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There are a lot of big city council races on the ballot including the Greenville District One race where incumbent Kandie Smith is running for her third term against political newcomer Clinton Ray Anderson Junior.
Councilwoman Smith is a social worker by trade and says her passion is the people.
For the past four years she has looked for ways to curb crime in her district and in the city.
Smith says, "I want to make sure we do more things for our youth. We have a lot of crime that's happening if we don't find anything to be able to assist or support groups that are willing to do things then that crime is going to increase."
Pastor Anderson has never held office, but says he felt compelled to do something to help the youth.
He says he would like to see more community watch organizations along with a reduction of crime.
He says, "I would love to see more jobs, more opportunities for those who are unemployed. I would also like to see a community watch and community organizations be a little more organized and if someone comes to the city hall with a complaint there's an organized group."


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'Well-ordered souls'
Books | Atheist notes atheism's failings, Christianity's wisdom
Some evangelicals think we must sue for peace with rampaging New Atheists, but their extremism may already have peaked.
Five years ago I debated Christopher Hitchens and was amazed at his insistent defense of an untenable position: "Religion poisons everything." Now Pantheon, a left-wing publisher, has come out with Alain de Botton's Religion for Atheists (2012), which notes, "The error of modern atheism has been to overlook how many aspects of the faiths remain relevant even after their central tenets have been dismissed."
De Botton sees religions not as poison but as "repositories of a myriad ingenious concepts with which we can try to assuage a few of the most persistent and unattended ills of secular life." Atheism, he suggests, fails in providing real community, education, and perspective. It does not foster kindness or tenderness. It produces pessimism and fails to create a true appreciation of art, architecture, and important institutions.
Christians, of course, should not spend our time defending religions in general, because some are poisonous. What about Christianity? De Botton calls the Christian church "uniquely clear-eyed and unsentimental about earthly reality. It does not assume that politics could ever create perfect justice, that any marriage could be free of conflict or dissent, that money could ever deliver security, that a friend could be unfailingly loyal or, more generally, that Heavenly Jerusalem could be built on ordinary ground."
He admits that "the secular world has been too sentimental and cowardly to embrace" such an understanding: "It is the secular whose longing for perfection has grown so intense as to lead them to imagine that paradise might be realized on this earth after just a few more years of financial growth and medical research. With no evident awareness of the contradiction they may, in the same breath, gruffly dismiss a belief in angels while sincerely trusting that the combined powers of the IMF, the medical research establishment, Silicon Valley, and democratic politics could together cure the ills of mankind."
De Botton notes a good reason for suffering: "Christianity hints that if our bodies were immune to pain or decay, we would be monsters." He eviscerates secular education, noting the inadequacy of standard secular lectures when compared to deeper understanding: True Christian education "has no patience with theories that dwell on our independence or our maturity. It instead believes us to be at heart desperate, fragile, vulnerable, sinful creatures, a good deal less wise than we are knowledgeable." That's the mood we must be in before true learning takes place.
De Botton also praises a Christian understanding about the deeper purpose of art: "To guide us to what we should worship and revile if we wish to be sane, good people in possession of well-ordered souls. It is a mechanism whereby our memories are forcibly jogged about what we have to love and to be grateful for, as well as what we should draw away from and be afraid of." He creatively proposes that museums not group their works of art in galleries organized by centuries or genres, but by the emotions about which they hope to teach: He hopes to see separate galleries of suffering, compassion, fear, love, and so forth.
Yet, for all his good analysis, de Botton ends up sticking to his atheism and following the 19th-century French sociologist Auguste Comte, who tried to create a religion of humanity with its own rituals and saints, such as Cicero and Goethe. De Botton proposes fellowship dinners and other ways to build community, but he's asking readers to drive cars from which the engines have been removed.
De Botton, from a Sephardic Jewish family, was born in Zurich but resides in London. He argued in a BBC broadcast last August that pessimism is the key to happiness, because the gap between aspirations and reality will kill us unless we reduce our worldly aspirations as Christianity does. True-but Christians are cheerful pessimists because we are optimistic about resurrection.

