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Authorities on Tuesday confirmed the existence of a mass grave containing prisoners' remains near the site of a former communist labor camp in eastern Romania. The discovery bolsters the case of investigators seeking genocide charges against the former commander of the penal colony.
A statement from the government's Institute for Investigating the Crimes of Communism laid out the official findings. It said five skeletons were found — one's right foot was missing, one had a dislocated spine and another's legs were tied together.
Institute chief Andrei Muraru said the discovery revealed "brutality and primitivism in the management of the colony."
The excavation, initiated by the institute, took place from Sept. 14 to Sept. 19 in a remote part of the Danube Delta near the former labor camp. Archeologists helped authorities piece together the evidence.
The institute wants prosecutors to charge the former Periprava camp commander, Ion Ficior, with genocide for the deaths of 103 political prisoners. Although the five skeletons were believed to be those of prisoners at the camp, it was not immediately clear if they belonged to any of the 103.
Muraru said Periprava camp inmates died from malnutrition, beatings, a lack of medicine and from drinking dirty water from the Danube, which caused dysentery. Ficior, now 85, was deputy commander and then commander of the camp from 1958 to 1963. He denies wrongdoing.
The institute plans to hand over evidence against 35 former guards who ran a range of prisons for political detainees in the 1950s and 1960s. About 3,500 former Romanian political prisoners from that era are still alive, down from 40,000 who were alive when communism was overthrown in 1989.


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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Elite Screens' Lunette Shows Benefits of Curved Screen
Elite Screens' Lunette A1080P2 curved frame projection screen features a number of innovations that enhance the viewing experience.
The curve design eliminates common projection issues like the "pincushion effect" by bringing the sides of the screen forward. It also gives the viewer the sensation of being drawn into the film.
The Lunette's acoustically transparent material, is a 1.0 gain projection surface that has .25mm perforations that allow optimal sound penetration, so in-wall speakers behind the screen can give excellent performance. It is also black backed to eliminate bounce back distortion.
"It wraps the viewer in a vivid image with excellent direct and off-axis luminescence along with stunning color uniformity." Said Dave Rodgers, Marketing Manager for Elite Screens USA. "Sound breathes through the material with a minimal amount of acoustical insertion loss or dispersion. The design gives a superb performance free of visual artifacts so that viewers can sit, enjoy and be wrapped in a full cinematic experience."
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Initial reports are that its a 5 year deal worth $75 million. Much more as it comes and once I can get in front of a computer. Great move here if its true, haven't seen anything official.
[UPDATE] Lot's of updates rolling in, all of them saying this deal is not official and the Tigers are still very much in the mix here.
[UPDATE #2] Per a number of sources it's down to the Cubs and Tigers with the Tigers holding the possible advantage after matching the Cubs offer, it's a waiting game now…..so you're saying there's a chance..
[UPDATE #3] Still no movement with Sanchez, and the last word was that a decision will come tonight, so stay tuned. Things might get interesting, and maybe the Tigers aren't the clear cut favorite anymore.
Your morning update, per Ken Rosenthal the Cubs have upped their offer to 5 years and $77.5 million, the Tigers sit at $75 million still, we will see what happens. After a decision was expected last night it was clear that the Cubs were in the process of trying to negotiate as it was announced that there would be no decision until at least today. Theo and Jed usually get the guy they want, especially one that was already in their system in Boston, see Anthony Rizzo, and Sanchez fits that mold. I'll keep updating this post today.
[UPDATE #4] Of course right after Rosenthal says that, Jon Heyman says the Cubs are out of the Anibal Sanchez race and it seems likely he takes less money and stays with the Tigers, nothing official yet.
[UPDATE #5] Bob Nightengale, the same guy who "broke" the story of the Cubs signing Sanchez last night has confirmed today that Sanchez has agreed to stay with the Tigers on a 5 year $80M deal, too rich for my blood. If I'm the Cubs I stay in Detroit and try to get Porcello away from the Tigers.
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We're glad you've taken the time to visit our website. We are here to inform and excite those who are interested in Gypsy Cobs. Take a look through our website to learn more about us and our vision for North Fork, view our breeding stock and read about horses available for purchase. Whether you're here to learn more or just enjoy some glorious pictures of our favorite breed, we hope that you enjoy your time with us.
North Fork Gypsy Cobs is one of the leading Gypsy Cob Breeders in Canada with fully registered breeds from the Gypsy Vanner Horse Society. As the Gypsy Cob (also known as the Gypsy Vanner) is still considered rare in North America, we also promote this amazing breed across Canada and North America with our continuing involvement in shows, registry events and communication with other breeders across the country.
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Avs goalie good to go: Rooted in Russia, Semyon Varlamov has given his NHL team good reason to believe its faith in him will be fulfilled // Denver Post
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During the NHL lockout, Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov brought in a substitute paycheck playing for the Kontinental Hockey League team in his hometown of Yaroslavl, Russia. As he looked around the local arena, or more specifically in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl dressing room, it often would hit him: They were all here, not so long ago.
On Sept. 7, 2011, when the Lokomotiv traveling party headed for the team's season opener in Minsk, Belarus, its plane crashed after takeoff from the Yaroslavl airport. The death toll included all 26 players aboard and 18 others. Two of the team's defensemen, Latvian Karlis Skrastins and Belarusian Ruslan Salei, played for the Avs before returning to Europe.
"I knew the whole team," Varlamov, 24, said this week at the Family Sports Center. "You always remember those guys. Going in the locker room could be tough. You can't forget. It was tough to see the city, how hard it hurt everyone."
Born in what is now known as Samara, Russia, Varlamov moved to Yaroslavl -- about 250 miles northwest of Moscow -- at age 13. He developed in the Lokomotiv program and played for the local team in the pre-KHL Russian Superleague for two seasons before joining the Washington Capitals organization in 2008. So his lockout employment with the reconstructed Lokomotiv franchise this season was a hockey homecoming, but it also had its sad undertones.
After returning to Colorado -- he lives in downtown Denver -- Varlamov is set to be in the Avs' net Saturday night when they open their 48-game season on the road against the Minnesota Wild. "I'm ready to play. I'm in good shape," he said.
Said Avalanche coach Joe Sacco: "Once he got over the jet lag coming back, he's looked sharp. He's focused and he's worked extremely hard."
