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Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said during the scouting combine that his team is "not desperate'' for help at running back. You wouldn't know it from looking at one of the names on the list of draft eligible backs the team has reportedly visited with.
Citing unnamed sources, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reported on Friday afternoon that the Bucs visited with Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon at One Buc Place this week.
Mixon comes with some major character concerns that include a 2014 domestic violence charge that stemmed from an incident in which he allegedly punched a female student.
Mixon was suspended for the entire 2014 season for that incident and had to apologize publicly two years later when video of him punching the woman was released.
Mixon was also suspended for a game during the 2016 season for disrespecting a parking attendant who had given him a ticket and was not invited to the combine as a result of his off-field issues.
Mixon's talent, however, is undeniable. Most scouts believe he has a first-round caliber skill set, but several teams including the Dolphins have already taken him off their draft board and said they will flat out not draft Mixon.
It appears the Bucs would not be among those teams and perhaps, in the wake of Doug Martin's PED violation and admission to a drug dependency issue, there's good reason for that.
Despite Licht's claim, many believe the Bucs will look to add a running back in this draft, and this is further indication the Bucs are exploring all possibilities and vetting everyone.
Good for them. The Bucs were also present at Mixon's pro day, where fellow Oklahoma standout Gerald McCoy was in attendance, so it seems they're doing all they can to get a good read on who Mixon really is.
You may remember that the Bucs did the very same with quarterback Jameis Winston a couple years back and few can say now that the Bucs made a poor choice there.
Vetting players is one thing the Bucs do very well under Licht, and by truly getting to know Mixon, they should be able to make a sound choice regarding whether or not to draft him.


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City officials pointed to Lubbock's ''excellent'' bond ratings Thursday as proof that the city has a low debt ratio compared with other municipalities.
''We are a low-debt city,'' Mayor Windy Sitton declared following a presentation on bond ratings by city finance director Betsy Bucy.
The city recently received AA bond ratings from three major bond rating companies Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch IBCA. The AA rating places Lubbock on the same level with 14 other Texas cities, including Austin, Fort Worth, San Antonio and El Paso when it comes to selling general obligation bonds on the open market. Only Dallas and Irving have higher bond ratings among all Texas cities.
What this means, Bucy explained, is that private investors who purchase government securities look at Lubbock bonds as a good risk. They are willing to purchase them at lower interest rates, thus saving the city money on debt financing.
This was demonstrated most recently when the city chose to take advantage of favorable interest rates by issuing $20 million in general obligation refunding bonds to pay off some old debt that was obtained at a higher interest rate.
Bucy said her staff had estimated the city could save $400,000 in interest payments over the life of the bonds. But the staff ended up receiving an even lower interest rate than expected and instead will save more than $1 million, she said.
But while City Council members were pleased to hear the good news, they continue to be stung by past criticism of the city's debt load as being too burdensome. During past efforts to adopt a sales tax for economic development, tax opponents have charged that the city was heavily burdened with taxpayer-supported debt.
''There were so many rumors flying that we were over indebted,'' Sitton said, referring to the prior political battles. ''I think this (presentation) shows that we do pay attention to our debt.''
Now with another city bond election coming up perhaps as early as May, Council members are eager to get the word out to voters that the city's debt position is well below the national and state average.
Bucy confirmed that a low-debt ratio and strong financial management are the key factors involved in receiving a high bond rating.
''These independent bond raters ... their customers are the investors, not us,'' she said. ''But their ratings will result in low debt costs to the city.''
The city's ratio of debt to total assessed value is currently less than 1 percent while the average debt ratio for most cities in the United States is more than 2 percent, according to Moody's.
''We would have to double our tax-supported debt just to reach the median level,'' Bucy said.
In other business Thursday, Council members approved a plan to take part in a prepayment plan for the Canadian River Project that will reduce the city's debt burden during the next 18 years. By issuing new debt at lower interest rates to pay off older debt, city officials expect to save as much as $6.4 million.
''Basically, we can get rid of a $20 million obligation by issuing a $12 million obligation,'' Bucy said.
Council members also approved renewing a non-exclusive franchise agreement with Cox Communications for 15 years and approved a resolution in support of the boll weevil eradication program.
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It almost seems like his BBC is melting into her ass. Amazing how she's taking that
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Is it? lol
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I don't know if it is or not.
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What I don't understand with you guys is we all know that Win 8 WILL have a traditional UI for the desktop, which my guess would be that it will be just a bit different from Win 7 desktop, so why the annoyance?
My only two questions are ....
1) How will having two UI selections affect the response on the new OS (slower or faster than Win 7) I would imagine that even if one of the UI is turned off it still might add some additional layer of code to the processes or not, can someone help me out on this.
2) Improving how reliable Windows Update is at cleanly installing updates without problems or failures on a system that is only has well known major programs on it and has not been compromised by Malware or had the registry screwed with by the owner.
WU just always seems to be the weak link IMO.
If anything I wish that MS would offer the user TWO methods of receiving a service pack..the traditional method of a single large update....or allowing by request the user to simply have access to the parts that make up the service pack in single updates or in a number of smaller increments ..
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Windows 7 Professional 64bit
I used xp until earlier this year, after which I upgraded to win7. Glad I took my time to upgrade and skip the whole vista episode.
Win7 is snappy and supports latest hardware. I don't regret upgrading one bit. But does it make me more productive compared to xp, I don't think so. The fact we're using more and more web and 3rd party apps such as gmail, firefox, thunderbird, launchy and explorer++, has made the jump less jarring.
