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A Hispanic female officer of the Capitol Police filed a lawsuit today, saying she was the target of sexual harassment and age discrimination.
Alice Valdez, who is over age 40, listed five male officers as defendants, saying she was treated differently than her male counterparts. When she complained to her superiors, no action was taken.
Gov. Brian Sandoval confirmed last week that he asked for an investigation of the police but declined to say why. And five or six officers have been placed on administrative leave with pay while the investigation is underway.
The complaint filed by Reno lawyer Jeffrey Dickerson says, "According to a recent story in the Las Vegas Sun, Gov. Sandoval had knowledge of the harassment and ordered an investigation. Whether this was independent of the plaintiff's complaint is not known."
The male officers, according to the complaint filed in district court, suggested she could not do her job because she was a woman. She said one officer, Chris Aranyos, made comments last December about having sex with her. The complaint quotes him as saying that if it was the end of the world; he "would bend you over the desk and do you right here."
In another instance, the suit said Aranyos rubbed up against her in a "sexual manner" referring to "her body in a lascivious manner."
The suit says the sexual harassment Valdez has experienced "has been observed by other officers, gubernatorial staff, other state employees as well as the public."
Officers not only questioned whether she could do the job as a woman and also whether her age hindered her performance. Others made sexual comments that she should have chosen another career such as being a "stay-at-home mom" or maybe she should look for a job at McDonald's.
Valdez said in the lawsuit that she is one of four women on the force. She said another woman has experienced discrimination, also, "yet a female officer who is a white female in her 20s has received favoritism."
Valdez said in the lawsuit that she doesn't know if disciplinary action has been taken and she "fears retaliation and continued discrimination in the workplace." Her duty station has been moved from the governor's mansion to the attorney general's office.
Other officers named in the suit are William Walker, Christian Normandy, Ed "Mike" Rubio and Richard Mraz. The Department of Public Safety, which supervises the Capitol Police, is also a defendant.
The suit seeks damages against the officers and the department, claiming Valdez has suffered "a severe and pervasive hostile and abusive working environment because of her sex/gender, race and age."
The force is charged with protecting the safety of the Capitol, which houses the offices of state elected officials, including the governor. It is assigned to the governor's mansion, the attorney general's office and patrolling other state buildings.


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ELYRIA — A truck jackknifed Thursday on Schadden Road, forcing cars and trucks to go through a nearby parking lot to get to an industrial park and the Ireland Cancer Center.
The road was blocked for several hours after the accident, which occurred about 100 feet south of the where the road meets state Route 57.
|A tractor-trailer blocks Schadden Road off state Route 57 on Thursday after it got stuck making a turn.
The accident isn't the first one, said Larry Sipley, president of Marathon Steel Products Inc., who called Mayor Bill Grace to the scene.
"The trouble is that we have only one way in or out," Sipley said. "The area is growing like crazy — take care of us."
Grace surveyed the blocked road with Assistant Safety Service Director Jim Hutchson. As they watched, two anxious motorists drove up, perplexed about the blocked road.
"We need to get to the cancer center right away," a woman told the pair before she was directed to the makeshift detour.
Grace said the city is working to eliminate the sharp U-turn that motorists make while negotiating the turn at the 57 intersection.
The solution would be to lengthen Schadden Road to the west and install a traffic light for a 90-degree turn to the south toward the cancer center, Grace said. He also said the city would like to connect the industrial park to Lake Avenue.
Exactly when that will happen is undetermined because the city is in a budget crunch, Grace said.
Brian Stacy, a representative of the Ohio Department of Transportation, said Schadden Road was part of the 57 corridor study, but it is not part of the area contracted for review by the engineering firm KS Associates.
Elyria police Lt. Andy Eichenlaub said the truck driver was not cited in connection with Thursday's accident.
Eichenlaub said the hairpin turn onto Schadden Road "is difficult to negotiate for long trucks."
"It is a developing area and is going to have more and more traffic, but engineers are the ones who make those decisions," Eichenlaub said of the roadwork needed.
Sipley, the president of Marathon Steel, said he hopes something will happen soon because Community Health Partners has been acquiring land in the area and more hospital facilities could be built.
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Job title: Program Manager,
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The Program Manager, Ports will report to the Infrastructure Advisor and provide operational support in managing TradeMark East Africa's (TMEA's) programme and activities at Dar es Salaam Port.
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- Act as Project Manager for an agreed number of defined outputs within the TMEA program at Dar es Salaam Port, with primary responsibility for:
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- Working with Tanzania Ports Authority and with TMEA staff at both regional and country levels to develop and implement TMEA infrastructure and other activities.
- Managing consultants (including drafting TORs, assisting in procurement, supervising output, and managing contracts) engaged by TMEA, either directly or on behalf of client agencies.
- Follow up closely all stages of projects implementation and finances and, in case of delays, advise on measures needed to ensure adherence to established work plans.
- Draft and/or contribute to periodic reports and presentations on TMEA's activities at Dar es Salaam Port;
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The best hockey players in the world are at the Vancouver Games, and still, Russian Alex Ovechkin stands out.
Especially at Russia House.
Flashbulbs popped and conversations stopped as Ovechkin talked up his homeland, which will host the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.
"I'm proud to be Russian," Ovechkin said during an interview with The Associated Press. "We have probably the best country in the world.
"Everything is the best: hockey players, cars, girls."
The reigning, two-time NHL MVP is certainly making his case on the ice, making jaw-dropping plays with his skates, stick and shoulders.
Ovechkin put Jaromir Jagr on his back with a center-ice hit that broke his visor Sunday, powering Russia into the quarterfinals, a day after the Czech star called Ovechkin the best player in the world.
"Every great player, they're different," Jagr said. "It's like you cannot compare Mario Lemieux to Wayne Gretzky because they have their own style.
"Have you ever seen a player like Ovechkin?"
Well, no.
Just ask teammate Sergei Fedorov.
"I haven't seen anybody like him," the 40-year-old Fedorov said. "He's got his own genes."
In Vancouver, Ovechkin has made headlines with his ferocious play. Even before he laid out Jagr, the 6-2, 218-pound forward also went after Slovakia's Zdeno Chara, who is almost 7-feet tall on skates and weighs more than 250 pounds.
Ovechkin makes no apologies for his play.
"It's the Olympics," he said.
And the stakes are high.
The Russians will be sent packing if they lose Wednesday, when they'll likely play host Canada - which must beat Germany to advance - in the single-elimination quarterfinals.
Ovechkin said both teams will be "hungry like a tiger" to win.
"Right now, I'm here and I want to win gold probably the same like when I play in the NHL for the Stanley Cup," he said.
It's that hard-hitting, bang-and-crash NHL style that Ovechkin fans love, and the man in charge of the Russian hockey team hates.
"Ovechkin does not play like a Russian. He plays like an NHL player," Russia hockey president and general manager Vladislav Tretiak said through an interpreter. "He risks injury and wasting energy by trying to check everybody."
Despite his pounding physical play, Ovechkin hasn't abandoned his ability to score. He has two goals and four points, one fewer than the scoring leaders at the 2010 Olympics. He has picked up where he left off in the NHL, scoring 42 goals to tie Sidney Crosby for the lead and setting up enough teammates to have a league-high 89 points - nine more than any other player - in 54 games.
Monday, though, was a day for rest.
The Russians canceled their scheduled practice, presumably to rest up for as many as three games if they advance to Sunday's gold-medal game.
