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having roots.
firmly implanted (often used in combination):
a deep-rooted belief.
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
a similar organ developed from some other part of a plant, as one of those by which ivy clings to its support.
any underground part of a plant, as a rhizome.
something resembling or suggesting the root of a plant in position or function:
roots of wires and cables.
the embedded or basal portion of a hair, tooth, nail, nerve, etc.
the fundamental or essential part:
the root of a matter.
Synonyms: base, foundation, basic part, basic element.
the source or origin of a thing:
The love of money is the root of all evil.
Synonyms: beginning, rise, fount, fountainhead, spring, wellspring; derivation, originator.
a person or family as the source of offspring or descendants.
Synonyms: parent, progenitor; ancestor(s), forebear(s), forefather.
an offshoot or scion.
Also called nth root. a quantity that, when raised to the nth power (multiplied by itself n times), produces a given quantity:
The number 2 is the square root of 4, the cube root of 8, and the fourth root of 16.
a value of the argument of a function for which the function takes the value zero.
Also called root directory. the topmost directory of a hierarchical file system.
the UNIX account, having the username "root," that allows administrator privileges.
a morpheme that underlies an inflectional or derivational paradigm, as dance, the root in danced, dancer, or ten-, the root of Latin tendere "to stretch.".
such a form reconstructed for a parent language, as *sed-, the hypothetical proto-Indo-European root meaning "sit.".
a person's original or true home, environment, and culture:
He's lived in New York for twenty years, but his roots are in France.
the personal relationships, affinity for a locale, habits, and the like, that make a country, region, city, or town one's true home:
He lived in Tulsa for a few years, but never established any roots there.
personal identification with a culture, religion, etc., seen as promoting the development of the character or the stability of society as a whole.
the fundamental tone of a compound tone or of a series of harmonies.
the lowest tone of a chord when arranged as a series of thirds; the fundamental.
(in a screw or other threaded object) the narrow inner surface between threads.
Compare crest (def 18), flank (def 7).
(in a gear) the narrow inner surface between teeth.
Australian Informal. an act of sexual intercourse.
Shipbuilding. the inner angle of an angle iron.
verb (used with object)
to fix by or as if by roots:
We were rooted to the spot by surprise.
to implant or establish deeply:
Good manners were rooted in him like a second nature.
to pull, tear, or dig up by the roots (often followed by up or out).
to extirpate; exterminate; remove completely (often followed by up or out):
to root out crime.
Synonyms: eradicate, eliminate, wipe out, obliterate.
Digital Technology.
to gain access to the operating system of (a smartphone, tablet, gaming console, etc.), as to alter system files or settings.
Compare jailbreak (def 3).
to install a rootkit on (a computer, electronic device, etc.).
verb (used without object)
to become fixed or established.
Digital Technology. to manipulate the operating system of a smartphone, tablet, etc.
Compare jailbreak (def 4).
root and branch, utterly; entirely:
to destroy something root and branch.
take root,
to send out roots; begin to grow.
to become fixed or established:
The prejudices of parents usually take root in their children.
verb (used without object)
to turn up the soil with the snout, as swine.
to poke, pry, or search, as if to find something:
to root around in a drawer for loose coins.
verb (used with object)
to turn over with the snout (often followed by up).
to unearth; bring to light (often followed by up).
verb (used without object)
to encourage a team or contestant by cheering or applauding enthusiastically.
Synonyms: cheer, cheer on, shout for, applaud, clap, boost, support.
to lend moral support:
The whole group will be rooting for him.
Synonyms: back, second; champion, advocate, favor, espouse.
having roots
deeply felt: rooted objections
(Austral, slang) tired or defeated
(Austral, taboo, slang) get rooted!, an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
the organ of a higher plant that anchors the rest of the plant in the ground, absorbs water and mineral salts from the soil, and does not bear leaves or buds
(loosely) any of the branches of such an organ
any plant part, such as a rhizome or tuber, that is similar to a root in structure, function, or appearance
the essential, fundamental, or primary part or nature of something: your analysis strikes at the root of the problem
(as modifier): the root cause of the problem
(anatomy) the embedded portion of a tooth, nail, hair, etc
origin or derivation, esp as a source of growth, vitality, or existence
(pl) a person's sense of belonging in a community, place, etc, esp the one in which he was born or brought up
an ancestor or antecedent
(Bible) a descendant
the form of a word that remains after removal of all affixes; a morpheme with lexical meaning that is not further subdivisible into other morphemes with lexical meaning Compare stem1 (sense 9)
(maths) a number or quantity that when multiplied by itself a certain number of times equals a given number or quantity: 3 is a cube root of 27
(maths) Also called solution. a number that when substituted for the variable satisfies a given equation: 2 is a root of x³ – 2x – 4 = 0
(music) (in harmony) the note forming the foundation of a chord
(Austral & NZ, slang) sexual intercourse
root and branch
(adverb) entirely; completely; utterly
(adjective) thorough; radical; complete
related adjective radical
(intransitive) Also take root. to put forth or establish a root and begin to grow
(intransitive) Also take root. to become established, embedded, or effective
(transitive) to fix or embed with or as if with a root or roots
(Austral & NZ, slang) to have sexual intercourse (with)
verb (intransitive)
(of a pig) to burrow in or dig up the earth in search of food, using the snout
(informal) foll by about, around, in etc. to search vigorously but unsystematically
(informal) (intransitive) usually foll by for. to give support to (a contestant, team, etc), as by cheering
root (rōōt, rut)
The embedded part of an organ or structure, such as a hair, tooth, or nerve, serving as a base or support.
A primary source; an origin; radix.
(rt, rt)
A plant part that usually grows underground, secures the plant in place, absorbs minerals and water, and stores food manufactured by leaves and other plant parts. Roots grow in a root system. Eudicots and magnoliids have a central, longer, and larger taproot with many narrower lateral roots branching off, while monocots have a mass of threadlike fibrous roots, which are roughly the same length and remain close to the surface of the soil. In vascular plants, roots usually consist of a central cylinder of vascular tissue, surrounded by the pericycle and endodermis, then a thick layer of cortex, and finally an outer epidermis or (in woody plants) periderm. Only finer roots (known as feeder roots) actively take up water and minerals, generally in the uppermost meter of soil. These roots absorb minerals primarily through small epidermal structures known as root hairs. In certain plants, adventitious roots grow out from the stem above ground as aerial roots or prop roots, bending down into the soil, to facilitate the exchange of gases or increase support. Certain plants (such as the carrot and beet) have fleshy storage roots with abundant parenchyma in their vascular tissues. See also fibrous root, taproot.
Any of various other plant parts that grow underground, especially an underground stem such as a corm, rhizome, or tuber.
The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and not covered by enamel.
A number that, when multiplied by itself a given number of times, produces a specified number. For example, since 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 16, 2 is a fourth root of 16.
A solution to an equation. For example, a root of the equation x2 – 4 = 0 is 2, since 22 – 4 = 0.
root definition
In biology, the part of a plant that grows downward and holds the plant in place, absorbs water and minerals from the soil, and often stores food. The main root of a plant is called the primary root; others are called secondary roots. The hard tip is called the root cap, which protects the growing cells behind it. Root hairs increase the root's absorbing surface.
root definition
The part of a tooth below the gum. The root anchors the tooth to the jawbone.
root 3
The penis
[1846+; fr something that is or can be planted]
Any illegal concern or enterprise; a criminal business; dodge, grift: G Marks and Abe Cohn have a new racket now of promenading Clinton Street dock (1785+)
A party or dance, esp a noisy one In recent usage this is most common among the police: passing evidence around like a pretzel tray at a retirement racket (1745+)
Any concession, stand, etc (1940s+ Circus & carnival)
To lead a busy life professionally and socially: Monk's seesawing years, from 1935 to 1940, were spent racketing endlessly back and forth between Europe and New York, an itinerant pianist and boulevardier (1760+)
[fr early 1800s British underworld fr racket, "noise, confusion," etc]
(also rot-see or rotasie or Rot-corps) The Reserve Officers Training Corps (1940s+ College students)
root and branch
root for
root of the matter
root out
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Has a Video Game Ever Made You Want to Learn Something?
I am so impressionable — I pick up a Wiimote for some Wii Tennis and want to find a real court the next day, play Wii Boxing and want to sign up for a class at the gym. Then I find myself on SingStar, and want to go to American Idol tryouts, or rock out with Rock Band and learn the real drums and guitar.
Even if I never make good on my pursuits (but I have pulled out my lonely acoustic guitar a couple of inspired times), I love that video games now are so much more interactive than just sitting on my couch and engaging my fingers and thumbs. Wii Fit, sports games, and both Guitar Hero and Rock Band have you on your feet and feeling like you're doing the actions in the video game, instead of just watching an avatar.
So, are you like me, and do these games make you want to learn a new skill, or are you content doing the video game version in your living room?

