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He didn't talk about his new relationship with Michelle Williams on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Friday, but Jason Segel definitely had the actress on his mind. — After taping his segment on the talk show, The Five-Year Engagement actor, 32, was spotting holding his iPhone with pictures of Williams, 31, taped on the back.
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Jason Segel Has Pictures Of Michelle Williams Taped Onto His iPhone — Jason Segel is a happy man. — He has a booming career in Hollywod as an actor, writer, and producer, but more importantly, he may have found the love of his life! — The Five-Year Engagement star was photographed arriving …
Access Hollywood:
Jason Segel Explains Why He's Not Writing 'The Muppets' Sequel — LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Jason Segel was the driving force behind last year's resurgence of "The Muppets" movie, so why did the star choose to bow out of the sequel (currently being penned by Nick Stoller)? — "I worked on ['The Muppets'] for half a decade.
Tara Fowler / Digital Spy: Jason Segel: 'I had no idea for Muppets sequel'
Kay West / People.com:
Dave Haywood Is Married — It's a three-for-all! Dave Haywood - the last single member of Lady Antebellum - tied the knot Saturday night with Kelli Cashiola on a private farm outside of Nashville. — The sun was setting over a breathtaking view from a hill as family, friends and Haywood's bandmates …
Discussion: Access Hollywood, Digital Spy and Crushable
Zach Johnson / Us Weekly:
Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood Marries Kelli Cashiola! » — Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood is a married man! — The country musician, 29, wed Kelli Cashiola outside Nashville Saturday, several sources confirm to Us Weekly. They announced their engagement in December 2011 …
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Dame Maggie poised to end her acid reign at Downton Abbey after third series — Dame Maggie Smith is preparing to deliver her final acid put-down as the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey. — She has told writer Julian Fellowes she wants the third series to be her last, although he has persuaded her to do the Christmas special.
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!, Deadline.com and Digital Spy
Robin Gibb Has Pneumonia, Is in a Coma — Robin Gibb of the iconic group the Bee Gees is in grave condition. — "Sadly the reports are true that Robin has contracted pneumonia and is in a coma," reads a statement on his website. "We are all hoping and praying that he will pull through."
Discussion: kenneth in the and Hollywood.com
Kenneth Walsh / kenneth in the: Tragedy — Sad to hear about health woes for two of my favorite stars of the '70s.
Lisa Costantini / Hollywood.com: Bee Gees' Robin Gibb Is in a Coma
Bizarre - The Sun:
Coma vigil for Bee Gee Robin Gibb
Coma vigil for Bee Gee Robin Gibb
Colin Daniels / Digital Spy:
Robin Gibb in coma, family at bedside
Robin Gibb in coma, family at bedside
Discussion: Mirror.co.uk and omg!
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Come Back, Sarah Palin! — "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" writers have devastatingly lampooned Mitt Romney as a corny, coreless candidate who evokes an "Eh, I guess" response in voters. Now they're worried that we're heading, comedy-wise, toward an "Eh, I guess" election.
Discussion: Digital Spy and PerezHilton
Ross Luippold / The Huffington Post:
Romney On 'SNL'? GOP Candidate Asked To Host By Lorne Michaels
Romney On 'SNL'? GOP Candidate Asked To Host By Lorne Michaels
Discussion: Gawker
Louis Peitzman / Gawker: Live From New York, It's Mitt Romney Hosting Saturday Night Live
Chrisa / RADAR:
Amanda Bynes Still Partying, Refusing To Go To Rehab — Amanda Bynes isn't letting her recent DUI arrest slow her down. The former Nickelodeon star hit both the Chateau Marmont and the hip nightclub Greystone Manor Thursday night, despite pleadings from some around her to go into rehab.
Discussion: New York Post and PerezHilton
Cindy Adams / New York Post: Bynes parties on after bust
Courtney Love Apologizes to Daughter Frances Bean — Courtney Love is reaching out to her daughter Frances Bean Cobain - on Twitter. — Love previously angered her daughter by claiming on the social media site that Kurt Cobain's former bandmate Dave Grohl "hit on" Frances Bean …
Discussion: Socialite Life, Dlisted and The Blemish
Kelsey Grammer / TMZ.com:
Home Kelsey Grammer Gets Wife's Name Tattooed on His Hip — A Hip New Tattoo — 57-year-old Kelsey Grammer rolled into a tattoo parlor to get his first ink job done ... and chose to tattoo his wife's name on his right hip. Not the most manly spot, is it?
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A Production Update From Bill Condon — Hello Twihards! — Greetings from Los Angeles, where we're hard at work on BREAKING DAWN, PART TWO. It's truly crazy to think that it's been a year since we wrapped production in Vancouver, since for those of us in the editing room the work has never stopped.
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While the housing market has certainly seen better days, one thing is clear: home buyers are being more discriminating than ever and want to get the most bang for their buck. One of the few bright spots in the building industry is high-performance and green building. Buyers want homes that will save them money on utility bills, require less money to maintain and have better indoor air quality.
Thanks to federal and state tax credits, there has never been a better time to build a new home or remodel an existing home to high energy efficiency standards. Knowing these tax breaks allows for more informed budgetary decisions.
Home builders can apply for a $2,000 federal tax credit for each energy-efficient home completed after 2005 and sold in 2009 that reduces its energy consumption for heating and cooling by 50 percent when compared to the 2004 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). To qualify for the tax credit, building envelope improvements in areas such as insulation, exterior doors and pigmented metal roofs must account for 1/5 of the energy savings in each new home.
Home builders must document the energy savings by using a third-party Residential Energy Services network (RESNET)-accredited inspector to certify and model the home with software approved by the IRS and RESNET. EarthCraft House performs both of these services and can provide a tax credit recommendation report to assist builders in achieving the desired savings.
Home owners can received federal tax credits for improving an existing home's building envelope, which includes insulation materials, exterior doors, windows, skylights, pigmented metal roofs, asphalt roofs and systems designed to reduce heat loss or gain. The combined total of these credits may not exceed ten percent of the costs or $500, with less than $200 dedicated to windows. Improvements should last a minimum of five years and must meet 2000 IECC criteria. Credits cannot compensate for installation costs.
Home owners can apply for federal tax credits for high-performance heating and cooling systems installed in new or existing homes, as well as federal and Georgia tax credits for clean energy resources. To collect credits for any heating, cooling or water heating equipment, home owners must make purchases during 2009 and meet the performance standards set for each technology. Home owners can collect credits totaling the entirety of any expenditure, without exceeding the following caps:
- Electric Heat Pump Water heaters – $300
- Electric Heat Pumps – $300
- Geothermal Heat Pumps – $2,000
- Central Air Conditioners – $300
- Natural Gas, Propane or Oil Water heaters – $300
- Natural Gas, Propane or Oil Furnace or Hot Water Boilers – $150
- Advanced Main Air Circulating Fans – $50
- Biomass Stoves – $300
Although clean energy resources vary by system, federal tax credits can cover up to 30 percent of installed costs, and Georgia tax credits can return up to 35 percent of costs. Both federal and state tax credits are subject to caps.