Success is paramount as Russia prepares for Sochi, where the NHL may not allow its players to perform.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said recently the league might not decide until 2012 or later whether it will participate in the Winter Olympics - an idea that sends shivers through organizers and the International Ice Hockey Federation.
Ovechkin - who signed a $124 million, 13-year contract with the Washington Capitals two years ago - vows that he will play no matter what Bettman says.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Anthony Hill remembers watching his North Carolina State teammates rally themselves from a terrible start last season into bowl contention. It all ended, however, with a humbling 37-0 home loss against Maryland.
Hill, the tight end who was sidelined last year with a knee injury, said the lesson stayed with the Wolfpack through the offseason: "You can't just assume we're going to win the game just because we've been winning games."
One year later, N.C. State finds itself in a similar position. The Wolfpack has bounced back from a 2-6 start with three straight wins to get within reach of bowl eligibility, but the comeback won't matter if N.C. State can't beat Miami at home on Saturday.
"I believe we can handle it," Hill said. "I just feel like we're not going to let what happened to us last year happen again. ... I feel like this is a completely different team."
N.C. State (5-6, 3-4 Atlantic Coast Conference) certainly has confidence that it can take the next step, particularly after last weekend's 41-10 rout of rival North Carolina. In that game, the Wolfpack got a career passing day from improving redshirt freshman Russell Wilson while its defense held the Tar Heels below 200 yards for most of the game. That followed wins against instate ACC squads Duke and Wake Forest that restored hope for a team that looked lost by October for the second straight season.
Yet, once again, that comeback will amount to little more than a moral victory if the Wolfpack can't beat the Hurricanes (7-4, 4-3) -- something coach Tom O'Brien is quick to point out when asked whether his team deserves a bowl bid.
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At least part of the Wolfpack's improved play can be attributed to the team's improved health after numerous injuries. Yet much of it coincides with the improvement of Wilson, who had a concussion and other injuries early but has thrown 14 touchdown passes with no interceptions in his last seven starts.
He has thrown a school-record 203 straight passes without a pick, the longest active streak in the nation. And his mobility has allowed him to extend plays and cause headaches for pass rushers, something he did well against the Tar Heels en route to throwing for a career-best 279 yards to go with 50 yards rushing.
"He's got a snap arm that can get it downfield," Miami coach Randy Shannon said. "He manages the game very well and that's what they've always done at N.C. State -- find quarterbacks that can manage the game well."
The Hurricanes have already secured bowl eligibility for the 23rd time in 26 seasons, though they hope to bounce back from a humbling 41-23 loss at Georgia Tech that cost Miami a chance to control its own destiny in the ACC's Coastal Division race. In that game, the Hurricanes allowed 472 yards rushing against the Yellow Jackets' triple-option attack.
Now out of the division race, the Hurricanes have relatively little to gain other than bowl positioning in the muddled ACC standings.
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Rupee has breached its previous low of 61.21/USD and is now in an uncharted territory, says Arvind Narayanan of DBS.
Underlying US dollar demand from importers will take the already weak Indian rupee towards 61.70-61.80 levels, predicts Arvind Narayanan, Head of Sales, Treasury & Markets, DBS. Rupee breached previous low of 61.21/USD in early trade on Tuesday.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which recently announced a slew of liquidity measures to protect the rupee may at last resort to hiking rates if rupee hits the 62 mark, he added.
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Q: What has caused this pressure on the rupee this morning?
A: The last couple of days there have been underlying demand for the dollar. I would say it is actually genuine commercial demand. We are seeing buying coming from importers. So crucial is the fact that it has broken the previous high and all eyes are now on what happens next. It is an uncharted territory, it has gone above 61.21/USD. Sense is if this underlying demand continues it could move more towards 61.70-61.80/USD thereabouts.
Q: Are there any signs of intervention from the central bank or so far they have stayed away?
A: They are not going to really intervene at specific spot levels. Probably they will try and temper the volatility. I remember the statement which they made last time, they said if rupee crossed 61-62 per dollar, they mentioned the possibility of a repo or CRR hike is definitely a possibility now. Thus liquidity conditions have eased a bit and hence a rate hike definitely looks a possibility. I would look out for some signs on that side.


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This thread is intended to be a take off of the "Development of a "reference" class D starting point" thread, for which all the background information of this project can be found at:
It is as complete as I care to make it, though I've included no by-passing on the driver power supplies, along with a few other minor changes which would be required for a real implementation of it.
In this first post I will include extensive simulation results, to be followed with a FFT done with 100mV input at 1Khz, then I'll provide the circuit schematic, both in the form of a bitmap or jpg, and the pspice *.DSN file.
I do not intend to produce a pcb design for this, so if anyone decides to make one, and gets it working well, please contribute.
All the simulations for which the results you are about to see, have been done with default pspice options, and being spice, obviously, need to be taken with a grain of salt, or two.
However, I'm very pleased with the results it shows. That's not to say it can't be improved on, and anyone who cares to is invited to contribute there as well.
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FFT done at 100mV 1Khz input ~8 watts peak output.
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Schematic in .bmp format.
A few notes here..
Note the 5K resistors used to bias the op amps. It was more of a proof of concept thing than anything else, it shows a worthy improvement in simulation, so I left them in. This schematic is exactly what produced the test results given in post #1.
The OPA627 ties to the positive rail, as the datasheet has a diagram of its internals I think it was the proper choice, simulation backs that up. As the OPA134 did not have such a schematic of its internals in the datasheet, it was biased to the negative rail through an educated guess, and what simulated best.
Being spice, since they're both tied to a perfect voltage source, it simulates a perfect current source. For a real implementation I'd change that to a cascode Jfet + bias resistor, which I think is the most robust way of doing it. There's alot of info out there on how to do it.
Also the IRF540 mosfets won't do. I'd recommend trying something like Fairchild's FDB3632 for it, as a starting point. It's a 100V 80A device with 0.009 Ohms Ron with Qg total of 84nC, should have a good charge ratio as well but I didn't check. They do provide a model of it, but from what I've experienced, they've tried to make the models so advanced that I've found it impossible to force them to converge.
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Here's the Orcad Capture *.DSN file.
Saving your schematic as 4-bit gif files is more practical than using zip.
How on earth are you going to make a cascode work with the bases tied together? If it passes any current at all, the bottom transistor is in complete saturation.
If I saved it as a gif there'd be a loss of quality and the ability to zoom right in would be lost, which means no values would be seen.
Wasn't happy with the biasing schemes I had tried for the cascode, they weren't very elegant, and that seemed to work great, I hadn't realized it would cause the other transistor to saturate. Might look into a clamp circuit . Hmmm... two diodes might do it... but I need sleep. I'll give it more thought later.
Thanks for pointing that out,
Simulation models generally fall apart in saturation. Circuits that simulate well may not even work at all in real life.
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You're right of course, no quality is lost. I'm also wrong in that you can't zoom in with them, you can.
A problem with Gifs (and jpeg) I've encountered in the past is, while compressed very well, they sometimes wind up being too big, and further zipping them does nothing, or makes them bigger, so I just tried zipping the bmp first and it was a decent size.. out it went.
Anyway, back to business, I tried the two diode idea, elegant as I can think of..
That's 500mV input at 20Khz, looks great but shoot through is through the roof now, those results are not comparable.
It needs to be re optimised, but not today.. kind of pointless doing it anyway since spice isn't very exact, I kind of view it as a good ballpark figure to start with in a real circuit, meaningless as it is.
Ah well, here's the change I made, should do the trick.
