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Distributed Multiplatform Framework is a component-based programming framework using XML (or currently a hardcoded variant) as the repository. The samples are implemented either in console or wxWidgets. This shows the independence of the GUI or UI.
Release Notes: This release adds a bugfix for the case in which UML attributes are reversed in their order while roundtrip, a feedback mechanism for users, and new settings to support database backend type setting per application and system.
iBodyFat calculates your body fat percentage and keeps a log of your results. Two different calculations are presented for each measurement made. The body fat percentage formulas used by iBodyFat are the girth body fat calculations invented by the U.S. Navy and professional body builder and writer Hugo Rivera. For taking girth body fat measurements, no special equipment is needed. All that is required is a vinyl tape measure.
Release Notes: This is the initial release.
Java Gearman Service is a Java implementation of the gearman service, which provides a generic application framework that farms work out to other machines or processes that are better suited to do the work. It allows you to do work in parallel, to load balance processing, and to call functions in other languages. It can be used in a variety of applications, from high-availability Web sites to the transport of database replication events.
Release Notes: The service now uses the slf4j logging facade, allowing the user to have better control over logging. Persistent background jobs are now supported though an application hook. The API has been updated to be more user friendly, and it makes it easier to create divide-and-conquer/mapreduce applications (breaking the code of previous versions) A .properties file now may be used to set property values and fine-tune the application. The javadocs have been completed. Various bugfixes have been applied.
Vendetta Online is a multi-platform 3D space-combat MMO for Windows, Mac, Linux/32 and Linux/64. The game permits players to interact in a vast online galaxy; fighting, trading, and mining their way to success. A "twitch" type real-time combat model makes true player skill the deciding factor instead of character advancement. Massive capital-ship battles shake the foundations of the major nations at war, while others struggle to push back the encroachment of the AI "Hives". A no-strings free trial is available.
Release Notes: All missions that you can take are now visible, across the galaxy. Each mission shows the nearest station to you which has the mission. The Serco/Itani and Valent/Axia factions are now mutually exclusive above Neutral. All players with characters who violate this are given the option to select on which factions they want keep their standings. Temp KOS now persists across logins and sector jumps for 15 minutes. The release fixes a crash on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) when attempting to use a plugged-in joystick.
DomCore is a set of PHP Foundation classes which are ready to be extended to give basic capabilities to your applications. It features a powerful template replacement engine, a language engine for I18N, an extended debugging mode, enhanced error and exception management, Java-like programming (you can't use a class attribute without declaring it first), serializable class management, mass file operations (full directory copy and delete), shared memory management, multi-level caches on data sources, and implementation of programation patterns.
Release Notes: An error has been corrected in WATemplate: the ?? metaelement was not working as specified. WATemplate has been modified to support path data access into the data array (i.e., ??VAR1>VAR2>VAR3:templateid??), to use hierarchic accessibility on templates (if the template does not exists in a level, it will be searched in the father), and to support a new meta element {{...}} to directly access an entry in the data array. A new example has been added for path data and the {{...}} meta element.
check_logfiles is a plugin for Nagios which checks logfiles for defined patterns. It is capable of detecting logfile rotation. If you tell it how the rotated archives look, it will also examine these files. Unlike check_logfiles, traditional logfile plugins were not aware of the gap which could occur, so under some circumstances they ignored what had happened between their checks. A configuration file is used to specify where to search, what to search, and what to do if a matching line is found.
Release Notes: The parameter --timeout now aborts running searches in a controlled manner.
Padre is an IDE for Perl developers. It provides syntax highlighting for many languages, but for Perl it also provides refactoring tools.
Release Notes: Improvements to debugger support. Stability improvements (fewer segfaults). Many GUI improvements.
HPCC (High Performance Computing Cluster) stores and processes large quantities of data, processing billions of records per second using massive parallel processing technology. Large amounts of data across disparate data sources can be accessed, analyzed, and manipulated in fractions of seconds. HPCC functions as both a processing and a distributed data storage environment capable of analyzing terabytes of information.
Release Notes: This release includes enhanced security with full LDAP support, improvements to ECL IDE and Client Tools, updates to Packaged Documentation and Graph Control, plus the latest HPCC VM Image and much more.
Monitorix is a lightweight system monitoring tool designed to monitor as many services and system resources as possible. It has been created to be used under production Linux/UNIX servers, but due to its simplicity and small size may also be used on embedded devices as well.
Release Notes: This is mainly a maintenance version with some bugfixes, the most important for a bug which prevented monitoring multiple MySQL servers. It supports using the socket file for the connection to the MySQL server and the new option IMAP_DATE_LOG_FORMAT to help match with the Dovecot date log format.
UMLet is a lightweight tool for rapidly drawing UML diagrams, with a sound and pop-up-free user interface. UMLet lets you draw diagram sketches quickly, teach UML with a simple user interface, and export diagrams to SVG, JPG, PDF, and LaTeX-friendly EPS. It features a fast, text-based way of editing UML elements.
Release Notes: Improved handling of special characters. Config file writes to the home directory. The ability to open multiple diagrams.
Yate is a next-generation telephony engine. While currently focused on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and PSTN, its power lies in its ability to be easily extended. It supports SIP, H.323, IAX, MGCP, Jingle, Jabber, E1, T1, analogic, robbed bit, ISDN PRI, BRI, and SS7. YateClient is an Instant Messenger and Voice application for Jabber/Jingle IM, SIP, H.323, and IAX VoIP protocols.
Release Notes: This release brings a GVoice module for sending DTMF at answer time, an iSAC codec, and support for new Wanpipe drivers. Minor fixes: T.38 timings and client issues on the Mac.
Makepasswd generates pseudo-random passwords of a desired length. It is able to generate its crypted equivalent.
Release Notes: This release contains a documentation update for makepasswd, including a manual page. It also introduces a new operation mode, enumerating all the passwords likely for a given character set and length.
JID is a system which can deserialize, update, and reserialize a map of 100,000 entries in half a millisecond on an i7 at 3.40 GHz. Serialization/reserialization timings are largely independent of the size and complexity of the table entries. Incremental serialization/deserialization is used to achieve high performance.
Release Notes: This release simplifies the API for tuple/list/map.
The Web Help Desk is customizable cross-platform help desk software. It includes an iPhone app, email-to-ticket conversion, LDAP and Active Directory integration, trouble ticket email notifications, support for billable hours, a self-service knowledge base, asset management components, and much more. It has permissions-based access, including a customer service Web portal, help desk technicians, and help desk administrators.
Release Notes: This release adds a number of feature updates and fixes.
JActor is a high-performance Java Actor implementation that can send 150 million messages per second, making it one of the fastest Actor implementations in any language.
Release Notes: This release fixes a critical bug in JAFactory.
Xiwtool simplifies connecting a Linux computer's wireless card to a nearby Wireless Access Point. It allows anyone to browse nearby networks and can help you configure a Linux machine to connect to a WAP. It is compatible with any Linux system with a graphical desktop and wireless card, and can configure wireless connections on most systems which use ifup and ifdown to connect to the Internet.
Release Notes: This release adds user options to control configuration timeout and scan frequency, and minor user and driver interface updates.
DragonDisk is a powerful file manager for S3 compatible cloud storage services, such as Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage. It allows you to back up, share, and organize your data thanks to an intuitive interface. Features include multiple windows; copy / move between Amazon S3 accounts; a multi-threaded HTTP/HTTPS engine; drag and drop; rename files and folders; filename filters; BiTorrent, time limited, and signed URLs; client side encryption; a metadata editor; ACL inheritance; detailed operations logs; and support for versioning.
Release Notes: This release supports "Cloudian powered clouds", supports the "Nifty Cloud Storage" provider (Japan), adds a "cleanup" feature for versioning enabled buckets, and revises proxy support.
Ultimix is a framework for developing Web-based applications (CMS, portals, ERPs, etc.) It includes multi-language support, permits management, an MVC mini framework, package structure, a template engine, a Javascript library, a simple GUI library, a caching system, and CAPTCHA.
Release Notes: An error in the admin.html page has been fixed. The user controller and view have been refactored. An error in the user activation form has been fixed. An error in the user editing form has been fixed.
The Gnome Chemistry Utils includes the following programs: a 2D chemical editor (GChemPaint), a chemical calculator (computes raw formule, molar weight, mass composition, and isotopic pattern), a 3D molecule viewer using OpenGL to display molecular models, a crystal structure viewer and editor, a spectrum viewer, and a periodic table of the elements.
Release Notes: This release fixes text position serialization for GChemPaint [#34947], fixes a crash which occurred when selecting the alignment item inside a mechanism step [#35626], and adds a Basque translation.
Pulma is a tiny and agile framework for fast development of FastCGI Web applications written in Perl.
Release Notes: This release adds several bugfixes.