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Sherry Kramer (Spring 2012), who has taught for MCW six times since 1998, is an alumnae of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and former acting head of their playwriting workshop. Her plays include The Law Makes Evening Fall, Things That Break, David's Redhaired Death, What a Man Weighs, The Wall of Water, The World at Absolute Zero, The Mad Master, and When Something Wonderful Ends. Her work has been recognized with a McKnight Fellowship, the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, the Arnold Weissberger Playwriting Award, and fellowships from the NEA, among other honors. She is on the permanent faculty of Bennington College and divides her time between Vermont and in New York City.


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Dating is rough, man. Well, sometimes it's really good, but dang it if it doesn't suck when that guy you thought you totally connected with doesn't seem to return the feeling. Or maybe you're getting along just fine, but then he says or does something that immediately snaps you to attention -- and not in a good way.
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Marvel releases first "Thor: The Dark World" poster
Marvel has released the first poster for "Thor: The Dark World," the sequel to the movie "Thor." The film, set for a Nov. 8 release, stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Tom Hiddleston as Loki and Anthony Hopkins as Odin.
The film is based on Marvel Comics' versions of Norse mythological characters-turned-superheroes, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
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Marvel's "Thor: The Dark World" continues the big screen adventures of Thor, the Mighty Avenger, as he battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. In the aftermath of Marvel's "Thor" and "Marvel's The Avengers," Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos…but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano and Jaimie Alexander with Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, "Thor: The Dark World" is directed by Alan Taylor, produced by Kevin Feige, from a story by Don Payne (credit not final) and screenplay by Christopher Yost and Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (credit not final) and is based on Marvel's classic super hero Thor, who first appeared in the comic book JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #83 in August, 1962.
"Thor: The Dark World" is presented by Marvel Studios. The executive producers are Louis D'Esposito, Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Victoria Alonso, Craig Kyle and Nigel Gostelow. The film releases November 8, 2013, and is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
In addition to "Thor: The Dark World," Marvel Studios will release a slate of films based on the Marvel characters including "Iron Man 3″ on May 3, 2013; "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" on April 4, 2014; "Guardians of the Galaxy" on August 1, 2014; the untitled "Marvel's The Avengers" sequel on May 1, 2015; and "Ant-Man" on November 6, 2015.


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Developers Have Vision for Upscale Capital District Apartments in Troy, NY
There are few US cities as architecturally significant as Troy NY. Historic preservationists and pioneers at heart, Jeff and Deane Pfeil love old buildings, old neighborhoods, adaptive re-uses, and sympathetic new construction. Based in Saratoga Springs for the past 15 years, they have made their mark there by developing several highly regarded new buildings that complement surrounding historic structures and by helping to save a magnificent High Victorian Gothic church in the central business district.
In 2005, the Pfeils saw the need for high-end apartments in the Albany, NY Capital District, and turned their attention to beautiful, historic Troy NY (Deane's hometown). They successfully created and sold 18 loft condominiums at Powers Park Lofts in the Lansingburgh neighborhood. As the first true factory loft condo project in the region, it was enthusiastically welcomed.
Then, the former Stanley's Department Store, a vacant but handsome Beaux Arts Building on the corner of Third and State Streets in Downtown Troy, caught their eye. Demonstrating their continued confidence in this architecturally rich city, they purchased the building, re-named it The Conservatory and carefully restored it to last another century, opening the handsome new Pfeil Hardware & Paint store in the first floor retail space and offering some of the finest apartments for rent in Troy and the Greater Albany Capital District.


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Handprint Parent's Day Card
July 28fh is Parent's Day. Whether you have one parent or two or even more here's a way to say thank you for being there for you.
Colored Paper in Two or Three Colors
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Print printable on card stock. Trace around one hand of each of your parents or caregivers hands on a different colored card stock. Trace around one of your hands on another colored card. Cut out all hands and layer them on top of each other with your on top. Write your name and a message on your hand.
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Here are 4 simple 12V power supply circuits with output voltages around 12V. First power supply circuit is built with BD139, one zener diode and a few passive components. Each of the schematic is very simple to construct and will function without problems if you respect the maximum power supply ratings.
