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Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, Feb. 15, 2011
At Linaro, we are pleased to relay the announcement by ST-Ericsson of the Snowball board, a new low cost, low power and high performance board for the embedded Linux community, based on their Nova A9500 dual Cortex A9 processor and the MALI 400 GPU from Arm.
This board was designed for the needs of both the embedded Linux community developers, and professional developers as a basis for prototypes and custom designs. I've just had a very interesting talk with Stephane David, the CEO of CALAO Systems, the company which designed the board.
First, here are pictures:
And then, technical details:
Another nice feature is the board's ability to run with only USB power, though a regular 5V power supply will be needed to use WIFI, Bluetooth and expansion boards. Last but not least, there is a battery to keep system time. Since this battery is rechargeable, it will never need replacing.
The board that is shown in Barcelona is the Product Development Kit (PDK) version, and will be sold at 300 USD. It contains all the connectors that product developers will need.
Another version of the board will be available soon: the Software Development Kit (SDK). It will target software developers and hobbyists with less budget, and will be sold at 200 USD only, thanks to the removal of some of the expansion connectors. Anyway, except for these connectors, both board versions will have exactly the same chips, and their components are already shielded against EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference), RFI (Radio Frequency Interference) and ESD (Electro Static Discharge). Stephane David added that all the components have been selected for their availability in distribution channels. The intent is to make it easy to turn the Snowball into a real product.
The board shown in Barcelona already has a functional Linux BSP, and Ubuntu, Meego and Android filesystems are demonstrated. The bootloader is U-boot so far, but plans are to port Barebox to it for faster boot time. Stephane also highlighted that Linaro engineers took care of developing the low-level software and optimizing it for the Nova A9500's Arm dual Cortex A9-based architecture.
This board initially targets two families of Consumer Electronics devices: Internet tablets (an extension board with a 3G modem will be released soon), as well as Set-Top Boxes (an extension board with amongst others an infrared receiver will also be released for this kind of application).
A new website has been created to host the community for this new platform: http://www.igloocommunity.org. That's where sources and binaries will be released.
At Linaro, we welcome this new member of the Cortex A9 chip family, and will support this board in the upcoming releases that we produce every 6 months. Perhaps not in the 11.05 release which is only 3 months away, but most probably in the 11.11 one. The ST-Ericsson landing team will take care of mainlining its Linux BSP.
The board will be sold on the http://www.calao-store.com/ website. All technical details will be found on the CALAO Systems website, and on the Igloo Community website. By the way, did you notice that Linux is no longer mentioned in recent press releases? Look at ST-Ericsson's announcement for example. I conclude that the operating system choice is getting obvious now…


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"Powerful, inspirational drama"
"Machine Gun Preacher may be one of the few films that both fans of Rambo and The Blind Side can appreciate equally."— Toronto Sun
"The most moving and powerful movie of the year."— WDAF - TV/FOX
"...captivating and gripping story."— Christianity Today
"Critics will rave about Gerard Butler's fast-and-furious performance..."
"Incredible and inspiring story of redemption."— Box Office Magazine
"...an action movie that could inspire people to take action."— IN TOUCH


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Connection between a private address and the airport.(1-2 )
Private Transfer
Duration: 60 min
Passengers (min-max): 1 - 2
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Being one of three airports serving the city of Milan, Milano Malpensa Airport is northern Italy's largest airport. Milano Malpensa Airport is 40 km northwest far from Milan city center. It has two terminals, which are connected one to each other by a free shuttle service. Milano Malpensa Airport is an international airport which serves around 170 destinations all over the world.
There are many different connections from Milan to Milano Malpensa Airport. You can take a fast and direct train, Malpensa Express, which takes you to the airport in about 30 minutes. You can get to Malpensa Airport also by shuttle bus, which takes around 50 minutes and leaves from the main train stations of the city. It is also possible to get to Milano Malpensa Airport by taxi or private driver.


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Welcome from the Superintendent
Since 1891, the NMMI Experience, an educational experience founded on the principles of "Duty, Honor and Achievement," continues to flourish in the 21st Century.While strong in heritage and tradition, NMMI is a progressive college-preparatory high school and university parallel junior college that employs the military model to educate and train our cadets to attain excellence in academics, in character development, and in physical fitness, while providing them practical leadership opportunities in every campus endeavor and empowering them with the responsibility and authority to promote ethical behavior and to develop into leaders of character.
The NMMI Experience is one of daily growth, change, challenge, and opportunity – the kind of opportunity that enables our cadets, and faculty and staff, to learn new things, to meet new people, to exchange ideas, and to debate current and future issues.NMMI's life-enriching activities and programs provide a well-rounded, "whole person" educational experience for the Institute's Corps of Cadets.Although NMMI shares similarities with our nation's Service Academies and state military colleges, approximately 80% of our graduates rise to important positions in civilian careers at the local, state and national level.
What does it take to succeed as an NMMI cadet? You must be willing to invest the necessary time and effort, seek out and take the initiative, and accept the responsibility for yourself and your actions that will lead to your success at NMMI. Are you ready to make the commitment? Are you ready to succeed in achieving your goals? If you are, then we here at NMMI are ready to support you as you carve out your own NMMI Experience.
I invite you to explore this web site to learn more about our Nation's only State-supported, nationally accredited, coeducational military boarding high school and university parallel junior college and how NMMI is meeting the educational needs of young men and women for the 21st century.
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SL and Pak get the semi-finals.
Mumbai to host 2011 World Cup final
Cricinfo staff
December 12, 2006
Mumbai has been chosen as the venue for the 2011 World Cup final after a joint decision taken by the four subcontinental boards. The semi-finals will be played at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, while Dhaka will host the opening ceremony.
The meeting took place in the residence of Sharad Pawar, the Indian board president, and was attended by Nasim Ashraf, the Pakistan board chairman, Mehboob Rehman, the chief executive of the Bangladesh board, Duleep Mendis, the Sri Lankan board chief executive, and other Indian board officials.
"It was a collective decision," Pawar told reporters. "Most of the decisions were taken unanimously." Ashraf was confident that the World Cup in 2011 would be the best ever. "All the member countries are acting like a family and every decision was taken amicably and unanimously," he said. In July this year the BCCI had announced that Delhi would host the final in new stadium fully owned by the BCCI. Obviously things have changed from then to now.
A central organising committee has been set up to overlook the preparations for the event. While Sharad Pawar will be the chairman of the committee, a convenor will be appointed from Pakistan and the treasurer from Sri Lanka.


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BNSF signs accord with OSHA regarding employee practices under Federal Railroad Safety Act
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed an accord with BNSF Railway Co., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, announcing BNSF's voluntary revision of several personnel policies that OSHA alleged violated the whistleblower provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act and dissuaded workers from reporting on-the-job injuries. FRSA's Section 20109 protects railroad workers from retaliation for, among other acts, reporting suspected violations of federal laws and regulations related to railroad safety and security, hazardous safety or security conditions, and on-the-job injuries.
"Protecting America's railroad workers who report on-the-job injuries from retaliation is an essential element in OSHA's mission. This accord makes significant progress toward ensuring that BNSF employees who report injuries do not suffer any adverse consequences for doing so," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels. "It also sets the tone for other railroad employers throughout the U.S. to take steps to ensure that their workers are not harassed, intimidated or terminated, in whole or part, for reporting workplace injuries."
The major terms of the accord include:
"Ensuring that employees can report injuries or illnesses without fear of retaliation is crucial to protecting worker safety and health," said Michaels. "If employees do not feel free to report injuries or illnesses, the employer's entire workforce is put at risk because employers do not learn of and correct dangerous conditions that have resulted in injuries."
