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Mets bring in Citi Field fences, eye power surge
NEW YORK—While not exactly tearing down this wall, the New York Mets are putting up a new fence at Citi Field that's shorter and closer to home plate.
In an effort to boost scoring at the pitcher-friendly ballpark, the Mets announced Monday they are cutting the field dimensions by as much as 12 feet next season, lowering the fence height to 8 feet all around and changing the fence color to blue with an orange line at the top.
"We're targeting to try to fit in, to be more normal or more on average with everybody," Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon said.
During their first offseason comments, the Mets said it was too soon to tell whether they would be competitive to re-sign free agent Jose Reyes. General manager Sandy Alderson said he expected David Wright will remain with the Mets next season.
The new fence will be erected in front of the ballpark's daunting 16-foot black fence, which became known as "The Great Wall of Flushing."
"You just keep looking at that thing, and that left-field wall kept getting higher and higher," Alderson said.
According to STATS LLC, Citi Field was last in the major leagues in home runs during its first three seasons with an average of 1.43 per game. The ballpark's 3.78 ERA was the sixth-lowest in the major leagues.
"Was Citi Field my favorite park to hit in? I'd be lying to you if I said it was," Wright said in comments made through the Mets. "Sure it was frustrating when you hit a ball good and you didn't get the results."
Right-center field is being brought in from 415 feet to 398, although the new sign doesn't match up with the same angle as the old one. Left field comes in from 371 to 358 -- with about 100 seats being added behind the new fence in left.
The "Mo's Zone" fence in right field is being pulled in, but still leaving an overhang from the second deck. About 40 additional seats will be in that area.
"I think it's going to be good for everybody," outfielder Jason Bay said through the Mets. "I think cutting down on the space in the outfield will help improve the defense which in turn should help the pitching."
Alderson, hired a year ago, revised the dimensions recommended by his predecessor, Omar Minaya.
"We didn't want to completely alter the ballpark and make it into the proverbial bandbox," Alderson said. "So that required looking at various dimensions and coming up with something based on home-run rates and park factors and so forth that was more or less neutral as between pitching and hitting, somewhere in the middle of all the ballparks."
Wright hit .279 at home with 22 homers, 103 RBIs and 179 strikeouts in the first three seasons at Citi Field, down from a .335 average at home with 37 homers, 118 RBIs and 105 strikeouts in the final three years at Shea Stadium.
"I don't want to give you the impression that we've done this for David or we've done this for Ike (Davis) or we've done this for anybody in particular," Alderson said. "It's really about having a more neutral ballpark and maybe to even some extent, given that I think offense is exciting for many fans, maybe it will be slightly more entertaining."
Alderson said the Mets projected they would have hit 81 more home runs at Citi Field over the last three seasons with the new dimensions and could have given up 70 more. During three years at Citi Field, there were only nine opposite-field home runs by left-handed hitters -- and none by the Mets.
"One explanation is we just haven't had any left-handed hitters that are strong enough to hit it out there," Alderson said. "Another explanation is that our left-handed power hitters have just decided that's not a good percentage and have more or less given up on that possibility."
Alderson compared the changes to the ones at Detroit's
Alderson said pitching coach Dan Warthen supported the changes.
"His point was maybe our pitchers got a little complacent here and it had an affect on the road as well," Alderson said, "so he felt that these dimensions, that they were fair, would force our guys to maybe bear down a little more here than they have."
On other topics:
--Wilpon said "there's not a deadline or there's not a date certain that anything has to be done" for selling minority interests in the team.
--Alderson predicted Reyes' free agency "is going to be a slow process" and added "we're not going to punt 2012 if Jose doesn't re-sign."
--Asked whether he could say with certainty Wright would be back next year, Alderson responded: "I couldn't say that with any degree of certainty about any player that we have," then paused and added, "Do I think he'll be a Met next year? Yes."
--Alderson said the bullpen was a priority and that he might shift some of the $100 million to $110 million budgeted for payroll next season to amateur draft signing bonuses.


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University of Alabama Student Survives the Tuscaloosa Tornado in April, Then Goes Home To Her Family In… Joplin
20-year-old Emily Fuller should buy a lottery ticket, because she's due for some good luck more than anyone else in this country.
Emily is a student at the University of Alabama. She was at school in April when tornados ripped through Tuscaloosa, devastated the city and the university, and took 42 lives.

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Georgia high school students will take more math and science classes to graduate if the state Board of Education approves a "one diploma" graduation requirement Thursday.
However, area school officials are giving the one diploma mixed reviews.
A one diploma system would replace the traditional "tiered diploma" system used by most Georgia school districts. Currently, schools allow students who aren't planning to attend a four-year college to pursue a vocational track to prepare for work or tech school.
Requirements vary by school district, but the vocational track typically requires fewer math and science classes, and there's no foreign language requirement.
However, the state school board could vote to change that Thursday. All students would pursue one set of diploma requirements to graduate. For most high schools, that will mean at least one more math and science class for those students who aren't planning to go to college.
Most school officials support the additional math and science classes, even if finding teachers for those positions may prove difficult. But others said the changes aren't drastic enough to warrant a diploma system overhaul.
"I'm not sure why it's touted as a change," Cedar Shoals High School Principal Tommy Craft said. "... At first it sounded like one high school diploma for all students, but it backed up to basically being the same pathway - college prep or vocational."
Georgia high school students currently face three options when they meet with advisers their freshman year.
They take the college prep track to prepare for a four-year college, a vocational track for work and tech school or the dual seal track if they want to prepare for both.
But in an effort to raise the academic bar for all high school students, state schools Superintendent Kathy Cox and state officials proposed the one diploma system earlier this year.
Clarke school board President Charles Worthy echoed the concerns of some this week when he said the extra math and science could lead more students to dropout.
"Mark my words," he said at last Thursday's board meeting. "The graduation rate - you see what's gonna happen."
But Cox and state officials who back the change disagree, state school board spokesman Dana Tofig said. All students should be prepared for some form of college, and by raising academic expectations more kids will stay in school, he said. Surveys of dropouts consistently show many teens would have stayed in school if expectations for them were higher, Tofig said.
"Some people were concerned that the additional math and science class would lead more students to drop out," Tofig said. "We don't agree."
Area high school principals concur that raising expectations is a good thing, and extra math and science classes are a positive in a time when more jobs require computer and tech-savvy employees.
"It's a technology-driven world," Madison High School Principal Wayne McIntosh said. "The (extra) math has been a long time coming."
But the proposed requirement also may create a huge demand for math and science teachers. Most high schools only will have to hire one or two additional teachers, but even that could cause a problem if every school district in the state goes hunting for them at the same time.
"There's a severe shortage of math and science teachers now," Winder-Barrow High School Principal Rob Johnson said. "If we don't find more the next couple of years, I could see that being a huge issue down the road. The issue isn't funding them, it's finding them."