The image that you have attached is too big. Please make it no bigger than 800 x 1200.
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Productive paws102805 prepstars11Athens Banner-HeraldGREENSBORO - Terrance Hall still flashes a slight scowl when asked about his performance in Greene County's loss at Laney last year in the regular-season finale.--> Productive paws Sure-handed receivers keep Tigers chugging Story Photos Receivers Emanuel Drake (1) and Terrance Hall have helped Greene County close in on its first region championship since 1992 and the first 10-0 regular season in school history. Diane Cebula / Staff
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By John Kaltefleiter | firstname.lastname@example.com | Story updated at 11:08 PM on Friday, October 28, 2005 GREENSBORO - Terrance Hall still flashes a slight scowl when asked about his performance in Greene County's loss at Laney last year in the regular-season finale.
The Tigers receiver dropped four passes - two of which were likely touchdowns - and the Wildcats went on to beat Greene County and win their first region title in more than two decades en route to a semifinal appearance at the Georgia Dome.
Hall's hands have become more reliable a year after the Laney loss, and he's ready for redemption when the seventh-ranked Wildcats (8-1, 5-0 in Region 7-AA) arrive tonight at Tiger Stadium. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m.
Fourth-ranked Greene County (9-0, 5-0 in 7-AA) is seeking the first 10-0 regular season in school history and its first region championship since 1992, the year before the Tigers won the state title.
Tonight's winner will be the No. 1 playoff seed from 7-AA and will host 8-AA No. 4 seed Wesleyan (5-4-1) on Nov. 4.
The loser is the second seed and will host 8-AA No. 3 seed East Hall on Nov. 4.
"A lot of people played a bad game last year," Hall said of the 33-20 loss to the Wildcats. "But not this year. We're ready for them."
Hall's hands have come a long way in a year. He leads the team in receiving yards (614) and leads Northeast Georgia in receiving touchdowns (14). He's also scored two rushing touchdowns, returned two kicks for touchdowns and had a punt return for a touchdown in last week's win over Monticello.
"I've seen him drop a couple (passes) this year, but not many," Tigers coach Larry Milligan. "He's a small kid, but he's also a powerful kid."
Hall has benefitted from the addition of fellow receiver Emanuel Drake, who leads the team in receptions (28) and has 368 yards. Drake left Greene County after his eighth-grade year and played at Morgan County for the past three seasons.
However, the 6-foot-2, 195-pounder returned to Greene County in the offseason and has given the Tigers' passing attack a much-needed spike in consistency.
"It's been a good year, and I hope it keeps going that way," Drake said.
With an all-state caliber quarterback in junior Josh Nesbitt, Milligan knows Drake gives the Tigers a different dimension.
"He adds a lot of maturity to our receiving corps," he said. "He's probably got the best hands of any receiver I've ever been around. He's got good concentration. Our commitment to throwing the ball has helped our receivers. It's something we preach and teach."
Nesbitt, who is 87-for-142 for 1,526 yards and 17 touchdowns, said he trusts Drake and Hall.
"They make me look good on every play; every time we go out on the field," said Nesbitt, who's thrown just four interceptions. "As long as I put it in there, I know I can count on one of them to go get it."
The receiving tandem has given opposing defenses problems this year, which was the case against Morgan County nearly a month ago. The Bulldogs' coverage focused on Drake, which left Hall in a lot of man-to-man situations.
The outcome?
Hall wrecked Morgan County with touchdown catches of 63, 60, 40 and 28 yards and finished with a career-high 191 receiving yards.
"He's opened the field," Nesbitt said of Drake. "Once they double on him, everybody else just comes open."
Said Hall: "People know what he can do. When they double him, I'm usually open. After I have a big game, they double me and Drake is wide open. It doesn't matter who gets it, as long as we get the win."
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Chief Criminal Deputy Ron Cameron said a 1979 Chevrolet van driven by Dale Lynn Harris, 53, of Sequim drove off the north side of Towne Road onto the front steps of the 119-year-old schoolhouse building, which is now operated by the Sequim Museum & Arts Center.
Cameron said the van struck and broke off pieces of concrete and destroyed the handrail on the steps leading up to the entrance.
The van then glanced off a portion of the foundation to the east of the steps and came to a stop on the grass, he said.
Harris, the only occupant of the van, was found to be uninjured and had fled the scene on foot, Cameron said.
Neighbors who witnessed the crash alerted Sheriff's Deputy Todd Yarnes, who found Harris in a nearby field.
The driver was arrested without incident for investigation of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor and/or drugs and taken to the Clallam County jail in Port Angeles.
Harris remained in jail at midday Tuesday.
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The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education (Paperback)
A Soldier's Education
Penguin Books, 9780143116875, 386pp.
Publication Date: February 23, 2010
About the Author
Praise For The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education…
"[The Unforgiving Minute] is one man's story, warmly and credibly told, and its focus is on the idealism that he brought to military service. In Captain Mullaney's mind there is no contradiction between loyally following orders and intelligently wondering what purpose those orders serve.... The Unforgiving Minute finds both suspense and pathos in the events that took place under its author's command. Its fierce climactic battle is recreated in searing detail. But what gives this memoir its impact isn't the external events that it describes. It's the inner journey of a man who is at first eager to learn as much as he can from service and scholarship. Later on he learns from his mistakes."
-The New York Times
"The Unforgiving Minute is a wonderful, beautifully written story of the education and development of a young soldier-scholar, the coming of age of an infantry officer, and the exercise of a small unit leader's responsibilities in a tough, complex, and frustrating situation in Afghanistan. It captures particularly eloquently and movingly the relationships among those who walk point for our nation as part of that most elite of fraternities, the brotherhood of the close fight."
-General David Petraeus, Commander, U.S. Central Command
"Craig Mullaney's memoir is a thoughtful, introspective work reminiscent of the great British memoirs of World War I. A thousand years from now, historians wanting to know about life in America after 9/11 would do well to look at this book. Equally important, it is an enjoyable and honest book. Read it."
-Thomas E. Ricks, author of New York Times bestseller FIASCO: The American Military Adventure in Iraq and senior military correspondent, The Washington Post
"[Craig Mullaney] ultimately delivers far more than the boy-to-man story that he promised.... In this extraordinary book, Mullaney has taken the trouble to look very closely, and has had the courage to discover the limits to his own understanding. Readers will be fascinated to look over his shoulder."
-Washington Post Book World
"Craig Mullaney has lived every kind of American life-he has been a working- man's son, a prize scholar, a soldier-and what's come out of it is a classic memoir about what it means to be American. By marching so many terrains, he has covered the subjects central to every life: courage, pain, loyalty, honor, friendship, love and the tests any good life faces, year by year, minute by minute. He has also produced a page-turner, a brutally honest account of West Point life, the innocence-abandoned experiences of an American abroad at Oxford, and ultimately an indelible story of life and death on the battlefield. In words his squadmates might recognize, I recommend The Unforgiving Minute without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion."
-David Lipsky, contributing editor to Rolling Stone Magazine and author of the New York Times bestseller Absolutely American
"The Unforgiving Minute is one of the most compelling memoirs yet to emerge from America's 9/11 era. Craig Mullaney has given us an unusually honest, funny, accessible, and vivid account of a soldier's coming of age. This is more than a soldier's story; it is a work of literature."