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W. Kentucky
vs. Nebraska
Sept. 4, 2010 — 6:10 p.m. CDT, Fox Sports Net PPV
Memorial Stadium, Lincoln
WKU info
Official site
Media guide
Ticket info
2009 results
Bowling Green Daily News
Louisville Courier-Journal
WKU Herald
Bowling Green weather
Pregame press
Coverage is listed here in reverse chronological order. Use tabs to navigate to earlier items.
Coverage is listed here in reverse chronological order. Use tabs to navigate to earlier items.
As a new season full of promise kicks off tonight, the quarterback position provides more than
the usual intrigue. Get your game-day reads from Omaha (1, 2, 3, 4), Lincoln (1, 2),
Grand Island (1, 2), Louisville and Bowling Green (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Commentary: Shatel, Sipple | Rosters | Program | Picks
In the public's mind, he's Mr. Blunt. But there are many other facets to Bo Pelini.
As Cory Schlesinger knows, first-year players are in for something special.
Carl Pelini addresses the linebacker situation at the Big Red Breakfast.
Bo Pelini knows year three can be full of opportunity. | McKewon's five keys to 2010
Husker Dan previews the season and offers a prediction or two.
A bigger role appears to be in store for WKU running back Bobby Rainey.
Walk-on receiver KC Hyland moves up the chain from scout-team duty.
He has yet to take a snap, but there's lots of buzz surrounding Taylor Martinez. |
Taggart expecting Zac Lee | Sipple on QBs
In another blow to the linebacking corps, Will Compton is sidelined indefinitely
by a foot injury. Notes from Thursday's practice: 1, 2
Could Florida of 2006 serve as a template for a Nebraska quarterback rotation?
The score predictions for WKU vs. Nebraska are starting to come in. | BBS
Print out the rosters to have handy on game day: 1, 2 | Official game program
Barney Cotton seeks consistent tenacity from his linemen. Wednesday notes: 1, 2, 3
The LJS's Western Kentucky insider takes a closer look at the Hilltoppers.
Driving to Saturday's game? Check out these traffic & parking pointers.
Teammates describe Baker Steinkuhler as a quiet warrior. | Brandon Kinnie interview
Bo Pelini and Jim Rome discuss a season of high expectations.
Print out the rosters to have handy on game day: 1, 2 | Official game program
Watch the Big Red Wrap-Up season preview. | Randy Lee breaks down WKU
LB Lavonte David makes a big impression. Player features: Ryan Hill | Jared Crick
Showering before the game? Some players' rituals are a little unusual.
Bo Pelini wants the competition at quarterback to continue.
Commentary: McKewon, Sipple, Shatel | Notes: 1, 2, 3 | Video: Bo, Carl, Players | Quotes
New starters await the trial by fire that only a live game provides. | WKU preview
A quarterback rotation could present a cadence challenge for the offensive line.
It's the worst game of week in the Big 12, says the Tulsa World.
For Western Kentucy coach Willie Taggart, resilience is an important theme.
Austin Cassidy earns a scholarship. More from Monday's practice: 1, 2, 3
It's a tough way to start for Willie Taggart and Western Kentucky | The streak
Western Kentucky names its team captains as it wraps up fall camp.
WKU's coach and Tommie Frazier share the same Florida roots. | Gearing up
Here's information about the PPV telecast of the NU-WKU game.
Western Kentucky turns its focus to Nebraska as fall camp nears an end.


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Dick La Reno was born on October 31, 1863 in Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Blot on the Shield (1915), In Jungle Wilds (1916) and Won by Grit (1917). He died on July 26, 1945 in Hollywood, California, USA. See full bio »
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This is about OT Jonathan Martin.
http://espn.go.com/blog/indianapolis...espnapi_publicLets go ahead and assume the Dolphins find a way to go in a different direction with Martin. He would have to slide to guard because the Colts are set at tackle with Anthony Castonzo and Gosder Cherilus, who both had good seasons.
One thing you do have to worry about: Will there be any players inside the locker room who question Martin's toughness? That may be the case in most locker rooms.
Theres obviously the Stanford connection with Andrew Luck, Griff Whalen, Coby Fleener and offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton. They all spoke highly of Martin publicly and privately when asked about him after the news broke about what was reportedly happening in Miami between him and Richie Incognito. The Colts approach their locker room with a family attitude and the players respect Luck, so his voice and opinion carries a lot of weight. So I don't think there would be any issues with Martin and the Colts. It would be a good fit if he can play guard.
But as of right now, Martin is still a member of the Miami Dolphins.
I would be all for it.


text: First of all, I want to say thank you for all the sweet wishes on my birthday post! I feel so happy! You might have seen this coat in that particular post. I have just finished it a day before my birthday. It has been a while since I made a winter coat, the previous one was this… Continue Reading


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After Living in US 45 Years, Vet Discovers He's Not a Citizen
Though he was raised in the United States, served in the military and has been "living the American dream" his whole life, Peter Brient was shocked to discover two years ago that he is not a U.S. Citizen.
Brient moved to the United States from England in 1965, when he was just 13 months old. He grew up in Southern California, graduated from high school, served in the Air Force, got married, and raised a family. When he applied for a passport in 2010, though, he was told that he is not a citizen. Brient is not alone. There are others who were adopted as minors by U.S. citizens who later discover that they are not citizens. In some cases, they are deported.
"I live the American dream, and consider myself an American. I don't care what immigration says, I am an American," Brient told The Christian Post in a Friday interview.
Brient lives like many Americans. In Independence, Ky., he has worked in construction with the same company for 25 years. He has a mortgage, raised two kids, coached little league, and attends church weekly with his wife of 28 years. Brient is also proud of his military service: his dog tags hang from the rearview mirror of his truck.
Brient's mother separated from his biological father when she moved to the United States in 1965. Brient was only 13 months old. She later married Brient's stepfather, who adopted Brient and raised him.
At that time, adopted children did not gain automatic citizenship. The law was changed with the Child Citizenship Act, which went into effect in 2001 but was not made retro-active for those over 18 years old. Since that law was enacted, any child adopted by a U.S. citizen receives automatic citizenship either with their visa or when the adoption is finalized in their home state. Those who were adopted from another country by U.S. citizens before 2001, though, may or may not be citizens, depending on whether or not their parents took them through the citizenship process.
Brient found his birth father and wanted to fly to England to see him. When he was told that he could not get a U.S. passport because he is not a citizen, it came as a shock.
"I've lived my life and was raised as a U.S. citizen and never thought anything else. I still get goosebumps on the Star Spangled Banner," Brient said.
Due to another law, some adult adoptees are automatically deported if found guilty of certain crimes. In some cases, this means sending people who only speak English to a country where they do not speak the language and are unfamiliar with the culture.
In one case that received international attention in 2000, Joao Herbert was deported to Brazil after being convicted for selling marijuana. He was adopted from Brazil at age 8 and, having grown up in Wadsworth, Ohio, could no longer speak Portuguese and knew no friends or family in the country. His mother warned at the time that the deportation was a "death sentence." Four years later, he was shot dead by drug dealers.
More recently is the case of Kairi Shepard. Shepard, adopted from India when she was three months old, barely missed eligibility for the Child Citizenship Act. Her adoptive mother was in the process of obtaining citizenship for Shepard when she passed away. The process was never completed. After a check fraud conviction, a judge has ordered that Shepard be deported back to India. Shepard is also disabled with multiple sclerosis. In India, she will not only be in an unfamiliar culture, she will also be without lifesaving care.
Shepard's story has gained much attention in the Indian press and the Indian government has even acted on her behalf to resolve the issue. An Indian minister was told that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is working to resolve the issue.
In June, a letter was sent to President Barack Obama on Shepard's behalf signed by a number of adoption organizations, academics and activists.
"Presently, we are aware of 40 cases of deported or detained adult adoptees as reported in the media and to overseas post-adoption service NGOs. All 40 cases involve non-violent offenses and consist mostly of controlled substance use. They provide a chilling snapshot: deported adoptees have ended up homeless, unemployed, sick, starving, unable to access vital care, without family or community, and even murdered. If Kairi is removed to India -- a country whose language and culture she doesn't know, where she can't get her medicine, and where her chances of work are slim because of her MS -- she will die," the letter states.
Brient is not currently in danger of being deported because he has not been convicted of a crime. He did, though, unintentionally break one law -- he voted. Adult adoptees who are not citizens and vote cannot be deported because Congress made an exception for that.
Brient had to deregister to vote, though; and because he voted when he was not supposed to, he must wait until November 2013 before he can apply for citizenship again.