Another concern about teacher demand prompted the state to nix a proposal to make foreign language a requirement for all Georgia graduates. Currently only college prep students have to take a foreign language, since it's required for admission to most four-year colleges. But state officials backed off the idea because there simply weren't enough foreign language teachers in the state.
If that's the case, Craft said the state still will make a distinction between college-bound students and work or vocational students. Those not taking Spanish or French won't be going to a four-year college.
"I guess technically it will be one high school diploma, but you won't get into a university unless you have the foreign language," Craft said.
If the state school board approves the one diploma system it will affect all first-time high school freshman next fall. That also could pose problems for schools in two to three years, when they'll have juniors under one set of requirements and seniors under another, Apalachee High School Principal David McGee said.
Where special education students fit in the new system also could be problematic, according to April Howard, assistant superintendent for the Jackson County School System.The state hasn't made it clear to her, she said, how it plans to support special ed students facing stiffer academic requirements.
Howard said Jackson County has created a special committee just to monitor that issue.
"For our students with disabilities, I think for them it will be beneficial but maybe more challenging," she said.
The state board spent months conducting public hearings leading up to Thursday's scheduled vote, including a hearing at Cedar Shoals High School in May. The state also has received hundreds of e-mails and letters from people voicing both concerns and support, Tofig said.
Vocational seals may be out
Under proposed graduation rules, students no longer would relieve vocational seals and would have to take extra math and science classes to graduate. Below are the number of total graduate and vocational seal graduates at area school districts for 2006. The 2007 numbers were not available.
District Graduates diplomas
Clarke 463 110
Barrow 429 167
Jackson 266 137
Jefferson City 91 40
Commerce City 62 38
Oconee 386 51
Madison 225 105
Oglethorpe 107 52
Source: Georgia Department of Education
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Yesterday was my sisters birthday.
She is in a band called Conduits.
you should check them out, I think they have a album coming out soon
they will also be on some tour dates with Bright Eyes
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Columbia, Missouri
Aug 8 - Val Air Ballroom
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Aug 9 - Boulder Theater
Boulder, Colorado
what brother wouldn't be proud of his big sister?
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The Fellowship of the Boob
-Neal Morrison
In May the fine people at The Gorilla Tango Theatre got in touch with me about Fellowship of the Boob: a Lord of the Rings (lotr), Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), World of Warcraft (WoW), and Fantasy burlesque show which was written and produced by the same tream who did Boobs and Goombas: a Super Mario Burlesque who back in February I did a review and took some photos for.
The story is your classic tale of 5 adventurers set fourth to find (Quest Item) as an audience member you play the role of a level 1 Healer whom with your magic incantation of "Nipple Booby Nipple Booby Tit Tit Tit" you can call fourth the Tip-Wench and with enough tips can restore one of your companions back to full health. Your companions include a Dwarf (Hazel Hellbender), Elf (Dinah Dentata), Warrior (London Derriere) and Rouge/Mage (Diva la Vida).
The story takes you through merlock infested swamps, in a rickety old tavern, enchanted forests, dank dungeons, and to the lair of the evil dragon queen all the while making jokes and comments about the fantasy media that has inspired the show.
One thing as a nerd I appreciate is the attention to detail put into the show from quotes directly from The Labyrinth, guest characters running through scenes directly from LotR, and insider jokes made by the Dungeon Master of Ceremonies (DMoC) you can tell that the creators/writers knew about these subjects. They seem to realize that as a nerd I don't just enjoy things like lord of the rings, and RPG adventure games I love them, study them, and quote them to my friends on a daily basis and would notice if something didn't feel genuine in the story and it makes me feel good to feel that the performers enjoy the subjects on the same to a similar level that I do.
The burlesque part of the show feature the all girl cast fighting rigorous battles, being introduced to new characters along the journey, meeting a couple mischievous pixies, or worshiping every ones favorite deity Cthulhu all of which transition well within the story and keep the adventurers on their way.
The show was a lot of fun, and it was great to see both beautiful girls and fantasy based adventure together.
Fellowship of the Boob is playing at The Gorilla Tango Theater, 9:30 pm Thursdays June 2 - Aug 25.
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Hey there,
I'm just fine-tuning the website.. the support here so far has been fantastic!
I had a question about the Layer Slider. I would like to keep it responsive but I was wondering if all the content could be centered. Whenever I view it on a large screen… the content of the layer slider is aligned all the way to the left so it looks a bit funky. I've posted an example below… (I would like to keep everything within the section I grayed out)
Let me know if there's something quick I can adjust that I'm not seeing in the options.. You can view it live here: http://godsfingerprints.net/spiritual-wallpapers/
Thanks so much!
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I believe its all in how you set up the slideshow. IE – the demo data slideshow is auto centered by way of its set up so you can look at that one as an example.
Edit: Saw this just now in another topic spelled out, Go LayerSlider WP > Select the slider > Global Options > Basic > Layers Container. Specify a width in pixels for the container. This will constrain the elements at the center.
Perfect. Thank you!
Glad we could help :)
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I have tried as per your above text but still i cant resolved this problem , any other idea for me ?
what width will be in px ?
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Open source has already shown some limited promise in the networking and IP telephony arenas. In the hallways at almost any IP telephony conference, attendees will inevitably hear someone mention Asterisk, an open-source IP PBX that's gotten backing from IBM. The Department of Defense uses Sourcefire network security products based on Snort open-source intrusion dectection and prevention.
Open source routing projects like GNU Zebra and the related Quagga project are barely a blip on the radar. Vyatta seems to have been more lucky out of the gate, as 10,000 people downloaded the beta software in the last several months. Vyatta VP of strategy Dave Roberts says interest has mostly come from small- and medium-sized businesses looking for value, but major financial houses have called asking for details and large ISPs have downloaded Vyatta software.
Instead of purchasing an expensive piece of hardware, all Vyatta requires is an Intel-based PC with at least a 500 MHz processor, 256 Mbytes of RAM, 500 Mbytes of free disk space, a PCI-based T1 interface card and the company's Open Flexible Router software.
Roberts says customers should look to Vyatta for value, security and flexibility, and also took the opportunity to rip on proprietary systems. "Closed-source is like Stalin and central planning," he says. "At the end of the day, the company knows best. With open source, that's not a barrier."


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EC President receives Moroccan Prime Minister in Brussels
Moroccan Prime Minister Driss Jettou held talks in Brussels Tuesday with European Commission (EC) President Romano Prodi on political and economic cooperation.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, both officials stressed joint desire to further enhance bilateral relations in various domains.
Prodi said both sides were working together to combat terrorism and that the Europeans were satisfied with the pace of economic reforms in Morocco, the Kuwait news agency reported.
He said the EU was also helping Rabat cope with standards of the 15-member union.