Aspose.Cells is a .NET component for spreadsheet reporting without using Microsoft Excel. It supports a robust formula calculation engine, pivot tables, VBA, workbook encryption, named ranges, spreadsheet formatting, drawing objects like images, OLE objects, and importing or creating charts. You can also create Excel files using a designer spreadsheet, smart marker, or API and apply formulae and functions. It supports CSV, SpreadsheetML, PDF, and all file formats from Excel 97 to Excel 2007.
Release Notes: This release adds extensive support for the DataView object, lets users import more than 65,536 records (this was a restriction in older versions), enhances the ComboBox control for the XLSM file format, fixes a number of bugs (especially "Build Error C2686" for C++ users), improves the quality of the chart-to-image, Excel-to-PDF conversion, and worksheet-to-image features (and fixes their relative formatting and other rendering issues), and enhances the pivot table rendering module continuously.
mixd.tv helps you discover videos from your favorite online sources. You can use text searches or browse channels, add your favorite videos to the video library or publish them to the mixd.tv community in a playlist or via Facebook, and subscribe to channels and receive automatic updates.
Release Notes: This release features a minimized video mode, which keeps playing while you browse for the next video to watch. It also has a medium size mode to allow you to watch while using other programs.
Moneychanger is a GUI built on top of Open Transactions, a financial crypto library. Moneychanger can be used to create pseudonyms, issue currencies, open accounts, withdraw and deposit cash (untraceable digital cash), write and deposit cheques, trade on markets, and much, much more.
Release Notes: The high-level Java API (which wraps the lower-level C++ API) was rewritten to go along with big updates to the application protocol for OT version 0.80c.
The Open-Transactions project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust, commercial-grade, fully-featured, free-software toolkit implementing a full-strength financial cryptography library, API, CLI, and prototype server. Open-Transactions democratizes financial and monetary actions. You can use it for issuing currencies/stock, paying dividends, creating asset accounts, sending/receiving digital cash, writing/depositing cheques, cashier's cheques, creating basket currencies, trading on markets, scripting custom agreements, recurring payments, escrow, etc. Strong crypto is used. Balances are unchangeable (even by a malicious server). Receipts are destructible and redundant. The transactions are unforgeable. The cash is untraceable. The cheques are non-repudiable.
Release Notes: This release focuses on the application protocol with respect to stability, synchronization, and optimization. Make sure you use Moneychanger version 0.9 for this version of OT.
The file renaming utilities (renameutils for short) are a set of programs designed to make renaming of files faster and less cumbersome. qmv ("quick move") allows file names to be edited in a text editor. The names of all files in a directory are written to a text file, which is then edited by the user. The text file is read and parsed, and the changes are applied to the files. qcp copies files instead of renaming them. imv ("interactive move"), is trivial but useful when you are too lazy to type (or even complete) the name of the file to rename twice. It allows a file name to be edited in the terminal using the GNU Readline library. Similarly, icp copies files instead of renaming them.
Release Notes: This release fixes a -d bug and adds an ls variable.


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Desert Diamond Cup final to be broadcast on national television in prime time
Tucson, AZ (Thursday, February 21, 2013) — After a fun and snowy evening on the third night of the Desert Diamond Cup, the end of FC Tucson SoccerFest is just around the corner and FC Tucson wants all of Tucson to send the month-long soccer extravaganza off in style.
Saturday's FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup final between Seattle Sounders FC and Real Salt Lake will be broadcast live on the NBC Sports Network in front of a national television audience in prime time. Not only will the match be the final one held in Tucson but it'll act as the bookend of MLS's preseason and the final push toward the start of the 2013 season.
NBC Sports Network reaches nearly 80 million homes and all those eyes will be on the Old Pueblo to catch the first national glimpse of MLS soccer in 2013. For those who live in Tucson, it's the best chance to show America why Tucson is such a soccer-mad city.
Not only will fans have the chance to be a part of nationally televised sporting event, they'll also experience some other great perks by attending the final:
• A Champion Will be Crowned: Who doesn't love watching a team lift a trophy following a game? Last season the LA Galaxy won the 2012 FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup after an exciting series of penalty kicks and then went on to win MLS Cup 2012. Will Real Salt Lake or Seattle make this a trend? You can watch for yourself!
• One Ticket, Two Matches: The final isn't the only great part about Saturday. Fans who purchase a ticket for Saturday also get to watch the third-place match between the New York Red Bulls and the New England Revolution.
• Look to the Sky: Red Bull will be delivering the match ball for the final from the sky! That's not a typo. The Red Bull Air Force will drop a man from a plane to deliver the match ball.
• Get $5 off Your Ticket: Fans can use the promo code "Soccerfest" to get $5 off any seat in the stadium. The code is only good until midnight Friday, so order your tickets online at www.fctucson.ticketsocket.com now!
• Get Your 2013 FC Tucson Tickets: Want to buy your 2013 FC Tucson season tickets? You can! Head over to the FC Tucson/Kino Sports Complex information table on the concourse to get the 2013 FC Tucson schedule and see the renderings of FC Tucson's new stadium for 2014. Buy 2013 season tickets now and you automatically get in line for 2014 season tickets!
• The VIP Experience: Want to get closer to the MLS action than anyone else? Then buy some VIP seats for the final. Not only will you be sitting closer to the field than anyone but you'll also have access to unlimited world-class catering and a free drink ticket. Plus there is an on-site bar in case your one free drink ticket isn't enough.
• Can't Beat the Weather: Wednesday's snowpacolypse was fun for those who attended. But if good weather is your thing, then it won't get much better than Saturday. The expected forecast is 65 degrees and clear skies.
• Start Your Engines: Audi of Tucson will be displaying their finest vehicles in the parking lot during tailgating hours and on the field in the VIP section. If you like cars and soccer, then Saturday will be a great night for you.
• Safety First: Tucson Medical Center will be handing out complimentary youth bike helmets to all the young fans in the crowd in an effort to promote health and safety in the community.
• Grab Your Gear: The Shop Tucson will be selling plenty of team gear in the concourse during the event. Whether you're looking for MLS gear, Desert Diamond Cup event shirts or FC Tucson jerseys (you can even get the Audi of Tucson logo on them in time for the 2013 season) you can get it all in the concourse.
• Become a Cactus Prick: Nothing makes soccer more fun than the supporters' culture and no supporters group is more fun than the Cactus Pricks, the supporters group for FC Tucson. If you love singing, dancing and showing your soccer passion for an entire match, then sit with the best supporters group in the Premier Development League.
There are plenty of reasons to come out to Saturday's Desert Diamond Cup finals. But simply put: this will be a soccer party. So FC Tucson invites the community to come out and have fun on a Saturday night. It'll be a night to remember.


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Sandygate ABC picked up the area's first titles of 2014, when unbeaten schoolboy prospects "Smokin'" Joe Crawford and Reiko "Riot" Rickwood both boxed in the England Boxing North West Minors Finals at Walkden 6th Form, Salford at the weekend.
First up for the Hargreaves Street club was Ightenhill's Crawford (11) against S. Turner (Croxteth ABC).
Straight from the opening bell, the classy Crawford showed his intentions, connecting well with a lead hand which rocked Turner straight onto the back foot.
A measured round followed, with Turner resorting to holding on many occasions to dampen the onslaught from Crawford, who again dominated, showing great ring craft, connecting with lead and rear hand combinations, switching from head to body while in the clinches. The third and final round was the St Christopher's Year 7 pupil's finest with "Smokin' Joe" showing why he is the talk of the sport with his super stamina coming to the fore, his work rate was as immense as it was in the first round.
Turner returned to the back foot, trying to hold on to any advances instantly, which only resulted in Crawford working the body, scoring throughout.
The Burnley boxer's hand was raised the victor with a unanimous 3:0 verdict from all the judges ringside.
Stoops Estate's Rickwood was next up, facing Class A 43kg Schoolboy champion M. Jeory (Preston and Fulwood ABC).
Rickwood was matched by size and frame with Jeory, but that was the only similarity as Rickwood showed total control of the bout, catching his foe with classic lead/rear straight punches to the head, rolling out of any returns, then countering with his now trademark rear upper-cut, lead hand jab.
The second, much like the first, was a one-sided affair, with the Hameldon Year 7 pupil dominating once more, cutting the large championship ring down in size so Jeory had no let-up from his long reach.
The third round saw the Sandygate prospect control once more, keeping it basic with rigid, straight punches and countering any volleys from Jeory with instant scoring blows.
Again it was a easy decision for the judges present as Rickwood's hand was raised aloft by the man in the middle after another unanimous 3:0 score.
Both now go through to the England Boxing quarter-finals in March.
Hoping to be joining them is Griffin Estate's Dylan "Deadly" Lord (11), who boxes against Bury ABC's A. Javid next week for the 41.5kg title again in Salford.
