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It's not a big secret that most American conservatives don't support President Obama. Yet it's interesting to learn some liberals are now beginning to turn on him, too.
As Politico's Darren Samuelsohn wrote last week, "A club of Capitol Hill liberals made life hell for George W. Bush in his second term. Now the gang is back — and they don't care that this time the president is their guy."
This liberal Democratic collective, including Reps. Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts and Sens. Mark Udall of Colorado and Ron Wyden of Oregon are "demanding answers from the White House on civil liberties, privacy and regulations." The whole line of questioning is based on the National Security Agency's mind-boggling breach of privacy and security involving the reported wiretapping of millions of Americans.
To be sure, wiretapping isn't an issue that registers on the political and ideological divide. Privacy is something all Americans want to protect, regardless of who is sitting in the White House. That's why liberals, conservatives and others are furious — and should be furious — at the slightest notion that telephone records may have been examined and monitored by the NSA.
Meanwhile, Messrs. Waxman, Markey, Udall and Wyden are obviously trying to save their own necks. This is the sort of issue that could cause a political firestorm and crush the Democrats in next year's midterm elections and beyond, and they know it. Therefore, it's best to cut the cord with Mr. Obama, protect their political futures and eventually re-establish friendly relations with the president.
While internal party strife isn't anything new and likely won't have any lasting effect on Mr. Obama's tenure in the White House, the NSA brouhaha provides an early indication of what could be occurring within American liberalism.
If liberal Democrats are either unwilling to defend a fellow liberal Democratic president or keep a somewhat neutral position, this could mean there's a growing gap in the party's ideological soul. More to the point, a short-term or long-term break with liberal Democrats would be a real concern for centrist Democrats. There are still a few of them around, and they could have real trouble keeping their established progressive coalitions together in various states.
For the next round of Democratic presidential campaigning — which is still three years away — the situation could be even worse. If the president's two terms in office can't be used to their political advantage, they would have to start from scratch. As any experienced political strategist worth his salt will tell you, going back to square one after being in power for so long isn't the most desirable option.
No matter how you slice it, this scenario is exactly what the doctor ordered for the Republicans. The GOP needs to start shifting political thinking away from Obama-style liberalism and back to modern conservatism. If liberals keep turning away from Mr. Obama, conservatives need to start devising a winning coalition to help take back the White House and control of the two houses.
Is it doable? Yes. Will it be an easy task? No.
As the Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan famously wrote in "Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man," "The medium is the message." In this particular case, the medium — which would be the silent transformation in the average American's thoughts about politics and economics — is a message that Republicans need to either reform, reclaim or revise.
Alas, a sizable number of Americans have lost faith in the Republican Party in recent election cycles. Part of it is certainly the result of the misrepresentation of conservative ideas and values in the media. The other part of it, though, has to do with the GOP itself.
The twin messages of fiscal conservatism and moderate social conservatism haven't been sold properly to the general public by Republican politicians, strategists and supporters. Instead, the GOP has been caught up in petty ideological disputes and has touted hot-button issues (immigration and abortion) more often than safer policies (lower taxes, smaller government and private enterprise).
It's time for the GOP to get back on track and establish a strong and well-defined politically and economically conservative agenda. Otherwise, Democrats will have enough time to patch up the broken trust in the progressive coalition between Mr. Obama and his fellow liberals.


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ST. LOUIS Catchers are getting a lot of attention in this NLCS,and for good reason. Buster Posey and Yadier Molina are team leaders, All-Starbackstops and are likely to appear at or near the top of most National LeagueMVP ballots.
Its an even more intriguing matchup when one of them isyour former protg and the other is your kid brother.
I tell you, this is a privilege for me, said BengieMolina, Yadiers oldest brother and Poseys forerunner behind the plate for theGiants. And not just for me. This is a privilege for anyone who enjoys thegame of baseball. Its a joy to watch these two kids compete.
These are two catchers who can play the position and call agreat game. But its not just that. They can hit, too. They can do everything.That right there is the beauty of baseball.
Its a beauty that Bengie Molina appreciated early on. Theday the Cardinals drafted Yadier in the fourth round, Bengie predicted that hisbrother would become a superstar and the best, most accomplished of the threecatching Molina brothers. In 2009, just a week into Poseys first big leaguespring training camp, Molina understood that this clean-cut, bright-eyed kidfrom Florida State would take his job very, very soon.
It came quicker than anyone anticipated; the Giants shippedout Bengie a month ahead of the trade deadline in 2010 to the Texas Rangers.Then Poseys Giants tore through Bengies Rangers in the World Series.
Yet Bengie never spoke a jealous or resentful word aboutPosey, whom he still considers a friend.
He has to be honest, though, when asked where his loyaltieslie between the two catchers in this series.
Everybody knows what I think of Posey, Bengie told me by phone. Hesa great, great catcher, he calls a great game and I knew this kid would be asuperstar the first time I saw him. But I dont think hes up to the defensiveskills of my brother yet. My brother is in another league, and plus this yearhe really hit when the team needed him to hit.
Posey can get there. Im not putting him down at all. Hehas all the talent and he will work hard, I know that. But nobody is in aleague with my brother.
The Molina brothers will gather in Puerto Rico next monthwhen their mother, Gladys, turns 65. They would like nothing better than tocelebrate another World Series champion, too.
If the Cardinals go all the way, it would be Yadiers thirdWorld Series ring and the sixth among all three Molina brothers. (Jose won in2002 as Bengies backup with the Angels, and also in 2009 with the Yankees.)
Bengie left no doubt: Thats what he hopes will happen.
Hey, against the Reds, I was all Giants, man all Giants,Bengie said, with a chuckle. Against the Cards, Im all Cards. I love theGiants, I love the city and I love the fans, man, they have something specialthere. But Ive got to root for my brother, 100 percent, theyve got tounderstand that.
Bengie cannot help but pull for Posey, though, and not justbecause he respects him as a player and a person. Like many others, he wasfloored at Poseys determined recovery from the devastating ankle injury thatended his season in May of last year.
Very impressed, very impressed, he said. It tells you --it shows you -- what kind of a player and a person he is. It shows you hisdemeanor and dedication and his motivation to come back from that devastatinginjury, and not come back to play first base, but to catch. Hell be the MVP ofthe league.
What he did is unheard of, its crazy. But this is not newfor him. When I saw this kid, I think he can do anything.
Bengie was quick to point out that Yadier is just asdeserving of MVP consideration.
Especially for what he did for that team after losing(Albert) Pujols, and with a new manager, he said. But if Buster wins it, thatis a good choice, too.
What impresses him most about the way his brother receivesthe Cardinals staff?
Its the way he cares, Bengie said. Its what we used todiscuss all the time. I tell him, Everyone wants to be their best out there,but you have to be the best for yourself and you have to make every pitcher on thestaff be their best, too. Thats what impresses me. He makes everybody great.
Bengie said Yadier expressed frustration to him in recentdays about his lack of hitting in the postseason. He had a breakout year at theplate (.315, 22 home runs), but owns just a .138 average in the No.5 spot withjust two RBIs in seven postseason games.