12V dc power supply schematics
12V BD139 power supply circuit
LM7812 power supply schematic
A very simple PS circuit with the basic 3 Amper version of LM7812 IC.
LM317 variable power supply circuit
2N3055 adjustable power supply schematic
This power supply circuit has a over-current protection and a good stabilized voltage. It can deliver up to 1.6 A.


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HollyWooWoo Report
March 20 2015
New Movies:
Insurgent - Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side. Stars Kate Winslet, Shailene Woodley, Jai Courtney & Octavia Spencer. (PG-13)
The Gunman - A sniper on a mercenary assassination team kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the Congo years later, he becomes the target of a hit squad himself. Stars Sean Penn, Ray Winstone, Idris Elba, Javier Bardem and Jasmine Trinca. (R)
Do You Believe? - When a pastor is shaken by the visible faith of a street-corner preacher, he is reminded that true belief always requires action. His response ignites a journey that impacts everyone it touches in ways that only God could orchestrate. Stars Mira Sorvino, Sean Astin, Alexa PenaVega, and Cybill Shepherd. (PG-13)
Danny Collins - An aging rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year old letter written to him by John Lennon. Stars Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, and Bobby Cannavale. (R)
Harrison Ford, who recently crashed plane, is air film narrator
Harrison Ford, who recently crashed his vintage airplane on a Los Angeles golf course, is returning to the skies - at least with his voice. He will narrate an aviation documentary for National Geographic. It premieres on IMAX screens April 10.
Prosecutors want 'Suge' Knight's bail set at $25 million
Prosecutors want Suge Knight's bail in his murder case set at $25 million. They say the former rap music mogul has extorted millions from rappers since 2004 and is a gang member. He has a bail hearing today. He has pleaded not guilty.
'American Idol' Recap: Judges Use the Save Early
"American Idol" was supposed to narrow down the contestants to 10 last night. The 11 finalists sang songs from the movies. The judges decided Qaasim Middleton was worth saving. Boy George will be mentoring the finalists for '80s music next week.
Jennifer Lopez Gives Beautiful Performance on 'American Idol'
Jennifer Lopez took over the stage on "American Idol" last night. She treated viewers to a beautiful performance of "Feel the Light" from the upcoming animated film "Home." Scenes were projected onto her white gown. "Home" opens in theaters next Friday, March 27.
Justin Bieber sued by former neighbor for assault
Justin Bieber's former neighbor in Calabasas claims in a lawsuit Bieber spit in his face and terrorized his family. The lawsuit seeks more than $25,000. Bieber has paid them $80,000 for throwing eggs at their home 2 years ago. He remains on probation.
Kate Middleton Will Take Maternity Leave
Kate Middleton will take maternity leave at the end of March. The Duchess will make her final public appearance March 27. She has 3 engagements that support opportunities for young people in London. Prince William will be with her. She's due in mid-to-late April.
Russell Simmons Developing Hip-hop Musical For Broadway
Rap mogul Russell Simmons is producing a new Hip-hop musical For 2016. 'The Scenario' will celebrate the "golden age" of the genre, from the 1980s to the 1990s. He won a Tony Award in 2003 for the Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam shows.
Kevin Hart Surprises Ex-wife With New SUV
Kevin Hart bought his ex-wife a new Cadillac Escalade for her 37th birthday. He and Torrei Hart split more than five years ago and have been in a couple of public spats. They have 2 children. She posted a photo of the car online. He is engaged to wed model Eniko Parrish.
Kevin Hart Still Upset By Airport Toilet Encounter
Kevin Hart was a guest on The Daily Show Wednesday night. He told host Jon Stewart his stand-up routine is based on things that have happened to him. Most memorable: he was in an airport bathroom. A fan kicked open the door & snapped a photo as he flipped the finger.
Mr. T to host home renovation series 'I Pity the Tool'
Mr. T has landed a new home renovation series. He will host 'I Pity the Tool' on the DIY Network. The program will follow Mr. T and his team as they remodel outdated homes for veterans and their families. It is scheduled to premiere later this year.