Anyone interested in joining Sandygate can via www.sandygateabc.com


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The field survey form rated battlefield integrity through the eyes of the survey team. While these observations are valuable in terms of how the battlefield landscapes are perceived subjectively, for the purposes of this study it was deemed important to find a more objective measure of the loss or retention of integrity. For this we turned to the Cultural Resources GIS Facility for a computer analysis of land use within the battlefield study and core areas. Computer mapping and analysis software, collectively known as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) were used in this study to create a mosaic map by combining many different modern and historic maps; to document study and core areas, to assess current land uses within defined areas; and to calculate statistics for land parcels.
The battlefield study and core areas were reduced to a computer format to enable various comparisons. The average size of study areas of the fifteen battlefields was 5,727 acres, ranging from 3,082 acres at Front Royal to 22,274 acres at Second Winchester. The size of the Front Royal study area accurately reflects the smaller numbers of troops engaged and their restricted deployment along the main roads. Second Winchester, on the other hand, involved a larger force, a network of Union entrenchments, two sweeping flank marches by Confederate forces that literally encircled the town of Winchester, and three days of fighting and maneuvering. The study areas of the Valley's two major battles (in terms of forces engaged and casualties) at Opequon and Cedar Creek were 11,670 acres and 15,607 acres respectively.
Because the study areas of several battlefields overlap, the total acreage for the study areas of the fifteen battlefields was 85,909 acres, 3.4 percent of the area of the Shenandoah Valley under consideration. Battlefield core areas ranged in size from 944 acres at Front Royal to 6,252 acres at Cedar Creek. The mean size of the core areas was 2,415 acres. Total acreage included in the battlefield core areas was 33,844 acres, 1.4 percent of the Valley's land area.
Figure 14 presents the integrity of the battlefields as determined by the GIS analysis. The percentage of built-up lands was computed for the battlefield study and core areas, using available 1973 land use data. These figures were then updated by on-site field inspections. In general, built-up lands, new roads, and quarries were subtracted from study and core area acreage, to achieve an integrity rating. One exception was built-up areas that were residential at the time of the Civil War and that still retain a similar scale and density, such as the old towns of Winchester, New Market, and McDowell. These districts were felt to support battlefield integrity. Retention of 75-100 percent natural and agricultural lands rated ``Good,'' 50-74 percent rated ``Fair,'' 25-49 percent rated ``Poor,'' and less than 25 percent rated ``Lost.'' As presented, the GIS analysis reflects the relative integrity of the battlefields as of 1991.
Figure 15 compares the findings of the field survey with the GIS integrity assessment. The field surveyors were more critical of visual intrusions, particularly of highways, bridges, powerlines, and construction within the battlefield cores. Four battlefields ranked good by GIS were ranked fair by the field survey team: Cedar Creek, Fisher's Hill, Cool Spring, and Tom's Brook. Four battlefields ranked fair by the GIS methodology, were ranked poor by the field survey: Second Winchester, Second Kernstown, and New Market. Both methods agreed on the goodintegrity of McDowell, Cross Keys, Piedmont, and Port Republic, on the fair integrity of First Kernstown, on the poor integrity of Opequon and Front Royal, and the lost condition of First Winchester. Although the integrity ranking derived through GIS differed in these instances from the field survey rating, both methods cluster the battlefields similarly toward the top and bottom of the scale.
The GIS method generates a gross ratio between land of high and low integrity and does not measure many visual intrusions that are apparent in the field. A minor intrusion in terms of acreage might appear as a major visual intrusion, depending on the location and setting. In this sense, the computer is more forgiving than the critical observer. This reference data is crucial, however, for obtaining a more objective view of the current status of the battlefields. Where the GIS rating is considerably higher than the field survey rating, perhaps, visual intrusions could be removed or masked to improve integrity. The GIS assessment will provide a reference point for monitoring further loss of integrity.
Several interesting facts emerged from a regional analysis of the battlefield study areas. The study areas contain a higher proportion of agricultural land (63 percent) than is the case for the Valley as a whole (37 percent). Due to this, changes in agricultural patterns or loss of agricultural land tend to have a higher impact on the battlefields than on the overall Valley landscape. Forests make up more than 56 percent of the Valley's acreage but only about 21 percent of battlefield acreage. This is accounted for by the fact that the Valley's forests are more concentrated in the higher elevations, while battles typically were fought on lower, flatter ground. In addition, built-up lands are more concentrated in the battlefield study areas (14 percent) than in the Valley as a whole (6 percent), reflecting the location of battlefields on or near important towns and transportation nodes. A relatively high level of existing residential development within a battlefield study area indicates that further development in the vicinity is probable due to current zoning and continued growth. Figure 5 shows the pattern of agricultural land use in the Shenandoah Valley.
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FORT SASKATCHEWAN -- It's March Madness in the Alberta Junior Hockey League, and they are down to the Final Four.
The Fort Saskatchewan Traders will play host to the South Division's Okotoks Oilers tonight in the Fort (7:30 p.m.) at the Jubilee Rec Centre, while the Grande Prairie Storm travel to Camrose to face the Kodiaks in the other semi-final match-up.
After sweeping the defending AJHL champion Fort McMurray Oil Barons in four straight games the No.2 ranked Junior A team in Canada knows that if Fort Mac was one level, Okotoks is a whole other level in itself.
"They are a team that makes you be aware everytime your out on the ice," said Traders head coach Brett Cox.
"Okotoks has three lines that can score. Their defense is big and strong, and their goaltender (Bradley Eidsness) has been recognized by the NHL scouts."
The Traders couldn't be entering their AJHL semi-final series any hotter.
Their last loss was Jan.12. Since then they have rattled off 18 straight wins that include four in the playoffs.
"Our guys have been practising and playing at a high level right from day one, and they have certainly benefited from that," added Cox, who feels the Traders depth will help them prevail in this series.
"Our veterans have played the way we need them to play, and our rookies have played so well for us, you can't really call them rookies anymore. We have success when we play our strong brand of Traders hockey shift and shift out."
The series will have two premier goaltenders in Eidsness and future Team Canada Women's National goaltender Shannon Szabados between the pipes for the Traders.
Szabados has been lights out in the first four games of the playoffs posting a 0.56 GAA and a .970 SV% to go along with one shutout. Eidsness has posted a 7-4 record and 2.76 GAA and a .900 SV%.


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Students who pursue an associate degree graduate ready to contribute as members of a technology team and are knowledgeable about web design and systems, systems administration, and have built a programming skills foundation. Graduates of this program are prepared to understand the organization and technology of computers, databases, networking, and other information technologies. Students are introduced to the breadth of technologies and to the basics of the business world.
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when life gives you lemons, make lemonade or if all else fails, eat--that is what my husband and i have been doing since he was laid off a couple months ago--we have gone on cheap eats tours of the east village, chinatown, and hell's kitchen--i'd like to do one of greenwich village/ the west village too and would love some ideas--
i am familiar with many of the spots in the nyu area--m'amoun's (sp?), dosa cart etc. but had read about an indian sandwich place called aamchi pao that sounded interesting, as do the dark chocolate cupcakes at sweet revenge (though not that cheap)--baoguette also sounds good---i am open to any and all types of food--but would prefer it be portable, or easily eaten to-go -- am not really interested in sit-down restaurants or eating a full-meal anywhere.
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I recently read a letter from a Texas Tech fan to the Austin American-Statesman about the taunting of a Texas Tech player by some UT fans at a baseball game.
No one is a bigger sports fan, and especially a University of Texas sports fan, than I am. However, in my opinion, any time someone makes hurtful fun of someone else, whether it is at a UT game or anywhere else, it is mean, and it is wrong.
Unfortunately, this happens in the sports arena far too often at all levels and at all ages. Sports are meant to be fun, and it is not fun when you, or even worse your child, is the victim of jeers and taunts. And it is beyond my comprehension that anyone else thinks this is fun, either.
I have sent a copy of this letter to the Austin American Statesman as well. Hopefully, this letter will show that not all UT fans are that bad.
BYLINE1:Debra J. MannAustinUT's Bad BunchI was among the Texas Tech baseball fans who traveled to Austin (April 16-18) to attend the much-anticipated series against the Texas Longhorns.
BYLINE2:I went to enjoy a weekend of collegiate baseball at it's very best. I didn't know that my trip to Disch-Falk Field was going to include a Carnival Freak Show as well. I am talking about the circus monkey antics of the UT heckling section known as the "Wild Bunch."
I will be the first to admit that I don't mind letting an umpire know how I feel about certain calls, but never in my wildest dreams would I attack the physical characteristics of any member of a team or taunt his family about their features as well.
I am referring to Saturday's game when Tech shortstop Lance Woodcock looked up into the stands to witness one of the "Wild Bunch" taking a swing at his father. It seems as if the "Wild Bunch" felt that the size of Woodcock's ears did not meet with their approval, and they took it upon themselves to taunt him relentlessly.
