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Do the Emmys have something against science fiction? For three seasons, respected veteran actors Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell have been delivering the hands-down best performances on television, on a show with a devoted critical and fan following, yet they have never been nominated. Is it because said show is titled Battlestar Galactica and was inspired by a cheesy 1970s space opera? Or maybe because it's on the basic-cable Sci Fi Channel? Regardless, in a time when everyone complains about a dearth of good roles for women, it's ridiculous to see McDonnell overlooked time and again. As President Laura Roslin, the leader of the survivors of a war that wiped out most of the human race, McDonnell has landed the role of a lifetime. This is an actor who never did much for me in films such as Dances With Wolves and Sneakers; there was always something vaguely detached about her work on the big screen. But as Roslin, McDonnell is giving the sort of bravura performance that wins Oscars. She is by turns ethereal, steely, and, yes, presidential.
McDonnell is the most obvious victim of the Emmys' shortsightedness, but Battlestar is filled with excellent actors doing consistently stellar work. All the supporting female actors on the show—Grace Park, Katee Sackhoff, and Tricia Helfer—are worthy of nomination for some of the most complex female roles on television. Sure, Edie Falco deserves her awards for playing Carmela Soprano, but let's not forget Park plays dual roles, each with a mind-boggling backstory: Sharon is the Cylon robot who yearns to fit into humanity; Boomer believed she was human and is now taking a place of power among the Cylon leaders. That Park manages to make each character so individual and distinguished is a testament to the actor's abilities.
Battlestar may be a victim of its genre, but other actors get overlooked for worse reasons. Take a show whose lead actor gets all the attention while the equally talented supporting cast goes virtually ignored. Hugh Laurie is one of the best actors on television and has earned two Golden Globe Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as the title character on Fox's medical drama House. That he wasn't nominated for an Emmy last year is still an embarrassment to the television academy, one sure to be rectified this year. Although Laurie deserves the attention he has received, he heads up a flawless ensemble that is just as worthy of note. As House's put-upon best friend, Dr. James Wilson, Robert Sean Leonard has taken the art of annoyed exasperation to new heights. His performance after House spiked Wilson's coffee with an amphetamine should win Leonard a slot in the competition. And where would House be without his underlings—the reliably excellent Omar Epps, Jennifer Morrison, and Jesse Spencer—to belittle and humiliate?
A lead actor winning all the praise seems to be the case with freshman series Ugly Betty, though it's perhaps a bit early to tell. America Ferrera is perfect as Betty Suarez in the frothy, fun comedy, but it's the colorful canvas of supporting characters that makes the show. The women alone could fill an entire category on the Emmy ballot: delicious Becki Newton's trampy receptionist Amanda, Ana Ortiz's frank sister Hilda, Ashley Jensen's witty seamstress Christina, and Rebecca Romijn's transsexual Alexis are originals. But where would Betty be without the machinations of Wilhelmina Slater, played with obvious relish by the spectacular Vanessa Williams? Whether abusing her devoted assistant Marc (Michael Urie, equally worthy of recognition) or seducing the boss in hopes of a promotion, Wilhelmina just might be the best villainess on TV. And as long as we're on the subject of Ugly Betty, how about a nod for 12-year-old Mark Indelicato, who plays Betty's show-tune-loving, wise-beyond-his-years nephew? Indelicato has comedic timing that actors twice his age haven't mastered and regularly steals scenes in a role that could have been one-note. Bonus points for his great renditions of songs from Hairspray and West Side Story.
Some ensemble shows have breakout stars who score nominations, but here's hoping the Emmys don't just look at the usual suspects this year. Last year, Grey's Anatomy actors Chandra Wilson and Sandra Oh were deservingly nominated for their work. They should be recognized again this year, but why not also make room for Katherine Heigl and Kate Walsh, both of whom enjoyed juicy story lines this year? Besides, this might be the last chance to honor Walsh: She leaves the show to headline the spinoff Private Practice in the fall, and if the new series is anything like the introductory episode wedged into Grey's this season, voters may not have the impetus to recognize her work for a while.
Here's also hoping Lost becomes a player in the Emmy race again. After winning the best drama statue and nominations for Terry O'Quinn and Naveen Andrews in its first year, the show garnered a few nominations but no wins for its sophomore season. After a reinvigorated third season, it's time to fix the mistake Emmy made two years ago in passing over O'Quinn for Boston Legal's William Shatner—come on, Shatner?—and give O'Quinn the award this year. I wouldn't object to them throwing in a nomination for the wonderfully menacing Michael Emerson, who plays Henry Gale, aka Ben, aka Benry. After three seasons of talking about the ominous "Others" on the island, the show had to deliver a great villain. Emerson was all that and more: unnerving, quietly powerful, and weirdly likable.
On the comedy side, Entourage's Jeremy Piven scored the statue for supporting actor in a comedy last year, but there's another player on the show who's been giving him a run for his money. As the older but far less successful brother to Adrian Grenier's movie star, Kevin Dillon regularly endures epic humiliations on the HBO comedy. A legend in his own mind, Dillon's Johnny Chase is at his best when at his worst. From unwittingly seducing his male massage therapist to being eavesdropped on by an entire crew during his most private of moments, Dillon has been reliably hilarious in an uneven season.
We'd like to throw in our usual pleas—sure to fall on deaf ears—for the lovely Kristen Bell of the canceled Veronica Mars. And we'd love to see first-time nominations for Ethan Suplee's terrifically dense portrayal of Randy on My Name Is Earl and Judy Reyes' turn as Nurse Carla on Scrubs. How about Jack Coleman for his tour de force performance in the "Company Man" episode of Heroes? We'll also continue to make a case for William Fichtner, who was mentioned in this space last year for ABC's Invasion. Now on Fox's Prison Break, he's still delivering knockout performances in a role full of moral ambiguity. And after seven seasons, two networks, and countless fast-paced monologues, this is voters' last chance to show love for Lauren Graham. Gilmore Girls won't be returning in the fall, and her nod is long overdue.


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A humorous look at the companies that caught our eye, for better or worse, this week
Nov. 1 close: $52.30 (U.S.),
down $9.76 or 15.7% over week
All those flavoured beverages Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his buddy purchased at the local Esso station? Imagine how much money they could have saved if they'd had a SodaStream machine at home. Not that it would have helped SodaStream's stock: The maker of home carbonation machines suffered its biggest weekly drop in more than two years after quarterly sales missed estimates.
S&P/TSX Capped Financial ETF
Nov. 1 close: $28.27,
up 51 cents or 1.8% over week
Remember a few months ago when interest rates were surging, people thought the housing bubble was about to pop and you panicked and sold your bank stocks? Cheer up – you only missed a 15-per-cent gain or so. With the U.S. Fed keeping the stimulus taps wide open and bond yields well off their recent highs, Canadian banks – far from falling – have been hitting new records.
Harman International
Nov. 1 close: $81.96 (U.S.),
up $9.33 or 12.8% over week
You might say Harman International's quarterly results were music to the ears of investors. The maker of audio equipment under the Harman/Kardon, JBL, AKG and other brand names reported a 17-per-cent jump in sales, helped by rising demand from European auto makers for Harman's integrated navigation, entertainment and communication systems. Money, it's a hit.
Avon Products
Nov. 1 close: $18.27 (U.S.),
down $3.72 or 16.9% over week
Looks like someone's mascara is running. Avon shareholders had reason to cry after seeing the company's third-quarter results: The world's biggest direct seller of cosmetics swung to a loss of $5.5-million as revenue skidded 7 per cent. Adding to Avon's woes, the SEC offered to settle bribery charges for an undisclosed amount that the company said would "materially adversely" affect its financial condition. Someone get a tissue.
Corn futures
Nov. 1 close: 427.25 cents (U.S.) a bushel,
down 12.75 cents or 2.9% over week
Creamed corn, anyone? The grain that's used to make everything from ethanol and livestock feed to glue has plummeted about 44 per cent on the Chicago Board of Trade this year, hammered by expectations for a record global harvest in the 2013-2014 season. Seems farmers went on a corn-planting binge when prices were high last year, and now they're reaping what they sowed.
- Sodastream International Ltd$66.58+0.10(+0.15%)
- iShares S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index ETF$38.57-0.02(-0.05%)
- Avon Products Inc$2.10+0.12(+6.06%)
- Updated November 22 3:59 PM EST. Delayed by at least 15 minutes.