Between August 2007, when OSHA was assigned responsibility for whistleblower complaints under FRSA, and September 2012, OSHA received 1,206 FRSA whistleblower complaints. The number of FRSA whistleblower complaints that OSHA currently receives surpasses the number of whistleblower complaints that OSHA receives under any of the other 21 whistleblower protection statutes it enforces except for Section 11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. More than 60 percent of the FRSA complaints filed with OSHA involve an allegation that a railroad worker has been retaliated against for reporting an on-the-job injury.
The accord with BNSF Railway Co. can be viewed at http://www.whistleblowers.gov/acts/bnsf_accord.html.
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Employees who believe that they have been retaliated against for engaging in a protected activity may file a complaint with the secretary of labor for an investigation by OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Program.
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Common Name:
Brazilian Blue-green Pinktoe
Described by:
Year of Discovery:
Tarantula World:
New World
|Their Natural Habitat:
|Arboreal. From the Isle of Santana off the Port of Santana near the mouth of the Amazon River, this tropical species is typically found in trees some 3 to 15 feet off the ground. Discovered in green leaves of a grove, it has also been found in some abundance among dead leaves in banana trees and palm trees.
|This species is considered to be docile. Please keep in mind that although each species have their stereotype temperament, individual spiders can exhibit temperaments that vary significantly from the norm. I have never seen my girl flick hairs, throw a threat pose, much less bite me or try. I do understand that these, and most Avicularia species, do not flick hairs so much as rub them into their webs. Avicularia geroldi seem to be more nervous than A. avicularia or metallica and mine will slowly resist being nudge out of her cage, only to sprint once out and would readily jump.
|Classified as medium to fast growth rate. Reach 5. My female reached 5 in 15 months (at higher temperatures and feeding).
|Experience Level:
|Intermediate (due to its delicate requirements of humidity and ventilation).
|78°- 84°F. I keep mine between 80° and 84°F.
|80%. These are a tropical species so they need higher humidity. I mist my girl's tank walls a few times a week. As slings, Avicularia are particularly delicate spiders, and have a reputation (even more than the general Avicularia genus) to die without warning or reason. In my experience, they need a tricky balance of high humidity and ventilation, especially as slings. The ventilation is to prevent molds from growing in the tank (as big a killer as dehydration with this species). Older juvies and adults are more hardy, but definitely still need humidity in the cage.
|As an arboreal species these need more vertical space than horizontal. I house mine in a home-made plexi tank that is 8x8 floor space and 12 vertical. This is likely the smallest size tank (I should upgrade to a larger tank). Provide a branch or something to climb on, though they may take to the walls of the enclosure. A vertical corkbark leaned against the cage offers a location for geroldis to make their tube webs behind. Mine readily makes a good bit of webbing, not just a tube. She is starting to look like an arboreal Greenbottle Blue. Her entire upper half of her enclosure is webbed up with almost a maze of tubes throughout.
|EcoEarth (coconut husk). You may make a mix of Vermiculite and Eco Earth (75/25). From my experience, Peat Moss does cultivate molds very easily, and thus would not be recommended for this species. Avoid any Evergreen woods (Cypress, Reptile Bark) inside of the enclosure. Evergreens contain natural insecticidal oils that can harm your tarantula if exposed long enough. Isopods (rolly-polies, or pillbugs) are a good cleaner to keep in the substrate that will help reduce the risk of mold, but they require moisture. You need to watch out for mold in the tank as purpureas do not handle mold well.
|Crickets, meal worms, waxworms, super worms, Blaptica dubia or Blatta lateralis roaches. Please do not offer wild caught prey, as it may contain pesticides (and potential parasites) which can harm or kill your Tarantula. Also never feed your tarantula kingworms (giant meal worms) as these are meal worms that have been fed juvenile growth hormones to prevent them from maturing so they grow bigger. JGH are a common insecticide and would not be good for your invertebrate tarantula! (I received this from a personal conversation with a cricket/worm breeder near me). Furthermore, crickets and roaches are the best nutrition for tarantulas, and mealworms and superworms should be fed as treats, not as a staple.
|Make sure to offer a water bowl, the size should be half the size of the species. Do not use any sponges, cotton balls or paper towel or water crystals inside of water bowl, just clean water. Small rocks may be added. If possible, mount the bowl higher in the tank rather than sitting it on the floor. I have hot-glued the bowl onto a branch halfway up the tank. Clean the water bowl once a week or when you feel it is necessary. Crickets or roaches may end up dead in the water, in which case you should clean it right away. Spiderlings are too small to have a water bowl, misting one side of the enclosure wall 1-2 times a week, should be plenty enough. Your tarantula will often fill the dish with substrate, or even poop in it, but continue to provide clean water. Also I periodically wet the substrate, allowing that to dry out completely to prevent mold growth. Moisture and humidity is important for this species.
|Females can live up to 12 years, while males may live 3 years.
|Maturity female:
|2-4 years depending on how often they are fed and how warm their enclosure is kept.
|Maturity male/ Tibial Apophysis:
|1-2 years, which is only an estimate. / Yes, on first set of leg.
|Communal Setup:
|Not recommended for this species, though this has been done with little cannibalism.
Color Markings:
|The Avicularia geroldi tarantula as a species is currently being disputed since no holotype has been collected and reposited in a museum for study. Many consider it a variation of Avicularia avicularia. Slings look like A. avicularia slings, with the black feet, beige legs, and red patter on the dorsal side of the abdomen. Adults are a deep blue pinktoe with near black abdomen (rather than red like A. avicularia).This is a striking and beautiful tarantula. Colors are most vivid immediately after a molt.
Special Note:
| These tarantulas are moderately difficult to breed. Females lay egg sacs containing roughly 100 to 160 eggs a few months after mating. Nymphs hatch 68 weeks later. There is a low risk of males being eaten by the females during pairings.
Make sure never to keep a tarantula enclosure directly in the sun. No light is necessary for your tarantula's habitat. Natural lighting is perfectly fine.
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|These are not on the CITES II list (as far as I can see), but captive-bred specimens are available.
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|Hobart Statesmen
|Saturday, April 20, 2013
|1:00 p.m.
|Geneva, N.Y. | Boswell Field
|TV | Radio
|Time Warner Cable Sports Syracuse
|Series Record
|Loyola leads, 12-3
|Last Meeting
|Loyola 17, Hobart 6 – April 21, 2012, in Geneva, N.Y.
Game Data
Loyola University Maryland wraps up ECAC Lacrosse League regular-season play on Saturday, April 20, when it travels to Geneva, N.Y., for a conference game at Hobart College.
Faceoff is set for 1 p.m. at Boswell Field.
Series History
The Greyhounds will meet Hobart for the 16th time in series history when the teams take the field on Saturday and the ninth time as ECAC foes. Both programs joined the league for the 2005 season.
Loyola holds a 12-3 advantage in the previous 15 games that have been played between the teams, including a 17-6 victory last season on April 21 in Geneva.
Mike Sawyer scored four goals and assisted on another, while Davis Butts and Scott Ratliff each added three points – Butts had two goals and an assist, while Ratliff tallied a goal and two assists.
In The Polls
Loyola checks in as the No. 8 team in both the USILA coaches and Inside Lacrosse media polls.
Last Time Out
Denver took five goals leads on two occasions, 8-3 just before halftime and 9-4 in the third quarter, but Loyola scored eight of the final 11 goals in regulation, tying the score at 12-12 on a Sean O'Sullivan strike with just over two minutes remaining.