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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Buster Posey went 3-for-5 and ignited a four-run first inning with an RBI single Saturday, sparking the San Francisco Giants to a 6-3 win over Pittsburgh.
Posey, Brett Pill, Pablo Sandoval (two RBI) and Gregor Blanco each drove in a run during the big first inning and the Giants went on to record their first victory in a four-game series following a pair of losses to Pittsburgh.
Tim Lincecum (7-13) corralled the victory after allowing three runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings, overcoming four walks while striking out eight.
Six San Francisco relievers combined for 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, capped by Sergio Romo's 31st save.
Francisco Liriano (14-6) was tagged with the loss, yielding four runs on nine hits over four innings as the Pirates fell into a first-place tie with St. Louis atop the National League Central.
Tony Sanchez went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and two RBI for the Bucs.


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I moved to San Diego 1½ years ago from Las Vegas where, as is well known, there are very serious water supply troubles. I note here in San Diego, in the freeway culture that is California, that we believe it is important to landscape our freeways with foliage that requires irrigation. I frequently drive I-15 south from Rancho Bernardo and have watched the planting of trees and plants and the installation of irrigation lines. This is a reassuring sign to me that there is NO water shortage in San Diego, otherwise how could we afford to waste this resource in such stupid ways. Somehow, I am reassured. – Stephen Martin, Rancho Bernardo
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Am I the only one that notices the waste of water in San Diego streets?
I live in Rancho Peñasquitos, and as I walk every morning through my neighborhood, I see the streams of water running on both sides of the streets constantly, I see people watering their lawns twice a day and even when it rains, without controlling the overflow to the street, I see them washing their cars. Once I saw somebody washing a barbecue grill, and another time, after the fires, washing the walls of the houses was a common thing.
Our constant need to have green lawns and clean cars surpasses the need to have a clean ocean, a clean environment, and the availability of water, a precious commodity, for future generations. – Jaime Morales, Rancho Peñasquitos


text: I know this is a very strange question, but I've been unsure since I first came on here. Is DIS pronounced Diz as in Disney, or Diss as in Discussion, or a combination of the two? Are we Dizzers or Dissers? Apologies for my mentality but it's been a long day in work. Please, someone, put me out of my misery! Sara.


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LONDON (Reuters) - English rugby fell into the red to the tune of 6.3 million pounds in 2011-12 because the timing of the World Cup meant it was unable to host lucrative autumn internationals.
The financial loss had been expected in a year in which England also played only two home games in the Six Nations tournament, said the Rugby Football Union (RFU).
Losses would be covered by profits earned in other years and prospects for the game were bright as England prepared to stage the next World Cup, said RFU CEO Ian Ritchie, who took up his role earlier this year.
"There are many positives in the current accounts and much to look forward to as we head towards hosting Rugby World Cup 2015, especially as 2012/13 already promises record group turnover, contribution and investment in the game," he added.
The RFU, the governing body of the English game, is beefing up its commercial activities ahead of the World Cup. The introduction of seven-a-side rugby to the 2016 Olympics will also help raise the sport's profile.
England lost to France in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in New Zealand last year.
Writing by Keith Weir, editing by Justin Palmer


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BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Looting that broke out across Argentina last week while police staged strikes left seven people dead, officials said Tuesday.
President Cristina Fernandez condemned the crime wave, saying it brought "shame to all Argentines," the Buenos Aires Herald reported.
"We have to ratify democracy against the violent and those who seek to install fear in the people," she said at a rally at Government House marking the 30th anniversary of the return to democracy to the South American country.
"I am not naive, I do not believe in coincidence nor in events that are contagious. Mumps, measles, rubella, these are contagious, but some of the things that happen in Argentina, on certain dates with certain leaders, are not. They are planned and executed, with military precision.
"These events are not coincidental because they seek to wear down the values of democracy."
Former Presidents Fernando de la Rua and Adolfo Rodriguez Saa attended the ceremony, as did Ricardo Alfonsin, son of his late namesake who was Argentina's first democratic leader following the military dictatorship of 1976-83, the Herald said.


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Become a travel agent and you will see that there are tons of benefits when you join the travel industry. All you need to have is a passion for traveling and a great desire to help people out. Read on to know more about the advantages of being a successful travel agent.
Learning the ins and outs of the travel industry is quite easy. You do not have to be a physics degree holder or a math guru to be a successful travel agent. However, there are some special skills, such as knowing how to use booking software, which you need to equip yourself before you can become a travel agent.
For those who have not finished any college degree, you should know that another benefit of becoming a travel agent is that you do not need a diploma to be successful in the industry. Regardless of your education level, for as long as you know how to operate a computer and you are willing to learn the skills needed to make you an efficient agent, you can earn good money in this career.
Another benefit of being a travel agent is that you can work in your own time. You can set up your own travel agency business right in the comfort of your own home. This means you do not have to rent an office or invest in corporate attire. If your travel agency is online, you can work even when you are in your pajamas.
Many full time moms are discovering satisfying careers as travel agents because their work does not really require them to be in front of the computer for full eight hours. You can even work during your free time. In fact, even those with full time work can try becoming a part-time travel agent to help augment their income.
One thing that makes a person afraid to become a travel agent is that he may think that big money is needed to open up this kind of business. In reality, you do not have to spend a fortune to open up your own travel agency. And since you can operate in your own home, your operating expenses are also minimal.
Lastly, the best reason why you should become a travel agent is that it is a lucrative job. Not only will you see money pouring in, you will also get great deals if you decide to travel yourself. Truly, there are so many perks in being a travel agent.
One company that can truly help you with your ambition to operate your travel agency business is KHM Travel Group. To get to know how this company can assist you, click on to www.KHMTravel.com or call Burt Kramer at 1-888-611-1220 now.


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The statewide Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) has named Arch Health Partners a top performing physician organization for the second consecutive year.
Of approximately 200 physician groups, IHA rated Arch Health Partners one of the top 44 in California for 2010. Awards were presented at the IHA Pay for Performance Stakeholders meeting in Los Angeles last Thursday.
"We all think that we give excellent medical care, but it is nice to see that our efforts have been validated by an external source," said Arch Health Partners Medical Director Dr. Scott Flinn.
Arch Health Partners has about 50 physicians at locations in Ramona and Poway and plans to open an office soon in San Marcos.
IHA is a statewide leadership group that promotes quality improvement, accountability and affordability of healthcare in California.
Arch Health Partners was one of four physician organizations in San Diego County to receive the performing awards this year. Selection was based on four measures: clinical quality, patient experience, information technology-enabled systems and coordinated diabetes care.
IHA's four Pay for Performance (P4P) programs are being used by seven health plans — Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, CIGNA HealthCare of California, Health Net of California, UnitedHealthcare, and Western Health Advantage — to calculate incentive payments for distribution to physician organizations in 2011.
Arch Health Partners was named a top performer last year after being selected as one of the most improved physician groups the previous year.
"While we are thrilled to have been recognized, this also motivates us to continually look for ways to further improve our services," said Mary Ellen Leahy, director of Performance Improvement and Continuity of Care.
Arch Health Partners is a medical foundation associated with Palomar Pomerado Health. For more information about Arch Health Partners, contact Leahy at 858-675-3176 or visit www.archhealth.org. For information about IHA, contact Cindy Ryan Ernst at 510-208-1743 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Well, my Tokyo Marui MP7 finally bit the dust today. Anybody know where I could find a AEP gearbox shell outside of the classifieds? Google is failing me.
Proof that Tokyo Marui's guns can break:
Interestingly enough, the gearbox has fired so many rounds that the screws holding it closed have been gradually coming loose.