Hey, I told him, Win a game with your catching, Bengiesaid. If you hit three bloopers and go 3 for 4, does that make you a greathitter? No. So dont worry about what the numbers look like. Just be positive.
Thats precisely the kind of message Bengie would deliver toTim Lincecum on the mound during both the right-handers Cy Young seasons in2008-09. Its the kind of rah-rah cheerleading that comes less natural toPosey, which is among the reasons that a struggling Lincecum has been paired sooften with backup catcher Hector Sanchez in this wild aberration of a season.
What advice would Bengie give to Buster about catchingTimmy?
Well, one of the things you have to know about Timmy is youhave to keep him very positive and very up, he said. Its about keeping himon the right track instead of letting things going through his head.
You have to talk to him almost every inning and keep him upto the challenge and keep him happy. Its a psychologist sort of thing, but asa catcher, you do that with every pitcher in different way. You have to psychehim up to go out and pitch.
Youve got to suck up your pride and go to him an say,Lets go.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy continues to insist that its hispreference, and nobody elses, that Lincecum and Barry Zito work primarily withSanchez. The manager only started Sanchez once this postseason, when Zitostarted Game 4 of the NLDS at Cincinnati and Lincecum came out of the bullpento throw 4 13 solid innings. Lincecum threw to Posey in his two other reliefappearances this postseason, tossing a total of four scoreless innings.
Bochy hasnt named Lincecum the Game 4 starter yet, nor ishe committing to a batterymate whenever Lincecum or Zito take the mound again.
Bengie was blunt, though: Its high time that Posey andLincecum, the Giants two highest profile players, work together again.
If you ask me, they need to stop this, Bengie said. Iunderstand they are keeping Posey healthy by having him play first base and notcatch all the time. But there will come a day when Brandon Belt says, This isnot fair. I want to be out there. And then youll have trouble.
They need to take control and say, Buster has got to catchTimmy and thats it. I want to keep everybody happy, but this is our team.
For now, only one of these two teams and one of these twoAll-Star catchers -- can advance to the World Series. Even in retirement,Bengie watches his brother and his former understudy and feels the stirrings ofbeing an active player once again.
Those guys, they wanted to learn so much, he said. Nowthey are so good, there is nothing left to teach them.

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A pair of recent Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) rulings provide two important lessons for employers: First, have well-written job descriptions for each position that include the job's essential functions. Second, test all workers before hiring to make sure they can perform the essential job functions.
Case 1: ADA won't apply if employee can't perform essential duties
You don't have to hire a worker or accommodate a disabled employee if that person doesn't possess the skills to do the job. If the deciding factor is the disability, you must prove that the disability interferes with the job's essential functions. As long as you've documented those functions in your job description before you advertised, you'll be on safe ground.
Recent case: A grocery store clerk suffered from Tourette's syndrome, a condition that causes twitching and occasional blurting out of profanity and racial slurs. His duties included stocking, shelving and some customer service. After making a racial slur to a co-worker, he was transferred to the night shift where there were fewer workers and customers. But after two other similar outbursts in front of customers, he was fired.
He sued under the ADA but lost. Reason: Interacting with customers was an essential function of the clerk job. And since this worker could not perform the essential function, even with an accommodation, he isn't protected under the ADA. The court said this worker could do other jobs but not this one. (Ray v. Kroger Co., No. CV-402-19, S.D. Ga., 2003)
Case 2: Test before hiring to avoid bad-fit hires
Don't put a disabled worker into a job situation that he obviously won't be able to handle. Use pre-employment tests to make sure the worker can do the essential functions of the job in the first place. Also, don't fire an employee simply because you fear he may pose some risk. Secure objective evidence first. Then, when performance problems pop up, start the interactive process to discuss accommodations.
Recent case: A legally blind factory worker was fired after just three weeks on the job at a cheese factory. The company claimed he was a direct threat to himself and his co-workers after he routinely dropped cheese, put his hands too far into the grinder, bumped into other employees and wasn't careful when waiving a knife around co-workers.
The employee sued, claiming he was fired because of his disability. Surprisingly, he won. The court's reasoning: The company didn't have direct evidence that the risk of potential harm was significant enough. (Apparently, the court needed to see blood first!) Also, the court said the company never tried to offer an accommodation, it skipped right to the firing. (Hammel v. Eau Galle Cheese Factory, Civ. Action No. 02-C-405-C, W.D. Wis., 2003)
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U.S. President Barack Obama will meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday as both sides offer support to rival forces in the Syrian civil war.
After Washington signaled that it would start arming vetted rebels fighting the Syrian government, Obama will confront Putin at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland in their first private face-to-face meeting in a year.
Putin on Sunday criticized the West's decision to begin arming the rebels, who he said eat human organs. He was referring to a video in which a Syrian rebel leader appeared to eat the heart of a regime solider [2].
"I think you will not deny that one does not really need to support the people who not only kill their enemies, but open up their bodies and eat their organs," he said.
On Thursday, the White House said it will provide military assistance to the opposition [3] after it ascertained that the Assad regime used chemical weapons against the Syrian people and crossed what Obama had called a "red line [4]".
However, both U.S. and Russia support peace talks in Geneva between the Syrian government and the rebel coalition.
Washington covets a change of strategy from Putin, who has long backed President Bashar al-Assad, despite Obama's constant demand that the Syrian embattled leader step down.
"We still continue to discuss with the Russians whether there is a way to bring together elements of the regime and the opposition to achieve a political settlement," Ben Rhodes, a deputy U.S. national security advisor, told AFP. "There are no illusions that that's going to be easy."
The Syrian government troops backed by militia from the Lebanese Shiite group, Hezbollah, and Iran have scored successes against the rebels in the strategic town of Qusayr.
Observers mull that the Russian leader will not accept to change strategy in the wake of these battlefield gains.
The two-year Syrian conflict has started as a protest against Assad but morphed into a civil war. The U.N. estimates that the Syrian conflict has killed at least 93,000 people.
[1] http://www.syndigate.info
[2] http://www.albawaba.com/news/dont-army-organ-eating-syrian-rebels-putin-warns-western-leaders-499775
[3] http://www.albawaba.com/news/kerry-postones-regional-tour-us-talks-arming-syria-rebels-498496
[4] http://www.albawaba.com/news/russia-says-us-chemical-weapons-claims-unconvincing-499339
[5] http://www.alarabiya.net/english


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Be honest. Do you want to publish a book to impress people or to make a living as a writer?
If your heart is set on seeing your name on the cover of a book published by a traditional publisher, then go after it with everything you have. Chase it like a dog after a pork chop.
Just realize that today, self-publishing success has become an opportunity to gain the attention of traditional publishers. It's the new way to fight the crowded bottleneck of all those millions of others out there trying to do the same exact thing. Success in any field doesn't go unnoticed for too long.
Of course, traditional publishing isn't without its pitfalls. As an industry facing a great deal of uncertainty, traditional publishers have tightened the reins. New contracts can include provisions that mean less control of your work, and worst-case-scenario, even loss of your copyright regardless of whether or not your book even comes out. Feeling frisky about an education into the horrors faced by writers under contract to publishers? Go visit ThePassiveVoice.com, a site run by a lawyer who has worked in the publishing industry for decades. Often, he highlights the egregious things found in the publishing agreements sent to him by writers under contract. One thing is clear. Publishing is an industry facing drastic shrinkage, where sometimes the most creative work done by the publishers involves dreaming up inventive new ways to upend the writer by the ankles and shake until more money falls out from their pockets.
