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NEW YORK -- The New York Knicks will host 150 children, their families and teachers from Sandy Hook Elementary School today when they play the Sacramento Kings.
Twenty or more children from the Newtown (Conn.) Choir from Sabrinas Encore Products will sing the national anthem before the game, the second time this week the Knicks and children from the devastated community about 90 minutes away will be together.
The Knicks organization on Tuesday visited Newtown, where 20 children and six adults were shot and killed at the school in December.
The team, the Knicks City Dancers and Madison Square Garden's Garden of Dreams Foundation hosted 400 children from Sandy Hook Elementary (now Chalk Hill Elementary) and their families at the Newtown Youth Academy in what was called a "Knicks Family Fun Day" event.
"It was fun," Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony said. "We went out there (and) it was just good to see a lot of people smile all over again. Just to be doing the things that we were doing -- playing the games, playing basketball with them, just making people smile and feel happy about themselves."
There were basketball drills and contests, along with other activities such as a magician, face painters and balloon makers in a carnival-type setting.
"That was great," Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire said. "We were there pretty much just wanting to put smiles and hope back in the families faces. It was an awesome event. Great for us to interact with the families there. That was great for them."
A month after the killings, children from the choir who will perform recorded "Sandy Hook: Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Proceeds from the sale of the song will benefit the Newtown Youth Academy and the United Way of Western Connecticut.


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I found this figure and its pair in a Vinnies store last Monday.
The weekend had netted me another Anzengrueber figure and the theme continued. I went back today , but I was not tempted by the lace skirted ballerinas. The lace skirts had been smashed and looked like rags on their bodies!
I find "Dresden" figures a bit too traditional; but I can't fail to admire the work that went into the creation of this figure. I love the detail of the bunches of grapes in their baskets and the modelling of the clothes.
The mark on the bottom was a "K" surmounted with a crown: I gladly paid $15 each.
On the internet I found mention of the mark almost immediately: the firm was founded by Rudolf Kämmer in Volkstedt, Rudolstadt, Thuringia, East Germany (in those days).
The female figure has the blue crown K mark and the model number 546 impressed into the porcelain. She too is about 21 cm or 8.2 inches. She stands on a rocaille plinth and retains the original gilding.
Her name is "die Winzerin" - the grape picker / wine worker/ vintner?
The mould is still being used today by the family Rudolf Kämmer and features in their catalogue but has another number 1548.
These days the painting is much more colourful.
My figure is in blue tones, flow blue pale skin tones and ........... that gilding.
I've not been able yet to find out who designed these two figures, but I have four names of German designers who worked for Kämmer:
Gustav Oppel, Franz Rauch, Hugo Meisel, Fritz Schlesinger.
I'd be happy if anyone can tell me who designed "DER WINZERIN" or fill me in on when these might have been made.


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Dear Traveler,
To be welcomed into another culture is an incredible gift—one that Alan and I have received time and time again in our own travels, and one that we strive to share with you on every journey you take with us. By reaching out to and connecting with communities around the world, we learn to appreciate firsthand not only our diversity, but our commonality ... and the understanding we gain can be life-changing.
We owe our success to this focus on cultural exchange—which is why in 1992 we established Grand Circle Foundation as a means to give back to the world that had already given us so much. Since then, we've pledged or donated more than $164 million worldwide to support the education of young people and the preservation of cultural treasures and traditions.
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Your visit to a Foundation-supported school will provide a telling glimpse into the values of another culture. How does the education system differ from our own? And how does it relate to the culture as a whole? All over the world, however, one thing remains constant: the curiosity and enthusiasm of children. We hope the joy you experience during your interactions with students is intensified by the knowledge that by traveling with OAT, you're helping to make their dreams come true.
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Since 2002, Susan Rickert, a 12-time traveler from San Francisco, California, has raised more than $100,000 support the children of Karatu, Tanzania—which has funded improvements to three primary schools and the construction of a new secondary school. Three-time traveler Roy Parsons of Newport Coast, California, gave $8,000 to a rural school in Costa Rica—and inspired 9-time traveler Romaine Conner of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, to do the same, bringing the total to $16,000. And 3-time travelers Kenneth and Marietta Alexander of Carson City, Nevada, gave $3,000 toward the purchase of an electrical generator for an orphanage in Vietnam.
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Shelter has been constructed, and power/data cables prepared. (Wind fence will be installed later.)
Telescope/mount is here, in pieces. Need to test (in the garage) drive system and focuser. I want to be sure all electronics work and interface properly with the control computer before I move the rig to the shelter.
Control computer has most software installed. Final configuration and script tweaking will take place after first light.
CCD (ST-8XE) has passed bench testing. See attached graphic - at 1x1 binning this camera is linear up to about 44,000 ADU.
Read noise is about 18e-.
Gain is about 2.64 e-/ADU.
Dark current is about 0.35 e-/pixel/second at -10C. (System will probably operate at -20C.)
These are typical test results for an ST-8.
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Joel Bennett on 04 Mar 10U-Prove is an innovative cryptographic technology that enables the issuance and presentation of cryptographically protected claims in a manner that provides multi-party security: issuing organizations, users, and relying parties can protect themselves not just against outsider attacks but also against attacks originating from each other. At the same time, the U-Prove technology enables any desired degree of privacy (including authenticated anonymity and pseudonymity) without contravening multi-party security. These user-centric aspects make the U-Prove technology ideally suited to create the digital equivalent of paper-based credentials and the plastic cards in one's wallet.


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Joe is someone we can all learn from (you know Joseph – the one with the multi-colored coat, he has a musical about him, and a few chapters in the number 1 best-selling book feature him). In the years of prosperity, he saved for future times of economic downturn – he saved for the cycles in the economy that consistently repeat themselves. We too have to move from a place of every time we receive a bonus, tax refund (what did you do with yours?), raise, etc. that we increase our lifestyle – we beginning eating out more, upgrading our vehicle, etc. Instead, let's transform our thinking so that we are investing/saving at least 10% or more of every dollar that comes into our hands.
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In 50 years among the Bees CC Miller used wood sticks also. He did not drill holes in the frames. He simply cut them just short the hight between the top and bottom bars, then to secure these by dipping them for bit in bees wax then someone put some pressure on a board and press the sticks into the foundation a bit. He used 5 or 6 of these 1/16 by 1/16 "splints" on each frame. I plan to try this useing the bamboo sticks.


