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April 19, 1909: Rocky Point Purchase Bill - Chairmain of Metropolitan Board Favors Passage
May 7, 1909: Senate Action Kills Rocky Point Measure - Death Blow to Bond Issue Given by Unanimous Vote. No Submission to People
May 5, 1914: Rocky Point Midway Swept by Flames: Six Buildings Destroyed, Loss $15,000 (Photo); Fire started in Vaudeville and Museum Buildings, which were completely destroyed, as shown in the foreground. This property is owned by John B. Nash, the loss being $10,000 Beyond are the ruins of the peanut stand, Fish Pond," a vacant building and a shooting gallery. (Caption)
May 28, 1925: $75,000 Dinner Hall to Open
September 23, 1938: Hall Wrecked at Rocky Point - Amusement Park Scene of Devastations. Buttonwoods Hard Hit
September 23, 1938: Rocky Point: A Hurricane Held an Outing (Photo); RI's famous amusement resort was a shambles after the hurricane and flood. This picture, which shows the resort's huge dining hall reduced to tinder, reveals graphically the terrific power of the storm. (Caption)
November 23, 1947: Famous Home of Shore Dinners Being Returned to Former Glory - Rocky Point, Demolished in 1938 Hurricane, to Open Next Summer; Woonsocket Man Heads Corporation Rebuilding Park
May 30, 1948: Lights Gleam Again at Rocky Point Rising from 1938 Hurricane Ruins - More than 10,000 Visit Century-old Amusement Park, Mill from Ride to Ride and Hear Familiar Cries of Hucksters
January 30, 1949: N.E.'s Largest Shore Dinner Hall Opens at Rocky Point (From Film)
March 27, 1955: 4000 Seat Shore Pavilion Being Built
July 12, 1955: First Excursion Boat in More Than 30 Years Left Yesterday
June 9, 1963: The Whirl Is On Again: Worlds of Fun and Fantasy
July 1, 1970: This Year's July 4 Bonfire Will be the Last; Fear of Air Pollution Cited
May 14, 1972: 125th Anniversary Season: Trying to Recapture 'Family Fun' Reputation
May 4, 1975: Railing Breaks at 'The Flume' Ride
August 3, 1980: A Tradition of Food and Fun
May 24, 1981: 6 Months After Fire, Park Opens for Season
July 14, 1981: Board Acts to Control Rocky Point Concerts
October 30, 1982: Rocky Point Park has Halloween Fun Oct. 31
June 24, 1984: New Coaster Throws Riders for a Loop
May 2, 1985: Park to Bring Back Rock Concerts
March 16, 1987: Rocky Point Seeks a Big Boost from New Ride "Free Fall"
July 6, 1988: Shore Dinner Hall Doors Swing Open at Rocky Point
April 9, 1989: Summer Memories to be Auctioned: Rocky Point Park Selling All 46 Hand-carved Animals from Its Historic Carrousel
August 26, 1990: Rocky Point Dinner Hall Cooks Like Clockwork
February 7, 1991: Sale of Rocky Point Land Delayed
May 22, 1991: Park to Stay Open, Agreement Reached
October 2, 1991: Rocky Point Rescued in $8.25 million Loan From Investor Group
March 31, 1993: Warwick Forges Pact with Rocky Point for Debt Repayment; 140-acre Amusement Park Already Owes City $275,866 in Back Taxes, $75,000 in Unpaid Water Bills
October 27, 1994: Activity at Rocky Point Grinds to a Halt Over Back Taxes
November 29, 1994: Rocky Point Seeks Chapter 11 Protection from Creditors
October 2, 1995: Final Ride for Rocky Point?
January 13, 1996: Rocky Point to Close for Good; Will Become a Housing Development
February 2, 1996: Rocky Point: Rescue the Memories (commentary, Curt Spalding)
March 5, 1996: Appraisal Planned for Rocky Point as First Step toward Ensuring Access to the Shore
March 9, 1996: Rocky Point Offered to the Public
April 7, 1996: Rocky Point Remembered; for Rocky Point, the Ride is Over – As Historic Park Prepares for Sale, Rhode Islanders Recall Its Past
April 7, 1996: After 149 Years, Finances Bring About Rocky Point's Demise
April 18, 1996: Rocky Point Help Debated; Owners Wonder What City or State Government Will Do to Aid the Amusement Park's Incarnation as a Family Fairground
July 23, 1996: Rocky Point Fair's Trial Run Merits a Repeat, Owners Say
June 22, 1997: Plans Floated for Rocky Point as Foreclosure Auction Nears
August 10, 1997: Near and Far, Rocky Point Park Rides Find New Homes
March 27, 1998: Rocky Point Heads to Tax Sale
May 23, 1999: Rocky Point Is Up for Sale: Sellers Hope to Entice State to Buy, but Gov. Doesn't Like $10 million Price
June 19, 2001: James Langevin Asks for U.S. Help to Buy Back Rocky Point
June 11, 2002: Developers Have Offer in Hand for Rocky Point: Rocky Point Land Co. Wants to Build Condominiums While Preserving Shoreline and Leaving Some Open Space for Public Use
July 18, 2003: City of Warwick Gets Help to Buy Part of Rocky Point with $1.8 million in Federal Money
July 30, 2003: Rocky Point Sold to Federal Agency; When No Private Developer Meets the Minimum Required Bid, the U.S. Small Business Administration Keeps Control of the 123-acre Property
August 19, 2003: 17 Submit Bids to SBA to Purchase Rocky Point
June 29, 2004: SBA Pays City Back Taxes Due on Rocky Point
September 3, 2004: Suspicious Fire Destroys Building at Rocky Point Amusement Park
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I have 3 boards in my quiver but none seem suited best for mushy, close-out type of summer surf. I can't remember the exact dimensions but my main two boards are made locally by Cosmic Bull Surfboards. The owner, Bill LaFleur, have been great to deal with and is a big help but I wanted to get other opinions on which direction to go also.
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Jun 26, 2012, 12:58 PM #1
Help me design a new fish/summer slop wave board!
Jun 26, 2012, 01:23 PM #2
Check out the JS Pier Pony and maybe design something to that effect. You could probably go with a 5'8" and just add volume in the middle as needed.
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if you are talking about small waves ...I have grovel short boards and that is all cool in like waist high surf but anything less you want a log. I am curious to experiment with a mini simmons but I actually read that they thrive in like waist-chest high surf and I can ride other boards in that. On my 9'4 noserider I can ride seriously ankle high mush all the way into the beach.
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I had a 6'4" Sharp Eye which was fun if teh waves were dumping and hollow but otherwise too much work. I'd like to stay away from the longboard end and stay somewhere in the middle
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For mushy summer surf you want something short, wide, and fat with a wider tail pod and a quad setup. Low rocker, flat to vee on the bottom. That formula is proven to be best here in Jersey if you want to have fun in weak waves. The specific details of your shape and dims should be worked out with a local shaper to get the volume and foam distribution correct to optimize the board for your weight, style, and ability. Or grab a short, wide, fat quad off the rack is the second option.
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I like a diamond or bat tail... both will shorten the rail line and tighten the turning radius on wide, flat boards for local surf. Flat to vee bottom or slight single to vee depending on rocker. Pair that up with slightly down rails and a full foil and you've got a a summer slop board that will work well in anything under head high.
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Tommy Thompson covers the modifications he has made to his Fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass.