Regardless, with a publisher behind your book you may even be forced to wait 12 to 18 months to be released. In some cases, books are never released for whatever reason… even after the contracts are signed. This is the pure definition of literary blue balls.
Plus, to make things even more difficult for the writer to make a living doing what they do best, uh, writing…the contract you affix your John Hancock to may prohibit you from, uh, writing anything else. At the very least, you will be under embargo against competing against yourself.
All in exchange for an advance and the hope there will be more royalty checks coming.
How big of an advance? Well, it seems the days of windfall advances to new writers is past history. Today, advances for new writers now average in the mid-five figures and are shrinking faster than Luke Skywalker's junk after a cold dip in a Degoabah swamp. Now, I realize that a few thousand bucks may represent a life-changing sum of money for some, but it seems a paltry sum to sign away nearly all control of something you devoted so much of yourself to create.
You also have to take into account that your advance is recoupable against future royalties. That means the 8 to 10 percent royalty per unit sold they've given you in that contract has to earn back every penny of that advance money before you see another dime. That is if you even get an advance. Some publishers have started to move away from handing out any upfront dough and are instead basing their deals on royalties alone.
In a way, it's almost like religion. It'll work out better for you if you have faith there's a reward at the end.
Yes, dear writer, the deck is stacked against you. However, those awful publishers put up the financial risk and you signed the contract allowing them to do whatever they want.
A deal with a major publisher can open doors for you. Maybe even lead to bigger opportunities. The sad truth is that because publishers release so much content every month, not every one of their books will succeed and not every writer under contract will make a living. Some writers succeed with major publishers and go on to have those careers the rest of us drool over. Most however, do not. That's the way it has always been.
Can you make a living self-publishing? Yes.
Be your own boss. Write what you want to write. Be on your own schedule. Just remember… if you don't sell books, you don't make money.
How much can you make through self publishing your own books?
Possibly the best-known examples of DIY self-publishing success are John Locke and Amanda Hocking. Both were making six figures, monthly, on their self published books. That's right, hundreds of thousands of dollars a month! Look it up. Both eventually signed big deals with major publishers. Google the term: "self-publishing success" and you'll find the latest person to use their self-publishing efforts as an audition to land a major book deal — because a writer with an audience and the know-how to make it happen on their own is a much more attractive proposition for a risk-adverse industry.
The good news is that you don't have to be today's buzzed-about indie author to make a decent living at this. Because e-books are being sold today in mind-blowing numbers, you can stay under the radar and still move enough units each month to make a living. It takes luck and perseverance and a growing catalog of content.
Me? I've had my own indie publishing imprint since 2005, and have been doing this full time for the last two years. I can tell you it's thrilling to be able to write what you want, how you want and sell it to book buyers without a middleman screwing everything up or putting their hands in your pocket.
If you could do anything in the world, anything at all, what would it be? Personally, I'd want to do exactly what I'm doing now. The only difference is that it would be from a desk with a view of the beach.
I'm a full time writer, publisher and digital content creator. I've been marking the 8th anniversary of the launch of my indie imprint, Glenneyre Press by sharing some of what I've learned about about digital publishing.


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Discussion in 'Mid Atlantic' started by agman, Oct 6, 2009.
New to area, but would appreciate good locations for fall color in the area. Thanks much.
Skyline Drive in VA. http://www.nps.gov/SHEN/index.htm
Great Falls, Md. (or the VA side of the Falls, which is nearly as good.) http://www.nps.gov/grfa/index.htm
George Washington Parkway- http://www.nps.gov/GWMP/index.htm
All are wonderful places
There is some beautiful stuff just north of baltimore, outside towson. there are a couple of state parks with good color.
down here on the eastern shore we have good color, usually somewhat later than dc and skyline. we also have color in the wetlands and marshes. good to have you in our region.
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We have had a wet summer in Delaware. Colors should be off the hook in three weeks barring wind. Then it will be off the trees. That's for south. Heard Lum's Pond is starting to look nice.
Thanks everybody. Hope to meet you in the near future.
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I'm spending the day at Prime Hook NWR on Sat Oct 17. It's at the end of route 16, just north of Rehoboth Beach if you're interested. I hope the color comes in by then. The geese are here.


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New CSA President, Yvonne Edwin, has said that she is excited and ready to work.
Edwin has been declared the new President of the Saint Lucia Civil Service Association, according to unofficial results of elections today for a new executive of the trade union.
Edwin, from the Department of Fisheries, confirmed that she had unofficially been declared President.
Speaking shortly before 10PM, she said she could not say what her margin of votes were as it had not been officially announced.
Asked what it took to be voted into office, Edwin said she had offered herself and gained the support of those she wanted to serve.
"They were the ones who went out to vote and make their voices heard," Edwin asserted.
Edwin recalled that her campaign was based on change which she saw that the CSA needed.
She explained that those who supported her had the same view.
Edwin reiterated earlier assertions that the trade union had become politicized and divided.
"CSA is an organization made up of workers and of course they would have their own parties to which they are affiliated, but what we saw was a clear cut division," she said.
She promised as CSA President to bring persons together.
"That is what a union is established for," Edwin observed.
She promised to do her best, while acknowledging that she had a challenging task ahead.
Edwin expressed the opinion that there would be resistance from within.
However she was of the view that calling members together and getting their views on the way forward was the way to go.
"It really cannot me about me and what I want," Edwin declared.
She said it was her intention to represent the workers and specifically, the members of the CSA.
Edwin spoke of the need to concentrate on the issues at hand and try to resolve them.
"The members should be the focus in anything you do," she asserted.


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Picture-heavy, no? evkl 23:04, 18 November 2005 (CST)
We have a problem -- this article is almost a direct copy of this page here: Pokémon Gold & Silver - Development Reconstruction
argh. all the pictures are direct copies. Do we have permission?
Well. We can assume that given the kind of reaction I've received from the author of this article, that User:Celebi23 and the author of that page are one and the same... But, seeing as de:Pokémon Gold & Silber (Beta) exists, hmm, it makes matters more confusing. - 振霖T 00:29, 19 November 2005 (CST)
Hi there. I'm xdaniel, the original author of the Pokemon G/S Development Reconstruction article on DigitalZero Domain - my website - which is linked to here. As several parts of this article here were rewritten, i'm not exactly sure if my appearance etc. here is of any importance anymore but i'd still like to express my view on this. The user Celebi23 here and me are definatly not the same person, whoever that was pretty much just copy'n'pasted my article in here without permission. I had no idea about this until I came across this article (and this Wiki in general) via the German PokeWiki. I don't really know much about how Wikis work, but while, as I already stated, parts of the article here were already rewritten, enhanced, etc., i'd still like to ask if someone of you could rewrite it a bit further - things like the structuring by years or the 1997 Pokemon 2 section - and change the link to my article to point to my (German language btw) website with a note about my article (or something similar). I hope you understand my point and opinion. - xdaniel on April 11th, 2006 at ~14:23 (local German time)
You can do that yourself - that's the main feature of a wiki. Unfortunately, I don't understand German, neither do most of the people here. - 振霖T 14:24, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I thought I'd catergorize this page, but I'm not sure where to put it. Should it go in Games or Meta? Personally I think Meta but if anyone else has an opinion Ill be glad to hear it
Why not both. You can give an article as many categories as you want. (But don't overdo it.) - 振霖T 03:40, 24 November 2005 (CST)
The pics at the bottom...