Colorado has more invested in him than money, including draft choices and credibility. The Avs sent first- and second-round draft picks to Washington to acquire him in July 2011, then signed him to a three-year, $8.5 million deal. It all demonstrated faith in his ability to be transformed from an inconsistent and injury-prone enigma with the Capitals to a star in Colorado.
Previously, he showed flashes of breathtaking play in his 59 games over three seasons with the Capitals. Yet as he approached restricted free agency, Washington -- which instead had used Michal Neuvirth as its 2011 playoff goalie -- balked at paying Varlamov as a proven No. 1 goalie, something Colorado was willing to do. In fact, before the Avs made the moves to acquire and sign him, it seemed a possibility he would return to Yaroslavl and play for Lokomotiv in 2011-12, which could have put him on that ill-fated flight.
Last season, he was up and down. But his strong play early and especially late in the season kindled optimism that the Avalanche eventually will be vindicated in its judgment.
"Last year, I didn't play good enough for me," Varlamov said. "We wanted to play in the playoffs. I just say I want to play in the playoffs and make this team better."
For the season, he was 26-24-3 with a 2.59 goals-against average, a .913 save percentage and four shutouts. Meanwhile, veteran Jean-Sebastien Giguere, 35, who was signed as an unrestricted free agent the day the Avalanche traded for Varlamov, had a bit of a renaissance and showed he still could be effective in spot backup duty, or more. So the Avalanche seems justified in considering its goaltending set for the foreseeable future.
"He's a great guy," Varlamov said of Giguere. "He's a great goalie. He's won the Stanley Cup. He helped me on the ice, in the locker room, and getting ready for the game the next day. He's like my second goalie coach."
Giguere takes pride in Varlamov's development.
"I really, strongly believe that the goaltending relationship has to be strong," Giguere said. "We have to be friends. We have to help each other. And we have to compete. I have to push him. He has to push me. I can't make it easy on him. I have to make sure his work is honest. But I don't have to do much. He's a guy that naturally loves to compete, and that's something you can't teach."
At Washington, with several Russian teammates, including superstar Alex Ovechkin, and a major Russian-language subculture in the area, Varlamov at times might as well have been in Moscow. But when he got out of the Russian comfort zone, and tried to grasp what was going on or being said around him, he could be bewildered.
"That was the toughest part of my life," he said. "It's much easier to speak with the guys now. I understand everything."
Sacco smiled when that issue came up.
"What I've noticed about Varly most is his interaction now among his teammates and the coaching staff," he said. "I'm not quite sure it was as bad as we all thought. I could tell he understood a little more than what we were led to believe, but certainly I feel that the more comfortable he's gotten in his surroundings, we've seen the true Varly come out. He's got a good personality, a sarcastic type of personality."
Avalanche defenseman Shane O'Brien said the Yaroslavl tragedy affected Varlamov last season.
"It was hard for him coming to a new team, not knowing anyone, and then the unfortunate situation that happened in Russia ... it was all tough for him," O'Brien said. "He kind of struggled for a bit, but he worked hard and he was huge for us down the stretch. We have a great group of guys in here, and I think about halfway through the year he kind of realized that and started to feel more comfortable. And once you feel more comfortable with your teammates, that's going to help you on the ice."
Said Giguere: "He's more comfortable and, from the way the season went last year, he knows he's their man. He is this team's future, and I think that gave him a lot of confidence, and paved his way to be a leader on this team."
Does Varlamov feel pressure to live up to the Avalanche's faith in him?
"I think that's life," the Russian goalie said, shrugging. "Everybody feels the pressure, but you have to forget about the pressure, keep playing and do your job."


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The recent Phoronix benchmark which compared a release candidate of FreeBSD 9 with Oracle Linux Server 6.1 created a huge discussion in the FreeBSD mailinglists. The reason was that some people think the numbers presented there give a wrong picture of FreeBSD. Partly because not all benchmark numbers are presented in the most prominent page (as linked above), but only at a different place. This gives the impression that FreeBSD is inferior in this benchmark while it just puts the focus (for a reason, according to some people) on a different part of the benchmark (to be more specific, blogbench is doing disk reads and writes in parallel, FreeBSD gives higher priority to writes than to reads, FreeBSD 9 outperforms OLS 6.1 in the writes while OLS 6.1 shines with the reads, and only the reads are presented on the first page). Other complaints are that it is told that the default install was used (in this case UFS as the FS), when it was not (ZFS as the FS).
The author of the Phoronix article participated in parts of the discussion and asked for specific improvement suggestions. A FreeBSD committer seems to be already working to get some issues resolved. What I do not like personally, is that the article is not updated with a remark that some things presented do not reflect the reality and a retest is necessary.
As there was much talk in the thread but not much obvious activity from our side to resolve some issues, I started to improve the FreeBSD wiki page about benchmarking so that we are able to point to it in case someone wants to benchmark FreeBSD. Others already chimed in and improved some things too. It is far from perfect, some more eyes – and more importantly some more fingers which add content – are needed. Please go to the wiki page and try to help out (if you are afraid to write something in the wiki, please at least tell your suggestions on a FreeBSD mailinglist so that others can improve the wiki page).
What we need too, is a wiki page about FreeBSD tuning (a first step would be to take the man-page and convert it into a wiki page, then to improve it, and then to feed back the changes to the man-page while keeping the wiki page to be able to cross reference parts from the benchmarking page).
I already told about this in the thread about the Phoronix benchmark: everyone is welcome to improve the situation. Do not talk, write something. No matter if it is an improvement to the benchmarking page, tuning advise, or a tool which inspects the system and suggests some tuning. If you want to help in the wiki, create a FirstnameLastname account and ask a FreeBSD comitter for write access.
A while ago (IIRC we have to think in months or even years) there was some framework for automatic FreeBSD benchmarking. Unfortunately the author run out of time. The framework was able to install a FreeBSD system on a machine, run some specified benchmark (not much benchmarks where integrated), and then install another FreeBSD version to run the same benchmark, or to reinstall the same version to run another benchmark. IIRC there was also some DB behind which collected the results and maybe there was even some way to compare them. It would be nice if someone could get some time to talk with the author to get the framework and set it up somewhere, so that we have a controlled environment where we can do our own benchmarks in an automatic and repeatable fashion with several FreeBSD versions.


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proudsprout necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 106 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
We are a small online app development company in Berlin, Germany, focused on creating original, useful online applications for ourselves and for others.
AbroadFinder is our little pet project which we are finally getting around to spending some time and money on. Most of us have also lived abroad for extended periods and always missed a place where we can find others (people, places, resources) from our home country.
