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Help! Need advice on best m4/3 prime lenses.
Hi all, I'm hopin for some advice from you!
So I've gotten the prime lens bug. Here's what I've got already:
Camera: Olympus Pen E-P3
Oly 45mm f/1.8
Oly 40-150mm f/4
Oly kit zoom 14-42mm
I feel like I'm pretty satisfied on the upper range but lately I've felt seriously limited on the lower range. This is partly because I hardly ever use the kit zoom unless I have to. I use my iPhone over the kit zoom. It's not that I don't shoot at that range, I just don't like the lens.
So I'm looking for 1-2 more primes lenses to cover all my bases.
I've been using the 45mm for street shooting and portraits and love how fast and sharp it is but ironically its low light performance is lost on many indoor situations where the close quarters call for a much shorter range. I have also been shooting a lot of scenery lately so I would love a super wide lens at some point.
I tend to shoot primarily: portraits, scenery, some indoor (e.g. architecture, gatherings). Here's a link to my flickr page if that helps: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ljampol
Right now my 45mm lives on my camera and I would ideally like something with fast autofocus for a more spur-of-the-moment lens that is versatile in many situations. I don't care too much about size, because I always carey a purse/backpack.
Right now I'm considering these lenses (one immediately and maybe one in several months):
Panny 20mm f/1.7
Panny 25mm f/1.4 (I know this is a popular one but I'm nervous about it still being too long?)
Oly 17mm f/1.7
Oly 12mm f/2
Panny 7-14mm
Oly 9-18mm
Do you have any favorites or advice? I ideally want something to cover mid-range and super-wide, but don't want them to be redundant. Also, price is not a *huge* issue if the lens is totally worth it, but I'm definitely trying to not overspend. I'm also an amateur so I don't have a good idea of what it is like to shoot at wider angles (except the crappy kit lens) or what the possibilities for my work are.
If you could choose 1 now and 1 later, given what my prefs are, what would you choose?
Thanks so much in advance!
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Israeli Doctors Have a Rare Opportunity
Doctors are now bearing the responsibility not only for the health system, but also for all workers who want to have a future here. All eyes are now on them.
"We don't want to wait for the agreement to be signed, when we'll face a done deal - like the social workers did in their time." This statement, coming from a medical school graduate who is supposed to begin his residency soon, embodies the great importance of the present doctors' struggle and all the reasons why it absolutely must not fail.
It is hard to blame the residents for losing their faith in the system. The social workers' strike, which was rare and received tremendous public support, and the state prosecutors' strike, which was the first in 30 years and was vital, both achieved meager and unsatisfactory results. The social workers were betrayed by the Histadrut labor federation and the Labor Court, and the prosecutors by the arbitration they agreed to.
The Israel Medical Association is not only a trade union. It is also the body that is responsible for the entire professional side of medicine and its purveyors. Through its scientific council, it is responsible for all aspects of residency and professional training. The IMA will celebrate its 100th anniversary in September, and it is one of the most stable and professional groups in Israel. Therefore the negotiations it is now conducting are not only over salary conditions, but involve many issues of vital import to the public health system.
The IMA is fighting against the growing shortage of beds and the increasingly grave shortage of doctors since 1995 - when the on going, consistent decline began in the number of young doctors, at a rate of 200 a year. And this is at a time when the population is growing in size and aging, and there is an increasing need to expand the system. The IMA is also fighting against a standardization that has already been deemed old and outdated by several committees and state comptroller's reports, which were shelved by the government.
The struggles of the IMA, and the power it grants the doctors, are inconvenient for the government. That is why the Finance Ministry is insisting on treating it like a trade union only, and in effect refusing to accept it as a valid partner to negotiations on the core issues that the IMA is responsible for, by dint of the powers granted it by law. Already in 2002 the government refused to accept the recommendation of the Amorai committee, to the effect that the Health Ministry and the IMA develop a new model for standardization, claiming that this is a right that should be granted to employers only.
And in fact now, too, when it comes to any subject that is not related to salaries, the treasury says, "Leave it to us." And that is after it failed to honor many of the stipulations of the previous agreement with the doctors.
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman would also be happy to dismantle the IMA and to transfer the powers of its scientific committee to his ministry, a step that would give him additional strength. After all, he still has a grudge against the IMA for its petitioning upon his appointment against the failure to appoint a health minister, and later concerning issues like hospitalization and the so-called health basket. The prime minister, who is not intervening, is apparently afraid of a confrontation with Litzman, an important coalition partner, and is also probably not in favor of large, strong public health system.
Precisely because of this, the interns must not leave the IMA. The treasury will eat the ideologically motivated young people alive. IMA chairman Leonid Eidelman diagnosed the situation correctly when he noted that the treasury is trying to adopt a policy of divide and conquer - just as the prime minister is trying to do with his handling of the various protests that we now see erupting.
The doctors have a rare opportunity. They are benefiting from a tailwind of civic awakening, and from the legacy of the strikes of the social workers and the state prosecutors. Alas, they are now bearing responsibility not only for the health system, but also for all workers who want to have a future here. All eyes are now on them. They must not under any circumstances surrender or lose this battle.
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Fair gives out trip to Vegas
Vicky Dosdall of Morris won the trip to Las Vegas at the Stevens County Fair.
She was at the Lee Community Center for the annual fair supper when the winning button number was announced by Fair President Steve Storck.
The number was drawn by Miss Morris Area Katie Huot.
The giveaway was co-sponsored by Pam Severance of ForGetaways Travel in Herman.


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FDL Book Salon Welcomes Julian Zelizer, Arsenal of Democracy
In an interview in the summer of 1965, McGeorge Bundy, who as Lyndon Johnson's national security adviser was an architect of the major U.S. escalation in Vietnam then just getting under way, was asked how the actual conduct of American diplomatic affairs differed from his perception of it when he was a dean at Harvard. Bundy replied that the first thing that stood out was "the powerful place of domestic politics in the formulation of foreign policies."
It's not a statement that should surprise, and yet it does. It surprises because presidents and their senior aides so seldom make this admission on the record. Sometimes they're reluctant to admit even to themselves that their decisions in foreign affairs could be affected by cynical partisan maneuvering, by legislative agendas, by election-year imperatives, by careerism. Instead they rush to proclaim fidelity to that favorite adage of politicians first articulated by Daniel Webster during the War of 1812: "Even our party divisions, acrimonious as they are, cease at the water's edge."