Both teams had offensive possessions in the final minute, but neither scored and the game went to overtime. The Pioneers' Cameron Flint picked up the ground ball off the opening faceoff of extra time and scored 16 seconds in to lift Denver to a 13-12 victory last Saturday.
Flint matched O'Sullivan and Mike Sawyer for game-high honors with four goals. Sawyer's four were a season-best for him, and he added a pair of assists for six points.
Josh Hawkins scored twice in transition for the second game in a row, and Davis Butts and Zach Herreweyers each scored once. Justin Ward and Nikko Pontrello joined Sawyer with two assisted each.
Hawkins On The Fly
In just five games this year, Josh Hawkins has already eclipsed his previous high in goals, scoring seven this season to beat his total of six from last season and his 2010 freshman campaign.
The defensive midfielder has scored twice in each of Loyola's last two games and has at least one goal in every game he's played this year.
He has put 10-of-16 shots on goal and scored on 43.8-percent of his total shots.
In 45 career games, Hawkins has scored 22 goals and has eight assists as a short-stick defender.
O'Sullivan Shooting On Target
Sean O'Sullivan's game-tying goal with 2:11 to play in the third quarter against Denver gave him four for the game, tying his career-high set on February 25, 2012, against Towson.
The senior needed just four shots against the Pioneers to score his four goals. This season, O'Sullivan has scored his 14 goals on just 35 shots (.400 shot percentage), and he is putting 74.3-percent of his total shots on goal (26-of-35). His 14 goals rank third on the team this season.
Sawyer Has Season-Best Game
Mike Sawyer put up his best offensive numbers of the season last Saturday against Denver, scoring four goals and assisting on two for six points. All of those represented season-highs in the respective categories.
Sawyer is tied with Justin Ward for the team lead with 23 goals this season, and his 2.3 goals per game lead the team.
He scored the game's first goal against Denver 32 seconds into the contest, picking up a ground ball at midfield and racing down the right side for a goal, and he added his second with 4:22 left in the fourth quarter. Sawyer then tallied two in a row within 26 seconds of each other late in the fourth quarter to draw the Greyhounds within a goal.
In 54 career games, Sawyer has scored 115 goals and has 23 assists for 139 points.
Earlier this year, against UMBC, he became the eighth player in school Division I history to reach 100 goals, and his 115 total place him in a tie for third with Tim O'Shea on the Division I career chart. He is five behind Gewas Schindler in second and 18 back of Pat Lamon in first. Sawyer's 139 points rank 11th in school Division I history.
Ratliff Sets Record
Scott Ratliff did something believed to be a first in the modern era of college lacrosse (circa 1971) on April 6 in the Greyhounds' win over visiting Fairfield. The senior long-stick midfielder scored four goals, becoming the first player with a pole to do so.
Ratliff scored once off a Loyola faceoff win, a second time on a give-and-go in transition with Pat Laconi and twice more off set plays in settled offense with feeds from Justin Ward and Nikko Pontrello.
In recent years, at least two long-sticks, Duke's C.J. Costabile and Bryant's Mason Poli, have recorded hat tricks.
Defensively Speaking
Loyola allowed just 22 goals over a four-game stretch from March 20-April 6, an average of 5.5. In the first two games, at Georgetown and Michigan, the Greyhounds gave up just one goal before halftime, and they then allowed only one after the break at Ohio State.
In those four games, Loyola's opponents have made just 19.8-percent of their shots, converting on 22-of-111 attempts.
The Greyhounds forced 67 turnovers in the games, as Georgetown committed 20, Michigan had 18, Ohio State, 16 and Fairfield, 13. Of those 67 turnovers, Loyola was credited with 44 caused turnovers.
The 17 caused at Georgetown were the most this season by Loyola and the most by a Greyhounds' team since they posted 19 in back-to-back games against St. John's and Massachusetts in March 2009.
CLASSy Senior Candidate
Last week, Scott Ratliff was named one of 10 finalists for the prestigious Senior CLASS Award, an honor given yearly to a NCAA Division I senior who has notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition
Ratliff has continued his high production on defense, transition and offense that helped him earn USILA All-America Third Team and ECAC Defensive Player of the Year honors a year ago when he led the team last year in ground balls (88) and caused turnovers (37), was fifth in goals (12) and seventh in assists (7).
He had one of his stat-sheet filling games against Air Force, scoring a goal and assisting on another while picking up five ground balls and causing three turnovers, and he turned in another with a goal, four ground balls and two caused turnovers while going 4-of-4 on faceoffs against Georgetown. Ratliff came one shy of his career-high with eight ground balls at Michigan.
His career totals now stand at 27 goals and 13 assists, and his 40 career points are second-most among active long-poles to Bryant's Mason Poli. Last year, he set the school's single-season long-pole scoring record with 12 goals and seven assists, eclipsing the previous high of 16 points on 11 goals and five assists set in 1995 by current Loyola assistant coach Matt Dwan.
Additionally, Ratliff now stands 10th in school Division I history in career ground balls (197) and second in caused turnovers (85). His caused turnovers are five shy of tying the school record set in 2008 by P.T. Ricci.
Defensive Midfield Production
Loyola's defensive midfield had a productive game against Fairfield, finishing the outing with six goals, an assists, six caused turnovers and six ground balls.
This season, long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff has posted 11 goals and three assists, good for fifth on the team with 14 points, while short-stick Pat Laconi has four goals and five points, and fellow short-stick Josh Hawkins has five goals and an assist.
Another Multi-Point Venture For Ward
With two assists against Denver, Justin Ward had his 12th multi-point effort in as many games this season. He has now tallied at least two points in all 12 games this season, and he has three or more in eight of those outings.
In the Georgetown game, he became the 10th player in the program's Division I history (since 1982) to log 50 or more assists in his career. With 58 career assists, Ward now stands ninth in school Division I history, one shy of Pat Lamon's 59 in eighth place.
Ward put up his second game with seven or more points on March 16 against Air Force, logging seven with two goals and five assists in the win over the Falcons. His five assists tied his career-high, set twice in 2012 against Towson and Fairfield.
On February 26, against UMBC, as the junior finished with seven goals and three assists for 10 points. His goal and point outputs were career-highs. He became the first player to score at least seven goals in a game since Gavin Prout tallied eight in a 19-11 win at Hobart on April 28, 2001.
Ward's 10-point effort was the first 10-point game for a Greyhound since Tim Goettelmann tallied the same amount in a 19-9 win on March 25, 2000, against Fairfield. In that game, Goettelmann scored four goals and had six assists. Later that season, he would score seven goals on May 16 in the NCAA First Round against Notre Dame.
Through 10 games this year, Ward leads the team with 21 goals and 22 assists for 43 points.
Pontrello Keeps Tallying Points
Nikko Pontrello notched his third hat trick of the season on March 30 at Ohio State, scoring a game-high three against the Buckeyes. He also had three-goal outings against UMBC and Air Force earlier this year.
In his first season as a starter, Pontrello has scored 13 goals while assisting on 14 for 27 points, second most on the team. As a freshman in 2012, he scored four goals and assisted on six.
He posted his second six-point game this season March 16 against Air Force, scoring a career-high four goals to go with two assists. He scored in the first quarter, tallied a pair during Loyola's 4-0 third-quarter run and added his fourth in the final frame. Earlier this year against UMBC, Pontrello posted three goals and three assists for six points against the Retrievers.