To claim state tax credits, a clean energy system must be placed in service between 2009 and 2012 and be operational or able to function as intended prior to proceeding with both the pre-application processes. Remember to keep clear and accurate records (including receipts, modeling reports and work details) to properly file for tax credits.
For more information about EarthCraft House, visit http://www.earthcrafthouse.com/.
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The UN says it is illegal for Australia to send refugees to Malaysia which has not ratified the torture convention.
SYDNEY: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned Australia its plan to send boatpeople to Malaysia could be illegal, while appealing for Canberra to be more humane towards asylum seekers.
In comments reported in Australian media today, Navi Pillay said the country should work on making its processing policy more efficient rather than sending detainees offshore.
"If Australia is serious about this policy of sending 800 people out to Malaysia, then I think it violates refugee law," said Pillay, who is visiting Sydney.
"They cannot send individuals to a country that has not ratified the torture convention, the convention on refugees," she said.
"So there are no protections for individuals in Malaysia. And Australia, of all people, that upholds (international standards), should not collaborate with these kinds of schemes."
Malaysia is not a signatory to the UN Refugee Convention, nor has it ratified the UN Convention against Torture.
As it struggles to deal with an armada of asylum-seeker boats arriving from Asia and recent violent unrest in detention centres, Australia announced this month plans to transfer 800 boatpeople to Malaysia for processing.
In return, Australia will accept and resettle, over four years, 4,000 registered refugees currently living in Malaysia, although the deal is yet to be finalised.
Amnesty International claims asylum seekers transferred to Malaysia will face lengthy waits to determine their status, inhumane detention conditions and even torture, in the form of caning.
The plan has been compared in the Australian media with the "Pacific Solution", which was branded as "inhumane" by human rights groups before it was repealed by Prime Minister Julia Gillard's centre-left Labor Party in 2007.
Under that policy, asylum seekers were transferred to detention centres on the tiny state of Nauru and Manus island in Papua New Guinea, which Gillard's government is now in talks with over reviving its detention centre.
Pillay said she planned to raise her concerns with Gillard and Immigration Minister Chris Bowen.
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Friday, April 12, 2013 | 12:25 a.m.
Dozens of Tuscany Village residents voiced their dismay Thursday night at a proposal that would shift Mohawk Drive and increase their commute time, they say, and make access to the community more difficult.
The Henderson Development Council listened to concerned homeowners for over an hour.
Representatives from the Tuscany Village Home Owners Association continued disputing the alteration of Mohawk Drive — the main road into the neighborhood — saying that the rerouted road would increase commute time and make it more difficult and dangerous to turn left onto Lake Mead Parkway from its new intersection.
Bill Curran, the lawyer for Tuscany Village, said the alternatives that were compiled since the last meeting in early March, were not provided to him until just before the Thursday meeting.
The alternatives presented by the Cadence project will increase commuters' travel by just under a mile one way.
Mathew Driscoll, a spokesman for the Cadence project, said the next step is to make their case to the Henderson City Council. By then the results of the traffic study for the area should be complete.
Now that the development council has heard both sides of the dispute, the Henderson City Council will hear arguments May 7 and then make a ruling. The council could make a decision or ask both parties to continue to negotiate in hopes of coming to a resolution.


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Health Issues in Latino Males: A Social and Structural Analysis
(Rutgers University Press, 2010)
Experts from the fields of public health, medicine, and sociology examine the issues affecting Latino men's health and recommend policies to overcome inequities and better serve this population. The book addresses sexual and reproductive health; alcohol, tobacco, and drug use; mental and physical health among those in the juvenile justice and prison systems; chronic diseases; HIV/AIDS; Alzheimer's and dementia; and health issues among war veterans. It includes an extensive appendix charting epidemiological data on Latino health. Marilyn Aguirre-Molina (Prof., Lehman) is on the doctoral faculty in public health.
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An Elton John biopic is in the works, and word has it that Tom Hardy is in the running to play the pop star.
Drew McWeeny at HitFix reports that the Dark Knight Rises actor could star in Rocketman, director Michael Gracey's "biographical musical fantasy that weaves together the life of Sir Elton John and his music." (John is an executive producer on the film.)
McWeeny's sources indicate that the project is out to Hardy right now. As he explains, "That doesn't mean they've made him a formal offer yet, or even that he's interested, but it's an intriguing possibility." Hardy is definitely at a point now in his career where he could go the Gerard Butler route with generic action junk, or continue to mine the interesting and intense depths that have got him this far. Rocketman would probably be a step in the latter direction.
What do you guys think? Bane as Elton? Talk it out in the comments…
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Marly Black Patent Leather Platform
Strap Into Fall
For the sake of convenience we're going to pretend we didn't see these Jimmy Choo Glenys Python Sandals. We're going to pretend we didn't see them because for once we actually prefer the low-end version. Jeffery Campbell who makes super comfortable and super affordable trendy shoes, has taken this Choo shoe and exaggerated its look. We're pretty sure there are twice as many straps as the Choo, we're pretty sure the Campbell version is one of the darn sexiest Fall 08 sandals we've seen to date. The Marly Black Patent Leather Platform is a mere $110 (compare that to the Choo at $1,550) and will serve you well when it's still warm enough for sandals though a chill in the air calls for something a little more dense than a flimsy summer heel. Below, the top five strap-happy sandals we've been eying, at a diverse range of price points.


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This program teaches basic gymnastics skills on four Olympic events - vault, bars, beam and floor. The class includes flexibility and strength training.
Priority registration is available to currently enrolled participants in this class through the last day of this month. Open enrollment begins the first of next month for all others including those on the waitlist or those wanting to transfer to another time slot. We are unable to save spots. We appreciate your understanding. Thank you for choosing The District Gymnastics Academy and Desert Recreation District.
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South Africa v New Zealand, 2nd Test, Centurion - Preview
South Africa and New Zealand go into a one-match shootout for series honours when they meet in the second and final Test of their exchange starting at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Saturday (August 27).
The first Test of the series in Durban had less than 100 overs of cricket – 99.4 actually – over four sessions before rain first and then a poor outfield meant no play at all was possible for the last three days of the game. The ICC match referee in question, Andy Pycroft, submitted his report to the ICC afterwards, expressing his concern and giving a "poor" rating to the outfield at Kingsmead.
This is the first time Test cricket has been played in South Africa in August, almost two months before the usual start of the season – Durban failed to make the grade after re-seeding the outfield only two months before the match.
But over at Centurion, Rudolph du Preez, the chief groundsman, has had the advantage of planting winter grass much earlier, with work starting in April, almost immediately after the 2015-16 season. And with virtually no rain in the area during winter, and no rain predicted during the Test, conditions should be suitable for a full five days of Test cricket.