The "Marcus Miller Sound" has been very intriguing to me since my freshman year in college. Marcus Miller is the man that possesses the "magical tone." From my introduction to his sound until now, he continues to elevate his sound and talents in recording, arranging, and producing. An attempt to make a jazz bass (TheYumpy) that would duplicate the Marcus Miller Sound was initiated in 1990. The Yumpy was in a preliminary completion state in 2001 after a large number of variations and combinations of bodies, necks, bridges, preamps and pickups. The Yumpy was not in my possession from 2001 thru mid 2005. During the 1998 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, Fender (JAPAN) introduced the Fender Marcus Miller Signature Jazz Bass. My first review on harmony-central about the Fender Marcus Miller Signature Jazz Bass was on 03/28/2000. About 11 or 12 reviews followed until the fall of 2005; only two reviews remain.
My order for the Fender Marcus Miller Signature Jazz Bass (MM4) and hard shell case was placed during February 1998 at a local music store. The MM4 arrived eight months later in October 1998. I took The Yumpy to the store with me to compare to the MM4. Two of my bass buddies in the store went to the sound room with me to hear the two instruments. Both of my bass buddies agreed that The Yumpy had better tone and more output than the MM4. The MM4 was played for about two or three weeks, then I left it alone for about three or four months. I decided to play the instrument in January or February of 1999 and the active preamp would not engage. That's when my journey began. 🙂
A. After opening the control cavity I discovered that the "battery's ground wire" was soldered to the "common ground" connection. Hence, the battery was fooled to believed that it was in a 24/7 "on-mode." To solve the first part of the battery problem, I unsoldered the battery's ground wire from the common ground connection and soldered it to one of the outside legs (opposite the hot wire) on the stereo output jack.
B. The "bare solid wire" that stems from the Fender FMEQ preamp must also be covered or insulated (use heat shrink tubing or electrical tape). If the "bare solid wire" makes contact with the shielding paint (or any other grounding point(s)) the battery will return to the 24/7 "on-mode" and drain.
The pickup cavity shielding plates were missing, Fender FMEQ preamp wires were broken, and the pickups sounded very thin. I installed shielding plates, replaced the Fender FMEQ with Aguilar and Suhr preamps, and replaced the pickups with DiMarzio, Fralin, and Suhr jazz bass pickups. NOTE: In the very end, after solving all of the problems, all of the "Original STOCK parts" were re-installed in the MM4.
ACTIVE/PASSIVE SWITCH – (TRUE-BYPASS option):
Prior to 2001, The Yumpy did not have an active/passive switch. On the MM4, the active/passive switch was factory equipment. I experimented with the active/passive DPDT mini-toggle switch on the MM4 and found what I believe is the difference between bypass and "true-bypass." When the volume controls were full-up and the DPDT switch was in the active mode, there was bleed over from the pickups output. To me, that indicated that the wiring scheme on the DPDT mini-toggle switch was normal bypass. To me, "True-bypass" does not allow bleed over when the battery is removed from the circuit and the active/passive switch is in the active mode.
In 1999, a bass buddy of mine agreed to use the MM4 at his gig to see how it would support the band. During his gig he played the MM4 one song and placed it back in its case and continued to use his Fender Geddy Lee. His conclusion was that it lacked "low end." The PROBLEM was finally located three (3) years later in 2002. "The SOLUTION was hidden in the RESISTANCE of the Volume Potentiometers (pots)." After disconnecting all of the wires on the volume pots I measured the resistance of each pot. I found that the resistance of the neck pot was 206 kohms, and the resistance of the bridge pot was 275 kohms. The difference in resistance was 69,000 ohms (69 kohms). To me, since I like to utilize the pickups individually, that was significant. The solution was to swap the pots. The neck pot resistance became 275 kohms and the bridge pot resistance became 206 kohms. Eventually, other pots were used in order to have a lesser difference in resistance between the neck and bridge volume pots. Pots are readily available for $5 each. WOW!!!
The Yumpy was returned in the fall of 2005 and all of the unfinished modifications were completed. Lessons learned from the MM4 contributed a great deal to levels of understanding that seemed to elude me for 15 years. These modifications to The Yumpy and the MM4 help determine a true evaluation of both jazz basses. The correct combination of components can take a lot longer to find than expected. In the final comparison test, both basses sounded better than when first compared.
ACTIVE/PASSIVE SWITCH – (True Bypass): In the fall of 2005, an active/passive switch with a "true-bypass" wiring scheme was installed on The Yumpy. An active/passive switch is a very useful tool. For a comparison test, it helps provide a clearer picture. In an emergency case, when the battery dies in a preamp, it can be a life saver. This one switch made all the difference in the world. Something I never paid attention to reappeared doing the final comparison test between The Yumpy and the MM4. When the active/passive switches on both basses were placed in the passive mode, the true output of the pickups and preamps were finally realized. Finally, because of the active/passive switch, I could study both instruments in detail.
PICKUPS (output/tone): Using different types of single – coil sized pickups, both basses sounded very similar. The Yumpy had a set of Bartolini 9J#4 jazz bass pickups and the MM4 had a stock set of Fender jazz pickups. The Bartolini 9J#4 pickups were completely quiet when both pickups were used together or individually. The MM4 single-coil jazz pickups were only quiet when both pickups were used simultaneously. The Bartolini 9J#4 pickups possessed more low mids, but the pickups in the MM4 (stock – industry standard) had good mids and were "twice as loud." That was significant!!! During the previous 8 to 10 years, I never realized the Bartolini pickups were low output. Low output pickups come into play when using ¼" inputs on mixer boards that have microphone preamps of low quality; DI box is a must. Even though the Fender pickups have twice the output of the Bartolini pickups, I tend to favor the Bartolinis.
PREAMP: The preamp in the Yumpy is the Bartolini NTBT 2-band treble (boost/cut) & bass (boost/cut) controls with an adjustable gain pot. After the return of The Yumpy in 2005, a 1.5 kohms-1/8 watt resistor replaced the 2.7 kohms-1/8 watt resistor used in parallel with the gain pot to adjust the output of the preamp. NOTE: In the active mode, with the treble and bass controls set flat (detent), the trim pot on the Bartolini NTBT was adjusted to equal the "passive output" of the Fender jazz bass pickups. The change in resistors improved the bang effect in the Bartolini preamp. The Fender FMEQ preamp has a 2-band treble & bass preamp with boost only controls, and the tone and output are similar to the older Bartolini preamps I have heard.
TOTAL OUTPUT: The preamp on The Yumpy has been adjusted to equal the output of the Fender Japan Marcus Miller Signature Jazz Bass (MM4). In this mode, the MM4 has more output when the preamp controls are full-up. If the gain pot on The Yumpy is set to maximum, then The Yumpy would easily have more output; it's loud. The volume of the Yumpy has been adjusted to make it more compatible with mixer boards and recording consoles. The advantage the Fender Japan Marcus Miller Signature Jazz Bass had was if the battery connected to the preamp failed its pickups provided more output and support. In a critical situation, the output of the Fender single-coil pickups "might be a vital parameter." Therefore, from my perspective, the Fender Japan Marcus Miller Signature Jazz Bass was the winner!!!
Personally, I have to look at the Fender Japan Marcus Miller Signature Jazz Bass and the experience gained as a BIG lesson. "I must commend Fender Japan for recognizing the contributions of Marcus Miller and what he has done for the musical industry." I don't think many companies would have taken on the task of doing what Fender Japan has done. Fender Japan satisfied many "Millerheads" by re-creating a jazz bass that is truly a "custom-boutique instrument at an affordable price." Marcus went through several iterations and variations of preamps before he finally achieved the magical tone. After years of tinkering with various bodies and necks, pickups, preamps, and reading numerous articles I have finally gotten to the point where I'm starting to understand the "Marcus Miller Sound." The Marcus Miller Sound is the sound that pleases Marcus Miller and it is derived from his fingers and soul; the bass is optional.