Jettou, for his part, said that the fact Morocco has chosen the EU as a partner showed it selected a type of society and respect for human rights.
The Moroccan Premier also said his country was keen on accelerating economic reforms. He said the EU was Morocco's prime economic and political partner.
KUNA added that regarding the Middle east peace process, Jettou said the "roadmap" should be implemented to bring an end to violence.
Asked on deployment of international forces, he said that Rabat would back all solutions for the peace process, which would be accepted by the Palestinian Authority. (Albawaba.com)
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- Morocco's King receives Former Russian Prime Minister
- Syria's President Receives Moroccan Minister
- EC calls on Turkey to cool reaction to French bill
- Greeks say 'no' to austerity and plunge Europe into crisis
- Trouble in paradise: massive business scandals reveal the other face of Turkey's economic 'miracle'


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"Run, Goblin, Run!" Part 1 of 2
• What's it like to be a villain in the Marvel Universe…once the Superior Spider-Man sets his sights on you?
• Find out, from Phil Urich's point of view, in what might be the final days of the Hobgoblin.
• Plus, what is the secret of "The Tinkerer's Apprentice"? Who's been helping the Terrible Tinkerer? And how is he, of all people, the reason everything in Spider-Man's life will be changed forever?!


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This blog is a place where I post articles I have written about topics in finance, data visualization, R, hacking, workflow, and other data and information projects. I have a B.S. in Information and Decision Systems from Carnegie Mellon and a Masters of Science in Inustrial Administration from the (then Carnegie Mellon Graduate School of Industrial Administration, now Tepper School of Business). I have worked on fixed income trading floors since 1995. I am a derivatives structurer by trade.
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On July 18, 2011, In Emergency Message, By Police Main
From time to time people find vintage pictures that they are kind enough to share with us. This rare find is from a swearing in ceremony for the Sayreville Police Explorers on March 11, 1975. Flanking the group are [l] retired Lieutenant Robert Dunworth and [r] retired Lieutenant Ed Boyler. While the gracious donor wishes to remain anonymous we can share the fact that three of the people in the photo went on to careers in law enforcement.


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Hood's Manufacturing Furniture Manufacturer
Hood's Manufacturing is a company located in Haleyville, Alabama (AL). Haleyville is a part of Winston county.
You can find Hood's Manufacturing on 2847 County Road 23, Haleyville, 35565-7705 or give them a call at 2054866501. You can ask for James Hood, who is the Owner of the company. They are mainly in the 259901 - Furniture-Manufacturers field. As far as we know, they have 5 employees and generate about $760,000 in sales.
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Company name: Hood's Manufacturing
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Zip code: 35565-7705
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A suicidal man was shot at least once after pointing a gun at San Diego officers in a tense standoff in a parking lot alongside Mission Bay Wednesday afternoon.
The confrontation continued when the wounded man fell in the grass with a handgun inches from one hand, police said. Officers drove their patrol cars onto the grass, using them as cover to approach him before finally take him into custody, a witness said.
Police homicide Capt. Al Guaderrama said the man called 911 about 11:10 a.m. and said he had a gun and wanted to commit suicide. Police found him in the driver's seat of a grey sedan in the De Anza Cove Park parking lot at the northern end of Mission Bay, near the Mission Bay Golf Course and Practice Center.
According to the radio call, the man told a dispatcher that he had a weapon and wanted to commit suicide by cop.
Guaderrama said officers didn't immediately approach the car, but instead tried to talk the man into giving himself up over his cell phone. After about 15 minutes, he got out of the car with his hands up and started to walk toward officers, only to return to the car and step out again with a handgun. At least one officer shot the man when he pointed the weapon at several officers and the police helicopter, Guaderrama said.
"Anytime it's a beautiful sunny day here at the bay and a lot of of people are around, officers had to... make sure the area was absolutely safe before even attempting to take the man into custody," he said.
Marc Balanky of Allied Gardens (a former employee of U-T San Diego) was at the park taking pictures when he noticed several police cars had converged near the vehicle and a police helicopter flying overhead. He ended up watching the half-hour confrontation.
Balanky said the man emerged from the vehicle with what looked like a gun in his hand and pointed it at officers. The man first walked toward one group of police near the park, then another near the street.
"They were yelling at him. 'Drop the gun. Drop the gun,'" Balanky said.
He said he heard what sounded like a gunshot about 12:10 p.m. and the man fell to the ground. Officers shouted that the man still had a weapon.
Balanky said at that point officers shot him a second time with what he thought was a bean bag round. The man was taken into custody and loaded into an ambulance. Guaderrama said a bean bag round was fired at the man, but it may not have hit him. Police said the man was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
Guaderrama wouldn't confirm whether police shot the man more than once.
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RunKeeper Versus Runmeter on the iPhone: A Newbie Runner's Review
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calories you've burned. On another screen you can see your current location on a Google map with a red line that traces the route you've been following, with little green signs at each mile mark. The app saves the data from each of your runs when you're done, and also automatically uploads the data to the RunKeeper website.
With the Pro (premium) version of RunKeeper, you can even snap pictures while you're out running, and the app will geotag them and attach them to the point on the map where you took them. (That feature mimics another favorite mobile app of mine called EveryTrail.) The Pro version also includes the aforementioned coaching functions, where a voice speaks over your headphones to help you keep to a desired target pace, or tells you to speed up or slow down for interval training.
The RunKeeper website is where things really get interesting. RunKeeper isn't just an app—it's a lifestyle. The site includes an online control center for your data and a social network to support your overall fitness goals.
Each run, walk, or bike ride is uploaded to your profile, where you can review maps and stats from all your outings, and see fitness reports detailing your acttivities over time. If you have another FitnessKeeper-enabled device, such as a Withings Wi-Fi scale, this data will also flow into your reports, so that you can track things like your weight and body fat percentage. And most importantly, you can build a community of other RunKeeper users, which can be useful as a source of both peer pressure and mutual support. You can see Facebook-style updates on your friends' latest activities and compare your own activity records to the people on your "Street Team" (FitnessKeeper's name for your friends list).
As my colleague Erin wrote last week, FitnessKeeper has just added fitness classes and training plans to its website as well. For $9.99 to $19.99 (or half off if you've bought a "RunKeeper Elite" annual membership for $19.99), you can sign up for 5K or half-marathon courses designed by Jeff Galloway, a running author and columnist and former Olympic 10,000-meter runner. The parameters for each run in the course then appear in the RunKeeper app's calendar, and on the day of each run you get prompts showing you how far to go. As you train you can connect with others signed up for the same course.
Runmeter, by contrast, is much more self-contained. Abvio, the San Francisco company behind the app, is proudly iPhone-centric, meaning there aren't Android or BlackBerry versions of the app, and all the action takes place within the app itself—there's no online profile and no social networking. (But there is social media. As with RunKeeper, you can set the app to automatically publish data about each run you finish in the form of a tweet or a Facebook status update.)