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A healthy game plan
Think of it as spring training. You're a member of the farm team, and you have eight weeks until the season opener (also known as planting). Here's your game plan:
• Work out weekly for 150 minutes of cardiovascular exercise, along with resistance and flexibility training.
• Retool your food choices and portion sizes for maximum efficiency.
• Scout your work site for hazards that could sideline you for the season.
If this isn't your strategy, you may be caught off base. Plugging health and safety into your risk-management plan could help propel you into the big leagues.
Stories Behind The Statistics
Generations of farmers have pursued their livelihoods at the cost of being safe — and sound. Today's increased mechanization and high-mileage commutes are converging with farm health risks and sedentary lifestyles. For many producers, it's a whole new ball game.
Meet our safety and health spring training team and gain tips to stay safe and sound at home base.
Fortunately, there are more resources now than ever before. The AgriSafe Network and Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health work together to provide health and safety services to farmers through a Certified Safe Farm Program, as well as training and education for health care professionals.
North Carolina's Certified Safe Farm (CSF) pilot program began in 2009. So far, 45 to 50 farm audits have been conducted.
"It offers a fresh set of eyes on farms," says Julia Storm, North Carolina AgroMedicine Institute and North Carolina State University, Raleigh. "Too often hazards blend into the scenery."
Tim Britton, Johnston County (North Carolina) Extension field crops agent keeps his eyes and ears open as he visits farms. "As I walk the farms with growers, I've heard so many stories about their close calls or a brother or father who got a hand caught in a PTO shaft," he says.
Ray Boswell, Selma, North Carolina, enrolled in CSF. "My father-in-law checked on a squealing harvester bearing and his pants leg was caught," he says. "It was a close call."
Britton says, "We all get into habits of doing things. Safety is a habit. We can't create a mind-set in one visit, but farmers start noticing their unsafe habits."
Health is about habits, too. Farmers risk a bumper crop of occupational health hazards, including hearing loss, skin cancer, and respiratory diseases.
"Safety is only one part," says Carolyn Sheridan, AgriSafe Network clinical director and Spencer (Iowa) Hospital AgriSafe director. "Farmers need to be aware of chronic diseases and conditions."
Craig Woodford farmed with his dad near Greenville, Iowa, until 1990, when his dad lost a 10-year battle with melanoma. Recently he has been reminded of the fine line between health and safety.
"During harvest I climbed out of the tractor and missed the first step," Woodford says. "I hung onto the grab bar with my left arm, and I strained it."
The injury set back Woodford's plan to swim for exercise. He scheduled an AgriSafe screening and one-on-one sessions with a fitness trainer and dietician at Spencer Hospital. Successful Farming magazine picked up the tab.
Safety and health also are about risk. Seasonal constraints, stoicism, and tight margins create a risk-tolerant culture.
Managing business risk is a priority for farmers. Properly managed, a producer's health and safety are fundamental assets to the bottom line of the business.


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Crowd-funded social play and versatile web platform App.net has opened up a free version of its service. Access to the free service requires an invitation from an existing subscriber and will land you 500 Mb of storage space and the ability to follow up to 40 people.
According to The Next Web, App.net decided to go invite-only at this stage because it would allow it to scale the influx of users it reckons will come with the removal of the price barrier.
The number of invites each existing user gets will apparently be subject to a number of factors including longevity of account and usage, although most people will get somewhere between three and ten invites.
The free account will provide a significant boost in user volume to the service, which was created out of frustration with increasing restrictions on Twitter's API. In truth however, the social side of App.net is just one part of what App.net does.
A lot of important work has also been taking place on the developers' side, where polished apps like Netbot and Felix have been built.
Still, without that high-profile social site, App.net can hardly become the refuge for people frustrated with the experience on mainstream social networks it claims to be.
There are, therefore, incentives to make sure that existing members use up all of their invites. If the invited member follows at least five other accounts and authorizes a third-party app then the person who invited them will get an extra 100 Mb worth of storage space.
The service has also updated its site to give it a friendlier look, something which will encourage new users to stay for longer.
"When you think of a successful freemium service, that's what you want," App.net founder Dalton Caldwell told The Next Web. "You want it to be super lightweight and super accessible for new users, and [when they] get a lot of utility and a lot of value there, they say 'ok, yeah, I'll pay for this, this is really cool.'"
App.net currently has around 30 000 members, 3 000 of whom use the site at least once a month.


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Tiniko S.wrote a review of The North Face Alycia Boot - Women's on January 9, 2011
I forgot to take them off!
I love this boot and is very pleased with my purchase! I purchased a 9 and I still have room, thats my fault, because since I broke my ankle I am not sure what size I wear in shoes. None the less, I wore these boots and they were so warm and comfortable that even once I got home....I was still walking around in them. I totally forgot that I still had on boots and it still took a second reminder before I took them off! I have big calves as well but I didnt really have a problem with the laces. I am really happy about this purchase. The first time I wore these I was at an outdoor mall shopping...yes in the winter months!!


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I made this wall purely from magazine cut outs, blu tac and scissors! It was a great way to shake up the interior of my bedroom while basically spending next to no money! Here's how to create your own fashion interior:
You'll need:
1. Old fashion magazines that you don't mind cutting up into pieces.
2. Scissors
3. Blu Tac (2 packs depending on the area of wall you want to cover)4. A few hours to spare!
|My new desk area inspires me every time I sit down to work/blog!
1. Decide what sort of look you want to go for. I chose a mix of old/vintage fashion with black and white images and created a direct contrast with colourful modern day images.
2. Create your base - I chose the black and white images to be in the background and the colourful images to mainly be in the foreground of the feature wall. I'd recommend the subtler images to be in the background of your wall, this way your wall won't be too overwhelming!
3. Once you've chosen the images you want on your wall you should start thinking about including angles.4. Start sticking with blu tac to secure the images using techniques such as layering and angling to create contrast!
Eventually the finished product will look vaguely similar to mine but with your own images and your own creative spin! Tweet me pictures @iblogthefashion of your feature walls and let me know how yours went!


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Unocal's Spirit Energy 76 makes gas discoveries in Bobcat Run field, Texas
Sugar Land, Texas, Jan. 21, 1998 - Spirit Energy 76, Unocal Corporation's Lower 48 exploration and production business unit, today said that a fourth exploration well has discovered gas and gas condensate in the Bobcat Run field in Orange County, Texas.
The exploration wells discovered gas and condensate in a formation known as the Hackberry. The Manuel Heirs #1 well tested 2.1 million cubic feet of gas and 76 barrels of condensate through a 12/64-inch choke from perforations between 8,022 and 8,042 feet in late December 1997.
In 1996, Spirit Energy 76 made its first discovery in the Hackberry with the Unocal B.E. Quinn #2 which flowed 2.7 million cubic feet of gas and 64 barrels of condensate through a 14/64-inch choke from perforations between 7,774 and 7,784 feet.
In 1997, the Sid Johnson Mineral Development #1 well tested at a daily rate of 3.5 million cubic feet of gas and 105 barrels of condensate through a 14/64-inch choke from perforations between 8,504 and 8,530 feet. The B.E. Quinn #3 well subsequently tested at a daily rate of 3.2 million cubic feet of gas and 65 barrels of condensate through a 16/64-inch choke from perforations between 8,329 and 8,432 feet.
The three wells have produced 2.75 billion cubic feet of gas and 48 thousand barrels of gas condensate to date. Spirit Energy 76 is operator and has approximately 30 percent working interest in the new discoveries. Spirit Energy 76 holds varying interests in approximately 10,000 acres in the Hackberry trend.
Spirit Energy 76 employs approximately 1,300 people and operates 300 offshore platforms and approximately 2,700 active wells in 355 fields in the United States.
Unocal is a leading global energy resource and project development company, with major oil and gas exploration and production activities in Asia and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company maintains twin headquarters in California and Malaysia, with major offices in Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok and Sugar Land, Texas.
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The committee shall further study and inform the state judiciary of the impact of sentencing on the composition of the prison population in proportion to the use of facilities. It shall recommend alternatives to long-term sentencing, and shall recommend measures to improve the quality of correctional staff and facilitate nonconfrontational contacts with inmates. The committee shall investigate means to structure inmates' time to ensure genuine and willing reaccommodations to societal norms; shall probe and coordinate all available means for funding state, regional and county correctional facilities; and shall contract with penal experts to study these issues in appropriate depth and perspective. Annually, to predict a prudent use of available funds, the committee shall study the profile of the inmate population with regard to its age and social background and needs.
The committee shall recommend to the Legislature the funding required to execute these functions. It shall meet regularly with the governing body of the authority established in this article to determine what may be required for full and timely compliance with all federal mandates and court-ordered changes in the correctional system and shall recommend funding for these changes.