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Lake Storey Park
The first trail (THE WARM UP-0.3mi.)is in the wooded area by the parking lot. You will see a wide path going into the wooded area DON'T START THERE!!!! To the left is a single-track entry point go through that over the big log,turn right onto the wide track go out of the wooded area towards where you parked,turn to your left and there will be another entry back onto some more single track into the woods. Following that out the back onto the bike path 0.1 miles. To your left you will see a small bypass route, take that and get back on the paved bike path. When you pass the Pavilion look to the wooded area to the left, there is another small bypass route that will take you to an iron bridge. Cross the paved path. This trail will take you around a ravine (PRISCILLA'S GORGE-0.5). There are two points you'll have to exit the woods and enter again. The second time you'll ride out of the woods until you wind around the corner of the ravine. When you get to the other side there will be a ladder bridge across the ravine. Once you come out of these woods cross the bike path again and follow that trail along the lake (EAST LAKE SHORE DRIVE–0.3). There is a lake access road you cross to get to the next section. When you come out of this continue west on the paved path. Look to your left as you approach the woods; take the first entry (TWISTER–1.3)it will let out to a wide path, stay to the immediate right and this path with take you down through the ravine and out again. Stay to the left and again will go down the ravine. Take the wide trail to the right out of the woods, turn left and take the trail to the right. The trail connects on the other side of the ravine over a log pile. Follow this trail until you get to the wide track, and turn right. This trail lets out onto the wide track you came up on…keep right and straight past the wide track to your right, toward the lake, (WEST LAKE SHORE DRIVE–0.5)there is another small tight track to the right, which lets out to the wide track, take a left and when you are about ¾ the way up the hill take a hard left by a big fallen log. Follow curve of the laketo the large wooded area (JARED''S LABRYNTH–0.5)that trail will eventually take you out of the wooded area and back in, over a ladder bridge and back on the paved path. Go west into wooded area on your left (THE GAUNTLET 0.5), Cross the bike path into the next wooded area (MOUNT MITCHELL 2.0)up and immediately back down a small ravine,follow that until you reach a fork…go right,ride the crest of this hill all the way down toward the road, turn left toward the spillway.If you take the edge of the spillway ride the edge of the hill, cross the big iron bridge and go down the other side of the spillway (MOUNT MITCHELL continued). From there you will see the connecting trails in a somewhat hilly section, take a right up the hill as you come down the hill there is an option to go straight, hard right or a more rounded right. Take the rounded right up the hill.
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Local officials prepare for bird flu
te and federal authorities to prepare for a possible bird flu pandemic.
Should we be worried? No. But should we prepare? Yes, Karen Nelson, Wadena County Public Health director said about the avian flu.
Historically, the flu hasnt taken long to spread.
When the 1918 Spanish flu arrived in Minnesota, it took only eight days to spread across the state, Nelson said.
And today, people travel so much more that it would probably take less time, she said.
Avian flu is a strain of flu that has infected birds. In some cases in Asian countries, the bird flu has spread to humans through direct contact with infected birds. So far, the virus hasnt spread between humans, but the fear is the virus will evolve and eventually spread from human to human, Nelson said.
Locally, a joint public health preparedness, emergency management and emergency medical services meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. April 19. The public is welcome.
Also, Nelson said she would like to meet in April with local grocery stores to make plans for home delivery of food in case of a pandemic.
One of the states requirements during a pandemic is that were responsible to make available essential services for those in quarantine, Nelson said.
Public health doesnt need to provide or pay for these essential services but needs to make sure services are available.
Already, Nelson has attended several meetings locally and regionally to discuss avian flu preparedness.
Nationally, Centers for Disease Control has determined that states need to revise pandemic flu plans specific to avian flu, Nelson said. The federal government is giving states $100 million to work on pandemic flu plans. Minnesota will receive $1.7 million to work on these plans, but the state hasnt decided how to distribute the money yet, Nelson said.
The World Health Organization has just reclassified avian flu as an airborne infection, Nelson said. It had spread only through contact, she said.
The reclassification changes the precautions people should take, Nelson said. Minnesota will buy $2 million worth of masks that will give protection from those who are infected. The masks stop incoming germs. Usually, air masks are worn so medical professionals dont spread germs to patients, Nelson said.
Nelson said a planning drill will be this fall on a statewide level.
The public can prepare for a pandemic at home.
Nelson suggests having a preparedness kit at home that would include essential items such as water, food and other supplies.
The American Red Cross suggests the following items on its Web site, www.redcross.org:
" water
" food
" medications and special items
" tools and supplies
" sanitation
" clothing and bedding
" emergency car kit
" important family documents
" first aid kit
Every family should also have a communications plan in place, Nelson said. This plan will include where each person should go in case of an emergency and have contact information. Each family member will keep a card with this information, Nelson said.
Most importantly, people should be prepared to take care of themselves in a pandemic, Nelson said.
In a pandemic, everyone will be sick and there wouldnt be enough people to help everyone, she said. Plan to take care of yourself.


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SAN DIEGO, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Philip Rivers and Eric Weddle scored touchdowns and Nate Kaeding kicked three field goals for the San Diego Chargers Sunday in a 23-13 win over Miami.
Rivers connected on 18-of-33 passes for 303 yards and ran 5 yards for a touchdown.
Weddle intercepted a pass and ran 31 yards for a score and Kaeding's kicks were from 25, 23 and 26 yards. Vincent Jackson caught five passes for 120 yards for the Chargers (2-1).
Ricky Williams scored on a 14-yard run and Dan Carpenter kicked field goals of 24 and 23 yards for the Dolphins (0-3).
Miami quarterback Chad Pennington injured his right shoulder and was replaced by Chad Henne in the third quarter. Combined, they completed 18-of-31 passes for 146 yards.


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honestly why not switch to wiiflow or cfg loader? i could never get usbloader gx to fuction 1/2 the time unless i was using ios222 but do you have a WBFS formatted drive or FAT32 for you games?
Oops blza .... s? I'm new on the subject and am with the following problem.
I bought a U.S. Wii with USB Loader GX and installed an external HD
All normal .....
One day I decided to buy a Component Video cable and there's start ....
my problem.
Component Video Cable with USB Loader does not open and the message
that no device in USB port. With the original AV cable
Wii recognizes the HD and run the games usually ......!!!!!!!!!
Has anyone had this problem??
Does anyone have a "Light"?
honestly why not switch to wiiflow or cfg loader? i could never get usbloader gx to fuction 1/2 the time unless i was using ios222 but do you have a WBFS formatted drive or FAT32 for you games?
I use cfg loader with a 160 gb Fat32 portable hard drive. I have all my games backed-up on it including the cover art to go with the games. People here helped me do that. Thanks Guys!
Am i understanding right the extHDD just wont appear & keeps giving you an error? or it'll show the games but wont load?
if it's not recognizing the extHDD try the other USB port or simply try updating all your cIOS mainly IOS58 & cIOS202 since those are dealing with USB2.0 support.
Also do you have a Bootmii backup?
If updating your cIOS and IOS your still unable to detect extHDD then it might just be the extHDD in general try reformatting it or seeing if a app like FTPii detects it, that way you know if the wii can at least see it and it will narrow down the problem.
the video cable should have nothing to do with the operation of the machine in any way. I use component cables and have never had a problem. Maybe you tweaked the plug on usb when you switched?
usbloader gx always works for me.
Problem solved......
I'm install IOS 38.......and solved
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Florida J-school's Bennett: Future is bright, and data-driven
Randy Bennett of the University of Florida writes in the Huffington Post that "the future of media and journalism is really bright." He reached that conclusion after he "attended two disparate conferences that shunned hype and hyperbole (and despair), and provided a decidedly forward-looking and practical perspective."
Bennett is the director of entrepreneurship and partnerships at Florida's College of Journalism and Communications, and the conferences he attended were AmericaEast and Journalism Interactive. He identified several themes as emerging from the events, and if he's right, those of us who still have some productive years ahead of us in this racket ought to listen up.
You should click through to read Bennett's commentary on each of these items, but here are his themes:
- Data will be at the core of everything media companies do going forward.
- The future is visual.
- Community engagement is critical to business and journalistic success.
- Embrace technology to solve problems — for media organizations and their customers.
- Entrepreneurism needs to be the lifeblood of media organizations and the oxygen for journalists.
Bennet places special emphasis on that last one:
Those who ponder whether media companies should become technology companies or if journalists should develop programming skills are asking the wrong questions. The technology platforms and expertise are the easy part. What's hard is for media managers and journalists to develop the technological proficiency to think differently and creatively about what is possible …
The takeaways from both events are not about the relative health of media companies or the importance of journalism degrees. Rather, it's about tangible evidence that there are innovators in our midst who are passionately committed to changing the paradigm.
When I mentioned Bennett's first theme to a co-worker, that data will be at the core of everything media companies do going forward, my co-worker said, "So we're all going to become statisticians." A reasonable response, or worry.
"On the journalism side," Bennett writes, "deep data sets and sophisticated (and often free) analytical tools will advance investigative reporting; real-time analytics will impact decisions on headlines, article form and content, distribution, platform effectiveness and story placement."
I'd say that doesn't mean we're all going to have to be statisticians, but that being comfortable with stats, with handling data, understanding it, being able to tease truth out of it and tell stories with it, is going to be an increasingly important set of skills. We didn't all have to become computer experts when computers replaced typewriters 30 years ago, but anyone who wasn't at least comfortable working on a computer got left behind.