[Corrected 10:20 a.m. 10/15/10] Runmeter came out in September 2009 and currently ranks just below RunKeeper in the health and fitness category of the App Store. Abvio also makes separate programs for walking and biking called Walkmeter and Cyclemeter; all of them cost $4.99, with no free versions. (Cyclemeter is currently ahead of both RunKeeper and Runmeter in the App Store rankings.) Given that Abvio's focus is entirely on its apps, the Runmeter app feels slightly more built-out and feature-rich than the RunKeeper app. Of course, it's got the obligatory stopwatch screen showing your time, distance, and pace, and (if you select this in the settings) calories burned, as well as a map showing your route and graphs showing your pace over time and your elevation. All of your routes are saved on the device; there's no automatic backup to the Web. But you can export your run and map data to a computer via e-mail, choosing from a range of formats for the export (Google Maps, GPX, KML, and CSV). You can also sync data from your runs to your iPhone's calendar app, which is a nice way of logging your runs in the context of all your other activities.
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Summer's biggest monsters vs. robots film (well, the only monsters vs. robots film of this Summer, anyway) is set to duke it out with the box office in July. Until then, check out a handful of new images from the upcoming sci-fi actioner. If you didn't get excited about seeing this thing when you first heard about it, then went bonkers when you saw the first trailer, let's face it, this isn't your kind of movie. Too bad for you, bub. For the rest of us? "Pacific Rim" is the kind of movie we've wanted to make (or see made) since we saw our very first episode of "Robotech" or "Voltron".
All I can say is, Thanks, Guillermo del Toro, for making the 12-year old in me all kinds of giddy. You rock, man.
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee -who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Starring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Ron Perlman, Charlie Day, Clifton Collins Jr., Heather Doerksen, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman, Max Martini.
The brawl begins this July 12, 2013.
Get more images and videos in our "Pacific Rim" preview page.
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Tug boat begins canal system inspection
The tug Syracuse began its annual inspection of the New York State canal system Tuesday, departing from Canalside in downtown Buffalo, the New York State Canal Corp. reports.
The inspection team aboard the Syracuse will check locks and lift bridges across the state during the next two months, issuing grades for each one. The best of them will be honored with awards later this year.
Canal Corp. director Brian U. Stratton took part in the first leg of the inspection Tuesday between Buffalo and Lockport, accompanied by local officials.


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The materials for last night's data-gathering session at House of Hope are being uploaded to the main Commission Materials page as well as the meeting-specific page. Keep checking the meeting specific page for the video recording of the meeting, which we hope to upload by the end of the week.
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- Prospective evaluation of quality of life and nutrition before and after treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinomaJustine E Oates
Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute, Level 6, Gloucester House, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales 2047, Australia
Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 133:533-40. 2007..Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is standard for advanced nasopharyngeal cancer; however, the toxic effects of this treatment are substantial...
- Integration of prospective quality of life and nutritional assessment as routine components of multidisciplinary care of patients with head and neck cancerJustine Oates
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The man and woman arrested for living in a New York man's vacation home with drugs, 10 grenades, a firearm and a pet pig are out of jail Thursday.
Darin James Febus, 37, and Miriam Scott Bailey, 32 were charged with third-degree grand theft auto and possession of marijuana, according to Judge Thomas J. Rebull. Febus was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Bailey posted $6,000 bond and was released Wednesday. Febus was released on his own recognizance Thursday.
Febus' bond was not set Wednesday because his public defender said there was a probable cause issue with his firearm charge.
"There is nothing, at least in the sworn testimony before the court, alleging Mr. Febus is a convicted felon," he said in court.
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Before signing the order, Obama spoke to the media and insisted it needed to be done, pointing to the $1.2 trillion debt currently incurred by Americans using federal student loans.
In a 21st century economy, a higher education is the single best investment that you can make in yourselves and your future, and weve got to make sure that investment pays off, Obama said. And heres why: For 51 months in a row, our businesses have created new jobs -- 9.4 million new jobs in total. And over the last year, weve averaged around 200,000 new jobs every month. Thats the good news. But while those at the top are doing better than ever, average wages have barely budged. And there are too many Americans out there that are working harder and harder just to get by.
Obama also insisted that rising higher ed costs are hurting middle class America. At a time when higher education has never been more important, its also never been more expensive, Obama said. Over the last three decades, the average tuition at a public university has more than tripled. At the same time, the typical familys income has gone up just 16 percent.
Noting that he and the first lady relied on student loans for their education, Obama said his administration was trying to make colleges more accountable and accessible, though he added debt remained a major problem.
Despite everything were doing, were still seeing too big a debt load on too many young people, Obama said. A large majority of todays college seniors have taken out loans to pay for school. The average borrower at a four-year college owes nearly $30,000 by graduation day. Americans now owe more on student loans than they do on credit cards. And the outrage here is that theyre just doing what theyve been told theyre supposed to do. I cant tell you how many letters I get from people who say I did everything I was supposed to and now Im finding myself in a situation where Ive got debts I cant pay off, and I want to pay them off, and Im working really hard, but I just cant make ends meet. If somebody plays by the rules, they shouldnt be punished for it.
Obama authorized U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to include more Americans under the Pay as You Earn program capping student loan repayments to 10 percent of their income. Obama also called on the federal government to renegotiate contracts with private companies like Sallie Mae that service our student loans" and working with more nonprofit groups and businesses to expand access to information about student loan options.
Taking aim at far-right Republicans in Congress who are backing a trickle-down economic plan, Obama urged the passage of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warrens, D-Mass., student loan reform bill which is up for a Senate vote on Wednesday.
But Republicans, including a potential presidential candidate from Florida, fired back after Obamas actions. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said he had concerns about Obamas actions and pointed toward a plan he was crafting with U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.
President Obama has correctly identified burdensome student debt as one of the greatest threats facing our economy, Rubio said. The ever-growing cost of college and skyrocketing student debt means that millions of young Americans will have a harder time achieving the American dream. The solution is to dramatically expand how Americans can access higher education and allow for new ways to pay for it.
The presidents proposal to expand the existing income-based repayment program may be welcome news for young Americans struggling with the cost of student loan debt, Rubio added. However, it builds on a system that is already too complicated and hard to access. Moving forward, a better approach is the bipartisan proposal I am drafting with Sen. Mark Warner. It would end the confusion and hassle by automatically enrolling students into one unified income-based repayment plan. Our plan will be more fiscally responsible for both taxpayers and students than what the president has done unilaterally. Rather than simply taking executive action, I urge the White House to look at our bipartisan plan.