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4-H Junior Camp planned
Washington County fourth- through sixth-grade 4-H'ers are invited to attend Region 15 4-H Junior Camp, June 10-12. Junior members will bus together to the Iowa 4-H Center in Madrid for camping adventures and outdoor fun.
They will enjoy air-conditioned cabins, wall climbing, creek walks, zip lining, team challenges and campfires. Iowa, Keokuk, and Johnson county 4-H'ers will also attend, so it's a perfect time to make new 4-H friends.
Space is limited and registrations will be accepted first come, first serve. Registration forms are available at the Washington County Extension Office or found online at <http://www.extension.iastate.edu/washington/4h>. Unique to this year, Washington County Extension is providing a scholarship to Washington County 4-H participants. With that scholarship, a payment and registration form are due by May 1 to the Extension Office.
For more information about Region 15 4-H Junior Camp or Washington County 4-H program, contact the Washington County Extension Office at 319-653-4811.


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Free textbooks for students at U of R, part of pilot project
REGINA – For university students, the high costs of textbooks is a conversation that comes up every semester.
Textbooks can cost a pretty penny, and often times they can become outdated within a few years.
"You pay your tuition, and then you have your rent and your food and everything's covered, and then you get to the bookstore, and you realize you have a thousand dollars of material you have to buy."
It's why the University of Regina Press is launching a pilot project hoping to help turn the page on expensive book prices.
The provincial government will be investing $83,000 in the program during its first year.
"We are working with faculty to create textbooks that will be made available online for free," University of Regina Press director Bruce Walsh explained.
U of R professor Mary Vetter is already using an open-access textbook in her biology course.
She said using the free online textbook has several benefits.
"The cost is one for students, but it's the principle or the philosophy of equal access to this information. So we're not discriminating indirectly among students based on what they can afford," Vetter said.
The U of R Press has already published one open textbook titled "Free Knowledge: Confronting the Commodification of Human Discovery".
It's hoping to publish at least three free online textbooks by 2018, and is calling on faculty members of the school to take up the challenge.
"It's really going to level the playing field between the haves and have nots," Walsh said.


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If anyone has a little extra time, could you please draw me FairyWitch from the anime Yu-gi-oh? if you go to google and type in: ygo fairywitch you'll see she's on the broom stick in a red dress with a turtle neck.
I've been pretty depressed with everything going on here so if anyone could possibly do that for me I would appreciate it greatly.
I can't pay you...atleast not right now, but I can offer my heart-felt thank you.
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The Ek Villain team was seen celebrating Ek Villain's success on joining the 100 crore league
Stars Shraddha Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra have been on an all time high for quite a while now.
With director Mohit Suri's film Ek Villain busting the charts with the 100 crore mark alongside Riteish Deshmukh's critically acclaimed villainous stunt in the film, the team has all the reasons to celebrate.
The makers of the film recently hosted a 100 crore success bash for the cast which saw the likes of Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sonakshi Sinha and Nargis Fakhri along with filmmaker Karan Johar and producer Ekta Kapoor.
Shraddha Kapoor dazzled in a black sparkled Giorgio Armani dress topped with Jimmy Choo stilettos. The Ek Villain beauty completed her look with a stylish one sided pony which made her look classy and chic.
Alia Bhatt turned up in a black Dolce and Gabbana bralet top which she teamed up with a pencil skirt and pink pumps from Zara. the Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania star looked sexy and added a hint of funk to her style with a Forever 21 ear cuff and a Dior bag.
Sonakshi Sinha failed to impress in her Asos crop top and Zara pencil skirt. The Holiday star unfortunately appeared a tad bit uncomfortable in her outfit and could have carried off the look with ease had she chosen a different top to go with the skirt say a v-neck or boatneck.
Varun Dhawan hit the mark yet again with his casual and stylish avatar where he was seen wearing a black boatneck vest topped with blue cargos and army green sneakers.
Sidharth Malhotra on the other hand looked boring with his predictable blue tee and jeans.
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Today, the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2014 Defense Appropriations bill. The legislation includes funding for critical national security needs, and provides the resources needed to continue the nation's military efforts abroad. In addition, the bill provides essential funding for health and quality of life programs for the men and women of the Armed Forces and their families.
In total, the bill provides $512.5 billion in non-war funding, a decrease of $5.1 billion below the fiscal year 2013 enacted level and $3.4 billion below the President's request. This is approximately $28.1 billion above the current level caused by automatic sequestration spending cuts. The bill also includes $85.8 billion in war funding for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO).
"This bill provides the Department with the much needed resources required to modernize and maintain readiness at the levels needed for our military to preserve its standing as the most capable and superior armed forces in the world. I applaud the Committee for approving it today, and urge its quick passage on the House floor," Defense Subcommittee Chairman C.W. Bill Young said.
Source: http://young.house.gov/press-release/house-appropriations-committee-approves-fiscal-year-2014-defense-appropriations-bill