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Sip down! Yay for getting through another matcha…..which of course just means I can open the last package of the order I made since another tin is free :) that also means by February I might be able to place another red leaf order to pick up all my favourites.
This one was a good one but I'd be more inclined to get vanilla and chocolate and just mix those two together for a similar taste. That being said, this is one flavour I don't need to turn down ever :)


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A Denton County jury found a DeSoto man guilty of murdering his 3-month-old son and sentenced him on Friday to 25 years in prison.
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Worldcon is less than two weeks off, which means that it's time once again for the SF part of blogdom to explode with complaints about the quality of the nominees. There are some reasonable reactions, but it's mostly slightly over-the-top broadsides.
It's worth emphasizing again that the source of the problem is also the solution to the problem: the Hugo Awards are voted on by fans. This means that they tend to skew to the middlebrow, true, but it also means that they can be fixed, in a way that, say, the Oscars really can't.
If you don't like the stuff that gets nominated for the Hugos, buy a membership and vote for better stuff. Next year's Worldcon is in Australia, so actually attending is a bit steep, but a supporting membership with full voting rights is presently $50 US. If you can't afford that, pool your money with some like-minded friends.
Or, better yet, you could try to convince people of the greater value of the works you prefer. Say, by using one of those new-fangled Internet thingies that let you broadcast your opinions to the entire world. I've got nominating rights next year, and I am willing to be convinced of the worth of other books than the default award fodder, so convince me.
If you think the recent Hugo nominees are mediocre, immature, or insufficiently diverse, tell me what I ought to be reading and nominating instead. I will make a good-faith effort to read books and stories recommended to me as more deserving than this year's nominees, and if I like them, I will nominate them for next year.
If you just wait until the nominees are set, though, and then complain about them at length, I have approximately zero sympathy for you. These are fan-voted awards– if you're a fan, vote, and get your friends to vote, and make the awards what you want them to be.


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From industrial shipyard to dining & shopping mecca, Dogpatch is one SF neighborhood that has experienced great change. The piers along the waterfront attracted the first industrial workers to the area in the mid 1800s. The dock workers homed in small, simple cottages near the waterfront. The area began to shift to industry and the Dogpatch dwellings began to shift to larger family cottage homes for the industry workers in the 1900s. This transition and building boom was aided by architect Jon Cotter Pelton Jr. who provided designs for free, which made a new home a financial reality for working families. A collection of thirteen of these cottage family homes are still standing.
The steady residential growth of the previous era slowed from the mid to late 1990s, then erupted into a building spurt of "live-work" residential lofts. The development of these lofts quickly changed the look and feel of the neighborhood. In addition to the loft developments, the 300 acre Mission Bay began during this time and remains the largest mixed use (residential, retail, recreational) development in San Francisco.
Even with the changes in residential development of the 1990s to present, the Dogpatch was designated as a San Francisco Historic District . This accreditation is due to its diverse representation of residential architecture that were built during these differing periods of growth for Dogpatch – Classical Revival, Queen Anne, Greek Revival and combinations. This preservation is in part due to the Dogpatch Neighborhood Association. This association came to life in 1998 to bring about some oversight to the rapidly growing community. The group coordinates with city departments involving urban planning and historic protection.
While the architecture is well documented, the ponderous name of this quaint neighborhood is still debated. Whether it is nicknamed for dog packs that frequented the area to feed on scraps from 'Butchertown', as FoundSF reports or the abundant dogfennel once wild growing, or possibly after the Li'l Abner comic strip, there is a resource to support each of the many possible name origins.
Considering a home in the Dogpatch? Checkout the condo and single family home listings now on the market. We love the 7×7 Neighborhood Guide: What to do in Dogpatch, it has a fantastic to-do/to-visit list that is spot-on; check it out before you go out to eat or shop.


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The Career and Innovation Academy of Orange
Our Mission
The mission of The Career and Innovation Academy of Orange is to cultivate an environment where the faculty encourages students to achieve academic, social, emotional, and personal success as they foster relationships with the community and pursue their interests in the real world through internships. A collaboration of academics and career interests promote life skills and values which can be utilized in the classroom and beyond. Each student's personalized learning plan connects them to their interests and enables them to acquire authentic values along with sustainable and practical knowledge. Students will be expected to demonstrate this knowledge by applying obtained skills to every aspect of their daily routines. Upon graduation, our students will embark on a journey as self-directed thinkers and learners while aspiring to continue their education in addition to focusing on future endeavors.
Vision Statement
We believe that schools should give students more opportunities which promote individuality, self-respect, and responsibility inside and outside of the classroom. Our goal is to connect the students' interests to relevant and meaningful learning experiences in the real world & urge students to always do their personal best. We will provide students with the knowledge and life skills to prepare and succeed in the global community. Out staff here at the Career and Innovation Academy of Orange is committed to educating and mentoring students' one child at a time. Our students will continue to challenge themselves to ultimately fulfill their potential
In service of this vision, students will be provided with:
n A highly personalized learning experience, defined by an individual learning plan, daily advising, internship mentoring, and rigorous academics based on student interest;
n A guiding partnership among students, parents, teacher-advisors, mentors, colleges, and the community that provides a learning context appropriate to student interest;
n Learning experiences and hands-on projects that guide learning across the content areas and support depth over breadth;
n Opportunities to participate in real world learning thorough internships and training related to their interest;
n A vibrant, flexible learning environment that provides equal access to all students by differentiating instruction to address student learning styles, abilities, and interest; and
n Graduation with a high school diploma, a post high school plan and the skills needed for success through college and in real world careers.