-Steve Coll, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars and The Bin Ladens
"Former Army Capt. Craig Mullaney admits up front that, emotionally, he takes after his expressive Irish mother, who is "incapable of stemming a tear." Mullaney is less candid and perhaps unaware of his talent for evoking emotion in others..... But The Unforgiving Minute is far from heavy and never maudlin. Mullaney's sense of humor is obvious....It is Mullaney's clear-eyed, warm- hearted candor that elicits empathy.... This self-effacing frankness makes his coming- of- age-in-uniform memoir a charmer.... Stunning [and] pertinent."
-The Army Times "The Unforgiving Minute is the ultimate's soldier's book-universal in its raw emotion and its understanding of the larger issues of life and death. Mullaney, a master storyteller, plunges the depths of self-doubt, endurance, and courage. The result: a riveting, suspenseful human story, beautifully told. This is a book written under fire-a lyrical, spellbinding tale of war, love, and courage. The Unforgiving Minute is the Three Cups of Tea of soldiering."
-Ahmed Rashid, author of the New York Times bestseller Taliban and Descent into Chaos
"The Unforgiving Minute is a gripping account of a young military officer's quest to prepare for the unknowns of leadership under fire, and his eventual testing in Afghanistan. With unflinching candor, Mullaney depicts his evolution from idealistic teenager to reflective veteran who retains his conviction and patriotism once his innocence is lost. His emotional, often funny memoir takes us to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, through the rigors of Army Ranger school, then on to drunken debates and romance at Oxford, where he had a Rhodes Scholarship.... The book [is] a departure from traditionally dry military memoirs --it reads like a work of literature.... Mullaney's evolution through his intellectual and emotional journey grips on every page; his writing contains a modesty that becomes more endearing as his achievements mount. This is a classic coming-of-age memoir and a valuable insight into post-Sept. 11 conflict."
"Mullaney writes a great story-a true privilege to read. Entertaining, balanced, and graceful, The Unforgiving Minute is a powerful narrative of purpose, responsibility, courage, and personal growth. Every young man and woman in America should read this book, and aspire to his standard of public service."
-General Wesley Clark, USA (Ret.)
"The Unforgiving Minute is a classic memoir of war and personal development. Craig Mullaney has provided a far greater service to his nation by penning a riveting memoir that should be mandatory reading by every junior officer who dons the military uniform."
-ARMY Magazine
"I recommend The Unforgiving Minute because it is superb and important.... Read the book and you know the caliber of the men and women leading our troops and the troops themselves. More importantly, Craig shows the price of service to country and the cost of sacrifices so few individuals endure in our name."
-The Huffington Post
"Craig Mullaney has written a poignant and evocative book about the great hurdles in coming of age: love, death, belief, and betrayal. Learning from his experience can help us face our own unforgiving minutes. I couldn't stop reading."
-Nathaniel Fick, author of the New York Times bestseller One Bullet Away
"Insightful... This book should be read, certainly, by everyone who has a loved one who is serving in the military, has served or might one day serve. But it also should be required reading for all Americans.... His is a remarkable journey, recounted with unflinching honesty, thoughtful reflection, occasional humor and hard-won wisdom.... An unusual book that combines grittily realistic accounts of war with highly educated reflection and introspection.... If enough people read [The Unforgiving Minute], then perhaps we as a country would not have such a profound lack of understanding of the volunteer troops we send to fight our wars, and of the sacrifices that they and their families make."
-Winston-Salem Journal
"One of the most thoughtful and honest accounts ever written by a young Army officer confronting all the tests of life---education, love, self-knowledge, combat, and the fates of war."
-Bob Woodward
"There have been a slew of memoirs, many very good, from soldiers who fought in Iraq or Afghanistan. But Mullaney's honest, elegantly-written account [The Unforgiving Minute] has gained particular notice."
-New York Post
"The Unforgiving Minute is the poignant true story of a young man's unusual education from the classrooms of West Point and Oxford to his development as a leader, son, brother, husband and friend. In this powerful book, we share in the remarkable experiences of a Rhodes Scholar, and the heartache and pride of a soldier. I admire Craig Mullaney's courage, and thank him for his service."
-Senator Richard Lugar, former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
"Mullaney's harrowing and humorous details make the book not only a soldier's story but also a richly human one."
-Baltimore Sun
"Craig Mullaney is an exemplar of the next great generation of Americans, those who are serving and sacrificing on the front lines in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is a compelling, can't-put-down book, a well-written, memorable description of preparing for war and leading in combat."
-Joe Klein, Time Magazine political columnist and author of New York Times bestseller Primary Colors
"My only regret in reading The Unforgiving Minute is that I had not read it earlier. [The Unforgiving Minute] is essential reading for those in (or veterans of) our business - and maybe more importantly - for those who need to know what that business is all about....We can ill afford leaders equipped solely with the implements of warfare - they must be intellectually equipped as well. Craig Mullaney is indeed a soldier-scholar and -citizen as well and his story is the story of a whole generation of young leaders."
-Dave Dilegge, Small Wars Journal
"Riveting... Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway, John Hersey, and Ring Lardner, owing to Mullaney's talents as a storyteller and astute observer of detail."
-Vanity Fair
"[The Unforgiving Minute] should be required reading for all who will be placed in leadership positions in the military and in the corporate world."
-Major General Mike Myatt, USMC (Ret.), President and CEO of Marines' Memorial Association
"The Unforgiving Minute offers great insight into the war we are sending young Americans to fight in Afghanistan, but it is also a wonderful coming of age story told with wit and brio by one of the best writers I've read in a long time."
-Bob Schieffer, CBS News
"I couldn't put down The Unforgiving Minute. Well-written and engaging, this book should be a requirement for all young people seeking to become leaders."
-Lieutenant General (Ret.) Donald L. Kerrick, former Deputy National Security Adviser
"Keenly intelligent war memoir whose central question is, 'What is a man?' First-time author Mullaney, a West Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar and veteran of combat in Afghanistan, searches for the answer while investigating a second question: What kind of man is a soldier? At West Point and in the Army, soldier and man are one and the same. Mullaney's intelligence and sensitivity are too fine-tuned for such a simple conflation....
A philosophically ambitious account of coming to adulthood."
-Kirkus Reviews
"No matter how many books you have read about the rigors of basic training and the terrors of war, you should read this one. Mullaney's keen eye for detail, lively narrative style, and capacity for self-reflection-unusual in many soldiers-make an old story new and gripping."
-Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
"Craig Mullaney adds his name to the very few among of us who have the intelligence, sensitivity and skill to share the unforgiving sadness and the unparalleled joy of leading men and women in combat. The Unforgiving Minute should be required reading for all who serve in the White House and Congress and for those who aspire to leadership. Read it. Twice."
-Paul Bucha, West Point Class of 1965, Medal of Honor recipient and past president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society
"Craig Mullaney puts the reader in the muddy boots of a combat leader as he marches a path from West Point to Afghanistan and back again. Weaving action and reflection, The Unforgiving Minute is fast-paced, entertaining, and rich with insight and wisdom. A great debut from a leader to watch."
-General Barry McCaffrey, USA (Ret.)
"Intimate and evocative in the tradition of the best coming-of-age memoirs, The Unforgiving Minute accurately captures what it is to prepare for the ultimate responsibility of leading soldiers in war, a demand as much intellectual as physical, as much about compassion as discipline. By turns thoughtful, hilarious, gut-wrenching, and inspiring, The Unforgiving Minute is as gripping and addictive as it is perceptive and honest."
-Lieutenant General F.L. Hagenbeck, U.S. Army
"Craig Mullaney has served his country twice: first by leading his men at war, and now by remembering. He has done both with skill and honor. Mullaney's memoir is the thinking soldier's guide to modern combat, told with a novelist's eye for detail and a philosopher's penchant for perspective. It is a story well worth reading."