Looking to find those other Argentians in Finland? Or trying to find that Japanese Bookstore in Berlin? AbroadFinder will do exactly that!
"Find home away from home." is our current working tagline. If you have other cute ideas, please let us know!
Anyone currently living abroad for extended periods.
- International students
- Professionals working abroad aka "expats"
- Partners/husbands/wifes of the above
- People travelling abroad for extended periods ("mini-retirements") :-)
(It's NOT targeted towards "normal", short-term travelers.)
Thus, it is a fairly broad target group, which means the appeal should not strictly "business" or be too funky/amateur/student-like. We believe that's the main challenge.
- Please do a version with and without the tagline "Finding home away from home"
- Please try to stay clear of the "globe" analogy. Are there any other ways to illustrate "heritage", "roots", "global", "moving", "away from home", "abroad".... play around a little!
- Or you may want to try to convey the idea of in some way.
- Keep it simple... simple shapes, if any, or maybe something very text-based?
- In terms of color scheme, no requirements - any ideas?
- Total logo should be fairly compact vertically (think "Facebook stream page")
- There is the option to integrate part of the UI with the logo. Each unique "hub" (a pair of locations, e.g. "Mexican in France") should display the location in Text and a set of flags. The "location switching" will work via an "EDIT button" that is near the currently selected location. (see sketch)
- If you plan on integrating those flags, they would have to be flexible such that
-- the logo works WITHOUT any flags
-- the logo works with two or with one flag.
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As part of the AMC portion of the TCA Winter Press Tour, the cast and creator of Mad Men (which premieres on March 25th) hosted a cocktail party, which appropriately gave out a jar of green olives, just perfect for martinis, as a parting gift. During this interview, show creator/executive producer/writer/director Matthew Weiner gave very slight hints at where Season 5 is going, how he feels about all the network series that have been inspired by his creation, the themes and arcs he's focusing on this year, why he wanted to do a two-hour premiere episode, how far ahead he plans things out, how often he's surprised by where the story and characters take him, that there was a point where he was convinced that this season would never happen, how he feels about where this season ended up, and stressed that it was not his decision to keep the show off the air last year. Check out what he had to say after the jump:
Question: Since you don't like thinking about Mad Men when you're not working, did you write something else between seasons?
MATT WEINER: Yes, I wrote a play, in between the last two seasons. I wasn't off as long as people think. The decision for us not to be on the air had nothing to do with the negotiations. I've never been able to explain that to people. They don't seem interested in it. But, AMC had always planned for the show not to be on this year, and that was it. So, I didn't really have that much time off. We have seven episodes ready. We're ready to go on the air right now. But, this is the way the schedule has worked out and we're happy that people are anticipating it.
How do you feel about all these shows, like Magic City, The Playboy Club and Pan Am, that are trying to jump on what you created?
WEINER: I do not own the period. It really happened. There's all different kinds of entertainment. There was a time, in the late '50s, when the top 10 shows were all westerns, but they were different kinds of westerns. There were then ten James Bond shows. If we were at the forefront of that, that's fine. Our show is what it is. It's a different thing. I am a competitive person, but it's so hard to do a show. Anybody who gets to the point where they get their show on the air, I wish them the best. It's too hard. I'd rather waste energy thinking good things on myself. It was a vindication because, most of the executives who are ordering these shows, were all people that I had met who told me that this was a really dumb idea, and that I didn't understand how TV worked. That was gratifying.
When will this season pick up this season, time wise?
WEINER: I can't tell you when it picks up. You have to watch. Let's have as much expectation as possible. There's so little in life, where you don't know what's going to happen. Just come back to the show. All I can tell you is that Don [Draper] is going to be in it. You want to come back and get into it. There will be some time skipped. It's a minimum of 24 hours after the finale ended.
What is the overall theme of the season?
WEINER: There are a lot of things going on. A couple of things have emerged, as we've gone on. It's a little bit about every man for himself, and the maturity that comes with realizing that life isn't fair. And, there's a line in the third episode where somebody says, "When is everything going to get back to normal?" I think there's a feeling of being in the midst of change, which we know is a big part of life and where we are right now, and certainly where they are in the show, and they always have been. This could have been any season.
I love the feeling of, right when I think I'm on top of something, and right when I think I have things where I know what they are, and right when I think I have some wisdom from life experience, you just feel things slip away. There's this sensation, which I think people have right now, and I know I do, of so much change going on. Where I write from is what I'm feeling. I just have this feeling right now of, "Enough already. Let's just get our feet on the ground and go back to the way it was." I don't even know when. I don't know if anybody else identifies with that, but that's a big part of the season – trying to hold on.
Is the premiere a two-hour episode, or two episodes put together?
WEINER: It is a two-hour episode. It is really not two episodes together. As I started writing, the outline started spreading and spreading and spreading and spreading, and I was like, "This is too much story. I can either cut this thing down, which is what I do, or I think I have a Mad Men movie here." I have a great team with me, helping me develop the stories, and we just went for it, and the network was excited. I was like, "We've been gone for so long. Let's just give them a big Mad Men movie to start the season."
How far ahead do you plan things out, from season to season? Do you plan out the arc for the season, and then fill in the details as you go?
WEINER: Yes, I do the whole arc for the season. I come in with the last image for the season, and where we're going to work from, and where it's going to start, and what the date is, and then we go. I don't stick to it by law. It's not strict. But, I do often get to the end of the season and start having anxiety about, "Was this the right thing to do? It's too late to change it." And then, I need my writing staff and my actors and my wife to say, "Shut up, you knew where you were going. Let's just do it. This is where it goes."
Where are you in production, right now?
WEINER: I have seven shows ready, in various states of post-production, and I will be cutting for the next month and a half. I think, by the time we go on the air, everything will be done, but it will be on lockdown.
When you got to the end of the season, did things play out, story wise, the way you expected them to, or were there big curve balls?
WEINER: There are always curve balls. If you could plan it out, it's no fun. I don't want the audience to be bored, and I don't want to be bored. There was a line, a couple seasons ago, where Don said, "I keep going places and ending up someplace I've already been." The more episodes you do, the more you feel like, "Oh, my God, how did we end up back in Episode 4 from Season 2?" So, we just kept pushing ourselves.
The challenge is to not do something insane to juice the story. The point is to keep it as natural as possible. Luckily, I have very rich characters, and I'm surrounded by interesting people who give me ideas, and who use their ideas. One of the great things about the show is committing to the year and committing to the ages and the points of life that everyone's in.