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Harris, Crowell win 2 trophies at Americana Awards
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The power of two voices raised in harmony was on display Wednesday night at the Americana Music Honors & Awards as Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell and the husband-wife duo Shovels & Rope earned top honors.
Each duo won two awards during the annual roots rock celebration at Ryman Auditorium. Old friends Harris and Crowell won album of the year for their collaboration "Old Yellow Moon," and duo-group of the year. And Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent of Shovels & Rope won song of the year for "Birmingham" and emerging artist of the year.
"Old Yellow Moon" was the most recent collaboration in a 40-year friendship between Crowell and Harris, who met in the mid-1970s when Crowell wrote songs for the Country Music Hall of Fame member and joined her band.
"Rodney and I, maybe we're just arrogant, but we feel like we were Americana before it got a name," Harris told the crowd.
First-time nominees Hearst and Trent, from Charleston, S.C., performed "Birmingham" for the crowd, and later seemed stunned by their win -- which came over The Lumineers' omnipresent hit "Ho Hey."
"Whoooaaa," Trent said before thanking his parents for making the trip down from Michigan. "Our minds are blown," Hearst said. "The mind that we share has exploded."
Dwight Yoakam, whose album "3 Pears" was heralded in the roots music community, won top honor artist of the year. And multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell was named instrumentalist of the year.
Old Crow Medicine Show won the Trailblazer Award a day after being inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. Stephen Stills received the Spirit of Americana Freedom of Speech award.
The Americana Music Association honored Duane Eddy, Dr. John, songwriter Robert Hunter and Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz with lifetime achievement awards. The AMA also recognized Hank Williams with the President's Award, which was accepted by Williams' daughter, Jett Williams, and his granddaughter, Holly Williams.
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Jeff's a lawyer. (lawyer = subject complement)
English Teacher
Could anyone explain to me what a subject complement is.
I think I have an idea as to what it might be but I'd like a few examples to make sure I get it.
Jeff's a lawyer. (lawyer = subject complement)
Good morning, Noego.
(1) I used to be confused by the word "complement," too.
(2) Then one day I read that "complement" comes from the word for "complete."
(a) In other words, it's a word that completes the meaning.
(i) TOM: Noego is.
MONA: Noego is what?
TOM: Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't complete my sentence. I wanted to say that Noego is an excellent student.
(a) "An excellent student" refers to the subject ("Noego") and it "completes" the sentence. So grammar books have decided to call it a subject(ive) complement.
GEORGE: Today you look.
MONA: I look what? Crazy? Ugly? Angry?
GEORGE: No! No! No! You look beautiful!
MONA: Thank you so much, George, for completing your sentence with that nice word. I really like it when people describe me as beautiful.
Have a nice day!
I love the way you explain things, The Parser!
I think this is one of the first problems that you can encounter when analysing sentences in English.
Fortunately, among the complements, subject complements are the easiest to distinguish.
I used to cut off the sentence to see if it made any sense as The Parser did in his examples. He is tall..He is (¿?)
They usually go with: be, seem, look that are directly related to the subject:
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This post describes ScalaMock 3, which supports Scala 2.10 only. For ScalaMock 2, which supports earlier Scala versions, go here.
This post describes how to setup a project that uses ScalaMock in conjunction with ScalaTest and sbt. The sample code described in this article is available on GitHub.
The example assumes that we're writing code to control a mechanical turtle, similar to that used by Logo programs. Mocking is useful in this kind of situation because we might want to create tests that function even if we don't have the hardware to hand, which run more quickly than would be the case if we ran on real hardware, and where we can use mocks to simulate errors or other situations difficult to reproduce on demand.
- Create a root directory for your project:
$ mkdir myproject[/soucecode]

Create build.sbt containing: organization := "com.example" version := "1.0" scalaVersion := "2.10.0" scalacOptions ++= Seq("-deprecation", "-unchecked") libraryDependencies += "org.scalamock" %% "scalamock-scalatest-support" % "3.0" % "test"
- Now we've got a project, we need some code to test. Let's start with a simple trait representing a turtle. Create
package com.example trait Turtle { def penDown() def penUp() def forward(distance: Double) def turn(angle: Double) def getPosition: (Double, Double) def getAngle: Double }
- The turtle API is not very convenient, we have no way to move to a specific position, instead we need to work out how to get from where we are now to where we want to get by calculating angles and distances. Here's some code that draws a line from a specific point to another by doing exactly that.Create
package com.example import scala.math.{atan2, sqrt} class Controller(turtle: Turtle) { def drawLine(start: (Double, Double), end: (Double, Double)) { moveTo(start) val initialAngle = turtle.getAngle val deltaPos = delta(start, end) turtle.turn(angle(deltaPos) - initialAngle) turtle.penDown turtle.forward(distance(deltaPos)) } def delta(pos1: (Double, Double), pos2: (Double, Double)) = (pos2._1 - pos1._1, pos2._2 - pos1._2) def distance(delta: (Double, Double)) = sqrt(delta._1 * delta._1 + delta._2 * delta._2) def angle(delta: (Double, Double)) = atan2(delta._2, delta._1) def moveTo(pos: (Double, Double)) { val initialPos = turtle.getPosition val initialAngle = turtle.getAngle val deltaPos = delta(initialPos, pos) turtle.penUp turtle.turn(angle(deltaPos) - initialAngle) turtle.forward(distance(deltaPos)) } }
- We can now write a test. We'll create a mock turtle that pretends to start at the origin (0, 0) and verifies that if we draw a line from (1, 1) to (2, 1) it performs the correct sequence of turns and movements.
package com.example import org.scalatest.FunSuite import org.scalamock.scalatest.MockFactory import scala.math.{Pi, sqrt} class ControllerTest extends FunSuite with MockFactory { test("draw line") { val mockTurtle = mock[Turtle] val controller = new Controller(mockTurtle) inSequence { inAnyOrder { (mockTurtle.penUp _).expects() (mockTurtle.getPosition _).expects().returning(0.0, 0.0) (mockTurtle.getAngle _).expects().returning(0.0) } (mockTurtle.turn _).expects(~(Pi / 4)) (mockTurtle.forward _).expects(~sqrt(2.0)) (mockTurtle.getAngle _).expects().returning(Pi / 4) (mockTurtle.turn _).expects(~(-Pi / 4)) (mockTurtle.penDown _).expects() (mockTurtle.forward _).expects(1.0) } controller.drawLine((1.0, 1.0), (2.0, 1.0)) } }
This should (hopefully!) be self-explanatory, with one possible exception. The tilde (
~) operator represents an epsilon match, useful for taking account of rounding errors when dealing with floating-point values.