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Zopiclone should be used with caution in:
patients who are unable to tolerate certain sugars, liver or kidney disease, patients with a history of mental illness or alcohol/drug abuse.
It should not be used in:
patients who have ever had an allergic reaction to zopiclone or to any other ingredients in the medicine, patients with severe liver problems, those with a muscle disease called myasthenia gravis, patients who have difficulty breathing including when asleep (sleep apnoea), children, pregnant or breastfeeding women, patients with rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption.
Also see list of precautions and interactions
Store below 25ºC or 30ºC (depending on brand) in a dry place protected from light
What is it used for?
- Zopiclone is used to help patients sleep.
- It is a hypnotic, sometimes known as soporific.
- In general this drug is used for the short term relief of sleeplessness (insomnia) including difficulty falling asleep at night, waking up during the night (nocturnal awakening), waking early in the morning and insomnia caused by circumstances or mental illness.
- Benefits of being on this drug can include less difficulty falling asleep at night, less waking up at night or early in the morning, relief from sleeplessness that may be causing distress or illness, and relief from sleeplessness that may be caused by events, situations or mental illness.
Listed below are the typical uses of zopiclone.
- Short term relief of sleeplessness (insomnia).
On occasion your doctor may prescribe this medicine to treat a condition not on the above list. Such conditions are listed below.
- None known
How often do I take it?
- Take this medication by mouth usually once a day at night, swallowed whole with a glass of water.
- Use this medication regularly in order to get the most benefit from it. You should not usually be treated with zopiclone for longer than four weeks and treatment should be withdrawn gradually and not stopped immediately.
- Remember to use it at the same time each day - unless specifically told not to by your doctor.
- It may take some hours before the full benefit of this drug takes effect.
- Certain medical conditions may require different dosage instructions as directed by your doctor.
What dose?
- Dosage is based on your age, gender, medical condition, response to therapy, and use of certain interacting medicines.
Do I need to avoid anything?
- Zopiclone may make you feel drowsy or dizzy. Therefore make sure you are not experiencing these symptoms before your drive or operate machinery including on the day after treatment. Alcohol may make these symptoms worse. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details.
When can I stop?
- It is important to continue taking this medication even if you feel well, unless your doctor tells you to stop.
- A bitter or metallic taste in your mouth
- Dry mouth
- Feeling or being sick
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I haven't seen any snowflake designs on Thingiverse, so I thought I'd upload one.
Print, insert tea-light/light, see the snowflake silhouettes.
Obviously, only the LED tea-lights should be placed in a plastic holder, you have been warned...
I've also uploaded a smaller version that works as a tea-light holder or napkin ring.
BTW, if you are using Makerware and want to print a single border (a la Stretchlet) find the Makerware program folder, mine is in
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I just discovered this; it is very pretty -thanks for sharing!
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Slic3r says it has about 20 errors... and takes about an hour to process. Any tips?
I don't use Slic3r, maybe try a different layer height?
Will do. It exported eventually, let it run overnight. Got to scale it down, just over the bounds of my machine.
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It's Friday afternoon, and that means it's time for me to give you a little weekend reading from around the web. Here are a few food related items that I thought might interest you.
A Young Reader's Edition of Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma has been published. Slow Food USA has a review of the book.
The Young Reader's Edition of Michael Pollan's bestselling exposé, The Omnivore's Dilemma, is a lot like the original. Both books contain most of the same information, but the way in which this information is presented changes the book radically. The main difference is that the writing style (and I won't say it has been dumbed-down) in the Young Reader's Edition is a lot more blunt about Pollan's ideas. The whole thing only took a few hours to read, whereas the original took a couple of weeks.
The Packer has an interesting piece on how those who ship produce far distances are trying to combat the Buy Local movement.
Consumers are infatuated with the local food movement, but a leading produce economist believes commercial fruit and vegetable shippers who ship food across the U.S. and the world must be ready to make the case for their produce in the court of public opinion.
While purchases of local food now are "fragmented and intermittent" and may make up only about 1% of U.S. food sales, Desmond O'Rourke, president of Belrose Inc., Pullan, Wash., said the movement is a significant trend that could shift suppliers' market share.
I love this piece from Boston.com about how kids don't want what is on the typical kids' menu at a restaurant. I know my boys don't.
Oliver Bentley is 8 years old. His sister, Anna, is 6. At Zenna Noodle Bar in Brookline, the two are waiting for their Asian noodle soups to arrive. In the meantime, they're eating fresh rolls with peanut sauce and clams. "They're interested in food,'' says their father, Chris. They like sushi, Mexican, and Italian. Anna loves lox, and she'll often have capers as a snack. As a baby, Oliver adored baba ghanoush.
We've got a piece here on MNN about how some red wine and balsamic vinegars have levels of lead in them to be concerned about.
Experts say consuming balsamic and red wine vinegars may pose a health risk, especially to children, because vinegars have been found to contain small amounts of lead, according to a recent story in Environmental Health News.
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Malden man sentenced for robbery, threats against law enforcement
A Malden man pleaded guilty Thursday in Middlesex Superior Court for armed robbery and intimidating a witness, authorities said.
Sean Kearney, 36, admitted to robbing a Ferry Street gas station June 30, 2010 in Everett, according Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr.'s office said.
After he was arrested for the hold-up, correctional officers at the Old Colony facility where he was being held uncovered a plot to intimidate a witness to the robbery. When Kearney realized his plan was discovered, he made more threats, this time against Leone and police officers involved in the prosecution of his case.
Judge Joseph M. Walker III sentenced Kearney to nine to 10 years in prison, followed by three years probation with conditions.
The plot to prevent a witness from testifying was revealed in two letters Kearney sent in February this year requesting someone pay off a witness to the crime.
Everett Police, in conjunction with the District Attorney's Office and Old Colony Correctional Officials, immediately began an investigation, authorities said. After a third letter requesting assistance to pay off the witness was discovered, Kearney learned on that law enforcement had intercepted his letters and that potential additional charges were forthcoming, according to the Middlesex District Attorney's office.
According to the DA, Kearney allegedly made a phone call from jail that was also recorded:
"I'm gonna kill a cop, I'm gonna kill one of these cops here, as many as I can possibly get my hands on,' he said. 'They're gonna have to put a Hannibal Lecter mask on me to get me there [to court], 'cause I'm gonna kill the [expletive] DA, I'm gonna [expletive] execute the [expletive].' Kerney also is alleged to have stated, '... How's that for additional charges, you punk [expletive]."
In a statement, Leone condemned the crime.
""This office takes such deliberate tampering with the pursuit of justice and disrespect for the criminal justice system and those who engage in the protection and service of our citizens, very seriously," Leone said. "We will charge and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law those who intentionally interfere with our prosecution of a case."


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The serial bank robbery suspect known as the Geezer Bandit is at it again according to law enforcement officials.
After ten bank robberies in San Diego County, and one in Riverside, the FBI believes the so-called Geezer Bandit held up yet another bank, this time in Bakersfield.
The last incident happened Friday at 6 p.m., when the serial bank robber allegedly gave a demand note to a Bank of America teller.
He then threatened the employee with a weapon before walking away with the money.
Surveillance pictures show the suspect wearing a dark blazer, gray pants and a white fedora style hat as he walks into the bank. He was described as 5'10" to 6' and weighing 200 lbs.
The teller, who was just a few feet away from the robber, told officials it looked like the suspect was wearing a Halloween mask over his face.
For months now, investigators have questioned whether the suspect is an elderly man, or a person who's just disguised as one.
"He may be wearing a mask," said FBI spokesperson Darrell Foxworth. "Then again, we don't know that to be the case. It's something that's part of the investigation."
The string of 11 robberies began in August of 2009 from the North County to downtown San Diego. Officials say, the Geezer, last struck on June 24, 2010 in Riverside County. With this last incident in Bakersfield, investigators believe the suspect is now responsible for 12 bank robberies in three counties.
"Is it a disguise?" asked Foxworth, "We're not limiting ourselves, so we won't know for sure until he is in custody."
Foxworth says it's just a matter of time before the Geezer Bandit is caught. In the meantime, a $20,000 reward is offered to anyone with information leading to his arrest.
Anyone with information concerning the "Geezer Bandit" is asked to contact the FBI at telephone number (858) 565-1255, San Diego Sheriff's Department at (858) 565-5200, San Diego Police Department at (619) 531-2299, or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.