Now that I am in my mid-40's, and I look back at my mid-30's and think about how different the interests in my life are, how much further I am from high school, and how much further I am from childhood. Then, you have children and you get to go back to childhood. I get to use those life events as story. We just try to keep it in that realm, and then I don't have to worry about being visited by a spaceship or something.
Why do you have a different actor playing Bobby this season?
WEINER: That was unfortunate. That was partly the delay, and partly the fact that this little boy has a great career. I will say this right now, we were not unhappy with him, at all. I love that actor. But, he was given a big opportunity, and his agent and manager never even talked to us beforehand. This is the sixth actor, and I'm embarrassed about that, but the little boy we have right now is a wonderful actor. By the way, little girls and little boys, at that age, just finding the people we've found has been really hard, and this little boy is a wonderful actor. It's very hard to find a child actor who can bring that depth to it, and he's been great.
You know how I feel about Kiernan [Shipka]. You see her on the show, and she's a big part of the show, as always. In addition to all of the good fortune I've had with casting, to find someone, at that age, and watch them develop and see their natural talent come out, at this point, I don't even think about [her age] anymore. I have a meeting with her mother, at the beginning of the year, and I'm like, "This year, she's going to be doing this." Her mother told me that, before she came to visit me this year, Kiernan said to her, "Mommy, don't say no to anything. He gives me great stuff." And, she never has, honestly. There is an honesty about childhood, and Kiernan is aware of that. She's a very old soul. It's not a cliche.
Will she be doing anything more shocking than masturbation?
WEINER: I don't personally find masturbation shocking, except on TV. I think it's a fairly big part of the human experience. But, you will see the reality of a little girl's life, in that period. For me, I think it's super- important to keep her story alive because she is an entry point for a lot of the audience. I'm not her age, but I see a lot of things through my childhood. Last season was the first season that took place when I had actually even been on the planet. But, I always attribute it to the fact that I lived in Baltimore until I was 11, and it was 1965 in Baltimore until about 1980.
How did you feel about Jon Hamm leaking the premiere date of March 25th on a podcast?
WEINER: I told the cast about it, a couple weeks ago. I'm so tight-lipped, even at work, that I think I was probably too casual about it. Honestly, it's Jon Hamm. I don't think he knew. That wasn't how we planned on letting the information out, but Jon and I are on the same team. Things happen. I gave an interview where I was talking about the ending of the series on a podcast. I basically was just ruminating about life and, all of a sudden, there was this thing all over the place that I said how the series ended. I was like, "I won't let my in-laws visit the set. Do you think I'm going to go on a podcast and reveal the end of the show?" I was stunned. But, all of this is flattering to me. All the interest in the show is flattering.
We're in the entertainment business. You hear comedians talk about how, when you are in show business, you go out there and you're fighting for the interest of the audience, and all you want is to have people have the expectation that it's going to be good. That's all you're fighting for. And without being too cocky, I feel like we're in a place where the audience is expecting it to be good, in a positive way, and the entertainer in me is like, "I just want them to get their money's worth. I want the wait to be worth it." I never thought we'd be going past the pilot. The idea that we're finishing Season 5, blows my mind, and that people know what it is. For me, I just want to keep it entertaining. I would like to keep it fresh. We're all pushing ourselves. I have these incredible actors, a lot of whom I've watched grow up. I was bald when I met them, so nothing's happened to me. So, that's really where it is.
Was there ever a point where you might not have done a Season 5?
WEINER: Yes, there was. I'm not going to lie. With all of the tumult in the off season, there was a point when I really knew that the show might not happen, and was convinced that it wouldn't. The fact that we got to go back to work was just a shot of energy. The sensation of gratitude, to be back in that world, and to have everybody come back to work, and to get to continue, has not worn off. Usually, people get really tired and bored, by Season 5. The drama of almost losing it, really made it feel like we were starting over again.
Now that you're closer to the end of the show then the beginning, is that a relief, or does that make you sad?
WEINER: My life philosophy and personality has been driven by the fact that I am incapable of really understanding the future, on some level. I am in this moment. I take risks because I really don't think that far ahead. I am the person who, the day before the last episode, will probably be incapacitated in my bedroom, saying, "I don't know what's wrong." I don't even think about it. I'm like a little kid who wakes up and says, "Where did everybody go?"
How often does the show surprise you, as you write it?
WEINER: Every day. Every day, the characters do unexpected things, and most of them are completely normal. It's the logical, real-life experience. The stories are small. I don't own a gun, and I don't get to solve my problems that way. Being embarrassed is the most dramatic thing that happens to me, most of the time, and there's a lot of that in the show. It's about how people respond to not getting what they want, and going after things the wrong way, and asking for things at the wrong time.
What's your ideal gap for the show, between seasons?
WEINER: I'd like to be on, every year. I'll just say that, right now. This was never my intention. Part of my negotiation was about making sure the show was on last year. I have accepted the fact that it was not, but I'm excited that here we are. The only thing I can say is I'm glad that we had such a controversial finale because, if the show had ended in a more languid way, I don't think people would have been as interested in what's coming. It was the most cliffhangery episode that we had. That's why we're having a two-hour premiere. I really felt like, not story wise, that we had to give more, but entertainment wise, I'm going to give you a big bowl of cereal.
How did you feel about this season, going into it, and how do you feel about it, now that you're coming out of it?
WEINER: Going into this season, doing it for the fifth time, I thought that I would have more confidence, but then the anxiety takes you over. I refuse to do the same thing. No one will see something that they've seen before, as far as I can tell. I think people don't change, so the characters are consistent, but I refuse to do the same thing. On the one hand, that immediately keeps you from being bored, but on the other hand, it makes you feel sick to your stomach. Winning the Emmy again, there were so many times where I was like, "What am I supposed to do now?" I always feel like, "Okay, we're here this season. Instead of freaking out and trying to go better then that, I will just go over here and try to do something, not laterally, but different." On the one hand, I'm protecting myself because you can't say it's better or worse, it's just different.
All I wanted to do is say, "If you're going to come back to the show, are you going to be happy to be there, are you going to be stimulated, are you going to be engaged?" The showman part of me was like, "Without making the show too extreme, I should go to the things that I'm interested in, emotionally." I think there's a very consistent story being told, and I think it's got a lot of surprises in it. When we came out the other end of it, it was about reaching a point in your life and hoping that you will finally understand what's going on and some wisdom has been achieved, but the world keeps moving around you and you can never get your feet on the ground. You can either end up being that person who's wearing the clothes you had in high school and saying, "What's going on around here?," or you can try to keep up with it and, a lot of times, look stupid.