Rubio also dismissed Warrens proposal. The president is also calling for the Senate to pass Sen. Elizabeth Warrens student loan legislation, which does nothing to address the growing costs of higher education and puts taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars of existing loan debt," Rubio said. During this weeks Senate debate, l look forward to offering alternative, higher education reform ideas that will make higher education more affordable and accessible for young Americans.
But the proposal did win the applause of the Florida congresswoman who leads the Democratic National Committee (DNC). President Obama announced key actions to help millions of people who have borrowed to pay for their college education better manage their debt, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., insisted on Monday.
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Rampant Games - How CRPGs Warped My Brain
A cool title for what is essentially a trip down memory lane, with the Rampant Coyote listing some of the old CRPGs that influence his thinking, with further installments to follow. Here's an excerpt:
Yeah, for a while I had it entitled, "My CRPG Influences," but the title was so boring and pretentious that I couldn't read it without shuddering. So I came up with this title as an emergency substitute. Couldn't figure out a better one.
I think my comment reads like a criticism, which it isn't. Looking forward to seeing the other parts. :)
It's interesting also how time, age, or just game evolution makes you change your mind on what things you like or not. For example, my first cRPG was Wizardry 1. I played this before I even knew what D&D was. I spent dozens of hours rummaging through those dungeons. But years later I fully dismiss games for a variety of reasons like not letting me save anywhere, or because it has too many random encounters, or because the automapping sucks, or the journal system is not comprehensive enough, yet Wizardry 1 suffered from all those problems yet I loved that game.
Yeah, going back and retro-gaming can often be a frustrating experience. There are a lot of conveniences of modern gaming that we take for granted that really didn't exist back then. And some stuff that would totally not fly - like permadeath on failed resurrection attempts in Wizardry 1. Maybe Roguelike players would be willing to suffer that kind of game rule, but not many mainstream gamers would tolerate that today. Oh, and having to go into the dungeon to heal magically…
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Cosplayer Kia > Costume of High Wizard (Ragnarok Online)
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- Year Completed:
- 2012
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- Youmacon 2006 - Honourable Mention, Anime North 2007 - Best Artisan Presentation. Ad Astra 2008 - Best Artisan Workmanship & Presentation, 2nd Place - CosplayLab's Ragnarok Look-A-Like contest, Best in Class Presentation, Novice - Worldcon 2009
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- Ad-Astra 2008
- Anime Central 2007
- Anime North 2007
- Worldcon 2009
- Youmacon 2006
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This is one of those costumes that had been in the planning stages for (what feels like) eternity. When the artwork first popped up on the Korean RO website this was the first of the 3.1 designs that I latched on to almost immediately. A few months later I had this giant bag of white fun fur, beige and brown faux suede and crazy looking piping cord. I think that was back in March 2004, or at least 2005 ... I can't keep track anymore.
About the costume itself, the cape is a combination of butchering 2 different patterns. There is a ridiculous amount of hand sewing in that stupid thing, as the round edges all along the cape are all turned back over this really thick piping cord and then hand stitched down. The collar sticks up nicely because of the 5 pieces of ridgiline sewn into it along the back.
The pattern for the dress was made completely by hand. There's 10 main pieces to this dress, plus 4 piece for the boobs (which was the hardest thing to work on ...) and then the beige pieces on the front that go *on top* of the pieces underneath. The entire thing is fully boned with spiral steel, just like a corset.
The skirt was done rather freehandedly and is a piece of beige suede on top and a piece of brown broadcloth underneath that have been attached with stitch-witchery so that they act like one piece of fabric. 90% of the gold detailing is hand sewn (much of it in the car to the con ...), including the stitching lines that separate the 3 lines of twill tape that is under it to give it that shape. Ridgiline (my secret weapon!) is sewn all along the outside edge to give it it's shape.
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Fort Washington, Pa. Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. has released a new gold wire for stacked-die and multi-layer applications, and an ultra-soft copper wire for a variety of discrete and IC applications.
The Formax gold bonding wire is said to offer highly accurate and consistent loop profiles for higher wire bond yields. The Formax wire improves linearity and stability, while achieving higher molding results, said the company. This wire has versatile looping capabilities, with loop heights of less than 3 mil to more than 16 mil, with wire spans up to 320 mil using a 1-mil wire diameter wire.
The MaxSoft copper bonding wire offers unique physical properties that is said to reduce IC bond stress and significantly improve second bond strengths. Applications using copper wire for bonding can prove challenging since copper inherently deforms less readily than gold wire, causing higher stress on the bond pad. K&S laboratory results have shown that due to its lower wire hardness, MaxSoft reduces pad damage and provides stronger intermetallic connections, said the company.
In addition, MaxSoft obtained up to 35% higher second bond pull responses compared to conventional copper wire, with increased bonding robustness, said the company.
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I only have 1 week to finish this cosplay, and....FFF My money ran out so I couldn't get anyway pretty ruffles for the shirt...So I made them all myself ;A; And since the bottom of this outfit never really show in the artwork, I just wing it XD I wish I could have done better though...I don't know D; My wig was a gift from sis when she went to Japan. So now I can get it to good use!
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Every type of employee leave is different. Some leave requests involve difficult personal issues, while others can cause workplace morale problems. Plus, every state has different leave laws.
What's worse, the costs of employee absenteeism—reflected in lost production, overtime and temporary replacements for the absent worker—can add up quickly.
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1. Set a clear policyDistribute a policy indicating when and under what conditions an employee will be paid (or not paid) for absences. Set a maximum.
The policy should indicate types and stages of discipline that will apply to employees who violate the policy.
Variations include no-fault policies, which count all absences toward an established maximum, or those that differentiate between excused and unexcused absences.
Caution: Some courts have found employers may have to reasonably accommodate an employee's qualified disability under the ADA regardless of its no-fault absenteeism policy. Also, you can't count FMLA leave time toward absences under a no-fault policy.
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Advice: Make it clear to employees that a sick leave or absenteeism policy is not a benefit to be equated with vacation time or personal leave.
4. Use progressive disciplineWhen you're faced with an employee who is chronically absent, progressive discipline works best:
- Oral reprimand. The boss discusses the problem with the employee, stating that attendance must improve. If it does—say, for three months—then wipe the slate clean and expunge the documentation.
- Written warning. If the problem persists, the supervisor should prepare a memo spelling out the problem, the potential consequences and the time frame. Have the worker sign an acknowledgment of receipt. Put this in the employee's personnel file and give him or her a copy.
- Final written warning. If attendance does not improve based on the predetermined rules, deliver a final written warning, perhaps accompanied by probationary status for the employee.
- Termination review. If the problem persists, HR and the supervisor should sit down to evaluate the full range of discharge-related considerations. Follow through on termination if the facts warrant it.
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Cover your ears! Neymar & Santos serenade women of the world with Brazilian ballad
Santos rang in International Women's Day with a rendition of cheesy Brazilian ballad 'Esse Cara Sou Eu' (I'm This Guy').