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Climb the centre of the buttress - tough - to jugs and runners. Bail out here if bouldering. Continue up the steep groove and overhang. Avoiding the crux by swinging in from the right is Roundabout, HVS 5b.
Good value for the grade! worth the effort start about 1 m or so from the right hand side of the face and go direct.
The above climber has done the HVS starting 1 metre from the right side of the face(called The Roundabout), not the E1, which is also unprotected on the initial crux section and is quite scary for the grade..... sorry
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A pedestrian stands in the rain-slickened East Broad Street median Tuesday waiting for a break in the traffic.
Rain fell through much of the day Tuesday across Northeast Georgia, as cooler temperatures descended on the area. There is no rain in the forecast for today, but cooler temperatures remain, with the forecast calling for a high of 68 degrees and a low of 45 degrees under partly cloudy skies.
Published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Wednesday, October 16, 2002.
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Historian to discuss Hemingway in Cuba
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STEPHENVILLE, Texas—Tarleton historian Dr. T. Lindsay Baker will discuss his recent study tour of Cuba and sites associated with writer Ernest Hemingway at a free presentation at 7 p.m., Jan. 17, at the Dora Lee Langdon Cultural Center in Granbury.
Hemingway visited many times and lived in Cuba off-and-on from the 1930s to 1960. Hemingway loved the island, its culture and people, and considered himself an adopted Cuban. One of his best known novels, The Old Man and the Sea, which won a Pulitzer Price in 1952, was set there, and other novels were written there.
In 2013, Baker and other Texas scholars spent a week in Cuba following the "trail" of Ernest Hemingway, including the places he resided, about which he wrote, and even to bars that he frequented, many of which are still in business.
Baker holds the W.K. Gordon Endowed Chair in Texas Industrial History at Tarleton. He has written more than 20 books on the history of Texas and the American West, and he edits the Tarleton series for the Texas A&M University Press. An elected member of the Texas Institute of Letters, he served for four years as a member of its board of directors.
For more information, contact Joel Back at the Langdon Center at 817-279-1164 or email@example.com.
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Dorsett Davis was faced with a brutal choice.
With a starting job on the Denver Broncos' defensive line at stake in 2004, he had to decide if he was going to cut off his damaged left pinky finger.
"I had got the pinky caught in the side of an offensive lineman's helmet two weeks into training camp and he pulled one way and I pulled the other way," remembered Davis.
"I pulled the tendon from the bone."
If he amputated the finger, he would miss little of training camp and would be the starting defensive tackle that season. But if he chose to keep the digit, he would need immediate surgery and would lose the job.
"I was a phone call away from cutting my finger off just because I wanted to play that bad," recalled Davis.
But he kept the finger - which explains why he is now in northern Alberta trying to keep his football career alive in Edmonton Eskimo training camp.
"I didn't want to be a nine-finger guy walking around," said Davis.
By keeping the pinky, he spent the entire 2004 season on injured reserve in Denver - and when he was ready to fight for the job in training camp in 2005, it had already been filled.
It was a harsh lesson in reality, but it hasn't left Davis bitter or frustrated while battling for a CFL job at Clarke Stadium.
Even after getting cut from three NFL mini- camps (Oakland, Washington and Miami) this spring because he was told he needed more game experience, the former third-round NFL draft choice carries a good attitude.
And he's certainly getting good reviews from the Green and Gold.
"Dorsett is doing an excellent job. We are happy he is here," said defensive line coach Dennis Winston.
With non-import Steve Charbonneau practically guaranteed one of the defensive tackle positions, Davis is battling with CFL veterans Jabari Issa and Robert Brown for the other tackle job.
"It is going to be a battle to the end," said Winston.
But it's a battle that Davis believes he is going to win.
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He has two more weeks of training camp and two pre-season games against Saskatchewan to ensure his prediction comes true.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. Netlist to routing EDA start-up Ammocore Inc. is headed for liquidation, EE Times has learned.
Ammocore executives were not immediately available to comment, but an Ammocore spokesperson said Ammocore will "restructure" Wednesday (Jan. 19) to "either sell the company or its software."
The spokesperson said the company's management team prefers to sell the entire startup to find positions for its employees but it will sell the technology if that is preferable to a potential buyer.
The company's flagship tool is called Silicon Fabrix, which the company claims can take IC designers from netlist to GDSII in three steps.
By the time it was introduced in 2000, Ammocore had raised a total $23 million in its first two rounds of funding. Investors include Bay Partners, Telos Venture Partners, Donald Lucas, Crescent Ventures, Cadence Design Systems Inc. and RWI Group.


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I had originally picked up Kristin Gore's SWEET JIMINY under the mistaken assumption that it was a gothic mystery along the lines of, say, CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER by Tom Franklin. It's not; indeed, it's closer in spirit to a coming-of-age novel, with mystery as an important element though not the heart of the plot. Taken on its own merits, though, the book is a worthwhile read that is made so by Gore's turns of phrase.
Jiminy Davis is a second-year law student, who is in the middle of a plum summer job as an associate with a Chicago law firm. Then she abruptly quits both the job and school after going through the contemporary equivalent of what Saul experienced on the road to Damascus. Jiminy leaves Chicago, embarking on a quietly hilarious bus ride to her grandmother's home in Fayeville, Mississippi. The apparently languid quiet of Fayeville matches her childhood memories, but the adult Jiminy is able to pick up the subtle tensions that now manifest themselves. The root of these, both directly and indirectly, lies with the namesake she never knew she had --- a Jiminy who was the daughter of Lyn, the longtime housekeeper for Jiminy's grandmother. Along with Lyn's husband, she had been murdered decades before, an incident still shrouded in mystery but that continues to influence events to the present day.
Lyn's nephew, Bo, a medical student, is also in Fayeville for the summer, and his incidental meeting with Jiminy not only inspires her to solve the long-unsolved murders but also lights a small spark inside her, one that is neither encouraged nor tolerated in their deceptively quiet Mississippi community. Jiminy, however, is undaunted and recruits an attorney who specializes in reopening unsolved civil rights-era murders, an action that earns her the enmity of the powers-that-be in the area, threatens to turn an important election upside down, and --- most significantly for Jiminy --- exposes a secret that Lyn has lived with, to her sorrow, for decades.
SWEET JIMINY is not a doorstop book, but Gore uses an economy of prose to maximum effect by showing more than telling throughout the narrative. Those familiar with Gore exclusively through her forays into television scripting for such shows as "Futurama" and "Saturday Night Live" will find her humor much more subtle within these pages and, in at least one case, possibly unintentionally (a passage wherein Jiminy wonders how the editors of The Farmers' Almanac could predict the weather an entire 10 months in advance). And, while the solution to the mystery telegraphs itself early on and is somewhat predictable, it must be remembered that SWEET JIMINY is not a mystery, nor does it actively pretend to be one. Gore's prose and a satisfying ending make this one a winner.
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Arbeiten und Lernen im Wandel : Teil V: Die Codierung der offenen Angaben zur beruflichen Tätigkeit, Ausbildung und Branche
"The IAB-ALWA study (Work and Learning in a Changing World) was conducted between September 2007 and March 2008 on behalf of the IAB. The aim of this representative telephone survey was to collect systematically educational and employment histories of 10,000 adults who were between 18 and 50 years old. The aim of the coding process was to generate codes from the open text answers of questions about occupations, occupational ambition, vocational training and economic sector. First the theoretical basis of the coding process of the open text answer of the occupation with the help of the Dokumentationskennziffer (documentation figure (DKZ) from the Frederal Employment Agency will be outlined. Next the technical implementation is described which can be organized into several steps: an automatic coding, a manual coding and the handling of problematic cases. Afterwards the coding process for vocational training and courses is described. Additionally, the coding process for economic sectors with the help of the German classification WZ08 (Klassifikation der Wirtschaftszweige, Ausgabe 2008) is illustrated. Finally, the coder training and the quality assurance of the coding is explained and a conclusion is drawn." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) Additional Information Weitere Informationen zum Datensatz.
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Thanks for the compliments on the name. Rude awakening, I think not, its all about volume my friend. Although it is a 5'4 it has the volume of a 5'8 or so which I agree is very small for the surf but better than having too much board. It actually may prove to be better because the smaller board fits in the pocket better than any board. Nothing wrong with experimenting instead of following what everybody else is doing. P.S. think small boards cant handle big surf, I suggest watching 5'5 redux please.
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Dont mean to insult anyone
Are you guys serious talking about step boards and guns? This is nj boys......ride whatever you usually ride. Maybe make a change if your going to ride 10ft Ruggles.
Aug 27, 2010, 04:49 PM #23Got your step up board right here. Just put it up for sale about an hour ago
6'4 WRV roundtail
u r not going to need a gun it's the east coast just ride the board that u normaly ride... i got a new 5,2 in and i am just going to ride that.
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dust off your elephant guns/rhino chasers boys, we're gonna need them
dont you think it will be overhead and heaving?
Aug 27, 2010, 06:13 PM #28
6-7ft @ 14-16 seconds = overhead and heaving, bros. Like borderline too big for most beach breaks.
I still say man the shortboard / longboard / ice skates, whatever you usually ride.
Aug 27, 2010, 06:59 PM #29
I have a sweet blow up raft that I picked up at K-mart, I hope it can handle these 12 footers! It does have the drink holder, so I think I will be ok!
Aug 27, 2010, 07:03 PM #30
Ha! your right on target probably. When its big only 20% of the guys in the line up take waves anyways. Might as well enjoy a cold one while you drift around!