Why're they there? Do they really say anything about Route 46 and the National Park? TTEchidna 05:33, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
One of the links, when I clicked on it, it said that it was suspected of containing malware. Does it? And if it does, we should remove it. TorchicBlaziken (talk•edits) 23:32, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
- It would really help if you gave the link. The Dark Fiddler - Nos hablamos? 23:33, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Something i nnoticed
Probably not that important, but neat nonetheless. In this picture, behind the gold kanji, the red block looks kinda like an angled number 2. I guess that screen was from before they removed the number from the game's title. Morgil27 04:03, 10 February 2010 (UTC)


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The interior defense of Texas Tech couldn't have played any better against Iowa State on Saturday.
The Lady Raiders limited touches, forced turnovers and committed few fouls against a Cyclone front line of 6-foot-7, 6-3 and 6-2.
On the other end of the floor was a completely different story, and perhaps the biggest reason the Lady Raiders walked off their home court with a 58-54 loss.
"Just finish," Tech coach Kristy Curry said after the loss about what her team needs to do differently, "and I think that a little bit of that may come down to me doing a better job with making sure I keep some folks a little fresher, but I thought we really struggled."
Tech's three tallest players that rotated into the center position — Kelsi Baker, Jackie Patterson and Shauntal Nobles — went a combined 0 for 11 from the floor.
Christine Hyde, who played primarily at the four position, went 2 for 9 from the field and couldn't slash her way inside like she has all season. She scored the Lady Raiders' first points in the paint nearly 14 minutes into the game.
Tech was outscored 22-8 inside.
Baker, who played lights out on defense, got to the free-throw line and went a perfect 6-6 from the charity stripe. That was the best offensive production Tech got inside, as Iowa State's man-to-man and, later, zone looks flustered Tech all night.
With the game still within reach in the final minutes, Tech got looks inside but couldn't get anything to drop. Athletic takes from Chynna Brown and Monique Smalls inside were the only field goals the Lady Raiders had in the last 8:19 of the game as the perimeter shooting went cold, too.
With the bench largely ineffective offensively against the Cyclones — three points from a Mary Bokenkamp shot from distance was all the production Tech had — Tech's starters were pressed into more action than expected. The Lady Raider starting five accounted for its most cumulative minutes in a single game this season on Saturday.
While Tech shot 29.8 percent (17 for 57), Iowa State shot 56.4 percent (22 for 39) to further hurt Tech's cause.
"You know, we're 0 for 7 with Nobles and Patterson (Saturday night)," Curry said, "and just kind of went with our first group there and we were going to live with it. The thing about it is we got some great looks. They made theirs, we missed ours. And the positive thing is we were getting good looks, and those are going to go down. We just got to get in the gym and continue to work, get shots up."
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You have likely seen Buster Davis in a Chargers uniform for the last time.
(You're tempted to say you're confused because you hardly remember seeing him in one at all. But you're better than that.)
No one has said explicitly that the team has given up on its first-round draft pick from 2007, but Davis was down to his last chance with the Chargers, and that chance expired perhaps even before he wasn't able to play Sunday against the Tennessee Titans due to a groin injury.
Davis was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, the second time in three seasons he went on IR in week 9. A groin tear in 2008 necessitated surgery.
I was told after that season Davis had to justify his roster spot by staying healthy in 2009. He was healthy, but he was also inactive for the first 15 games of the season.
Davis worked extremely hard getting his body and mind right the past 18 months or so, but it wasn't enough, and the thought is it will never be enough.
He stayed healthy for four games, played in seven and then couldn't go anymore.
Since being drafted, Davis has watched more games than he's suited up for.
He played in 14 games plus three playoff contests his rookie season, four games in '08 and one in '09. He entered this season with 30 career catches (not counting postseason) and added 21 for 259.
I have been a minority voice in defense of Davis. His talent and speed were undeniable. Unfortunately, I was one of the few who ever got to see it.
My defense of him was actually a plea for patience. And there is none of that (where it counts) for Davis anymore.
The thought in the locker room and among the staff was that despite playing with Patrick Crayton, Gary Banks and Seyi Ajirotutu as their receivers, the Chargers did not miss Davis against the Titans.
That's about all you need to know to realize they won't miss him in the future.


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Universal, Wet 'n Wild Orlando make donations to NRCMA
Donated items to honor park, George Millay
ORLANDO, Fla. — Several board members of the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives (NRCMA), working in cooperation with team members at Wet 'n Wild Orlando, were on hand at the park on Jan. 6, to accept the donation of numerous signs and other items from the 39-year old landmark which closed on Dec. 31, 2016. The two highlights for the museum are the backlit red-and blue Wet 'n Wild name sign that hung over the park's main entry gate, and a 3D circular sign from the legendary Black Hole water slides. Also donated was the control panel to the park's Bomb Bay drop slide, which was an original creation from park founder George Millay. The donated items honoring the park and Millay will be housed in the new Mark Moore Memorial Building expansion planned at the museum's Plainview facility. NRCMA is working with the park to secure even more historic artifacts for future museum displays.
Universal/Wet 'n Wild Orlando management were on hand to make the donations of water park signage to the National Roller Coaster Museum. Seen here, left to right, are: Rich Costales, Brett Clark and Brian Colley.
Wet 'n Wild signs were transported to Orlando-based Skyline Attractions where they will be crated for shipment to Plainview, Texas. Shown here, left to right, are: Gary Slade, Chris Gray, Jeff Pike and Richard Munch.
The park map was also included in the collection
Control panel from the Bomb Bay slide.


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Phase 4 pages:
Nanmor & Dylif Bridges
Recent updates are underlined and in red.
The route section of the site includes detailed illustrated descriptions - Rhyd Ddu to Beddgelert and Beddgelert to Porthmadog.
Almost immediately south of Hafod y Llyn Isaf the railway swings towards the East, and runs across flat, open farmland reclaimed from the Traeth Mawr saltings when the Cob was built across the Glaslyn. The two main features of this stretch are two river bridges crossing tributaries of the Glaslyn, the Afon Nanmor (UB196) and Afon Dylif (UB199); Hafod Garregog halt lay between them. If the halt is ever reinstated, the railway has undertaken to use the current spelling, Hafod Garegog.
These structures were truss bridges identical in design and dimensions to that at Bryn y Felin, although the details of the abutments varied according to the location. Although in a less dangerous condition than the old Bryn y Felin bridge, the steel structures suffered from the same problems - they had never been painted, or modified to allow rainwater to drain away properly - and were demolished shortly after the acquisition of the trackbed in 1999, at the insistence of the railway's insurers. Part of one of the Afon Nanmor trusses was left on site for later display as a historical item.