Neymar, Marcos Assunção et al picked up the microphone for Santos TV to serenade the women of the world.
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Students don beer goggles through police simulator
Normally, dodging slow-moving cars and running red lights while impaired is no laughing matter, but students and officers had a chuckle at how silly drunk driving is during a test of an impaired driving simulator yesterday.
Peterborough County OPP brought the vehicle, which is the shell of a car outfitted with a video game console, to Adam Scott Collegiate yesterday to show automotive technology students what they will be constructing.
The students will spend the next several months gutting a car to remove the engine and hooking up video game controls and a television screen to give the user the sensation they are driving in the immobile vehicle.
But the key to the experience is a pair of goggles that simulate the effect of having twice the legal blood-alcohol limit.
"Dude, the car is mangled," shouted a group of automotive class students as they tested out the simulator.
"It's really, really blurry and so hard to see," said Grade 11 student Tyler Ralph, 16, as he stumbled out of the car. "It really slows your reaction time."
"You'll be at one end of the street and think you're at the other end," said Grade 11 student Lucas Nelson, 16.
The students, many of whom recently began driving, said the experience served as a warning.
"You wouldn't think it's that bad," Ralph said. "When you're drunk you're not really concentrating, either, so it would be even worse."
That's the effect police are hoping the simulator will have on people who try it out. After the vehicle is completed in April, it will be taken to high schools, trade shows and fairs in the county in the hopes that people who try it will become aware of the impact being impaired has on their ability to drive.
"If anyone actually did this they would never want to get behind the wheel of their car (while drunk)," said city police Sgt. John Ogrodnik after trying the simulator.
Rob Flindall, head of the technology department at Adam Scott, said the students are excited about the project.
"It's incredible. In the last half an hour they've been coming up with new ideas and they've actually been finding way to improve on it," Flindall said. "At the same time they are getting the lesson."
Nelson said the students have big plans for ways to improve on the design of the simulator. They want to attach a television to the front end of the car instead of a projection screen to make the visual of the simulated road more realistic, and Flindall said students brought up the idea of making the hood of the car pop up when the driver hits something in the video game.
The vehicle, which is part of Peterborough County OPP's Operation Lookout program, was donated by the school through a $1,000 donation from the Ontario Chiefs of Police Substance Abuse Grant Program.
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The meals you provide bring love into the Ronald McDonald House every day, allowing families to unwind, de-stress, and fortify their bodies to be at their best for their child in the hospital. Meals from the Heart volunteers work as a group to prepare the meal in Ronald McDonald House's full service kitchens, allowing families to find nourishment and comfort in a shared meal. Our group will eat with the families and then clean up the kitchen.
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The SSL Listen Mic Compressor was originally designed to prevent overloading the return feed from a studio communications mic, its fixed attack and release curves were eminently suitable for use on ambient drums mics.
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Hello John, I did not find Rueben Herndon Listed but DID in fact find your Enoch Herndon,(I Believe) Enoch Herndon born 1807 in SC and he Died in February 1880 in Forsyte County,Ga He Had Married a Tabbetha Emiline Martin The Daughter of Peter H Martin and it Stated That she was born in 1825 in Georgia. Children Were as Follows.
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Maliced on air.
Redial in coma.
Nice oral, maid.
I can dream oil.
Ryan Seacrest:
Necessary Rat
Nasty careers
Yearns recast
Simon cowell:
oilmen scowl
Clime on slow.
Once slim owl.
ill? Come now!
Swim, Colonel!
Randy Jackson:
Sad, cranky Jon
Scary, dank Jon
Randy + snack = joy!
Paula Abdul:
Nothing- not even when you use her middle name. If you come up with anything, let me know.
Ace Young
An eco guy
Canoe guy
ocean guy
cue agony!
Katharine Mcphee
I perk each anthem.
I cheapen the mark.
A cheap thinker, me.
Preheat each mink.
A champ here. Hi Kent!
(As told by Dr. Seuss)
Am I sand?
Sand I am!
Sam and I!
I and Sam!
I am sand!
Kellie Pickler
Elk kill recipe.
I kill elk, creep!
Chris Daughtry
Shag icy Dr. Ruth
Harsh city drug
Itchy drug rash
Taylor Hicks
Hickory salt
Sir, thy cloak!
Track is holy
Ah, rock it, Sly!
Royal Schtick
Bucky Convington
Convict gunkboy!
Paris Bennett
Be in patterns.
Elliott Yamin
Mainly toilet.
Lamely into it.
At million yet?
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Our weirdo dancer.
I own a rude record.
I rewound a record.
Win our odd career!
Clay Aiken
Alien Yack.
Fantasia Barrino
Sat on a fair brain.
Ruben Studdard
Bad duds return!
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Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team Kamihamihas the PSP Next Month
Do people seriously still play/watch/wear Dragon Ball Z? Even when Dragon Ball Z was cool it still wasn't cool. Then the movie came along and ruined Emmy Rossum's acting career. Good times. Anyway, Namco is not done beating this dead horse until every last dollar bill has been spit forth from its shameless corpse. The publisher announced today that Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team is due to hit store shelves next month.
From Namco Bandai: "For the first time ever Dragon Ball Z fans can enter into high-impact two vs. two combat in Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team for the PSP system. Play solo or team up via Ad Hoc mode to tackle memorable battles in a variety of single player and multiplayer modes, including Dragon Walker, Battle 100, and Survival Mode. Dragon Walker Mode takes fans through the entire epic Dragon Ball Z story arc from the Saiyan saga to the Majin Buu saga. Battle 100 Mode tasks players to relive the most epic encounters and newly created scenarios from the Dragon Ball Z world in ever-increasingly difficult situations."
Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team will be available for the PSP on October 19, 2010 for $39.99. Or you could just wait a couple days and get it for roughly half that when the five boys who still buy these games realize they've been wasting their life and trade it in for a man's adventure, like Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 2! It's a freaking ultimate storm of ninjas! How cool is that? I bet most Dragon Ball fans don't even know what "Tenkaichi" means.


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I LOVE pink and orange together!
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And I don't even LIKE pink. But this color combo is so rad! I love it! :D Just finished and listed this girl. She's soooo cute and bright!
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by Emerald Member on Dec. 13, 2012 at 9:25 PM
Glad I'm not the only one. ;)
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:D Very cute monster! I agree, this combo works! (I dislike pink as well! lol)
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That is way cute!