His father's attempts to stop their spineless remarks resulted in a shoving match which prompted the proud, young shortstop to abandon his position and run to the fence to protect his family. Security intervened to settle the dispute, Coach (Larry) Hays intervened to settle down his shortstop... and then God intervened to settle the score as Lance stood at home plate a few innings later and busted one over the fence for a triumphant home run.
After that, the UT heckling section was "eerily" quiet. Tech went on to win the game. It was a sweet victory, and I left the park satisfied that the "Wild Bunch" had learned a lesson. I was wrong.
I arrived at the park Sunday to find that the "Wild Bunch" section was sporting a new look. They were wearing large oversized rubber ears and were laughing among themselves, obviously proud of their ridiculous attire.
I looked around the stadium and was comforted to see that the majority of the UT fans, the ones with class, were not amused at the childish antics of their crass heckling section. I can only speculate that the choice they made to wear the large oversized rubber ears was their way of compensating for their own inadequacies... their small, undersized brains.
According to the number of UT fans who approached the Raider fans after the game apologizing for the behavior of the "Wild Bunch," they are an obvious embarrassment to the team they support, and I don't doubt that the true Longhorn fans wish they would take their Jerry Springer mentality and use it to support mud wrestling and tractor pulls because their classless antics are a disgrace to the game of baseball.
BYLINE1:Becky YatesLubbock
What about Alison?A while back, in the March 25 A-J, there appeared an article penned by Ray Glass concerning the Lady Raiders and their ups and downs in the 98-99 campaign.
In this article, there was much discussion about the prospects for next season.
Keitha Dickerson and Melinda Schmucker most likely will be in the starting lineup. Katrisa O'Neal, Kristi Washington and Amber Tarr hopefully will form a strong perimeter game. Aleah Johnson may step into a starting role and everyone knows that Tanisha Ellison has tremendous potential. Courtney Pastner, Plenette Pierson, Jamie Nagle and Nikki Hendrix round out a stellar recruiting class. It was stated that Plenette may be the answer at the post position.
But for some reason, there was one Lady Raider not mentioned. That would be Alison Cudnoski, the ex-Monterey standout who redshirted this past season. Where does she fit in for next year? Maybe as a key reserve coming off the bench.
Their season did end on a down note in losing to Rutgers, but 30 wins, another Big 12 title and Sweet 16 berth is reason enough to celebrate.
To Cara, Julie, Rene and Angie, thanks for all the memories! As for Marsha Sharp, may she guide the Lady Raiders for another decade or two. You never know what you've got until it's gone.
BYLINE1:Jerry BassLubbock
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Cudnoski suffered a knee injury prior to the 1998-99 season and is undergoing rehabilitation.)
Fan of BubbaIn reference to your article on Bubba Jennings being hired as the new basketball coach at Coronado:
It seems to me Texas Tech could use his skills as a coach.
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Villanova captures first title
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Matt Szczur caught two touchdown passes, ran for 159 yards, and had another 68 yards receiving, leading Villanova to its first Football Championship Subdivision title with a 23-21 victory over Montana last night.
No. 2 Villanova (14-1) won the title in its first championship game appearance and 25 seasons after coach Andy Talley was hired to rebuild the program after the school's four-year absence from the sport.
"Our guys played great. Montana is a super team,'' Talley said.
Top-seeded Montana (14-1) was making a record 17th consecutive appearance in the playoffs. The Grizzlies, the 1995 and 2001 champions, lost to Richmond last year in the title game. Montana also lost in the final in 1996, 2000, and 2004.
Chris Whitney led an 81-yard drive, running for 22 yards on one play and connecting with Szczur for 26 yards on another. Whitney hit Chris Farmer with a 3-yard TD pass to give Villanova a 16-14 lead with 5:26 left in the third quarter.
Whitney completed 10 of 13 for 142 yards, an interception, and the touchdown. He also ran for 102 yards.
Montana's Andrew Selle threw a 53-yard touchdown pass to Jabin Sambrano to pull the Grizzlies to 23-21 with 1:07 left, but the onside kick attempt went out of bounds, and Villanova made a first down before running out the clock.
The Wildcats trailed, 14-9, at halftime after allowing the Grizzlies 246 yards passing in the first two quarters. Talley made adjustments, and the Wildcats found their pass rush after taking the lead.
Selle finished 12 for 35 for 351 yards and three touchdowns. Marc Mariani had 178 yards on nine catches before halftime, but didn't catch a pass in the second half.
"We played really well in the second half and turned the tide,'' Talley said. "In the locker room our guys were pretty subdued, but we knew what we had to do.''


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'He knows his stuff': Sir Alex Ferguson tells Andy Murray how to retain Wimbledon title
SIR Alex Ferguson has given fellow Scot Andy Murray a pep talk on how to maintain a winning formula to help him triumph at Wimbledon for the second year running.
The 13-time Premier League winner spoke with the reigning SW19 champion after his last-16 match last night and gave him a quick pep talk with the 27-year-old just three wins from grand slam glory.
Murray, who has been given advice from the former Manchester United "throughout the year", said that he is a very valuable person to have in his corner.
"He just said a few things, what he's observed when he's been watching me, not necessarily about technical or tactical things, but more sort of mental things, how you respond to tough or tight situations," Murray said.
"Obviously you're going to listen to someone like him. He's witnessed a lot of big sort of tight sporting occasions. He obviously knows his stuff."
But the Olympic gold medallist denied rumours he would be joining his team as a personal advisor.
Murray added: "He's someone I would obviously talk to if something came up that I felt I could benefit from speaking to him about something.
"But I wouldn't see myself employing him or offering him a job within my team. I wouldn't see that happening."
Sir Alex sat in the Royal Box as he watched Murray cruise past South African Kevin Anderson in last night's match on Centre Court 6-4 6-3 7-6 (8/6).
The defending champ is now due to take on 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov, who may prove to be a tougher opponent with the Bulgarian taking the Queen's Club title last month.
Yesterday was filled with a number of rain delays around the outside courts.
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6-year-old Dominick Andujo was killed after trying to save his older sister Amber, 12 who was getting sexually assaulted in their home.
The intruder, Osvaldo Rivera was charged in the attack and was reportedly high on "wet", a PCP-laced marijuana when the attacks occurred.
Both children were sleeping downstairs when Rivera broke in their home and started raping the 12-year-old girl. When Dominick intervened to save his sister, Rivera slit his throat, and Amber was able to run and call for help.
The girl aided police in tracking the suspect by identifying him as "Popeye" which is Rivera's nickname. Police later found him hiding in his apartment between a mattress and the wall. They also found his bloodied shoes which match the footprints found on the scene.
This is the second attack in Camden in less than a month related to PCP. On August 22, another resident decapitated her 2-year-old son, called 911 to admit to her crime, and then killed herself.
Officials will be testing PCP on the streets for any violence-inducing additives.
The children were being watched over by a 14-year-old girl who was unharmed. The teen was caring for them as their mother was hospitalized after a recent surgery. Amber whose windpipes were slashed is now in stable condition.
Rivera is currently charged with murder and attempted murder, among others. His bail is set for $5 million.


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AVON — Temperatures were heated on the field — in more ways than one.
A bench-clearing brawl between the Lake Erie Crushers and the Rockford RiverHawks marred the teams' series finale in the sweltering Wednesday morning heat, with on-field temperatures reaching 104 degrees.
The Crushers (25-28) earned the series sweep with a 10-3 win, improving to 15-13 at All Pro Freight Stadium. However, the brawl was the hot topic of the game.
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"They won on ejections, 3-2," Crushers manager John Massarelli said. "In a game like this, sometimes fights can spark your team. When you're already up, though, sometimes you might awake sleeping dogs. That's always my fear if you're winning.
"Fortunately, we didn't wake them too much and we got the sweep."
The fracas took place in the third, when Lake Erie's Evan Sharpley was walked on four inside pitches by Rockford starter Joe Scumaci (3-1).
"Apparently, Sharpley and (Rockford catcher Carlos) Dominguez couldn't agree on where they wanted to get dinner after the game, or which kid was the loudest in the stands," Massarelli joked. "So they decided to go at it."
Sharpley and Dominguez exchanged words before the catcher charged the former Notre Dame quarterback. Sharpley tackled Dominguez and the pair began throwing punches.
Both benches emptied and the teams clashed on the first-base line.
Jodam Rivera, who was on deck, confronted Scumaci during the melee. The Crushers player was tackled to the ground by Rockford hitting coach Patrick O'Sullivan, setting off another outburst. Lake Erie pitching coach Chris Steinborn exchanged heated words with the RiverHawks coaching staff as he was physically restrained.
Action was delayed for about 20 minutes as umpires Jeremy Stangelo and Jacob Asher sorted everything out. They reviewed the footage after the game to submit a report to the league.