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The North Carolina Apple Festival, which gets under way this morning, is a celebration of community, another apple crop and our heritage.
Apples have been intertwined with Henderson County's history practically since the day the first settlers arrived.
William Mills, for whom Mills River is named, is credited with being the county's first permanent settler in 1787. He settled in the Fruitland area, which gets its name from the fruit trees, primarily apple trees, that Mills planted there.
The families that followed had names like Stepp, Maybin and Edney, Lyda, Hill and Nix, Lamb, Staton and Williams. Those names remain prominent in the county's apple industry to this day.
The Lydas, as reporter Jennie Giles reports in our annual Apple Festival tab, found a tree already growing on the land they settled. Legend has it that the tree came from a seed dropped by an Indian passing through the area.
Varieties grown by early settlers may not sound familiar. Aside from growers themselves, few have heard of the Arkansas Black, the Sheepnose or the Limbertwig. More familiar are the Stayman and the Winesap.
Bet you won't find any Green Cheese, Fried Sweet or Hollow Log apples among the Galas, the Mutsus and Honey Crisps at growers' festival booths.
Just as apple varieties -- and people's tastes -- evolve, so do markets. When the local apple industry was at its peak back in the early 1970s, the county boasted 28 packing houses and 351 orchards. Now there are only five packing houses and 117 orchards.
But the county is still the top apple producer in the state, growing 85 percent of North Carolina's apples, and it is the sixth largest producer in the entire country. This year's crop is expected to bring in $24 million.
The festival itself has also evolved. The first one was held in the spring of 1947 and was billed as the Apple Blossom Festival. The festival immediately hit a snag.
"In the second year there were no blossoms and the Apple Festival queen was transported to South Carolina to pose for her official pictures against a background of peach blossoms," reported a 1970 Time-News piece on the festival's history. The solution was a switch to the fall, when harvests were more predictable.
For years, the crowning of the Apple Festival Queen was a premier event of the festival, almost overshadowing the apples themselves. Thirty-nine girls competed in the 1956 pageant and contestants came from all over the state. Nowadays we call the queen the Apple Ambassador. She's a local girl and she's already crowned by the festival's July kickoff event.
One thing remains constant. In all the festival's 60-year history, it has been a time for celebrating what makes Henderson County unique.
It is a time for fun, for visiting with friends and neighbors and visitors, for dancing, singing and eating.
So come on down to Main Street and join in. Let's celebrate the apple.


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Racing Metro edge out Biarritz
December 2, 2004
Racing Metro's Sebastien Chabal takes the attack to Biarritz
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Racing Metro heaped woe on Biarritz with a 23-20 victory in their Top 14 clash at Parc des Sports Aguilera.
The Parisians kept the pressure on the Top 14 leaders with their seventh successive league win while their Basque opponents continue to slide following their fifth straight defeat.
Biarritz scrum-half Dimitri Tachvili and Racing fly-half Jonathan Wisniewski exchanged penalties in the first half that saw the sides enter the break locked at 6-6 before a try from Takudzwa Ngwenya gave the hosts the lead. Yachvili added the conversion before pressure from Racing led to a penalty try with the conversion from Wisniewski levelling the scores once again.
A drop goal from Wisniewski and a try from winger Sireli Bobo crossed just past the hour mark saw the game swing in the visitors' favour. But a yellow card for replacement prop Mikaele Tuugahala put them on the back foot again and Yachvili closed the gap with a try that he also converted.
However, Racing held on for a valuable victory that lifts them into fifth place in the table and above Toulon who they face in Paris this weekend.
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Clause may cause new Capello row
ESPNsoccernet understands there is ambiguity over Fabio Capello's contractual right to name the England captain.
• Capello to meet with disgruntled FA
• No FA plan to sack Fabio Capello
• Capello 'disagrees' with FA on Terry
Capello is to hold talks with the Football Association this week after he expressed his objections to Terry being stripped of the armband as he awaits the outcome of his July court case.
The FA does have the right to exclude one player of its choosing from Capello's squad, but ESPNsoccernet insiders privy to the contract say Capello is not in breach of the contract by speaking out over the Terry decision. Indeed, a legal loophole means Capello may even be within his rights to contest the decision and reinstate the Chelsea defender.
Whether the Italian would pursue that course of action is open to some doubt - such a course of action would surely stretch his relationship with the FA to breaking point - and it appears more likely that there will be some kind of pact between the two parties.
Even so, it would seem the wording of the lavish £6 million-a-year contract holds the key to the issue. The source suggests that the FA has the right to choose one player who, in its view, should not be in the squad: "The clause is very long and generally it has to be a sound reason. For example, it could be on ethical, political or moral grounds, although those are not necessarily the words used in the contract to explain the reason why. It is, therefore, not so clear whether that choice of one player includes the captain."
ESPNsoccernet has put its findings to the FA, but it was made clear that there will be no comment on any aspect of Capello's contract that the body considers to be a private matter between the manager and his employers.
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Discussion in 'Special Production' started by saleen065, Oct 14, 2007.
So, you replaced a blown up Escort with a Saleen?..........SWEEeeeet!
Not exactly Gary. I still have the Escort, I rebuilt the engine in it. I sold my truck to Tim for the Saleen. So now I have to get another truck down the road sometime.
Sweet car. Best of luck with it.
not to steal george's thunder, but I looked at a car today and I think I found my next toy. '96 mystic cobra is pretty good shape...dirt freakin cheap, runs well, paint overall is in good shape...driver seat looks awful, but I wouldnt keep those seats reguardless....looks like it'll work out...we'll see
Tim, remember, that mystic paint is extremely pricey if you ever need it painted.
Seats looked terrible after a year. That high quality leather they used back then. What was the price?
and a 2 car trailer like the Animal. How cool was that to see 2 S351's roll in on a 2 car trailer at the Nationals......
I may be selling the two car and buying a three car. Possibly and enclosed. I put my race car up for sale today so I doubt I will be selling the 99.
Here is the replacement...to good of a deal to pass up
Nice car Tim!
....car looks great not to mention the price tag too!! Congrats Tim!! How many miles are on the odometer?? I need to find a deal like that as well!!
122k...but it runs strong, had all the general maintenance which include new IMRC control box, imrc's cleaned, all good to go, new ford water pump as well
You got a great deal on the car.
Hey it's a Mystic. Good trade up Tim.
From looking at the second pic, I can tell the dude across the street likes it too.LOL
Nice acquisition George!
I think i need a set of sterns!!
Thanks. I think I did good getting the Saleen. Now to do some "upgrades"
The grey wheels on the grey car make it look one of a kind.
I think that is a fantastic trade/deal/swap for both you and Tim.
He won't need any more Dramamine for the bumpy ride in the fox and you get twin 87's.
Careful not to mod it too fast. Remember, there is plenty of time.
Shame on you Tim.
Foxbodies are the ones that started it all.
Marcus I'll always keep all the original parts so if I decide I can always put her
back to complete stock form like Randy did with his SSC. I agree the 3 piece STERNS look like they
were made for the car with the color. I may do like Bart suggested and have a light tint done to the windows to
help break up all the grey color.


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Matt Adey, Vice President
Matt oversees all of Platinum Parking's U.S. operations and is based in Dallas, Texas.
Prior to taking this role, Matt was General Manager for Central Parking in Vancouver BC, whose business he grew substantially. He was a natural for Dan Sawchuk and Paul Clough to tap for the task of growing Platinum Parking's business in Dallas and beyond.
Matt started his career in parking with Imperial Parking as Valet Manager and then as a District Manager responsible for more than 90 parking facilities throughout the Greater Vancouver Area, after which he was promoted to Operations Manager in Calgary, Alberta. Matt has worked with virtually every type of parking facility, including multi-tenant and single tenant office buildings, stand alone facilities, surface lots, mixed-use facilities, residential buildings, municipal contracts, hospitals, event locations, hotels and educational institutions.
He is well versed in parking equipment and also has a tremendous experience in providing parking consulting services for new parking facilities.
Matt received his Bachelor of Arts in Urban Geography from the University of British Columbia.
Paul Lindenberger, Corporate Development
Prior to joining Platinum Parking in February of 2009, Paul worked with DOWNTOWNDALLAS, a private, non-profit business association that is the primary champion and advocate for Downtown Dallas. For nearly seven years, Paul managed the operations of the DOWNTOWNDALLAS Improvement District, which focuses on improving the quality of life for Downtown workers, visitors and residents by providing safety, hospitality, maintenance, capital improvement, and beautification programs for the public space in Downtown Dallas.
As Manager of Corporate Development for Platinum Parking, Paul is focusing on developing new clients, retaining existing clients, identifying new markets for expansion, providing parking management consulting, overseeing company marketing and involvement in company operations. With previous experience in property management, banking and finance, landscape management, residential construction, restaurant management, corporate sales, city government and the non-profit industries, Paul brings his extensive experience and knowledge to this position.
Paul currently serves Chairman of the Board of Management for the Downtown Dallas YMCA and serves as a member of many organizations including the Downtown Security Directors Association, CBD Property Managers Association, West End Association, Dallas BOMA, Law Enforcement and Private Security, and Downtown Residents Council. In addition, Paul also serves on the Regional Emergency Preparedness Advisory Committee (REPAC) for the NCTCOG and is a board member of Keep Grapevine Beautiful.


text: The second annual Streaming Media Europe conference and exhibition has moved to the UK. The event, sister to the well-established Streaming Media West and East exhibition in the US, was previously based at the RAI Centre in Amsterdam. The event will run from October 10-12 at Earls Court. The organizers are boasting over 110 exhibitors, six "visionary" keynote speakers and over 150 conference speakers. However, no firm details about who exactly these will be have been released.