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National Lacrosse League: Round 2 Previews and PredictionsMay 10, 2012
The first round of the NLL playoffs saw the top two teams in the regular season bow out early, making the quest for the Champion's Cup wide open to whichever team wants it the most.
The biggest upset came Saturday night when the Edmonton Rush, with the worst record of any playoff team, destroyed the Calgary Roughnecks, who finished with the best record in the league. Edmonton completely outplayed Calgary, taking advantage of miscues, showing more hustle and better execution. On that night, the Rush deserved to win, without question.
Meanwhile, the Minnesota Swarm were in the process of upsetting the Colorado Mammoth. The Swarm had beaten the Mammoth a week earlier in the last game of the regular season, so the stage was set for a big upset, and that's exactly what transpired.
In the East, it was a different story.
The Rochester Knighthawks made it four in a row against the Philadelphia Wings, weathering a late surge to pull off the 14-13 victory. And the Toronto Rock shut out the Buffalo Bandits in the second half of their tilt, emerging with a 7-6 win.
Neither the Minnesota Swarm nor the Edmonton Rush have ever played in the Champion's Cup final, so whoever emerges from the West will be making team history. In the East, Toronto is the defending champ and the odds-on favorites to win it all again, while Rochester has been coming on strong and would love to put their names on the Cup for the first time since 2007.
Edmonton Rush vs. Minnesota Swarm
The Swarm have to be considered favorites in this game. They have won five in a row and are playing with confidence at both ends of the floor.
The two teams split their season series, but it is worth noting that Edmonton's win came in March while the Swarm's former scoring champ Ryan Benesch was out of the lineup, recovering from a concussion.
Despite the absence of Benesch during several March games, the Swarm had the third-most goals scored as a team (202). They also finished with the third-fewest goals against, with 190.
Major gains were made this year with the emergence of rookies Evan Kirk and Jordan MacIntosh.
Kirk's 9.81 goals-against average and .807 save percentage were tops in the NLL this year. MacIntosh had a 51-point campaign and set a team record with 153 loose balls collected, while also taking on the bulk of the faceoff duties for the team.
Minnesota's pressure defense produced 199 forced turnovers, with three players all recording more than 20 apiece.
Top to bottom, this team has rounded out into a very solid squad.
Edmonton shocked many people, except perhaps themselves, with their 19-11 beat-down of the Roughnecks last weekend.
Ryan Ward exploded for 11 points, and both Ward and Corey Small contributed five goals each to the effort.
Aaron Bold was his usual solid self in the net, giving up just 11 goals on 52 shots and earning the game MVP award.
The Rush have now won three of their last five games, including dispatching Calgary and Colorado during that stretch, so they are hitting their stride at exactly the right time.
With the second-best defense in the league, giving up just 175 regular season goals, Edmonton can challenge Minnesota if they are able to continue to produce effectively on the offensive end.
At the end of the day, however, I have to go with the hot hand, and no one is as hot as the Swarm right now. I'm expecting a 12-10 Minnesota victory.
Rochester Knighthawks vs. Toronto Rock
This looks to be a pretty evenly-matched game.
Toronto swept the season series, taking all three games by comfortable margins, but in a one-and-done playoff, anything can happen.
The Knighthawks have won three of their last four and seem to be playing as well right now as they have all year.
The offense is paced by Cody Jamieson, who led the team in points (85) and goals (36). Four other players provided 20 or more goals, so there are a number of secondary scoring options.
Goalie Matt Vinc didn't have his best year, but he is a former Goalie of the Year in the NLL and can draw on that experience when needed.
Although he gave up 13 goals last week against Philadelphia, seven of those came in the final quarter during a final mad push to the end, and Vinc was able to keep the Wings from getting the tying goal in the dying moments of the game.
The Rock have won three in a row and six of their last seven, so they are also playing some excellent lacrosse right now.
Goalie Nick Rose has been a revelation in the net for Toronto since coming over in a mid-season trade with Calgary. He has started all seven games he has been there for, posted an excellent 10.69 goals against average for the Rock in the regular season and then stepped it up another notch last week in the playoffs against Buffalo, giving up just six goals on 42 shots.
Offensively, Garrett Billings set a franchise record with 114 regular season points and an NLL record with 82 assists. Like Jamieson on the 'Hawks, Billings also has four teammates who recorded 20 or more goals during the season, so there are plenty of options to go to.
Statistically, this one looks too close to call, so I have to go with my gut, and my gut says Toronto's defensive play should be able to contain Rochester's attack one more time. I'm predicting a 13-12 win for the Rock.
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First probable case of swine flu reported in Cass County
FARGO - The first probable case of H1N1 flu in Cass County involved a 30- to 39-year-old woman who is now recovering at home, North Dakota's top disease control official said Monday.
State Epidemiologist Kirby Kruger said the case was reported Friday night.
The patient's specimen will be sent this week to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmation of the H1N1 flu virus, also known as swine flu, Kruger said.
"But 95 percent of these have been confirming out nationwide, so we do believe this is what we're dealing with here," he said.
The woman was not hospitalized, he said.
"She had the typically flulike symptoms, the fever and the cough and that type of thing, which is what we're seeing mostly in North Dakota," he said.
The woman's name and address were not released, and Kruger said the Health Department doesn't disclose which health facilities report H1N1 flu cases.
Health officials were still investigating the extent of the woman's public contact, Kruger said. She had not traveled recently to Mexico, and she likely acquired the infection in her community, which has been the case with most of North Dakota's H1N1 flu cases, he said.
"We do expect that there are probably other cases that are occurring in the Cass County area," he said, reminding residents to stay home if they're ill, wash their hands frequently and cover coughs and sneezes.
North Dakota has tallied 12 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu and six probable cases, according to updated figures from the Department of Health.
Ward County has eight confirmed cases, Burleigh County has three and Morton County has one. None of the cases resulted in death.
As of Monday, Minnesota had 60 confirmed or probable cases of H1N1 flu, while South Dakota had seven cases, according to the CDC. Again, none of the cases resulted in death.
There have been more than 10,000 confirmed or probable cases nationwide, resulting in 17 deaths.