Centurion has been a fortress for South Africa in Tests, with the home side having won 16 of the 21 Tests it has played at the ground, the only two losses coming against England in 1999-2000 and against Australia in 2013-14.
South Africa goes into the match buoyed by the form shown by Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander, the opening pacemen who are both returning from injury, although they only bowled six overs each before rain intervened on the second day in Durban. In that time, Steyn had struck twice to reduce New Zealand to 15 for 2 in reply to South Africa's 263, in which Hashim Amla contributed 53 and Temba Bavuma 46, with Quinton de Kock and Kagiso Rabada hitting 30s lower down the order. Trent Boult and Neil Wagner picked up two wickets apiece for the visiting side, while Mitchell Satner had two.
Teams (likely)
South Africa: Faf du Plessis (capt), Dean Elgar, Stephen Cook, Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Dane Piedt.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (capt), Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling (wk), Mitchell Santner, Doug Bracewell, Neil Wagner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.


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About Me
Just be
hahha, perhaps they would say the most precious moments we spent were in silence and peace:)
Nothing is impossible. Life is a big gift. Anything that happens we can appreciate in a moment or sometime or long time afterwards. The best journey we make is within ourselves.
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I am happy to host people for sharing and learning. I am an open minded person and very curious about people and cultural conditioning.
I am just starting
I like subtle and beautiful things: what is yet not expressed or takes time and attention to see. This relates to the people, space and also objects. I like to explore things and self with the open mind and appreciation of the uniqueness of all experiences we go through.
I like improvisations : I dance contact improvisation and take singing lessons.I enjoy perfumery and wines: exploring new scents and tastes. I practice meditation and various body practices. I travel and enjoy meeting people.
- books
- singing
- dancing
- meditation
- traveling
- socializing
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I am not sure we all have similar view on what is amazing but I will share some of the recent ones.
When you know that something would happen without specific reason and logical explanation and then it really happens...
Dancing barefoot on the grass under the heavy summer rain...
Train, you raise your eyes from the book and for a second you see the yellow fields all around and don't know where you are going, and what time is it and then in a second realizing that you your plane is leaving to Paris in 1 hour and you are miles from the airport in a train which rushes to another direction at the full speed... but maybe the most amazing thing is that I could catch the plane 5 minutes before the take off.
Countries I've Visited
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom
Countries I've Lived In
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About Me
Being high on life.
UPDATE: Living in Ireland, Dundalk. A bit difficult to host here, but might be able to do it.
About me...ummm, I love new experiences. I like to meet new people, learn new things from them, learn about their way of thinking, culture, beliefs about the world. I like exchanging ideas and discovering new things.
I love getting together with my friends, but I'm not a person that goes out clubbing every night.
I watch a lot of comedies and spiritual movies; I don't do horrors and thrillers - I'm such a scaredy cat!:))
I don't take life toooo seriously; whatever happens happens, learn something from it and move on.
I laugh kind of loud and I know a lot of jokes. :D
I'm non-religious, non-political.
I love nature and animals; I don't wear leather and I don't eat meat.
I like old rock music (oldies, but goldies, right?:p), but I also listen to some folk, pop, jazz and so on.
So, basically, I'm a Flower Power kind of girl, with less drugs and more shaving:))
"Be the change you want to see in the world".
I'm pretty active on volunteering, I believe that each of us could change for the better a small piece of the world.
I like to take things as they come and figure them out while browsing through life.
I believe that every thing that happens has to be looked at inside of the bigger picture. Although, I also believe that sometimes shit just happens.
My state in 90% of the time is "in love with life".
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I host and I surf. I can teach you some things: improvisation theater, storytelling, cooking and I'd love to learn some things from you ( to cook a recipe that you like, some words in your language, anything artsy).
I hosted a few interesting and fun people. I had a lot of fun and learned many things from my guests. So far so good:)
I'm listing:
-hand-made stuff (i love them)
-non-formal education
-sexual health and education
-any information or idea that could make me go "WoW!"
- animals
- cats
- arts
- culture
- theater
- dancing
- education
- cooking
- chocolate
- desserts
- yoga
- meditation
- clubbing
- flying
- flowers
- movies
- painting
- music
- jazz
- rock music
- teaching
- psychology
- volunteering
Music, Movies, and Books
Comedies: if it's funny, I've seen it:D
Some movies with spiritual and self development themes, such as: the shift, the secret, Anglavakt, The man from Earth, and others from the same area.
Music: any kind of old, not-so-crazy-to-listen-to rock.
Books: personal development, self-help, training and communication, poetry, psychology, hand-made tutorials and so on.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
The most amazing thing I've done was parasailing. The floating, the silence, the wind... I think I love flying.
Teach, Learn, Share
I could teach you:
-human rights
-how to cook something romanian
-the wonders and pain of the roumanian language:))
I'd love it if you could teach me:
-to paint something
-to make a card
-to cook something from your area (no meat, please)
-to dance
-to skate
What I Can Share with Hosts
Space and time.
Countries I've Visited
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom
Countries I've Lived In
Ireland, Romania


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Meet Lexi Bee's Fans
Lexi Bee has been famous since 2004 (according to her fans) but in the age of the internet, fame is relative, and as such, most of us were introduced to her last week. I don't know many people who were able to sit through more than 30 seconds of her video, but apparently people do. I sifted through several dozen pages of pink glitter sparkle graphics to find some of the best Lexi Bee tributes her fans have put together. View List ›
Meet Lexi Bee
I dare you to get through one minute of this, with sound. I think a Suicide Girl mated with a Unicorn and birthed this modern mythological (oxymoron?) creature. Check out 'her' YouTube Channel here. Watch Video ›


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Money Tip: Search For the Cheapest Gas Prices Online
Maybe you've memorized the pricing patterns for the gas stations in your city, but road trips aren't conducive to shopping around for the cheapest gas. You're aware of approximately how much distance you can cover before needing to fill up, so before you take off on that Summer road trip do a little research to try and save on gas. Utilize a website like autos.msn, which tracks the prices of gas and sorts by zip code, in order to find the cheapest place to pump while you're on the road. The tool is located on the bottom right of the homepage.


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Duff & Phelps Continues to Expand Disputes and Investigations Practice
Bolsters Disputes and Investigations practice with addition of three senior professionals
NEW YORK, September 10, 2015 - Duff & Phelps, the premier global valuation and corporate finance advisor, today announced further expansion of its Disputes and Investigations practice with the addition of Managing Directors Jim Feltman and Robert Crisafulli, and Director Scott Lyman, who join the firm from Mesirow Financial. The addition of these professionals bolsters the firm's Disputes and Investigations practice and strengthens its capabilities in dispute consulting, forensic accounting and investigations, and expert testimony.
"The Disputes and Investigations practice continues to grow rapidly to meet client demands of these services in the global marketplace," said Carl Jenkins, global leader of Disputes and Investigations. "Jim, Robert and Scott will enhance our already strong Disputes and Investigations practice by helping us better serve clients involved in financial fraud, bankruptcy litigation and complex investigations."