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For scale out, SharePoint Server 2010 offers logical archive partitions which extend across multiple sites and databases. This will support hundreds of millions of items. The archive is unified by centralized policies, metadata, and content types which may be kept uniform across all storage locations. In addition, deposits to the archive will be intelligently routed and stored based on their metadata. Users will not have to identify the exact folder location in which to place the file. Also, the archive will benefit from a special eDiscovery query (KQL) capability which can retrieve and hold all files with given parameters.
No. SharePoint Server 2013 does not provide support for External BLOB Storage.?
The process of removing support for External BLOB Storage (EBS) began in SharePoint 2010 with the introduction of Remote BLOB Storage (RBS), a native capability provided through Microsoft SQL Server and subsequent deprecation of EBS. RBS moving forward is the preferred solution for the externalization of BLOB data. Customers will need to migrate EBS solutions to RBS in order to upgrade to SharePoint 2013. This process can be achieved manually or through vendor solutions provided by AvePoint, MetaLogix, and others.
Yes. Profile Import in SharePoint Server 2013 Preview includes support for three different import scenarios, Active Directory direct synchronization, a FIM-based model similar to what is found in SharePoint Server 2010, and an option to leverage an external identity manager.
The scenario of collaborating on a document is now provided by the Team Site site-template. The Document Workspace site template was removed from SharePoint 2013 to simplify the list of templates that are available when a user creates a new site collection.
Migration path: Existing sites that were created by using the Document Workspace site template will continue to operate in SharePoint 2013. The Document Workspace site template will be removed completely from the next version of SharePoint 2013 and sites that were created by using the Document Workspace site template will not be supported.
The Personalization Site site-template was not a widely used site template. The Personalization Site site-template was removed from SharePoint 2013 to simplify the list of templates that are available when a user creates a new site collection.
Migration path: Existing sites that were created by using the Personalization Site site-template will continue to operate in SharePoint 2013.
SharePoint 2013 products and Office 2013 provide other features that support meetings and collaboration. For example, you can use Lync to conduct live meetings, OneNote to take notes during meetings, and a SharePoint team site or My Site to store shared meeting notes.
Migration path: Existing sites that were created by using the Meeting Workspace site templates will continue to operate in SharePoint 2013. The Meeting Workspace site templates will be removed completely from the next version of SharePoint 2013 and sites that were created by using the Meeting Workspace site templates will not be supported.
The Group Work site template was not a widely used site template. The Group Work site template was removed from SharePoint 2013 to simplify the list of templates that are available when a user creates a new site collection.
Migration path: Existing sites that were created by using the Group Work site template will continue to operate in SharePoint 2013. The Group Work site template and Group Work feature will be removed completely from the next version of SharePoint 2013 and sites that were created by using the Group Work site template will not be supported.
The Visio Process Repository site template is not a widely used site template. The Visio Process Repository site template was removed from SharePoint 2013 to simplify the list of templates that are available when a user creates a new site collection.
Migration path: Not required. The Visio Process Repository site template is available in SharePoint 2013 Preview; however, will be removed in RTM.
Web Analytics in SharePoint Server 2010 has been discontinued and is not available in SharePoint 2013. Analytics processing for SharePoint 2013 is now a component of the Search service.
Reason for change: A new analytics system was required for SharePoint 2013 that included improvements in scalability and performance, and that had an infrastructure that encompasses SharePoint Online. The Analytics Processing Component in SharePoint 2013 runs analytics jobs to analyze content in the search index and user actions performed on SharePoint sites.
What happens to Web Analytics after upgrade: The Web Analytics Service is not upgraded to the Analytics Processing Component in SharePoint 2013. When you upgrade to SharePoint 2013, the databases that contain the data from Web Analytics in SharePoint Server 2010 are not removed. These databases are not used by or maintained by the Analytics Processing Component in SharePoint 2013. This means that documents on sites in SharePoint Server 2010 that are upgraded will show a hit count of 0.
Reports from Web Analytics for the top items in a site are carried forward. Reports that show browser traffic, top users of a site, and referring URL are not carried forward and are not used by the Analytics Processing Component in SharePoint 2013.
Administrative reports for the quota usage of site collections in the farm are not available in SharePoint 2013 Preview.
SharePoint 2013 does not support the Web Analytics Web Part. After a farm is upgraded to SharePoint 2013, all instances of a Web Analytics Web Part will not function. The page that includes the Analytics Web Part will render and a message appears that informs the user that the Web Part is no longer supported.
Migration path: None. Data collection for Analytics Processing in SharePoint 2013 starts immediately for sites, including SharePoint Server 2010 sites.
The Visual Upgrade feature in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 is not available in SharePoint 2013. For the upgrade from Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, you could choose to use the Visual Upgrade feature to give site collection owners and site owners the opportunity to preserve the previous user interface temporarily while still upgrading the infrastructure and databases, site collections, and features to the latest version. This allowed site collection owners and site owners to update customizations to work in the new user interface. Once the database and site collection upgrade is complete, the customer has the option to upgrade the user interface on a more granular level of the web site (SPWeb object).
Reason for change: The Visual Upgrade feature is replaced with deferred site collection preview upgrade. The site collection upgrade process is non-reversible. The Deferred Site Collection Upgrade is a more comprehensive upgrade process than Visual Upgrade.
Visual upgrade preserved only the old masterpages/CSS/HTML. Deferred site collection upgrade preserves much more, including SPFeature functionality. To achieve the deferred site collection preview upgrade, major changes in the architecture were required, including the removal of Visual Upgrade.
With Deferred Site Collection Upgrade, you can continue to use the UI from the previous version (SharePoint Server 2010) more seamlessly than is possible with Visual Upgrade. The masterpage, CSS, JS to SPFeatures will remain in SharePoint Server 2010 mode. One key difference is that the granularity of upgrading the user interface is per site collection (SPSite) instead of site (SPWeb). Customers can still preview their site in the new SharePoint 2013 user interface before committing, however this is accomplished by creating and upgrading a temporary copy of their site collection instead of a preview in the existing instance of the site collection. The reason for previewing a copy of the site collection is because of the complexity of what occurs during site collection upgrade. Once a site collection is upgraded it cannot be rolled back, so performing a preview would not be possible except in a copy of the site collection.