- Run the tests with
sbt test:
$ sbt > test [info] ControllerTest: [info] - draw line [info] Passed: : Total 1, Failed 0, Errors 0, Passed 1, Skipped 0


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Catch bus/train/car to Hikkaduwa. Best break is 3 km south of bus/train station in area called Wewala.
DistanceDay trip
WalkInstant access (< 5min)
Easy to find?OK
Public access?Public access
Special accessDon't know
Alternative name A-Frame
Wave qualityNormal
ExperienceAll surfers
FrequencyDon't know
DirectionRight and left
BottomReef (coral,sharp rocks etc..) with sand
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell directionWest, SouthWest
Good wind directionEast, NorthEast
Swell sizeStarts working at Less than 1m / 3ft and holds up to 2.5m+ / 8ft+
Best tide positionAll tides
Best tide movement
Week crowdCrowded
Week-end crowdUltra crowded
- Localism
Lovely set up, more than just surf. Good food, accomodation, nice people. Best break sits 50m off-shore, infront of a dozen guest-houses, usually full with surfers. Crowds from dawn till dusk. Water temp is ultra-warm. Consistantly 2-3 foot, maybe the odd 4-5 foot day.
Plenty of guest-houses to chose from.
You may share the lineup with a few small crocs but they don't bite often...
Several of the local surfers reside here, little surf shop on the beach called A-Frame (like the reef break close to it) Good place to have repairs done and just sit and have a break. Great place to chill.
Author: Cam Spooner Contributors (2) They surfed this spot ! (104)
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By kookcool , 13-04-2013
Surf Travel is fun :) - Gonna be in Sri Lanka with few crew in June can't wait to meet these mambo "boys" and give em a good flogging sick of hearing stories about little piss weak locals getting agro on laid back travellers look forward to meeting you lil Sri Lankan Fairys!
By chelbycat , 30-12-2011
Mambo's guys are total tools - Bottom line: if you want to sleep with one of the Sri Lanka surfers at Mambo's (eww), stay here. If you are just in Hikkaduwa to surf or make friends, stay far, far away. If you're a dude, these guys will hassle you, not matter how nice you are to them!
When I first read about territorial beach boys at Mambos, I figured it was just a few disgruntled guys that they didn't get to score with a girl. But all of these negative reviews about the beach boys at Mambo's are 100 percent true. These Mambo's boys are total tools, and they are extremely territorial about girls and waves (mostly girls!).
I booked a room at Mambo's because it was known as a party spot and as a girl traveling solo, I wanted to make friends when I arrived. I was NOT traveling so that I could hook up with anyone, and especially not locals. I was just there to surf and make friends. I never once gave a remote glance or interest at a Mambo's boy. But these guys decided that they would cock-block any other tourist guy I tried to befriend.
When I was hanging out at the Mambo's Saturday nite beach party, I had just arrived and was looking to meet other travelers and get to know Hikkaduwa. I met several interesting male tourists and was just enjoying casual conversation. One by one, they were ALL threatened by a Mambo's boy and told to leave! It was a pattern, I would talk to a tourist guy for 10 minutes and then he'd tell me he was sorry but the Mambo's guys were making trouble and he had to leave! This happened three times in an hour!
By chance, I actually met and was able to talk with another solo tourist, a guy from Australia, later in the night. Maybe the Mambo's boys had their eyes on other girls at that point so they left us alone. I made plans to hang out with the Aussie the next day, and he was going to meet me at Mambo's where I was staying so we could go to dinner. When he got to Mambo's he was told he was not allowed in to see me! We got around this glitch and hung out that day together with other tourists just staying away from Mambos. The next day the Mambo's boys paddled out to him in the line up and told him to stay away from all girls at Mambo's and to pretty much get out of the water and leave Hikkaduwa! These Mambo's boys are a gang and they have a reputation of even stabbing tourists who don't oblige!
Needless to say, I checked out of Mambo's that day stayed in a much dirtier hotel and was MUCH happier meeting decent locals. Had I never left Mambo's I would have sadly thought that all guys in Hikkaduwa are creeps (turns out, there some kind ones.) It's my right to talk to whoever I want on MY vacation and I'm not going to let these guys control me, especially when I am the customer and I and paying them!
THERE ARE WAY BETTER PLACES THAN MAMBO'S IN HIKKADUWA. Places with friendly locals.
As for the surf, Mambo's isn't even in front of the main reef break. And there are at least five other places you can rent boards.
As for the party scene in Hikkaduwa, there are WAY better parties and clubs than Mambo's on a Saturday nite. Try Blue Moon on Tuesdays or Funky de Bar on Thursdays. Way better and way less Machismo!
By Anonymous , 29-06-2010
hikkaduwa - Went to Hiikaduwa for easter with my family. Quality place and people. Surf was cool no agro or anything. Surf was good 10 days out of 13. Get up early before the winds pick up. Would happily go back.
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The Animal Service Center of the Mesilla Valley will host dog, cat, puppy and kitten adoptions this Saturday. In addition to adoptions from the shelter site, adoptions also will take place at two off-site pet adoption events.
Adoptions will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Farmer's Market in downtown Las Cruces. Dogs available for adoption will be located at the north end of the mall. Cats can be adopted from the offices of the Center for Spiritual Living at the north end of the mall, across from the site where the dog adoptions take place.
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., adoptions also will be held at PetCo, 3050 E. Lohman.
Adoption fees are $75 for dogs/ puppies and $50 for cats/kittens. The fee includes the first set of vaccinations, spay/neuter and microchip.
At the PetCo event, microchipping for pets that already have homes will be available to the public for $20, and city pet licenses will be available to neutered pets for $5 each. Licenses for unneutered pets are $25 each. Proof of spay/neuter is required before a $5 license will be issued. Pet owners also must bring current proof of rabies vaccination for each animal to be licensed.
Daily cat adoptions are available at both PetCo, 3050 E. Lohman, and Pet's Barn, 1600 S. Valley Dr., both in Las Cruces.