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Aaron, I said in the OP, Windows 7 64 bit.
You having some good drinks for your birthday?
lol...just kidding.
I have since rolled back the GFX driver, to no avail.
It all worked the other day.
The only difference is I added your birthday Dream by Po.
Don't mean to highjack your thread Jim put I am having problems with some dreams also. My issue is the mpeg 2 error yet I have K-Lite mega codec pack installed which includes the mpeg 2 codec. Once your direct 9 issue is resoved if someone can help me with this I would appreciate it. The link in the error window did not help my situation. I downloaded the InstalledCodec.exe, ran it and only enabled the microsoft codecs but CarGuy1's Another Earth Dream II would still not run. Also my DeskScapes is installed properly.
No problem,Ken.
I assume you are on Windows 8?
It also looks like you're running an older version of DeskScapes....may be the trouble?
Jim I probably should have stated that I am using Windows 7. Will the new version work on 7 and do you think that will solve my problem with the mpeg 2 error? I thought it was just a codec problem but like I said I have an mpeg 2 codec installed.
I have fixed my problem by rolling back to three drivers back on the nVidia graphics drivers.
Yes, Ken, the newest version on DeskScapes is what I run on both 7 and 8. May or may not fix your problem. If you are 64 bit, be sure to have 64 bit codecs installed.
Yes, Ken, the newest version on DeskScapes is what I run on both 7 and 8. May or may not fix your problem. If you are 64 bit, be sure to have 64 bit codecs installed.[/quote]
Thanks Jim. I will check it out.
Always remember the rule [particularly with GFX drivers] .... "If it ain't broke......" ...
Well, I'd agree with that, but guess what the first question usually is on these things when you contact support?
"Are your drivers up to date?"
What's a redneck to do?
I have been having an occaisional artifact from a menu, etc, left on my desktop lately, you know, one of those that require at least a log off/log on to get rid of, so I thought a gfx driver update might be good. Nope.
CarGuy1 gave the answer to my problem in this thread. http://forums.stardock.com/439864/page/1/#3390952 It was the odd size in which they were encoded. His 1920x1080 snowy day test dream which is also my screen resolution worked fine for me.
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Cal State Fullerton Launches Queer Studies Minor; Conservatives Troubled
With the launch of Cal State Fullerton's Queer Studies minor this fall, conservatives are beginning to worry about the effects LGBT education will have on public school students.
Making it the fourth Cal State to adopt the minor, CSU-Fullerton approved the program in spring 2011 for the 2011-2012 school year, hoping to not only educate students on the changing norms of sexuality and gender, but to also acknowledge those in the LGBT community.
College of Arts Associate Dean John Taulli told the Orange County Register that the minor validated and empowered members of the LGBT community on campus because they were able to see themselves reflected in the university's curriculum.
Courses like "The Psychological Study of LGB Experiences," "Sexual Orientation and American Culture" and "Philosophical Approaches to Race, Class and Gender" were among some of the classes being offered.
Professors and administrators believe that the implementation of the minor would serve to reflect society's changing attitude toward the LGBT community.
"People have become so much better informed about the situation with gays and lesbians in our society," John Ibson, an American Studies professor at the university, told the Register. "I'm happy to see the university live up to its mission as a place that is in favor of tolerance and freedom of thought and inquiry."
But Christian conservatives are not so sure the minor would increase tolerance and freedom of thought.
"The university is empowering [the LGBT community] by allowing and promoting their point of view," Forrest Turpin of Christian Educators Association International told OneNewsNow. "What they're not doing is empowering students who have a different viewpoint and would like to have their perspective in the marketplace of thought and discussions."
Turpin feared that the program would eventually become a requirement for all schools, taking a similar route as the recent bill signed into law by California Gov. Jerry Brown requiring schools to now teach lessons about gays and lesbians in their social studies curriculum.
"I just would be afraid that it's a beginning. They always start with step number one and continue down the line."
Michael Brown, author of A Queer Thing Happened to America, found both the adoption of the Queer minor and the governor's recent California legislation disconcerting as well.
"I think it's a totally wrong course of action [for schools], helping to undo gender distinctions, or as others have argued, to blend gender or end gender or bend gender. This is anything but healthy and helpful," he explained to The Christian Post via email.
Supporters of the growing LGBT school programs touted that the proposed education would not only teach the public about changing societal norms but also promote understanding within the community. The education, supporters said, would help curb discrimination and hate crimes against gays and lesbians, thereby reducing suicide rates as well, which are on the rise among LGBT youth.
But Brown stated that students could be taught bullying is bad without teaching that gay is good.
"Our schools do not need to nurture homosexuality (or transgenderism); they need to discourage bullying and cruelty," he further explained in an article he wrote on Townhall Conservative. "We must teach our children that bullying is always wrong, and there must be penalties for wrong behavior."
"As for reducing suicide rates, that's just a pretense for introducing the curriculum. Suicides primarily come about because of underlying psychological issues, yet by celebrating queerness, these underlying problems will be overlooked and ignored."
Americans need to wake up to what is happening around them, he warned.
"For years now, I have been telling the church that 'queer' has been totally mainstreamed, yet when I went to publish my book A Queer Thing Happened to America, Christian and non-Christian publishers all told me that the world 'queer' was too inflammatory. Hardly!"
"'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy' is old news now. Books like Queering Elementary Education are old news. Queer study programs in our colleges and universities are increasingly common. There's even a Queer Bible Commentary."
Christians need to "awaken" and resist the gay activist agenda that is seeking to take hold all throughout the nation, Brown said, starting in schools.
"We're called to ... expose darkness and to be a moral conscience and moral preservative," he previously shared at a conference. "If we're not shining the light, if we're not making a difference ... how's the world going to have a moral conscience and know the difference between right and wrong?"
Though there is a need to speak out and take a stand, he hopes that it would be done in love and compassion, not out of anger, hate or spite, bringing understanding without sacrificing truth.
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WYOMING / MONTANA ALL-STAR BASKETBALL - The 37th Wyoming / Montana high school all-star basketball series opens tomorrow night in Sheridan at the Hoffman dome.
Three Sheridan high school players will represent Wyoming in this year's series they are Lady Bronc player Steph Sessions and Bronc's Hunter Reece and Riley Ryan.
Both teams ran through practice sessions Wednesday, attending the girls practice and getting some floor time was former all-star and current Wyoming cowgirl Kayla Woodward we had a chance to sit down with Kayla and talk about the last year since she was an all star last June.
First Woodward talks when it clicked for her realizing she could play division one basketball and excel.
Last season the Cowgirls went through some growing pains with several new players and Woodward says they will only get better over the next few years.
And she talks about the travel in the Mountain West and playing in new places including the experience of playing in "The Pit" at New Mexico.
Now it's her off season and she talks about making improvements to her game for the coming season.
A year ago Woodward was getting ready to play in the all-star series and last night she was on the court working out with the Wyoming players.
Game times tomorrow night will be 6:00 and 8:00 Saturday night's games in Billings will also be at 6:00 and 8:00 all four games will be broadcast live on 14-10 KWYO broadcast time will be at 5:30.