Migration path: Site collection administrators that are using Visual Upgrade to continue to use SharePoint Server 2007 must move to the SharePoint Server 2010 user interface before upgrading to SharePoint 2013. After the content database is upgraded, users can use Deferred Site Collection Upgrade to continue to use the SharePoint Server 2010 experience for their site collections. Site collection administrators can be notified by their farm administrator when a site collection is ready for upgrade and the site collection administrators may then choose to either perform the upgrade of their site collection or optionally first preview the new functionality in a temporary copy of their site collection.
Any SharePoint user interface may have dependencies on Visual Upgrade. The main dependency was getting the user interface version and then outputting the right user interface (new or legacy). The visual upgrade API feature is updated so that the user interface version is remapped to the new "site collection compatibility level" property. This returns the same information about which version the site uses as before, so dependent code does not need to change.
Hybrid environments enable organizations to achieve a higher degree of flexibility than forcing a choice between either an on-premises or cloud model. Organizations can start to achieve the benefits associated with the use of cloud computing coupled with the customization flexibility and tight data governance of an on-premises system, while delivering a consistent experience to users. Hybrid environments can be helpful when it is not possible for an organization to migrate to the cloud immediately or in full, due to business, technical or other reasons.
Common scenarios of where hybrid environments can be useful include:
The next version of SharePoint brings the following to SharePoint Online to help bolster our hybrid story:
The next SharePoint Online is designed for the Cloud, full stop. Most all new features were engineered to run in the Cloud and on-premises. SharePoint Online administration and control improves – including customer use of PowerShell. The new developer app model completely applies to O365/SharePoint Online enabling high-end solutions in Office 365. SharePoint Online increases its business intelligence story with PowerPivot and Power View. Furthermore, Project Online comes to Office 365 to help manage projects effectively through SharePoint.
The next version of SharePoint Online is the most Cloud-ready release to date, closing more of the gaps between a SharePoint deployment on-premises and a provisioned tenancy in Office 365.
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Oil prices plummeted to their lowest point in 11 years, prompting fears that energy companies will prove unable to pay back loans, which could cause rippling financial weakness throughout the global economy. Brent crude oil prices fell to $36.52 during Monday trading in European markets, while global supplies, especially in the United States, remain at record high levels.
Part of the sell-off traces back to a historic decision to lift the ban on oil exports in the United States. Last week, Congressional leaders agreed to lift the ban and allow American companies to export crude oil, ending a 40-year old ban on exports that limited supplies throughout the world.
Historically, high production in the Middle East, Russia, and Latin America, combined with surging demand in emerging markets, caused oil prices to climb both in the global and American markets. Now that oil consumption growth is decelerating and American oil regain admittance into those emerging markets, traders expect Brent futures to fall and oil to remain weak for the near term.
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Simultaneously, OPEC said that it would not cut oil outputs, announcing Monday after a meeting of the cartel that it will not lower its oil output despite rising export expectations from America and a global supply glut.
Analysts express mixed opinions on OPEC's motivations in keeping output high despite weak prices. On the one hand, the move represents a geopolitical tactic to threaten revenues for energy-exporter Russia. Other analysts, however, point to lower energy consumption thanks to higher efficiencies and the rapid rise of alternatives, which combined could mean a return to high-priced oil may never occur—and oil consumption might be a thing of the past in a few decades, if not sooner.
However, some analysts believe oil reserves may begin to fall next year in some parts of the world, although overall inventories will remain strong. The International Energy Agency said in a report that supplies from outside of OPEC would fall in 2016, but "there will still be a lot of oil weighing on the market."
Credit Markets
Lower energy prices have roiled credit markets throughout 2014 and 2015 as traders fear higher default rates coming from energy companies whose revenues have fallen beyond their ability to pay back bondholders and creditors. As a result, high yield credit markets have seen a sharp decline throughout the last 18 months that accelerated sharply in recent weeks, with some analysts believing that default rates are set to continue. Moody's announced rising default rates in speculative grade credit markets throughout 2015.
Additionally, some analysts fear energy dependent regions, such as Alaska, Houston, Venezuela, Russia, and Saudi Arabia, will see fundamental economic weakness that could spread to neighboring regions.


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Bison on Santa Catalina Island are getting the Planned Parenthood treatment.
The animals, commonly called American buffalo, are starting birth control Friday as part of a five-year experimental program to control the population. Apparently abstinence-only education wasn't working.
Because they don't make the NuvaRing for bison, the female members of the herd will be given a non-hormonal product called PZT, an annual vaccine derived from pig eggs.
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The vaccine will not affect the animals' behavior, said Carlos de la Rosa, chief conservation and education officer for the Catalina Island Conservancy.
"Bison will continue to be bison. Males will continue to compete for females, and females will continue to go into heat. The only difference is that we can control how many calves they have," de la Rosa told the Associated Press.
"For bison in love, this means romance without responsibilities," he said with a laugh.
The bison were first introduced to the island back in 1924 for a silent movie called "The Vanishing American," according to the Conservancy, a nonprofit group that owns much of the island. After filming, the bison were left behind.
The heard peaked around 600 members, and as of 2003, there were about 350 bison on the island, the AP reported. Conservationists want to keep the population between 150 and 200 animals, according to the Conservancy.


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I'm going to tell you what John said. John is the calm waters next to my endlessly churning hurricane.. John is orderly, logical and precise. I am way on the opposite side of that. So John keeps me sane during these crazy publishing times.
Arguably, every time in publishing has been a little crazy, so this is one thing John said to me when I was suffering my huge writer's block year. He said, books get written one page at time (a journey of a thousand words?). One page at a time. If I didn't write that one page, there wouldn't be a page 2,3 or even page three hundred.
That was very comforting. I mean, who can't write one page, even if it's gibberish. But you know this writing secret – whatever you write, it's not gibberish and it may be the start something wonderful at some point.
Or it may not. But putting words on paper is so satisfying in and of itself that it's worth galvanizing yourself to write that one page even when you think the water's muddy and the well is dry.
And, as it turns out, the well is never dry. The creative waters may scrape the rocks at times, but — as John said when I was reluctant to use an idea in my current WIP that I was saving for another book — there's always another idea. Seriously. He said he'd rarely seen me run out of ideas.
Really. There IS always another idea. Aren't our antennae always out, searching for the snippet of conversation that could be a head-snapping opening line, the thing in the news from which we can invent a high concept novel, the personal experience we can spin into an inspirational romance?