After the dust had settled, ejections were given to Scumaci, Dominguez, Sharpley, Rockford reliever Joey Gradney and Crushers closer Ruben Flores, and suspensions and fines may still be levied by the Frontier League. With this being Rockford's fifth ejection of the season, a league-mandated suspension will likely be handed down to Hawks manager Rich Austin.
A precursor to the brawl took place in the second inning, when Sharpley and Dominguez were involved in a home-plate collision on a fielder's choice grounder from rookie Brian Erie. Sharpley came in high on Dominguez, who held on to the ball and tagged him out.
As Sharpley circled back to the dugout, Dominguez wagged his finger at him.
"It's part of the game," Sharpley said. "I think it stemmed from early on with the little collision between me and the catcher my first time up. He didn't like that too much.
"They went hard in four straight pitches. I think they meant to hit me, but didn't. So I said something to their catcher, asked him what was going on. He told me, 'You know why.' That's just part of the game."
At the time of the brawl, the Crushers had a 3-0 lead and Sharpley's walk loaded the bases with one out. Following the brawl, the Crushers let their bats do the talking against reliever Kevin Patterson.
Rivera hit a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Kellen Kulbacki to make it 4-0. Robby Kuzdale followed with an RBI bloop single to right, scoring Jason Taylor to make it 5-0.
Then Erie — who was making his Crushers debut — drilled a shot down the right-field line for a two-run double to make it 7-0. Erie was thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple, but the damage was done.
None of the runs were earned thanks to an error by Rockford third baseman Jake Eigsti.
"We executed before the fight with some hit-and-runs and moving guys from first to third," Massarelli said. "After the fight, we had a couple of clutch two-out hits that really broke it open for us."
The brawl overshadowed a solid six-inning outing from Crushers starter Paul Fagan (4-7), who was roughed up in the Crushers only other morning home game on June 1.
Fagan blanked the RiverHawks (23-31) for five innings before giving up three runs in the sixth. He gave up four hits, two walks and struck out five.
"It felt good early on, but my command was up a bit in the second inning," Fagan said. "We needed a series like this. The run support makes it a bit easier, but nothing's easy in that heat. I attacked guys inside and relied on my sinker and was able to stick to my game plan."
The three runs in the sixth — all unearned — snapped an 18-inning scoreless streak for the RiverHawks against the Crushers.
"I think Paul fed off of what (Josh) Roberts did (Tuesday)," Massarelli said. "That's the kind of guy Paul is — he wants to top the last guy. And, he effectively did. It was good to see."
Rookies Erie and T.J. Baumet made their home debuts good ones for the Crushers. Erie went 2-for-3 with two doubles and three RBIs, while Baumet went 1-for-1 with a double and two runs scored.
Andrew Davis extended his on-base streak to 24 games with a fourth-inning triple. Jodam Rivera's on-base streak is at 20 games with his RBI double in the fifth.
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Formycon AG Appoints Top US Pharmaceuticals Manager Bernhard Hampl to the Advisory Board
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Munich, Germany, March 13, 2014 / B3C newswire / – Formycon AG has expanded its Advisory Board. With Dr. Bernhard Hampl, a top pharmaceuticals manager from the US has been acquired for the advisory body.
Over the past 20 years, Dr. Bernhard Hampl was a successful CEO in large American generics companies such as EON LABS Inc. and later Sandoz US, which after fusion of the two companies became America's second-largest manufacturer of generics. Dr. Hampl, who started his career at the German subsidiary of American Cyanamid /Lederle in Wolfratshausen near Munich, has been living in Connecticut/USA for the past 20 years and brings wide-ranging international experience to Formycon. Today, he advises companies from the field of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology as well as investment companies. For Formycon AG, which has now progressed into the advanced phases of preclinical development with its first projects and is striving for international cooperations – above all in the USA – the expertise provided by Dr. Hampl, who has a doctorate in the field of pharmaceutical chemistry, represents a very valuable addition to the competences of the Advisory Boards.
Dr. Carsten Brockmeyer, CEO of Formycon AG, said. "I'm very pleased that we were able to enlist Dr. Bernhard Hampl, a recognised expert who knows his way around the US pharmaceuticals market and who successfully built up and managed several pharmaceutical companies in the USA. His competence will be highly regarded in the Advisory Board."


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This historic home features a large, fully equipped kitchen with breakfast nook and banquette seating. The kitchen is open to the large living/dining room and this spacious layout provides opportunities for family interactions and a perfect environment for entertaining.
The master bedroom has a queen size bed and an attached master bathroom. An adorable additional bedroom is furnished with two twin beds. The sleeping den features another twin bed. An airbed provides the option for an additional guest.
The downstairs of the home features a second full bath, washer and dryer and storage area. The bright airy living room has comfortable seating and amazing views of Liberty Bay as well as a tv with cable and dvd's.
The large front and back yards present many opportunities for entertaining, playing, relaxing and enjoying the view of the mountains and Liberty Bay.
This tremendous location is across from the Yacht Club and Poulsbo Marina. Lions Park with its playground and tennis courts is a 4 minute walk from the house. It is an 8 minute walk to Historic downtown Poulsbo featuring restaurants, art galleries, shops, entertainment, attractions and Scandinavian charm.
Great property, nice, neat and clean. It was difficult to find though. I recommend adding instructions or placing signs to direct travelers to the location.
We loved this beautiful home with great views of the bay. It was well stocked and cozy with plenty of room and conveniently located to the town of Poulsbo. The owner was so responsive to the one issue that came up (not her fault). We will definitely be back!
We stayed there 3 nights for the Memorial Day weekend. The house is well equipped, clean and well located in Poulsbo. House has just about anything you need to for a relaxing get away...some movies, magazines, board games, nice patio, good well kept yard. There is a playground nearby as well. Owners were very professional and nice.
We stayed here 4 nights in January while visiting family. Such a comfortable and clean home! Very charming bedrooms, large well equipped kitchen, beautiful views of Liberty Bay from the living areas and a nice yard with birds and squirrels to watch. Soft towels, comfortable warm beds, candles, DVDs, books, magazines and games were all special touches. We enjoyed walking into the waterfront part of Poulsbo for a meal and shopping in the quaint shops. Even when the weather was grey and drizzly we felt warm and snug inside. The stairs down to the bottom floor laundry and second bathroom are steep but carpeted, and there is a nice bathroom on the main floor to access if needed. The owner was very pleasant to deal with and responded promptly to queries. We look forward to booking this charming house again when we next visit Poulsbo. I wish we could visit in summer!
We have stayed at this home twice in the past year, and it truly feels like a home away from home to us. A few highlights are the large kitchen and breakfast nook, the cozy living room with its lovely view of the bay and mountains, the master bedroom with large attached bathroom, and the large flat yard with sweet views. The location allows for easy walks to the park and downtown Poulsbo. The home is clean and well stocked. We definitely plan to stay here again.
My family and I stayed at this house on our recent visit to Poulsbo and surrounding area. The house was comfortable, clean and had great views of Liberty Bay! Easy walking access to downtown Poulsbo and getting to the Bainbridge ferry to Seattle was an easy trip. The only negative is that the 3rd bedroom and bath are downstairs in the basement (but clean and updated) and the stairs are a little narrow and steep. But overall, we would definitely stay at the home again on our next trip.
Stroll down Front Street as it winds its way through the heart of town along Liberty Bay. Discover a wide varity of shops that offer everything from fine art, antiques, apparel, gift shops and specialities. Find everything from espresso stops, cafe's to fine dining in cozy places for families and friends to gather.
Enjoy the view from a beach at delightful Waterfront Park or follow the unique boardwalk along the shore. Look for seals, herons, migratory birds and raptors.
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Relax and give yourself plenty of time for a day full of fun and food for the whole family in Washington's ' Little Norway ' on the fjord.
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ATLANTA - After signing off on a trade with the Kansas City Royals Tuesday, general manager John Schuerholz called his new setup man and welcomed him to the Braves. What the reliever said in response is still a bit of a mystery.
"Octavio Dotel was so excited," Schuerholz said, "I couldn't understand much of what he said."
Dotel, for whom Atlanta gave up pitcher Kyle Davies, was leaving a last-place team for a legitimate playoff contender. But that wasn't the only reason he was so happy.
The 33-year-old right-hander spent eight months in Atlanta in 2005 while recovering from Tommy John surgery. And long before then, he had imagined what it might be like to play for the Braves.
"I always wanted to play for this club as a kid," said Dotel, a native of the Dominican Republic. "I can say my dream has come true."
The last few weeks have been anxious ones for Dotel, who like first baseman Mark Teixeira heard his name mentioned in frequent trade rumors.
He had just signed a one-year, $5 million contract with the Royals last offseason, and was unsure where he would end up next.
Los Angeles? Detroit? New York? Boston?