Fletcher Turns Up 'D'
Joe Fletcher earned ECAC Defensive Player of the Week honors on March 18 after picking up three ground balls and causing a turnover against Air Force. More impressive was the defense Fletcher played on Air Force's offensive quarterback, preseason All-American Keith Dryer.
Dryer entered the game with four goals and a team-leading 10 assists, but Fletcher held him without a point.
This season, Fletcher, who was a Preseason All-America First Team honoree, has 37 ground balls and 13 caused turnovers.
Offensive Addition
Freshman Zach Herreweyers made his first career start on March 16 against Air Force on attack for the Greyhounds, and he made his debut to the opening 10 an impressive one.
Herreweyers scored his first collegiate goal with 12.3 seconds left in the first quarter, and he finished with a hat trick, tallying goals for Loyola in the third and fourth quarters, as well. He also picked up three ground balls.
He followed that game with a four-goal outing Wednesday at Georgetown, a hat trick at Michigan and a goal and an assist at Ohio State.
The freshman from London, Ontario, made his collegiate debut against Duke on March 8. In five games played, he is tied for fourth on the team with 11 goals.
Herreweyers became the first Loyola freshman to score three times in a game since current senior Patrick Fanshaw scored five goals and assisted on another on March 20, 2010, also against Air Force.
Helmet Stickers
Loyola players are wearing three stickers on their helmets this season to remember those who have passed away. The stickers are in memory of Adam Pomper, a member of the 2012 team who passed away on June 12, 2012, Mandy O'Sullivan, mother of current players Sean and Ryan O'Sullivan who died in March 2012 from pancreatic cancer, and the 26 victims of the Newtown, Conn., shooting in December 2012 where Loyola put on a youth lacrosse clinic in January.
Well-Represented In MLL Draft
Five members of the Loyola men's lacrosse team were selected in the top 26 of the January 11 Major League Lacrosse draft. The Greyhounds tied Virginia for the most draft picks in the selection process.
Josh Hawkins and Mike Sawyer were both taken in the first round, going fifth and eighth overall to the Hamilton Nationals and Charlotte Hounds, respectively.
Scott Ratliff was the first pick of the second round, going ninth to the Boston Cannons, and Davis Butts was taken early in the third round, 19th overall to the Denver Outlaws. Joining Hawkins in Hamilton will be Reid Acton, the team's fourth round pick, 26th overall.
Sawyer will be joined in Charlotte by former teammate Eric Lusby who was the top waiver pick after the NCAA season ended in early June. After missing the majority of the MLL season with an injury, the NCAA Championships Most Outstanding Player made his MLL debut on July 28 at Long Island and scored a goal. He then tallied three goals in an August 11 win over Rochester.
Preseason Accolades
Six Loyola players were named to the Inside Lacrosse Face-Off Yearbook Preseason All-America teams: defender Joe Fletcher and short-stick midfielder Josh Hawkins (first team); attackman Mike Sawyer and long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff (second); midfielder Davis Butts (third); and, defender Reid Acton (honorable mention).
All six earned All-America honors last season with Sawyer earned Second Team honors and Ratliff was named to the Third Team. Acton, Butts, Fletcher and Acton earned Honorable Mention along with graduate student Eric Lusby.
In his first year as a starter, Fletcher was named to the NCAA and ECAC Championships All-Tournament Teams and earned a reputation as one of the top defenders in the nation. In 19 games as a sophomore, Fletcher caused 26 turnovers, second most on the team, and had 41 ground balls.
Hawkins has continued to be one of the top defensive midfielders in the nation and garnered considerable respect nationally for his play during the NCAA Championships. He earned NCAA All-Tournament honors and helped the Greyhounds limit Notre Dame and Maryland to a combined eight goals on Championships weekend. In addition to his six goals and two assists in 15 games last year, Hawkins was second on the team with 63 ground balls.
Sawyer was a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award as the nation's top player last season when he scored 52 goals and assisted on 10 more and was named the team's Offensive Most Valuable Player. During the regular-season, he led the ECAC in goals and goals per game while earning All-ECAC First Team honors. He became the second player to score 50 or more goals in a season and was joined by a third on last year's team.
Ratliff continued to be one of the top long-stick midfielders in the nation and set a Loyola scoring record for the position last year. He finished with 12 goals and seven assists, exceeding current Loyola Assistant Coach Matt Dwan's previous record for a long-stick midfielder set in 1995. In addition to his scoring, he tallied 88 ground balls and 37 caused turnovers while earning ECAC Defensive Player of the Year, ECAC Championships Most Valuable Player, NCAA All-Tournament Team and team co-defenisve player of the year honors.
Butts was a first-line midfielder for the Greyhounds for the second year in a row. He excelled as a dodger and finisher and ranked fourth on the team in points (35) and third in goals scored (21). A versatile player, Butts also saw plenty of action on the wings of faceoffs and in the defensive midfield where he picked up 40 ground balls.
Acton will enter 2013 having started on the Greyhounds' defense each of the last three years. He finished the 2012 season with 44 ground balls and 20 caused turnovers, while helping Loyola record a 7.21 goals allowed per game average, the fifth-best mark in Division I. The Greyhounds set a pair of defensive records during Championship Weekend, holding Notre Dame and Maryland to a combined eight goals in the two games and allowing the Terrapins just three in the title match.
Toomey Receives Morris Touchstone Award
Loyola Head Coach Charley Toomey was named the ECAC Coach of the Year for the third time in his seven-year career, and in December, he received the coaches association's Morris Touchstone Award as the national coach of the year.
The Greyhounds became the second team in USILA Coaches Poll history to start a season unranked and ascend to the No. 1 spot in the rankings. The only other team was Duke in 2007 – a year after the Blue Devils had their season suspended in March – which accomplished the feat after being unranked in the first poll, moving to second in the next version and first in the third. Duke was knocked from its perch as No. 1 that season when it lost to the Greyhounds at the First Four in San Diego.
The win over Georgetown this was the 70th victory of his coaching career, becoming the second coach in Loyola history to win 70 or more, joining – Dave Cottle (181-70, 1983-2001).
Big Runs
Last season, runs of three-plus goals were critical in the Greyhounds success, as they had runs of 3-0 or better in all 19 games. In all, Loyola scored three or more in a row on 37 occasions last year.
The Greyhounds have opened the 2013 season in similar fashion as they scored three-straight in the second quarter to take a 4-2 lead against Delaware after trailing, 2-1. They then had two runs of 3-0 or better at Towson.
Against UMBC, Loyola had a 3-0 first-half run before putting together a 10-0 stretch in the third and fourth quarters. The Greyhounds then had a 4-0 run that spanned both halves to help beat Bellarmine, and they runs of 3-0 and 4-0 to beat Air Force.
In the Georgetown game, Loyola had its longest run of the year, scoring eight straight.
At Ohio State, the Greyhounds went on a 6-0 run that spanned the final three quarters to take control of the game. A 5-0 first-quarter run spurred the win over Fairfield.
Second-Half Success
Last season, the Greyhounds outscored opponents 66-22 in the third quarters of games, and 123-63 overall in the second half (including overtime). The second-half scoring continued a trend from 2011 when Loyola outscored opponents, 69-52, after halftime (including two overtime goals), and 77-56.
This year, Loyola is outscoring opponents 47-21 in the third quarter and 73-50 overall after halftime.


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Tyler Perry has been known for pushing the limits with his films. Some say he hates Black women, others say he hates Blacks in general, but now someone is saying he just hates writing his own scripts.
According to TMZ, Gary, Indiana screenwriter William James claims the once homeless film producer stole the idea for his recently released film, "Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor" from his 2009 script, "Lovers Kill." But while "the lawsuit is light on details … it just says both films center on a married couple … the wife is tempted by another man, and the affair ruins the marriage," says TMZ.