Iggy Azalea Reveals Britney Spears Duet Is Called 'Pretty Girls'
New details about Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears' collaboration have emerged. The duet will be called "Pretty Girls". It will be the first single on her new album, out later this year. Azalea has had to reschedule her tour for September due to "production delays."
Fleetwood Mac Announces Rescheduled Tour of Australia, NZ
Fleetwood Mac's tour of Australia and New Zealand is back on. 10 shows are scheduled across a mix of arenas, wineries and outdoor venues, starting Oct. 22. They're currently touring North America thru April 19, then head to Europe for 6 weeks.
Bill Murray putting together a celebrity holiday special for Christmas
Bill Murray has recruited some famous friends for a Christmas TV Special. He is teaming up with director Sofia Coppola for the show, which will air sometime during the 2015 holiday season. Guests include George Clooney, Miley Cyrus, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph.
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
Justin Bieber charged with assault in Canada
He's in trouble again! Not shocked are we?!?! Justin Bieber turned himself in to police in Toronto last night. He's accused of hitting a limo driver in the back of the head several times Dec. 30. Bieber & 5 companions had just left a nightclub. The driver stopped & Bieber left. He's charged with assault & due in court Mar 10.
100,000 Americans ask Obama to kick Bieber out of the country
A petition calling for deporting Justin Bieber to Canada reached 100,000 signatures in just 6 days. The petition is hosted on the White House's We The People citizen portal. President Obama is expected to make a statement on the petition sometime over the weekend.
Justin Bieber's rented Lambo a big hit in Miami
The rented Lambo Justin Bieber was driving before his DUI arrest is now a celebrity itself. Miami's Lou La Vie exotic car rental has been inundated with calls asking to rent it. The car rents for $1,500-$1,700 a day. So far, it's already booked through this weekend.
'American Idol' returns to hometown of David Archuleta
Last night, American Idol returned to Salt Lake City, the hometown of Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta. The talent, however, came from all over the country. The judges couldn't always agree on which singers had talent. The 2 standouts: Kenzie Hall & Briston Maroney.
Hugh Grant is a father, for a third time
We're just learning actor Hugh Grant had a 3rd love child back in Sept. A birth certificate shows that a Swedish TV producer named Anna Elisabet Eberstein secretly gave birth to a baby boy on Sept. 3. Grant is listed as the father. He also has 2 children by Tinglan Hong.
Kanye West angry after Kim Kardashian is rejected from Vogue cover
Kanye West is upset Vogue magazine picked Lena Dunham over Kim Kardashian for the cover of February's edition. Editor Anna Wintour is not a fan of the Kardashian Family. The 36-year-old rapper is reportedly ''insulted'' she picked Dunham over Kim.
Jay-Z gives J. Cole founder's chain from Roc-A-Fella
Jay Z pulled out all the stops Tuesday night during J. Cole's b-day concert in NYC. He surprised the 29-year-old rapper with an incredible guest performance, and a priceless piece of rap history: Jay Z's original Roc-A-Fella chain from when he founded the label in the 90s.
Academy rescinds Best Song Oscar nomination
The Academy Awards have rescinded the original song Oscar nomination for "Alone Yet Not Alone." The song's composer, Bruce Broughton, is a former governor and current academy music executive committee member. He emailed members to promote his nomination.
Madonna To Join Pussy Riot Onstage At Amnesty International Concert
Madonna will introduce members of Pussy Riot at Amnesty International's human rights concert in NY. They were recently released after nearly two years in a Russian jail. The Feb. 5 concert at Barclays Center includes Imagine Dragons, Lauryn Hill, and The Flaming Lips.
Steve Irwin's daughter Bindi joins the stars at Awards in Sydney
Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin, joined the adults on Thursday at the AACTA Entertainment Awards in Sydney. She wore a floral print dress and wore make up and flowing blonde hair. She is now 15. Her dad died in 2006.