Jim Feltman brings over 30 years of experience providing a broad range of litigation, forensic and investigative services. He provides both consulting and expert testimony in the areas of money laundering, Ponzi schemes, asset tracing and recovery, accounting and financial statement reporting issues, potential causes of action against officers, directors and third parties, securities fraud, misrepresentation, hedging and trading in complex securities schemes and bankruptcy and insolvency issues. Recently, Jim was named a Top 25 Consultant in the "Excellence in Client Service" category for 2015 by Consulting magazine.
Robert Crisafulli has significant experience in the areas of structured and corporate finance, including asset-backed securitization, financial and operational restructuring, risk management, loan workouts and business planning.
Scott Lyman has expertise in financial restructuring, valuation, debtor advisory, creditor representation, and bankruptcy litigation support. He specializes in asset-backed finance and working with distressed and underperforming companies both in and out-of-court.
The addition of these professionals continues the year-long expansion of Duff & Phelps' Disputes and Investigations practice which has included adding 10 senior professionals and establishing service offerings throughout Europe.
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Duff & Phelps is the premier global valuation and corporate finance advisor with expertise in complex valuation, dispute and legal management consulting, M&A, restructuring, and compliance and regulatory consulting. The firm's more than 2,000 employees serve a diverse range of clients from offices around the world. For more information visit, www.duffandphelps.com.
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Weeks signs four-year contract
Weeks agreed to a $38.5 million, four-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday that contains a 2015 option which could increase the total value to $50 million.
�We are thrilled that Rickie has chosen to remain a Brewer,� general manager Doug Melvin said. �He has become one of the best leadoff hitters in the game today; possessing speed, plate discipline and power. His aggressive style sets the tone for our offense.�
Weeks, the No. 2 overall draft pick in the 2003 amateur draft, was a day from an arbitration hearing after saying last month he would end long-term contract talks with the team when he reported to spring training.
The 28-year-old proved too valuable to pass up.
�It feels good. It feels real good at a time like this,� Weeks said. �Players leave teams often. It�s one of those things where it happens a lot around baseball, football and basketball. It feels good that I�m going to have security.�
After making $2.85 million last year, he sought $7.2 million in arbitration, while the team offered $4.85 million.
Weeks hit .269 with 29 homers, 83 RBIs and 112 runs in 160 games as the Brewers� primary leadoff hitter last year, shattering most of the franchise�s marks for a second baseman while putting up the best power numbers in his career.
He has a simple explanation for why.
�If you stay healthy, good things happen,� Weeks said. �I don�t set expectations on really anything. I just want to go out there, play good baseball for us and stay healthy.�
The organization has never questioned his toughness, but his durability had been the biggest issue until last season. Weeks missed half of a year with right wrist surgery in 2006, needed a procedure on his knee after 2008 and played all but 37 games in 2009 after a left wrist injury.
�Rickie is also one of the toughest players to play the game and has always played at a high-intensity level,� Melvin said.
That led to a creative option in the fifth year of the contract.
Weeks will receive a $4 million signing bonus, of which $1.5 million is payable upon approval and $2.5 million on July 15. He will receive salaries of $3.5 million this year, $10 million in 2012, $10 million in 2013 and $11 million in 2014.
Weeks� option year is for $11.5 million, but the club can void 2015 if he does not make 600 plate appearances in 2014 or 1,200 plate appearances over 2013-14 combined.
Weeks broke the franchise record last year with 754 plate appearances.
Milwaukee�s projected starting lineup and starting rotation is under contract or team control through the 2012 season other than slugger Prince Fielder, who can become a free agent after the World Series.
Weeks was a key in Milwaukee�s plans.
The Brewers traded their best other option at second base when they sent top prospect Brett Lawrie to Toronto for right-hander Shaun Marcum in December. Negotiations with Weeks� agent were steady throughout.
�It was one of those things, if the time was right, it would get done,� Weeks said. �It�s good. It means I�m a Milwaukee Brewer for a long period of time now.�
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The various components that are needed to meet the reference configuration requirements depend on their functions as distributed infrastructure services or their roles within a tiered application framework. In other words, the various components represent two views or dimensions that define a logical architecture: the logical tier dimension and the distributed infrastructure services dimension. These dimensions are described in the Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Update 1 Technical Overview.
The positioning of reference configuration components in such a two-dimensional framework is shown in the following logical architecture diagram. Components are placed within a horizontal dimension that represents standard logical tiers and within a vertical dimension that represents infrastructure service dependency levels. The positioning of a component in this matrix helps describe the role that the component plays in the logical architecture.
For example, Access Manager is a component that is used by presentation and business service tier components to provide security and policy infrastructure services. However, Application Server is a component that is used by presentation and business service tier components to provide distributed runtime services.
A description of the tiers shown in Figure 2–1 is provided in the following table.Table 2–1 Logical Tiers in the Architecture Diagram
In the Client tier are applications that are used by users to access portal services. In this reference configuration, the only client applications that are used are a browser and a stand-alone Java client.
This tier enables remote users to securely access their organization's network and its services over the Internet. The Access tier acts as a communication relay between the Client tier and the Presentation tier, and includes the Portal Server Secure Remote Access components needed to securely access portal services from the Internet.
This tier provides aggregation and presentation capabilities that enable users to access relevant information and personalize their desktop to best meet their needs. In addition, this tier provides community, collaboration, content, and knowledge management capabilities. This tier is implemented using Portal Server software.
Business Service
This tier contains the back-end services that are aggregated and presented to users by services in the Presentation tier. Examples of applications that might reside in this tier include: email systems, calendar servers, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications (SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel, and so forth.). Also, this tier contains portlets and application components that are deployed in a web container or application server.
This tier provides a permanent repository that business services can use to store persistent information. This tier includes Directory Server (used by Access Manager and Portal Server to store user profiles) and Java DB (used to store application data). High Availability Session Store (HADB), which is used to store portlet session state, is placed in the Presentation tier to indicate its functional relationship to Portal Server.


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A few of the names Royce Campbell has played with will suggest his professionalism and range: Dave Brubeck, Nancy Wilson, Herb Ellis and Fred Hersch. Here he is joined by veteran Ron Free. Bob Bowen completes the trio. Though younger, he too has impressive credits and holds his own with solid rhythm and a generous allocation of solo time.
"Out of Nowhere" is the up-tempo opener. Free and Bowen bubble away with a touch of samba while Campbell states the melody and takes the first solo. Drums, then bass follow. Free grew up playing hard bop, but displays restraint and nicely varied color, and Bowen's line has more melodic interest than many fellow bassists can manage.
After, Campbell's caressing intro "Round Midnight" is a shade faster than usual. That dilutes the tune's sadness and brings out more of its beauty. The guitarist's lush tone and phrasing are in the spotlight throughout.
"Love for Sale" takes it up again with Free showing some New Orleans' shuffle. The guitar's main line and solo are followed by an extended stretch for Bowen, a shorter drum solo, then a group effort to take it out.