"It's been crazy," Dotel said. "Even though you don't want to hear it, every day somebody comes to you and says, 'What's going to happen? Where are you going to go?' "
"I never thought Atlanta was going to be interested in me, because in the rumors, I never heard Atlanta," he said. "Next thing I know, I'm going to Atlanta."
Dotel had his best seasons in Houston, pitching for the Astros from 2000 to 2004. In 2006, his first time back on the mound after the surgery, Dotel had a brief and unsuccessful stint with the New York Yankees. He gave up 12 earned runs in 10 innings, but said he had not yet fully recovered from the surgery.
This year, he said his elbow is fully recovered. And he was effective as the Royals' closer, converting 11 of 14 save opportunities.
"I've faced Octavio Dotel in the past, and I don't want to face him," Teixeira said. "So I'm glad he's on my team."
Dotel had a successful, if hardly noticed, debut in Wednesday's 12-4 win over the Astros. He pitched a perfect ninth inning and had one strikeout. But despite his experience as a closer, he's not expecting to have his number called in the ninth too often.
Bob Wickman will remain the team's closer, with Dotel and Rafael Soriano sharing setup duties.
"Just because I've been a closer somewhere, it doesn't mean I'm going come over here and take his job," Dotel said. "That's not what I'm trying to do. The reason I came over here was just to help in the bullpen."
Carlyle feels OK
Buddy Carlyle said he felt only minimal pain Thursday after hyper-extending his right elbow during Wednesday's game. The pitcher received ice treatment Thursday on the elbow, which he injured while swinging during an at-bat, and said he does not expect to miss his next start.
"It'll be fine," Carlyle said. "It wasn't a result of throwing, so I don't think throwing will aggravate it."
Hitting hard at home
It's hard to believe these are the same Braves that scored just one run during a five-game losing streak at Turner Field in June. Since the All-Star break, entering Thursday, Atlanta ranked second in the National League in home batting average (.319), second in home runs at home (15) and second in runs per home game (6.9). Before the break, Atlanta was the second worst team in the league in home batting average (.248) and runs per game (3.9).
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Cy Ranch girls send message with shutout of Cy-Fair
Published 9:52 pm, Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Cypress Ranch went in to Tuesday's soccer game hoping to prove something to themselves.
The Lady Mustangs did more than that. They sent a message to all of Cy-Fair ISD.
Cy Ranch scored three times in the first half-hour and then cruised the rest of the way for a 3-0 victory over visiting Cy-Fair - the first in school history.
The victory allows Cy Ranch to remain atop the District 17-6A standings with a 4-0 mark. Entering this week, Cy Ranch, Cy-Fair and Cy Woods were in a first-place tie.
Winning by one goal would have been big enough for Cy Ranch. Winning by three goals and severly limiting Cy-Fair's scoring chances was something else altogether. Coach Victoria Parsons said the result should set the tone.
"We are on a mission," Parsons said. "That was just one more on the road. This team is full of hard workers, and they're good teammates. They play for each other."
Auburn signee Jessie Gerow scored her 15th goal in the 12th minute after receiving a pass from the midfield. Gerow quickly turned on her defender and sprinted around her into the penalty area. After creating space she hit a powerful shot into the side netting at the far post.
Four minutes later, freshman Alyssa Austin headed home a beauty from an impossible angle after a far post cross from Hayley Halliday. Brie Guerrero ended the scoring when she outran two defenders to a ball she knocked ahead herself and then kicked in the rebound of her first shot.
It was the kind of clinical finishing Cy Ranch hopes to have the rest of the regular season and into the playoffs. The Lady Mustangs and the rest of Cy-Fair ISD's playoff qualifiers will need to be in top form in the second round with their probable match-ups with Katy ISD.
Katy ISD is the top girls soccer district in Houston and one of the state's elite. Those teams have had their way with Cy-Fair ISD in the playoffs. Over the last five years Cy-Fair ISD teams have had 15 chances to eliminate a Katy team in the second round. They have succeeded only once - when Cy-Fair played Seven Lakes to a scoreless draw and then won a shootout, 4-1.
Cy-Fair coach Chad Onhaizer got an upclose look at that one. When he got to the district 15 years ago the bottom half of the district teams were not much to write home about. Times are changing this year with at least five teams with a legitimate chance to win in the postseason.
"We all have the ability to compete with (Katy ISD) this year," Onhaizer said. "We're going to make each other better playing these (district) games. That's what makes the Katy district so good. Every night is a playoff game. We're starting to get a little like that, but Katy is tough."
Corey Roepken is a freelance writer.


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I know I'll get a lot of torment from seasoned travelers for not knowing this already. I'm sure you'll point out that its been discussed to death on this very board, but I'm still going to post in case there are a few other clueless shoppers left in the world.
American Express charges 2% of the transaction amount as a service fee to do foriegn currency exchanges on your card. Now this isn't ordinarily a big deal - a few cents on a $20 purchase or a few dollars on your Mexican hotel bill, but I just bought additional time share at my condo and they charged me several hundred dollars to process the transaction.
No need to chastise me for not reading my AmEx contract. I know somewhere in the fine print it says I agreed to this fee. I know I've paid it before on small purchases never even realizing it was more than a fluctuation in the exchange rate. What upsets me is in the marketing of an AmEx card we are told that they get "the most favorable" exchange rates on foreign currency. Implying that that great rate is passed on to the card member. I could have gotten a better exchange rate at the hotel front desk than what AmEx got for me after they took their 2% swipe.
So here's my point. If you are going to make a large purchase or pay a large hotel or cruise bill, think twice about how much addtional that will cost when you get home. I think this policy should be changed. It doesn't cost AmEx any more to process a $10 transaction than it does to process a $1 million transaction. To charge a percentage rather than a flat transaction fee is a real rip off to card members. And please don't tell me that all the card companies charge this fee, or that I should feel lucky that it wasn't more. Its still a rip off.
Mr. Barry Arnold
Sr. VP Customer Serv.
777 American Expressway
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33337
will get a letter from me regarding this policy - asking that it be reconsidered. And I won't make the mistake of using my AmEx for foreign currency transactions again.
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I know I'll get a lot of torment from seasoned travelers for not knowing this already. I'm sure you'll point out that its been discussed to death on this very board, but I'm still going to post in case there are a few other clueless shoppers left in the world.
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How does this compare with Visa, Master card (notably Citibank visa/m.c.)?
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British Banks charge 2.75% for foreign transactions, but they use the wholesale exchange rate so it doesn't make much difference on 'normal' holiday purchases.
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Visa and Mastercard each charge a 1% conversion fee. I called Citi yesterday and their rep told me that they impose an additional 2%, or 3% total. MBNA, on the other hand, said they do not charge an additional fee above the 1%.
Hope this helps,
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TC--Yes, this subject has been discussed many times on this forum, but as others have pointed out, you would have encountered fees on any credit card purchase made outside the US. ALL Visa and Mastercard purchases have a 1% fee that is added on by Visa or MC International, then you may have other fees up to 2% more added by the issuing bank, but you most likely will not know it, since these charges are not itemized separately as Amex does. Of the larger card issuers, only MBNA and Capital One don't add fees onto the standard 1%.
It is extremely unlikely that the exchange rate at your hotel would have been better than the rate you were charged by Amex, since an individual business must pay to convert currency as well.
Even if you had taken cash, you would have had some sort of cost of currency conversion, whether it is listed separately as a fee or folded into the rate. I would be surprised if an American check would be accepted, so that pretty much covers the purchase options.
The bottom line is that currency conversion does cost money, and there is no such thing as a free lunch!
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It doesn't hurt to ask about the rate at your hotel. Two of our hotels in Italy gave the published rate with no service charge as a goodwill gesture to the guests. The other 3 hotels wanted an arm and a leg.
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The bright side is that AmEx is lower than many VISA/MCs because I guess it's only a total of 2 pct whereas many are 3 pct total. And it is true as Barb says that you never would avoid at least 1 pct, so your AmEx additional charge was really only 1 pct. Assuming they process at bank rate (my CC does, I've compared to official rates), I also doubt that you could exchange at a hotel for only 1 pct over wholesale bank rates. I had a hotel in Puerto Vallarta that did actually give a better exchange rate than the local banks (on TCs), but that still wasn't wholesale bank rate in either place, it was a retail exchange rate for small amounts.
I don't believe marketing literature, because it's meant to be deceptive. I think AmEx customers pay a lot just for having that card, right? I guess some people think they give you something that makes a fee worthwhile for having a card, although I don't know what that is. Well, it is actually better than many cards, so another good thing is that if you had had another card, you probably wouldn't have known its rate and it could have been more.
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The rate credit card companies generally use is indeed the most favorable rate i.e. the interbank rate the rate banks settle with each other when exchanging millions of dollars. The 1% mark up is on this interbank rate.