The contract for their replacement was let to D.J. Williams and Son of Caernarfon in October 2005, and their fabrication and installation followed on from the structure at Bryn y Felin. Like that bridge, the Nanmor and Dylif ones look very similar to the originals, but are much stronger, and properly protected from the elements.
UB196: Afon Nanmor
Just as at Bryn y Felin, an artifical 1 in 150 gradient has been created across each bridge to help rainwater drain from the steel channels of the trusses. This was done by adding a new cap to the concrete structure of the abutment on the one side of each watercourse, raising it by six inches. The pictures below show the Afon Nanmor site in December 2005 after this work had been done by specialist contractors.
The site is seen below in February 2006, with the remaining section of one of the original trusses visible.
The pictures below show the site almost a year later, soon before installation of the bridges was due to start. The last two pictures show original phosphor bronze bearing plates on the abutment on the Porthmadog side.
Between the Bridges
From the Afon Nanmor the trackbed runs straight, crossing a couple of culverts, to the site of the old halt, adjacent to occupation crossing LC105. The rails which acted as posts for the nameboard remain. The line curves gently right through the halt, and straightens again to reach the Dylif.
UB199: Afon Dylif
The more southerly of the two bridges was the first to be installed. There is no practical road access to the remote locations of these two bridges, so they were brought in along the trackbed from the south.
The picture below is looking down chainage across the Afon Dylif on January 21st 2007, with the Nanmor crossing in the distance. Surveyor's posts were in place along the stretch between the two bridge sites.
The site is seen below in early February 2007, soon before reinstatement of the bridge itself began; the last picture shows the trackbed beyond the bridge, at an advanced stage of preparation for delivery of the structure.
Building the Bridges
The structures are seen below at the manufacturer's premises in Caernarfon on October 6th 2006, with one bridge test assembled, and the trusses of the other at an advanced stage of fabrication.
Both bridges are seen on the left below on February 1st 2007, with the Dylif bridge in the foreground. They are not completely identical, as the Nanmor bridge has an external footpath walkway cantilevered from one side; this can be seen on the left in the second picture.
Installing UB199
The Dylif bridge was delivered from Caernarfon on Saturday February 17th 2007, with the basic structure of end transoms and side trusses assembled on site the same day. Unlike the operation with the identical bridge at Bryn y Felin in March 2006, the trusses had to be brought to site individually rather than as a pair, as they could not be brought all the way on metalled roads. The trusses were brought in as planned from the Ynysfor access along the trackbed, via the new wider radius curve past Croesor Junction. Two cranes were used, with the one used on the riverbank specially lightened by 15 tonnes and brought to site via the Carreg Hylldrem access. The abutments had been fitted with locating studs for the transoms shortly before, and the fittings of the original bearing pads had been refurbished.
The lorry had to reverse back down the trackbed before making its return trip to Caernarfon for the second truss, which was lowered into place and secured as evening fell.
The next day, Brunswick staff were at work fitting the intermediate crossmembers, waybeams and bracing pieces.
Preparing for UB196
UB199 was fitted with its timber deck within the next two days, so that the civil engineering contractors could access the trackbed to the Afon Nanmor bridge. The "green" section from UB199 to LC105 was scraped down to the old ballast by February 21st, prior to laying stone.
The views below show UB199 on March 1st 2007, with the construction company Land Rover standing on the trackbed on the side leading towards LC105; the last view is looking the other way, up chainage towards Croesor Junction.
The track of the crane was slightly wider than the timber deck of UB199, so Brunswick Ironworks fabricated temporary deck infill panels to be placed either side (where the walkways would later go) to give the necessary support; this was an amendment to an initial plan to use lengths of rail, and had the advantage that the beams are lighter and could be relocated subsequently for use at Bryn y Felin. The pictures below show these beams in place for dumpers moving stone from temporary stockpiles on the new Croesor Junction curve to make up the trackbed to LC105.
When seen below, tree clearance was taking place in preparation for installation of the bridge, which required making up an area of hard standing for the lorry and crane.
The ground at the immediate approach to the bridge was quite eroded. The picture below shows the spot on March 10th 2007, with the bridge site indicated by the gate in the background.
It had been considered that the section from LC105 to the bridge approach, which had been in use as an unmade roadway, was already in adequate condition to carry the crane and lorry; in the event it was decided to lay stone through this section, and this work is seen in progress below on March 8th and 13th 2007.
The crane was moved to the site on Friday March 16th 2007, and is seen below crossing UB199; the crane was reversing, as there was no space to turn it at the Afon Nanmor site, and the turret needed to be adjacent to the river.
Installing UB196
Unlike UB199, the trusses for UB196 came as a single lorry load; the southern truss was delivered with the external walkway structure and handrail already assembled, making it the heaviest single item to be lifted into place in the whole river bridge programme. The trusses were loaded up at Brunswick Ironworks on the morning of Saturday March 17th 2007, and taken to the site via the access south of Ynysfor. UB199 was crossed at walking pace, with about 200mm to spare on either side.
Transoms, waybeams and other components were already on site at the Afon Nanmor. A rescue boat was placed on the stream, which is deep (3.5m) at this point. The south truss was put in place first.
The lighter north truss followed, completing the basic structure of the bridge.
The walkway panels were then fitted, giving pedestrian access across the span. The last picture shows the new structure with the preserved section of the old one in the foreground.
The transoms, waybeams and bracing were fitted on Sunday March 18th.
Following the installation of UB196, a new access roadway to Ynysferlas farm was created immediately to the south of the trackbed, which had been serving this purpose previously.
Completion Works, Winter 2007-8
At the start of December 2007, G.H. James Cyf were in the process of moving from the contract stretch north of UB196 to complete the trackbed from UB196 to LC112. On December 4th, they were making up the formation on both sides of UB196.
This view shows a drainage ditch up chainage of UB196, which had been opened up to help drain surface water from the area immediately adjacent to the trackbed and the new roadway to Ynysferlas.
With the deck plates back in place on UB199 (first used on this bridge and then at Bryn y Felin) to gain vehicular access from the work base south of Ynysfor, James's early priorities include culverting work a short distance up chainage of UB196, and completion of the new roadway to Ynysferlas, which still required a short section separate from the trackbed at its end.
These pictures taken on December 14th 2007 show this work in progress, plus (left) new foundations for the gabion retaining wall at UB196 which will also give pedestrian access to the walkway, and (right) excavation for pipework at a previously unidentified culvert between drainage culvert UB198 and LC105.
On December 18th 2007 James's staff were installing gabions at UB196, and digging a cess between the trackbed and the new roadway.
These pictures show UB199 and the stretch between it and LC105 on the same day.
By December 21st 2007 UB196 had been fitted with its timber deck (to which rails would be fixed in the same manner as at Bryn y Felin), and the southern approach to the bridge was close to finished, including the retaining wall and the earth bank alongside it.