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Adidas Toe Shoes? Meet the AdiPure Trainer Barefoot Shoe
By Justin on Aug 23, 2011 | In Barefoot Shoes | 51 comments »
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Everyone is getting on the barefoot bandwagon these days. What more, given the burdgeoning success of Vibram FiveFingers — the original toe shoes — not to mention the uber-economical-(though-functionally-inferior) Fila Skeletoes, which brought mass distribution and mass marketing to the toe shoe market mix, is it surprising that finally a big shoe manufacturer decided to run with toe shoes in lieu of releasing yet-another-Nike-Free (cough Reebok RealFlex, Skechers GoRun cough)?
It's almost like "barefoot shoes" are a recognized segment of the footwear market these days. What gives?
More photos, video, more after the jump!
Introducing the Adidas AdiPure Trainer. Adidas just announced these guys today and there's been a decent amount of press due to an AP article on the matter. Here's a clip of the "adiPure" news via Sarah Skidmore of the AP:
The world's second-largest athletic company unveiled its first "barefoot" training shoe Tuesday, which is designed to mimic the experience of exercising barefoot while providing the protection, traction and durability of a shoe. The Adipure Trainer, which is a cross between a glove for the feet and a traditional shoe, hits U.S. stores in November priced at $90.
The barefoot shoe is part of a strategy by Adidas, which is based in Germany, to expand into the U.S. where rival Nike dominates. Adidas joins a list of athletic makers trying to tap into the small but burgeoning U.S. market of fanatical runners and gym-goers who swear by shoes designed with as little material between the wearer and the ground as possible.The Adidas AdiPure Trainer toe shoes mark the first entry by Adidas in to the five-toed footwear market. Photo credit: Associated Press.
"People who believe barefoot is the way to go...are very emphatic about it," said Matt Powell, an analyst with industry research organization SportsOneSource Group. "They want to spread the message. It sounds religious but some of them are evangelical about it."
Here is a video of some exercises you could do in "barefoot shoes" — mind, none of this will come as any surprise to just about anyone of us, but imagine how many people will now be exposed to the concept of "toe shoes" through Adidas. For those of us who "grew up" with Vibram FiveFingers, are you ready to have people ask you about your Adidas toe shoes?
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While details are still emerging on the Adidas Adipure, what we know today is that they are going to be making their way into stores at a pricepoint of $90 in four different colorways. Stores that are expected to carry the Adipure toe shoes include The Sports Authority, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Foot Locker.
What do you think? Just by the looks of these, I'm optimistic they are more flexible (and comfortable) than the Fila Skeletoes. It's interesting that they went with a strapless design for the upper of the adiPure. I'm also wondering if the soles on the adiPure are intentionally not rising above the ends of the toes so as to ensure they aren't running afoul of any intellectual property questions (and avoid a lawsuit by Vibram).
If you hear anything about the adiPure, send it on in to us or comment below.
I have to admit: I'm pretty curious to try these things out! What do you think?
Seems someone at Gizmodo got their feet into a pair of Adidas AdiPure.
Here's the essence of the Gizmodo write-up — see if you don't find it a bit ... well lacking in detail:
So how do they feel? Actually good. The shoe's upper is similar to low profile water shoes (better quality, natch)—elastic, stretchy and hardly noticeable around the top part of your foot. I do, however, feel a bit of restriction around my toes. The ethylene and vinyl acetate midsoles—essentially a ton of foam cells that contain air—are perfect though. When your foot lands, the foam compresses and the air gets pushed out, then sucked back in. Unlike Nike Frees which focus on re-creating a barefoot (read: less shock absorbent) feel, the Adidas Adipures provide a cushion so you don't feel every jagged edge of the ground. But it doesn't try to overcompensate on that cushioning, so when you're doing exercises like box jumps you'll feel your toes and feet searching for balance, trying to grab the ground. It's like doing brand new core exercises for your feet—working the important little muscles that mean more than the big swooping ones.
So if I've got the Gizmodo author right, he thinks that Nike Frees "focus on re-creating a barefoot (read: less shock absorbent) feel" whereas Adipures "provide a cushion so you don't feel every jagged edge of the ground." Yet Nike Free 3.0s, the most minimalist of the Free line-up, are cushy enough to block ground feel almost entirely. How could the AdiPures, which appear to be much more thinly soled than the Frees, still be so plush as to be more cushy than a pair of Nike Frees? I'd be amazed (and perplexed as to why) if Adidas pulled off this feat.
Meanwhile, how do you mention Nike Frees in the same sentence as the Adidas AdiPure toe shoes and not mention Vibram FiveFingers? I don't get it.
What catches my eye most from the Gizmodo piece is the photo of the toe shoes being worn, shot from above. Anyone else feel like the AdiPure toe shoe pockets extend a bit past the ends of the toes? One issue with all shoes — one solved by adding "toe spring" by traditional footwear — is that the fronts of the shoes can "snag" on the ground due to the shoes reducing the dorsiflexing of your toes. FiveFingers do this from time to time, which can cause the toe to bend under the foot and snag the concrete/ground, resulting in a tear to the upper fabric (hence the addition of "TPU toe protection" on models like the Bikila FiveFingers). Anyway, it seems the rubber wrap around that you get with FiveFingers may have been a design feature to reduce extraneous toe pocket material off the end of the toe pockets on toe shoes (there's just no easy way to say that). I wonder if this will be a problem for the Adidas AdiPure shoes.
Update 2 - Stack.com video
More on the adipure via Stack magazine's video featuring Mark Vestergen (NFL, pro-athlete trainer) and founder of Athlete's Performance:
I've tried to round up all the relevant info out there on the Adidas AdiPure toe shoes here, but owe thanks and mention to other discussions about the shoes around the web. For further reading, check out: Yelling Stop, RunBlogger, CounterKicks, Nice Kicks, and Zero Drop.


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By Ryan Schmitz
ALEXANDRIA, MN (May 19) – Jeff Crouse, the 2011 Viking Speedway WISSOTA Super Stock track champion, picked up right where he left off last season and captured his first Alexandria Refrigeration-sponsored WISSOTA Super Stock win of the season. Meanwhile, Justin Tammen used a late race pass to grab his first Viking Speedway win of the season in the Extreme Auto-sponsored WISSOTA Street Stocks during AMSOIL Dirt Track Series racing.
Other drivers finding their way to victory lane on a cold, windy Saturday night were Jason Hoffman in the Sower Power-sponsored WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, Cody Skytland in the Morris Auto Plaza-sponsored WISSOTA Modifieds, and Chris Shirek, who reigned supreme in the NOSA Sprint Car finale.
Second year driver Ryan Schleusner and veteran pilot Jason Hoffman led the 24 car Midwest Modified feature to the green for the first feature event of the night. Hoffman jumped out to an early advantage when the green flag flew with Schleusner and Chris Mensen in tow. While Hoffman continued to build his advantage, Mensen and sixth starter Brian Haben began their assault on Schleusner for the runner up spot. The caution flag flew for the first time in the event on lap four when Darin Braaten's #4a machine slowed on the backstretch with apparent engine trouble.
Once the field was reset, Mensen disposed of Schleusner and raced up to challenge Hoffman for the lead. Behind the two leaders, a fierce battle for third continued while Schleusner battled with Haben, Shawn Olson and eighth starter Ron Saurer. The yellow waved again on lap eight for Dusty Bitzan when his #10b machine spewed smoked and quit on the back straightaway.
The green flag flew and again the caution came out for another engine issue. This time Josh Muzik's car slowed in turn four and ended his night. With order restored, head flagman Mike Commerford dropped the green once again. This time Hoffman was able to gain an advantage over Schluesner, who moved into second place. In the end, no one was able to run down Hoffman and he cruised to his first win of the season at the big half mile. Following him across the line were Mensen, Schluenser, Haben and Olson.
Ron Saurer, Haben, and Travis Saurer were heat race winners earlier in the evening.
Vern Stewart and Tiffany Maus-Krippner, both looking for their first win, paced the 11 car WISSOTA Street Stock feature to the green. It was apparent the Stewart car had an issue when sixth starter Brett Miller and Fargo, ND driver Adam Burrows jumped to the front of the field. The duo was joined in the battle for the lead by last weekend's winner, Andrew Bangsund, and Chris Winter. Miller continued to hold his line on the high side of the speedway and held off the charges by Burrows. The yellow flew at the midway point of the feature when there was contact between Bangsund and Burrows that sent Bangsund flying off the track in turn three. Both Burrows and Bangsund retired pitside with damage.
When the green dropped once again it was the Miller and Justin Tammen show. Tammen, who started 10th in the feature, worked his way around the extreme high side of the speedway and up to challenge Miller for the lead with just a handful of laps remaining. While the laps ticked down, Tammen got a run on Miller and shot to the bottom of the speedway to complete the pass and pick up his second win in as many nights. Following Tammen across the stripe were Miller, Jordan Tollakson, Winter and Justin Vogel.
Vogel and Burrows were victorious in heat race action.
Next on deck was the 14 car WISSOTA Super Stock feature. Young driver Cody Lee was joined on the front row by Viking Speedway veteran Jeff Kluver for the 20 lap event. Lee grabbed an early lead and the field began to shake out behind him. Lee continued to lead until Hancock, MN driver Jeff Flaten wrestled the lead from him a few laps into the feature. Meanwhile, back in traffic, Jeff Crouse and Jon Stepan began their charge to the front. A midrace caution for a Jason Cook spin put Crouse on Flaten's back bumper.
With the field reset, the green came back out and Crouse drove his car hard into turn one under Flaten. As Crouse slid up into the lead, he and Flaten had contact which sent Flaten off the track in turn two and brought out another caution. Flaten was determined to be at fault for the yellow which put Crouse on point with Stepan and Alan Johnson behind him.
When the field came to life again, Crouse jumped out to a big advantage on the top side of the track and led the final circuits en route to his first win of the season. Stepan, Johnson, Larry Lund and 12th starter Derrick Lemke rounded out the top five.
Lee and Larry Lund picked up the two heat race wins.
Defending Jamestown Stockcar Stampede winner and defending Viking Fall Classic winner Josh Thoennes manned the front row for the WISSOTA Modified A-main. Skytland jumped to the high side of the speedway and took a commanding lead while Thoennes settled into second. Back in traffic, Travis Saurer and Jason Thoennes joined Danny Bayer to do battle for the third spot. Saurer cleared the two and made a hard charge on the low side of the speedway in order to catch Josh Thoennes and Skytland. The yellow came out early on in the 20 lap event for contact between Bayer and Jason Thoennes that sent Thoennes into the frontstretch wall. During the caution Jason Thoennes retired pitside with a flat left front tire.
When the field came back to life, Saurer made his way around Skyltand on the low side of the speedway, but Skytland fought off Saurer's advances and held onto the lead until the yellow came out once again for Nate Heinrich, who came to a stop on the backstretch.
Skytland opened up a nice advantage after the restart and Josh Thoennes cleared Saurer to claim the second spot once again. Meanwhile, back in traffic, Brock Gronwold began his charge to the front by riding the outside cushion. With the laps ticking down, Skytland continued to stretch his advantage over Thoennes and picked up his first Viking win of the season. Josh Thoennes came across the line second followed by Saurer, Gronwold and Bayer rounding out the top five.
Dan Ebert, Heinrich, and Skytland each won a heat race in the division.
The final event of the evening belonged to the NOSA Sprint Cars. Veteran Sprint Car pilot Wade Nygaard jumped out to a huge advantage when the nine car field took the green. Four laps into the event, Nygaard lost the bite on his machine and spun in turn four to bring out the first caution of the event. This opened the door for Thompson, ND driver Chris Shirek and he dominated the event after grabbing the lead early on in the race.
Austin Pierce was the lone heat race winner.
Next weekend promises to be a busy weekend at the high banked half mile track located at the Douglas County Fairgrounds as the NLRA Late Models come to town to do battle in the annual Memorial Day doubleheader. The event should bring in the cream of the crop in WISSOTA Late Model racing, with the action beginning at 5:30 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday night. All other regular WISSOTA classes will be in action as well. For the latest Viking Speedway news, results, point standings and much more please visit us online at www.vikingspeedway.net.
WISSOTA Modifieds:
Feature – Skytland, Jo. Thoennes, Saurer, Gronwold, Bayer, Bitzan, Ebert, Engebretson, Koehntop, Hoium, Gulbrandson, Wildman, Heinrich, Storck, Gerdes, Blascyk, Merten, Werk, Schroeder, Imrie, Ja. Thoennes
Heat 1 – Dan Ebert, Dennis Bitzan, Danny Bayer, Kyle Koehntop, Brett Hoium, Mike Storck, Jake Wildman
Heat 2 – Nate Heinrich, Travis Saurer, Jason Thoennes, Ward Imrie, Dave Schroeder, Dallas Gulbrandson, Scott Werk
Heat 3 – Cody Skytland, Josh Thoennes, Terry Engebretson, Brock Gronwold, Jason Blascyk, Terry Merten, Brady Gerdes
WISSOTA Super Stocks:
Feature – Crouse, Stepan, Johnson, Lund, Lemke, Saurer, Baker, Tammen, Miller, Flaten, Cook, Guyot, Kluver, Lee
Heat 1 – Larry Lund, Jeff Crouse, Jeff Flaten, Cory Tammen, Jerome Guyot, Trevor Saurer, Jason Cook
Heat 2 – Cody Lee, Jeff Kluver, Jon Stepan, Alan Johnson, Dominic Baker, Derrik Lemke, Matt Miller
WISSOTA Midwest Mods:
Feature – Hoffman, C. Mensen, Schleusner, Haben, Olson, R. Saurer, Lund, T. Saurer, Reents, Deters, Johnson, Haack, Vanderby, Laage, Greely, T. Mensen, Hintermeister, Karl, Rieck, Bitzan, Muzik, Spanswick, Braaten, Ebert
Heat 1 – Ron Saurer, Darrin Braaten, William Lund, Kyle Reents, Dan Greely, Josh Rieck, Dustin Karl, Dan Ebert
Heat 2 – Brian Haben, Shawn Olson, Chris Mensen, Tyler Vanderby, Kurt Deters, Randy Laage, Zach Hintermeister, Tim Mensen
Heat 3 – Travis Saurer, Jason Hoffman, Ryan Schleusner, Dustin Bitzan, Steve Johnson, Josh Muzik, Brandon Spanswick, Kelly Haack
WISSOTA Street Stocks:
Feature – Tammen, Miller, Tollakson, Winter, Vogel, Maus-Krippner, Stewart, Bangsund, Burrows, Spanswick
Heat 1 – Adam Burrows, Brett Miller, Chris Winter, Tiffany Maus-Krippner, Tyler Spanswick
Heat 2 – Justin Vogel, Andrew Bangsund, Jordan Tollakson, Vern Stewart, Justin Tammen
NOSA Sprints:
Feature – Not Available At Press Time
Heat 1 – Austin Pierce, Cory Mack, Casey Mack, Lou Kennedy, Chris Shirek, Wade Nygaard, Chris Ranten, Thomas Kennedy, Mitch Mack