-Bill Murphy Jr., author of IN A TIME OF WAR: The Proud & Perilous Journey of West Point's Class of 2002
"No one describes more clearly how a boy becomes a man than Craig Mullaney in this masterpiece of self-awareness. No American can read this book and ever again forget what we owe to others for giving to us a society filled with so many choices that we have the freedom to make for ourselves."
-David L. Boren, former U.S. Senator and longest serving chairman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee
"A searingly honest and brilliant tale, full of small victories, significant losses, self-awareness and understanding. This is a marvelous read, full of life lessons on every page, written in a modest and unflinching style-a classic memoir."
-Admiral James Stavridis, Commander, U.S. Southern Command
"An honest account of the closeness and the distance between a father and a son and the highs and lows of military life. A heart-breaking account of what it is like to be responsible for the life and death of America's most precious asset: the Combat Warrior. A must read for all combat leaders."
-Lieutenant General Ronald Coleman, U.S. Marine Corps
"The Unforgiving Minute tells the story of a fiercely passionate young man and provides important insight into a new greatest generation-his comrades in arms who serve in a time of war. Read this book to get a sense of their courage and sacrifice."
-Lieutenant Colonel John Nagl, USA (Ret.), author of Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife
"The Unforgiving Minute is a literate and thoughtful memoir that is a valuable contribution to both the genre and to our understanding of contemporary conflict."
-Andrew Exum, author of This Man's Army


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Bob Moon: President Obama will hold a virtual press conference on the economy later this morning, with the questions coming from the public. Since Tuesday, the White House Web site has been soliciting questions, and visitors have been able to pose their own, or vote on which questions that have already been posted are most important for the president to answer. Our D.C. bureau chief John Dimsdale reports the number of votes cast so far is approaching three million.
John Dimsdale: Regular folks have submitted tens of thousands of questions about jobs, health care and home ownership for a Web chat with the president. In an online video, he says he realizes many people are worried about their financial future.
President Obama: That's why we're going to try something a little different. We're going to take advantage of the Internet to bring all of you to the White House to talk about the economy.
The most popular questions include "What will the government do to make higher education more affordable?" Or "Can you drop the penalty for early withdrawals from 401k's?"
Political blogger David Dayen says this online forum gives the public new access to people in power.
David Dayden: I've seen things that are completely off limits to the traditional media, like the legalization of marijuana was very high on the list.
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La Colonia Community Walk Celebrates Efforts to Improve Health and Fitness
On Saturday, September 14, Ventura County Public Health (VCPH), working collaboratively with the City of Oxnard and the Oxnard Police Department, will host the 5th Annual La Colonia Community Walk. The free event is an annual celebration of the community's efforts to improve the health, fitness levels and overall wellness of its residents.
The event will begin with 8 a.m. registration at the La Colonia Youth Park Center, 197 N. Marquita St., Oxnard. At 9 a.m., VCPH fitness instructors will lead participants in "Health and Soul" Line Dancing and a Zumba battle and then, at 9 a.m., hundreds of Oxnard residents will take to the streets of the La Colonia area for the 5K community walk.
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Over the past five years, VCPH, the Oxnard Police Department, the City of Oxnard and the Oxnard City Council have worked closely with community leaders to provide La Colonia residents with an array of programs and services designed to improve their fitness, nutrition and public safety levels.
In early 2010, the Oxnard City Council supported a proposal to use an unoccupied parcel of land at the end of Camino del Sol Road for a community garden. Today, the La Colonia Camino del Sol Community Garden is celebrating its second anniversary and boasts more than 50 local residents who grow and share homegrown healthy produce. Camino del Sol Community Garden volunteers will host gardening demonstrations and a free plant give-away at the resource fair.


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Calls for Arsenal to sack Wenger grow amid Bould breakdown rumours, Everton's £15m strikers splash & Spurs eye Sneijder
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Quote of the day: "In my view, his time was up three or four years ago. He has got a massive ego because he's a dictator when it comes to Arsenal. And he's not allowing Steve Bould to do any work. He's actually putting players backwards now. It's no coincidence that when Cesc Fabregas goes to Barcelona, he says he is now learning about the tactics of the game. Tactically, Phil Parkinson showed he was a better coach than Arsene Wenger. He will rant at the fourth official, linesman and referee but he needs to start doing some coaching both on the training pitch and during games. I'm not just talking about the Bradford defeat, I'm talking about the last five or six years. When the team are making mistakes he doesn't rectify them as he doesn't know what the mistakes are. He runs the board. Arsene is a dictator and I think he was even part of the appointment of Ivan Gazidis. Last year Arsene said the Press were brain- washing the public into believing there was a crisis. The only person brainwashing the public in recent years is Wenger." – ex-Arsenal midfielder Stewart Robson.
Runner-up: "I think I am frankly tired of getting up here and delivering the same message. Tuesday night was not good enough and it made us all upset and angry. I would like to apologise to all of you, especially the fans who travelled up there. It was unbelievable support as ever and you deserved better. That is something we will work hard to put right. We all work here and are desperate to deliver the success and trophies we all want. Look into the eyes of the staff here, look at the way they talk. We will get this right. I initially thought this would be a great opportunity to spread Christmas cheer. I don't think it will be but I hope to speak to all of you." – Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis.
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Gunners aces fear Wenger rift (Charlie Wyatt, Sun) Arsenal stars fear Arsene Wenger's relationship with his new assistant Steve Bould is breaking down. SunSport can reveal tensions are mounting and cracks appearing in the Gunners dressing room. Tuesday's humiliating defeat to League Two Bradford has exposed the unrest, with some first-team players becoming increasingly sick of trying to play pretty football with no bite or cutting edge. Wenger went ballistic at half-time in the Capital One Cup tie, accusing his stars of "lacking focus and application". The manager also tore into Gervinho for an atrocious first-half miss. But it was to little effect and after the shootout defeat the players talked of increasing strain between Wenger and No 2 Bould.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's relationship with Steve Bould questioned following defeat at Bradford (Telegraph) Bould, who was part of George Graham's famously miserly back four as a player, had been allowed to work separately with the defence earlier in the season, but these sessions have since been stopped. It is also understood that, when Wenger was unable to take training on the day before the recent 2-0 defeat to Swansea, the session was not led by Bould.
Arsene Wenger faces greatest EVER crisis (Steven Howard, Sun) Even Wenger loyalists have arrived at the situation where they believe his time is up. Yes, he has been a brilliant, mould-breaking manager with, at one time, a conveyor-belt of outstanding talent producing the nearest thing to fantasy football. But seven years of famine at a club like Arsenal is too long, especially when there are few signs that seven years of plenty will follow. As Alan Shearer argued in these pages recently: Would a club like Chelsea, Manchester United or AC Milan put up with this sort of failure?
Is defiant Wenger reaching the end of the line at Arsenal? (Neil Ashton, Mail) It is time for Arsenal to move on, to do the unthinkable and thank him for 16 years of loyal service and look to the future with another forward-thinking coach. As charming as he is, Wenger is on the way out as the club's manager. It is over and an increasing number of people within the game are beginning to recognise it.
Wenger has to quit (Sun) More than 34,000 Sun Online readers have voted on whether Wenger's time is up following the club's humiliating Capital One Cup penalty shootout defeat at League Two Bradford on Tuesday. The Frenchman has received a barrage of criticism in the wake of the quarter-final giant-killing — and so far 60 per cent of fans who voted in our poll reckon he should go.