It turns out James can't say whether or not Perry has ever actually seen his screenplay.
"In the suit, he claims he gave a copy to 'an associate' of Oprah Winfrey, hoping it would make it to Perry."
TMZ states that representatives from both Tyler Perry's team and Lions Gate have no comment regarding the lawsuit at this time.
Read more http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/tyler-perry-sued-stealing-temptations-script/


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Tech Report: Nonstop Data Protection, part 2
Host or network-based CDP? Find out which is right for you in part two of this Tech Report on nonstop data protection.
Host-based solutions require installing an agent on a server that captures changes at either the block or file level. How these agents capture and copy changed information varies, so it's important to understand both the architecture of the CDP application and the characteristics of the agents.
CDP products create a client/server architecture with a central server that communicates with an agent on each server. This configuration allows the central server to store a replica of each server's data. The central server can then manage the replication and restore of each server's replicated data. CDP products put an internally generated time stamp on each image, rather than relying on each server's time stamping. Administrators can pick any point in time to recover data.
Topio Inc.'s Data Protection Suite typifies this new architecture. Their replication client agents reside on servers that communicate back to the central replication server manager. Each client makes an initial copy of its server's data, sends it to the replication server and, once that initial copy is completed, journals all write I/Os. The replication server houses recoverable copies of each server's data; if the data is copied back to the original server, the application can resume activity. While this approach doesn't provide an instantaneous application or data recovery, it can reduce the recovery time to just a few minutes.
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Administrators also need to examine the characteristics of these product's agents in terms of where they install on the host server's application stack. For instance, both Softek Storage Solutions Corp. and Veritas Software Corp. install their drivers below the file system and just above the host's volume manager. These drivers ignore all read I/Os, but capture every block write I/O just before it would be written to disk, making a copy of the write I/O to a reserved memory buffer. The drivers copy the write I/O, make a journal entry of that write I/O to memory and then move the copy of that I/O to a secondary data store creating a copy of the data.
Topio's product allows administrators to configure the agent to reside either between the server's file system and volume manager or between the volume manager and the LUN level. While most block-level agents install just above the volume manager, some administrators may need to protect just an individual LUN as opposed to an entire volume group. An administrator can configure this option after installation.
XOsoft Inc.'s Data Rewinder takes a file-based approach. Rather than trying to capture every write, it protects only designated files on a server. Running at the file level gives it a couple of advantages over its block-based competitors: It integrates more deeply with e-mail and database applications and needs only to journal changes that affect those applications, as opposed to every change to a volume or LUN. And it doesn't need to make an entire copy of the primary data store as the block-based products do.
Block-based CDP products require an equal amount of secondary data storage as the primary storage that is assigned to the application. Block-level products may employ different technologies to ensure the integrity of the data at the secondary site, but they all follow the same basic process. The CDP software inserts checkpoints that ensure the primary data is in a consistent state. When consistent, the CDP program inserts a token into the data that is copied to the secondary data copy, and signals that the data is in a consistent and recoverable state. Another token is then inserted to indicate new writes are coming and that they should be appended to the consistent secondary image.
Yet, administrators need to read the fine print on all of these products to ensure a safe recovery. Softek cautions that unless the appropriate database transaction logs and journaled file system entries are applied, the image is only consistent up to the last time a checkpoint occurred. To prevent data corruption, Veritas doesn't allow reads at the secondary site and encourages use of its FlashSnap product to create a recoverable image.Network-based CDP
Not all CDP products try to capture data at the host level. Revivio Inc.'s CPS-1000 appliance only captures the write I/Os rather than recording all the read and write activity between the back-end storage and the primary data path. Revivio presents LUNs to FC-attached hosts without the need to deploy host-based agents. Administrators may then use their hosts' existing volume management software to set up mirrored volumes that enable writes to their primary storage and write copies to LUNs presented by the Revivio CPS-1000. While this approach is appealing, you need to verify that Revivio's real-time operating system is certified with your storage array and that your array vendors certify interoperability with Revivio's operating system.
The CPS-1000 also needs to respond as fast as the fastest array that a server is configured to access. If it's slower, it's necessary to verify that the latency doesn't impact the performance of the application itself. And the CPS-1000 appliance will only work with servers that have Fibre Channel connectivity.
If you're not using a CDP product, you should consider it. Being able to recover mission-critical data at any point in time is a powerful tool. Most CDP products will fit into existing storage environments at reasonable price points, bringing relief from shrinking backup windows and eliminating the decision of what data you are most willing to lose.Back to part one
Download complete grid of CDP products and specs
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About the author:
Jerome Wendt is an independent writer specializing in the field of open systems storage and storage area networks. He has managed storage for small and large organizations in this capacity.


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I had to get a new computer resulting in a new installation of all my programs.
I have it almost finished. Obviously I re-installed v48 Pocomail but it requires setting up and
I dont really want to do that, its not easy.
I have saved the previous working Pocomail v48 from the broken case, (I did this some with other programs),
so I copied it into the new setup and I copied the run file onto the desktop. It did not work.
Then I thought of clicking the run file in that previous installation and it worked, yes, every time I do that it works, but only when I
click the run file that is in the folder of that version that I had setup in my previous computer.
I renamed this to Pocomail to avoid problems, I think its the name I am using for the folder that is probably not correct.
How can I access the run file from inside this folder, that is, the the setup from the previous Poco installation in the broken case,
if its possible it will save a lot of work in setting the new install up.
I tried putting the Poco run file in the task bar to see if that would run Poco but it did not, however, what happened was
about 10 copies of some files in the folder were placed on the desktop.
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Hands-On Review: Veritas CommandCentral Storage 4.0
Veritas Software's upgrade to CommandCentral Storage is a feature-rich program that raises the bar for SRM applications.
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But most storage managers are jaded, tired of being itemized to death for product features that are missing from a vendor's basic SRM offering. Storage managers need inclusive SRM applications that allow the definition of policies and provide control of the storage resources governed by those policies.
Veritas Software Corp.'s CommandCentral Storage (CCS) 4.0 is a comprehensive SRM program that raises the bar by integrating many management points into a single console. CCS rolls up the feature sets of SANPoint Control and Storage Reporter into a far-reaching solution that discovers storage resources, and allows administrators to manage and provision policy-based heterogeneous storage.
In June and July of 2003, I compared EMC Corp.'s ControlCenter and Veritas' SANPoint Control. At that time, ControlCenter barely nosed out SANPoint Control, but with CommandCentral Storage, Veritas SRM has upped the ante.
Among the new or enhanced features in CCS 4.0 are:
- The ability to pool resources into a single entity for the application of commands and policy.
- Centralized deployment of configuration changes to one or more storage resources.
- Extended support for Veritas and Microsoft clusters.
- Application-centric monitoring and provisioning of storage.
- Host bus adapter (HBA) replacement wizard.
- Role-based access rights and single sign on.
|Typical CommandCentral Storage configuration
The main components of CommandCentral Storage 4.0: CCS console, Web engine, storage management server, host storage agents and a Sybase database that's the repository for SAN component data. The SAN access layer provides the explorer agents that gather information from storage resources.
The CCS architecture comprises consoles, a Web engine, one or more storage management servers, host storage agents (HSA) and push-install utility agents to manage client installs and updates. (See "Typical CommandCentral Storage configuration".)
The storage management server includes the storage area network (SAN) access layer (SAL) with its associated explorer agents, alarm services (policies) and a Sybase database that is CCS' main repository.