HOOP CAMP - Sheridan college will start two weeks of basketball camps starting next week. The boys youth camp will run from June 11th through the 14th and the Lady Generals girls youth basketball camp will be held June 18th through 21st. For more information go to their website scgenerals.com.
TROOPER BASEBALL - The Sheridan Troopers are 11-2 overall they will host a single nine inning game with Gillette tomorrow night they host two Saturday with post 320 from Rapid City and have Wheatland in for two Sunday afternoon.
Our next live Trooper broadcast will next next Tuesday when they host Douglas. Broadcast time will be at 5:30 on 14-10 KWYO.
ROCKIES BASEBALL - The Colorado Rockies lost at Arizona Wednesday night 6-1 they're re off tonight. They open a three game weekend series with the Los Angeles Angels tomorrow we will have game one of the series live for you on Sports/Talk 87.7 FM broadcast time is at 6:05.


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Police are urging Land Rover owners living in rural areas to be wary of thieves.
Calderdale Det Insp Craig Lord said Land Rover parts are a popular target and are then sold-on.
"Whilst not an epidemic, we have noticed a slight increase and want owners to be vigilant and park their vehicles securely," he said.
"Rural areas in particular are being targeted for parts including headlights."


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2014-10-27 15:42:11 by Bailey Verret, as posted on the inside.akronchildrens.org blog.
Five years ago when I was 17 years old, I went to Dr. Roger Hudgins (neurosurgeon) when he was in Atlanta. He changed my life.
After I had a very scary yet comforting visit with him and was diagnosed with congenital hydrocephalus (water on the brain), he performed the surgery that saved my life, placing a VP shunt to help the CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) flow into my abdomen.
Months after the surgery, he adjusted my shunt twice and watched me grow and change. I even baked him a cake :)
I have been trying to find him and get in touch with him to thank him and update him on my life and how I am doing.
I recently graduated from college with a degree in Special Education and am now a Behavior Therapist for children with autism. Words cannot express how blessed and thankful I am that Dr. Hudgins came into my life and changed it forever.
Dr. Hudgins, I hope you are doing well, and I just want you to know how wonderful you are. I am a healthy and thriving person that can give back much like you have. Thank you.
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Buck McKeon served as Chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee during the 109th Congress. His portrait was painted by Dean Paules, who also executed the painting of a previous Chairman, Bill Goodling. In this work, an elephant figurine that alludes to his membership in the Republican party is close at hand, with a reproduction of Arnold Friberg's 1975 painting The Prayer at Valley Forge is visible in the background.
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Rain stops, parade goes on
VICTOR IZZO/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS With Parade Grand Marshall Hugh Dugan in the foreground, AOH member Darren Behan sings the Irish national anthem in both Gaelic and English before the start of the parade.
Call it a miracle - call it the Luck of the Irish - or call it a fact.
Any way you look at it, the truth is that after several days of sometimes torrential rainfall, and with the forecast and prospect for more of the same on Sunday, the rain stopped, just as the 13th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Jim Thorpe got under way Sunday afternoon.
Parade Grand Marshal Hugh Dugan, and his aides Noel Behan, Ron Sheenan, Rita O'Donnell, and Marie Mriss arrived at a rain-free reviewing stand when they reached the downtown area.
While there were no new attendance records to be set, all in all, the turnout for Sunday's "Wearin' of the Green" was very good considering the dreary outlook for the day.
Townspeople and visitors still lined the historic streets of downtown Jim Thorpe to watch and enjoy all of the marchers, bands, groups, and vehicles that were scheduled to attend.
The parade is organized and put on by the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), Alec Campbell, Mauch Chunk Division I, Carbon County.
The AOH expressed their thanks and appreciation to all of the sponsors who helped make the parade possible, including the Borough of Jim Thorpe, the Jim Thorpe Police Department, the Jim Thorpe Fire Department, and the Jim Thorpe Public Service Department.
They also thanked the Borough of Palmerton for supplying street barricades to help control traffic and the many area police departments that assisted in traffic control.
Many area fire departments participated, along with pieces of equipment from their departments, which especially delighted the youngsters along the parade route.
Fifteen bands, ranging from the Jim Thorpe Area High School band to many different pipe-bands, filled the downtown Jim Thorpe with non-stop music from the start to finish of the parade.
Music also filled the air on the new deck at the Molly Maguires Pub & Steakhouse, a major sponsor of the parade and bands.
This also marked the unofficial "grand opening" of the Behan family's large multipurpose facility with, at one point, a three pipe-band "jam" on the deck, thrilling the crowd and marking the event.
AOH committee member Ron Sheehan stated that just the entertainment for the parade cost $13,000 and the individuals and organizations that sponsor the bands are a tremendous help in making the parade possible.
Among those sponsors are: the Jim Thorpe National Bank; the Inn at Jim Thorpe; George's Transportation; Doug Rontz Signs; Tom Huber, parade announcer; and Carbon Career & Technical Institute marketing and graphics classes.


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john1 skrev:Vi har nu även återskapat de smileys som inte följde med exporten från Nordic Stance!
We are a few creative and confident souls striving after the ultimate lifestyle society. The goal is not to create trends nor to influence others. The goal is to feel free in what we do, regardless of what we do.
We're moving boundaries by doing what we are passionate about and to show that anything is possible as long as you put your heart into it.
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Photographer's Note
This painted lady warrior can capture and tie me up anytime she wants to, and I will not even resist!
Taken at the annual Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival at Sunset Park in Las Vegas.
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ikeharel (85022) 2013-10-12 8:00
One scary lady to deal with... my humor only, Eleu.
Unusual in your gallery, but an interesting costum presented, but after few minutes looking at her - she still has an innocent and charming face exprssion. Lucky for the cameraman...
Enjoy your weekend,
jacquest (19213) 2013-10-12 8:01
Hello Eleu,
All resistance is futile !
Colors and clarity at the best.
Have a nice day
luciola (2984) 2013-10-12 8:51
Oh , I ran out of words.
krzychu30 (15512) 2013-10-12 9:48
Hello Eleu,
great shot!
Interesting not only for fantasy or computer games lovers.
Superb portrait of this lovely lady in really eye-catching costum.
Well done!
Have a nice weekend
cornejo (51068) 2013-10-12 10:19
Hello Eleu, very good picture of this fierce warrior woman, very well captured in this interesting image, with good sharpness, light and color. Very good and interesting job well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing.
Good morning and happy Sunday.
Warm greetings from southern Spain.
sabermonajati (11477) 2013-10-12 11:20
interesting portrait you captured.
thebest (4276) 2013-10-12 17:42
Hi Eleu,
You naughty boy - bondage eh!!! I think she looks dangerous & if I were you I would stick to photographing the planes - imagine we would never hear from you again if you run off with this warrior... joking of course... interesting & well captured shot... good light & excellent clarity.
Kindest regards,
Cricri (133272) 2013-10-12 22:52
Hi Eleu
Ah je vois ce que vous aimé :-) il est vrai qu'elle est charmante, sexy a sa façon, j'aime son regard fier et charmant, belle lumière , très joli portrait
Beau dimanche
photoray (13981) 2013-10-13 5:44
Howdy Sadist Eleu,
Oh my! How the Renaissance Festivals have progressed from costumed women accentuating their breasts to this fleshy warrior.
good job,
EstudioChispa (2180) 2013-10-14 9:44
That's a lot of leather! And the face paint is pretty awesome!
