
- Heat to win
- Heat to win by more than 4.5
- Pacers to win by more than 4.5
- More than 183.5 total points in the game
- LeBron James to have more than 24.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists
- Chris Bosh to have more than 17.5 points
- Dwyane Wade to make more than 7.5 free throws
- Paul George to have more than 19.5 points and 9.5 rebounds
Each user gets a $50,000 budget to work with, and you can align yourself with either side of any of the eight stocks, as you don't need to actually own shares in order to sell them. For example, if I don't believe the game will go over 183.5 points, I can "sell" shares in that stock to someone who is looking to buy. Each stock can be bought at a price between 0-100, with a price of 40 indicating that the market says the event is about 40% likely to occur. At the end of the game, each stock will settle at either zero (outcome didn't occur) or 100 (outcome did occur).
So, if you buy a stock at 40 and hold on to it until the end, you'll realize a $60 profit (in your budget) if the desired outcome comes to fruition. Conversely, if you sell a share at $40, you're hoping the outcome doesn't come to fruition, and you'll gain $40 should things go your way. However, if you sell at 40 and don't get the desired outcome, your budget will take a $60 hit.
Because none of the stocks settle until the game finishes, you can only risk up to $50,000 in losses. However, you can realize profits before the stocks settle by selling shares at a higher price than you bought them. For example, if you have shares of 'Heat to win' and the Heat start out on a 15-0 run, other contestants will be willing to pay a much higher price for those shares than what you paid just minutes earlier. While that's obviously an extreme example, it was interesting to see how quickly the price changed on 'LeBron James over 24.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists' each time James got further into foul trouble.
Of course, James' foul trouble can also affect the price of other stocks, as his extended absences from the game left more shots to go around for Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, while also making life a bit easier for Indiana's Paul George. My favorite pre-game play was selling the 'Wade over 7.5 made free throws' at a price of 37, but I wasn't feeling quite so good about it once James picked up an early second foul, followed by early third and fourth fouls.
As it turns out, Wade still didn't come close, which isn't too surprising given that he's averaging just 4.6 free throw attempts during the playoffs. The pre-game trades of the Wade stock mostly sat in the 35-40 price range, indicating that Wade had approximately a 35-40 percent chance to top 7.5 made free throws. Heading into Wednesday, he'd done that just once through the first 13 playoff games, after doing it only four times during the regular season. Even with the low price limiting the upside of selling that stock, it seemed like the pretty obvious play.
Ultimately, I finished the contest with $17,428 more than I started with, yet that was still only good enough for sixth place. My mistake wasn't the stocks I was picking, but rather that I didn't trade enough, and placed too much weight on selling the stocks of events that were unlikely to happen. Selling the unlikely to happen stocks (think Wade) doesn't have a ton of upside, as a price of 37 says that you're risking 63 for the chance to win 37. Conversely, if you buy at a price of 37, you're risking 37 to potentially gain 63. In a contest where only the top three finishers get any money, it makes sense to take a riskier approach than one would if the $50,000 budget were real money rather than a virtual budget.
As for my other mistake, by holding on to many of my stocks throughout the game, I once again placed a cap on my upside. You can't risk more than the $50,000 budget you start with, so selling a stock shortly after you bought it for a slightly higher price may be the right play, even if you still like the stock. Say you bought 'Heat to win' at 50, and the price rises to 60 after a fast Miami start. You may think the price should be higher than 60, but if you sell at that price you'll secure a profit of $10 per share, and also free up that part of your budget for further trades. The user who won the contest I played in more than doubled his initial budget. It's probably safe to assume that he was more proactive with the in-game trading than I was.
I wasn't too disappointed with the result of my first real-money, skill-based trading game, but it's quite clear that I'll need to do more than predict the correct outcomes if I want to win in the future.


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Power was knocked out Monday afternoon for as many as many as 5,500 PG&E customers in Mountain View, a utility spokesman said.
The power outage was reported at around 3 p.m. when a wire went down on the north side of Central Expressway near North Rengstorff Avenue, spokeswoman J.D. Guidi said.
At least 5,500 customers were initially affected. Around 4 p.m., power had been restored for all but 580 customers, Guidi said. Power was expected to be restored to all but a handful of customers by 4:45 p.m., Guidi said.
Mountain View police said via Twitter that traffic lights were out because of the outage.