As more than one person has said, win8 is really win7 w/ tablet-friendly interface. So why would you want to upgrade on your desktop?
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windows 7 home premium
feels like windows 7 been here 5 minutes, i can barely remember upgrading from xp
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windows 8 seems to be microsoft trying to play catch up to apple's iPad (or is it iPod, iPood, iPeed, iPaid, iPhoney or some such) and it's touchy-feely fingerprint on high reflectivity glass no real mouse, no real keyboard mobile cell phone approach. i'll be sticking to a real OS, win7, for quite a while. c'mon microsoft. try originality not copying. it ain't broke. don't fix it. i have a 'smart' phone which is more difficult to actually make a phone call with than my older non-smart one. i do not need another one making believe it's a desktop pc. i also have a quite capable dedicated e-paper e-book reader that fits my pocket, non-wireless, usb loading, and not tied to amazon or applestore, so i can get my books anywhere and load them on the thing freely. i do not need wireless book purchasing while i am wandering around the streets of london or waiting for a train at paddington station. i've got enough pre-loaded to last me a few months already. i suspect win7 will still be around when the iFad has ended.
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Windows 8 Release Preview x64
At this point, I feel like I'll have no problem patiently waiting for 8's release, since I'm so happy with 7 on my machines right now. But at the same time, I also have this strange feeling that the voice of my inner geek will grow louder and louder to the point where I will not be able to resist the urge to upgrade once that time comes, especially since by then we'll know more of the facts, we'll have a better idea of what 8's all about, and we'll have an increased appetite for something new in the OS department by that time.
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You might want to do a little reading on the sister forum EightForums...
I think unless some major changes are made there are going to be a lot of unhappy desktop users. I hope I'm wrong and MS will make major changes.
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Windows 7 Ultimate 32-Bit (Build 7600)
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Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
TVs and Phones being touted as "smart" are misnomers.
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windows 7 ultimate 32bit
I just amonth ago gave up xp and went to seven. I think I will not be ready to switch again for some time. 7 so far seems pretty stable. Like every one else I will be interested to see what 8 has to offer. But I dont think it will be enough for me to make the change at least till its out a while and we see if its another vista. Like has already been mentioned they seem to have a pattern going. Every other os seems to be full of problems.
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I upgraded to 7 64x when I got a new Dell back in April, retiring my XP Dell to the rec room. I really like 7. From the moment I set it up I haven't had an anxious moment with it. I can't even visualize upgrading to 8 until it's out for a year or so if it's indeed better than 7.
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Fighting ads: The top nine fighter commercials
When fighters aren't in the cage beating people up, many of them are also working as actors in commercials. In most ads, they're playing the tough role of fighters. Here are the best of the best.
9. Matt Hughes for Xyience: Matt Hughes is busy. Really, really busy. He doesn't have time to eat breakfast, so he's opting for a protein bar.
8. Fedor Emelianenko for Snickers: What's great about this ad is Fedor's bemused smile. It's the same smile that he wore during press conferences and before he walked out to win 34 times.
7. GSP for Sportscenter: In the first of his two spots in this list, the UFC welterweight champion dares ESPN anchor and University of Missouri alum Jon Anderson to walk into his cage-covered cubicle. Like all Missouri alums, Anderson is wise and decides to stay out of GSP's way.
6. Vitor Belfort for Gillette: Not only is Vitor Belfort watching you shave, his whole gym is watching you shave. And judging you.
5. Mirko Cro Cop for ... something: For some reason, Cro Cop is an executive who knocks out coffee beans. No clue what it's trying to sell, which makes it effective advertising.
4. Mark Coleman and Wanderlei Silva for Schick: Apparently, fighters make great pitchmen for razors. This is a classic from when these two men were the kings of Pride FC. Though Pride is no longer, Coleman is retired and Silva has many more fights behind him than in front of him, their ad is everlasting.
3. Clay Guida for Currie Ford: It's a shame you all don't live in Chicagoland, because you would be treated to these ads all the time. Next time I'm in a press gaggle, I will work hard to be as hilariously animated as the reporters in this ad.
2. GSP for Nexus: One of the most common criticisms of GSP is that he can be a little boring and doesn't show his personality. This commercial changes that. GSP shows off a goofy side in this ad.
1. Anderson Silva for Burger King: The pound-for-pound king is also the advertising king. He serenades a cheeseburger here, and yet is just as frightening as ever.


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I want to ride on the NWA DC10 before its gone.
Wanted to know if someone could help me with loads and if they can list me on a NWA flight from LAX to MSP and MSP to HNL. I want to catch NW 314 and NW 99 on the 1st of January 2007.
It is my favourite aircraft and one I used to fly a lot on when I was younger as my Dad used to work for UTA.
Also tell me how NWA works with nonrev pax, I am an Air France flight attendant and I have worked for AF for 10 years now.
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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you at The Broke and the Bookish!! Each week we will be releasing a top ten book related list for you all to enjoy!
I have added quite a bit to my list recently, so I just clicked it by date and pulled off the first 10! I am sure we all have this problem!!
Ten Books You Recently Added To Your To-Be-Read List
1. Hidden Heart by Amy Patrick
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
3. Pippa of Lauramore by Shari L. Tapscott
4. Untangle by Calia Read
5. 99 Days by Katie Cotugno
6. Beast Charming by Jennifer Wardell
7. Galgorithm by Aaron Karo
8. Romancing the Dark in the City of Light by Ann Jacobus
9. The Next Together by Lauren James
10. Velvet by Temple West
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Taste of Dallas has created a unique festival experience for 2017. If you love burning hardwood, crackling embers, and you like to cook with either High Heat or Low & Slow, it will be hard to leave our new BBQ, Burgers & Brews Experience, curated by Tim Byres of Smoke and presented by Napoleon Gourmet Grills. You'll enjoy some of the very best barbecue and burger joints in the Metroplex plus over 20 craft breweries to sample and pair their craft brews. Then grab a plate and head over to our new exhibition area and watch as some of the biggest names in the sizzling Dallas food scene spill their secrets with hourly demonstrations.