I have always enjoyed your portfolio of flying machines, but it seems you also have a touch for taking fotos of people! I can only imagine if you had a conversation with this woman... :-)
Best regards,
Austin, Texas
ChrisJ (126767) 2013-10-15 18:19
Hello Eleu,
Resistance is futile, as 7 of 9 used to say. Another fine capture from the Las Vegas annual Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival. Good sharpness throughout, excellent color and nice saturation. Tfs!
fritzi007 (13552) 2015-08-20 0:46
Hello Eleu,
very good snapshot, well done!
Many greetings
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- Date Taken: 2013-10-11
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Monday, March 20, 2006
First day of spring...
It's beautiful here today in the great Pacific Northwest, not a cloud in the sky and a balmy 60-ish degrees (Fahrenheit). I wish I was at home with my Son. We'd probably got to the park and play some ball. I'm half tempted to cut and run for the day, pick him up from school early and go play. I guess today's his first day of track practice though and he doesn't want to miss it. Perhaps if tomorrow's nice, I can surprise him by picking him up early from school.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
It's that time of the year again...
Mmmmm, one of my favorite times of the year. No, I'm not talking about Spring. It's girl scout cookie time!!! Woohoo. My favorites are Thin Mints and Samoas. I bought some lemon drops and shortbread cookies, but they weren't as good.
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Yahoo investor Daniel Loeb has issued a new ultimatum to the Sunnyvale company: turn over all the paperwork related to the hiring of new CEO Scott Thompson within five business days or face a lawsuit demanding the same.
Loeb, who owns roughly five percent of Yahoo through his company Triple Point Partners, wants to see "any job application forms, curriculum vitae [resume], offer letters... or employment agreements".
The demand was made less than an hour after Yahoo ignored a different Third Point ultimatum: that the company fire Thompson.
The fight comes after Loeb attacked Yahoo's claims on its website and in financial filings that Thompson had a computer science degree from Stonehill College. Thompson has an accounting degree, according to the school. It is not clear at this point why Yahoo was under the impression Thompson has a CS degree, but it is clear Thompson did not do much in past instances to correct the mistake.
In its press release, Yahoo called the discrepancy an "inadvertent error."
Loeb has been a constant critic of Yahoo's board. The departure of chairman Roy Bostock and founder Jerry Yang have been largely credited to Loeb. He has offered his own slate of directors, including NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker*, former MTV Networks executive Michael Wolf and former Goldman Sachs executive Harry Wilson. A vote will come at Yahoo's annual shareholders meeting, which should come in June.
Third Point's letter also asks for communications, reports, background checks and other materials related to Thompson's hiring, as well as any board minutes.
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Mayor Berry Reports Findings from UNM Yellow Light Camera Study
Increasing the time of the yellow light at traffic signals reduces the overall number of crashes at intersections.
October 3, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE— Increasing the time of the yellow light at traffic signals reduces the overall number of crashes at intersections. That's according to a year-long UNM study just finalized and released to Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry.
The purpose of the study, conducted by the UNM Institute for Social Research, was to determine the impact of the traffic signal timing changes on crashes. The study reviewed 20 of the former red light camera intersections, and 38 comparison intersections.
"Keeping the public safe has always been my top priority," Mayor Berry said. "We targeted the 20 most notorious intersections in the city and these engineering fixes have continued to show an overall reduction in crashes."
The study shows an approximate 8% reduction in crashes overall at the intersections where there was an increase in yellow light times. The study compared the 20 intersections from January to November 2010 to January to November 2011.
"Public Safety is paramount to Mayor Berry, and this study shows us how we can increase safety at these intersections," Department of Municipal Development Director Michael Riordan said. "We will be reviewing the 38 comparison intersections to determine where more timing changes could be utilized to further enhance safety."
The full report can be found at www.cabq.gov/dmd


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The Storyformed Project envisions a home of books, stories, and Christian imagination.
Storyformed.com is the brainchild of Sarah Clarkson. The seeds of the idea were planted when she first started reading great books as a child, grew as she wrote her first book as a young adult Journeys of Faithfulness (fictionalized Bible stories), and became a defining passion in her book-on-books for parents Read for the Heart—Whole Books for WholeHearted Families. Storyformed.com the website is simply the full expression of her deep convictions about the soul-forming power of imagination, story, books, and reading in a child's life.
Sarah designed and launched Storyformed.com in 2014, and has since gone on to pursue a degree in Theology at Oxford, and marry a Dutch man studying for the Anglican priesthood also at Oxford. As a renewed ministry initiative of Whole Heart, Storyformed Project will have a variety of facets. Storyformed.com will soon get an online makeover and update. Although Sarah will remain the heart of Storyformed.com, new voices will be added to expand and build on Sarah's original vision of a destination website for story- and book-loving parents. A Storyformed podcast is coming soon, a Storyformed book imprint is being resurrected, and there's even talk about a Storyformed Project event in the early planning stages.
Sarah personally invites you to visit Storyformed.com, the hub of Storyformed Project: "My goal is to help parents and educators discover the best children's books to be found. I'm here to celebrate, and defend, the soul-forming power of imagination, story, and beauty to form children to love what is right, hunger for what is good, and grasp what is true. To read a great story might just be to start living one, too."


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- Employer: UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
- Location: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
- Job Description:
The School of Banking and Finance is seeking to appoint Professors/Associate Professors in Finance within the Australian School of Business.
Applicants must have a doctoral qualification in the relevant discipline area and outstanding research as evidenced by ongoing (including recent) impact publications in top tier banking and finance journals. Appointments should have a demonstrated commitment to excellence in research, teaching and supervision, as well as strong evidence of academic leadership. Successful applicants will be expected to have a demonstrated ability to attract research funding and actively contribute to collaborative research that will make a significant contribution to the School.
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a leading university. In 2013, UNSW achieved a QS Five Star Plus rating, one of only eight universities in the world to do so.
The main UNSW campus is located on a 38-hectare site at Kensington, 6 kms from the Sydney Central Business District, surrounded by restaurants and cafès boasting an international array of delicacies, some of the world's iconic beaches, and an exciting arts and events calendar.
Located in a new state-of-art building at UNSW's Kensington campus, the Australian School of Business (ASB) is a leader in business education in the Asian-Pacific region and one of the largest of its kind in the world with over 11,200 undergraduate, postgraduate and research students and 240 full time academics and researchers who are global leaders in their fields. The school of Banking and Finance contributes teaching resources to the Australian Graduate School of Management whose MBA program has for 7 consecutive years ranked in the top 50 of MBA programs worldwide.
Banking and Finance is a school within the ASB. The School offers a diverse range of courses including Honours, Masters, and PhD programs in finance, is highly ranked both in research published in top tier journals and in teaching, and attracts some of the best students in Australia and abroad.
Our faculty and research students have strong links with industry and global researchers and the school supports their many research activities by subscribing to an extensive set of major financial databases (list on our website). We have strong ties to many major international business schools and our visitors program is globally renowned, highlighted by the breadth of distinguished researchers who present in our weekly seminar and who are longer term visitors.
Now in its 26th year, the school hosts the annual Australasian Finance and Banking Conference (AFBC). The four day conference brings together leading financial researchers from around the globe.
The positions are full-time, continuing. However, under certain circumstances the positions may be made available on convertible tenure track employment contracts, which will include an initial fixed-term of up to five (5) years. An attractive salary package will be negotiated with the successful applicant. Subject to performance, new faculty may apply for fully funded six-month sabbatical leave undertaken locally or overseas, after three years of service.