The Animal Service Center of the Mesilla Valley also offers low-cost spay/neuter operations at the rate of $35 for dogs and $25 for cats. Appointments can be scheduled by calling the
For further information, call the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley at (575) 382-0018, or visit the website at www.ascmv.org. People who are hearing-impaired can call (575) 541-2182. Shelter hours are noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
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Springbank Registration
It is down to the last 48 hours - it closes at 8:00 pm on Saturday (April 29th). After that only day-off registration will be available (at a higher cost). Click on the Springbank logo at the bottom of the page for more information on the race, or on the Online Event Registration graphic to go directly to register.
US Track Trials - Frisco, Texas
Women's Sprint Qualifier
1 REED Jennie Team UPS 11.609 62.021 kph
*2 DUBNICOFF Tanya Shaklee/Marin 11.773 61.157
3 LINDENMUTH Tanya Team UPS 11.805 60.991
4 WITTY Christine Unattached 11.869 60.662
*5 MUENZER Lori-Ann Edmonton Juventus Sp 11.945 60.276
*15 AUCH Susan Euroteck 13.293 54.164
* - non-US rider.
National Trails Conference
From June 1 to 4, 2000, the city of Owen Sound and the Trails Council of Ontario will host Canada's first National Trail Conference. For complete information go to the National Trails website http://www.nationaltrails.net
Ontario Mountain Bike Instructors Course
Another OMBI course is scheduled for the weekend of May 13/14. Space is
limited to 4 people. For more information about this particular course,
call Vanessa Seto at 902-664-6500.
Greg Herbold Signs Product Development Deal with Race Face
Vancouver, B.C. - Race Face Components Inc., one of North America's leading producers of high performance mountain bike components and clothing, is proud to announce that it has signed American mountain bike racing legend Greg 'H-Ball' Herbold to a multi-year product development and promotion contract. Starting immediately and continuing through 2002, H-Ball will ride Race Face cranks, bottom brackets chain-rings, seatposts, stems, handlebars, and headsets when riding and promoting the sport of mountain biking.
"We're obviously very excited about signing Greg," said Craig Pollack, President of Race Face. "He is a class act, and brings a wealth of knowledge to the R&D front with his experience as a product tester with Scott, SRAM, Rock Shox, and the other companies he is affiliated with. As one of our sport's most recognized and flamboyant personalities, 'H-Ball' is an excellent fit for our brand and will continue to provide excellent exposure for our Race Face."
"Greg has proven his commitment to excellence in both his racing career and in building the sport. Herbold, along with John Tomac and the rest of our sponsored riders, will be an integral part of our R&D and promotion team, providing valuable technical feedback that will help us continue to develop components that are both innovative and durable, and keeping our name fresh," added Pollack.
Greg has an impressive racing history. He won the first UCI World Downhill Championship in Durango, Colorado in 1990; was three-time NORBA National Downhill Champ in 1988,1989 & 1993; was the winner of the first Dual Slalom Race at Mammoth Mountain in 1987. A North American Downhill title in 1991 as well as 25 other victories in his 10 year racing career garnered him an induction into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame in 1996.
Intersports Cycling Team Update
(courtesy Kyle Hudson)
From the US Track Trial in Frisco, Texas...
Yesterday (April 25th) was the first day of racing which included the women's 3000m pursuit, and the men's 1000m time trial (Kilo). The morning was perfect conditions for the women, which saw Mandy Poitras (Intersports) place an impressive 6th with a personal best time of 3:52.765, and Andrea Hannos 9th at 4:01.096. Other Canadians included Erin Carter 7th at 3:53.96 and Stephanie Hannos 11th at 4:03.975.
The evening brought a Kilo competition of 41 riders. The weather again just perfect, 24C with next to no wind. Tyler Hansen riding to a personal best time of 1:09.135 for 12th place, and myself a 1:07.786 good for 5th, just being edged out by fellow Canadian Jimmy "Superfly" Fisher who was 4th with a 1:07.238. Doug Baron also had a fabulous ride placing 2nd at 1:05.761.
After a late night kilo Tuesday night, it was up early Wednesday for the Olympic sprint event. And, of course, once again, unbelievable weather conditions. This was the first time our team of Keith Bruneau, Tyler Hansen and myself have had the opportunity to ride together for this event, but through our individual event training we came together for a super smooth and successful ride. Riding in an early heat against fellow Canadian/Shaklee team, we could only wait to see if or for how long our 3rd place at the time would hold up. Shaklee qualified 2nd. We hung on for some time and ended up with a final placing of 5th with a time of 49.196sec. - just out of the semi-final ride. But all-in-all a very smooth, fast ride for the first of the season. Certainly a positive for the early season and something to build on.
This evening Mandy competed in the women's 5 mile scratch race, winning a long pack sprint in a very close photo finish. Congrats to Mandy!
Kyle Hudson
Alberta News
(courtesy G.F.)
Fish Creek Road Race #2 is set for this Saturday (April 29th) in Calgary, and the weather forecast looks reasonable. Information can be obtained at: www.bicisport.com
Edmonton Women's Camp - A road camp for women will be held May 5 and 6 in Edmonton. Topics will include bike fit, group riding skills, racing tactics and strategy. The camp will run Friday evening 7 - 9:30 p.m. at Grant McEwan College, and all day Saturday. Friday evening will be an information session (bikes not required), while Saturday's session will include plenty of riding.
The camp is open to ABA members at no charge, and non-members at a fee of $25. To register for this camp, or other courses, please contact the Calgary office: email@example.com or the Edmonton office: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Other upcoming courses:
Mountain Bike Commissaire - Edmonton, May 7
Road Commissaire - Edmonton, May 13
NCCP Mtb. Technical Level 1 - Calgary, May 12-14
NCCP Mtb. Technical Level 2 - Edmonton, June 2-4
Paul Kelly will be competing for the Canadian National Team at the upcoming Tour of Slovenia.
A level 1 Mountain Bike Instructor is wanted for a 6 week (1 night a week) youth mountain bike program in Fort Saskatchewan, runs Thursday nights 7-9 pm. It is expected to have approximately 40, 8-15 year old individuals. Currently there are 5 coaches, and would like to add 1 or 2 more in order to keep the student - instructor ratio down. Please contact Mark Frost at 780-437-9517. (This position is intended for coaches who are still looking to fulfil their practical component of their Level 1 certification.)
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An evaporative condenser is used to remove excess heat from a cooling system when the heat cannot be utilised for other purposes. The excess heat is removed by evaporating water.