The contractors resumed work on January 7th 2008, and ballasted the first few hundred metres from UB196 that week, allowing tracklaying to proceed. The trackbed between UB196 and LC105 was very close to ready for sub-base before New Year, needing little more than a small amount of extra fill at culverts forming part of the improved drainage system. The new roadway to Ynysferlas had been made up to the entrance to the property, curving away from the railway close to UB196; the Head of Steel had reached just short of the far side of the bridge the day before these pictures were taken (the rails visible on the bridge were not yet fixed down or connected up).
A similar set of improved drainage measures were in hand at and beyond LC105; contractors' vehicles are visible in the distance in the first picture, making use of the area of hard standing created for the crane when UB199 was installed.
Newly-laid sub-base is seen on the formation up chainage of UB196 and heading for LC105 on January 8th 2008.
Approximately 250m of ballast was laid starting from UB196 on January 10th 2008, and more was laid the following day, reaching LC105. James then laid out sleeper bundles from the roadway, as seen in the distance in the first of these pictures.
Sub-base had been laid through the old Hafod Garegog halt site when pictured on January 15th 2008.
On the morning of January 22nd 2008 sub-base was being rolled on the approach to the Afon Dylif bridge, and ballast was likely to reach the bridge by the end of the day.
This view from January 24th 2008 shows ballast and sleeper bundles at Hafod Garegog, extending all the way to the Dylif bridge in the background.
On January 3rd 2008 a small ballast retaining wall was being built on the western side of UB196, to allow tracklaying to proceed on to the bridge.
The Black Hand Gang screwed the rails down on the bridge and connected them up to the track to the north over the weekend of January 5-6th, as well as carrying out some alignment work down chainage of the bridge.
The following weekend the Rest of the World Gang started by completing the alignment work on the Hafod y Llyn side of the bridge, and then proceeded with laying track leading off the bridge on the Porthmadog side.
After the above pictures taken on Saturday January 12th 2008, Sunday's tracklaying saw another seven panels laid despite gale force winds and rain. The Black Hand Gang took the Head of Steel most of the way to LC105 the following weekend.
Work was being done to fit gates at either end of the UB196 public walkway on January 25th 2008.
UB196 had been fitted with its guard rails outside the running rails by February 6th 2008.
Saturday January 26th 2008 saw fourteen panels laid by the Rest of the World Gang strengthened by the Imperial College Railway Society and the FR Dee & Mersey Group; this broke the previous daily record which had stood for several years, and was done despite rails having to be moved manually using RRMs over some 500m, as Upnor was not allowed across UB196. This effort took the Head of Steel through LC105 and the old halt at Hafod Garegog. Fencing had been erected between the railway and the Ynysferlas roadway (first picture).
The weekend's total was twenty-one-and-a-half panels - another new record - reaching a point 18m short of UB199 (one panel had been left half-completed at the end of the previous weekend's work owing to a shortage of rail). As at the other river bridges, it was necessary to stop at this point as the procedure would be to lay rails on the bridge and measure back from there. With the contractor's work done down chainage of the Dylif, the plates for road vehicles had been removed from the bridge, which would allow the walkways to be fitted. Excavation had been done adjacent to the abutment on the Porthmadog side of the bridge for a retaining wall to be added, as had been done at UB196.
A week later, the gabion retaining wall had been added on the Porthmadog side of UB199, and preparations were visible for James Cyf to build a ballast retaining wall at right angles to the track, like those at UB196. The timbers had been temporily removed from the bridge, for a little attention to be paid to it before tracklaying.
Brunswick Ironworks arrived on site on February 4th 2008 to rectify minor painting defects incurred during transport and cranage of the bridge. Once the dirt that had accumulated while the bridge was used by road vehicles had been scrubbed off, the paintwork was found to be in very good order, with only minor blemishes needing attention prior to fixing the timber deck permanently in place. The work was complete by the end of the week, after which Ray Jarvis added the ballast retaining wall on the Beddgelert side.
James Cyf are seen at work on the trackbed on the Croesor Junction side of the bridge on February 6th 2008.
Two days later the paintwork had not quite been completed, but it was done in time to put the timber deck permanently back in place the next morning. Ballast was being laid on the far side.
With the deck in place and the walkways fitted, the Head of Steel was extended on to the bridge (and out of the National Park) on February 9th 2008. Rail movements were supported by the loaned Lister diesel delivered to Hafod Garegog the day before, and Upnor Castle was also now working up chainage of the Nanmor bridge, with the three ballast hopper wagons.
These pictures were taken on February 10th 2008, the day when tracklaying reached the far side of UB199 and entered the sections covered by the Afon Dylif - Pont Croesor page.
The Tuesday Gang visited this area on July 29th 2008 to erect posts for signage. Six were put up at LC105, and four at LC106, just on the far side of Dylif bridge, where the Gang are pictured below.
Erection of the signs themselves, again by the Tuesday Gang, began on August 12th 2008 at LC104 (near the Afon Nanmor) and LC106. This style of smaller bilingual "Stop, Look, Listen" sign is known as Type 2 in the nomenclature of the various signs needed on Phase 4, and it is thought that these were the first Type 2 signs to be put in place.
Over the weekend of August 16-17th 2008 the Black Hand Gang replaced wooden sleepers with steel at LC104 and LC106. It was noted that the name "Pont Ynys Ferlas" had been adopted for UB196, replacing "Pont Afon Nanmor".
The following pictures were taken on September 24th 2008.
HMRI has determined that check rails are not in fact necessary at UB196; they were therefore lifted over the weekend of June 20th-21st 2009.
Maintaining the Operating Railway
The Tuesday Gang were in action at LC103 and LC105 on this section installing horse handles' on the the gates. Both these crossings are bridleways so require these facilities.


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6:22 p.m. – I leave my house to catch the first of two buses I'll need to take; knowing Muni as well as I do, I've left myself about forty-five minutes for this four-mile trip. It's February and cold, but I'm not getting into a car with someone I've never seen before. As I walk to the bus stop, a long black car slows way down as it drives past me. It might be the ridiculously short skirt and knee-high boots. Can cars leer?
7:18 – I get to the club, twelve minutes early, because it's a Friday night and I have to try and snag a table. What was I thinking, suggesting a blind date at The Elbo Room on a Friday night? I think I just wanted to impress this guy (he lives on the Peninsula, poor soul) with the pinnacle of urban hipness. Better not tell him I took the bus.
7:29 – I snag a table after hovering, stalker-like, around tables where the drink level seems to be close to empty. I send a text telling him where I'll be.
7:29 – I get a text back, "Just got here. Looking for parking." I fight the urge to text back, "So I'll see you in about an hour, then?" and instead send a forced cheery, "Okay! See you as soon as you get here!"
7:55 – I fend off the last of five requests to share this table, the only even semi-unoccupied one in the place, it seems. I've told them all I'm waiting for a blind date, and they're very generous about leaving me to it. One pair of women offers to let me send them a signal if things are going badly. My whiskey sour is down to ice, but I can't order another because a) I'd lose my table to the vultures, and b) I'm a big lightweight, and I'm shockingly easy when I've had too much to drink. Better be cautious.