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Is NFS performance faster with UDP vs TCP?
I'm looking for the fastest possible performance (even at the expenses of data integrity) from NFS.
Does NFS on UDP make things faster than a TCP connection?
UDP should be faster. How much it would be in your network, it's hard to say (depends on the fact how many losses you have).
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I suppose a billion words or more have been written about the death of Trayvon Martin. I hesitate to add more, but a perspective that I've not encountered is nagging.
Some aspects of the tragic events on that rainy Sunday night remain unclear. It is clear that George Zimmerman was carrying a loaded 9mm handgun. It is clear that Trayvon Martin was unarmed. It is crystal clear that Trayvon Martin is dead from a chest wound delivered by George Zimmerman. What transpired between them is largely a matter of speculation. They had an altercation to be sure, but only the two men know who initiated it. Only Zimmerman lived to tell his story. Only the two men know what was in their minds and hearts. Martin's heart stopped beating, so we will never know his side of the story.
Let us stipulate that we don't know these things. How then can we conclude anything about the case? By acknowledging that we don't know what was in their minds and hearts we may, counter-intuitively, come to a valuable perspective. Bear with a set of hypotheticals.
Think for a moment if all the facts as we know them remain intact except that George Zimmerman is unarmed and Trayvon Martin is 18, not 17, and carrying a loaded 9mm handgun. Zimmerman, in his self-appointed neighborhood watch role, is following Martin because he looks suspicious. Skip beyond the opaque time period when it is unclear who initiated a confrontation. In this hypothetical, Zimmerman is dead of a chest wound. Martin, who had a permit to carry the 9mm gun (which he bought, legally, at a gun shop), claims self-defense under Florida's Stand Your Ground law.
Wouldn't Martin's claim of self-defense have arguably greater merit than does Zimmerman's claim? Martin was the one being followed. Martin was the one with a legitimate reason to be walking in the community. He had a destination in his sights. Zimmerman was cruising slowly in a car and apparently had Martin in his sights for some reason. Martin had reason to be frightened. Neither man had any knowledge as to the other's purpose. Yet would anyone claim, with a straight face, that Trayvon Martin would be walking free as the State Attorney and Justice Department investigated the matter?
Or try this: Trayvon Martin is the self-appointed neighborhood watch volunteer, legally carrying a 9mm handgun. He's wearing a hoodie because of the rain and chill in the air. He thinks George Zimmerman looks "suspicious" and follows him. Zimmerman keeps walking, moving away from the sidewalk, hoping the hooded stranger loses sight of him. What happens next is unclear, except that Zimmerman and Martin apparently have an altercation and Zimmerman lies dead from a chest wound. Martin claims self-defense, arguing that Zimmerman turned around and began to brutally beat him, despite having no visible signs of having been beaten severely. Martin, like Zimmerman, has every right (in Florida) to carry a loaded weapon and appoint himself to a neighborhood watch, yet would anyone claim, with a straight face, that Trayvon Martin would be walking free as the State Attorney and Justice Department investigated the matter?
All you have to do is change their roles or put a legally purchased, permitted handgun in the other man's hands. In every scenario I can imagine with George Zimmerman dead, Trayvon Martin would be in jail. Martin was young, black and wearing the wrong clothing. Zimmerman is walking free.
These hypotheticals say nothing about Zimmerman's guilt or innocence, but they speak volumes about racism in society.


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This final note today, which as it happens comes the same day that Apple sent out invites for what's expected to be the unveiling of the iPhone 5; it's set for a week from tomorrow.
This morning though, we woke to news that a hacker group had leaked a million Apple IDs. IDs that in some cases contained cell phone numbers and other stuff you just don't want out there in public. It's part of a haul of 12 million IDs the group says it could have published.
So yeah...iPhone 5 in a week.


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Garland's lyrical introduction sets the stage for a rip-roaring version of Berlin's "Russian Lullaby." Coltrane immediately anchors his sax in such a way as to dictate the pace and thrust. Playing at breakneck speed, his attacks are inspired, jagged and happening. The rhythm section is up for the challenge. Taylor's steady drumming; Chamber's rolling bass lines, and Garland's fluid piano contribute a great deal to this bebop classic.
Dameron's gracious piano is featured on his beautiful piece, "On A Misty Night." Taken at mid tempo, Dameron's intro serves as a catalyst for Coltrane's tenor. After a few bars, Dameron returns with a laid back yet thoughtful solo. Some fine brushwork from Jones.
When it comes to ballads, it's hard to beat Coltrane's expressive tone and unbridled passion. On "Theme For Ernie," his tenor exhibits a smooth, controlled manner that invites the listener to savor every note.
Coltrane's standard blues number, "Trane's Slo Blues" also known as Slowtrane, is an enticing vehicle full of subtle changes and great trio work. Both May and Taylor work well as a rhythm section. Their attentive playing invites Coltrane to explore various musical avenues.
There are many tasty treats on the bonus CD. The inclusion of Miles Davis's classic composition "Four" is a real treat. Taken from Workin', the Miles Davis Quintet offers up some great ensemble playing that would set the standard for future generations.
Other notable inclusions include Rollin's "Paul's Pal", as well as numbers from Steve Lacy, Mal Waldron and others.
This collection is a great starting point for listeners who want to discover Coltrane's pre-Atlantic and Impulse years. For serious listeners, there are a multitude of box sets and various collections that dig deeper into this period in Coltrane's brief but important career. The addition of a bonus CD only sweetens the pot.