The evaporative condenser has a cabinet with a water-sprayed condenser, and it usually has one or more fans. The excess heat is removed by evaporating water. In an evaporative condenser the primary coolant of the cooling system is cooled, which is the opposite of a cooling tower. Evaporator condensers are more expensive than dry coolers and are primarily used in large cooling systems or systems where the outdoor temperature is high. In many locations around the world, regulations limit the physical size of a cooling system and this in turn limits the use of evaporative condensers.Spraying a condenser with water exploits the fact that the dew point temperature is lower than the air temperature and that a wet surface transfers heat more efficiently.


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In 1996, the United States hosted the summer games of the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta, Georgia. This was an especially important event for America because it coincided with the 100th anniversary of the Olympic games. To commemorate the occasion, the U.S. Mint created specially designed Half Dollars, Silver Dollars, and $5 gold pieces for issuance in 1995 and 1996. This was the most ambitious commemorative coin program to date -- 16 different coins were produced and sold to collectors at a premium.
Two different 1996-dated $5 gold pieces were struck in both Mint State and Proof formats at the West Point Mint. The first version featured a flag bearer leading a procession of American athletes. The second version displays an athlete lighting the Olympic torch (this type is known as the "Cauldron"). Both types shared a common reverse with the logo of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games nestled between two branches of laurel.
Sales of both types were even less than for those of the 1995 Olympic gold coins. The mintage of the Mint State Flag Bearer $5 gold piece set a new record low of just over 9,000 coins; the mintage of the "Cauldron" was barely higher. As a result, both Mint State and Proof versions of each command strong premiums.


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I just got my very first smart phone, an iphone. I cannot sign enough praises about finally having a smart phone. I love that I can take video and pictures of my kids and then text or email them to my family and friends in a snap. I have had a ton of fun finding educational apps for my son (3.5 years old) and my twins (2 years old). They have so many neat apps out there. But I found one that is an awesome baby log app and best of all…its free!!!
Philip Avent's My Baby & Me App
This is a great app if you breast or bottle feed, since it allows you to record both bottle amounts and breastfeeding lengths. I breastfeed and only offer a bottle of expressed milk in a bottle at bedtime. What I found so wonderful about tracking the breastfeeding, is that you can hit a timer and choose which breast you started on. You can even hit pause if you have to stop in the middle of a feeding, awesome!!! Then simply hit done and the your feeding amount and which breasts were used are recorded. You can even add notes about each feeding (such as spit-up, difficult, ect.). But, you can always go back and edit your entries if you entered anything wrong or even if you forgot to record a feeding. This app will also show you a ratio of how often you breastfeed from the right vs. the left breast.
Similar to the feeding option, you can record what time the nap started and what time the nap ended, as well as take notes. It is so easy to use and then shows you on a chart when your baby sleeps during the day for the week, so you can start to see trends. You can always go back and edit your entries as well.
Diaper Changes:
Keep track of wet, dirty, or wet and dirty diapers- and when they were changed. You can also keep notes. This has been so helpful for me. Haydon has had some crazy weird diapers (mucusy, green, and smelly) due to some allergies that I am trying to figure out. I can place a note about his diapers and what I ate that day so I can go back and see if there are any trends as to what is causing his weird diapers.
Other Features:
There are 3 other categories you can use but I have not utilized much. Moments, allows you to record things like first bath, first time they rolled over, etc. It allows you to put pictures in some of these moments as well. There is also weight and height that you can input from you doctor's visits, and they show your child's growth curve based on the WHO (world health organization).
My Rating:
I would give this app 5 starts (out of 5 stars). It is easy to use, you can track a ton of information with this app, and best of all it's free!!


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is there a plan to support 3D transforms? Like Y Rotation? Thx.
is there a plan to support 3D transforms? Like Y Rotation? Thx.
You shouldn't have to wait too long for some basic 3d transform support, similar to what we had in the beta
six months later and still no 3D transforms!
Experimental 3D transforms have been in for a couple of months now. However, Animator only renders 3d transforms with no perspective, once perspective is added you'll have to rely on testing it in a browser with 3d/perspective support.
Got it. Any plans to render in 3D outside the browser?
And is there any provision to animate "perspective-origin" to create a 'moving camera' effect?
We are working on properly rendering 3d perspective in Animator.
Animating the perspective/perspective-origin is on our backlog. If you really want this, you could also add it manually to the exported html yourself or to the project properties -> Head HTML.
when you change the Perspective in the Advanced section, you can see the perspective in the browser. Try playing with the perspective setting.
only works in safari based browsers it seems
Yeah, it is webkit specific for now. So should work in Safari, Chrome and iOS (not sure about Android 4+).


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Reading electro-rockers The Cooper Temple Clause will return to the bus in March for a UK tour.
The band will be looking to keep the momentum going after new album Make This Your Own landed in the charts at number 33 on Sunday. A third single from the record - 'Head' will be released to coincide with the dates on April 2.
Here are the tour dates in full:
21 Cork Cyprus Avenue
23 Dublin Whelans
24 Belfast Speakeasy
25 Glasgow QMU
26 Aberdeen Lemon Tree
27 Newcastle Northumbria University
29 Manchester Academy 2
30 Birmingham Irish Centre
31 Leeds Met University
2 Norwich Waterfront
3 Bristol Academy
4 Portsmouth Pyramid Centre
5 London Shepherds Bush Empire
The band will seal the tour on April 6th, when they play a live session for Richard Bacon's Xfm show, which will air between 5pm - 6pm.


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Washington, DC (February 20, 2014) -- In addition to experiencing negative health effects from their disease, patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are also at risk of experiencing hazardous events potentially related to medical treatments they receive. A study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) finds that low blood sugar and high blood potassium being common complications of their medical care.
Patients with CKD are susceptible to experiencing harm related to the care they receive due to their impaired kidney function and the complexity of the medical treatments they undergo.
Some studies have assessed the harms that CKD patients experience when they're hospitalized, but most of the care they receive is delivered outside of the hospital. Jennifer Ginsberg, Jeffrey Fink, MD (University of Maryland School of Medicine), and their colleagues examined 267 CKD patients enrolled in the ongoing Safe Kidney Care study, which attempts to determine the frequency of complications of medical care pertinent to the outpatient treatment of patients with CKD. The researchers looked for patient-reported adverse safety incidents (class I), which are reported hazardous events or symptoms that study participants attribute to a medication, as well as actionable safety findings (class II), which are hazardous clinical disturbances detected at study evaluations that have the potential to be corrected with treatment or medication modification.