7:59 – I want to invite any one of those groups of people — all of whom seemed like they'd be interesting table companions — to sit with me and drink to the asshat who left himself one minute to find parking in the Mission on a Friday night. But I'm way too curious about what he'll be like, after all of this, and besides, I don't have quite enough balls.
8:03 – He's here finally.
8:03:02 – I can already tell that this is not going to work. I Googled him before this date and confirmed that he really was a grad student, but how could someone with an intelligent job have such a blank look? He offers to catch up to me, drink-wise, and to buy the next round. I catch the eye of one of the guys who was trying to snag my table before, but neither of the helpful women. I tell myself that I'm still new at this blind-dating thing, and I should give it at least an hour before calling it quits. Plus, it's a Friday night, and I'll be damned if I'm going home this early.
8:10 – He's telling me about his studies. I ask him what he likes about what he does, and even stop sipping on my second drink to make a show of listening politely. I understood it at the time, I think, but couldn't tell you one word of it now.
8:19 – I start talking about literature and explain that the book I'm reading now has a classic "unreliable narrator." I can tell from his eyes — the blank look has deepened — that he doesn't have a clue what that means, but he doesn't ask. Nor does he ask what book it is, or volunteer that he's reading anything.
8:21 – He asks what will be his only personal question of the evening, "Are you always so serious?" No, only when I'm counting down the minutes to when I can tell you to blow off, and trying to compose the "thanks, but no thanks" speech in my head. He tries to buy me another drink. I ask him for water.
8:25 – He brings a whiskey sour instead. I don't drink it. He's on his third drink.
8:31 – The club is really full, and people keep bumping up against our table. One guy in a long flannel shirt leans too close and his shirt tail is dangling kind of close to the candle-in-a-jar on our table. I move the candle out of harm's way. My date moves it back to where it was. I force out a fake laugh and move it back out of the way. My date moves it back: "That'll teach him not to stand too close." I manage not to throw my drink in his face.
8:40 – I don't care that it hasn't been an hour. I tell him, "Thanks, but I don't think this is going to work. Have a nice evening." He looks genuinely surprised, and he follows me out of the bar, as the crowd swarms over our liberated table. As we're leaving, he's saying something that over the crowd noise sounds like an offer to go somewhere more quiet. I don't have a chance to respond, because the bouncer's telling us to have a good night. Then a crowd of people separates me from him, which I don't notice until I look around for a cab and don't see him standing anywhere nearby.
8:42 – There's a cab here, but he's still nowhere to be found. I haven't been on that many blind dates yet, but I've never been on one where the guy didn't see me safely to the cab (when I wasn't getting into it with him.) Was he so crushed by his rejection that he had to duck right back into the bar and drown his sorrows? I don't care; I slide eagerly into the cab and silently tell my clitoris, "It's okay, you can come out now. He's gone."
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It is only a matter of months before these Darwinian marvels learn to use a can opener, a skill that will lift them to a higher stage of mouse evolution and to the more civilized pleasures of canned Mexicorn, Bush's baked beans, and solid white, water-packed tuna. In a generation or two, smart young mice will have a system of pulleys that will open the refrigerator door in the middle of the night. God knows how a new infusion of butter, protein-rich cheese, yogurt, red-leaf lettuce, and V-8 juice will invigorate the breed and enlarge its cerebral cortex.
It is hard to be hostile to creatures so charmingly intent, so assiduous, and so eagerly scrambling up the food chain. I guess they would not be cute if they carried bubonic plague. But these being glove-gray country mice that have skittered in from a Tom and Jerry cartoon, I root for their innocence and ingenuity. I am even mouse-proud. My mice are smarter than your mice! After the stunt with the Skippy peanut butter jar, I felt as they had gotten 800s on their SATs. These guys are good.
There was a time in my primitive past when I dealt with mice by setting out the ancient instruments of death the medieval cheese-baited mouse-whackers that terminate the hungry midnight rodent like the Inquisition nailing a Cathar. In bed, I would hear a trap going off in the middle of the night: THWACK! A little extinction in another part of the house. In the morning, I would dispose of the carnage.
The cats, Bruce and Frankie, are useless tender, almost Franciscan in their laissez-faire, live-and-let-live mouse-tolerance. See no mouse, hear no mouse, eat no mouse. There seems to be a strange detente, inexplicable in Tom-and-Jerry terms. I think that Bruce and Frankie have nervously acknowledged the evolutionary velocity of the mice and have decided to stand aside, perhaps in the hope of future favors when the mice take over.
Having abandoned mouse-whackers, on Buddhist grounds, and having despaired of the cats as hired assassins, we have resorted to a "Havahart" trap a small rectangular steel cage, with doors at either end and bait in the middle, that captures the mouse alive. We have caught a mouse on each of the last two nights (baiting with peanut butter, of course). I come into the kitchen and find the little prodigy, eyes bright with terror, scrunched in a corner of the cage, under the flap door. It's possible that part of his unhappiness arises from humiliation at being fooled by such a childishly transparent device. He finally looks at me, however, directly in the face, and I am astonished at a hard, still, appraising look in his eyes, which reminds me of the fixed gaze of a magazine editor I once worked for (a man whose evolution, it must be said, ran rapidly in the other direction, descending toward the rodent stage.)
Each morning, I drive a captured mouse a mile down the road and release him near the empty house where the hermit died a few months ago, on the theory the mouse can inconvenience no one there. It disturbs me, however, to think that before long the mice in their growing colony of exile may organize a Restoration, and one day march back down the road to our farmhouse, and, in their thousands, reclaim what is theirs. After the revolution, they will set me to work in their kitchen, fixing them peanut butter sandwiches.


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With more resolutions and less free time than ever, this month I've been all about quick, simple, and nutritious dinner options. While I love experimenting with new ones, there are also a few recipes that I've been making for a long time. In fact, I make them so frequently that I don't even read the recipes! Some of my favorites include a spicy vegetable wrap made with sweet potatoes, chicken-and-olive couscous salad, and homemade chicken tenders served with oven-roasted potatoes. Oh, and how could I forget tofu broccoli stir-fry?
Do you have any old standbys when it comes to wholesome and easy weeknight meals?


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MEXICO CITY, March 18 (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank held borrowing costs steady on Friday, noting that measures taken by financial authorities had helped spur a recovery in the peso.
The Banco de Mexico left its key rate at 3.75 percent, as expected by all 15 analysts surveyed by Reuters this week. In February, the central bank surprised markets with a hike that was aimed at supporting the battered peso.
The central bank said that it would monitor risks to inflation from currency weakness and noted the outlook for growth was still sluggish. (Reporting by Michael O'Boyle and Gabriel Stargardter)


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Setting the Table: Designing the Ultimate Dining Experience
LocationDallas Center for Architecture
1909 Woodall Rogers Fwy. Dallas, TX 75201
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Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Happenings
- March 5, 2013 6:30 pm
We admit, we don't know much about architecture. But we do love food. KERA's Jeff Whittington, moderator about town, refs this panel of folks who know a thing or two about creating the spaces where we like to eat.