Scarlett Johansson ends eight-year run as Oxfam ambassador
Scarlett Johansson has ended her relationship with Oxfam. She endorses Israeli soda maker SodaStream in a football game ad that airs this Sunday. She promoted Oxfam's campaign on global poverty since 2007. SodaStream had to remove references to other soda brands.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Gene Hackman is 84. Actress Tammy Grimes is 80. Actress Vanessa Redgrave is 77. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is 73. Rhythm-and-blues musician William King (The Commodores) is 65. Singer Phil Collins is 63. Actress-comedian Brett Butler is 56. Singer Jody Watley is 55. Actor Christian Bale is 40. Rock musician Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket) is 40. Pop-country singer-songwriter Josh Kelley is 34. Actor Wilmer Valderrama is 34. Actor Jake Thomas is 24.


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NYTimes coming up new categories of people who should be barred from Second Amendment [Darleen Click]
Alcoholics and misdemeanor 'violence'
But a focus on mass murder, while critical, does not get at the broader issue of gun violence, including the hundreds of single-victim murders, suicides, nonfatal shootings and other gun crimes that occur daily in the United States. And focusing on the mentally ill, most of whom are not violent, overlooks people who are at demonstrably increased risk of committing violent crimes but are not barred by federal law from buying and having guns.
These would include people who have been convicted of violent misdemeanors including assaults, and those who are alcohol abusers. Unless guns are also kept from these high-risk people, preventable gun violence will continue. […]
President Obama has instructed the Justice Department to review the federal prohibitions on gun ownership and to make legislative and executive recommendations "to ensure dangerous people aren't slipping through the cracks." The answers are already out there.
One of the main things I object to, in this rush to find all sorts of people "unqualified" to own a firearm, is the mercenary use of suicide to inflate statistics of "gun violence."
Certainly, suicide is tragic and in its wake it leaves devastated family and friends; however it doesn't belong in any discussion about violence directed towards others.
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A conducting bar of length script i moves to the right on two frictionless rails, as shown in the figure above. A uniform magnetic field directed into the page has a magnitude of 3.20 T. Assume script i = 37 cm and R = 8.9 Ω.
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Oklahoma football: Riverboat Bob talks trick plays
Bob Stoops says we always forget his gambling nature when his trick plays don't work. Maybe he's got a point.
"The surprise onside kick at West Virginia, went 91/2 yards, it's, 'What's the knucklehead doing?'" Stoops said.
First off, props to Stoops for using the term knucklehead. It's an excellent addition to his vocabulary.
But I also have to say, maybe Stoops is right. I don't remember the onside kick at all. I don't even know if he's talking about 2013 West Virginia or 2012 West Virginia, and I was at both games.
So I looked it up, and turns out Stoops was talking about the West Virginia Fiesta Bowl. OK, now I remember. Not the particulars – I had to look those up, too – but his point was made. We forget the failures. Which in some ways is good for Stoops.
Anyway, in that Fiesta Bowl, after OU drew within 20-15 midway through the third quarter, Garrett Hartley tried an onside kick, it didn't go the required 10 yards and West Virginia set up shop at the OU 39-yard line. Six plays later, Noel Devine ran 17 yards for a touchdown, and the 48-28 rout was on.
Stoops' point: He's remained a risk-taker. The fake field goal at Texas A&M in 2010 a great example. The Sooners had climbed back from a 19-0 deficit, drawing within 19-17, and had a 49-yard field goal attempt to take the lead. Stoops dialed up a fake, and it was a great call. Holder John Nimmo rolled right and threw into the end zone, where future NFL tight end James Hanna awaited. Hanna dropped the pass. Momentum swung heavily to the Aggies, who registered a 33-19 victory.
Trick plays are a topic of discussion these days in Soonerville because of what just happened and who's on the horizon. OU is in the Sugar Bowl in part because another Stoops fake field goal worked in Stillwater – Grant Bothun passed to kicker Michael Hunnicut for a touchdown, forging a 17-17 tie and swinging momentum that allowed the Sooners to beat OSU 33-24.