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More important, the three have fit easily into a locker room full of professionals.
"As a player, when you're shown that confidence from the coaching staff and the organization, you obviously feel good about yourself," Ducks captain Scott Niedermayer said. "At the same time, when given that opportunity, you have to go out and earn it and make the best of it. They've continued to work hard during the whole time."
Now Penner, Getzlaf and Perry are out to bridge the gap between potential and performance.
"This is exactly what we want," Getzlaf said. "The playoffs are a pretty big opportunity for everybody to kind of showcase themselves. If you can play well in the playoffs, you can go a long way in this league."
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Walter Dix spoiled Tyson Gay's return.
Dix won the 200 meters at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday in 19.72 seconds, edging Gay by 0.04 seconds.
Gay has not competed since May because of a hamstring injury. The Prefontaine, which did not include a men's 100, was a first step toward challenging Jamaican Usain Bolt's dominance in the sprints.
"Yeah, it's not bad for a first race," Gay said.
Bolt, the world-record holder in the 100 and 200, did not compete at Saturday's meet, part of the elite IAAF Diamond League series.
Dix was coming off a victory in the 100 last week in the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, where he finished second to Walter Spearmon in the 200.
Earlier this year Dix ran the 200 in 19.86 seconds at a Diamond League meet in Rome.
"Glad I got the competition against Tyson and came out victorious," Dix said.
Gay last ran in May in Manchester, England, when he put up a 19.41 in a straight-track 200. His effort was a record on the straight track, but it is not recognized as an official world mark because track and field's governing body only recognizes the 200 run around a curve.
Gay swept the 100 and 200 at the 2007 world championships and owns the American record in the 100, but in recent years he's been dogged by injuries and surpassed by Bolt.
Gay has long maintained that he can better Bolt. Both sprinters were supposed to meet last month at the Adidas Grand Prix in New York but sat out because of injuries. Right now, a date for a possible showdown is uncertain.
Gay said he still had a long way to go.
"Basically I came away with no injures," he said.
American Ryan Bailey finished third in the 200 in 20.17.
The Pre, as it is known, is in its 36th year and first as part of the Diamond League, a series of 14 meets worldwide. The event at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field is named after distance runner Steve Prefontaine, an Olympian killed in a 1977 car accident at 24.
Kenyan Asbel Kiprop won the Pre's signature Bowerman Mile in 3 minutes, 49.75 seconds. The race is named after legendary Oregon coach Bill Bowerman.
But the highlight of the race was the surprising fifth-place finish by Oregon's Andrew Wheating, running on his home track. Wheating, an Olympian in Beijing, leapt when his finish of 3:51.74 was announced to the cheering sellout crowd of 12,834.
The mark shattered the Ducks' all-time record in the mile, 3:53.00, set by Joaquim Cruz in 1984.
"I think I can run with the big dogs!" Wheating exclaimed.
Bernard Lagat, coming off a victory in the 5,000 in Des Moines, finished a disappointing ninth in 3:54.46.
Australian Ryan Gregson won the International Mile competition in 3:53.20 seconds. Oregon's A.J. Acosta ran a personal best 3:53.76 on his home track.
Olympian Allyson Felix won the 400 in 50.27. While her specialty is the 200, Felix is experimenting with the longer distance and has said she could double in the 2012 Olympics.
"I'm coming off of speedwork so I'm really pleased with that. I need to do my speed endurance work to put it all together," she said.
David Oliver won the men's 110 hurdles in 12.90 seconds, matching the American record set by Dominique Arnold in Lausanne in 2006.
"Winning races is the most important thing to me, the time will come," he said.
Olympic gold medal-winner Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia ran the 5,000 in a new meet record 14:34.08, well in front of American Shalane Flanagan in 14:49.08. Dibaba won both the 5,000 and 10,000 in Beijing.
On the men's side, Ethiopian Tariku Bekele won in 12:58.93.
Abubaker Kaki Khamis of Sudan won the men's 1,000 in 2:13.62, a meet record and personal best. Local favorite Nick Symmonds of the Oregon Track Club finished third in the event behind Kenyan Boaz Lalang.
Russian Mariya Savinova won the women's 800 in 1:57.56, best in the world this year and also a Pre record, topping Maria Mutola's mark of 1:57.57 set in 1997. Mutola won the event at the Pre from 1997-2008.
Kenyan Milcah Chemos Cheiywa won the women's steeplechase in 9:26.70, while American Lashinda Demus won the 400 hurdles in 53.03 seconds.
Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women's 100 in 10.78 seconds, a personal best and the top time in the world this year. She also surpassed the meet record of 10.84 set by Torri Edwards in 2008.
"If it is my destiny to run faster, then I will," she said.
Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia ran the men's 5,000 in 12:58.93, best ever on American soil and new Pre best.
In the field events, Kara Patterson won the javelin with a throw of 216 feet, 2 inches. She set the American record in the javelin (237-2) last weekend in Des Moines.
Russian Tatyana Lysenko set a new meet record in the hammer with a throw of 249-3. Fabiana Murer of Brazil won the women's pole vault with a height of 15- 1/4.
Christian Cantwell won the men's shot put with a throw of 73-6 1/4 inches.