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A DETENTION centre worker on Christmas Island has been sacked for having a sexual relationship with a detainee.
Three other employees have also been reassigned after they were caught drinking, another breach of the strict protocols enforced by Serco, the British-owned company that operates the centre.
Serco spokesman Paul Shaw said "any sexual contact is completely unacceptable".
The employee was investigated and dismissed as part of Serco's "zero tolerance approach to inappropriate relationships", Mr Shaw said.
Serco referred the matter to the Australian Federal Police.
The three workers who were caught drinking were members of an emergency response team required to deal with volatile situations that could occur at the detention centre.
Mr Shaw said they "must remain ready for duty at all times", which included not drinking alcohol.
The offending workers were sent off Christmas Island and reassigned to other duties.
Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul said he was deeply concerned: "The environment of a detention centre is no place in which a relationship can flourish."
"There would be question marks over the nature of the relationship because the officer involved was in a position of power and the people inside these centres are tremendously vulnerable."
Mr Shaw said Serco had since been retraining staff and "reinforcing the importance of professional boundaries and respect for people in our care".
Serco also fired three staffers at an immigration centre in England last month.
Two men were dismissed for having sex with a 23-year-old detainee, while a third was fired for failing to act on reports of the incident.


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Delilicious: Cheese, Onion, and Olive Toasts
If your kids get a case of the midnight munchies tonight, steer clear of sugar treats and curb their hunger with a more nutritious snack. Now matter how picky a tot is, they usually have a taste for toast and cheese. So whip up this incredibly easy, warm appetizer that takes a matter of minutes and uses a handful of ingredients. Simply mix shredded cheddar cheese with a sprinkle of finely sliced green onion, and then sprinkle in some diced black olives. Spread the mix on baguette slices and pop it in a 350°F oven until the cheese bubbles. Let them cool for a few minutes before serving to those with tired eyes and growling bellies. For parents and those with more adventurous pint-sized palates, substitute the cheddar cheese with Monterey jack and add some diced green chilies.


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Permanent root access finally available on the T-Mobile G2
Anyone order a T-Mobile G2 with permanent root? The Android development community has finally been able to crack the G2 and offer a permanent root solution. We've seen a handful of temporary rooting methods pop up since the launch of the handset, but it's encouraging to see that development community kept on working after so ... Read More »


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A truism for any performer is to "put your best foot forward" — open with something that is not too demanding and that shows off your best qualities.
The Parker Quartet, alas, did the opposite at their concert Friday evening. This youthful, high-energy group has many virtues — its performances show detailed preparation and good discipline. The closing work of its performance at the Barns of Wolf Trap — Dvorak's virtuosic Op. 61 quartet — featured clean textures, excellent control of soft dynamics, good intonation and a charming impetuosity.
Before that, Britten's luminous Quartet No. 2 also received a polished reading with superb solo cadenzas in the last movement. Britten's unique sound-world requires players to know their instruments like their own bodies; its many effects are lost unless the greatest care is taken. Here again, the Parker was exemplary. There were a few intonation slip-ups between the violins in the scherzo, but overall, the performance was successful.
All of that came as a welcome corrective to the opening work, Mozart's String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590. No composer so brutally locates and exposes every shortcoming of a musician or group, and here, the Parker came up short. From the pinched sound of the first violinist, to the group's lack of vibrato on repeated notes, to the ostentatious, bows-in-the-air pose they struck during short rests (which were then always too long), to the lack of a singing line carried from one instrument to the next, to the breathlessly fast minuet, the performance was a virtual catalogue of how not to play this composer.
And even in the other two pieces, for all their musical sincerity and fine technique, these young musicians were afraid of expressive slides and still focused a bit too much on basics (ensemble and intonation) to really say something engaging or original. They certainly have the wherewithal to move into higher echelons, but they need to listen to themselves more and think about what's coming out.
Battey is a freelance writer.


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That the article is suspiciously biased, of course. As was the case with DA2 and several other EA titles. If the article was a little biased, I could have blamed it on a fan being a fan. But the article is more than 'a little biased'. I remember PC Gamer's review of DA2 claimed that DA2 had the best combat in RPGs ever and now, this review claims the same (or something very close to it). After having played the demo and read the review, I have started to see the same pattern.


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12/11/2010To be continued Alsasua Camp
The second day in Alsasua was full of activities.
Day 2:
Yesterday in the morning we had class with our teachers and we play some vcabulary games about the city and things that you can see in it, and we decided how to make a sandwich for snack in the afternoon
Then we had lunch and we had spaghetti and meat , and for desert we had a peace of fruit.
In the afternoon we sang happy birthday to Rubén Aizpurúa, because it was his birthday.
Later we walked around Alsasua and we toke notes about the village. When we came back ,we made our sandwich, and later we had a fun time singing song and dancing.
At nine o'clock in the evening we had dinner and then we prepared a disco from ten to eleven o'clock at night.
My opinion of this kind of activities is good , because is funny and we learn vocabulary and we can improve our expression in English.
RUBÉN AIZPURÚA JARA to Larraona Comunity
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Thief 4 - Announced
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Goal : Argentina legend Diego Maradona has revealed he no longer wants to work in football.
The former Al Wasl coach has spoken of his disillusionment with the game following the dismissal and swift replacement of Matias Almeyda by River Plate.
"After how disgusted I was with the way they fired 'Pelado' Almeyda and by Sunday they had Ramon Diaz, I no longer want to work in soccer," he told Racio Nacional. "To present the new coach in three days, it disgusts me. I don't want to do it again."


text: Call me a stupid purist but I would like to stay with all Saleen parts if I can. Are Saleen LCA's any good in comparison say to the popular Maximum Motorsports, Steeda, etc. What is their bushing set up, are the solid urethane, or multi step like Steeda? Saleen website does not provide much useful info.


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Houston folds again in fourth
Published 12:00 am, Friday, December 3, 2010
PHILADELPHIA — Right when the Texans started to get excited and believe they might be able to shock the NFL and a national television audience by upsetting the Philadelphia Eagles, their defense reared its ugly head again.
Quarterback Michael Vick guided the Eagles to two fourth-quarter touchdown drives for a 34-24 victory on Thursday night.
The Texans fell behind 17-3 in the second quarter and 20-10 at halftime. But they exploded in the third quarter with two touchdowns to take a 24-20 lead.
The Eagles (8-4) ransacked the Texans for 416 yards, including 302 passing by Vick, who was 22 of 33 with two touchdowns. He also ran for a touchdown as the Texans defense gave up at least 30 points for the sixth time in eight games.
Matt Schaub, playing 22 miles from where he grew up, threw for 337 yards and two touchdowns, but he also was intercepted and lost a fumble.
Andre Johnson caught six passes for 149 yards. Arian Foster ran for 83 yards and scored two touchdowns, including a 13-yard reception. He set a team record with his 15th touchdown.
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With Vick playing like a Pro Bowl quarterback, the Eagles scored two touchdowns and a field goal on their first three possessions for a 17-3 lead.
LeSean McCoy caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Vick, then scored on a 4-yard run.
Neil Rackers got the Texans on the board with a 48-yard field goal. David Akers countered with a 36-yarder.
The Texans scored their first touchdown when Schaub rolled to his right and found Jacoby Jones cutting across the middle in the end zone for an 8-yard touchdown to make it 17-10.
Before the half ended, Akers kicked a 22-yard field goal after Schaub was intercepted by defensive tackle Trevor Laws while trying to throw a short pass to Foster.
Schaub improved greatly in the third quarter. Houston took the second-half kickoff and went 79 yards in 11 plays. Schaub threw a 13-yard TD pass to Foster to pull the Texans within 20-17.
On the Eagles' next possession, Vick threw deep to Jeremy Maclin, but cornerback Jason Allen made an outstanding interception at the Texans' 14. Then Schaub went to work again.
This time, the Texans went 86 yards in 13 plays. Foster scored on a 3-yard run to give the Texans a 24-20 lead.
Rackers had a short kickoff to the Eagles' 19 that helped them start the drive at the 40. They needed six plays to score. Vick completed a 33-yard pass to DeSean Jackson, and then scored on a 2-yard run to give the Eagles a 27-24 lead with 13:09 left in the game.
When the Texans got the ball back at their 22, they couldn't get beyond their 36 and had to punt. The Eagles immediately went on another scoring drive, moving from their 28 to the Texans' 24, where they faced third-and-19.
Tight end Brent Celek made a fabulous play when he caught the ball and bulled his way to a first down at the 5. Two plays later, Vick threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to wide-open fullback Owen Schmitt that gave the Eagles a 34-24 advantage.