A mild climate and vibrant lifestyle are just two of the factors which have seen Sydney regularly rank amongst the 10 most livable cities in the world according to successive Liveability reports by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Applications must include a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a research paper, and three letters of reference. All application materials are required to be uploaded to the following website: https://www.econjobmarket.org
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Enquiries about the positions should be sent to the Head of School, Associate Professor Jerry Parwada, at email@example.com.
Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately.
Women and EEO groups are encouraged to apply. The University reserves the right to fill the position by invitation or leave the position unfilled.
The position remains open until filled.
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Giants, Cain dedicate Junior Giants field
Facility will serve growing league of 200 youth players
By Cash Kruth / MLB.com
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Matt Cain has led the Giants in wins, been named an All-Star and is widely regarded as one of the best young starting pitchers in the game. He's struck out future Hall of Famers and, four different times, taken no-hit bids into the seventh inning. He's accomplished many great things in his five-plus seasons in the Major Leagues, but he also remembers plays that happened when the stakes weren't so high, especially one in particular -- a triple play he turned as a youngster. "Memories like that you never forget," Cain said. "The simple things, when you're just out having fun and playing with your buddies and going out and just enjoying being outside and playing with other kids." On Tuesday morning, the Giants Community Fund, the Good Tidings Foundation, the city of Sacramento and Cain gave Sacramento youth the opportunity to create memories such as Cain's with the dedication of Matt Cain Junior Giants Field. The field, part of the Peter A. Magowan Fields for Kids Program that has built more than 20 fields in the past 11 years, is located at Sacramento's George Sim Community Center. Sacramento councilman Kevin McCarty was a key part in attracting the Giants Community Fund to Sacramento. McCarty, who in a few weeks will begin his sixth year of coaching in the Sacramento Junior Giants program, said the old field was "old grass, a backstop and a couple bases thrown down." Now, Matt Cain Junior Giants Field is part of three fields at the center, including a new T-ball field and an older field. And while area children will now have a nicer place to play, McCarty also said he hopes the league will help teach the lessons of life. "This is a league that really instills upon that, life lessons and baseball lessons, and helping young people become better citizens and productive adults," McCarty said. "It all starts with the fields, and we had some tired fields and now we have beautiful fields, and we hope that will instill a sense of pride and really enhance those experiences." This season, the Sacramento Junior Giants are hoping to enjoy one of their finest seasons. Ken McCulloch, commissioner of the organization, said more than 200 players have signed up for the summer, up from about 150 to 180 in previous years. This season there will be 14 teams made up of 12 to 15 players each. Although play hasn't yet started, McCulloch said he has been on the field practicing with a few kids, all of whom haven't been able to take their eyes off the new field. "Their eyes were wide open watching them [work on the field]," McCulloch said. "They were looking over there and saying, 'What's going on? That's where we're playing? It's an actual field.' We're all looking forward to it. They say diamonds are forever; well, this baseball diamond will be forever." And, as Cain knows, so will be the memories created on it.
Cash Kruth is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Sunday, May 17, 2015
Get Your Blog Post Noticed - 4 Million Blog Posts are Posted Every Day
Join Social Media Networks. Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin. Follow others and let others follow you. You have a willing audience. Even they do not see your post every day. They see it only when it is relevant to them. Do market research. Find out what will be of interest to them. Ask them discuss with them.
Join communities in Google+, Facebook, Linkedin. You will get more focused audience for your blog post. Don't expect a miracle. There also only relevant articles will be accessed. Be relevant. Think. Observe, Listen. Find out what is relevant. Think based on observation.
Many Ways to Make Money from Your Blogs and Blogging
I liked an article on
12 ways to making money using blogs.
Things like speaking assignments, writing assignments, selling products like ebooks are mentioned as methods of making money.
AdSense and amazon affiliates are the initial money making methods. Then comes direct ad selling. Getting sponsorships is the fourth one.
Winning prizes for blog can another source.
Creating YouTube videos based on blog content can be attempted.
You can write specific sponsored articles, that is commissioned articles.
You may get book writing assignments also.
You can be invited as a motivational speaker apart from being invited as an expert on the subjects you are blogging.
Communicate, Convince, and Convert. Selling through communications. Selling through web communications, selling through catalogues, Selling through annual calendars etc. have to follow this strategy.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Promotion is as Important as Creation for Blogging Success
Do you want to be successful blogger? Do you want your blogging activity to be a success?
Then you have to realize promotion of your blog is as important as creation of your blog and blog posts.
Promotion of blog can also be explained as marketing and selling.
An interesting quote from Salma Jafri
Create Less, Promote More
Well, it may be true. For your blog post to succeed you may have to spend more time selling.
Read two recent interesting articles.
365 Daily Actions and Tips to Market and Sell Your Blog - Experience Sharing from Million Page View Bloggers
12 Ways to Extend the Life of Every Article You Write
The Architecture of Shrama Yoga or Karma Yoga for Success in Spiritual World
Even a sweeper who sweeps the streets is eligible for moksha. He is God's child. God resides in him as an atman. So says Hindu philosophy, the view of life of Hindus.
Every person follows his duty and produces useful things. He can produce to satisfy his desires. He can produce to satisfy others desires. Whenever a person is able to produce to satisfy the necessities of others, he is making efforts to earn his moksha. It is called Niskama karma. Its meaning is simple. The act is not for fulfilling the desires of your body or that of your near and dear.It is for the service of rest of the world that is God or God's creation. Do service to God's creation and you are taken out of this God's playground of puppets. You can be in the playground and suffer pleasure and pain or you can join the God and be a part of the power that runs the playground. The choice is yours. The saints encourage you to reach the state of moksha, the eternal bliss. Moksha can be attained by you by your efforts and God's grace. If you believe in God, then pray for his grace. But God has already spoken through the voices of many, many saints. Listen to them and do the activities to earn his grace.
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Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008 | 2 a.m.
Sun Archives
- Providers close doors to poor (11-16-2008)
- Letter: Health is central to sustainability, too (11-1-2007)
Beyond the Sun
Nancy Menzel refuses to accept as final Las Vegas' ranking as one of the nation's least healthy cities.
In her 2007 study Menzel, a professor of nursing at UNLV and president of the Nevada Public Health Association, reported that Las Vegas must reinvent itself as a "healthy place that supports healthy people" if it is going to be sustained.
Is it countercultural to emphasize healthy living in Las Vegas?
The city markets to visitors things like cigar parties, nudity, drinking, overeating and other things that are considered unhealthy. But to sustain that industry they have to have healthy workers who will sell these products.
How does our mind-set need to change?
Employers and civic leaders have to view employees as human resources who need to be taken care of. When the economy kicks back in, workers won't be attracted here if there are problems with air pollution and access to health care.
What are some ways that urban development affects health?
Several studies show the adverse respiratory health effects of living or going to school near a highway. When children are ill, they consume many resources, not only health care but also time off from work for their caregivers. Children fall behind in school due to absences, then struggle to graduate, adding to our abysmal high school dropout rate. Clark County zoning should prohibit building apartment buildings and schools near highways.
What are barriers to better community health?
It's political will. People don't understand the health consequences to themselves, so they don't agitate their state or federal legislators for support. For a city to be sustained you need good jobs and people to fill them who don't cost their employer a bundle in lost production and health care costs.
Can Las Vegas be reformed?
Yes, because it's a postmodern city. We still have relatively pristine ground and water. It's not too late. We can be visionary because we're not saddled with a lot of old industries.
What can we do?