Wenger is still a great (Shaun Custis, Sun) The saddest part of Arsenal's decline is that we start wondering how good Arsene Wenger really was… Once he lost Dennis Bergkamp — the last of the players he did not sign — in the same summer of 2006 that Ashley Cole, who had come through the ranks, left for Chelsea, Arsenal accelerated downhill. Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie all saw the signs and jumped before it was too late. It is a sobering thought that Wenger has NEVER won a trophy with a team made up entirely of players he brought to the club.
On the way down: Arsenal fight to avoid catastrophe as new reality bites (Sam Wallace, Independent) The Arsenal Supporters' Trust has long petitioned for the £70m it believes Wenger has at his disposal to be spent. Those around Wenger will tell you that the situation is nowhere near as simple. They argue his inspired player recruitment and management during the building of the Emirates, and the club's first years there, kept Arsenal in the Champions League and their head above water. They say that the notion he is simply sitting on £70m unspent is nonsense. Yet when you look at those who are targets this January – Pepe Reina, Demba Ba, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Wilfried Zaha – they are not players, however talented Zaha might turn out to be, who are likely to transform the fortunes of the club immediately. That is not the business Arsenal are in.
Defending Wenger
We're sorry! Gazidis apologises as Arsenal owner Kroenke backs beleaguered Wenger to solve mounting problems (Mail) Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke has given his total backing to under-fire manager Arsene Wenger amid the backdrop of training ground tensions… Kroenke will back up his support with a massive January transfer budget and will tell Wenger to spend heavily in a bid to transform the club's faltering season.
Have faith! Wenger and Arsenal players deserve more time to rectify situation (Martin Keown, Mail) The future without Wenger at Arsenal is unthinkable. The manager has rebuilt his side, so we should give the new team time to show they can bounce back from adversity. Undoubtedly the talent is there. Young players such as Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade- Chamberlain, Kieran Gibbs and Wojciech Szczesny should be given time.
Arsène Wenger will not leave and he won't be sacked. So Arsenal lurch on (Guardian) The pro-Wenger argument also asks who, realistically, could be brought in to successfully re-energise the club's fortunes and whether Wenger is not the best man to fire the upturn. He did it last season, after arguably his lowest ebb – the 8-2 loss at Manchester United, which compounded the summer from hell in the transfer market. It is worth noting, too, that Arsenal's travelling fans chorused Wenger's name after Bradford had taken the lead at Valley Parade, in response to the taunt from the home crowd that he was "getting sacked in the morning".
Mario Balotelli
Why Manchester City's Mario Balotelli is the footballer's footballer who we will miss if he goes (Telegraph) The thing about Balotelli that makes him so appealing, despite such woefulness, is that there is more to him than irritable inconsistency, more indeed than batty extravagance. More to him, moreover, than the generosity of spirit evident in stunts like paying for a bunch of homeless men to spend last Christmas in a luxury hotel. What is so endearing about him is that he appears to have an amused appreciation of the absurdity of his position. Even as he stomped off the pitch at the Eithad, heading straight down the tunnel instead of to the bench, there seemed to be a smile playing under that scowl. Even if others are tearing their hair out about his faltering contribution, he is clearly more than enjoying himself.
Chelsea: Club World Cup
Benitez battling jet-lag at a Club World Cup that is still trying to wake up… a prize that should be football's crowning glory, but isn't (Martin Samuel, Mail) The perception is that the Club World Cup is a trifle, two matches, a matter of days. Actually it is the biggest slog in club football and not just in terms of the flight… There is a great tournament trying to break out here, with a wonderful accolade as its prize. Unfortunately, with the best teams allowed to delay entry until the semi-final stage, and the hosting rights farmed out to parts of the world that do not have football in the blood, FIFA undermine their own competition… So the Club World Cup is what it is. A sadly undervalued competition, with a prize that should be football's crowning glory, but isn't.
Rafael Benitez's Chelsea go bowling to build team spirit before Monterrey clash (Telegraph) Chelsea enjoyed a team-bonding session here which ended up with Ashley Cole serving his team-mates supper as a forfeit for losing at tenpin bowling. "He's a better left-back than waiter," observed Gary Cahill.
Fighting Foul Fans
We'll kick out the bigots… FA's 92-point action plan to rid football of the scourge of racism (Mail) English football will introduce quotas for referees and coaches as part of an unprecedented campaign to tackle racism. The plan will be adopted early in the new year and include the demand that at least 10 per cent of entry level officials and coaches throughout the game are from ethnic minorities. There will also be moves to increase the involvement of women, ethnic minorities and disabled people in all forms of football, while Asian role models will be sought to encourage Asian children to play the game.
Liverpool Analysis
Reasons to be cheerful: Why Brendan Rodgers can be happy with his start at Anfield (David Maddock, Mirror) Between now and January 2 – when you would expect new faces to arrive – they face Villa, Fulham and Sunderland at home, while they visit Stoke and QPR during the same period. They are games in which points are available, and given a fair wind, they could even find themselves in the top four at the start of the New Year. That would be a remarkable achievement, even allowing for the fact it would be because of the frailty of rivals such as Arsenal and Spurs as much as their own improved form. Perhaps importantly, it would provide a platform for Liverpool to realistically press for a Champions' League place next season.
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Qatar promises fans to take the heat out of 2022 World Cup (Guardian) Qatar's 2022 World Cup organisers have reiterated their commitment to holding the controversial tournament in summer temperatures of up to 41C (105.8F) despite a growing campaign to move it to the winter. They also claimed that not only would they successfully develop air-conditioned stadiums but would be able to cool entire neighbourhoods for fans… Qatar is believed to be investing £137bn over the next 10 years in infrastructure projects before the World Cup and al-Thawadi claimed that cooling technology would be used over wider areas than originally thought.
Transfer Lies
Everton in £15m twin striker raid (Sun) David Moyes is set to splash £15million on a pair of French strikers. Everton's boss is keen to bring in Paris Saint-Germain's Kevin Gameiro and Wissam Ben Yedder from Toulouse during January to beef up his side's challenge for a Champions League place.
Lescott return to Toffees could spark string of deals by Moyes (Mirror) Everton are ready to take England defender Joleon Lescott back to Goodison Park… Mancini will attempt to bring in a centre-half in January, with his long shopping list including names such as Paris Saint-Germain's French international Mamadou Sakho and summer-window targets Daniel Agger of Liverpool and Newcastle's Fabricio Coloccini.
John's Cat fight (Sun) Sunderland face fierce competition from Italian side Palermo for John Guidetti.
Aston Villa keep tabs on Heerenveen's prolific hitman Finnbogason as Bent nears exit (Mail) Aston Villa are monitoring the impressive form of Heerenveen striker Alfred Finnbogason. Manager Paul Lambert has been alerted to the performances of the Iceland forward, 23, who has scored 12 goals in 14 Eredivisie games this season.
Tottenham enter chase for wantaway Wesley Sneijder (Mirror) Tottenham have been linked with a January move for Inter Milan playmaker Wesley Sneijder, according to reports in Italy… t is understood that Inter would be prepared to listen to offers of around £8million and, with PSG boss Carlo Ancelotti ruling the Ligue 1 club out of the running, it could be a three-way battle between the Premier League clubs.
Sunderland set to offload Bramble and Campbell in January (Mirror) Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill will move out Fraizer Campbell and Titus Bramble as part of a major overhaul in the window.