The album's only original is "Trio Minor Blues." Improvised for the recording, it proves Campbell can play effectively in the style, though closer to Wes Montgomery than BB King. Bowen too handles the mood with ease, and Free challenges without hogging the show.
The batting order changes for a medium tempo version of "I thought About You" as the bass announces the melody and takes the first solo turn. Campbell is next. Then bass and drums exchange eights before Bowen returns to wrap it up.
Full disclosure I love the old jazz standards just the way they are. Sure, I can dig it when Brad Mehldau deconstructs a melody to make it sound brand new, but there's nothing wrong with playing it straight yet again either. Pretty hard to improve on "Out of Nowhere" or "'Round Midnight." They and seven other classics are here with just enough innovation in arrangement, tempo and rhythm to keep them fresh. If you like the standards as much as I do, you'll find this a gratifying, satisfying set.


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New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The national capital will experience a partly cloudy and humid Saturday, the Met Office said.
"The sky will be partly cloudy and the maximum temperature is expected to hover around 40 degrees Celsius," an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 27.2 degrees Celsius, a notch above season's average.
Humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 70 percent.
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The Arabs in Gaza are not done rioting yet. On Sunday, some young Arabs approached the security fence near Khan Younis, which separates Gaza and Israel. The Israel Defense Force soldiers fired warning shots in the air and rubber-coated bullets toward the rioters.
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LOS ANGELES , Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A representative for Hollywood actress Vanessa Hudgens says a naked picture of the "High School Musical" teen on the Internet is real, TMZ.com said Thursday.
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Tips help police bust pot suspect
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Tips from T riders and a bus driver helped cops nab a wheelchair-bound pot dealer known for cavalierly bagging his product right in front of fellow passengers during his morning commute to Forest Hills station, transit police said.
"He was so open about it, so blatant about it, that people thought he may have had a medical prescription for it since he was not hiding it. But that's not true," Transit police Lt. Stephen Salisbury said of Enrico Joseph, 23, of Mattapan, who was charged with selling marijuana to high-school students at the busy bus and subway station.
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Buck Fever
Willis's (Dog Gone ) second novel nicely weaves a few familiar tropes into an entertaining and intense tale. Twelve-year-old Joey has the talent to be an amazing hunter: he's a great shot and, thanks to an ear infection that left him partially deaf, his sense of smell borders on the super-human. His father, an avid hunter, expects Joey to bring down his first buck during deer season, but Joey is more interested in playing hockey and drawing. With Joey's mother constantly out of the country on business trips, Joey struggles to tell his father that he doesn't want to shoot a deer, as well as whether to enter the art show his neighbor and mentor, Mrs. Davies, is pushing him toward. Subplots revolving around illegal hunting tactics and a creepy neighbor eventually merge into Joey's story, leading to a tense and dangerous climax. Willis avoids easy answers, clichés, and moralizing, instead focusing on Joey's inner struggle and the stress his mother's absence causes. The result is a satisfying novel filled with solid characters who learn the consequences of making some hard choices. Ages 9–13. (Nov.)
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A suicide bomber targeting an army vehicle in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore killed 12 people Friday, police said. It was the second attack in the city this week, indicating militants may be stepping up assaults on the country after a period of relative calm.
Officials were sorting out whether it was a single or twin blast, which also wounded 35, including soldiers, police official Mohammad Riaz said.
The area struck was RA Bazaar, a residential and commercial neighborhood where several army and security agencies have facilities. Pakistani TV channels showed security forces swarming the area as bystanders rushed the injured into ambulances.
Eyewitness Afzal Awan said he saw several people, some missing limbs, lying in pools of blood.
"It was a big blast," Awan told TV channels. "I saw smoke rising everywhere. A lot of people were crying."
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but suspicion quickly fell on the Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaida.
The militants are believed to have been behind scores of attacks in U.S.-allied Pakistan over the last several years, including a series of strikes that began in October and killed some 600 people in apparent retaliation for an army offensive along the Afghan border.
More recent attacks had been smaller and confined to remote northwest regions near Afghanistan, but on Monday, a suicide car bomber struck a building in Lahore where police interrogated high-value suspects. At least 13 died and dozens were wounded.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the Monday strike in a telephone call to an Associated Press reporter.
On Wednesday, suspected militants armed with assault rifles and a homemade bomb attacked the northwest Pakistan offices of World Vision, a U.S.-based Christian aid group. Six Pakistani employees were killed in the attack in Mansehra district.
This week's attacks also come amid reports of a Pakistani crackdown on Afghan Taliban and al-Qaida operatives using its soil. Among the militants said to have been arrested is the Afghan Taliban's No. 2 commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
Using its covert missile program, meanwhile, the U.S. has pursued al-Qaida and Taliban fighters in the northwest tribal belt in Pakistan. The Pakistani Taliban chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, is believed have been killed in one such missile attack in January, though the Taliban have denied it.
Militant attacks in Pakistan frequently target security forces, though civilian targets have not escaped.
During the bloody wave of attacks that began in October - coinciding with the army's ground offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan tribal area - Lahore was hit several times.
In mid-October, three groups of gunmen attacked three separate security facilities in the eastern city, a rampage that left 28 dead. Twin suicide bombings at a market in Lahore in December killed nearly 50 people.
Ahmed reported from Islamabad.


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I have heard I should be capturing my miniDV in AVI to get a non-compressed file. I do no thave the harddrive space at the moment but once I clear out some room, does it still make sense to capture in AVI when the end result I want is to burn to DVD? WHat I do now is Capture in MPG>>Edit>>Author to DVD. Anyone know if I should be capturing in AVI>>Edit>>Author to DVD?
1. Would the larger non-comprssed AVI be quicker to edit than the smaller compressed MPG's?
Capturing to MPG has resulted in very decent DVD quality thus far.
Any tips would be great! I am new at this!
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Hi bowmah,
The footage on the miniDV is recorded in the DV AVI format by the camera. When you put it on to PC, you're not capturing - more transferring. (Yes, there is a technical difference - read up on it).
You can use the excellent and free WinDV (or similar) to do this. DV AVI is approx. 13.5Gb per hour. This includes PCM (uncompressed) audio at 1,536kbps.
DV AVI has a bitrate of 25Mbps - compared to DVD (which uses the MPEG2 format), which has a max of around 8 - 9Mb. So, DV AVI is 3x more superior in quality - technically speaking. However, the human eye can't detect much difference beyond about 8Mbps - that's why DV and DVD don't look much different.
The reason why people say to transfer to DV AVI, edit and then encode to MPEG2 (for DVD) is because the quality is being retained right until the last minute. DV AVI is well suited for editing.
Whereas, editing in MPEG2 can cause noticeable quality loss because of the way MPEG2 is compressed, or "made up".
To answer your question, I don't know if editing DV AVI would be any quicker - I've never compared, nor never read a comparison.