And awaiting in the Sugar Bowl is Alabama. Perhaps Stoops' greatest trick play came in 2003 at Tuscaloosa. Midway through the third quarter, OU led 13-10, but Bama had momentum and stopped the Sooners. OU faced 4th-and-10 from its 31. Stoops called a fake. Punter Blake Ferguson tossed a pass to wingman Michael Thompson as the Bama punt block team crashed in. The gain went for 22 yards. On the next play, Jason White threw a 47-yard TD pass to Brandon Jones, and the Sooners had command of what became a 20-13 victory.
Stoops reminisced Monday about that fake at Alabama.
"I knew when I called it, this is it," Stoops said. "But I really felt … they had all the momentum. I felt the stadium closing in on us. We gotta make something happen. I felt our percentage was good. They weren't covering our wing. So I called it. It's one of those, if it didn't work, you all would be calling me a bunch of things. We get a bomb the next play, all of a sudden, quiet the crowd. I thought it was a defining moment of the game."
I wish Stoops would pull that 2×4 out of his butt on how we would call him names if gambles don't work. No one grilled Stoops for that fake field goal at A&M. The fake field goal two years later against Florida in the national title game? Sure. That was stupid. And he knows it. No one really believed Stoops was going to ask Jimmy Stevens to kick a long field goal. But the A&M game was different. And so was Alabama.
"From game to game, it's always different," Stoops said.
So now, Riverboat Bob goes back to a city of riverboats, with his reputation as a gambler enhanced. Against a program in which his risk-taker reputation had its proudest moment.


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12 ounces chicken breasts
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1/2 cup white wine
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3/4 cup chicken stock
8 ounces pasta of your choice
Saute' the breasts with olive oil, butter and garlic for approximately 10 minutes. Add the artichokes, the rest of the seasonings and let simmer at medium heat for 5 minutes. Add the stock and wine, salt and pepper to taste. Allow to simmer for an additional 10 – 15 minutes. Pour over pre-cooked pasta.


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I hope that all those commentards who've been stating confidently that any particular rider would be with Suzuki in 2014 feel suitably silly now.
In terms of Suzuki's plan I feel that this may not be the best way of going about things. The best way to develop a bike is in the heat of competition. They need to know how the bike performs under race conditions, on race tyres, against race opposition etc. They would have probably been better entering a low key development effort in 2014. Even if it was just one rider they would probably have got more useful data for race development than a whole year's testing with any number of riders.


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A conference for worship leader and worshipper alike... At the Burn Bright conference we will explore the nature of worship as it pertains to the Kingdom of God. Sessions and workshops will focus on worship with topics like healing the sick, worship and justice, prophetic ministry, theology of worship, Children's worship, and many more. We will hear from wonderful leaders that include Eleanor Mumford, Dan Wilt, and Brian Anderson.
Ready or not, here it comes, the future! It's complicated-it's not our parents' or grandparents' reality but ours to face. We can't run from it; but we can face it! In light of current events and news in the media today, this conference will focus on helping us LEAN INTO THE FUTURE, not worry about it!
Christian-Muslim relations comprise one of the momentous challenges of the 21st century. The threat of violent extremism, negative stereotypes of Muslims and ignorance have caused the church to shrink back from Jesus' commands to love and to make disciples.
How can the Vineyard be agents of peace and faithfully bear witness to Christ in such a polarized world? What does a Vineyard approach to blessing Muslims look like?
The second annual Society of Vineyard Scholars Conference will be held February 3-5, 2011, in Seattle, Washington, USA. The theme of the conference is "By The Renewal Of Your Mind: Imagining, Describing, and Enacting the Kingdom of God."
This conference will focus on pastors/leaders and spouses to build stronger, healthier relationships among our leaders with five fun, fast-paced main sessions and interactive workshops. One of the speakers will be Mark Gungor, author of Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage. He is an over the top communicator and you will enjoy every minute with him.
Contact Person: MaryAnn Taylor 970-484-5999 ext. 206
We invite you to join us for our third annual Kingdom Ministry Conference. Our speakers, Don Williams and Robby Dawkins embrace not only a theology of God's presence and power, but they are "practitioners" of the kingdom equipping others to participate in the ministry of Jesus today. Andy Park, who has led thousands of people into the presence of the Lord through his songwriting and worship leading will be leading worship at the conference.