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Finding the home country of a client using only the IP address can be
difficult. Looking up the domain name associated with that address can
provide some help, but many IP address are not reverse mapped to any
useful domain, and the most common domain (.com) offers no help when
looking for country.
This module comes bundled with a database of countries where various IP
addresses have been assigned. Although the country of assignment will
probably be the country associated with a large ISP rather than the
client herself, this is probably good enough for most log analysis
applications, and under test has proved to be as accurate as
reverse-DNS and WHOIS lookup.
WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/IP-Country/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/net/p5-IP-Country/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install p5-IP-Country
cd /usr/ports/net/p5-IP-Country/ && make install clean
pkg install p5-IP-Country
PKGNAME: p5-IP-Country
SHA256 (IP-Country-2.28.tar.gz) = 88db833a5ab22ed06cb53d6f205725e3b5371b254596053738885e91fa105f75
SIZE (IP-Country-2.28.tar.gz) = 296585
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
This port is required by:
No options to configure
Number of commits found: 24
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories m, n, o, and p.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
Make it so that the default Perl is always called perl5.
- Move Perl's man1 files along with its man3 files.
- Move where Perl installs its modules man1 pages.
- Convert the ports installing man1 pages.
- Make different Perl versions installable at the same time.
Though you should note that only the default version can be used to
install Perl modules, and the non default Perl versions cannot use the
modules installed via ports if they contain .so as they are installed
in a version specific directory.
Reviewed by: bapt (the Mk bits)
Exp-run by: antoine
Sponsored by: Absolight
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3542
Change the way Perl modules are installed, update the default Perl to 5.18.
Before, we had:
site_perl : lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18
site_perl/perl_arch : lib/perl5/site_perl/5.18/mach
perl_man3 : lib/perl5/5.18/man/man3
Now we have:
site_perl : lib/perl5/site_perl
site_arch : lib/perl5/site_perl/mach/5.18
perl_man3 : lib/perl5/site_perl/man/man3
Modules without any .so will be installed at the same place regardless of the
Support staging.
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
- convert to the new perl5 framework
Approved by: portmgr (bapt@, blanket)
- Update to 2.28 [1]
- Trim Makefile's header
Changes: http://search.cpan.org/dist/IP-Country/CHANGES
PR: ports/178974 [1]
Submitted by: dikshie <email@example.com> (maintainer)
- Remove SITE_PERL from *_DEPENDS
Approved by: portmgr@ (bapt@)
At the moment 1385 ports use BUILD_DEPENDS= ${RUN_DEPENDS} and 450
ports use BUILD_DEPENDS:= ${RUN_DEPENDS}. This patch fixes ports that are
currently broken. This is a temporary measure until we organically stop using
:= or someone(s) spend a lot of time changing all the ports over.
Explicit duplication > := > = and this just moves ports one step to the left
Approved by: portmgr
- Get Rid MD5 support
- Update to 2.27
PR: ports/139229
Submitted by: Masafumi NAKANE <email@example.com>
Approved by: maintainer, jadawin(co-mentor)
Feature safe: yes
- Update to 2.26
Submitted by: dikshie <email@example.com> (maintainer)
Update to 2.25
PR: ports/128607
Submitted by: dikshie <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Approved by: firstname.lastname@example.com (maintainer)
- Take advantage of CPAN macro from bsd.sites.mk, change
${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN} to CPAN.
PR: ports/122674
Submitted by: Philip M. Gollucci <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Reworked by: araujo (myself)
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Add even more ports to the new "geography" category
Approved by: Pav (wearing portmgr hat)
- installed script (ip2cc) needs p5-Geography-Countries
- bump PORTREVISION
PR: ports/111183
Submitted by: maintainer (Dikshie)
- Update to 2.23
PR: ports/108820
Submitted by: leeym
Approved by: maintainer
- Update to 2.22
PR: ports/107074
Submitted by: chinsan
Approved by: Dikshie <dikshie at lapi.itb.ac.id> (maintainer)
- Update to 2.21
- Unbreak under old perl
- Refine pkg-descr
Submitted by: leeym
Approved by: maintainer
Update search.cpan.org WWW: entries to have a trailing slash.
Change some URLs from author dirs to dist dirs.
The example in the porter's handbook didn't have the trailing slash;
mea culpa for not having caught that when it went in.
Approved by: krion@
Replace ugly "@unexec rmdir %D... 2>/dev/null || true" with @dirrmtry
Approved by: krion@
PR: ports/88711 (related)
search.cpan.org redirect reduction canonicalization project, pass 3:
Refer to all modules using their /dist/Foo/ path instead of via
the mishmash of old author path, new author path, module documentation,
etc. These are mostly stragglers that should have been caught in pass 2.
This pass brought to you by Bill's 102-degree fever during pass 2.
- Add net/p5-IP-Country - Perl module to lookup country codes from IP addresses.
PR: ports/78030
Submitted by: Tim Buck <email@example.com>
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Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a man Wednesday in the 4000 block of Blaine Street.
Asia Dontrese Moore, 22, of the southeast section of D.C., has been charged with first degree murder while armed in the death of Marvin Harvey, 23, of the Northeast.
The stabbing was reported just before 2:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of Blaine Street. Harvey was found with life-threatening injuries and transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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FontCast #17 — Amman: The City, The Typeface, The Film
At the end of 2008 the young type designer and multimedia artist digital Arabic type design. Today his extended family has become the "corporate typeface" for Amman.
Ahmad Humeid, founder and managing director of Syntax, and Yanone first met in 2004 at the Bauhaus-University in Weimar. Humeid gave a presentation and organised a workshop on design that straddles cultures. Shortly thereafter he invited Yanone as the third of ten students for an internship at his agency in Amman. Four years later, as Yanone's studies of Visual Communications were nearing their end, both designers decided to create a bespoke type family for Amman. Syntax had just won the assignment to redesign the graphic identity of the Greater Amman Municipality. The newly elected mayor of Amman, Omar Ma'ani, wished to use the forthcoming centenary to introduce a new image for the city.
Ahmad Humeid remembers:
As far as I know there have not been any attempts yet to create an exclusive type family for the Arab capital. The concept of branding a city is pretty novel in these latitudes; merely a handful of projects have originated, primarily in the Gulf region. To be able to develop a type family for a capital like Amman was like a dream come true. But at the prospect of the centenary celebrations the stars seemed perfectly aligned for a project like this.
We knew Yanone as a talented and motivated trainee through the exchange program with German Bauhaus students. In addition we had Hussein Alazaat on board, an in-house designer who has a great passion for traditional Arab calligraphy. And last but certainly not least, we met an open-minded and forward-looking team from the client, the Greater Amman Municipality, led by a mayor who valued design and was very aware of its strategic importance.
Modern Amman is a young city, which celebrated its centenary in 2009.
On top of that the project provided Yanone with the perfect subject for his thesis at the Bauhaus-University. Yanone summarises: "I wanted to leap into the great unknown that is contemporary Arabic type design." Although the Western world is quite familiar with the different aspects of extensive, classification-crossing type systems, they had not yet been introduced in the Arabic world. The most obvious was the integration of two type styles in one single family – a humanist sans with with even stroke width and a modern appearance, and a serif face with a rather traditional appearance.
The roman variant is drawn with two distinct strokes, while the italic is one uninterrupted stroke.
Possibly the most important innovation is the integration of a genuine Arab italic.
Italics have been in use in Western typography since their introduction in 1501 by the Italian writing master Aldus Manutius. Today they are mostly used as a decorative element, to stress or emphasise words, as well as to indicate titles and foreign words. Latin italics are narrower than their roman counterparts and lean to the right. Their shapes originated from cursive hand writing: individual letters are drawn in one uninterrupted stroke, without lifting the pen/quill from the paper (see illustration above).
Because currently text setting in the Middle East is predominantly bilingual, mostly English and Arabic, the Arabic counterpart of an English text requires the option for setting italics. The manufacturers of digital Arabic typefaces meet these demands by providing with slanted variants of the upright designs. This can be compared to what happened in the 1980s in the Western world. Under pressure from the competition many manufacturers of typesetting equipment digitised their metal and photo composition heritage in a hurry. This led them to neglect the italics, instead simply using the computer and mechanically slant the roman to obtain an oblique.
The four Arabic styles of the FF Amman extended family: to the right the upright serif (top) and sans (bottom), with to the left the corresponding italics.
Yanone translated this long tradition of true italics into Arabic. He drew a digital variant of the common Arab handwriting style Ruq'aa, which should from now on accompany the upright printing type style Naskh. Ruq'aa is a simple italic style from the 9th century. It has round, fluid curves, and narrow words containing many ligatures. It is the most frequently used style in everyday handwriting. Naskh is a quickly written, round style, exceptionally readable, with short horizontals, and ascenders and descenders of even lengths. It is currently the most frequently used type style for printing books and publications, for which also the majority of metal and digital typefaces were produced.
Early sketches for Amman Sans (top) and the serif (bottom) variant: angular, lively, with a pronounced contrast.
The construction of the Amman alphabet channels the "angular", unconventional way of life in a young, nimble capital. Individual letter forms were designed as angular as possible without compromising the legibility of the text. The line quality reflects the predominant architecture of the city – squarish houses nested on the seven hills and their valleys.
The single storey "a" and "g" in Amman serif are derived from cursive Latin character shapes (left), while their counterparts in Stempel garamond are two storey designs (right).
Yanone chose a single storey "a" and "g" as base forms for the Latin half of the Amman extended family, which are rarely found in serif text faces. These specific shapes are meant to emphasize the connection with the typical local architecture. Hussein Alazaat, calligrapher and designer at Syntax, elaborates:
When you are thinking in Arabic, your thoughts must travel from right to left. In addition you must take into account the long horizontals. The Latin alphabet on the other hand displays a distinctly vertical orientation. The challenge inherent in this project consisted of harmonising both type styles without compromising on the tradition of both alphabets. From the onset the Amman family was developed bilingually for an Arabic capital – a unique project. As far as I know it is the most extensive Latin/Arabic type system ever produced.
Originally Amman Sans was planned in four weights, and Amman Serif in three, which proved to be too limited in practice. Eventually the family grew to seven Sans weights and four serif weights.
Ahmad Humeid is proud of the final result:
The Amman extended family is versatile and universally applicable. City communication – particularly for a booming metropolis like Amman whose identity is in constant flux – must generally have a traditional and conventional feel on the one hand; yet at some occasions needs to be able to look young and dynamic on the other hand. To be able to work with both a serif and a sans version is extremely useful in this regard. "Modern" typography usually applies typefaces with even stroke widths, which look very geometric and possibly a little rigid to Arabic eyes. The "traditional" variant definitely looks more calligraphic, with a more pronounced contrast and softer features. The Amman family sufficiently differs from the mainstream, which may occasionally cause an eyebrow to be raised. Nevertheless it is close enough to the tradition of Arabic writing to be accepted by the large majority of potential users.
All fourteen styles of the FF Amman Sans OpenType family – seven weights from Thin to Black with matching italics. If you need to use the Arabic script apply the equally extensive FF Amman Sans Arabic.
Upon completion of the FSI – FontShop International offered the designer to include it in the Arabic extension of Martin Majoor's sans/serif type system FF Seria which was released in 2009. His type family originated in the context of the Typographic Matchmaking project, organised by the Khatt Foundation to promote and move forward Arabic typography. Its goal was to develop ten Arabic counterparts to well-known Latin font families. FF Amman was released in June 2010.