But, as you're happy with the quality of the DVDs you're getting, I'd say to stick with it as it is and, when you know more about encoding to MPEG2, then try editing in AVI and compare your results.
Hope that helps.There is some corner of a foreign field that is forever England: Telstra Stadium, Sydney, 22/11/2003.
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I will just have to clear out my harddrive and test with bigger AVI files. Why can't harddrives on laptops be lower cost!
Anyone else have any thoughts on the AVI vs MPG question?
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External usb or firewire harddrives are starting to come down in price as an alternate.
If you 're happy with the mpeg mode stick with it. I've capped straight to mpeg with my wintv pvr250 which only has mpeg recording and love the quality.Donatello - The Shredder? Michelangelo - Maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw?
THanks for the reply Yoda313. I plan on sticking with MPG as my dump version but I am still wondering if a P4 with 1 Gig of RAM is going to be better off (speed wise) using DV-AVI for editing rather than MPG.
WHat I do now is Capture in MPG>>Edit>>Author to DVD
everyone seems to agree it's better to edit in AVI and then encode to MPG. That said, since all the "editing" I do is chop, occasionally add music background, and a couple transitions, I typically transfer and convert to MPG, with Pinnacle 8 - hey it was free - in one step, and then use Mpeg Video Wizard to do the editing.
I'm lazy, not smart but my audience of family members certainly doesn't care. I still have the stuff I care about on DV tape, so I can go back later and re-transfer to AVI and do it right when I have more time and interest.
I've heard that slower computers have trouble with the one step transfer - convert to Mpg, but mine has been okay.
I'd say your best bet would be to capture to lossless using maybe virtualdub, then convert it to dvd mpeg with tmpgencenc...........that program will cost you some money, but its well worth the cost, take my word......particularly if you are going to be doing this on a regular basis....
Originally Posted by kisrum
Originally Posted by whitejremiahOriginally Posted by whitejremiah
sorry, shouldve been more specific with my answers.......lossless AVI is what i was referring to, more specifically something like huffyuv (this will reproduce the picture EXACTLY the same as the input...minus whatever quality loss is caused by the cables running to the pc from the input) You would end up with a picture thats probably a lot sharper, and with even less pixilation than what you have right now.......don't get me wrong, ulead is a pretty solid program, but for capturing, personally i perfer losless (mind you though, if you dont have that type of harddrive space, there's also an alternitive called mjpg, and even the latest versions of divx seem to be pretty good for capturing) what is happening right now when you are capturing on the fly, is your computer is trying to compress the movie while its being captured, the drawback to this, is that it's probably compressing it less efficiantly than if you were to compress it from a losless source.......give it a run my way, and see which way is better for you, thats about your best bet....i will say this though, the way that your going right now is probably about the EASIEST but not the best quality......
Thanks for the clarification whitejremiah. I will have to clean out my HDD and try the work flow you suggested. THe problem is HDD space for me. On a laptop with 60 Gigs of slow spinning HDD.
Originally Posted by whitejremiah
ok, no need to try Huffy then. I am indeed transfering and not capturing. Sorry about the language. Newbie here and the software that I use call it Capture
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World Toilet Day, observed Nov. 19, calls much needed attention to global...
If California does not live up to its part of a non-partisan, seven-state agreement to reduce its use of Colorado River water by 2015, then the Secretary of the Interior, as watermaster for the lower Colorado River, is required by law to limit the state to 4.4 million acre feet of water from the Colorado River in 2003.
"If specific California agencies choose not to adopt agreements necessary for the gradual, voluntary reductions contemplated under the plan developed by the seven Colorado River Basin states, California will lose access to extra Colorado River water," Norton told a meeting of Western water officials. "The state will be forced to live within its 4.4 million acre-feet apportionment from the Colorado River beginning on Jan. 1, 2003."
California agreed to and helped craft the historic agreement on Colorado River water use that was negotiated and approved by former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. The principal issue of the negotiations was how to achieve certainty that California would actually reduce its overuse of the Colorado River.
The agreement is embodied in what is known as the Interim Surplus Guidelines, which implements the Law of the Colorado River and an order of the United States Supreme Court. After careful review when she took office, Norton endorsed the agreement and decided to stay the course.
"We are at a turning point in the history of the Colorado River," Norton said in her remarks to the Colorado River Water Users Association in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Our common future is shaped by record drought and population growth within the Colorado River Basin. These factors herald a new era of limits on Colorado River water uselimits that shape the decisions that will guide the future course of the river."
"While drought and population growth are causing change, what must not change is our commitment to honor treaties, compacts, decrees and agreements. Otherwise the legal foundation upon which this river is administered will be at risk," Norton said.
Under the multi-state agreement, California can continue to have enhanced access to surplus water by taking specific actions to reduce its Colorado River water use to 4.4 million acre-feet by the year 2015. Alternatively, if the California entities do not take the required actions, the state would immediately lose enhanced access to surplus water, beginning Jan. 1, 2003. The choice will be determined by whether California water entities sign a document known as the Quantification Settlement Agreement by Dec. 31, 2002.
Norton sounded a note of urgency because of a Dec. 9 vote of Californias Imperial Irrigation District to reject a water sale to San Diego County that is a linchpin of the voluntary approach. It appears that the District may not sign the Quantification Settlement Agreement. Other California water agencies required to sign the QSA appear ready to do so.
Cities in Southern California would bear the immediate shortfall, potentially losing as much as half of the Colorado River water they currently receive. Because the Metropolitan Water District in Southern California has developed alternative water supplies, people there will continue to see water flow from their taps. But over time, the reduction in Colorado River water could have very real impacts to all water users in Southern California.
California agreed in 1929 to limit its annual use of water from the Colorado River to 4.4 million acre-feet. Over the years, California grew accustomed to using more than 5 million acre-feet of water per year. This did not cause problems at that time because other Basin states were not using their full allocation. California's agricultural users have a priority right to 3.85 million acre-feet of the states apportionment of Colorado River water, and the small remainder is all that is left for Southern California cities serving more than 17 million people.
Secretary Nortons speech is online at www.doi.gov.


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Your ducks may not be my ducks | Chuck's World
A few years ago, when Google introduced facial recognition to its Picasa photo-organization software, many of us experienced a kind of technological vertigo, as something we didn't know was possible took place in front of our unbelieving eyes.
This is old news now. It's customary these days to hear about digital facial recognition and accept it as one more truth about today, a plot device for procedurals on television or a nudge from the evil geniuses at Facebook. We're used to it.
But we weren't back then, when it arrived on our desktops, and it became a conversation topic for a while.
I'd identify a couple of shots of my adult daughter, for example, and suddenly the software was riffling through the pictures stored on my hard drive, pulling up photos of her as an infant. It was a marvel, really, but also kind of creepy.
After the shock, though, what became more of a marvel was thinking about how our human brains recognize other humans. Or specific animals, for that matter. Or our cars in a busy parking lot, although in my case that particular software might need an update.