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[GOLD CUP] No longer will the Gold Cup champion be a lame-duck winner every other year. Concacaf has announced that this year's winner will enter a
playoff for a spot in the 2017 Confederations Cup. Its opponent will be the 2015 Gold Cup champion in a format that gives the biannual competitions equal value as a regional championship.
Previously, one competition took priority over the other in determining the Concacaf representative for the Confederations Cup, which is held every four years as a prelude to the World Cup and matches up the winners of the regional competitions. Under the new format, the 2013 and 2015 Gold Cup winners will square off at a site to be determined.
The move is expected to ramp up interest in the Gold Cup. According to Concacaf, ticket sales for the 2013 edition – three months prior to the start of play – are ahead of where they were two years ago for the 2011 competition. Cumulative ticket sales of more than 600,000 were registered for the 13 match days in 2011, including nine sellouts.
"This innovative resolution will allow the champion of every single Gold Cup edition to have the same competitive opportunity to represent Concacaf at the international level," said president Jeffrey Webb in a statement announcing the changes.
If the same nation wins both the 2013 and 2015 competitions – as was the case when Mexico triumphed in 2009 and 2011 – it qualifies automatically for the 2017 Confederations Cup. If a playoff is needed it will be held in the second half of 2015.
The 2013 Gold Cup kicks off July 7 in the Rose Bowl and concludes July 28 at Soldier Field in Chicago. The 12 entrants have been drawn into three groups, with Mexico heading Group A, Honduras the top seed in Group B, and host USA in Group C.
FOX Sports Media Group, for the first time, is televising all 25 matches of the event. Spanish-language broadcast partner Univision will cover the entire tournament on its platforms, and Fútbol de Primera will carry Spanish-language radio broadcasts on its system of more than 100 affiliates.


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Mumbai, Dec. 10: In a move that will bring the Gilbeys Green Label brand of whisky into its fold, McDowell announced that it has acquired an 85 per cent stake in Triumph Distilleries & Vintners Pvt (Triumph) from financial investors in a transaction valued at Rs 60 crore.
McDowell said the remaining 15 per cent stake will continue to be held by Deepak Roy, who will act as president and CEO of Triumph with charge of the day-to-day management. McDowell additionally has a call option on the 15 per cent equity held by Roy at the end of two years. The call option will be exercised at a valuation to be carried out by a mutually acceptable valuer, the company added.
Triumph has acquired the IMFL business in the country from UDV India, including use of the brand Gilbeys Green Label under licence as well as the distillery of UDV India at Nira, Maharashtra. Incidentally, McDowell was also a bidder amongst others for the same.
Speaking at a press meet today, McDowell chairman Vijay Mallya said the acquisition presents a huge opportunity to lead in the segment, synergise and extract profits. He added that McDowells nation-wide manufacturing and distribution facilities would substantially increase the Rs 15-crore profit annually generated from the acquired brands.
It is an emotional homecoming given that I started my career in the spirits industry with the UB group. The transaction will further Gilbeys whisky portfolio, given the UB groups extensive distribution and marketing muscle, Deepak Roy, who was also present at the conference, said.
Under the agreement with Roy, McDowell will nominate four of the six directors of Triumph including the chairman. The board will also have two nominees of Roy.
Roy is reported to have had initially approached private equity players that included CDC, Standard Chartered and HSBC to finance the management buyout bid.


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Developed as an alternative to the original TVR fold-down canvas roof, the removable rear hardtop has been specifically shaped to replicate the original roofline of the Chimaera.
During development of the initial mould, the mock-up structure was painstakingly filled and shaped to follow the exact lines of the original soft-top - even down to the uppermost slight bulge at each top rear corner where the canvas is stretched tight over the internal support header underneath.
Despite being a rigid fibreglass section, when the hardtop is covered in canvas the shape gives the impression that it is a taut soft-top material, stretching over the internal header/support underneath, and the thermoformed Acrylic rear window is precisely shaped and curved to replicate the original soft-top window.
The idea right from the start was not to design a completely new hardtop roof that strayed from the classic Chimaera shape, but to improve on the original design by considerably increasing security, weather protection and cabin sealing over the original fold-down version. The canvas-covered version in particular is vertually identical in appearance to the standard TVR fold-down section and retains the cars 'original' look. However, when the canvas covering is left off and the fibreglass hardtop sections are painted to match the bodywork as pictured above left, the hardtop becomes very unique and distinctive.
Used in combination with the hard centre targa panel, the rear hardtop is secured in place using stainless steel quick release catches and can be easily unlatched and stored in the Chimaera's generous boot alongside the targa panel when not in use - leaving the rear deck with a clean level appearance and completely unobstructed rear visibility - as opposed to the original folded section 'pram handle' jutting up at an angle and creasing the folding hood window.
The video clip to the right demonstrates how the hardtop sections fit to the car and how the panels stow in the boot - applicable to cars built up to approx 1999. A slightly different stowing method is used on post 1999 cars - video to follow.