The SAL process is the heart and soul of CCS. Through the primary SAL process running on the storage management server, component-specific explorer agents are dispatched both in-band (Fibre Channel) and out-of-band (SNMP/IP) to discover configuration, statistical and status information from SAN devices. The primary SAL process also gathers information from remote SAL processes running on host storage agents. Information is saved in the discovery data store and then copied to the CCS database.
Communication among the SAL CLI and the primary and remote SAL processes is achieved using an XML API. The information in the data store can be translated into XML files and later passed to the CCS console or user-defined scripts for enhanced reporting and management.
The alarm service compares statistical and performance metrics gathered by CCS explorers to defined policies and summons the alert manager to send notifications when thresholds have been reached.
Administrators can configure users to have single sign-on privileges so they don't have reauthenticate their credentials as they move among CommandCentral components. You can also limit which storage management servers that logged-on users can see.
CCS' Sybase repository runs on the storage management server. The database maintains data gathered by the SAN access layer and the alert manager for report and alarm generation, and manages service requests (tasks) submitted to the storage management server. The database is not Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) compliant, but the terminology and methods used are very similar to those defined in the specification.
For best results, CCS requires extensive knowledge of installed SAN components and their communication methods. If your shop lacks the skills to deploy CCS, consider getting professional help for installation and configuration, and preparation of site-specific documentation.
You must also stay on top of changes to the CommandCentral hardware and software compatibility list, as device and firmware support changes often. CCS comes with a utility that compares the most recently installed compatibility list with your SAN's resources and reports discrepancies. Run this utility prior to deployment.
The storage management server runs on Windows 2000 Advanced and Data center servers, and Sparc-based Solaris 7, 8 and 9 servers with at least a 1GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and expandable RAID storage for the Sybase DBMS. The CommandCentral host storage agents run on Linux, AIX, HP-UX and the Windows versions listed above. Check the release notes for OS versions supported by host storage agents.
The Web engine transmits data to and from the CCS console and management server(s), and provides logon services. The Web engine can support multiple CCS management servers, but it copies each management server's database into memory, so its memory configuration should be appropriately sized.
The management server and Web engine can run in the same operating system instance, but the management server and host storage agent can't. The storage agent push-install utility requires source and target systems to have the same file system nomenclature.
The minimal configuration for a single fabric with both Unix and Windows SAN-attached hosts is one Unix or Windows CCS management server/Web engine, one Unix-based storage agent/push install host, and one Windows storage agent/push-install host.
Host storage agents should be installed on every host that has storage and applications to be managed with CCS. A switch management explorer should be activated on only one host storage agent. Veritas recommends that the host be directly attached to the principal switch in the SAN, redundantly if possible.
|CommandCentral Storage managing summary pane
SANscreen pinpoints configuration problems: SANscreen shows where proposed changes will violate operational policies and possibly cause a disruption in storage area network service. In this example, the policy on the authorized access path between Host A and Storage 2 has been violated, perhaps due to a failed HBA or Switch 2 reboot.
CommandCentral Storage console
Veritas fronts its software with a first-rate client interface, the CCS console. Accessed via the Web engine, the console is a context-based GUI that uses headers, tabs and hierarchical object views to quickly navigate among various CommandCentral offerings, product features and component attributes.
The managing summary pane (see "CommandCentral Storage managing summary pane") displays alerts for problem resolution, a configurable favorites list for frequently accessed tools and reports, and a main content section with hyperlinks to drill down into storage resource views. Vendor-specific wizards provide assistance for managing, provisioning and securing SAN storage elements.
Links at the top of the display provide access to other CommandCentral offerings, including service, backup and availability. The CommandCentral service option serves as a front end for delivering storage, backup and clustering services to applications and is aligned with Veritas' utility model. The backup and availability links allow management of backup and clustered servers explored by the SAN access layer.
There's also a series of tabs for CCS' major feature areas: managing, reporting and monitoring. Each tab presents content-specific views and tables identifying individual storage resources that can be managed or changed individually or as a defined group.
To effectively manage a storage resource, you must be able to control it. The managing tab displays the various management points of storage resources. As you click on links representing the resource(s), you eventually get to a single resource on which you can perform an action, allowing for end-to-end storage management.
For example, clicking on an item in the databases section displays links that further identify the database instance. You can then drill down into the tablespaces and eventually get to the LUN(s) that support them. A DBA could use these steps to expand a volume.
Perhaps the biggest enhancement to CCS is the provisioning of heterogeneous storage via the array's API. Until now, SRM products had limited control over an array's LUNs and their provisioning. LUN allocation could be controlled via zone management, but zoning alone isn't enough in the provisioning process.
Provisioning tasks can be streamlined by grouping storage resources into a single entity for allocation. By grouping redundant array ports for example, you can bind LUNs to the array port group in one operation instead of singly for each port.
CommandCentral's reporting set is abundant. Storage capacity reports include distribution and allocation by connection type, storage class, vendor and RAID levels. Other reports detail application and user consumption by file types and growth over a period of time. Performance reports are also available.
The change history summary and snapshot comparison reports are helpful for managing changes on the SAN and for troubleshooting. The change history report itemizes changes made to storage resources over a specific period; the snapshot comparison shows a before-and-after picture of storage resources.
Policies are defined in the monitoring section and enforced by the alert manager. For example, a policy may say that if a switch port shows a certain number of CRC errors over a period of time, a notification should be sent or a script executed.
Multithreshold policies are a new feature that allow a single event to have up to four levels of severity associated with an alarm. SANPoint Control only supported single-level thresholds.
CommandCentral Storage 4.0 costs $20,000 for a storage management server, Web engine and the push-install utility. Host storage agents are sold as client packs, and are volume priced from $260 to $800 per host. That's not a steep price for companies struggling to manage hundreds of application servers connected to heterogeneous storage over thousands of switch ports. But even with more modest configurations, the price may be easy to justify.
CCS 4.0 is a full-featured product with extensive support for managing heterogeneous storage resources. The central console's tabular design makes CCS easy to learn, and its hierarchal object views let you jump from a storage resource to the policy governing that resource with a single mouse click.
When I compared ECC and SANPoint last year, I concluded that full-featured SRM applications weren't there yet. But after testing CCS, it looks like we're well on our way to truly comprehensive SRM. CCS might not be perfect, but it's a wide-ranging, feature-rich program that should set the tone for the next generation of SRM applications.
Related Resources
- Storage Optimization Analytics: An Overview –Accenture
Dig Deeper on Storage management tools
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Storage resource management software trends: Affordability, ease of use and extended support
Symantec to consolidate Veritas Cluster Server and storage resource management applications
Symantec plans Data Insight software to link storage resources with data owners


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Fournier, B., Gavray, C., Waxweiler, C. and Born, M. (Bologna Conference) Political participation and everyday lives of youth in Belgium In: PIDOP Conference 2011, "Engaged Citizens? Political Participation And Civic Engagement Among Youth, Women, Minorities And Migrants", Bologna, May 11-12, 2011.␣, May 11-12 2011, Bologna. (Unpublished)
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Some Kids' Products from China Not in Compliance with Toxic Chemical Regulations
Some Kids' Products from China Not in Compliance with Toxic Chemical RegulationsAs of February 2009, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) banned the use of phthalates, chemicals that soften PVC so it can be used as a waterproof vinyl covering in crib mattresses, in soft vinyl toys, pacificers and other baby and children's products. The phthalates restriction applies to "children care articles" which are defined as "intended to facilitate sleep, feeding, sucking or teething for children aged 3 or younger". Within that group, if the item can be placed in the mouth or sucked, then six phthalates are banned. If not, then only three are banned. Further review and study was to be done to determine whether a ban should also be placed on additional phthalates.