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Mats Sundin hit a major milestone last night but something he did for the 14th time was a bit more significant for the Maple Leafs.
With a goal at 1:29 of overtime, Sundin not only moved into first in NHL history with goals in the extra period in the regular season but also gave the Leafs a 4-3 victory against the Montreal Canadiens.
Before a season-high crowd of 19,505 at the Air Canada Centre, Sundin's pass intended for Jeff O'Neill bounced back to him off Francis Bouillon. Goalie Jose Theodore anticipated the pass and Sundin tucked the puck into the open net.
"It's good timing because I started to play when they started to use overtime (in the regular season)," Sundin said with a chuckle. "I'll take it. We should be pretty pleased."
Sundin earlier assisted on a goal by O'Neill for his 1,100th NHL point, moving him past former Leaf Glenn Anderson for 50th on the career list. Sundin had been tied with Sergei Fedorov with 13 overtime goals. Sundin got the winner as Habs defenceman Craig Rivet sat in the penalty box for tripping Nik Antropov as regulation time expired. When asked about the call, a perturbed Canadiens captain Saku Koivu said he had no comment.
The Leafs lost rookie defenceman Staffan Kronwall to a strained right knee in the second period and coach Pat Quinn said Kronwall will not make the three-game trip that starts tomorrow in Florida against the Panthers. Quinn expected Carlo Colaiacovo will be recalled from the Toronto Marlies.
Aside from the play of their captain, there were some good signs for the Leafs after a couple of losses that followed a four-game winning streak. The Leafs tightened up, performing with the kind of discipline that has made them successful. In losses to Boston and Carolina in the previous two games, the Leafs were shorthanded a total of 15 times and allowed four power-play goals. Against Montreal, the Leafs went down a man just three times and killed off all three.
"It was probably the leading point of our game preparation, to talk about penalties," Quinn said. "The past two games it hurt us and you can't win with that stuff."
Jason Allison and Chad Kilger, a day before his 29th birthday, scored in the first period to give Toronto a 2-0 lead. But that was erased by goals from the Canadiens' Mike Ribeiro and Alexander Perezhogin in the second. O'Neill put the Leafs up 3-2 late in the second, only to have Tomas Plekanec score late in the third after Allison lost the puck.
Ed Belfour picked up his 446th career win, and is one behind Terry Sawchuk for No. 2 on the NHL list. Darcy Tucker was absent as his wife Shannon gave birth to a boy last night. Tucker will join his teammates in Florida.
Though happy with a win, Quinn was not about to call it a roaring success.
"We were very good early," Quinn said. "We were moving our feet, had good checking and moved the puck well. We backed off in the second, and in the third, got a little afraid of giving up the lead again and started to give the puck away. But we had lots of good stuff (overall)."


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ECB rate cut expectations have economists saying there is enough room for a rate cut. The European Central Bank (ECB) may edge closer to cutting interest rates to a historic low as the debt crisis tightens its grip on the euro economy and threatens to hurt global growth. With European governments struggling to fix a crisis that's engulfing Spain and could force Greece out of the euro, pressure is mounting on the ECB to lower rates and introduce more liquidity support for banks. The ECB is expected to indicate a readiness to cut interest rates as soon as next month but hold back from policy moves, after a Group of Seven, emergency conference call on Tuesday failed to produce any concrete solution.
Large speculators yet hold a record net-short position in euro futures but surely some reduction of short-euro positions can be expected before the Greek elections. A subsequent win by the pro-bailout parties in Greece also could lead to heavy short covering in the Euro. We expect Greece to remain with the Euro & similarly Spain & Italy. The European Union authorities will eventually come up with programs that preserve monetary union, although the euro is likely to remain under pressure in the meantime. The Euro could rebound against the US dollar later in the year as worries shift from European debt toU.S.debt. We have repeatedly alerted of the US dollar eventually getting crushed.
The Group of Seven nations yesterday agreed to coordinate their response to Europe's turmoil, which has tipped at least eight of the 17 euro-area economies into recession and damped European demand for foreign goods. ECB President Mario Draghi, who said last week the monetary union is "unsustainable" in its current form, could choose to withhold further stimulus until governments do more to tackle the causes of the crisis.
G-7 finance ministers and central bankers discussed "progress toward financial and fiscal union in Europe" on a conference call yesterday that focused on Spain and Greece. The Reserve Bank of Australia cited Europe's crisis when cutting its benchmark rate yesterday by a quarter point to 3.5 percent, while the Bank of Canada held its key rate at 1%. Bank of England (BoE) policy makers meet tomorrow amid speculation they could increase asset purchases after the U.K. slipped back into recession.
ECB officials, convening a day earlier than usual due to a public holiday in some German states tomorrow, will announce their rate decision at 1:45 p.m. Draghi holds a press conference 45 minutes later, at which he will unveil the central bank's latest forecasts for the euro area. ECB in March predicted an economic contraction of 0.1% for 2012 and growth of 1.1% for 2013. Inflation was projected to average at 2.4% this year and 1.6% next. Economists said they expect modest downward revisions to both the inflation and growth outlooks. Economists also said Draghi is likely to announce today an extension of the ECB's policy of full allotment in its refinancing operations, which has been the main plank of its crisis response since 2008.
U.S. President Barack Obama has criticized European governments for not doing enough to arrest the crisis, now in its third year. The Euro has plunged to a two- year low against the dollar & Investor concern about political inaction drove Europe's Stoxx 600 Index (SXXP) down 8% last month, fully erasing gains this year.
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text: I think the biggest problem here is when you combinate two layouts and only get one stack, the new opened windows always go to one layout or get trickier results. Also you track one real focus point because you get only a stack. So .. in general terms maybe this could be done by creating a new window stack in combineTwo (derivating from the orinal stack that is applied to) and let one layout handle one stack and the other, the other :) (don't know if it's actually possible). And of course providing bindings for panel movement. A more general approach would be the possibility to have multiple panels in each screen, each managing its own window stack. Here's how the workflow of this approach could be: * Create a window, it goes to the master panel of the Tiled layout * Create another window * Move back to master * Apply Mod+Something to make a new panel on it, a new panel is created with the focused window as it only window. (now mod+j/k don't work, since you're trapped in the new panel, maybe mod+h/l will be suitable for changing panels) * Create a new window, the window is created as a second window in the new stack. The thing here is how to decide on layouts, we'have a layout for each panel, wich I suppose the default layouts will apply, and one Screen layout that arranges the Panel, but probably for start an existing layot like DragPanel or TwoColumns, when there are 2 panels, and Grid when they're more could be used. But I don't see this coming without affecting the core ... byebye! On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Braden Shepherdson <Braden.Shepherdson at gmail.com> wrote: > Dominik Bruhn wrote: >> >> Hy, >> is there any chance we might get real tabbing support in xmonad? >> >> Ill try to explain what I mean by that: >> I often use the "Tall" Layout. It would be nice If I could take any frame >> and >> apply a tabbed layout on it so that I can open several windows within that >> frame >> and get some tabs. Currently I cant get this behaviour because I have to >> select >> the frames where I want tabbing uppon compiletime and there is no >> keybinding for >> switching the tabs. >> >> So what I'm searching for is: >> >> 1. A Keystroke which makes the current frame tabbed >> 2. A possibility to shift a window into a frame (so it gets another tab) >> and out >> again. >> 3. The current Keybindings like Mod+{j,k} stay the same, they dont switch >> tabs. >> 4. New Keybindings for moving to the next tab in the current frame. >> >> Is it possible at all? I'm not into the xmonad sourcecode but perhaps the >> stack-set datastructure is not the right choice for this features. Perhaps >> some >> developers can tell about this. >> >> This is the only feature which im missing and which could make me go to >> ion3 >> because everytime I see a ion3 I love this feature. >> >> So, lets discuss! > > I suspect I'm not alone in pondering this one off and on. It's a common > request. There are some questions of the interface, whether mod+j/k switch > panes or tabs, but there are sensible defaults and room for customization. > > Build a TabbedTall layout specifically would likely be a little tricky, but > perfectly possible. The bigger question is whether it would be possible to > implement this as a LayoutModifier that could be strapped atop any (well, > most) other layouts. I suppose it could keep a list of lists of windows, and > give the underlying layout a list of "windows" which were actually the > tabbed panes. > > My money is on possible, but it's nontrivial. > > I won't volunteer; I don't have the time to continue with my current > xmonad-mangling project, ScreenWorkspaces. Taking 5 courses in one's major > in one term is not recommended. > > > Braden Shepherdson > shepheb > > _______________________________________________ > xmonad mailing list > xmonad at haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/xmonad >


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The Cottage at Twin Oaks is located just 1 1/2 miles from the historic Sonoma Plaza: in a quiet peaceful, upscale residential/farm area. Our stunning 4 acre property is situated down a beautiful Country road amidst old Oak trees and grazing cows.