Aren't you talking to people everywhere, listening to conversations, asking questions, reading everything, studying your husband who has had your number all the years you've been married?
Aren't you trying really hard to fit a plot around the fire at the pharmacy? Are you writing everything down?
If you had to plot in 100 page chunks? That's daunting. One page — focusing on what the reader needs to know? No problem. Only that and nothing more. Okay, got it done. Oh wait, you have to keep going — you can't stop there. You seeded the first page with all kinds of things you need to carry forward. Keep going — page two and three, four, five … and then — maybe — the magic starts to happen.
Or not. But you've got a nugget you can save for another day, another plot, another WIP.
Remember what John said: you write it one page at a time, and there IS always another idea.
Thea Devine really loves John. She's working on her next erotic contemporary romance.


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Hey groovy scrappers, there's a great new feature in Scrapbook MAX! Now you can order high-quality, professional prints of your layouts directly through Scrapbook MAX! .
That's right! Simply go to File > Order Prints Online in the Scrapbook MAX! menu, or click on the "Order Prints" button at the top of the Scrapbook MAX! website (www.scrapbookmax.com). You'll be asked to follow three easy steps: 1. Publish your layouts as images, 2. Upload your prints to the link provided by the ordering service, 3. Choose from a wide variety of available print sizes (including 4×6, 8×8, 12×12, 12×18 and more!). Indicate the number of prints you want, then click on "Checkout" to complete your order form. That's it, that's all!
Can you think of an easier, more convenient way to get top-notch prints of your scrapbook creations? You don't even have to leave your computer! (Well, you will have to walk to your mailbox, but we think that's pretty reasonable.)
Professionally printed scrapbook pages make an enduring keepsake for you and your family. They also make a great gift – a perfect way to keep in touch with friends and family near and far. (Psst…Make sure you are using the latest version of Scrapbook MAX! to take advantage of this great new feature!)
Try it today!
*Shipping is a flat rate of $4.95 to USA and Canada, no matter how many prints you order. At this time, International orders can not be processed.
Digital Scrapbooking Tips
Groovy Tip #1: Choose Page >Organize to get your pages in order! Put your pages in your preferred order in the list, and click OK.
Groovy Tip #2: To fix bright or dark pictures, choose Effects > Advanced > Brightness/Contrast, then use the sliding bars to adjust Brightness and Contrast.
Meet Estee Barry, a.k.a. Granny – an indispensable member of the Scrapbook MAX! community. We all know her as a creative designer of digital scrapbook content, a helpful advisor to fellow SBM users, and of course…as comedienne extraordinaire! Get to know more about Estee below.
Q – Tell us one thing about yourself that others are often surprised to learn.
A- I use my humor to hide my fear of people. I'm rather quiet and hate being introduced to strangers. I enjoy the (Scrapbook) Max! community, where I can relax and joke with the members.
Q- What made you interested in digital scrapbooking?
A- Ladybug (a fellow SBM community member) had a lot to do with it. I love computer graphics, but could not find the right medium for my work. I love to see people using my embellishments. It's very rewarding.
Q- What tip would you share with a newbie to Scrapbook MAX!?
A- Read the help file in the program and use the Search option in the forum. The documentation provided by Max is excellent. And of course, the forum is wonderful. I have yet to find a community as helpful and enjoyable as this one.
Q- What is the subject of the scrapbook that you are working on right now?
A- Someone gave me pictures of their mom from the time she was a little girl, to the time she passed away and asked me to do a slide show that they could put on cds and pass out at her memorial service. It really touched my heart and I decided to make this available to others, so I'm doing an entire collection of Memorial Templates.
Q- Tell us about your three favorite layouts.
A- My favorite is Memory Lane. I used some of Max's embellishments and some of mine, plus I created the background. Then I like "Conceal", a memorial template, and last but not least, the Hong Kong template I did in collaboration with Moonbeam (another fellow SBM community member).
Check out some of Estee's favorite layouts!
Click on "Memory Lane", "Conceal", and "Hong Kong" to view larger images.
Interested in being one of The Groove's profiled scrappers? Write to us at [email protected] for details.
Use Scrapbook MAX! to make attractive gift tags! Put a paper scrap on your page, and size it to your preference. Add a "signature" embellishment or two. "Group" your objects together (select all of your objects, then choose Edit > Group), then copy and paste your tag several times on the page – you can then duplicate this page to make a ton of tags (choose Page > Duplicate)!
Of course, you can use captions or journal text in SBM to write your messages directly on your tags. Print them out, and they're ready to jazz up your gifts!
Contest: "Thanksgiving"
Though not everyone celebrates an official "Thanksgiving Day" in November, we all have something (or someone!) for which we are thankful. We're looking for layouts that highlight whatever or whomever you want to say "thank you" for. The winning layout will be published in the next issue of The Groove and the winner will receive an official Scrapbook MAX! mousepad!
"Happy Halloween" Contest Winner
Click on "Working Girl", "Seriously Sky", and "Devyn and Bella" to view larger images.
Create an Authentic "Album" Page. Choose a paper scrap that complements your background. Shape it into a strip, and place it on the left or right side of the page. Finish the look by adding a vertical row of brads or ribbon on top of the strip. Your page now has an interesting "bound" look!
Click on "Delight", "Bordeaux", and "Seashore" to view larger images.
Have a Lois Lane complex? Put it to use by contributing to The Groove! We're always looking for fresh ideas to make The Groove fun and exciting – just like our readers! Tips, musings, inspirations, ingenious scrapbook ideas – if you've got 'em, we'd love to read 'em! Email The Groove your bright ideas today! Contact The Groove at [email protected].


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Sailing Anarchy Review
By Scot Tempesta
Many have tried; most have failed in the quest to build a right and proper racer/cruiser. While there are a few bright exceptions, most fall disappointingly short in one category or the other. Of course, the category where most of them fail is as a racer. The main culprits can often be narrowed down to these unfortunate characteristics: Too heavy, poor layout, small cockpits, and weak sail plans.
I had the chance to test sail one of the latest entrants into the R/C arena, the new J-109, courtesy of Jeff Trask and the So Cal J-Boat Dealer, Sail California (www.sailcal.com). In typical fashion, J-Boats have done a good job, through their national advertising, in presenting this boat as a very attractive product, so I must admit I already liked the boat, at least in pictures, before I had actually seen it. I guess that advertising stuff really works.