All eight styles of the FF Amman Sans OpenType family – four weights from Regular to Extra Bold with matching italics. If you need to use the Arabic script apply the equally extensive FF Amman Serif Arabic.
The best document on the typeface, the city, and its design is a wonderful 58 page brochure, compiled and designed by Yanone himself. It can be downloaded as a PDF document, but also viewed full screen in the embedded presentation window below.
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Amman: The Film
In the past weeks Yanone captured his typeface in an audiovisual document. He produced a documentary film in the Jordan capital with all the people involved in the type project.
Actually there are two films. The 20-minute main feature titled New (type) face for Amman introduces both the type family and daily life for the Jordanian designers. The designers Ahmad Humeid, Ahmad Sabbagh, Roba Al-Assi, Zeina Darwatsah, Ibrahim Owais (and Yanone) share their thoughts on the graphic identity of their home town, and the role of its new "corporate typeface". In between they show the viewer places of interest and striking views. Subsequently Ivo Gabrowitsch and Andreas Frohloff share their enthusiasm for FF Amman.
FontCast #17 – New (type) face for Amman from FontShop on Vimeo.
The short Part II of the Amman film project consists of an energetic high-speed trip with a hand camera through the main road of the Jordan capital. With total disregard for his own life the producer squeezes himself between the stop and starting cars standing in front of traffic lights in Rainbow Street. The microphone captures fragments of music and conversation that escape through the open car windows and join the symphony of the metropolis. No one has ever promoted a typeface this way.
New (type) face for Amman, Part II from Yanone on Vimeo.
The dedicated website for the film offers further bonus material, including the entire interview with Ahmad Humeid, managing director of the Syntax design agency and initiator of the FF Amman typeface project.
About Syntax
Over the past decade, Syntax has evolved into one of the Middle-East's largest independent branding and design focused companies, and one of the region's leading independent brand, design and media consultancies. Today, Syntax is entrusted with the creation and re-invention of major corporate and institutional brands. Destination and city branding have also become one of Syntax's strengths. In 2008, Syntax was commissioned with the creation of the first comprehensive citizen-focused branding program for Amman, Jordan's capital city. Syntax's team culture is driven by progressive strategists, designers, writers, media specialists, technologists and project managers. Ultimately Syntax aspires to be its clients' innovation partner. Its unique blend of services and disciplines enables it to deliver "positive transformations": distinctive brands, informative media, inspiring environments and engaging experiences.
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Brian Vickers, sidelined since the departure of Red Bull Racing from NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series following the completion of the 2011 season, will compete in six races for Michael Waltrip Racing, according to a team news release.
Vickers, 28, will compete in the organization's No. 55 Toyota, which is currently shared by Mark Martin and co-owner/driver Michael Waltrip.
"I am thrilled to get back behind the wheel of not just a race car, but a very fast race car," Vickers, who finished 25th in points for Red Bull last season, said. "I'm lucky to find a ride of this qualify so early in the season. That Toyota won the pole last weekend in Phoenix and you saw it up front throughout the race."
Martin, who is in the car for this weekend's Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, qualified on the pole for last week's Subway Fresh Fit 500, and finished ninth, his second top-10 in two starts this season. He finished 10th in the season-opening Daytona 500.
Vickers will be in the car for next weekend's Cup stop at Bristol. He is scheduled to compete in both Bristol Cup races, as well as each race at New Hampshire and Martinsville.
"I know how good (crew chief) Rodney Childers and the team are," he said. "I've known Rodney since I was 8 years old. This car is tied for sixth in pints right now. This is going to be fun. I appreciate the opportunity Michael and the entire MWR organization are giving me."
Vickers has 255 career Cup starts, with victories at Talladega in 2006 (for Hendrick Motorsports) and Michigan in 2009 (with Red Bull).
He qualified for NASCAR's Chase For The Sprint Cup in 2009, finishing a career-best 12th in the standings.
He has 21 top-five finishes, 57 top-10s and 11 poles, including a career best six in 2009.
"Brian ... is a veteran driver with almost 10 years experience but he hasn't even turned 30 yet," Waltrip said. "He's shown he can win at this level, and we have every confidence he'll run well with us.
"I believe in second chances and this is a great opportunity for us and Brian. He wants to show the world how good he really is, and we believe in the equipment and people we're putting him with in 2012."
Waltrip, who competed in this year's Budweiser Shootout in the No. 55, is slated to run four more races in the car. Martin's 2012 schedule now consists of 24 Cup races as well as the upcoming Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte.
No driver has been named for the team for this year's two road-course events.
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Bachelor Brad Womack is Slow & the Chicks are Crazy
I used to watch The Bachelor with a sense of hope. It was romantic and inspiring. I believed there was a chance love could be found. That was then. This show is now a joke that makes no sense, yet is incredibly funny. I watch for a laugh and blog.
Brad Womack is slow. He talks in slow motion, has no command of the English language, and has an accent that changes within the same sentence. He was not an interesting Bachelor last time, and I still don't get why he was given a second chance. It's lame.
The show starts with Chris Harrison explaining how the show works, talking to the girls like they have no idea what is going on. Come on! They've been studying the show for years, know exactly what is going on, and are trying to get their 15 minutes.
Melissa says she has wanted to be on the show for 8 years. She is pathetic, desperate and proves she didn't care who the Bachelor was, only that she got on. Eight years of prep only to fall apart under the pressure during the second week. Shame.
Ashley the dentist gets the first date. She is bubbly and the other girls are crushed. Hilarious. Ashley is wearing a ugly dress and Brad has fallen into the Bachelor trap of thinking we believe he planned everything. He talks about the date like it was his idea.
He speaks as if he is doing all these wonderful things for the women when he has done nothing. I don't get why these Bachelors and Bachelorettes don't say, "Look what THEY have planned for us." Stupid. First date is a private night at a carnival.
They are running through the carnival to get on a ride, which is ridiculous because she is in stilettos and there is nobody else there so why run? Back at the house, the claws are being sharpened. The girls find out 15 of them are going on the group date.
Michelle, the gorgeous hair stylist, is the frontrunner for "Miss Fatal Attraction 2011". It's her 30th birthday and she is pissed she has to share Brad with 14 other ladies on her special day. You know she is going to lose her mind in the scariest way. Got to watch out for the pretty ones boys.
Back at the carnival, Ashley is smooching on Brad and "falling" for him. That took 5 minutes, which shows such restraint because the others are already in love. Brad says it's the best date he's had in years. He said he has not been on a date in years, so that's not that flattering.
Ashley shares that her dad is a homeless addict and Brad loves her more because his dad was never around. Blah, blah, blah. He says he never talks about this with anyone. Really? Did he forget he told 8 million people last week? I think Brad's vocabulary includes 30 words.
Melissa is a whack-a-doodle. How did she pass the mental health screening? She is not cute and clearly had her boobs done by Tori Spelling's plastic surgeon. Not good. Emily says 15 girls on a date is a world record. Clearly she has never heard of Charlie Sheen.
They are doing a series of PSA's for The American Red Cross. In the middle of the chaos of this ridiculous show, they are doing charity work, which is actually really great. The addition of these awareness segments allow us to take it seriously, for just a minute.
Bravo to Mike Fleiss and whoever coordinates the community service pieces because they are important and use their 15 minutes for good. They are dressing up in costumes and the vampire chick gets to be Cat Woman while another one gets a neck brace and flannel.
Britt is getting an ulcer, Keltie wants to cry, Michelle thinks her birthday should be a national holiday, and Melissa is in the front seat for a ride to Crazytown. She busts into a scene and kisses Brad which is creepy and seals her fate. She'll be gone tonight.
All the girls are making out with Brad and it's skanky. Everyone thinks kissing him will ensure a rose and Michelle is off wallowing in self-pity that she does not get to be special for her birthday. Melissa is crazy, Michelle is scary, and Brad is boring.
The group date goes out for a roof top party. Melissa gets one-on-one time and he blows her off. Michelle has a horrible spray on tan and when she lifts her arms you can see it. Blech. She tells Brad he's got walls up and starts her plan of seduction.
Melissa starts fighting with Rachel. Who is Rachel? Jackie gets a one-on-one date. Back at the group date, Brad gives the rose to Michelle for her birthday. She starts gloating and being cocky and you know she hears music in her head when there is none.
Jackie gets a "Pretty Woman" date. They walk into the hotel and she calls the doormen "guards". I'm over dumb chicks. They have spa time, then she gets to choose an outfit for their night out. Back at the house, Emily, my favorite, calls her daughter and is so sweet.
Jackie and Brad go to The Hollywood Bowl for a private dinner and concert by Train. Jackie tells Brad she is not a big dater and has only had 2 boyfriends in her whole life and he gets all judgy. He says it concerns him that she has no experience. Lame.
She is a nice girl and he knows if he screws her over we will hate him more than we already do. She needs to run for the hills from this guy. She is really lovely, can do better, and she is wasting her time with Brad. She could also be the next Bachelorette.
He asks her if she wants to be in it with him and she says as long as he does. Sad. Who cares what he wants? Why don't women value themselves enough to say they will stay for as long as it feels right for them? Thank God I'm older and wiser than these girls.
Sidebar: Train is fantastic. They are a great band I loved their performance even though it was only for a minute. Brad pronounces theater, Thee-eh-ter and I've decided he is a slightly dumber version of Jethro from The Beverly Hillbillies. Dumber and not as hot.
At the cocktail party Michelle takes Brad away the minute he walks in. Brad talks to Emily and it makes me sad because she is really lovely and deserves better. He gets tongue-tied when he is around her because he knows she's too good for him. It's cute.
Rachel and Melissa are fighting again and it's sad because they both have really bad plastic surgeons and that should bond them together as BFF's. Melissa is crying because she is being attacked, and Rachel is taking comfort in knowing that Jesus is on her side.
Melissa goes crying to Brad, then BAM. The bi-polar moment we have been waiting for. She is crying, laughing, and worried about her breath. She is a crazy person and is watching this at home and wants to kill herself. This chick really needs medication.
Rachel is crying to Brad saying she is "not like this" and it's made even funnier by Brad's slow motion speak. Then Ally and Roberto show up to help Brad. Ally is wearing a gorgeous but fantastically unflattering dress and her hair extensions are gone.
Rachel and Melissa are trying to convince the other women why the other one should go home. Melissa goes to Ally and starts crying, saying she is targeted. So gross. Ally and Roberto are on the show for 4 minutes and it's lame. Melissa is sure she is getting a rose.
Emily gets the special "you are genuine" rose. I love her. It's now the big rose ceremony and three insecure girls are going home. Every time Brad picks up a rose he does this weird shrugging of his shoulders that is making me crazy. He needs a doctor to look at that.
Sidebar: Why does Chris Harrison leave for the rose ceremony? So he can come back to announce the last one? He should just stand there with a beer and yell out "last round" when it gets down to the final rose. Rachel, Melissa and Keltie are going home.
Keltie is a mess and gives the saddest farewell speech ever. She is convinced she is meant to be alone and breaks into the ultimate ugly cry. It looks like a skit from SNL and if it were not so crushing it would be hilarious. She must be mortified watching this.
Word on the street is that Brad has impeccable manners and is the nicest man ever. My hopelessly romantic but sarcastic heart prays he wins me over, and by the end I'm crying for the joy and happiness he has found.
This is an easy show to mock but at the end of the day, jokes aside, I want it to work. I will continue to make fun of it of course, but deep down I'm cheering them on. All except Michelle of course.
To conclude: Chris Harrison is still charming, Emily should be the next Bachelorette, Brad has a twitching disorder and speech impediment, Michelle is insane, and I will be back next week which means so am I. The good news is I still believe love is possible, so I'm keeping the faith.