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The Italian
- Feb. 3
- By Beth Accomando and Cinema Junkie by Beth Accomando
(opening February 2 for a limited run at Landmark's Ken Cinema) actually has very little to do with Italy. The story takes place in an orphanage in Russia and deals with one boy's attempt to find his mother.
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Los Angeles Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro could become the next NBA coach to be fired, Grantland's Bill Simmons reports.
"Heard today that Vinny Del Negro is on super-thin, could-go-any-day ice. A blowout loss in OKC tonight won't exactly help," Simmons wrote on Twitter.
The Clippers lost to the Thunder, 114-91, in Oklahoma City on Wednesday night, and their season continues to go in the wrong direction. L.A. was 15-7 before losing Chauncey Billups to a season-ending injury on February 6; they are 11-13 since.
Oklahoma City "had its way with the Clippers," the L.A. Times writes, as the Thunder shot 53.8 percent from the field and 40.9 percent (9-for-22) from 3-point range; outrebounded the Clippers, 49-31; and outscored L.A. in the paint, 44-22.
Frustration in the Clippers' locker room is evident.
"Our overall approach and everything to the game has to be better," Del Negro said, per The Times. "That's what is disappointing to me. We have to do a better job of being in the moment from the get-go and not waiting to get into the game."
Added Chris Paul, "I don't know the answers. We've got to figure it out. It's getting to be a little bit embarrassing."
Simmons suggests two factors that could mean Del Negro's survival: Clippers owner Donald Sterling "is too cheap to pay for 2 coaches," and it makes little sense to hire an interim coach for a playoff contender.


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Did you have any difficulty buying your paper this morning – assuming you are reading this in print and not online? I ask because while it's true that fewer people are buying newspapers these days, it sometimes seems that retailers have little interest in selling them at all.
Here's an example. Last Sunday morning, I was at Waterloo station in London. Like scores of others on the concourse, I went in search of a newspaper to read on the train while it sped through the weak summer sunshine en route for the coast. Entering a small branch of WH Smith I found no Observers on display – and only a few copies of rival titles.
"Surely you haven't sold out already?" I asked an assistant (it was 10.15am). "No," he replied and explained that other copies were "downstairs". No, he could not fetch them because that would mean leaving the till unattended; besides, his colleague was down there. When do you expect him back? "I don't know," he said. "How many Observers have you sold this morning?" I asked. "Four," was his less than impressive reply.
I gave up and went to the main branch of WH Smith on the concourse. Again, no Observers were on display. An assistant thought they might have sold out until I noticed several bundles of the paper were lying unopened on the floor. I hate to think how many sales had been missed that morning.
Enormous effort is made to write, edit, print and distribute a newspaper and yet at the end of the chain we are often in the hands of people who appear not to be too bothered about making a sale, despite taking 25% of the price of every copy sold.
Last Saturday night, the news of the death of Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, broke just before 8pm. Minutes later, a picture and story went on the front page, before pages were cleared for later editions to include more photographs, a full backgrounder and an obituary. I'm not pretending that these were sacred texts but to see copies of those later editions lying ignored on the floor seemed an insult to those who had laboured to get them out on time and to those hoping to read them.
Even though a digital world moves ever closer, print still brings in significant revenue from advertising and cover price, money that supports journalism, so every copy sold counts, not just for the Observer but for every newspaper.
WH Smith has a near monopoly at mainline stations and airports, so there is no alternative to snaking your way through aisles of sweets and soft toys to pay for your Sunday read. Those queues are sometimes so long that at Euston I have seen people abandon their purchase for fear of missing their train. No wonder so many are going online.
WHS tells me that it sold 168 copies of the paper at Waterloo last Sunday, making it the third bestselling newspaper that day, yet our circulation department sent them 250 copies, so I'm not exactly hanging out the flags.
A spokesman added, in perfect corporate-speak: "While it would appear that any shelf availability issues may only have been temporarily restricted at the time of your visit, I would also like to assure you that we do undertake various on-shelf availability checks, as part of the store compliance procedures undertaken by various members of our operations, store audit and loss-prevention teams, that operate across our estate. We have therefore reiterated the importance of these ongoing checks to our Waterloo store team and to the field staff undertaking these ongoing product availability checks, to ensure that the on-shelf availability of the Observer continues to be regularly checked."
Well, that's good news from WHS, but colleagues say they encounter similar problems in other shops and major supermarket chains all around the country. Even if the paper is available, they say, it often gets buried under other titles and they find themselves attracting odd looks from fellow customers as they solemnly rearrange the shelves.
There are 48,000 outlets across the country that open on a Sunday. Please remember that if your paper is not in evidence at your local supermarket, petrol station or newsagent, that doesn't necessarily mean it has sold out. Just remind the counter staff that they need to pay as much attention to the papers as they do the Polo mints.