So … how goes the battle? Are our children's products now free of these dangerous chemicals? One of the organizations used to find out this info is called AsiaInspection, a Hong Kong company formed in 2004 to test, inspect and generally run quality control on Asian goods for importers around the world.
Recently, AsiaInspection conducted tests on kids' toys from China to determine if the goods meet the phthalates-content requirements.
How did they fare? About 25% of the kids' toys they tested contained dangerous levels of phthalates and, therefore, did not conform to the U.S. and European chemical content regulations. In fact, one product, a toy first aid kit, contained 130 times the phthalates allowable under European law.
To conduct the tests, AsiaInspection randomly chose 35 toys made in China. They then tested the toys against the regulations contained in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act in the U.S. and it's European counterpart REACH (which stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals).
What can we as parents do to ensure that our kids' products are safe?
- Check to see that labels or company websites state that their products are in compliance with CPSIA standards. If necessary, call and talk to them about it.
- Find out exactly what organization certified the products for that company.
- Check out the certifying organization to make sure it's recognized and on the level.
Also, it's a good idea to find manufacturers you trust and use them as much as possible. Naturepedic, for example, has all the right certifications and is a trusted name in crib mattresses, mattresses for cradles, bassinets and so on, changing pads, mattress pads and toppers, and bedding.
Look for your own trusted names in toys, clothing and other children's articles and stick with them. Then you'll never have to worry.


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Covenant Design brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 42 Designs von 13 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Chess4life teaches chess and character development to over 1500 school children. They use classes, tournaments, and other resources to further chess education. We need an engaging website that will cater to both kids and their parents. We want an original design that looks both fun and professional.
We want a homepage and one sub-page. No coding necessary! PSD or other standard formats preferred. We'll give feedback often as it aids both of us!
Chess4Life (http://www.chess4life.com)
Chess4life is located in the Seattle Area, so the site could reflect a bit of that urban sophisticate feel. Both parents and kids will visit the site, so it should be fun and professional. The current site: http://www.chess4life.com needs to be completely redesigned. We want to start from the ground up. We want to retain the current logo, so color scheme should correspond well.
Feel free to incorporate the chess theme, maybe have a chess board background, but we don't want anything too cheesy. The site should be easy to navigate, since it needs to be intuitive to such a wide range of ages.
One idea proposed was to have the top be two rows of a chess board and the navigational links could be the white squares, while the black squares could contain images of kids and chess.
We need:
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Meeting the Challenges of Demographic Change (Presentation to Blue Ribbon Panel for Pueblo's Form of Government, pdf file, 184 kb)
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2008 Pueblo Area Data Book (pdf file, 1.9 mb)
Pueblo Economic Trends Newsletter (4th Quarter, 2010)
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Pueblo Wage Study (pdf file, 927 kb)
Demographics are a vital component of Transportation Planning. We prepare population estimates, housing, employment and economic forecasts for a variety of small geographic areas. These include Transportation Analysis Zones (TAZ's), Census tracts, neighborhoods, and ZIP Code areas. The table below contains links to maps and data which depict these estimates.
Transportation Analysis Zones, more familiarly known as TAZ's, are very small geographic areas, typically 12 blocks, or less within densely populated urban areas, but larger for rural areas. Pueblo County has been subdivided into 306 TAZ's. These zones typically have a population of about 500. These zones are used principally for transportation modeling.
Census tracts are geographic areas that are generally somewhat larger than TAZ's. They were established prior to the release of data from the Census. Census tracts for Pueblo were first established prior to the 1960 Census. The boundaries do not change much over time, which facilitates demographic analysis over time. Typically they contain a population of 2,000 - 8,000 residents.
Neighborhoods as presented here were established in Pueblo after data from the 1980 Census became available.
ZIP Codes A limited amount of data are available for postal ZIP Codes.
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"There's no shortage of charm in Westerville, Ohio's largest suburb. Historic architecture has been preserved in Uptown Westerville, where 19th Century homes mingle with bed and breakfasts, mom-and-pop stores, and a weekly farmers' market in the summer."
Money Magazine, September 2008.
Since 2006, open air shopping comes alive each Wednesday afternoon from May to October at the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market.
With plenty of free on-street and lot parking, a trip to the market is a great way to enjoy a Wednesday afternoon in Uptown Westerville... a fun, weekly experience for all ages, and a dog-walk-and-bike-friendly destination.
Uptown Westerville is the heart of our community, where the hometown atmosphere, character, and context inspire traditions, great stories, and memorable experiences.
So, come on Uptown and pick up a little farm fresh!
See you at the market!
Wednesdays 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. ▪ May through October
@ N. State & E. Home in Uptown Westerville
"Food is our common ground, a universal experience."
James Beard
"Our vendors and our customers have a sense of belonging and ownership in our market and that fuels its success." Linda Foor
"What makes a farmers' market such a special place, is that you're actually creating community around food."
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Glen Garioch 20 Year Old 1994 Vintage Highland single malt Scotch whiskey. Single cask refill hogshead #10705 bottled February 2015 by Douglas Laing & Co. for the Old Particular series. 408 bottles.
Glen Garioch Distillery
Glen Garioch Single Malt Whiskey
Various dates are given for the establishment of Glen Garrioch Distillery but it is likely to have been late on in 1785 making it one of the oldest working distilleries in Scotland. This distillery resides in Oldmeldrum in the Highland whiskey region and currently operates with two stills. Its traditional floor maltings were in use up until 1993 thus its whiskey produced up until that time was slightly smoky. The core distillery range includes the Glen Garioch 12 Year Old with independent bottles offer an interesting selection including Cadenhead's and the Old Malt Cask.


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Email: [email protected]
Martina Anderson has been a member of the European Parliament since May 2012 and was the party's Group Leader in the Parliament for the last five years.
She is the party's lead spokesperon on Brexit and over the last number of years and has been a key member of the party's team which has been negotiating with the Irish and British governments and at EU level.
She is a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Delegation for relations with Palestine.
She is from the Bogside area of Derry, and was born in 1962. She has been involved with the Irish republican struggle for over thirty years. Having spent over thirteen years as a political prisoner in prisons in England and Ireland she was released in 1998 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement and immediately became involved in working in Sinn Féin.
She was elected in 2007 as an Assembly member for the Foyle constituency, representing her home city of Derry, at which point she was nominated as one of the first Sinn Féin members of the Policing Board.
In 2011 she was made Junior Minister in the office of First Minister & Deputy First Minister, working alongside her party colleague Martin McGuinness.
She was part of the party's political management in the Assembly in Belfast, and then for almost three years she served as the party's All Ireland Political Co-ordinator promoting, upgrading and mainstreaming the All Ireland agenda. Following the 2006 Ard Fheis (Congress), at which the Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD indicated the priority of developing an entirely new relationship with unionism Martina was appointed to the role of Sinn Féin's Director of Unionist Engagement. This is a task she has pursed with vigour, leading to a number of first public meetings between the party leadership and churches and opinion makers within unionism.
If you'd like to contact Martina, please use the details below.
Constituency Office details
Unit 2 Spencer House, 18-22 Spencer Road, Derry, BT47 6QA
Phone: 02871 318683
European Parliament office contact details
Office 07F247, Bât. Altiero Spinelli, European Parliament, 60, Rue Wiertz, B-1047 Brussels.
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Lesson 18 – Days, months & dates: Curiosities
Do you want to learn some interesting things about Spanish?