We sailed out of Newport Beach, and upon first seeing the boat, my initial thought was that it is a handsome, well-proportioned, modern-looking boat. Stylistically, while still clearly a J-Boat, the 109 exhibits a slightly more progressive look than previous efforts. It is worth noting that this design was a collaboration of Rod Johnstone and son Alan, with Alan assuming the lead chair. At a touch over 35', the first impression is that it is a big boat, with a good sized cockpit, long but low cabin house, big rig, sprit, almost plumb bow, and enough freeboard to tell you there is going to be plenty of room below. While the stern section is not substantially different from, for example, the J-120, it is not quite as squatty and did not seem to drag like some (all) J-Boats do. A subtle difference. The cockpit had a pretty slick removable "dockbox" locker just aft of the helmsman - a pretty neat way to quickly go from cruise to race, at least a little bit. The 109 has plenty of high-quality standard equipment; (including Harken winches, adjustable genoa tracks, and RF unit), folding prop. Just in case you forget that it is a racer/cruiser, it even comes with a dodger!
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By Tony Bessinger
Are you tired of losing races and having lousy cruises with your not-so-dual-purpose boat? Worried about being the first (and last) buyer of a "promising" class that doesn't quite pan out? Take the fear out of commitment and look at the J/109, a 35-footer that joins the short list of accomplished production-built racer/cruisers.
If you haven't actually seen the J/109 yet, you're probably wondering how it stacks up with a stablemate that's nearly the same length, the J/105. "The two boats appeal to different people," says designer Alan Johnstone. "The 109 is 12 years newer, faster, and is more comfortable for cruising. The 105 is for people who live close to where they keep their boat." Compared to the 105, the 109 has overlapping headsails and more interior volume, the result of the larger boat's initial target market. "This boat was originally designed for the European market," says Jeff Johnstone of J Boats. "The demand there is for a boat that sails well, can comfortably handle a crew living aboard for weekend regattas, and does reasonably well under IRC and IMS." Reasonably well might be an understatement; the 109 has scored big in Europe since its introduction in 1999, winning the Rolex Middle Sea Race and Cowes Week.
The J/109 is a tad over 35 feet long, and weighs 10,900 pounds empty. It has a purposeful, racy style, with an almost vertical bow above a waterline-kissing knuckle, and an open stern. The deckhouse is low and long and helps give the boat an overall pleasing look. A carbon sprit housed in a self-draining tube peeks out of the hull just below deckline on the starboard side. The aluminum rig is tall without being freakish, and sports a sailplan that carries a 155-percent jib and an asymmetric runner that, at 1,291 square feet, shouldn't scare you half to death in a breeze. For windier days, J Boats suggests a flatter, 968-square-foot reaching spinnaker. Total sail area upwind is a healthy 644 square feet.


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Fireside Pizza Company to celebrate 10 years of success Monday, Dec. 10
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. – On Monday Dec. 10 Fireside Pizza Company will celebrate 10 years of successful service in Squaw Valley. The popular restaurant will mark the milestone with a day-long celebration including specials, prizes and giveaways, as well as an "alumni reunion party" for past employees. Guests of all ages are invited to enjoy $10 pitchers of beer and $10 large pizzas as well as $1 slices of cheese and pepperoni pizza. The owners and management of Fireside want to take this opportunity to thank their loyal customers for 10 years of patronage and support.
Partners Ray Villaman, Ted Kennedy, and Rich Hinkle opened the restaurant's doors in 2002 and built the restaurant's reputation not only by serving quality food, but also by giving back to their community.
Fireside and its sister restaurants, Rubicon Pizza in the Northstar Village and Base Camp Pizza in the Heavenly Village all share a continued tradition of partnering with worthy nonprofits. During the past 10 years the staff of Fireside Pizza Co. and its sister restaurants have contributed more than $150,000 in food donations and raised more than $22,000 for local nonprofits such as Tahoe Safe Alliance, Adventure Risk Challenge, the Truckee Family Resource Center, High Fives, and SkiDuck.
The Fireside family invites the Tahoe community to celebrate 10 years of quality food, friendly service, and community commitment with festivities, food, and fun all day on Monday Dec. 10.
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20 Reasons No Internship Will Ever Be Better Than Interning At BuzzFeed
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BuzzFeed publishes news stories, investigations, lists and videos about identity and experience, quizzes, recipes, and cartoons across our site and mobile apps, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, Twitter, Pinterest and more. We use proprietary technology and modern data metrics to continuously test, learn, and optimize. Our workflow and products are constantly evolving to better serve our audience.
At BuzzFeed, we foster a culture of experimentation, teamwork, equality, humble confidence, and infusing hard work and fun. As an employee, you'll enjoy perks like office events, snacks, career development courses, and no work on your birthday! But most importantly, you'll work with inspiring colleagues to build tools and create content that helps connect people all over the world. Come join us!


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Paris Photo booksigning with Andrew Phelps at Harper's Books
Paris Photo book signing announcement: The photographer and fellow Arizonan Andrew Phelps of Baghdad Suite and Higley fame will be having a book signing at Harper Levine's booth (location Ed9) tomorrow, Saturday the 15th at 2:00 pm. Stop by, buy a book, get it signed and compliment Andrew on my personal favorite photobook blog BUFFET.
While your there check out Harper's great collection of rare photobooks. Especially the Japanese accordion-folded book that may have been a source of inspiration for Ed Ruscha's Every Building on the Sunset Strip. Fascinating book.


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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the election of the mayor of North Miami, but the man fighting the election says the battle isn't over.
On Saturday, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Jorge Cueto dismissed the lawsuit against Mayor Lucie Tondreau, who had been accused of not living in the city for at least one year before the election.
The lawsuit had been filed by former North Miami Mayor Kevin Burns, who lost a runoff election in June with Tondreau. Burns had claimed Tondreau wasn't qualified to run and sought to replace her.
But Judge Cueto ruled that the challenge wasn't made until Tondreau was elected and sworn into office, rather than when she was just a candidate.
In a statement Sunday, City spokeswoman Pam Solomon said the ruling shows the election "was free and fair and validates that Mayor Tondreau is the rightful mayor of the City.
"In response to the ruling, Mayor Tondreau indicated she 'is ecstatic that the courts have ruled that the election was fair. I have been elected by the people of our city to provide leadership for all of our residents and businesses.'"
Burns said Sunday that he plans to file an appeal.
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