You almost never get anything near the interbank rate when exchanging cash or TC's; not even close. So do not fall for the hype such as the one fro Chase on its currency by mail exchange policy that they don't charge a fee; of course they don't. They simply give you an obscenely low rate. Same thing is true of AAA which brags its foreign currency TC's are available without a fee.....but check out the rate and how much it is more than the interbank rate.
Do remember that every MC/Visa bank passes along the 1% which is added to the amount they send to your bank before it gets there. It is then up to the bank to see if they can rip you off because you are too dumb to understand for the extra 2% fee; a fee that is absolutely throwing money away as there are banks (MBNA and Capital One as well as USAA) that don't pull this stuff. It really does pay to do your homework a little.
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OK, I'll stick my neck out here and be ready to be slammed, and I'm sure I will, but at least I hope the slammers read my full post.
I'm not sure why you are concerned with a 2% fee under the circumstances. Nearly anyone with a little business savy will tell you and you can find out from any reading that buying a time share is one of the worst business "investments" you can make. Since you just "added time" to yours for over $15,000, it is clear that you are buying a time share strictly for your enjoyment not as a good investment --WHICH (AND PLEASE LISTEN TO ME) IS PERFECTLY FINE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND YOU FEEL IT IS WORTH IT TO YOU!! But what difference does $300 make on spending $15,000 that is a very poor "investment" to begin with. (And if anyone wants to know where I got those figures I'm determing "several hundred dollars" to mean a minimum of $300 which is 2% of $15,000.) If I bought a plane ticket that normally should be $200 and instead I paid $1000 for it, the last thing I would be complaining about is a small percentage extra fee. If you are that concerned with good use of your money, why are you adding additional time to your time share? But again, I don't blame you for doing so if you somehow feel the money is worth it to you. But if it is worth $15,000 to you, why isn't it worth $15,300?
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Not only have I found the transaction fee with Amex to be a bit over the top, but the exchange rate itself has never been as favorable as the one used by Mastercard (MBNA).
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In the abstract you are correct...it is not a big deal. But there are 2 points:
1. It is an easy fee to avoid. Simply use a credit card issued by a bank not adding the 2%. It's not as if you have an extreme hassle in tryng to save 2%. If you have a Citibank credit card, call MBNA and within days you'll have an MBNA credit card. Use your Citibank card to your heart's content while in the US; simply use the other card in foreign countries. Seems a painless way to save $300.
2. The other point is most people would probably prefer to save money but are very ignorant of just what is going on and they should be able to make an informed decision. Countless people do not understand they do not have a MasterCard, they have a Citibank MasterCard. The decisions are made by Citibank not Mastercard. So I just feel they should know what's going on; this is the crux of the lawsuit that will make a lot of money for the class action lawyers and will see that we each get 23 cents. Nobody in the law suit said the conversion fees are illegal (although the one's the bank's are charging are immoral), they simply say people were not informed. If you make an informed decision that tossing $300 extra out the window on a trip of a life time, that's fine. But I believe most people would prefer to know just what's going on.
Every man is entitled to his opinion but it should be an informed opinion.
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I just want to understand your point, Patrick - because I can afford to purchase additional time share, I should then want to through away some additional money on outrageous service fees? How do you think I got the money for the time share in the first place? By paying no attention to any financial matters? Because you can afford a nice house, did you pay no attention to the rate of mortgages? because you can drive a nice car do you not care what the finance rate is for the loan or lease? because you can afford a nice suit do you not care what the dry cleaners charges you to press it? Since you have no idea what deal I made for my time share investment, you really aren't in a position to make judgements on my investment savvy. However, that wasn't the point before or now - as XYZ123 states, its about an informed decision. I was only trying to pass along a little information to those who might not be aware.
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XYZ123--the Amex card charges a TOTAL fee of 2%, and I have compared their exchange rate to my MBNA rate for purchases made on the same day and found no difference.
The most that TC could have saved using any other credit card is 1%, because there is 1% already added to every Visa/MC purchase, even MBNA and Capital One! The advantage to MBNA or Capital One is that they don't add on an additional 1-2% as most credit card issuing banks do.
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Barb...isn't that what I said? Amex charges 2%, MBNA and Capital One charge 1%, Citibank, Chase, First USA etc. charge 3% all on top of the interbank rate.
Just one other thought on Amex. Amex is widely accepted in Europe but...I have never seen a merchant who takes Amex who doesn't also take MC or Visa. However, there are lots of merchants (the London Underground, the Paris Metro come immediately to mind) that take MC or Visa but won't touch Amex.
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I have to agree with Barb. I have an AmEx that charges 2% and a Capitol One card that supposedly only charges 1%. However, in europe, even when I have made charges on both on the same day, the actual exchange rate I received (including those charges) ended up being just about the same. It was also not consistent. While they were always very close, on some days one or the other was just slightly better. Never have been able to figure out why.
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XYZ123--I was merely pointing out the following: sinceTC was so irate about the charges for conversion,let's use Patrick's guess of a $15000 purchase, resulting in $300 in charges from Amex. That same purchase would have resulted in a minimum charge of $150(1%) if he had used Visa or Mastercard. So the most he lost by using Amex was $150, NOT $300. Also, had he used a Visa/MC card that added 2% extra, he could have lost $300 dollars more.
I choose to use my Amex where possible, recognizing that I am paying 1% more for the privilege than when I use my MBNA overseas. I make that decision based on the additional miles and perks that I gain from my Delta Skymiles card, which has resulted in enough points in the last two years to redeem for 2 business class tickets to Europe this Spring.
Consumer advocates generally put a value of $.02/mile on airline miles: ie, a 25,000 point award for domestic travel should be redeemed only if you would pay $500 or more for that ticket. Using that rule of thumb, the 80,000 points I redeemed for my roundtrip business elite tickets on Delta should be worth at least $1600. After booking my award flight, I checked, and the same itinerary would have cost over $6000.
Consumers may choose to spend more or less for a product, but the important thing is to be informed about true costs. Essentially, that's what the author of this thread started out saying--he hadn't done his homework and may have made a wrong choice. I'm trying to say that his choice was probably not as expensive as he may initially have thought, since there was no way to avoid at least a 1% charge.
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I really don't want to start another of those big debates about time shares. And as I said if you enjoy having one then fine, that's all important. But since you state you "want to understand" my point, TC, I'll try to explain it.
There is no doubt in the world that timeshares are a bad investment financially. You mentioned buying a house and not worrying about the mortgage rate. But to compare it to what I was talking about, I'd say that if I bought a house totally disregarding the future of the value of the house -- for example buying a house for $200,000 when all the same houses in the neighborhood are going for half that price, and having just found out that a huge smelly factory is being built right in the back yard -- then that would indicate I really don't care about the financial "smartness" of my purchase. And if I were willing to spend double for a house, showing my disregard for financial potential, then in that case I probably wouldn't be knocking myself out looking to save a point or two or on the mortgage, because clearly the money isn't important to me.
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Trust me, Patrick - large ocean front, fully furnished, condos with room to sleep four people, a full American kitchen, a living room and a dining room, a balcony the size of Rhode Island, a fully paid house staff, homeowners insurance and an annual redecorating budget, not to mention a pool, water toys, and just for fun - free massages are NOT selling for half the price of what I paid to be able to spend a month there every year for the rest of my life. There is no smelly factory going up nearby - only exquist ocean views for miles and miles. I do not need to hop a plane to board up the place every time a hurricane drifts through, I don't have to paint it, fix it or worry about it. I just get to enjoy it.
I've owned vacation homes and sailboats and neither was a good investment. Now I pay for what I use and let someone else take the depreciation. I've learned that while owning something may look like the best investment on paper, it doesn't always work out that way in dollars and cents or emotional fatigue.
But again, that isn't the point of this discussion. Whatever I bought - regardless of value - I have a right to discuss the merits of financial charges on that purchase. It really makes no difference WHAT I bought, I'm only debating the cost of processing the transaction of the money for that purchase. Your point still doesn't hold up - if I can afford a purchase that (in your opinion)is unsound, I must be stupid and if I'm stupid about my purchase, I must be stupid about all money matters, so what difference does it make if she's ripped off for a few dollars more? Would your post have been different if I had said I bought a house or a Picasso or donated the money to charity? If I had made (in your opinion) an extremely wise investment in my purchase, would my point about American Express foreign currency exchange rates have been more valid?
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Call Tom Nook and tell him that I'm going to be a few bells short on my rent this month 'cause I gotta get me one of these new Animal Crossing Nintendo 3DSes.
In an announcement on the company's official Japanese website, Nintendo gave fans a deeper look into its plans for the holiday. One of those includes a 3DS with a paint job inspired by the open-world social-simulating Animal Crossing 3DS. Both the game and the system are set to debut November 8.
The system's designers dotted a handful of simple Animal Crossing icons onto a white unit. It looks very clean and fun and should be a hit with the fans of the beloved title.