It feels like a miracle, actually, if an ordinary one, which is at least the first reason a recent article drew my attention (second reason? I was avoiding doing something else).
In a Pew Research poll conducted last summer, random Americans were asked to identify a face, the face of a man. The same face, in case you were wondering. A nice face, it seems to me. Inoffensive, handsome but not movie-star pretty. Pleasant.
Slightly over half of the people sampled said they had no idea. None. It could be a corporate executive or a criminal, or me for that matter. No clue.
Another 18 percent thought they knew but were wrong. Around 2 percent of them thought it was the current vice president of the United States, although it wasn't.
Roughly a quarter of those asked correctly identified the man as being Brian Williams, the anchor of NBC Nightly News, currently the top-rated evening network news program.
And I had a glorious moment of vindication, marching into the other room and announcing to my wife, whom I recognized immediately, "I am vindicated."
On a side note, I should mention that in the digital age, it's hard to present a complete vindication picture without holding a newspaper or magazine to wave around. Even an iPad doesn't look right when you wave it.
This sweep of self-righteousness stems from my personal annoyance at generalizations that ignore numbers.
When I hear politicians or other humans begin sentences with, "Most Americans…" or "Most people…" my arm shoots up, looking for a newspaper to wave.
Here's another example. I recently read a magazine article about movies that changed the course of history.
Now, I like movies, and I imagine that a few I've seen have changed the course of my personal history, if in small ways. Including "The Muppet Movie," a story I'd be glad to tell you.
But numbers are our friends. To suggest that Oliver Stone's film "JFK" changed the way Americans viewed their government (or that "Cider House Rules" influenced the way we think about abortion) ignores the fact that the vast majority of us didn't see them. Vast. Majority.
So why is the anonymity of Brian Williams a story? Only 7-8 percent of us watch ANY network news, and that's a pretty high number compared to even the top-rated cable news network.
In the world of broadcast journalism, Brian Williams is a celebrity, but that just means he's a slightly bigger fish in a small pond surrounded by other ponds, and so on.
This is why the brouhaha over "Duck Dynasty" last month was peculiar. Phil Robertson, star of the reality show, made comments that drew the ire of people who disagreed with him.
If you recall, the story was big news for a few days, with the fate of this very popular A&E show apparently on the line. A big story that left roughly 96 percent of Americans scratching their heads and saying, "Duck what?"
We're left, then, scrambling for commonality in a world with nothing but choices. This makes my job difficult, of course.
As soon as I start writing about music, say, or even something as common as parents and children, a lot of you switch to Police Beat or just decide not to read anything while you wait for your latte. I don't blame you at all. Duck what?
Still, there will be glimmers of a common interest. Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences claims that their Oscar telecast has an audience of about 1 billion people.
Every year, many articles are written to show how bogus that number is, but in fact movies are very popular entertainment, and a lot of people around the world like to watch the Oscars.
And roughly 30 million Americans will be watching the Grammys at the end of this month, not an insignificant number. I'll be among them, I imagine.
Award shows can be fun. We get to watch performances, and many of us like music and have our favorites.
It's personal, as is the way we like to get our news, the movies we like to watch, the shows we tune in on television. We don't need polls to tell us what we like.
And my son-in-law has been nominated for a Grammy this year, so I'll be watching for my daughter's face. Which I will recognize, no software needed.
I think your latte is probably ready.


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LONDON: Former England captain John Terry was cleared on Friday of racially abusing opposing player Anton Ferdinand during a football match, in a case which could have wrecked his glittering career.
The 31-year-old, captain of European Champions Chelsea, who earns a reported 150,000 pounds a week, was in Westminster Magistrates' Court to hear chief magistrate Howard Riddle read his verdict after a five-day trial.
An exchange of foul language between the players during a Premier League game last October triggered the resignation in February of England's Italian manager Fabio Capello after the Football Association (FA) decided to strip Terry of the captain's armband for Euro 2012.
Terry denied committing a racially aggravated public order offence when he had an expletive-littered exchange with Ferdinand on the field of play when Chelsea visited Queens Park Rangers' Loftus Road ground.
In evidence, he admitted using the highly offensive words, but maintained he was sarcastically repeating what Ferdinand mistakenly thought he had said.
Explaining his verdict, Riddle said the prosecution presented a strong case and said there was no doubt about the offensive words Terry used towards Ferdinand.
But, in summing up, he said: "Even with all the help the court has received from television footage, expert lip readers, witnesses and indeed counsel, it is impossible to be sure exactly what were the words spoken by Mr Terry at the relevant time.
"It is impossible to be sure exactly what was said to him at the relevant time by Mr Ferdinand. It is not only that all of this happened in a matter of seconds.
"They are professional footballers in the final minutes of a game where the result mattered to them both. They would naturally concentrate on the game more than on exactly what had been said to them or by them.
"There was the noise of the crowd. There is the fact that towards the end of a game players are not only physically tired, they are also mentally tired. I don't need evidence to tell me that.
"It is a crucial fact that nobody has given evidence that they heard what Mr Terry said or more importantly how he said it.
"He has given effectively the same account throughout. Insofar as there are discrepancies in his account, they are understandable and natural."
"In those circumstances, there being a doubt, the only verdict the court can record is one of not guilty."
During cross-examination, Ferdinand agreed he had sworn at players in the past and been on the receiving end himself.
He said he was angry at Terry seeking a penalty call and there had been some barging on the pitch.
He had also alluded to an alleged affair between the Chelsea player and the ex-girlfriend of former England team mate Wayne Bridge.
Lost captaincy
Terry had been stripped of the England captaincy before the 2010 World Cup following those allegations.
Alison Saunders, the Chief Crown Prosecutor for London said in a statement: "The very serious allegation at the heart of this case was one of racial abuse.
"It was our view that this was not 'banter' on the football pitch and that the allegation should be judged by a court.
"The Chief Magistrate agreed that Mr Terry had a case to answer, but having heard all of the evidence he acquitted Mr Terry of a racially aggravated offence. That is justice being done and we respect the Chief Magistrate's decision."
Terry left the court by taxi without speaking as soon as the case concluded, but Bruce Buck, the chairman of Chelsea, made a brief statement to the waiting media.
"Chelsea Football Club notes and of course we respect the decision of the magistrate today. We are pleased that John can now put his mind to football and go back to training and do what he has done for many years," he said.
Outside the court, a large crowd had gathered to hear the verdict, while passing cars beeped their horns in support.
Three supporters held a large banner emblazoned with the words "JT, Captain, Leader, Legend" in the blue and white colours of Chelsea.
After the verdict was announced, one man in Chelsea strip fell to his knees and shouted "Thank you God" before prostrating himself face down on the pavement.
Max Dellal, a 21-year-old student from London who had dressed his dog in a John Terry shirt, said the verdict was a victory for all Chelsea fans.
"John Terry's got a great career and thankfully it hasn't been tarnished by this baseless allegation. Now he can focus on reclaiming the Champions League and perhaps the Premiership," he said.