Among the major findings:
- A total of 185 patients (69.3%) had at least one class I or II event, 102 (38.2%) had more than one event, and 48 (18.0%) had at least one event from both classes.
- The most common class I event was low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
- The most common class II event was high blood potassium (hyperkalemia).
- Hypoglycemia (in patients with diabetes) and falling or severe dizziness (in patients without diabetes) were most frequently paired with other complications of medical care.
"Disease-specific adverse safety event events are strikingly common in CKD and in the setting of medications that can account for such events. It is possible that efforts to prevent these unintended events will reduce the rate of renal function loss and poor outcomes in patients with CKD," said Dr. Fink.
- In a study of 267 patients with chronic kidney disease, 69% of participants experienced at least one hazardous event related to their outpatient care.
- Hypoglycemia (in patients with diabetes) and falling or severe dizziness (in patients without diabetes) were most frequently paired with other complications of medical care.
- 60 million people globally have chronic kidney disease.
Study co-authors include Min Zhan, PhD, Clarissa Diamantidis, MD, Corinne Woods, RPh, and Jingjing Chen.
Disclosures: The authors reported no financial disclosures.
The article, entitled "Patient-Reported and Actionable Safety Events in CKD," will appear online at http://jasn.
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(Pocket-lint) - Pocket-lint regulars might remember that we reviewed the Toshiba AT100 and utterly despised its cheap and nasty design and uninspired features. Happily, then, the firm has just started to sell its new and much-updated version of the tablet. The AT200, which offers new styling greatly reduced weight and dimensions and some other tweaks to boot.
From the moment we took it out of the box, we found it to be a much more desirable device than its predecessor and first impressions really do count here. After all, this is a market dominated by an Apple product, so challengers need to have at least competent industrial design to get noticed.
Design is much improved
The first thing we noticed is that the AT200 isn't made from the same unpleasant creaky plastic of the original model. There's no etching on the back cover here to give the tablet the look of a device that's been heated up and run over by a truck. What you do get is an ultra-slim tablet with a metal rear surface finished in a sort of brushed style.
There are a couple of sockets located around the device. The first is a rather large docking port on the bottom of the tablet. This is used for the proprietary charger, which has a USB power connector and plug on the other end, and connects to a standard wall plug with USB connection on it. We aren't fans of this arrangement. Quite why the dock connector needs to be so damn large is beyond us. There are unlikely to be huge numbers of docks and accessories for the Toshiba tablet range, and the size of the connector just makes it a pain to carry around.
You get USB, HDMI and microSD capabilities too, though, and these are located on the right-hand side of the tablet. The USB and HDMI sockets are both micro-sized, which is fine for USB, although it does mean you'll need to buy a micro to standard HDMI cable. There is, of course, a headphone socket here too.
On the front of the tablet there's a video conferencing webcam, and on the rear a 5-megapixel camera.
It's not all good news though, because the first thing we noticed is that the rear case is really easy to scratch. We've had this tablet just a couple of weeks, and already it's got some battle scars on the back, and we haven't taken it anywhere dangerous. The second thing we noted was that the front glass seems even more of a fingerprint magnet than most tablets. Of course, it's not Toshiba's fault that we're such a greasy bunch of miscreants, but we do think other tablets seem slightly better at resisting our hand oils.
The AT200 ships with Android 3.2.1, but it will soon get an upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich, we're told. Mind you, that doesn't really make a huge difference as Honeycomb is absolutely fine for tablet use, and the differences between it and Android 4.0 are fairly minor, at least as far as most users are concerned.
You can get the AT200 in either 16 or 32GB variants, but the microSD card slot means you can upgrade either by as much as 32GB. This is great, and truly useful for people who love watching video or taking their music collections everywhere they go.
On-screen keyboard
Like a lot of devices, the AT200 has Swype installed, and it is the default keyboard. Annoyingly, it was set to a French layout to start with, we have no idea why but it's simple enough to fix. But we also found that it was quite laggy, with our keystrokes taking a perceivable amount of time to do anything onscreen. Switching to the standard Android keyboard made things better, and faster.
The rear-mounted 5-megapixel camera is, as you might expect, pretty average. In fact, average might be a bit charitable. We found that, while the image looked pretty good on screen, when the full image was emailed to a desktop computer, things started to look considerably less rosy.
Images seem to have a smudging on fine detail, those viewed at 100 per cent size really didn't look that impressive, even in decent light. Ultimately, we suppose this doesn't matter as no one uses their tablet for photos anyway, but we would almost prefer that Toshiba hadn't bothered with the rear-mounted camera, and had dropped the price of the tablet instead.
Sound and video quality
The built-in speakers aren't bad. Their location helps them produce sound that can't easily be blocked by hands and they're certainly loud enough for viewing video at home in a quiet room. The quality via the speakers is only average though, but then they're small so no one expects a full range sound. Headphones obviously improve the situation a great deal, so we used them, and so should you!
Thanks to the new screen - this isn't an IPS panel, unlike the A100 - the image quality seems better to us. On the previous model, while the viewing angle was good, the fine detail areas of the screen - say on thin lines - would have a subtle but noticeable noise to them. Here that is entirely gone, and we prefer this display. It is, however, the same resolution so there's not oodles more detail to be enjoyed. It's certainly no rival for the new iPad.
Video looks good though. We streamed some content from Netflix, and it was sharp and had more than enough colour and detail. Switch to HD content from a local network source and the detail jumps up substantially. In fact, looking at 720p video, we were stunned by how much clarity and fine detail there was in the image. So in screen terms, at least, the Tosh has nothing to be ashamed of.
When watching video, we suggest you switch off the auto backlight. We found it was a little over-sensitive to quite minor light changes, and that meant that when we were watching video the brightness would often jump up or down in response to a small increase or decrease in the ambient light. This makes watching video quite distracting, but it is at least easy to disable.
DLNA and Toshiba Media Player
One of the things we hated about the AT100 was its terrible DLNA media player. Sadly, Toshiba has done nothing to address this problem whatsoever.
Its own app, the Media Player, is the most dreadful thing we've ever seen or used. It will play music and photos out of the box, but don't expect video to work. We couldn't understand why this was for quite a while, but the solution came with a third-party app called Skifta. It turns out that the tablet doesn't have a video player that can handle common video file types. Install one, and you'll be able to use both the Toshiba app, and third-party solutions like Skifta with no problem.