Kelly Mitchell - Mitchell Garman
William Baker - Jones Baker
Teresa Gubbins – Senior Editor and Food Critic, Culture Map Dallas
Tristan Simon – CEO, Consilient Restaurants
What's Nearby
- Wild Salsa Mexican 0.1 miles away
- Dallas Chop House Steakhouses 0.2 miles away
- Don't Tell Supper Club Restaurant Bars 0.2 miles away
- Spice In The City Indian 0.2 miles away
The Zodiac New American 0.2 miles away
- Green Door Public House 0.2 miles away
- Cameo DJ-Dance 0.2 miles away
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- Rooftop Pool at The Joule Hotel Bars 0.2 miles away
- Press Box Grill Sports Bars 0.2 miles away
- The Petropolitan Pets 0.1 miles away
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Darts Shoot is one of the best dart simulations available for android
InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) smartphone was launched in March 2016. The phone comes with a 4.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 850 pixels by 480 pixels. InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) price in India starts from Rs. 4,750.
The InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) is powered by 1.5GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC9830 processor and it comes with 1GB of RAM. The phone packs 8GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 64GB via a microSD card. As far as the cameras are concerned, the InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) packs a 8-megapixel primary camera on the rear and a 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies.
The InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) runs Android 5.1 and is powered by a 2300mAh non removable battery. It measures 136.80 x 67.00 x 10.82 (height x width x thickness) .
The InFocus Bingo 20 (M425) is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, USB OTG, FM, 3G and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India). Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer and Gyroscope.
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London, November 18 (ANI): Popular social networking websites Facebook and MySpace have come under fire for failing to introduce a help button for children being bullied online.
The outrage comes after rival networking site Bebo adopted the button that allows users to contact trained child protection officers and also provides details of local police and links to 10 other sources of help.
Jim Gamble, from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop), criticised MySpace and Facebook for not following the same example of Bebo.
He said there was "no legitimate reason" for not doing so and that social networking sites were raking in money through advertising by attracting children and teenagers to join.
"We applaud that but do not forget while you do that there is a responsibility, a duty of care, to the young and the vulnerable," The BBC quoted him as saying.
He added: "[The button] is tiny and does not take up any significant real estate. The bottom line is there is no legitimate reason for not taking it and placing it on a site."
Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers, also said: "I can see no reason why other sites would not consider adopting the same approach and would encourage them to embed the Ceop Report button for the benefit of all users."
A Facebook spokesman, on the other hand, explained: "The safety of Facebook users is the top priority for the company, which is why we have invested in the most robust reporting system to support our 300 million users.
"We also work closely with police forces in the UK and around the world to create a safe environment. Our teams are manned by trained staff in two continents giving 24-hour support in 70 languages.
"We look forward to hearing about the experience of Bebo using the Ceop button and will take account of their experience in any future evaluation of our reporting systems." (ANI)


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Veterans Education Benefits
The Veterans Education Benefits Office was established to help veterans and their eligible dependents apply for and receive Veterans Administration educational benefits, VA work study, veterans counseling, and other supportive services.
You are encouraged to contact the Veterans Certifying Official located next to the Financial Aid Office in the Student Center for assistance.
Hours & Information
Veterans Education Benefits Office (VEBO)
LaVerne Murphy Student Center, Main Campus
Hours: 8:30am-5pm, Monday-Weds & Friday; 10am-5pm, Thursday
Phone: 541-440-4621
IMPORTANT! Please check your Student Email and Student Self Service as we have began processing aid for 2016-2017. Check to see if you still have requirements that need to be turned in.
Ann Abel - Contact
Veterans Certifying Official
Phone: 541-440-4621
If you have forms to drop off, there is a drop box in front of the Veterans Education Benefits Office window.
Apply For Veterans Education Benefits
New application VA Form 22-1990
Change of school/major VA Form 22-1995
New application VA Form22-5490.
Change of school/major 22-5495
Apply at:
Veterans Only:
Veterans & Dependents:
VonApp: vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/default.asp
Paper applications available at UCC Veterans Education Benefits Office
Request Official Transcripts From the Military and Other Colleges and/or Universities
Air Force: www.metc.mil/registrar/transcripts.php, then go to Request by Fax.
All other branches: https://jst.doded.mil/smart/registration.do. Set up account, when next page comes up click on Transcripts at top of page, then click on Official Transcripts on left side of page, follow prompts.
All transcripts should be sent to:
Umpqua Community College - Admissions Office
PO Box 967 | Roseburg, OR 97470
Apply For Admission To UCC
Online: www.umpqua.edu/getting-started
In person: UCC Welcome Center
Complete Online Orientation and quiz.
Take Placement Tests at Campus Center Advising Office (phone: 541-440-4610)
Meet with an Advisor to schedule classes - Let them know you are receiving Veterans Education Benefits.
How Do I Get Paid?
Submit term schedule and bill to UCC Veterans Education Benefits Office (VEBO)
Submit revised term schedule and bill as appropriate.
Veterans Information Letter
Veterans General Information Form
Veterans submit Member 4 copy of DD-214
Payment arrangements may need to be made
Advance pay requests available at VEBO
Check your Student Email often
Optional & Additional Resources
File for Financial Aid at www.fafsa.ed.gov
Apply for scholarships at www.umpqua. edu/scholarships
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VERONA, N.Y. --- Vaughn Taylor managed to keep his tunnel vision. A brief patch of good weather helped immensely.
The Evans resident shot his second consecutive 5-under-par 67 on Friday to take a one-shot lead after two rounds in the Turning Stone Resort Championship. He is at 10-under 134 after another cold, wet and somewhat windy day at Atunyote Golf Club.
Tied for second were Matt Kuchar (68), rookie Leif Olson (69), and Nicholas Thompson (67), whose 14-year-old sister, Alexis, was tied for the second-round lead at the Navistar LPGA Classic in Alabama.
Scott Piercy (66), Fredrik Jacobson (67), and Bo Van Pelt (66) were 8-under. Van Pelt moved into contention with seven birdies on the back nine, six of them in a row. Tim Petrovic (71), who shared the first-round lead with Olson, was at 7-under, tied with Australian rookie Aron Price (65), Jimmy Walker (69) and Troy Matteson (67).
Augusta native Charles Howell shot 72 and is seven back.
Turning Stone is the first tournament of the Fall Series, which is comprised of five events. Players are vying to finish the year in the top 125 on the money list to retain full exemption for 2010, and the 33-year-old Taylor is right on the cusp at No. 131 ($519,282).
"I try not to think about it. Whatever is meant to be is meant to be," Taylor said after his best back-to-back rounds since he notched his lone top 10 of the season, a tie for eighth at the Buick Open in August.
In two trips around the 7,482-yard Atunyote course, Taylor hit 13 of 14 fairways and 16 of 18 greens in regulation. On Friday, he birdied three of the four par 5s, rolled in a 28-foot birdie putt at No. 9 to reach 9-under, and sandwiched a pair of birdies around a bogey at No. 11 to take the lead.
"It keeps the momentum going when you birdie the par 5s," Taylor said. "It just makes it easier on you."
So, too, did that brief dose of decent weather.
"It was pretty pleasant for a while there," Taylor said. "It was drier, but still awfully wet, and then the last few holes the wind started picking up."