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Issue No. 08 - August (2004 vol. 16)
pp: 965-979
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TKDE.2004.19
Yoon-Chul Choy , IEEE Computer Society
Sung-Bae Cho , IEEE Computer Society
Kyong-Ho Lee , IEEE Computer Society

Abstract—SGML/XML are having a profound impact on data modeling and processing. This paper presents an efficient algorithm to compute differences between old and new versions of an SGML/XML document. The difference between the two versions can be considered to be an edit script that transforms one document tree into another. The proposed algorithm is based on a hybridization of bottom-up and top-down methods: The matching relationships between nodes in the two versions are produced in a bottom-up manner and then the top-down breadth-first search computes an edit script. Faster matching is achieved because the algorithm does not need to investigate the possible existence of matchings for all nodes. Furthermore, it can detect structurally meaningful changes such as the movement and copy of a subtree as well as simple changes to the node itself like insertion, deletion, and update.

Change detection, difference computation, edit script, edit operation, structured document, SGML, XML.
Yoon-Chul Choy, Sung-Bae Cho, Kyong-Ho Lee, "An Efficient Algorithm to Compute Differences between Structured Documents", IEEE Transactions on Knowledge & Data Engineering, vol. 16, no. , pp. 965-979, August 2004, doi:10.1109/TKDE.2004.19


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Boho Theatre and Stage Left Theatre Present PYGMALION, 1/5-2/10
BoHo Theatre and Stage Left Theatre present a joint production of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. The production runs January 5th through February 10th , 2013, at Theater Wit, and is directed by Stage Left Artistic Director Vance Smith. Pygmalion represents the Bohemian Pillar of Beauty in BoHo Theatre's 2012/2013 Season, and continues Stage Left Theatre's season exploring societal perceptions and expectations of women. This production celebrates the 100th anniversary of Pygmalion, which was first produced in 1913.
Pygmalion is the classic tale of wily Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle and her transformation into a "proper lady" at the hands of the arrogant dialect expert Henry Higgins. On a bet, Higgins takes Eliza in off the street and trains her to pass for a duchess at an ambassador's gArden Party by teaching her to assume a veneer of gentility, the most important element of which, he believes, is impeccable speech. What he isn't quite ready to accept, however, is that Eliza is a real person, not just an experiment: one with plans and feelings of her own.
Shaw's biting social commentary on class, manners, and the place of women in society remains as hilarious and challenging as when it was first performed in 1913. In celebration of the play's centennial, this production offers the original story, using the script as it was first produced, before Shaw adapted it for film, added additional scenes, and before it inspired the beloved musical My Fair Lady. Now, 100 years later, a woman's rights and place in society continue to be contentious issues. By bringing the past to life onstage, BoHo and Stage Left remind us how far we've come on the issues of women's roles and the definition of beauty, and how far we still have to go.
Pygmalion is a joint venture between Stage Left Theatre and BoHo Theatre. It presents the opportunity for each organization to learn from the other while melding their distinct artistic directions into a single production. Pygmalion will feature regular BoHo artists Theresa Ham (costume design), Cassy Schillo (props design), and Charles Riffenburg (graphic design) working alongside Stage Left company members Jessica Harpenau (lighting design), Adam Smith (sound design) Tara Malpass (stage management) and Kristin Steele (production management), with members of each company appearing in the cast. The production is directed by Stage Left Theatre's Artistic Director Vance Smith, with BoHo Theatre's Associate Artistic Director Peter Robel as Associate Director
"A lot of us at Stage Left have long been admirers of BoHo's work," says Artistic Director Vance Smith. "This partnership allows the two companies to learn from each other both artistically and administratively. In addition, The Combined resources of the two companies will enable us to produce this play at level that we may not have been able to individually."
Stage Left Theatre, now in its 31st season, has dedicated their season to examining the perceptions and expectations of women in society.
BoHo Theatre recently received national critical acclaim for its production of Floyd Collins at Theater Wit, with The Wall Street Journal calling it "a major event… I can't imagine a better revival." "BoHo is committed to crafting a process-driven experience for both our actors and artists," says BoHo Artistic Director Peter Marston Sullivan. "We bring that sensibility to our work in both the design meetings and the rehearsal room. Stage Left has established over 30 years of strong theatrical works, and we're hoping in this partnership to learn ways to grow in our process and reach new audiences as we move into BoHo's 10th season next year."


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The Trouble with Peer-Pay Benchmarking for CEOs
One negative effect of using peer pay to determine a CEO's compensation can be that company morale is affected if employees view executive pay as being grossly out of proportion with their own, researchers report.
By Kecia Bal
Relying heavily on competitive benchmarking in setting CEO compensation could be a costly misstep based on outdated and flawed rationale, according to researchers from the University of Delaware.
The study, "Executive Superstars, Peer Groups and Over-Compensation -- Cause, Effect and Solution," asserts that, contrary to common belief, executives are not frequently moving among top slots, and when they do, it's often with less-than-stellar results.
Looking at how other companies are paying rewarding their CEOs and then attempting to best the median leads to a "ratcheting up" effect, endlessly cranking COE compensations higher and higher, say the researchers, Professor Charles Elson and Research Fellow Craig Ferrere, both of the university's John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance.
The fate of Ron Johnson, J.C. Penney's recently ousted CEO, shows that benchmarking should become a practice of the past, Elson says.
"While it used to be based on peer compensation, here, we're saying the starting point should be internal," says Elson, who also is the university's Edgar S. Woolard Jr. chair in corporate governance and center director. "This is better, because it can be consistent with the company's pay scale."
Johnson, whose resume includes executive experience at Apple and Target, was lauded as an innovator at first. Though the company paid Johnson about $50 million in stock alone to accept the post, the chain's sales plunged, according to the Wall Street Journal. After 17 months, he was let go.
"He was brought in as a star CEO," Elson says. "They paid him a lot of money and it didn't work out. It basically reflects what we found: sometimes, culture doesn't translate."
In the study, researchers compiled data on the CEOs of 1,500 companies over the last 30 years. Their findings: Top executives rarely leave for other companies. Among CEOs included in the study, only 27 left for another position, and most of those transplants failed. The researchers link the beginning of peer-group compensation and analysis to the post-World War II business environment of 1949, when a point system was developed to set compensation rates based on a globalized model.
Elson says embracing a new approach to compensation -- one not based on what peer companies are doing -- has liberating implications for human resources.
"Pay, rather than being externally developed, can be based internally. In other words, you'll design a compensation package around an internal scheme," he says. "From the HR perspective, you can be more consistent."
The researchers pointed out that one negative effect of benchmarking can be that company morale is affected if employees view executive pay as being grossly out of proportion with their own. They also found that, most often, CEOs are promoted from within.
Other studies, such as one from the consulting firm Spencer Stuart, arrive at similar figures: In 2012, 73 percent of newly appointed CEOs among the S&P 500 companies studied were internal placements, down from 78 percent in 2011.
"The idea now is: Look, if CEOs can't move like we thought they could, why are we compensating them based on peer pay? That fear [of not providing enough compensation to retain candidates] came from the board," Elson says.