You will not, however, be able to use the brilliant Plex app to watch video. No matter what we tried, we couldn't get the Tosh to play ball with our media server. This is a network we've used on dozens of other devices, all of which happily connect to either Plex, via its dedicated app, or via the DLNA service offered on the latest version.
We obviously can't tell you why this is, but given other devices don't have the problem, we have to assume it's something specific to the Toshiba. And when our Samsung and Sony tablets and phones all play ball, along with laptops and our WD TV Live Hub, we have to conclude that the issue is not of our making.
Battery life
Toshiba says you'll see eight hours battery life from the AT200. We have no reason to dispute that, and it adds an hour to the AT100. We did notice that the tablet has a pretty aggressive Wi-Fi power-saving mode, which shuts the wireless off as soon as the screen goes off. This might be consistent with other tablets running Honeycomb, but we would prefer the option to have the wireless stay on for a short period once the screen is locked.
The other change from the AT100 is that the battery is now no longer removable. This might be a problem for some people, who perhaps opted to use their tablets with a couple of interchangeable batteries for maximum life. We can't, however, see this being an issue for most people.
The AT-200 is a much better tablet than its predecessor the 100. We actually felt impressed when we lifted it out of the box and held it for the first time.
Its slim design, unusual flat back - most tablets have curves, the AT-200 does not - make it nice to look at and pleasant to hold. Connectivity-wise, there's plenty here too with USB and HDMI. The screen is improved too, and the battery life is quoted at an hour more, although we have no real way to test one battery against another as each day's use is different to the next.
Overall, this is a much better tablet than any Toshiba has released previously. It's still not perfect though, and we question the logic of paying so much money for a tablet that's just "okay" when you could have one that's brilliant for the same price.


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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - From Mobile, Ala., to Venice, Italy, the same debate on the cruise industry is heard: How can historic cities balance the economic benefits of the industry with impacts such as congestion and pollution?
This week, Charleston - where cruise ships have sparked headlines and lawsuits in recent years - will host an international conference on the topic. The event is called "Harboring Tourism: A Symposium on Cruise Ships in Historic Port Communities."
"Our interest is to raise the dialogue and to really understand how do historic ports manage cruise tourism, how do they do that effectively and what are some of the challenges they face," said Erica Avrami, research and education director for the World Monuments Fund, a sponsor of the event.
The three-day conference begins Wednesday and also is sponsored by the Preservation Society of Charleston and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Charleston, which for years had seasonal cruises, became a year-round cruise embarkation point in 2010, when Carnival Cruise Lines permanently based its 2,056-passenger liner Fantasy in the city.
The growing industry and plans by the South Carolina State Ports Authority to build a $35 million cruise terminal have brought lawsuits in state and federal courts.
Plaintiffs are concerned that pollution and congestion threaten Charleston's historic district. City leaders say that the industry is being handled appropriately and that Charleston will never be a major cruise destination.
Concerns over the year-round industry prompted the National Trust to place Charleston on its "watch list" of endangered places and the World Monuments Fund to put the city on its Monuments Watch list.
Avrami noted that cruise tourism has been around for a long time and called tourism an "important partner with historic preservation," with tourist dollars helping historic cities thrive. "Our interest in Charleston is it is where the issue has been coming to a head," she said. "Because it was so polarized, it was a timely location and opportunity to push the dialogue forward."
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Concerns about the industry also have been raised in Venice, where critics worry about accidents, air and water pollution, and the 2 million additional visitors that cruises bring each year to the city. UNESCO, the U.N. cultural organization, says the liners cause swells that further erode the delicate foundations of the city's historic buildings.
Sam Jones, mayor of Mobile, Ala., is scheduled to speak at the conference. In his city, $20 million was invested in a cruise terminal in 2004. But later, Carnival Cruise Lines moved the liner serving the city to New Orleans. Now, Mobile has the challenge of paying for a terminal no longer used for cruises.
John Hildreth, the director of the Charleston office of the National Trust, said the organization is not opposed to cruises. But, he said, cities and residents need to make sure rules are in place.
"The communities and the tourists alike benefit from proper management," he said.
Evan Thompson, executive director of the Preservation Society, said the conference will put Charleston in a global context.
"We want to build a network of the people who have been grappling with the various issues related to cruise ships in historic ports and people who can offer expertise as to what is the way forward," he said.
By Bruce Smith, USA Today
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UNITAR took part in the Second Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, a large event gathering in Geneva from 16 to 19 June the global disaster community of stakeholders.The following is the transcript of the formal statement delivered to the plenary session of the Global Platform. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) is very pleased to take part in this important event. The Institute considers Disaster Risk Reduction as a central set of principles and guidelines of great importance in all the main goals of the global agenda for sustainable development, and an imperative for the welfare of people at risk worldwide. Over the years, since its membership in the ISDR Inter-Agency task Force for Disaster Reduction, UNITAR has followed attentively and contributed actively to the implementation of disaster reduction and to the elaboration of the principles contained in the Hyogo Framework for Action. Here today we are witnesses of a collective effort to translate these principles into concrete action at all levels. UNITAR is committed to participating in this endeavour with its competencies and skills, by integrating disaster reduction principles in our own action as well as to serve as a conduit towards our constituency and our beneficiaries worldwide. The Institute trains tens of thousands of professionals each year in a vast range of disciplines, some of which have a strong connect with the goals of disaster risk reduction. In the area of Climate Change, the Institute operates with the belief that adapting to climate change in a coherent and responsible manner means also building a sound basis for disaster reduction at local and systemic level. Under UNITAR leadership a "One UN Training Service Platform for Climate Change" is being shaped, which supports and seeks to scale the offer by UN agencies of coordinated training and skills development. In the words of the Director of Environment and Energy at UNDP: "The Platform is a concrete example of the UN Delivering as One and a practical contribution to coordinated UN training efforts in countries to strengthen capacities in the area of climate change". Similarly, UNITAR applies the skills of its Local Development Programme to make sure communities at risk become equipped with methodologies and tools that take full account of the importance of integrating disaster reduction into local territorial planning. In the area of satellite technology, UNITAR together with the European Space Agency contributed to the adoption of concrete language at the International Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, in 2005. This found its way into the Hyogo Framework for Action which now guides our collective endeavours. Through our Programme UNOSAT we remain committed to providing satellite solutions and training where it could best serve the goals of Disaster Risk Reduction, while coordinating with all operational Agencies and taking stock of the policy role of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs. UNITAR operates also in the areas of governance, peace and diplomacy, and environment, which are all linked to disaster reduction. Through our partnership networks we assemble a vast array of knowledge and skills ranging from academia, to science and technology and, equally if not more important, indigenous and traditional knowledge and practices. This system of knowledge and its vast audience of beneficiaries are meant to advance the main goals of the international community by transferring knowledge where it is needed the most. Among these goals, the Institute recognises and supports wholeheartedly that of Disaster Risk Reduction. With this statement UNITAR wish to renew its commitment to this global cause and reassure the disaster reduction community and all peoples exposed to risk and vulnerability of our continuing attention and professional commitment.