The inner surface of the 'Roll Hoop' has a carbon fibre effect similar to the type used on the underside of the original TVR centre targa panel.
The standard TVR aluminium roof struts are carried over to provide secure positioning of the centre targa panel when fitted to the car, but instead of being anchored directly to the underside of the hardtop, they are located into fabricated slide-in brackets to allow quick removal and refitting.
The fixing methods for the detachable rear section include utilising existing mounting points as well as several additional discreet mountings - all of which are hidden behind trimmed-up areas.
With the painted option extra care will be needed when handling and storing to avoid scratching and an additional protective layer of Armourfend is recommended. The interior surfaces of both the rear hardtop and centre targa panel can be trimmed in vinyl. It is recommended that both painted and canvas versions also be covered with soft covers when stowed in the boot to create a cushioned layer and prevent marking from other articles in the boot.
Each hardtop is made to order and will require fitting and adjusting specifically for each individual car. The entire assembly includes all the following parts pictured:
- Fibreglass rear hardtop section
- Matching centre targa panel (optional/additional cost)
- Thermoformed 4mm Acrylic rear window (shaped to match the original soft top window with discreet black border for bonding purposes)
- Inner Header / 'Roll Hoop' section (with carbon fibre layer)
- Rear deck finisher trim (fixed in place inside the rear deck top edge and hides the cut edge of the bulkhead carpet when the roof is removed, and provides an anchor point for the quick release catches)
- 4 x quality stainless steel quick release catches
- Various fabricated brackets and fixings
- All weather strips and sealing rubbers (the existing targa roof seals and mounting channels will need carrying over from original panel)


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(KYTX) - The Texas Asthma Camp kicked off Sunday June 23. During this annual camp 70 kids ages 7 to 14 are having fun while learning more about their asthma.
Camp director Rhonda Scoby says,"Research shows that children who attend asthma camp miss fewer school days and have fewer emergency room visits and hospitalizations during the following year than children who don't go to asthma camp."
The kids will learn about what could trigger there asthma, how their medications work, and how to better manage their asthma.
Since 1985, about 3,000 children have experienced Asthma Camp where they learn skills necessary to managing their disease. This specific camp is the oldest one of its kind in Texas devoted to helping kids with asthma.
Besides gaining knowledge about asthma, campers enjoy fun activities like any other Summer camp.
The campers are watched closely and the Health Science Center provides medical support 24 hours and is staffed by on-site physicians and nurses.Respiratory therapists students from Tyler Junior College and Angelina College in Lufkin serve as camp counselors.
"We rely on physicians and school nurses to help us identify the sickest kids, those who will benefit the most from attending asthma camp. We want kids whose experience at Texas Asthma Camp will make a real and positive difference in their lives," says Scoby.


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Innovation doesn't just happen... it evolves out of business desires and it frequently involves changing your own view of the IT value statement. This article focuses on one of the key components needed to make the shift from maintenance to an innovation IT philosophy, Business Service Reliability. As a progressive IT department you must understand exactly what it is, how you can manufacture Business Service Reliability in real time so that you can measure and report your contribution in business language, and how adopting the framework shifts your organization into an innovative business partner.
What Is Business Service Reliability?
Because of our long-lived traditional IT department philosophies, most IT organizations, whether or not they realize it, focus almost exclusively on component availability rather than the overall reliability of their business services and the related customer interactions. The problem, of course, is that you can achieve decent availability metrics for individual tiers of IT services - but still wind up with customer interactions (the business services) that are unpleasant. And frequent painful customer experiences drive customers and their money away from your company. They cause your customers to say bad things about you... in public and online. They undermine your credibility, so that the business sees you as a maintainer of poor systems and an overall liability, not an innovative business partner. The shift to innovation starts with your customer, and understanding what gives them a good experience, and proactively transforming your operating model to manufacture what the customer wants.
Given this, it's obviously critical to define exactly what a good customer experience is and determine how to measure it. Good customer experiences occur when every link in the business service delivery chain performs properly. These links, by the way, are not just infrastructure components. They include calls, methods and other activities of software code that are not monitored on the typical enterprise management console. And it's not enough for these links to simply occur or be available. They also have to perform to the required level while maintaining data accuracy. That is, they have to retrieve or display the correct data in the correct way. In other words, a successful customer interaction occurs when every link in the chain is available, performs adequately, and actually does what it's supposed to do.
Manufacturing Reliable Business Service Delivery
"Reliability," therefore, can in one way be defined as how often you get the customer experience right; it is clearly not component availability. It's how often something - anything - goes wrong in the end-to-end service delivery chain. The exciting thing is that this shift to an innovative mindset can actually be mathematically expressed and measured in the real time. Examine, if you will, the following real-world formula and measurement for Business Service Reliability:
Where m = a link in the chain of delivering a customer interaction is doing exactly what it should, then:
Business Service Reliability = customer interaction link 1,2,3...(availability)m + (performance)m + (accuracy)m
And the Business Service Reliability measurement for any period (usually daily or hourly) would then be:
1-(defective interactions/total interactions)
Again, we aren't just looking at problems with component availability here - although an unavailable component will obviously result in us having a broken link in our service delivery chain. But now we're really looking at all the links in that chain and discovering where they are failing, where they are under-performing, and/or where they are not doing exactly what they're supposed to do. We get two benefits from this experience-centric approach. One is that we can now actually measure the real reliability of our service delivery. Now instead of patting ourselves on the back because we're doing such a great job of keeping our networks and servers up and running, we can take a look at a more meaningful measurement - where is our perfection rate when it comes to customer interactions?