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UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council will hold private consultations to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.
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Digital video recorders (DVRs) have been used as an integral part of set-top boxes after their launch in CES, 1999. DVRs are primarily time shifting devices, used to record entertainment content like movies and favorite TV shows. If used personally, expectations from such devices are multi-format, real-time encode which could be played later in time or shared with others. If used commercially real-time multi-channel encoding capacity for such a recorder becomes a primary goal, so that the overall BOM (Bill-Of-Materials) can be reduced.
Surveillance system DVRs
When used in a surveillance scenario, place shifting capabilities are also expected from DVRs. Compressed data being stored on hard drives is streamed to a remote point for monitoring or analytics. This presses extra constraints of low delay encoding, which further disallows multi-pass encoding, posing significant challenges to compression quality. Encoders in such applications should support encoding of various resolutions. Detailed video (for example D-1) could be used for monitoring and a smaller resolution (e.g. SIF/CIF) could be used for storage to conserve space. A surveillance eco-system has encoder and analytics block working in cohesion. Hence, encoders have to provide analytics data and should be designed to take directions from such a block to support ROI (Region of Interest) encoding.
Such a surveillance application based DVR needs to be installed at different locations in buildings where multiple inputs from various PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) cameras can be tapped, compressed and are sent over an Ethernet link to storage racks and a central point of monitoring. Figure 1, depicts such a surveillance DVR system.
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Figure 1: Surveillance Eco-System
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Once we are clear about the requirement needs posed by such a system, we need to make a choice of implementation platform. ASIC offers low power solutions for encoders and other analytics engine but lacks the flexibility of programming it once the design is frozen. It is highly desirable that intelligent algorithms in such a system be continuously tweaked to suit an environment. Algorithms like rate control algorithm and object detection routine are continuously trained depending on various conditions. ASIC solutions cannot cater to such changing needs. Embedded systems due to their configurability, low time to market, scalability and probably lowest BOM cost, offer the best technology for designing such surveillance systems.
A few years back, available DSPs (digital signal processors) didn't have enough horsepower to support multi-channel encoding on a single chip. This required each camera to be fitted with its own individual compression engine, thereby increasing the overall cost. With the recent convergence of SoC and DSP, many processors are now coming with their own hardware accelerators. This has enabled DSPs to fit multiple channels of compression on a single chip. The next section presents how a video encoder can be designed to leverage the extra cycles provided by hardware accelerators. Further we will also look into some of the system requirements for multiple encoders to interact flawlessly with the network interface.
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Creating curb appeal means a different thing to different people. Many times, the extent of the project depends on the current state of the exterior of the house. There could be grass, plants, bushes, trees, concrete, and other building materials involved – the list goes on and on. In order to expedite the process, renting waste dumpsters to discard a variety of materials is the most time-efficient solution. After all, the longer the landscaping project takes the longer the house sits on the market. At the end of the day, this translates to more mortgage payments. Therefore, the quicker homeowners rent dumpsters, the more money they save in the long run.
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