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Project Leader
Malaysia, Cyberjaya, Full Time
- Lead and manage a team of application developers.
- Carry out systems analysis, design and development.
- Be the lead application developer / programmer.
- Schedule and monitor development processes.
- Develop rapport with, and provide close support to end-users.
- Assist the Information Systems Manager in his capacity.
- Good degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology or equivalent.
- At least 3 years web application development experience.
- Excellent programming skills in at least one of these platforms: LAMP, NET, J2SE/J2EE, RoR, Python.
- Sound knowledge of database design including the SQL language.
- Preferably with knowledge of Agile Programming, Design Patterns, OOP, UML or Frameworks.
- Willing to travel and be stationed overseas for extended periods.


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It's April, the time when most Western ski areas will end their seasons.
A few resorts, including Snowbird, Utah; Alpine Meadows, Squaw Valley and Mammoth, Calif.; Mount Hood, Ore.; Arapahoe Basin, Echo Mountain and Loveland, Colo.; and Blackcomb Mountain at Whistler in British Columbia, will keep their chairlifts operating into May, June and possibly July — like last season.
But the vast majority will shut down their lifts this month. Here are the projected closing dates (check with resorts for updated closing information):
April 24: Alta, Brighton, Brian Head
April 17: Canyons, Park City Mountain Resort, Solitude
April 10: Deer Valley, Eagle Point, Powder Mountain, Snowbasin
April 24: Aspen Highlands, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Vail, Winter Park
April 17: Beaver Creek, Eldora, Silverton
April 10: Aspen, Keystone, Monarch, Snowmass, Steamboat, Wolf Creek
April 3: Buttermilk, Crested Butte, Powderhorn, Purgatory, Ski Cooper, SolVista Basin, Telluride
April 24: Heavenly, Northstar
It has been a phenomenal season for Colorado resorts, according to Melanie Mills, president and CEO of Colorado Ski Country USA. "Here in Colorado, our season to date is the strongest the industry has seen since the 2007-08 season and the start of the economic recession."
Walt Roessing


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duckmaze is a game about a duck that is in a maze. The duck can move walls, but only if there are no walls in the way.
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Release Notes: The game now contains 18 levels, a faster level editor, and faster menus. A bug where time froze forever after restarting a level was fixed.
Release Notes: The game mechanics and level editor are in place, but there are only 8 levels, and no sound effects or music.
A Fluent OpenStack client API for Java.
A TWiki appliance that is easy to use and lightweight.


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Take the Tour »
e.g. Such as Newegg | browse by category or see best/worst
"A friend recomended this website to search for a new vacuum. I was pleased with the information and selection they offered. I recieved my vacuum very quickly and I would recomend this site to anyone looking for a great vacuum."
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text: Hello everyone, I'm Scott and I am a 36 year old electrician in Virginia. Been married for 15 years with no kids but a cat that is spoiled rotten, he is our baby I suppose. I've been a PS2 owner and Final Fantasy fan for several years. My intention was to wait until the PS3 finally lowered in price and then switch over so I could keep all of my current games. Eventually I learned that only a few (now practically unobtainable) models were backwards compatible. So it looks like I would need to keep my PS2 regardless, at that point I started looking at the other 2 platforms. From what I could see, the Xbox seems to be geared toward a hard core gamer that wants the realistic feel of shooting and explosions. I don't care for violence or gore and that is what drew me to the more family oriented games. The most violent thing we see here is Mario knocking a turtle off of the screen. The motion sensing controls really add to the experience. As far as games, like I said I really enjoyed the Final Fantasy series. I was that an RPG game (The Last Story) is coming up that looks interesting and I've been told about Monster Hunter Tri which sounds interesting. Other than that, my big interest is the Guitar Hero series. I'm in the process of getting some of them off of Ebay and if I do then I can sell off my PS2 versions. I am also looking at getting a 4GB SD card so I can get the DLC that is finally available for Wii users. I also loved the MYST series for PC. On an other forum a user suggested Zack and Wiki, so I'll probably give that a try. I know I wrote a good bit, but I'm hoping to let everyone know what I'm after, so if anyone has any suggestions on games of those types, I would love to hear from you. I'm sure once I get into online gaming I'll have questions so I'll thank everyone in advance for their help.