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Jun. 14, 2007
Baby Girl Found
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Poem: "Baby Girl Found" by Francette Cerulli, from The Spirits Need To Eat. © Nine-Patch Press, 1999. Reprinted with permission.
Baby Girl Found
He found her wrapped in a brown towel
Beside the highway department dumpster.
She was so cold she was blue, so new
her umbilical stump still drooped softly
from her belly like the limp stem
of some fantastic fruit.
He picked her up in his huge gloved
highway department hands and
carried her to his truck. Inside the cab
he turned on the light, peeled the damp towel
from her body and held her
under the blast of the truck heater.
Giant midwife bent over her in the frozen morning,
He watched for the smallest sign.
It was her second birth.
Literary and Historical Notes:
Today is Flag Day, June 14, the day on which the stars and stripes became officially our national flag in 1777. No one knows for sure, but probably it was designed by Congressman Francis Hopkinson and sewn by a seamstress in Philadelphia named Betsy Ross.
It's the birthday of the man who helped us find quotations, John Bartlett (books by this author), born in Plymouth, Massachusetts (1820). His Familiar Quotations came out in 1855.
It's the birthday of the woman who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe (books by this author), born in Litchfield, Connecticut (1811). She lived for many years in Cincinnati, Ohio, just across the Ohio River from Kentucky. Ohio didn't allow slavery, but Kentucky did, and so Cincinnati was a popular destination for escaped slaves. And Harriet Beecher Stowe saw many slaves rushing across the frozen river in the winter. Uncle Tom's Cabin came out in 1852.
It was on this day in 1940 that the German Army marched into Paris. The French had surrendered the city a few days earlier. There was no violence when the Nazis came in. The German soldiers marched through the Arc de Triomphe, while Parisians watched from the sidewalks of the Champs-Élysées. And a few weeks afterward, Hitler himself made a visit. He came to the Eiffel Tower and the Opera building and visited Napoleon's tomb. Hitler said, in 1941, "I'm getting ready to flatten Leningrad and Moscow without losing any peace of mind, but it would have pained me greatly if I'd had to destroy Paris."
It's the birthday of the travel writer Jonathon Raban (books by this author), born in Norfolk, England (1942), who grew up reading Huckleberry Finn, and in 1979 he flew into St. Paul, Minnesota, bought a little boat, set off down the Mississippi to New Orleans, and wrote about it in his first big travel book, Old Glory: An American Voyage. It came out in 1981.
And it was on this day in 1951 that the world's first commercially produced electronic digital computer was unveiled, known as the UNIVAC. It weighed eight tons, used 5,000 vacuum tubes and cost a quarter-million dollars. But it could perform a thousand calculations per second, the fastest rate in the world at the time. The first one was bought by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The president of IBM thought that computers were far too complex and would never sell, but with the invention of the microchip in 1971, all the processing power of those thousands of vacuum tubes could be crammed into a tiny space.
In 1975, an engineer named Ed Roberts was one of the first people to try to market a computer to ordinary people. It didn't sell very well. You had to know how to turn hundreds of little switches. But it was an inspiration to Stephen Wozniak who went on to found Apple and also to a young Harvard student named Bill Gates.
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.®


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Finally I get to put some good news in this forecast…at least for the West Coast and the travel areas that like Southern Hemi swells. Things had been pretty slow in both halves of the Pacific with high pressure blocking across the North Pacific…and the SPAC going so zonal that only a few small pulses of Southern Hemi swell leaked out.
Things won't improve overnight, we are still going to have to wait a few days…but the South Pacific is really starting to heat up. There is a new S swell that will be arriving throughout SoCal, Baja, and Mainland Mexico during the second half of the week and into the upcoming weekend.
Further out there is even more activity in both the North Pacific and much more in the South Pacific that is promising to have some larger swell moving in later next week…finally things are starting to feel a bit more like Fall.
North Pacific
There isn't the anything concrete in the NPAC yet…but the long-range charts are showing a bit of change that indicates a nice breakdown in our high-pressure and the possible kick-off of some new North Pacific activity.
What makes this interesting happens out in the last few charts in the forecast run. Basically I see some sort of tropical energy, either a tropical storm or leftover tropical wave that makes a pass by Japan and starts to jump to more northerly latitudes. Generally this sort of storm behavior has a tendency to really invigorate the storm track…basically pouring a bunch of extra energy into an already unstable area.
Now with the storm track more active it looks like it starts to erode the high-pressure changing weather for the West Coast and opening up the swell window a bunch. At this point I think that by next week, we are going see some new storm activity forming in the region…maybe enough to get some waves to Hawaii and at least the Pacific NW and maybe the rest of the West Coast as well. We will have to keep an eye on it.
East Pacific Tropics
Not much going on in the tropics right now. Looks like we aren't going to see any new tropical activity for the next few days.
South Pacific
The South Pacific has definitely become more active over the last few days…there has been a nice little, but well positioned, spinner of a storm that has been sitting just of the Coast of South America. This storm will be sending new S swell into all of the good S facing areas of the West Coast, basically from Point Conception on down. Look for this energy to move into Central America and Southern Mainland Mexico on the 8-9th, Baja Sur on the 10th, and Southern California on the 11-12th. While not a Huge swell it does post up some overhead surf for Central AM/Mex…and more playful shoulder high surf for everywhere else.
Further out…there is a bunch more activity brewing over closer to New Zealand. This storm is set to form in about 2-3 days and it looks pretty good for a couple of reasons. First it is pretty strong…probably 40-knots with 30'+ seas when it peaks…and it also makes a good northerly movement, which means it lines up more fetch for our areas.
If that wasn't enough this is only the first storm…the forecast charts are showing a bunch more systems following close behind the first that get to capitalize on "flow" or sea-state set up by the first storm.
These following storms come through and should set up a bunch more swell that will be at least as big as the first one, and possibly a little bigger, due to the position of the storms, which are both positioned in a more southerly portion of the swell window and closer to all of our regions.
These swells I expect to start arriving around the 15th…with the peak of the first SSW-SW swell (200-220) hitting on the 16-18th. The following S-SW swells (180-210) would arrive on the tail of the first swell, keeping wave heights going through the 19-22nd…and that is just what is showing on the charts so far…there may be more lining up out past the end of the run…cross your fingers that this storm action can continue.
The Next Long-range forecast will be posted on Friday, September 10, 2010.
Adam Wright
Surf Forecaster


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Each time I've headed out Geary the last few months, I've watched for progress on the French-Vietnamese restaurant whose banner promises "coming soon". When "Fig Newton" and I hauled out to the chowdown at Hakka Restaurant on Friday, she noticed that it looked open but we didn't have time to stop.
SF Weekly and Tasting Table have some info about Quan Bac ("North Eatery"). I'm wondering whether chowhounds have any first mouth reports on the North Viet cooking here to share.
Quan Bac
4112 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118