But the second benefit is something even better. This Business Service Reliability approach doesn't just tell us how bad we're doing, it also tells us how to fix the defects in our 'customer interaction manufacturing production line.' When we look at our defective interactions, we can begin to recognize patterns in our business service delivery. For instance, a critical Java method to get customer account information from the mainframe through the SOA layer has been randomly slow all day. In real time and related strictly to how this defect is impacting the customer interaction we provide, we can investigate the problem with only the resources related to that area of delivery, and then not only alleviate the problem, but eliminate it in the future.
How to Create the Shift
Business Service Reliability proves to the business that your IT philosophy is that of first understanding what the customer is expecting from you, and then creating that with supporting IT components only providing the means to the end. That 'end' is what enables you and your department to develop ideas that actually mean something to your business and the framework allows you to actually deliver against the vision.
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Babe Didrikson holds the world record for the longest baseball throw (93.3m) by the woman. For the folowing question, assume that the ball was thrown at an angle of 50 degrees above the horizontal, that it traveled a horizontal distance of 90.3m, and that it was caught at the same level from which it was thrown. What was the ball's intital speed?
First off, identify your variables. You have your range (x-direction) and your angle of elevation. The basic motion equation is x= vo*t where vo is your initial veloity, x is range, and t is time of the entire flight. You can assume symmetry during the flight and therefore know that at peak height, the time of flight is t/2..... t=2t(peak).
At the peak of the flight curve, all your forces are in the vertical direction (y direction) and you know that 2t(peak)= 2(voy)/g where g is gravity. This yields to the ranging equation R= (vox*voy)/g = (2vo^2sin(theta)*cos(theta))/g which can be simplified to R= [vo^2*sin2(theta)]/g
remember sin2(theta) = 2sin(theta)*cos(theta)
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Hibachi Grill Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet held their Grand Opening on September 14, 2012 with Mayor Rich Hill and other officials celebrating with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Hibachi Grill is the largest and most elegant Chinese, Japanese & American Cuisine restaurant in the area. Owner John Lin treated everyone who came to the Grand Opening to a free lunch as a way of thanking those who came to celebrate with him.
Like Trustee Larry Mount said during the ribbon cutting, you can't possibly try everything on just one visit, you will need to come back! The Hibachi Grill is everything that they advertised it to be, from the decor to the food and wait staff. Round Lake Beach is definitely lucky that Hibachi grill selected this area to open their 50th franchise. Lunch prices are extremely reasonable with adults priced at $6.99 and less for children and seniors. Dinner and Sunday prices are $9.99 with reduced fares for children and seniors as well. I would love to get your feedback once you have had a chance to check Hibachi Grill out.
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My Nonprofit Reviews
Review for GREY2K USA Worldwide, Arlington, MA, USA
The following statement is taken directly from this 501c4 non-profit's web site; "100% of donations support our mission to end dog racing." Apparently we have a very different viewpoint regarding what "100% of donations" means. According to their 2012 IRS filings, over 44% of their total revenue was paid in salaries, other compensation and employee benefits. More than 21% of their total revenue was paid directly to Christine A. Dorchak, President, and Carey M. Thiel, Executive Director. However, their web page regarding their 2012 finances clearly states "79% of all 2012 expenditures were used directly for programs including legislative advocacy, ballot initiatives, legal research, and public education about the cruelty and killing of greyhound racing." I don't find that to be very trustworthy and will instead support true charitable organizations.
Addressing the responses of Carey2 below, the facts I presented are just that, facts. Your assertion that my "claims" are somehow incorrect is absolutely false. The numbers presented are 100% accurate according to your own web site information and IRS filings. If you choose to now refer to Christine A. Dorchak, President, and Carey M. Thiel, Executive Director, as "our full-time staff of advocates" in order to continue the subterfuge your organization practices then so be it. I will recognize your decision to "clarify" your web site as an admission of your attempts to mislead potential donors.
Furthermore, in your zeal to somehow discredit my factual information about your organization, the comment you posted about me is wholly inaccurate. I do not own an active racing greyhound and I have never owned an active racing greyhound. As a matter of fact, I have never attended a greyhound race. I do, however, devote a great deal of my time actively working within the greyhound adoption community to ensure the former racers continue to receive the love and care from adoptive families that they were accustomed to receiving during their racing careers.
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This "review" was posted by a dog racing supporter named Neil Roepke, as part of an organized campaign by the commercial greyhound racing industry to post negative reviews on this site.
Regarding Neil's claims, our programs including legislative advocacy, ballot initiatives, legal research and public education are carried out in large part by our full-time staff of advocates. So the notion that those are somehow separate figures are incorrect. We will, however, clarify our website to state that 100% of donations support our mission to end greyhound racing, promote greyhound adoption and pass greyhound protection laws.


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Why do they wear all those peculiar looking things?
THE wearing of horsehair wigs by Irish judges is a tradition inherited from their British predecessors.
The original purpose of the wigs was said to be to provide a form of anonymity and safety for judges passing unpopular sentences.
Although the law in Ireland was changed in 1995 to free barristers from the obligation to wear wigs, judges are still obliged to wear them in their courtrooms.
And there is also more to a judge's work outfit -- a gown, a waistcoat, a frockcoat and a band to be worn around the neck.
Louis Copeland is the main supplier of the current robes, but some wigs and cloaks are also ordered from abroad.
Order 119 rule 2 of the Rules of the Superior Courts, 1986, states:
"The judges of the superior courts shall on all occasions, during the sittings, including sittings of the Central Criminal Court, wear the following costume, namely, a black coat and vest of uniform make and material of the kind worn by senior counsel, a black Irish poplin gown of uniform make and material, white bands, and a wig of the kind known as the small or bobbed wig."