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SoftDevLinks.com is a new general directory for software developers, testers and managers. Launched in June, it has achieved in September more than 500 links. If you have a blog, a web site, distribute a tool or work a consulting company related to software development, do not hesitate to add (for free) your links in this directory. http://www.softdevlinks.com/
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Advanced Marketing Services announced Friday that it had filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The company said it took the action after its bank, Wells Fargo, refused to extend its loan agreement beyond December 28, depriving the company of operating funds. Up until this point, Wells Fargo has routinely extended the credit agreement though AMS has been in violation of certain lending covenants, which include the distributor's inability to file updated financial information for fiscal year 2004 and beyond.
In its release, AMS said that it has explored a number of alternatives to strengthen its financial base and resolve past legal and regulatory issues during the past several months, but that no agreements had been reached. AMS CEO Gary Rautenstrauch told PWit was not clear why the bank had now decided not to issue another loan extension. Rautenstrauch added that he wasn't sure when the updated filings would be made; earlier this year he thought filings for fiscal 2004 would be completed soon. He said there has been "no recent activity" in the long-running FBI investigation into AMS's advertising accounting practices.
In its bankruptcy petition, AMS reported liabilities of over $100 million and assets of more than $100 million. Its top unsecured creditor is Random House, which is owed $43.3 million. Simon & Schuster, Penguin and Hachette Book Group are all owed more than $20 million each, while HarperCollins is owed $18 million. The bankruptcy filing includes PGW; among the clients owed money are Rich Publishing ($4.4 million), Avalon Publishing ($2.3 million), New World Library ($1.1 million) and Grove/Atlantic ($1.1 million). Although the bankruptcy filing says money will be available to pay unsecured creditors, Rautenstrauch said at this point he wasn't sure how much unsecured creditors will be paid. It is also not clear when any payments will be made.
To keep the company operating, AMS has secured $75 million in debtor-in-possession financing from Wells Fargo Foothill. The loan agreement should be enough to meet AMS's operating needs until the Chapter 11 restructuring is completed. Rautenstrauch said he expects AMS to continue to conduct business "in the normal course." Rautenstrauch added that AMS will continue to pursue strategic alternatives for the company, which could include the sale of assets.


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Hey Blake,
What can you tell me about the designs on the sound barriers along Interstate 10 in Metairie? Are they palmettos or lotus flowers or some other plant? How old are they?
Dear Sara,
The sound walls along Interstate 10 were built to reduce traffic noises for the residential neighborhoods adjacent to the highway. The walls that stretch from Causeway Boulevard to the Interstate 10/610 split have been there for 12 years.
Since 2011, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and the Federal Highway Administration have been working on a $42 million project to widen the interstate for 1.2 miles between the Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Clearview Parkway exits. The width of this section has been expanded from six to 10 lanes to better accommodate the nearly 162,000 commuters who travel through it each day. Part of the project includes building sound walls along that stretch of Interstate 10. The new walls should be completed in the next four to six weeks.
The lovely bas-relief designs on the walls are palmettos, and the new sou


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In the early days, blogs were called weblogs, and were used by developers to annotate and share
notes about their coding. They turned out to be a massive hit, and became a way of people to share
all sorts of things
In my life I must have started dozens of blogs, in relation to work, projects, teaching, community building etc
But never kept up with any of them, after a post or two the thing would die, other priorities would take place
And I really don't have that much time for writing, even less time for making sense or being accurate
Two reasons why I am starting a blog here today - unsure as to its faith, but so are most things in life
1) I need a place to start annotating and possibly sharing many of random thoughts that come to mind, before they leave me,
so that I can attempt an analysis of and how they are intertwined with my to do list. There must be a connection between all the
things that I think about, and my daily life, and sometimes i cant see it.
I seem to live a life which is divided into different threads, and I know that somewhere there is a logic that
binds them all, but I am not aware of it other than in occasional satori moments, maybe a systematic annotation will help me
observe what's going on
2) I am fascinated (and sometimes disturbed) by the complexity of the mind in generally, what i see is lots of different
people inside myself, which is scary. I am convinced that every thought, and every act, every word, is an act of discovery
and learning about the world, and most importantly, about how we relate to the world. So this blog aims to be an experiential account of whatever happens to be on my mind on the day, its not about any particular topic, or agenda, I am not going to try to keep this blog to keep anyone entertained. However feel free to interact whatever way
I am not going to try to make sense, nor to be accomplished.
I seem to notice that POL is underdoing a posting crisis, btw - is that so? In a strange way that would be good I think
maybe he is just rebuilding his index of constructs I am sure there must be still a lot of thinking going on in his head, which i would like to hear about.
A true diary of my life experience is likely to be of too personal nature to be shared, I really keep my most private thoughts so hidden even from myself, but a diary of my most superficial layers of my consciousness should be possible.
I am not promising anything worth reading, starting from my to do list for today.
I am not sure how this blogging platform works, so it will be some trial and error before I find out how to make use of this medium
Thanks TGL- maybe this time I can turn into a proper unintentional blogger
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As bad as the third-and-18 play was by the Chargers defense on Opening Night, the third-and-7, Week Two conversion against the Eagles was a gem by the team's offense.
"It was an awesome play," Eddie Royal said.
This was high-level football, and a critical piece to San Diego's 33-30 upset victory. On the road, five snaps after losing Malcom Floyd, who'd caught five passes for 102 yards, the Chargers pulled of a sophisticated play that netted 21 yards on a Philip Rivers sideline pass to a leaping Royal.
"Just a great play," Charlie Whitehurst said. "It was very exciting. That's why everyone was going crazy on the sideline."
What made it special: When the Eagles sent six rushers, a six-man blocking unit led by running back Ronnie Brown held up, and although Rivers threw the ball in just 2.4 seconds, Royal had pulled off a double move that sprang him upfield.
"It's tough to simulate it, but the key to the play is practicing it at high speed," Rivers said.
Royal's route, an out and up, accentuates Royal's rare change-of-direction quickness. Normally Floyd would've cleared out in front of Royal, who lined up three yards behind the line, wide left – but it was his replacement, 21-year-old Keenan Allen, who burst upfield as Royal drafted behind him. "That really did help. We were looking at it on film this week and if he's not running as fast as he can, the safety may jump me," Royal said.
That Rivers had hit Allen for 18 yards, and thrown a second pass to him, made Allen a tangible threat.
Against Royal, knowing six men were rushing, cornerback Brandon Boykin logically jumped the out route that took Royal to the first-down line. But Royal busted a second move, upfield, losing Boykin.
Before Royal was out of his second move, Rivers cut loose as 309-pound end Cedric Thornton charged at him. The throw was a foot or two high, but the 5-foot-10 Royal, with his back to the sideline, jumped, caught it, and came down in play.
Brown clobbering blitzer Demico Ryans was crucial. The 6-1, 235-pound Ryans, who'd knocked Floyd out, came through clean; responsible for him, Brown (6-foot, 233) stepped up from Rivers' right and knocked Ryans east-west, impeding two other pass-rushers.
Brown also offers excellence as receiver (discouraging blitzers), in addition to efficiency as a runner and minimal risk of a fumble; if Fantasy Football owners have no use for him, offensive coordinators sure do.
"I really like Ronnie," Ken Whisenhunt had said three days earlier, echoing Norv Turner. "There is a calmness about him that really helps when you're trying to be on the same page protection wise. He's worked with Philip. He's worked with protection schemes and he does a nice job with that. He had some important plays on check downs and that's an important piece of it. You have to be able to have some ability to do that and protect. One of the reasons I was excited to get him back was because of his versatility. That's what you need in the league today."