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Vegan Mexican Pizza Bread
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3/4 cup water
1 1/2 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 tablespoon taco seasoning (in those little packets-I usually just
throw the whole thing in)
3 or 4 tablespoon chunky slasa
1/2 cup Sour Supreme (Toffutti) or (soy milk with 1 teaspoon vinegar)
3 tablespoon or more chopped fresh cilantro (depending on how much you like)
3 2/3 cups bread flour (white)
1 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
What you do:
Just throw it all in according to your machines instructions. If you're using the sour cream substitute, I would use a little less flour. Also, if you're using the soy milk, don't forget to add it to the water before you put the flour in. This recipe is really, really good...especially as toast.
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Some presidents have first-rate minds, others have first-rate temperaments. Barack Obama had both. In the first months of Obama's presidency, every appearance he made reinforced the public's admiration. It was an Aaron Sorkin show brought to life, except with likable characters. The Obama family's Portuguese water dog, Rushbo, charmed visitors with his antics and yapping. Rahm Emmanuel amused everyone by graduating from the f-word to the c-word and even beyond. Obama oversaw ambitious and well-received spending on everything from school teachers to solar-powered windmills. And yet 2013 would see the inauguration, once again, of a Republican president.
The Great Recession began in 2008 when Americans abruptly realised that their wealth had vanished. The purchase of billions of massage cushions and ceramic frogs no longer seemed prudent, so everyone decided to try saving and producing instead. But this didn't work very well, since without consumers there could be no producers. So Washington stepped in to fill the void. Since America had no money saved anymore, it borrowed from China, which was eager to sell off a growing backlog of massage cushions and ceramic frogs. Everyone hoped this might restart the old party.
While Obama encouraged vigorous debate among his advisers on most things, economics was different. No one seemed to agree, and no one seemed to speak English. Debates became a combination of solemn jargon and angry epithets – like "neo-Wicksellian", "Hodrick-Prescott filter" and "Austrian". Obama needed a sturdy guide to an unfamiliar field. His choice was Lawrence Summers, whom Obama found to be brilliant, persuasive and even intimidating. If Summers had curious social habits, like screaming at people while eating pizza and falling asleep at odd moments, he at least had a clear answer to everything. Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner tended to reinforce whatever Summers said. Meanwhile, advisers like Paul Volcker had trouble being heard.
Cerebral by nature, Obama favoured Summers, Geithner and other economists who counselled pragmatism over emotionalism on rescuing Wall Street. Fairness was nice, they said, but not at the price of mayhem. "This isn't a morality play," the White House told Washington opinion writers. "This isn't a morality play," Washington opinion writers told the White House. Everyone agreed it wasn't a morality play, except for ordinary Americans, who saw a morality play. They saw that a financial elite – once omnipotent and untouchable – had created its own undoing. They saw that this elite was demanding – begging, cajoling, blackmailing – to be saved, no matter how high the cost or unjust the policy. And they wanted a stern enforcer to open the books and say, if necessary, "Tough sheets".
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Here's a shout out to a Chicago band that released an adrenaline-pumping first effort a few years back. This review originally appeared in the Illinois Entertainer in 2004.
The Peelers are so adept at recreating the atmosphere of a packed rock club on this impressive debut it's almost possible to feel the sweat spraying off the musicians and smell another round of beer on the way. Producer Tim Kerr, who previously worked with neo garage rockers The Mooney Suzuki, obviously strived for a similar approach on THEGETDOWSYNDROME, and this Chicago quintet came through for him. The 10 loud and fast songs offered here don't add up to much more than a half hour, but it's a fun half hour.
The high speed "Peel It Down" serves as The Peelers' unofficial theme song, with Chris and Adam (no last names are given) wielding their guitars while lead vocalist Neil cuts loose with a raucous delivery. Like many of the CD's tracks, "Peel It Down" features an instrumental break with the band members talking in the background. It's a unique idea that complements the party ambience. Drummer Cory, a former member of The Gaza Strippers, kick starts the hard-hitting first track, "Junkie," as well as "Rockin' On Your Dime," a punchy garage rock number that will resonate with anyone who recalls The Nashville Teens' "Tobacco Road."
"Take A Ride" is a road song with a shouted chorus, and there's a spirited cover of The Joneses' "Pill Box," which describes a guy who discovers how he can survive without his ex-girlfriend. THEGETDOWSYNDROME exudes a coarse sensuality, especially on the catchy rocker, "Want Some." The same swaggering attitude is found on the more mid-tempo tunes, "Into The Sun" and "The Way I Feel." The Peelers uncork undiluted punk with "The Motion," and the final track, "That's Why I'm Leaving," which appropriately ends this freewheeling debut with a guitar solo.


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DTP PMC Meeting Minutes: October 27, 2009
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- Linda Chan (Actuate)
- Brian Payton (IBM)
- We discussed the future of DTP.
- Fitz has put out a call for participation on his Blog and in the DTP newsgroup. We don't expect a rush to respond :-(
- A general trend is that the major contributors (Actuate, IBM, Sybase) are more focused on revenue-producing products, and want to recoup some of what they have invested in Open Source.
- Linda said Actuate is thinking of doing more with the Query parser and model. Brian explained how it works in more detail to Linda.
- Brian suggested that the PMC go through the open defects and pick out the most important ones to get fixed in DTP 1.7.2 and 1.8.
- We also need to go over David William's list of rules for participating in the Eclipse Release Train.
- We discussed when to branch DTP for 1.7.2/1.8. Linda said she is still making changes for 1.7.2 (that should also go into 1.8), so it would be inconvenient to branch now.


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