The challenge then, is finding the appropriate ratio to calculate CEO pay, Elson says.
But Ferrere says there is no simple or uniform formula.
"We tend to think that there are some objective metrics out there, but in the end, it's a complicated thing. You need people close to the issue to figure it out," he says. "From our perspective in academics, we can give guidance and advice, and at the end of the day, we hope people can adjust to what's most appropriate.
"I think they have their work cut out for them."
In summarizing the study in a publication for The Conference Board, a New York-based independent business research association, Elson and Ferrere write that benchmarking can bring a dangerous false sense of security.
"While metrics such as peer benchmarks are helpful, compensation committees must be careful not to be lulled into complacency by the sense -- or appearance -- of objectivity they provide. Boards should rely on their own judgment and independent analysis of the many subjective factors important to the design of an effective pay scheme," it says.
Some slow-down on executive paychecks and bonuses is materializing already, according to data from HR consulting firm Towers Watson. The analysis released April 16 was based on 270 S&P 1500 companies that filed proxies disclosing 2012 pay by late March.
In the data, the firm points to weakening company financial performance last year as one factor in a dip in salary increases (from 3 percent in 2011 to 2.8 percent in 2012), accompanied by a steep decline in annual bonuses, with 11 percent more CEOs receiving bonuses at or below target levels compared to 2011. The total pay for CEOs increased 1.2 percent in 2012, dropping from a 6.7 percent median increase for CEOs in 2011, the data shows.
Todd Lippincott, leader of Towers Watson's executive compensation business for the Americas, says one explanation is say-on-pay, which allows shareholders to cast their vote on executive compensation.
"Beyond a weaker financial year for many companies, I think companies were being prudent given continuing economic uncertainty and headwinds," he says. "More broadly, I think companies have always been concerned with 'overpayment' and have sought to do the right thing."
Lippincott says the University of Delaware study doesn't fully explore the lack of transfers among COEs.
"Our main concern is that his research did not explore the reasons why CEO movement is so infrequent," he says. "Note that we did not say CEO turnover, because the rate of CEO turnover actually has increased this past year. The main issue is the lack of perceived fungibility of CEOs across industries. That would explain why you don't frequently see CEOs moving from one industry to another. For those who would wish to jump to a competitor, many CEOs have in place non-compete provisions that would prevent that from taking place. "
He says he does not think the research findings undermine the use of competitive benchmarking and that the process is not --- and should not be --- past practice.
"Both in new hire situations and in recurring CEO pay settings, compensation committees generally want to make sure their CEO is not paid too much so that the shareholders are disadvantaged, but paid enough to make sure the CEO remains engaged, preventing the great disruption that would take place if he or she was to leave," he says. "It's a difficult balance for committees, but one that is advised on both sides because both the CEO and the committee are aware of what peers are paying."
However, with mandatory say-on-pay votes in its third year of implementation, Lippincott says companies should be able to exercise greater freedom to vary from the going rate.
"We think one of the biggest challenges is to avoid being beholden to the data and automatically conforming to market norms. For example, our data shows that the number of companies that use [total shareholder return] in their long-term plans has doubled over the past four years to almost half of the companies we reviewed. In the face of this data, many companies would conclude this is a trend they need to mirror. But there is more to the story than simply adopting what is trendy, as these plans, for example, have their benefits but also their drawbacks," Lippincott says.
"Drawbacks need to be considered and may lead to some different outcomes - for example tying equity awards to other financial measures, such as earnings growth, that may be better at meeting the company's unique need. Therein lies the opportunity - the opportunity for tailoring programs to the company's specific needs and strategies, in effect, paying for strategy.
"With generally calm seas surrounding most companies as it relates to say-on-pay, we think companies now have license to vary from market norms to a greater extent, especially when such variance may support the company's unique environment."


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- Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt
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- Stocking
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- Stewardess
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- 2013
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- MechaCon 2013
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My good friend Jessica (Teh Princess Cosplay) made these cosplays for us on a spur of the moment.
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- This was my first time cosplaying Stocking (well, in all seriousness I don't count Pajama Stocking); also my first time wearing fake eyelashes. I had such a blast wearing this costume! I felt gorgeous.
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The future used to look bright for Britain's mobile phone addicts. Fierce competition between five national carriers kept prices among the lowest in the world. Innovative upstarts like Orange and Vodafone used our highly-developed market as a test bed for some of the more exciting new products around and gave Britain a rare lead in a technology industry.
Then the mergers and acquisitions bankers got their hands on the business.
The story of the last decade has been a series of takeover deals that sucked the life out of the industry and now threaten to push up prices for consumers. First, Orange and One-2-One were swallowed up by bloated former state monopolies in France and Germany (France Telecom and T-Mobile). Then, Vodafone's attempt to paint the world red fell victim to imperial over-stretch and left it looking like the dull utilities in charge of the rest of the industry. Britain's head start in the mobile internet began to look like a dot-com fairy tale.
But at least this mature phase of the mobile growth story continued to generate healthy price competition. Corporate lobbyists blamed the UK government for extracting too much money in third generation spectrum auctions, but the reality was that our competition regulation was widely admired.
Now, the lobbyists will out in force again trying persuade Ofcom and the OFT to turn a blind eye to plans for Orange and T-Mobile to merge. Prepare to hear a lot in the next few days about how this will improve coverage in rural areas and speed up the mobile internet. The reality is rather more prosaic: having grown used to fat profits in less competitive markets back home, France Telecom and T-Mobile have had enough of their disappointing UK acquisitions and decided to club together to remind consumers who's boss.
To make matters worse, the European bureaucracies that sucked the management flair out of Orange and stripped One-2-One of its memorable brand name will now have double the fun, with an awkward 50:50 joint venture that seems guaranteed to move as slowly as possible.
It is not often that the interests of consumers and the health of the industry at large align as strongly as this in favour of government regulation, but if ever there was a case for a robust competition response, it is this one. It's all a lot more important than who makes which brand of chocolate bar.


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Almost immediately after Hawks GM Danny Ferry took what were most definitely not half measures the speculation turned to whether it's all just a prelude to a trade for Dwight Howard.
All of the usual dots have been connected: Howard wants out of Orlando, Howard is from Atlanta, and he's boys with Josh Smith. But the one blank I have yet to see filled in is a desire by Howard to play for his hometown franchise over the long term.
In fact, the only thing I've ever heard is the opposite. Howard used to regularly attend Dream games at Phillips Arena during summers. Witnesses tell me that Howard would tell anyone who would listen that Philips is supposed to be his house but "they don't know how to act." And by "they" he of course means the team's owners and management.
And then there were Howard's comments during the 2011 playoffs, when he said he hates losing, "especially to the Hawks." Asked to elaborate, Howard, annoyed by the question, snapped: "Come on. You know the answer to