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Pigeon Forge, Tennessee: Hollywood Wax MuseumA wax museum designed with selfies in mind. Visitors are encouraged to cuddle up with the waxy celebrities (or scream in horror while, say, Leatherface brandishes his chainsaw) and post the snapshots online. Outside is a movie Mount Rushmore and King Kong climbing the Empire State Building.
- Address:
- 106 Showplace Blvd, Pigeon Forge, TN
- Directions:
- North edge of town, on the northbound side of US Hwy 441. Heading north, it's just north of the Cracker Barrel. Heading south, it's a quarter-miles south of the Titanic. Very easy to spot heading south; just look for the big heads and King Kong.
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Every scene is a perfect set up for a truly glorious photo. Many of the displays are a little dated, but for me that only added to the appeal. We went on a Wednesday and it wasn't crowded at all. Thoroughly enjoyed it and got some epic pics for sure.
Also, as you enter you get your photo in the grip of King Kong.[Jen Wasson, 08/24/2014]
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You don't really need to go into the museum for wow factor. The building alone is fantastic, with a mini-Hollywood Rushmore that stands 6-7 stories high, and King Kong hanging off a skyscraper up top. Definitely more than a drive-by moment. The best impact is driving in from the north.[Michael C Green, 10/27/2013]
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After the Hollywood Wax Museum disappeared from Gatlinburg a few years back I was afraid it had gone forever. I was overjoyed to find out that they have recently reopened with a much bigger facility in Pigeon Forge, TN. The collection is much larger. Like the old incarnation it is the type of Wax Museum where you are encouraged to pose with the figures. You can pose with Forrest Gump on his bench, or pretend to marry George Clooney. One of the more confusing photo ops is posing with abortion doctor Wilbur Larch from Cider House Rules on a hospital bed. We also peeked and found that their Michael Meyers (from Halloween) was actually Colin Ferrell under a mask. What makes it super special is the new building that has a Mount Rushmore with celebrities and the life-sized King Kong climbing on the roof.[Jacob Krejci, 06/10/2012]
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Way Out
- Artist: The Sorentinos
- Genre: Rock
- Release Date: 3/22/2005
This is The Sorentinos 8th CD Recorded in London and California in 2003-2004 please see thesorentinos.com for more info,thanks! "Way Out" celebrates The Sorentinos long awaited return....of sorts. Four years has passed since The Major Label release "The End Of The Day" and much has happened in between. While on tour in England and driving back from The North for the two last London shows, news of "9/11" was received. The TV monitoring began and perspective was emphatically put in place. The Borderline show on 9/12 was a good but emotionally tempered set. The 12 Bar Club finale on Friday the 13th rocked hard from frustration. The trip home to America was fraught with uncertainty even to get a flight as the US airspace was closed.. Time passed. Danny Sorentino in a blast of creativity released the internet only "So Low" solo album and recorded a couple Christmas singles. Long-time bass player Rob Ruiz's announced band retirement which was responded quickly by Danny Sorentino recording and releasing "Four Chord Wonders" under his own name. New rhythm section team of bassist Kent Fossgreen and drummer Kenny Susan added to backbone guitarist Steve Lee's and Danny's unswerving commitment to the music. This time around focus centered around the more humorous as well as poignant side of life. Not long after, Rob realised the error of his ways and resumed the position as it were. Rob's fresh new contribution and energy was to instigate the 2003's "Love And Haight" retrospective as he is always looking backwards anyway. Danny succumbed to the idea as he usually never looks back. So many songs and so little time. Another London trip became the seeds for fresh new Sorentinos recordings there. 20 tracks were recorded in 2 days which many of which made the final cut on "Way Out ‡". Certainly heroic in intent. "Way Out" turned into several pastiches that pay homage to the band's numerous influences from British blues to New York angst to West Coast hippie-dom. You could probably call it from Coast to Coast to Coast and everything in between past present and future. More punishment is expected as The Sorentinos please those who know and expect those who know....to grow. Danny Sorentino's observations of "life as it happens" through songwriting has continued to be the strength and dialogue which brings fans into "the world according to Sorentino". A world which, remarkably mirrors everyone else's - the same joys, hopes, frustrations and downright confusion we all go through; like it or not. But once you're in....you're in for good. Danny adds, 'I have always thought of myself as a writer first and a musician second. The music is the method I use to deliver the message and hopefully with ever year that goes by, I get a little better at delivering the message'. Current Sorentino members Rob Ruiz on bass, Kenny Susan on drums and background vocals and Russ Kerger on keyboards, the inimitable Howard Vatcher (currently unfired from fired many times) on guitar and longstanding AWOL in London Steve Lee on guitar. The San Francisco Bay Area band has remained on a steady course -- a potent mixture of guitar based musical influences ranging from the Beatles and Rolling Stones to Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Neil Young to actually combine into something uniquely Danny's own. Simple, straightforward lyrics relating universal feelings in a timeless manner. All the goodness without the fat - nothing wrong with that -- neatly wrapped in a tidy value-for-money package. For many it seems that classic rock songs are back. "The End Of The Day" (2001) was a coming together of sorts and seventh album in a string of acclaimed releases by The Sorentinos on The Major Label as many Sorentino members from all the years participated in the making. The album was voted Top 10 Best Album from fans' votes on Americana-UK.com, Netrhythms.co.UK Chief Editor Sue Cavendish's Top Album Of The Year and heralded in many others throughout America and Europe distributed by Evangeline/Universal. "All Good Things..." (1999) and "Family" (1997) were critically acclaimed and brought huge favor from both sides of the Atlantic. 'Welcome To The Past,' (1996), "What We Dream" (1995) and "Obviously Five Believers" (1994) add to the impressive CD catalogue. Dan's prolific songwriting has never meant of shortage a material to record. Staunch Tinomaniac's radio KRSH/Santa Rosa CA continues to air tracks matching most superstar acts including the awarding of the coveted "album of the week". London's Time Out 'Venue of the Year' winners the 12 Bar Club and The Borderline have all but adopted the band offering unprecedented support in the UK scene which also includes the BBC Radio's "Whispering" Bob Harris (an English institution) among many others. 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I was recently in a car accident involving a police officer. He T-Boned me on the driver side door and neither one of us were cited at the scene of the accident. I have liability insurance. I have 4 children and a job, can I get a vehicle or any money out of this?
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Submitted to: Journal of Liquid Chromatography
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/15/1999
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Citation: N/A Interpretive Summary: Hypericum perforatum, also known as St. John's wort, has become a popular herbal treatment of depression, and its active constituents are also known to be potent photo active agents for use in antiviral therapy. Hypericins, one of the active groups of compounds, are used as the measure of extract potency, but current methods of analysis are insufficient or laborious to perform. This manuscript describes a rapid and robust method for quantitation of hypericins in crude extracts as well as the stability of the active constituents under light, time, and storage conditions.
Technical Abstract: We describe a new method for the analysis of hypericins from crude extracts of Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort) using HPLC. Hypericin and pseudohypericin and related compounds were separated in 15 minutes using a simple isocratic elution method on a modified phenyl column. This isocratic method permits the quantitative and rapid analysis of hypericins in crude acetone samples. In addition, we report on the photoconversion of protohypericins to hypericins, as well as the stability of hypericin and pseudohypericin as a function of light, time, and storage conditions.