The last effort to change judicial attire occurred in the mid- 1920s when Hugh Kennedy -- the first Chief Justice of the Irish Free State -- sought to break from away from the English tradition by introducing an exclusive Irish range of robes.
According to his papers, there was correspondence on the planned design of judicial robes between Kennedy, William Butler Yeats and printmaker Charles Shannon. But the project did not attract political approval.
But now Irish designer Louise Kennedy is set to unveil an unprecedented new range of designer robes for the country's judges.
The famed designer has been given the go-ahead to place her own stamp on the traditional "Queen Anne Morning Suit".
And it is understood the new robes could be in place as fast as next year.
It marks the first time in over 300 years that judges will ditch their horsehair wigs for more modern attire.
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Quiz: What kind of golf club member are you?December 24, 2015 Golf News
Find out how erratic your behaviour is on and off the course in our fun test
We all like to think we're all good members, good company on the course and good fun off it. Golf is a hobby and, given that we don't get a chance to practise our favourite hobby very much, we're good at taking the rough with the smooth. We're all grown up enough to appreciate that there will be good days, average days and the odd embarrassing one, so we take it in our stride, smell the roses and enjoy the ride.
Except we don't, do we? We act oddly, stranger than at any other point of the week and our mood can, sadly, be determined by how the 'flat stick' (it's a putter, we even make up variations on words to be part of the golfing gang) is behaving. We're idiosyncratic and, over the next 10 minutes, we are going to find out quite how erratic your behaviour has become.
(It's quite simple: score yourself on each question and keep your total)
It is 4.30pm on a Tuesday, you have tiptoed out of work early to play Tony in the singles and there is just one person on the putting green at 4.26pm.
a) Say hello, make some small talk about the weather and hit a few putts (1)
b) Acknowledge Tony but proceed to run through your pre-round drill of hitting (missing) putts from the four points of the compass (2)
c) Ignore Tony and then act stunned when you reconvene on the 1st tee 15 yards away from where you have just been (3)
Andy the club pro is running an offer of six lessons for £50 which seems too good to be true. Your game has been in freefall since 2012.
a) See it as a kick up the backside and the chance to turn over a new leaf. You book the lessons and begin a 'journey'. He can be the Cowen to your Stenson (1)
b) You can't really be bothered but would like to get in with Andy as you'd like to get your clubs regripped and you'd like him to invest in you so you can bore him every time you buy a water and a KitKat. You see it as a bit of leverage and sign up (2)
c) You heard that he did nothing for your mate Brian's game so you write him off as a rubbish teacher to all and sundry (3)
It's the Spring Meeting and you suspect that your playing partner is up to no good, not for the first time today, as his foot appears to be making involuntary movements in the direction of his ball in the rough. You might be wrong but you think foul play is at hand.
a) Ask the third member of the group to keep an eye out but say nothing for now (1)
b) Have a quiet word at the end of the round, before signing the card, and enquire what was going on (1)
c) Confront him, shout 'CHEAT' at the top of your voice and frogmarch him to the clubhouse. Then contact the local press (3)
A new member, Tim, has drawn you in the Walter Johnson Bowl. He's only been playing the game for a couple of years – 'I love it' – and he is yet to grasp your high standards of etiquette. Quite innocently he stands behind you when you're putting.
a) Point out the rules quietly, clearly and with a smile. He'll be crushed by the semi ticking off so keep it brief (1)
b) Claim the hole and walk to the next tee (3)
c) Talk under your breath for the next two holes and then, not being able to help yourself, come out with a snidey and unfunny comment along the lines of 'do you want to take a picture?' Before playing the rest of the round in silence (2)
A new assistant pro joins the club, the fourth in the last two years.
a) Go out of your way to introduce yourself and make a mental note to remember his name (1)
b) Pay for your water and KitKat, smile weakly and leave (2)
c) He's not the pro and will probably be off soon anyway. Then start up a dreadful conversation six months later when you need those grips doing (3)
Everyone has got the new Ping driver and it is the talk of all your mates. You've got a special birthday coming up so you treat yourself and go and pay a visit to your local pro, Simon.
A) Put some business your pro's way, it's an extra £15 but that's not going to break the bank and we all want to get along.
Also, he might throw in a new grip (with your preferred couple of layers) (1)
B) Buy the club but grind Simon into the dirt on price (3)
C) Make the most of Simon's new indoor studio, get fitted, pick his brains for 20 minutes. And as soon as the Wi-Fi in the clubhouse comes up, buy the club online (3)
It's not been a good front nine and you are heading for the turn on 12 points. Your ball is already in your pocket/a nearby field as the halfway house beckons.
A) Give the group a little lift by taking an order for bacon and egg baps and three cups of tea. 'You want a cup of soup too, Dave? No problem' (1)
B) Make a point of putting the flag back in, take an inordinate amount of time to add up your scores and try and catch your playing partner's eye at the precise moment that he orders some food (3)
C) You embarrass your regular playing partner with the information that he last bought a sandwich in May and it is now the Turkey Shoot (3)
It's Wednesday night and the juniors have got a match against the local club.
A) Bring some clubs and balls down that have been sitting in the garage since 2009 and pass them on to the junior organiser (1)
B) Go and support them. You're going to miss the Champions League but you remember only too well how amazing it felt for a member to show any interest in you when you were their age (1)
C) Cut in behind the first match and play two balls (3)
Your round has been a shambles and the new swing thoughts haven't worked out as planned. There are four holes to play and you have just No Returned. Somewhere in a recess of your addled brain you are aware that your playing partner is going along quite nicely.