I asked Nintendo of America about the possibility of this 3DS making it to North America, but a response is unlikely before tomorrow morning. Even if NOA is planning to bring this adorable unit stateside, it won't do so before Animal Crossing's tentative first-half of 2013 release date.
Nintendo also announced special-edition 3DSes for Monster Hunter Tri G and New Super Mario Bros. 2. Each bundle will include their respective game digitally on the packed-in SD card.


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Microsoft has made huge gains with its Live Search, posting year-on-year growth of more than 77 per cent for the 12 months to the end of June 2007 in the US.
Google remained at the top with yearly growth of 46.3 per cent and close to four billion searches, followed by Yahoo in second spot, with annual growth of 20.3 per cent and 1.49 billion searches.
However, it was Microsoft that really shone, racking up 0.98 billion searches and managing to increase its share by almost five percentage points from 8.4 per cent in May to 13.3 per cent in June.
Microsoft, which is in intense competition with Google and Yahoo over their respective internet advertising programs, was boosted by the launch of its Vista operating system, which makes it easier for people to use Live Search.
This has been a bone of contention for Google, with the company accusing Microsoft of unfair practices.
Google managed a healthy 46 per cent increase in year-on-year growth, but its share of searches was down by 3.6 per cent from May to June, signifying that its reign as the undisputable search king may not last forever.
Yahoo posted 20 per cent year-on-year growth but its share of searches was down by 1.8 per cent to 20.2 per cent. AOL search figures were up by 8.8 per cent, while Ask.com increased by 21.2 per cent.


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The Navy aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan departed San Diego this morning for exercises and then a regular deployment of at least six months.
The Reagan will take part in battle-force exercises off the California coast before leaving for the Western Pacific and the Arabian Sea for a tour of duty.
The 6,000-person Reagan carrier group includes two other San Diego-based ships, the destroyer Preble and the cruiser Chancellorsville.
The departure leaves San Diego with no flattops on its skyline, for now.
The Nimitz left late last year for maintenance work in Washington state, which becomes its new home port. The Carl Vinson is out on its own deployment. The Reagan will likely return home later this year for only a few months before it also heads to the Navy's drydock in Puget Sound for a year of maintenance.
However, in the round-robin of carrier movements, the John C. Stennis will steam into San Diego Bay in the next week or so. The Navy needs the Stennis in the bay for the Feb. 12 flyover and open house at North Island Naval Air Station, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of naval aviation.
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The Vols tried to win a game in Athens, Georgia for the first time since 2006.
It did not start well.
Sony Michel opened the scoring late in the first quarter on a 14-yard run for a touchdown. On the next play, with Tennessee in possession of the ball, Alvin Kamara fumbled after completing a one-yard pass. Georgia would convert a field goal, leading 10-0 early in the second quarter.
On a 1st and 10 at the UGA 24, quarterback Joshua Dobbs threw a 23-yard pass to Jalen Hurd. But Hurd fumbled before he entered the end zone, forced by Georgia's Deandre Baker, and Georgia recovered the ball.
On the ensuing drive, Michel fumbled in the end zone, but true freshman quarterback Jacob Eason recovered, extending the Bulldogs' lead to 17-0.
With 30 seconds to go in the half, Tennessee benefited from an illegal substitution penalty against Georgia when the Bulldogs had 12 men on the field. Dobbs then scrambled for a four-yard touchdown run.
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Fact Sheet: Magical Mushrooms
Presenter: Tino Carnevale, 28/04/2012
SERIES 23 Episode 05
Tino went to visit a man who knows his mushrooms - Dr Warwick Gill. Dr Gill takes Tino on a tour of the mushroom farm to show him how to grow mushrooms successfully.
Mushroom Facts
Mushrooms are not classified as plants or animals - they have their own individual kingdom - The Fungi Kingdom. The mushroom head (the plant that we eat) is actually only part of the mushroom and in fact, it's only a small part of the reproductive structure - similar to the flower or fruit on plants. The majority of the mushroom is the small white threads - mycelium that grows below in the compost medium.
Dr Gill grows three varieties of mushrooms - The Oyster, the Shiitake and Honey Browns.
Honey Browns
Honey Browns are a strain of the Common Field mushroom. They can grow in the dark, however this variety grow in the light and the light gives them their rich colour.
The Honey Browns are grown in compost comprising of straw, chicken manure and a 1cm depth of peat on the top. The peat helps to retain moisture and also stimulates the mushrooms to grow over the whole bag and not together as it does in nature. The mushrooms are watered regularly to maintain the moisture in the bag, but the air in the growing room is actually kept quite dry to ensure a good cap texture.
Shiitake Mushrooms
Different types of mushrooms are grown by using different methods and growing Shiitake mushrooms is a little more complicated than growing the Honey Browns.
The pure Shiitake Mushroom is imported from America and actually is sent on a toothpick! It is then transferred to agar. The mycelium grows out on the agar plate and is then transferred to a bag of sterile rye corn. From there it is transferred into a bag of eucalypt sawdust. 13 weeks later, the end result is a block of sawdust which is impregnated with shiitake mushrooms.
Growing Mushrooms at Home
Dr Gill recommends the home gardener starts with some mushroom compost aquired from a mushroom grower. Although it is possible to grow them from spores, it is very difficult - even in commercial labs. Dr Gill gives Tino a piece of mushroom compost crust to take home with him to help get him started.
Back at home, Tino gets stuck into to creating his own mushroom farm. He decides to start with store bought mushroom compost as this is the easiest way to begin. Simply lie the bag down flat and cut the top section of the bag off. Water them to keep soil moist, but discontinue when the mushrooms appear. Remember to always follow the safety instructions on the side of the bag of mushroom compost.
Another way to grow mushrooms is in a wooden box. Tino used an old banana box lined with hessian. Simply fill the lined box with the mushroom compost and water. Tino gives his mushrooms a head start by placing the mushroom compost from Warwick in the top of the box.
Caring for Mushrooms
Place your mushrooms in a shady and protected area and keep them moist This can be in a shed, under a tree, or under the house. You'll be enjoying homegrown mushrooms in no time at all!
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Loren Woods, who was pegged to be the missing big man for the Raptors when he was signed as a free agent last summer, finally escaped coach Sam Mitchell's doghouse. Woods played 19 minutes and scored seven points with five rebounds in a 105-94 win against the Orlando Magic at the Air Canada Centre in his best game since mid-November.
This came after two consecutive games on the team's West Coast trip where Woods sat out.
Mitchell was adamant before the game that the 7-foot-2 Woods had to start showing he belongs under the basket.
"We have got to win basketball games," Mitchell said. "Guys who are playing the best are going to play."
Mitchell refused to get drawn into a debate over how many minutes he is giving Woods.
"I am not going to try to worry about how many minutes this guy gets or how many minutes that guy gets," he said. "When (Woods) gets an opportunity to play he has got to play well."
Mitchell had benched Woods in favour of starting rookie Rafael Araujo.
"I am not sending anyone a message," Mitchell said. "If I was, it was that we (were) losing. It's not a reflection on one guy."
Mitchell said Woods had to make changes to his game.
"Loren is a big man and I felt it was time for him to play but he had to show in practice that he was ready," Mitchell said.
The coach denied that Araujo's status as a first-round pick -- eighth overall -- has any bearing on his decision to start the rookie over Woods again last night before the rookie collected two fouls in the first two minutes of play and went on to play only five minutes.
"I don't care what pick a guy is -- you are not going to play a lot of the games unless you give the coach confidence that you are ready to play," Mitchell said.
Woods said he was happy that the coach showed some confidence in him last night.
"It's always good to get out there and play," he said.


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IMS pours in a season-high 70 points
WEST BURLINGTON — IMS shot a season-best 48 percent from the floor and poured in a season-high 70 points in a convincing 70-41 win at West Burlington on Thursday night.
IMS (7-10), which has won four of its last five games, led 14-6 after one quarter of play and extended its lead to 36-17 by halftime.
"We are playing together and things were clicking for us," IMS head coach Aaron Gingerich said. "I thought our team was tremendous in handling the ball and setting up each other for good looks. We want to keep building momentum as we head toward tournament time."
Sophomore Riley Schmieder scored a career-high 18 points on 8-for-13 shooting to lead IMS, which had four players score in double figures. Sophomore Hannah Miller added a career-high 17 points, and she also had seven rebounds and three assists in the contest. Junior Olivia Yutzy scored 16 points on 7-for-12 shooting, and she also had three steals. Junior Kristin Davis chipped in a double-double of 15 points and 11 assists, and she also had five steals.
Junior MaKenzie Whitmore had a double-double of 12 points and 12 rebounds to lead West Burlington (2-11), which lost its fourth straight game. Junior Jazlan Boyd added nine points, four assists and three steals, and junior Kaylee Dochterman had eight points.