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South Africa launch appeal
South Africa have launched an appeal in a bid to reach the finals of the 2012 African Cup of Nations.
Last Updated: 09/10/11 6:38pm
South Africa have launched an appeal to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in a bid to reach the finals of the 2012 African Cup of Nations.
Bafana Bafana thought their goalless draw with Sierra Leone on Saturday was enough to secure a place in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea next year and even indulged in a post-match lap of honour.
The South Africa management thought the group was decided on goal difference only to discover Niger had qualified by virtue of a better head-to-head record between the three teams who finished on nine points: Niger, South Africa and Sierra Leone.
"(We) wish to signal that we intend to challenge this interpretation and application of the rules," the South African Football Association said in a statement.
SAFA added goal difference is the "the universally recognised means of separating teams".
However, the qualification rules set out on CAF's website clearly state 'in case of equality of points between two or more teams, after all the group matches, the ranking of the teams shall be determined by the greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams'.
Niger top that three-team mini league, with their six points one superior to the tally mustered by both South Africa and Sierra Leone.
It all amounts to an embarrassing scenario for South Africa coach Pitso Mosimane, who set his team out to draw, believing a point was enough.
"Do you think I would have left (striker Lehlohonolo) Majoro on the bench and put on a midfielder if I knew that we needed a goal? It doesn't make sense," he said.
SAFA president Kirsten Nematandani has vowed to fight all the way.
"Do not despair. All is not lost - we believe we have a case and we will carry this fight all the way," he said.
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SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants have been on the wrong end of a no-hitter, walk-off hits and blowouts while losing 33 of their past 50 games. But as Monday turned to Tuesday, the Giants found a way to lose that left manager Bruce Bochy shaking his head.
"That's as frustrating a game as we've had," Bochy said.
The Giants lost to the New York Mets 4-3 in 16 innings in a game that lasted 5 hours and 26 minutes. Tim Lincecum and the bullpen held the Mets down for most of that time, but the lineup couldn't break out of a slumber that seems to be derailing a repeat bid.
The Giants left 18 runners on base, their highest total since 1998. Thirteen were left on base in extra innings.
"You've got to find a hole, keep competing, keep fighting," right fielder Hunter Pence said. "Just battle. I haven't gotten much done with runners in scoring position. Part of it is maybe being too aggressive. It's tough when it's going like this."
The Giants wasted a handful of opportunities to end the night long before the Mets won it, leaving the potential winning run in scoring position in the 11th and 12th innings and the bases loaded in the 13th and 15th. They put the potential tying run on second and the potential winning run on first with one out in the bottom of the 16th but again couldn't score.
All the missed opportunities opened the door for the Mets as players wore down late into the night. Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford, who had made a spectacular run-saving play in the 11th, misplayed a grounder with runners on the corners and two outs in the top of the 16th. The Mets, who already had played 15-plus innings three times this season, made the run hold up.
Nearly half a day earlier, Bochy, hoping for a spark, moved Brandon Belt up to the No. 3 spot in the order. The start was Belt's first in the No. 3 spot, but it was a more familiar middle-of-the-order bat that got the Giants on the board. With Marco Scutaro on first and two outs in the first inning, Buster Posey crushed a 95 mph fastball from Matt Harvey into the left-field seats. The homer was the 13th of the season for Posey. He also had a double and a single against Harvey.
Harvey is a leading candidate to start for the National League in the All-Star Game, an honor given to Tim Lincecum in 2009. For most of Monday night, Lincecum looked like the pitcher who earned that start four years ago.
He struck out the first two hitters of the game and had six strikeouts through four hitless innings. A single by Marlon Byrd and a double by John Buck got the Mets on the board in the fifth, but Lincecum mixed in two more strikeouts while getting out of the inning.
Lincecum entered the night with a 7.45 ERA in the sixth inning this year, and thanks to some rough defense, the wheels came off again. Eric Young led off the sixth with a triple to left field and scored when Andres Torres whiffed while sliding for Daniel Murphy's flare to left. David Wright followed with a grounder to third, and Murphy was safe at second when Pablo Sandoval attempted to get a force-out. Scutaro then attempted to get Wright out at first but threw the ball away, allowing Murphy to advance. A double-play grounder by Ike Davis scored Murphy, putting the Mets on top 3-2.
Lincecum bounced back in the seventh, striking out two to reach double-digits for the first time this season. Lincecum gave up six hits and three earned runs over seven innings and finished with just one walk and 11 strikeouts, his highest total since July 14 last year. Lincecum threw 70 strikes, a season high.
Lincecum had lost four straight decisions, but the Giants got him off the hook in the seventh when Pence broke an 0-for-24 slump with a triple and Crawford followed with a single to center.
Neither team threatened for several innings until the Mets put two runners in scoring position with two outs in the top of the 11th. Byrd hit a hard grounder to short, but Crawford made a diving stop into the hole and a strong throw to first to get the Giants out of the inning.
The Giants caught a break in the bottom of the inning when Posey hit a one-out pop-up to right field that was dropped by second baseman Daniel Murphy, allowing Posey to take second. After an intentional walk of Sandoval, Pence lined out to right field and Crawford popped up to short.
Gregor Blanco singled with two outs in the bottom of the 12th and moved to second on Scutaro's single, but Belt struck out for the fourth straight time on a night when he went 0 for 8 with five strikeouts.
That would be the beginning of a theme in extra innings. The Giants put at least one runner on in seven of the last eight innings but could never get the winning run across. They were 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position and have just three hits in their past 51 at-bats in those situations.
"What, 18 guys left on …" Bochy said, his voice trailing off. "We just had a tough time making a play."
"I definitely want to go out there and do well for myself and maybe show them what they could have had, I guess," Wheeler said, smiling. "It'll definitely be fun."
Wheeler played with several current Giants, including Belt, Crawford and Hector Sanchez. Instead of being part of the core in San Francisco, Wheeler has teamed with Harvey to give long-suffering Mets fans a little hope.
The 23-year-old said he has no hard feelings about the trade, even after watching the Giants win a title without him.
"It's the game of baseball — you trade people and make deals so you can win," Wheeler said. "It happened, and it will probably happen again sometime. It's the game."
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.


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Two Scientologists who operate there are Kenneth Gerbino and Michael Baybak, 20-year church veterans from Beverly Hills who are major donors to the cult. Gerbino, 45, is a money manager, marketmaker and publisher of a national financial newsletter. He has boasted in Scientology journals that he owes all his stock-picking success to L. Ron Hubbard. That's not saying much: Gerbino's newsletter picks since 1985 have cumulatively returned 24%, while the Dow Jones industrial average has more than doubled. Nevertheless Gerbino's short- term gains can be stupendous. A survey last October found Gerbino to be the only manager who made money in the third quarter of 1990, thanks to gold and other resource stocks. For the first quarter of 1991, Gerbino was dead last. Baybak, 49, who runs a public relations company staffed with Scientologists, apparently has no ethics problem with engineering a hostile takeover of a firm he is hired to promote.
Neither man agreed to be interviewed for this story, yet both threatened legal action through attorneys. "What these guys do is take over companies, hype the stock, sell their shares, and then there's nothing left," says John Campbell, a former securities lawyer who was a director of mining company Athena Gold until Baybak and Gerbino took it over.
The pattern has become familiar. The pair promoted a mining venture called Skylark Resources, whose stock traded at nearly $4 a share in 1987. The outfit soon crashed, and the stock is around 2 cents. NETI Technologies, a software $ company, was trumpeted in the press as "the next Xerox" and in 1984 rose to a market value of $120 million with Baybak's help. The company, which later collapsed, was delisted two months ago by the Vancouver exchange.
Baybak appeared in 1989 at the helm of Wall Street Ventures, a start-up that announced it owned 35 tons of rare Middle Eastern postage stamps -- worth $100 million -- and was buying the world's largest collection of southern Arabian stamps (worth $350 million). Steven C. Rockefeller Jr. of the oil family and former hockey star Denis Potvin joined the company in top posts, but both say they quit when they realized the stamps were virtually worthless. "The stamps were created by sand-dune nations to exploit collectors," says Michael Laurence, editor of Linn's Stamp News, America's largest stamp journal. After the stock topped $6, it began a steady descent, with Baybak unloading his shares along the way. Today it trades at 18 cents.
Athena Gold, the current object of Baybak's and Gerbino's attentions, was founded by entrepreneur William Jordan. He turned to an established Vancouver broker in 1987 to help finance the company, a 4,500-acre mining property near Reno. The broker promised to raise more than $3 million and soon brought Baybak and Gerbino into the deal. Jordan never got most of the money, but the cult members ended up with a good deal of cheap stock and options. Next they elected directors who were friendly to them and set in motion a series of complex maneuvers to block Jordan from voting stock he controlled and to run him out of the company. "I've been an honest policeman all my life and I've seen the worst kinds of crimes, and this ranks high," says former Athena shareholder Thomas Clark, a 20-year veteran of Reno's police force who has teamed up with Jordan to try to get the gold mine back. "They stole this man's property."
With Baybak as chairman, the two Scientologists and their staffs are promoting Athena, not always accurately. A letter to shareholders with the 1990 annual report claims Placer Dome, one of America's largest gold-mining firms, has committed at least $25.5 million to develop the mine. That's news to Placer Dome. "There is no pre-commitment," says Placer executive Cole McFarland. "We're not going to spend that money unless survey results justify the expenditure."
Baybak's firm represented Western Resource Technologies, a Houston oil-and- gas company, but got the boot in October. Laughs Steven McGuire, president / of Western Resource: "His is a p.r. firm in need of a p.r. firm." But McGuire cannot laugh too freely. Baybak and other Scientologists, including the estate of L. Ron Hubbard, still control huge blocks of his company's stock.