Contact Person: Margie Manuel 480-892-5828
In July 1886, D. L. Moody gathered college students for a month-long Bible conference. At the end of the conference, 100 people had pledged their lives to missions and two years later, those students formed the Student Volunteer Movement – an organization that has literally changed America and the world. In all of history, no other movement has been so influential – training and serving millions of people around the globe through the thousands of universities and colleges, tens of thousands of hospitals and hundreds of thousands of churches they formed.
Being involved in ministry at any level takes an enormous amount of energy. I don't know about you, but for me, it seems like it never ends! Every Christian leader needs a time and a place to get filled up again ... spiritually, emotionally and relationally. Welcome to REFUEL 2010.
A Godly Perspective on Going Green
Saturday, April 17, 9am-1pm
The earth is a gift from God for all creation–people, animals, plants and the entire ecosystem. At this event we'll look at caring for creation from a Scriptural viewpoint. Bring your curiosity and explore with us.
Cost is $5.
An optional lunch made with local organic food is available for an additional $10.
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MOUNDSVILLE - So plentiful and profitable are the natural gas liquids in West Virginia and neighboring states that Williams Partners will spend an additional $1.34 billion to separate and process them in Marshall County.
Making the announcement Thursday alongside West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and local officials, Frank Billings, vice president of Onshore Gathering and Processing Eastern Region for Williams, said the Tulsa, Okla.-based company is committed to creating 100 more permanent jobs in Marshall County.
"The jobs that Williams creates here are generational jobs. Generations of West Virginians are going to be able to work these jobs," said Billings.
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Frank Billings, vice president of Onshore Gathering and Processing Eastern Region for Williams Partners, speaks during the Thursday announcement of Williams' $1.34 billion additional investment for Marshall County.
In April, Williams paid $2.5 billion to acquire the Fort Beeler cryogenic processing plant - which can be seen along U.S. 250 between Moundsville and Cameron - and the other Marshall County operations of Caiman Energy. With the plan to build $1.34 billion worth of additional processing capacity, Williams will have spent $3.84 billion for infrastructure in northern West Virginia.
Since acquiring the Caiman assets and staff, Williams has hired an additional 74 new full-time positions in the area, with 49 of those positions filled by skilled, local workers. At present, Billings said the company employs about 120 full-time workers in Marshall County.
"Williams' commitment to Marshall County and the entire Northern Panhandle is an example of the growing opportunities Marcellus Shale development is bringing to West Virginia," Tomblin said. "The investment and jobs will have lasting effects on the region as the workers needed will be operating and maintaining Williams' facilities and pipelines for many years to come."
Also Thursday, Billings and local officials noted that Williams will take over part of the building that is home to TeleTech in Moundsville. The large structure near the south end of the city is owned by the Wheeling-based Regional Economic Development Partnership, from whom TeleTech rents space. The soon-to-be reconfigured structure will allow Williams to use its portion without disturbing the TeleTech operations.
"As Marshall County has grown with the coal industry, we can now grow with another extraction industry," said RED Executive Director Don Rigby.
"This will be sort of a general field office," Billings said of Williams' section of the TeleTech building. "Employees can start their days here before going out into the field."
"We are extremely appreciative of TeleTech's long-term investment in our community and their commitment to preserving approximately 250 jobs," said Jason "Jake" Padlow, president of the Marshall County Commission. "Their willingness to adapt and share space with the new Williams' office allows for new business development and growth in our area without losing great economic partners that call Marshall County home."


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Kagwe is the guy who gave you Dutch together with Fena Gitu. That song, is arguably one of the best Kenyan offerings in recent times, sure to be in every deejays set in these our Nairobi clubs! Well Kagwe has been busy; he in the 'throes of passion' musically speaking of-course. While details are scanty right now, he did tell me that he's formed a new production/songwriting outfit together with super producer/sound engineer Jaaz Odongo. The cat shall be let out of the bag officially in the coming days. They are already working on a couple of songs with some huge artists. Whilst there is no official confirmation, I suspect that that list includes Fena Gitu and Karun. Yesterday i did report that Camp Mulla will be taking a hiatus come June. More on those details when I do receive them.