A) Sulk even more and continue to give a running commentary on the vagaries of your ball flight. After another slice at 16 your head comes off and you insert your 5-iron into your golf bag (3)
B) Start attempting some cavalier shots to amuse yourself/show off and turn the rest of the round into a bit of a joke. Before repeatedly asking how his score is coming along (3)
C) Keep the rhythm of the round going, encourage your playing partner when needed and keep things nice and light (1)
It's the first round of the Hahn Salver and you've drawn Graeme, who plays off 23. And not a very good 23.
A) Quickly have a word with yourself and remind yourself that it is just a number. Turns out, after a bit of chat, that Graeme and you support the same football team and your kids go to the same school. Who would have thought it? (1)
B) Start dishing out swing advice from the 3rd tee onwards having won the first two holes (3)
C) Patronise him from the opening shot. You're not likely to be big golfing buddies and so play much of the round out in silence (3)
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ST. LOUIS — Die-hard music lovers, casual fans and globe-trotting tourists readily embrace Chicago as the home of the blues, spurred in large part by the Great Migration northward of Southern blacks in the early and mid-20th century.
Robert Johnson, the genre's godfather, famously sang of "Sweet Home Chicago," and the Chicago Blues Festival draws more than 100,000 people each summer.
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Post Edited (PositivePerson) : 4/7/2006 12:20:48 AM (GMT-6)
Thanks for your opinions. I'm totally confused as to what to do, I keep hearing what a great Dr. this guy is. But, if I don't feel comfortable I should probably go somewhere else. I will call my insurance tomorrow, and I know my primary Dr. will have no problem giving me another referal.


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Business vocabulary exercise: phrases in business emails
This exercise is intermediate / upper-intermediate level and gives you practice using phrases commonly found in business emails.
Instructions: The following sentences are taken from business correspondence emails and letters. Choose the best answer for each.Please share this page with friends and colleagues if you found it helpful. Thanks!


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Delta model portfolio - short term growth, higher risk
- Investors looking to grow their capital over at least five to ten years, who have other secure savings, and can afford to lose a significant portion of this capital under a worst case scenario.
- Could be considered by investors wishing to accumulate an extra nest egg in an ISA who are unsure about when the capital will be required.
- Investors approaching retirement with ample pension provision who want to make extra savings may also consider this option.
|Role in portfolio
|Provides exposure to large global companies with strong brands.
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|HSBC FTSE All Share Index Ret Acc
|Tracks the performance of the FTSE All Share Index.
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|Royal London Sustainable Diversified Trust
|Invest in growing, innovative companies having a positive impact on society.
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|Rathbone Income
|A steady performer investing for income in UK companies, dividends can be reinvested by growth investors.
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|Jupiter Asian Income
|Invests in large and mid-sized companies in the region which the managers believe are well managed and resilient.
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|Witan Investment Trust plc
|Highly diversified global investment trust which uses the specialist skills of a range of external managers.
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Providing the portfolio with a solid base are three UK invested funds, with different approaches. Royal London Sustainable Diversified Trust invests in a mixture of UK bonds and equities. Although bonds do not offer the same long term growth prospects as equities, they help to offset volatility. We believe the ability of this fund to invest in overseas equities will help its performance. HSBC FTSE All Share Index provides investors with broad exposure to UK companies of all sizes and, being a passive fund, this also avoids the risk of choosing the wrong investment manager. Rathbone Income is actively managed with the aim of providing steady growth and income, dividends can be reinvested by growth investors.
To spread risk further and extend the scope for potential gains, two internationally invested funds, Fundsmith Equity, and Witan are also included. Each is managed in a somewhat different way. Fundsmith Equity's manager picks strong companies, while Witan delegates parts of its portfolio to external managers to get the best returns for investors. And finally Stewart Investors Asia Pacific Leaders has been replaced by Jupiter Asian Income. It is a relatively new fund launched in March 2016 and is run by Jason Pidcock who has a strong track record in the sector. It currently yields 3.8 per cent, which is much higher than rivals.
* Charts show bid-to-bid performance with income reinvested.
Please note that past performance is not a guide to future performance. Fund performance data does not take into account fees and expenses which are specific to individual plans.
Please be aware of the risks involved. Money Observer does not provide investment advice. You should choose investments to suit your personal circumstances and attitude to risk. If you are at all unsure you should seek advice.
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Sell Stewart Investors Asia Pacific Leaders
Buy Jupiter Asian Income
Swapped the Stewart fund for Jupiter Asian Income because of its investment discipline its focus on yield entails
Sell Kames Ethical Cautious Managed
Buy Royal London Sustainable Diversified Trust
We have stuck with a similarly cautious mixed asset fund but we believe the ability of this fund to invest in overseas equities will help its performance.
Sell Newton Real Return
Pedestrian performance.
Buy Kames Ethical Cautious Managed
To gain from this fund's greater growth potential but still relatively low risk approach
Sell Investec Cautious Managed
Manager's contrarian approach had produced disappointing performance.
Buy Rathbone Income
A steady performer investing for income in UK companies which can be reinvested by growth investors.
Sell Troy Spectrum
Disappointing performance.
Buy Fundsmith Equity
To gain from fund's exposure to large global companies with strong brands.
Buy HSBC FTSE All-Share Index
To provide broad exposure to UK companies of all sizes without manager risk.