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Re: "Barton feels no heat on climate," Jan. 13 news story.
Rep. Joe Barton says he's focused on a way to help reduce the trillion dollar deficit rather than issues like climate change.
What I can't seem to understand is why combating the effects of global warming isn't a concern at this point. We've seen the evidence that the earth is heating. Yes, it may seem small to us but this "slight" temperature rise creates big problems for the earth.
Just because we are not at a point of Armageddon doesn't mean this is an issue to ignore. It's just like when we get sick and choose to ignore the symptoms. All of a sudden we get hit with the flu, but if we had taken precautionary measures (such as rest, proper nutrition or a flu shot), we could have avoided the illness in the first place.
The fact is, if we really want to be patriotic to our country, it's vital that we make some of the first moves in reducing our carbon emissions.
We are always striving to be the best, so why can't we be the ones to start the change?
Alexis Aippersbach, Arlington
Nothing new with Barton
Even in the midst of drought, fire and extreme weather, Joe "BP-apology-tour" Barton has not changed his mind on climate change? Hang on a minute while I put on my shock face!
I would argue that not being bought and paid for would be a prerequisite to having a mind that's open to change.
Of 13,950 peer-reviewed articles published by climate scientists from 1991 to 2012, only 24, less than one half of one percent, deny the link between climate change and man-made emissions. Note to Rep. Barton: Not one smidgen of the climate-denying "research" published by BP or their fossil-fuel-funded "think tanks" has ever passed the scientific process known as peer review.
If your child was ill, and 99 out of 100 doctors recommended a procedure to save your child's life, would you take the advice of the one contrarian?
Fortunately, Barton's beliefs are a mile wide, an inch thick and representative of a very small but vocal electorate.
Rabee Zuberi, Downtown Dallas
Americans want fixes
Barton is quoted as saying he is more concerned about trillion dollar federal budget deficits and how to implement Obamacare. His statement "I do not consider the amount of CO2 being generated in the U.S. a federal issue … and not many voters do, either," is misinformed. Actually, "A large majority of Americans (88 percent) say the U.S. should make an effort to reduce global warming, even if it has economic costs," according to the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication's report on public support for climate and energy policies.
It is time for the U.S. to take ownership for years of neglect to our environment and introduce sweeping legislation with a revenue-neutral carbon tax. This is a tax on carbon emissions at the source and will be returned directly to Americans as a rebate.
Barton would be wise to know that the same Yale publication states that "a majority of Americans (61 percent) say they would vote for a candidate who supports a revenue neutral carbon tax if it created more American jobs in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries."
Eric Tucker, Far North Dallas
Simple Google search
Re: "Just one more tax" by Tom Jones, Jan. 13 Letters.
Jones writes, "Perhaps Freidman can explain why the global average temperature has not risen for more than 15 years although carbon dioxide continued its steady rise?" Just Google images for "global average temperature by year" and it will return a page full of charts showing the rising temperatures worldwide. Or was Jones talking about a planet other than Earth?
Bill Betzen, Dallas/South Oak Cliff


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Larson, Paavola, Korkowski advance in Section 8A
Wadena-Deer Creek singles player Drew Larson and the doubles duo of Mike Paavola and Austin Korkowski advanced through the first round of the Section 8A Individual Tournament Tuesday.
Larson rallied from a 6-2 loss to defeat Staples-Motley's Matt Spar 6-4, 6-4.
Paavola and Korkowski won their first round test with Perham's Dillon Shields and Jordan Cresap 6-4, 6-1.
Section 8A Individual Tournament
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Logan Engelstad (Thief River Falls) over Matt Green (WDC) 6-0, 6-0
Drew Larson (WDC) over Matt Spar (Staples-Motley) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Mike Paavola-Austin Korkowski (WDC) over Dillon Shields-Jordan Cresap (Perham) 6-4, 6-1
Guthrie Coughlin-Austin Hirschey (Staples-Motley) over Shane Perry-Eliah Anderson (WDC) 6-3, 6-4
Wolverines ousted in 8A team tournament play
The Wolverines drew top-seeded Thief River Falls in Monday's Section 8A team tournament and lost in straight sets to the polished Prowlers.
The Prowlers, who finished fourth in the 2011 Class A state tournament, earned a return trip to state by following up their victory over WDC with a 6-1 win over East Grand Forks and a 5-2 win over Crookston in the championship finals.
Section 8A Team Tournament
Thief River Falls 7, Wadena-Deer Creek 0
1 Logan Engelstad (TRF) over Austin Korkowski (WDC) 6-0, 6-2
2 David Szeto (TRF) over Mike Paavola (WDC) 6-0, 6-1
3 Chris Borseth (TRF) over Drew Larson (WDC) 6-0, 6-0
4 Nathan Bates (TRF) won by default
1 Jorde Hutton-Fabian Tunburg (TRF) over Shane Perry-Matt Green (WDC) 6-0, 6-0
2 Tanner Nessen-Hunter Blowers (TRF) over Kyung Kim-Mike Small (WDC) 6-0, 6-0
3 Cullen Horien-Sam Olson (TRF) won by default


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Randall and me with the St. B banner. Again, HE carried it in the parade. And yes, he wore those antlers.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Parade Pictures
Posted by Sisters at Wednesday, December 10, 2008
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Hi Abby
I don't know if you remember me or not, Shelly Echols. It is Martin now. We went to Grand Avenue together a long time ago! I found your blog off of Michael Colyar's (is that how you spell it?). Anyway, you write the cutest things! I have enjoyed reading it! Do you mind if I put a link to it from my blog so I can keep up? You can look at mine if you want to. I am married and have a 2 year old with another on the way in June! Crazy how grown up we are!! Anyway, it is charlesandshelly.blogspot.com. I would love to hear from you, email@example.com!
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January 10, 2012~ On January 14, 2012 Vermont lawmakers will be on hand to celebrate the opening of the Kelly Brush Race arena at Sugarbush Resort. Green Mountain Valley School and the GMVS/Sugarbush Ski Club are hosting a fun race and ribbon cutting ceremony commemorating the newly installed T-Bar running from the bottom of the Inverness trail to the bottom of an upper Poma lift, and the purchase 20 energy-efficient snow guns for use in the race arena.
Sugarbush and GMVS have been cooperating to create a World Class race arena. "Sugarbush is pleased to support the world class alpine program at Green Mountain Valley School. GMVS has been a great partner of ours over the years, and with the purchase of new snowmaking equipment, Sugarbush is excited to offer the students at GMVS the opportunity to train as early as temperatures permit," said Win Smith, President Sugarbush Resort.
"The new snowmaking system is icing on the cake. Our athletes have been on snow early, with fast efficient training. They have an unprecedented training advantage," said Steve Utter, Director of GMVS Alpine Skiing.
The day will feature a fun race with Red and Blue courses. Governor Shumlin's office is sending Alex Mclean, Secretary of Military Affairs, Lawrence Miller, Secretary of Commerce and Megan Smith, Commissioner of Tourism and Marketing. Representatives from all over Vermont including Adam Greshin, I, Warren, Willem Jewett, D, Ripton, Anne Donahue, R Northfield, Mike Fisher, D, Lincoln, Michele Kupersmith, D, S. Burlington, and Sam Young, D, West Glover are planning to race. David Provost, Vice President of Champlain College will announce the race and provide commentary.
Sugarbush's president, Win Smith and Dave Gavett, GMVS Headmaster will talk at the ceremony.
The Fun Race will start at 12:00 on the Inverness trail at Mount Ellen. The ribbon cutting ceremony will start at 3:00 pm at the base of the T-Bar on the Mount Ellen trail.
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