Communicate with politicians about issues that matter to health. Push for sustainable energy instead of polluting energy that threatens lives. Drive a smaller car, drive fewer miles, carpool. We need to get the people who are regulating us to insert the concept of health into every action they take.


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Takoma Park residents are disturbed after learning an alleged hate crime and assault took place Tuesday at the IHOP on New Hampshire Avenue.
At about 2:20 a.m., the two victims were walking out of the IHOP when police they were approached by a group of about 8-10 people, mostly men but including two women, police said.
"Apparently then they gathered around the car and one of the suspects reached in and assaulted the victim while another suspect had done damage and vandalized the hood of the car," said Takoma Park Police Chief Ronald Ricucci.
Police classified this assault as a hate crime because the group allegedly yelled insults at the two victims based on their sexual orientation, but this type of crime is uncommon for the area, Ricucci said. In fact, this is the first hate crime in his three years as chief.
"What concerns us, it's gang-related as we've identified one of the suspects is a gang-related member. So that concerns us," said Ricucci. "We've had some gang-related activity out there where people have been assaulted recently."
That's something Carlyle Glover has seen first hand.
"A while ago I helped break up something right here in the high rise recreation center," said Glover. "They were jumping a young fellow and I drove my car over there and they kind of like ran."
In this morning's hate crime case, police did arrest two individuals, a 16-year-old juvenile and 18-year-old Leo Connel, who police believe has gang ties. Police said they were able to find them because of the quick actions of the victims.
"We obviously want people when they observe activity like [this morning] to call as these victims did immediately," Ricucci said. "We were able to respond immediately and make an apprehension and that's a key to it."
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U.S. Drought Monitor Update for February 18, 2014
According to the February 18, 2014 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers 35.7% of the contiguous United States, a decrease from last week's 37.6 %. The worst drought categories (extreme to exceptional drought) increased from 6.9% last week to 7.3%. An active storm track across the northern tier states and another along the East Coast brought above-normal precipitation to those areas this week, while the Southwest to Southern Plains received little to no precipitation beneath an upper-level ridge. As a result, especially in the western contiguous United States, drought contracted in the North and expanded in the South.
The full U.S. Drought Monitor weekly update is available from www.drought.gov.
In addition to Drought.gov, you can find further information on the current drought as well as on this week's Drought Monitor update at the National Drought Mitigation Center. See their recent news releases.
The most recent U.S. Drought Outlook is available from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's World Agriculture Outlook Board provides information about the drought's influence on crops and livestock.


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LOTTA, Gabriela Spanghero. Local knowedge and citizenship: the communitarian health agents. Saude soc. [online]. 2012, vol.21, suppl.1, pp.210-222. ISSN 0104-1290. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902012000500018.
Discussions about the new meaning of citizenship, valuing differences and respecting knowledge diversity bring the question of how public policies can be locally rooted to ensure access to diversity. This is evident when we deal with health policies, where the interaction between implementers and beneficiaries is essential to understand the results of the policy. The Family Health Program (FHP) has tried to change the relationship between state and society, bringing health professionals with the daily experienced by the users where there is (re) production of the components that lead to insecurity, poor health and disease. To analyse this kind of policy we must take into account the interaction processes and the practices of the actors involved in the FHP implementation. This article aims to analyze the role of Health Communitarian Agents (HCA) as FHP implementers. Through ethnographic research followed the practices of ACS in different cities, we seek to understand how they deal with their different knowledge, enable and disable referrals and adapt action to enact the program. We want to understand how they use mediations and interactions in their practices and built policies locally rooted, constructing alternative ways to implement these policies.
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In depth explanation of Spinlock, Semaphore, Mutex
Seeking in depth explanation for Spinlock, Semaphore, Mutex.
I tried Google but everywhere I am just getting basic working of these things. I need more explanation.
1. what to use when and why.
2. what is system's status while using one of these
3. Concrete differences between these
Thanks a lot!
here you can find some information, just google: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6...hore-and-mutex and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5...stead-of-mutex
Hoping this isn't homework ...
Used to synchronize between multiple CPUs or cores, this is an explicit time-waster that consists of using an atomic machine instruction to manipulate or to test the value of a known memory location ... "spinning one's wheels" until the operation succeeds. (An "atomic" machine instruction uses the hardware to prevent conflicting simultaneous activity by any CPU other than the one issuing the instruction.)
The red flag on a mailbox or, in its day, beside the railroad tracks.
The lock on the bathroom-stall door.
I read all the above mentioned links and few other links that I found on above pages but still I am a bit confused, please verify following
1. Recursive locking allowed or not ?
Answer- As I think its operating system dependent.
2. holder can sleep or not ?
Answer- Can Sleep, even while holding lock.
3, is scope limited within the process ??? that is it can't be used between two process ?
Answer- Can be used between processes
4. It can't be acquired by interrupt handler or bottom half
5. to be used when u want long lock hold time ?????
6 its used for locking
1. Recursive locking allowed or not ?
Answer- not allowed ?
2. can sleep or not ?
Answer- Can Sleep.
3, is scope limited within the process ??? that is it can't be used between two process ?
Answer- Can be used between processes
4. its for synchronization or can be taken as signaling mechanism.
Chase your homework down yourself! Good grief ...
I am trying to learn Linux Kernel. Please help
All right, then ...
A spinlock is quite-literally a tiny, two-instruction loop which uses an "atomic" instruction to attempt to set a particular memory-location to a particular value, "spinning in place" until it succeeds. "Atomic" means that the CPU which is issuing the instruction prevents any other CPU from modifying the same location. This construct is used only on multi-CPU builds and is a no-op (i.e. "no code is generated") on single-CPU builds.
A mutex is a "mutual-exclusion" construct, similar to the lock on a bathroom-stall door. It is used for cooperation among processes/threads: only one can successfully "obtain" the mutex at one time; any other attempts are forced to sleep and thus wait their turn.
A semaphore is used when there is a number of resources to be shared ... such as the (say, 5) elements in a connection-pool. In this case, "up to 5" threads/processes would be allowed to enter, and the rest would be excluded (forced to sleep) for the time being.
Categorically, you should not attempt to obtain any of these "recursively."
If you are still struggling to find answer and seriously want to understand linux, then i recommend you to read this
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by Louis Navellier | February 6, 2013 1:00 pm
It's no secret that the U.S. dollar is weak. In fact, we've known it for months[1], if not years. And the main cause is obvious: Over the past four years, the Federal Reserve has instated three rounds of Quantitative Easing[2] in an effort to shore up financial markets. What's more is that the Fed shows no signs of slowing down bond buying (and by extension, keeping interest rates near zero) until the labor market firms up. So the dollar is very weak and will remain so for the indefinite future.
But what's less discussed is that the several of the world's largest central banks have joined the Fed in playing the "currency limbo." Despite the fact that the G20 (representing 19 countries plus the E.U.) pledged to refrain from competitive currency devaluations, several of these members are doing just that.
And you can believe that is going to have some big consequences for investors. So let's run down which central banks are dead set on devaluing their currencies and see which one "wins" the currently limbo.
The ECB is ready to buy unlimited quantities of short-dated government bonds in an effort to keep the euro-area's struggling members afloat. The only thing keeping the ECB from opening the floodgates is that it needs approval from Germany's Federal Constitutional Court. The ECB currently maintains a benchmark interest rate of 0.75%.
The BOE completed a $600 billion bond buying program late last year. While the central bank currently doesn't have any plans to initiate another round of Quantitative Easing, it remains committed to keeping the benchmark rate at a record low of 0.5%. This low-interest rate policy has kept U.K. inflation at 2.7%, a 7-month high.