Buy Investec Cautious Managed
To provide a stable core and modest but consistent returns.
Buy Newton Real Return
To provide absolute returns in all market conditions.
Buy Stewart Inv Asia Pacific Leaders
To provide exposure to fast growing Pacific region via investment in large and mid-sized companies.
Buy Troy Spectrum
To provide global diversification gained through fund of funds approach, with emphasis on capital preservation.
Buy Witan
To provide global diversification gained through fund of funds approach.


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Scotland's largest health board has overhauled its policy around the administration of intravenous drugs following a critical report which it ordered in response to a spike in hospital superbugs cases.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde commissioned the audit into its use of central venous catheters and peripheral venous catheters, which give doctors direct access to a patient's bloodstream, after an increase in the numbers of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia cases, better known as MRSA or MSSA, in the latter half of last year. The catheters, which are commonly used in hospitals, also present an infection risk.
The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) team that carried out the confidential audit, the results of which have been released through Freedom of Information laws, made six findings, including two that were classified as "high risk" and two "medium risk".
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It revealed confusion in the use of the basic apparatus across the health board. There was no approved policy for the insertion and maintenance of the catheters, which are also used to draw blood and administer fluids, increasing risk of inconsistent approaches across the board and leading to uncertainty among staff. The auditors warned: "PVCs and CVCs can be a source of infection, and the rate of infection is increased where catheter insertion and maintenance procedures are not being properly managed."
Dr Jean Turner, director of the Scotland Patients Association, said it was vital that a rigid protocol was followed at all times.
"Everybody needs to know that when they put a needle and cannula into a vein it does create a hazard," she said. "This is an important area and it is obvious that what has been going on has been a bit haphazard.
"I hope they are going to be able to implement a standard method. It should be standardised throughout Scotland. Everybody should be sticking to the same protocols religiously."
The investigation also revealed that while care plans had been introduced for patients with peripheral venous catheters, which are typically inserted into a patient's hand or arm, they were only used for central venous catheters, usually inserted into a patient's neck, in one department.The PwC team said that staff should complete a care plan form in all cases, or else rules may not be followed and bosses could receive inaccurate data on whether protocol was being followed.
Concern was also raised that too many departments were involved with management and monitoring of processes around catheters, increasing the risk of inconsistency, and that different teams used different criteria when investigating whether the equipment was being used appropriately.
Following the audit, carried out in January, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde tightened up its policy. Statistics produced by Health Protection Scotland show that rates of MRSA and MSSA, which have decreased in the last decade, rose in the two successive quarters in the latter half of 2013. But figures from the first quarter of this year indicate the trend has reversed with the board on course to hit national targets.
A NHSGGC spokeswoman said: "We have developed standard operating procedures for the insertion and maintenance of both peripheral vascular cannula and central venous cannula. These have been widely consulted on with front line clinical teams before being presented to NHSGGC's Infection Control Committee where they received approval on May 19, 2014.
"The care plan for Peripheral Vascular Cannula (PVC) has been updated to reflect current evidence based practice and the care bundles issued nationally. A Central Venous Cannula (CVC) care plan has also been developed in the same way."


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Watch Toni Collette And Daniel Craig In The Award-Winning "Hotel Splendide"
March 7, 2017 — You would never want to stay at the Hotel Splendide in real life.
But any movie where you get to watch Daniel Craig (the James Bond franchise, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Some Voices) Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense, Angel in the House, About a Boy, Hey, Hey It's Esther Blueberger) and Stephen Tompkinson (DCI Banks), is worth the visit.
The Hotel Splendide is a dreary, isolated spa/hotel hat sits on a dreary, isolated island that is cut off from the mainland except for a once-a-month ferry. The original owner, Dame Blanche, who insisted on a health regime of seaweed and eel-type health food and frequent colonics, has just died, but she has insisted that her children, Dezmond (Tompkinson), Ronald (Craig) and Cora (Katrin Cartlidge) continue to run the spa to her specifications. It is no big surprise that the ferry conveys fewer and fewer guests willing to submit to the depressing meals and unusual health routines.
Shortly after Dame Blanche's death, Kath (Colette), arrives. She had been the sous-chef at the hotel five years before and was Ronald's girlfriend at the time; her arrival is unexpected and jolts the entire establishment.
Watch the darkly comic Hotel Splendide on Amazon video.


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We have original hand embroidered artworks and textiles available in our shop but if you are interested in a custom artwork for a gift or a one of a kind artwork for your home we do take commissions. If you would like to enquire about a custom made artwork please submit a message below. In our SHOP section we've included examples of Custom Artwork options which illustrate the range of embroidery styles available. Depending on the size of the finished artwork and the length of the phrase you would like stitched, artworks take from 3-4 weeks to design and complete. Larger works will take more time to sew but please let us know if you have a special gift in mind and need a faster turnaround and we will try to meet your timeframe..
At the start of the commission process the first thing we discuss with you is the style of lettering and embroidery you would like. We have a variety of styles in our portfolio so please have a look and let us know which particular examples you like.
To estimate how long the artwork will take to sew we need to know what phrase or text you would like for the piece and what dimensions for the artwork.
With this information we can provide you with a quote which covers:
- 2 rounds of black and white sketches of the type design and layout
- we work with you to create a custom colour palette and once the sketch is approved we create a colour digital mock up for final approval to move onto embroidery phase. We can base the colour palette on reference images you provide which can be a favourite artwork, landscape photograph etc
- Embroidery phase to include WIP photographs to show the progress
- Once embroidery is completed, final artwork stretched on board for framing