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Black Sabbath Say '13' May Not Be Their Last Album
The long wait for the new Black Sabbath disc '13' is almost over, with the release date just a few days away on June 11. There is a prevailing notion that this will mark the last time Black Sabbath release a new album, but according to a new interview with Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler, another Black Sabbath disc is not entirely out of the realm of possibility.
In the interview with Billboard, Butler says he was glad that he, Osbourne and Tony Iommi "were able to come together and do one final album." But then corrected himself, saying, "Well, I guess you should never say never. It could be, though. We'll see how this album goes, see what happens."
In the same interview, Osbourne took the same approach, not ruling anything out. "Let's put it this way; it's taken us 35 years to do this one," laughed Osbourne. "So if there's gonna be (another) album there's gonna be an album but I don't want to say if there's going to be a follow-up. I wouldn't mind doing another Sabbath album with them, though."
As Black Sabbath gear up for their North American tour at the end of July, Butler said fans can expect to hear 3-4 new songs throughout the night. "We'll definitely be doing three or four (per night) on the (North American) tour, I'd say," said Butler. "It seems so long since we started working on the album; everybody's known for months that the album is coming out, so it's like I can't wait for the bloody thing to come out now. It already seems like an old album to me."
Osbourne said that response to the reunion so far has been great. "I am blown away. I mean, 45 years down the road and we've got a really great album to put out — talk about icing on the cake!" Osbourne shared. "It's unbelievable."


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He added Britain would buy up stocks to guarantee a market for vaccines being developed by researchers.
Earlier Prime Minister Tony Blair said dealing with problems in Africa, including HIV and Aids needed money and good leadership.
He said HIV/Aids would be one of the priorities of Britain's G8 presidency.
During the Queen's Speech debate, Mr Brown said: "For every year we bring forward the discovery of an Aids vaccine, we would save two million lives that would
otherwise be lost."
There are an estimated 25m people living with HIV in Africa.
Without a vaccine, it is estimated that 5-6 million people will be newly infected with HIV every year for the next 20 years - so more than 100 million people will be infected with HIV by 2025, on top of the 75 million who have contracted HIV since the early 1980s.
The government pledged that Africa, the environment and climate change would be priorities when Britain takes the helm of the G8 group of rich nations next year.
"Part of the problem is that I think people get fatigued and tired with looking at Africa because it all seems so hopeless," he said.
"It isn't. There are things that can be done and there are real success stories."
He said good leadership, both internationally and locally, were vital to stemming the spread of HIV and Aids.
"The thing that has worked in respect of combating Aids is when you've had a well-financed program, locally led, with accessible health and educational help for people there.
"The thing that is most frustrating of all is that we do know what works."
"If we create a continent of alienation, desperate poverty, war and disease we know enough about the modern world to know there are issues there.
"But it is also a moral question. One in six African children is dying. It is a terrible situation - and it is preventable."


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10 units
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Course handbook
One set of skills required in any occupation are those of critical thinking and of evaluating the logical status of arguments. How can we tell the difference between valid and invalid arguments? How do we go about constructing arguments which we can know to be valid? These are the questions that form the focus of the course. The course is specifically designed to impart to students skills tested in the Graduate Skills Assessment Test.
- Semester 1 - 2018
- Semester 1 - 2018
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. demonstrate skills in critical thinking and problem solving.
2. demonstrate skills in critically evaluating and appraising the arguments of others.
3. demonstrate ability to construct valid arguments of their own.
This course gives students skills in critical thinking about and evaluating ideas in a range of fields.
Questions to be considered include:
- What makes an argument valid?
- How can we tell valid from invalid arguments?
- How can we construct valid arguments?
This course replaces PHIL3420. If you have successfully completed PHIL3420 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
In Term Test: 2 by 1 hour tests
Formal Examination: Examination: Formal
Contact hours
Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per Week for 12 Weeks
Online 2 hour(s) per Week for 12 Weeks


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