The BOJ has a $1.1 trillion asset-buying and lending program in the works and is open to pumping even more money into the economy. On top of this the bank recently doubled it inflation target to 2% and scrapped its 0.1% floor on interest rates.
Right now, it's the Japanese yen. Thanks to the BOJ's unyielding commitment to pull the economy out of deflation, the Yen has fallen 13% against the U.S. dollar in the past three months. And there's no doubt that has helped Japanese financial markets; over the same period, the NIKKEI 225 has rallied over 22%.
Of course, the U.S. dollar is a close second; over the past three months it has retreated 5% compared with the Euro and has remained flat against the British Pound. During that time the S&P 500 has risen 12% and the FTSE 100 has climbed 10%.
So there is a clear connection between currency devaluation and stock price appreciation. Time will tell if these central banks are able to encourage economic recoveries on the scale their looking for, but in the meantime there are plenty of opportunities coming out of this currency limbo.
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The Evolving Expectations and Ambitions of Canadians Eligible to Retire
Gone are the days when Canadian workers retired immediately upon becoming eligible to do so. Today, Canada's mature workers – defined as employees over the age of 50 – enjoy lives that are, on average, longer and healthier than those of the generations before them – and many choose to invest much of that added time in their careers.
According to the data from Second Wind: The Evolving Nature of Retirement, a recent survey commissioned by Ceridian and CARP – A New Vision of Aging for Canada, more than half (57%) of mature workers want to continue working in some capacity after they reach the traditional age of retirement (age 65).


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The pension fund that Dallas police officers and firefighters depend on for retirement lost about $60 million investing in speculative ultraluxury homes in Hawaii, Aspen and elsewhere.
That huge loss, which became clear Thursday during a Dallas Police and Fire Pension board meeting, comes amid growing concern over the $3.4 billion fund's investment returns, the way it has invested in real estate, and its overall financial health.
Fund officials still await appraisals and audits for hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and private equity investments after changing accounting procedures last year to better reflect actual market values.
Last month, the fund's administrator, Richard Tettamant, disclosed that those investments are performing worse than previously thought. Not long after that disclosure, the board forced him out, citing poor investment returns.
Meanwhile, an independent audit by the city has been delayed by fund officials' refusal to turn over financial records.
The ultraluxury home investment was part of a much larger real estate bet made in part with borrowed money. In recent years, the fund's overall real estate and private equity portfolio has amounted to as much as half of the fund's net value.
Last year, The Dallas Morning News reported that the fund valued many of its real estate ventures by what it had invested in them rather than by appraisals or other methods. The News also reported that fund officials and board members stayed in the luxury homes during due-diligence trips.
Selling off property
Some of the homes had price tags of more than $20 million, like a six-building estate overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
The fund sold one of its Hawaii homes last year and two more this year. It also recently sold a home on the ski slopes of Aspen. It held seven ultraluxury homes in 2011. It has two left, along with two vacant lots. Fund officials hope to sell those this year.
Thursday's presentation said the fund has invested $133 million in the homes since 2006. That doesn't include $16 million the fund paid in loan interest. The fund has received $65 million from sales and values the remaining properties at $24 million.
At least one of the sales this year in Hawaii was to a firm associated with GoDaddy.com founder Bob Parsons. The home's asking price had been $22 million in 2008, but its sale price in April was $12.8 million, according a website that tracks sales at the resort.
In 2010, Parsons bought another home built by singer Cher in the same resort, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The pension fund's 12-member board has changed over the course of the investment. Along with regular turnover, the board saw a shake-up last year, when Mayor Mike Rawlings replaced three of the four City Council members who are also pension trustees.
Wary of the pension fund's large bets on real estate, the council members on the board asked for Thursday's presentation.
"They call them spec houses for a reason," council member Philip Kingston said after the meeting. "Spec stands for speculative, and speculative is a word you've got to be very careful with when you're investing police and fire retirement money."
Council member Lee Kleinman agreed.
"If there's any positive spin to the report you saw today, it's that the pension fund recognizes they need to deal with these assets," he said. "And we're taking measures to do that."
Sitting on the market
Some of the homes have sat on the market as long as seven years while the pension fund has paid their taxes and other expenses.
"There was just no market at the time, unfortunately," said fund staffer Mike Taylor, who was chief financial officer until recently.
The pension fund dived into the real estate market in 2005 and 2006 as the bubble reached its peak. In 2006, the board voted unanimously to invest $10 million in the luxury homes alongside a developer named K.C. Knudson. Tettamant had met Knudson while investing in a luxury resort in Napa County, Calif.
Before long, Tettamant and other pension officials traveled to Hawaii to check on investments there. In December 2006, the pension board expanded its investment in Knudson houses to $32 million.
In 2008, real estate prices tumbled, credit became scarce and many of the pension system's real estate investments sank into trouble. To avoid letting its investment go, the pension system pumped more money into many of them. The fund took advantage of its good credit and low interest rates to get cheap, shorter-term loans, holding on to its properties in hopes of a recovery.
To keep the Knudson investment solvent, the pension fund invested $30 million more.
Then in 2009, with no recovery in sight, the fund put in about $60 million more and took over Knudson's luxury homes in Hawaii; Aspen, Colo.; Park City, Utah; and Scottsdale, Ariz.
"At that point in time, we felt that by infusing additional cash in the houses we had built and were in the process of building, that we'd get our money back," Taylor said Thursday. "We never foresaw that the '08 downturn was going to last as long as it has."
The fund began renting out the luxury homes for as much as $15,000 a night to recoup some of the operating costs.
Finally in late 2011, the fund found a buyer for one of the Hawaii homes. It sold for about $12 million, far less than pension officials had hoped. As a result, the pension system's accountants marked down the estimated value of all the Knudson luxury properties by $20 million.
A year later, the rest of the homes were still not sold, and Tettamant was still hoping for the best.
"We do feel that this is trending," Tettamant said in late 2012. "It's going to come back."
Pension officials have kept Knudson on to oversee the properties. For years, the fund paid him more than $300,000 a year plus percentages of rental income and sales. As part of his job managing the homes, Knudson has lived in them.
Recently, the fund reduced his management fee by about 80 percent, pension staffers said Thursday. Council members on the board showed interest in the figures.
"Let's just be honest, nobody wants to pay this guy anymore," Kingston said. The question, he added, was whether the fund was better off doing so to get the final properties sold. In the end, they decided it was.
In other action Thursday, board members laid the groundwork to conduct a national search for a new administrator. In the meantime, they plan to keep Tettamant's deputy, Don Rohan, on as acting administrator.
Board members also voted Thursday to stop paying former City Council member Dave Neumann $5,000 a month to conduct community relations. If things hadn't already gone off the rails for Neumann, they did when he declined to identify whom he's spoken with on their behalf.
"This pension fund is taking a new direction; that direction is transparency," Kleinman told Neumann. "If a board member asks you who you have met with on behalf of this system, and you won't answer, that's a problem."


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MIAMI DADE, Fla. - Miami-Dade Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at a Popeye's Restaurant in Miami, 1695 Northwest 103rd St.
Around 7 p.m. June 26th, an armed robber entered through the restaurant's drive-thru window and ordered employees to open the cash register.
In fear of their lives, the four employees complied and the robber left the Popeye's restaurant with approximately $500.
The crime was captured on the restaurant's surveillance camera.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS or 866-471-8477.
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