Here I take you step by step through three sections: Important Notes, You May Wonder, Spanish Words With Similarities.
By the time you reach the bottom of this page, you'll be familiar with some essential points about the Spanish language.


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This incredible graphic posted at visual.ly by Canada's National Post documents all the nuclear weapons that are ready to fly on short notice.
The U.S. leads the charge with 1,379 launchers. Russia reaches a close second with 1,286.
The author points out it's very difficult to discern what nuclear weapons exist because every country has a different method of cataloging them.
But even what's here is pretty powerful.
PLEASE NOTE — It's a huge image, so please click to get taken through to a bigger image and see the detail:


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Written by KENNETH D. MILLER, Los Angeles Sentinel Assistant Managing Editor | http://bit.ly/1csSBiG
Published on Thursday, 2 January 2014 20:03 :: The funeral services for long time and respected educator Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte (left) has been held and the Los Angeles Unified School District Board will reconvene for a special meeting on Jan. 7 to vote on whether an appointment or special election would be determined on who should replace her on the board.
While the Black community is clearly divided on which process is best, few will argue that not having any representation for the tens of thousands of students in District 1 immediately would be catastrophic.
On December 17th LAUSD Board met to discuss replacement options, but was met by LaMotte supporters who protested that any decision be made following her burial and board voted in favor of postponing.
During the meeting LAUSD Board member Monica Garcia urged board members to make a decision and said that, "by doing nothing we are doing something." Garcia contended that District 1 students should not go without being represented.
"I am absolutely certain that seat should not be vacant for six to eight months or how ever long an election takes and there be no representation for the constituents in District 1. It's imperative that seat be filled with an appointment," said community and education advocate Larry Aubrey. "I think that appointment should be Dr. George McKenna."
Which is precisely why two members of congress including Rep. Maxine Waters and Rep. Karen Bass and a powerful contingent of community coalitions are adamant in their support of polished long time educator Dr. George McKenna' appointment to the board immediately.
McKenna (right), supporters argue, would continue to carry out the wishes of LaMotte while being the best advocate for addressing the needs and concerns of students and parents in District 1.
LaMotte was the lone African American on the board and the long ties she shared with McKenna from their days at Washington Prep are indicative of a shared community commitment to the students and parents of District 1.
McKenna would provide students of the district an immediate voice on the board until LaMotte's term expires in 2015.
The alternative option is an election that would be detrimental in two aspects: preventing District 1 from having representation and costing taxpayers millions to hold a special election for a replacement.
"Most of the people on the other side are big money people. In this particular case an election is not beneficial to the community. I am for elections, but in this particular situation it would be criminal to the constituents of the district to not have continued representation," stated Aubrey.
The LAUSD is already in a power struggle over resources that could hamper the district for the next 20 years if not more.
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1556 South Anaheim Blvd.
Suite C
Anaheim, CA 92805
ph: 714-322-8870
Convertible top repair, convertible top install, convertible top hydraulics, repair convertible top plastic windows, retrofit plastic windows to glass (if available), and we sell convertible top parts. All business have their specialities we are known throughout Southern California for a quality and craftsmanship for convertible top installation. We install all makes and models. We specialize due to high frequency of tops installed Honda S2000, Nissan 350Z, BMW's, Mercedes, Jaguar, Ferrari, Ford Mustangs, Audi, Toyota Solara, Chrysler Sebring, and Porsche 911's and Boxster.
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Our shop is located in Anaheim, center of Orange County, located in Southern California.
Services Provided:
Convertible Top Install
Convertible Top Repair
Leather Interior Conversions
Leather Upgrades
Custom Interiors
Diamond Stitching
Leather Seat Covers
Ripped & Torn Seats
Carpet Kits
Seat Heaters
Seat Massagers
Seat Cooling
Power Lumbar
Seat Track Welding
Seat Track Install
Headliner Install
Center Consoles
Door Panels
Why Choose Us:
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Auto Insurance Services Provided:
Replace broken glass on convertible tops!
Interior detail, remove stains, and damaged seat covers, vandalized interiors, torn headliners from stolen DVD players or consoles.
Replace vandalized seat covers, with OEM covers or after-market leather kits.
Replace cut convertible tops with OEM parts and after-market parts.
Replace or repair damaged panels, quarter panels, dashes, stereo consoles, and center consoles.
Replace stolen 3rd row seats.
Replace torn and vandalized carpet kits.
Theft recovery complete interior and exterior detail
Dealership approved! We work with all insurance companies.
We are dealership approved and a preferred top installer!
Seat Frame, Seat Track Repair & Replacement
Convertible Top Services We Provide:
We offer an unsurpassed three year or 36,000 mile installation warranty.
The manufacturers we use offer a three year or 36,0000 mile warranty on parts.
We are a preferred installer for the following after-market manufacturers:
Robbins Auto Top
EZ-On Convertible Tops
Key Auto Tops
GAHH Auto Tops
World Auto Upholstery & Tops
We Install Factory OEM Parts/Convertible Tops
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You would be surprised how many convertible top concerns can be repaired rather then high cost replacement.
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To Provide the best upholstery service.
To be reliable, a service you can count on.
To have fair competitive pricing.
Please call for an appointment
and directions
We are located in the city of Anaheim, CA Our shop is very frwy. accessible thanks to all the entertainment in our backyard.
We are along the 5 frwy (use the Anaheim Blvd./Disneyway exit. You can also drive to Prestige Upholstery using the 91frwy, 57 Frwy, and the 22 Frwy.
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Convertible Tops
Convertible Top Install – Insurance Claims
Hydraulics – Rams – Motors – Top Frames
Plastic & Glass Window Replacement
Leather Interiors
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Repair Leather Interiors – Seat Covers
Cloth to Leather Upgrades
Seat Comfort
Seat Massage – Seat Heating – Seat Cooling
Power Lumbar – Memory Foam
Insurance Claims
Vandalized Convertible Tops – Sunroof Glass
Water Damage – Theft Recovery – Odors
All Insurance Companies
Auto Upholstery
Headliners – Carpet Kits – Seat Covers
Seat Tracks – Cushion Rebuilds – Door Panels
Seat Welding – Visors – Center Consoles
Leather, Vinyl, & Fabric Repairs
Our office hours are by
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Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm
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(Ford F350 Two Tone Leather Interior w/Contrast Stitch)
(Corvette C6 Custom Interior w/Diamond Stitching)
The Prestige Companies Auto Upholstery is your one stop shop. The Prestige Companies Auto Upholstery can customize your auto interior. We install custom seat covers with two tones, contrast stitching, diamond stitching, perforation and have a large selection of colors available. The end result is to give your interior a one of a kind custom look. If you are the kind of person who would like to have a interior that is truly custom and unique then allow The Prestige Companies Auto Upholstery to design a custom interior for your automobile.
We are a privately owned company located in Anaheim, the center of Orange County, in Southern California. We are professional, and courteous to all of our customers. We truly strive for complete customer satisfaction.
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To have fair competitive pricing.
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Anaheim, CA 92805
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|Rule: When a suffix beginning with a vowel is added to a word with a final silent 'e', drop the the silent 'e'.
Rule: When a suffix beginning with a vowel is added to a stressed syllable ending in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, the consonant is usually doubled.
Exception: Instead of doubling a final consonant 'c', it becomes ck before the addition of a suffix.
Directions: Complete the following sentences. On a sheet of paper, write the suffix spelling rules described in this chapter and give your own examples for each of the rules. As homework, read a book and find words with suffixes and group them based on the spelling rules described in this chapter.