Upon entering our gated home you will feel what wine country living is all about! Beautifully landscaped, a remarkable hobby vineyard, a small producing olive and fruit orchard and a beautiful pool area. We encourage our Guests to enjoy all the property has to offer. Enjoy a swim in the beautiful black bottom pool, indulge in the veggie garden or become a chef for the day in the outdoor gourmet kitchen/BBQ area. This property exudes comfort and relaxation throughout.
The Cottage lends itself for total relaxation. Unwind in the cozy living area in front of the fire, or take in the stars from your private hot tub located on the deck. The choice is yours for dining. Take in a wonderful restaurant just minutes away or grab some local flavor and dine in by candle light.
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This is a lovely one-bedroom, one bath cottage located on a small farm about 2 miles from the Sonoma Plaza. The cottage is decorated beautifully and has a large fully-stocked kitchen. The wrap-around deck contains a propane and charcoal grille. Clusters of grapes can be picked from the deck itself. Nearby is the family pool area next to a large ranch house where the parents of the owner reside when they come out for the weekend from San Francisco. The pool area is available for cottage guests and is marvelous.
The awesome hostess, Nina, had informed us before our arrival of the wine festival being held in downtown Sonoma on that weekend. The festival was fantastic, with wine tastings, live music and lots of food. While there, my friend was describing our cottage in glowing terms to a group of locals she had just met. Coincidentally, she had just met Nina's parents. After the festival, Pete showed us around the property, gave us some fresh vegetables and a couple bottles of his wine.
The location is very accessible to both Sonoma and Napa Valleys. One day we drove up the Sonoma Valley to Geyserville and then south to Napa stopping at a few wineries and exploring the towns. Calistoga is worth seeing. All in all, the accommodations, the hostess and her family and the Sonoma community were wonderful.
Such a treat every time we drove onto the property. Vines laden with grapes next to the deck and a garden with ripening vegetables. We spent so much time enjoying the area, we did not spend enough time at the cottage. It was perfectly comfortable with everything needed. We prepared our breakfast, picked up picnic lunches in Sonoma and explored the wineries, parks, gardens all within 30 miles. Three days were not enough time but we had plans to spend 5 days in San Francisco. Best vacation in many years.
We really appreciated this lovely property! It's very quaint, clean, and well-appointed. It's a very nice touch to have a pool and a hot tub and be so close to downtown yet be out of the hubbub of downtown. Very convenient location, excellent price, and very easy to work with.
what an amazing place this is. We went the last weekend in June to celebrate my birthday. After a long traffic filled drive from San Francisco due to the NASCAR event we couldn't believe when we passed through the front gate. It exceeded every expectation. Gorgeous property surrounded by their own vines. Awesome pool, I even jumped on the trampoline. The 1 bedroom comes with your own private jacuzzi out on the deck which was so nice to come home to after long days of wine tasting. We spent the night sitting out on the deck looking at the stars. We were so pleased to come home our 2nd day to see the barn doors open. We peaked inside and were greeted by Nina's dad. He let us taste their family wine that is grown right on the property. Nina and her family are all so welcoming. We loved their dog (they do not live on site, were just visiting) and her daughter even passed by and made sure we knew we could use the pool. The inside of the cottage had everything we needed. We BBQ'd one of the nights and always cooked breakfast. The cottage has air conditioning, which helped in cooling down the house at the end of the day. The property is extremely peaceful and was perfectly central to all of the wineries we visited. Less than 5 minutes to the square. I would recommend this cottage to anyone and we will definitely be staying there on return trips to the area.
-Communication with the owner to arrange payment was simple and the owner was always quick to respond.
-Going to Sonoma in the off season is great. Do not be afraid to go to Sonoma just because it might be rainy or because they already picked the grapes. Sonoma is still beautiful and the trade-off for smaller crowds was well worth it.
-All amenities described were accurate. The kitchen was well stocked with everything you need. Plenty of towels, napkins, bedding, etc. All the necessities were provided as described
-Property is fenced in and secure
-Great location, close to everything with a car. Short drive to Sonoma Square. Walkable if you don't mind a long walk
-Hot tub was awesome and worked great (one of the main reasons we booked)
-Property is very clean and well maintained
We would absolutely book the property again and look forward to visiting Sonoma again.
We originally chose this spot for a weekend getaway because of it's proximity to all the things that make Sonoma Valley so great... vineyards, hiking, galleries, close to Carneros, quick hop to Napa, a mile from the Sonoma Square... its really in a great location. We enjoyed eating breakfast on the deck, having a glass of wine in the hot tub after a day of wilderness hiking on Sugarloaf Ridge in Kenwood, and the Sonoma restaurants we tried were fantastic. What we didn't expect was how much we would enjoy just being there. Sitting on the deck in the afternoon was so relaxing that we dialed back our agenda just so we could unplug a little and hang out at the cabin. We topped it off by picking up fresh picked vegetables from the W. Watmaugh farm stand on our way out of town. When people say they'd like to have a cabin in the wine country some day... this is what they mean. We really enjoyed our stay!
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Powell's peace mission begins
US Secretary of State Colin Powell has arrived in Morocco on the first leg of a Middle East tour designed to secure a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians.
Mr Powell is due to hold talks with King Mohammed VI, and with Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia who is currently at his winter residence in the country.
Mr Powell's trip comes as Israel continues to resist US pressure to withdraw from the Palestinian areas it has occupied.
Mr Powell's first priority is to secure that withdrawal.
New initiative
At the same time, he is also maintaining pressure on Yasser Arafat to rein in Palestinian violence.
Whether or not there is a meeting between the US secretary of state and the Palestinian leader depends on what happens between now and Mr Powell's arrival in Israel on Thursday or Friday.
In the meantime, Mr Powell will be speaking with America's moderate Arab allies, beginning in Morocco.
He wants to reassure them of America's commitment to Middle East peace and to recruit their help in restraining the Palestinians.
It was the threat of further regional turmoil that was a crucial factor leading to this new initiative.
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07 Apr 02 | Middle East
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07 Apr 02 | Africa
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