Well kagwe himself being an artist, checked himself into the booth and this is the result. He did a cover of Oleku originally done by Ice Prince and Brymo. The video was directed by Miagi Films, Lavern Rutivi and edited by Arnold Omodho. The director of Kagwe Mungai Music described the video this way, "the theme is laid back, and set in a photo-shoot type scene."
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Storytime takes place in the RWA Gallery spaces. We sit and talk a little about one of the artworks on display and then the story teller will read from a selection of story books, sometimes related to the themes of the exhibition. Scribble and Sketch runs on the same Saturday, and so this is an ideal for any siblings who'd prefer to listen to a story rather than join in the drawing, or of course children are welcome to move between the two activities.
Suitable for all ages, all children must be accompanied by an adult.
The RWA is delighted to announce that we have received an Arts Council England grant which has allowed us to buy a Children's Arts Trolley, the trolley is now available at anytime for families visiting the gallery offering a variety of games, drawing equipment and magnifiers to help entertain younger ones as you all tour the exhibition.


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In response to: Silverstring Launches Predatar 6 for TSM to Deliver Smarter Enterprise Data Protection, Near Perfect Backup SuccessThanks Jennifer for sharing this news. It's great to see that the latest version of Predatar offers full support for both Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5 and 6.
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VMware Data Protection with a Storage Hypervisor
Richard Vining 2700019R2A firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  productivity vadp vsphere backup protection recovery volume controller cloud manager hypervisor vm san tivoli center restore vcenter storage unified data 4,692 Visits
I recently read an excellent post by Ron Riffe, a fellow IBMer discussing practical recommendations for introducing cloud techniques into a private storage environment – the end goal being to save your company a substantial amount of money while becoming more responsive to the needs of the business. The first of the four steps discussed in the post was to introduce a storage hypervisor – virtualization of your storage infrastructure. It's a good idea, especially if you have already virtualized some or all of your production server environment with something like VMware.
But there's more to it than just the efficiency and mobility you get from virtualizing. The customers we talk to are finding new value that rises out of the synergy when both the server and storage environments are virtualized. One example is in the area of data protection. In this post, I'm going to explain the 1+1=3 effect for data protection that comes from combining VMware with a good storage hypervisor.
Let's start with a quick walk down memory lane. Do you remember what your data protection environment looked like before virtualization? There was a server with an operating system and an application… and that thing had a backup agent on it to capture backup copies and send them someplace (most likely over an IP network) for safe keeping. It worked, but it took a lot of time to deploy and maintain all the agents, a lot of bandwidth to transmit the data, and a lot of disk or tapes to store it all. The topic of data protection has modernized quite a bit since then.
Today, you're using a server hypervisor (VMware) to efficiently pack several virtual machines onto one physical server – and to make it so you can deploy, move and decommission those VMs pretty much at will. If you are still using the old techniques for data protection (deploying an agent on each individual VM, and then transferring all the backup data for those VMs through the one IP network pipe) on that physical server, you're probably running into significant performance and application availability problems, and also missing out on some significant savings (if you listen carefully, you can hear your backup environment screaming 'modernize me, MODERNIZE ME!").
Fast forward to today. Modernization has come from three different sources – the server hypervisor, the storage hypervisor and the unified recovery manager. The end result is a data protection environment that captures all the data it needs in one coordinated snapshot action, efficiently stores those snapshots, and provides for recovery of just about any slice of data you could want. It's quite the beautiful thing.
Data capture: VMware has provided a nice set of APIs that allow disk arrays and backup vendors to intelligently drive snapshots of a VMware datastore (for the techies, these are the vStorage API's for Data Protection, or VADP). The problem is that integration from a disk array to these API's is a tier-1 kind of service that is found on very few disk arrays today. That's where a good storage hypervisor comes in. A storage hypervisor will include its own integration between VMware VADP and hardware-assist snapshot and it will plug the control GUI directly into the VMware vCenter management console. That means, regardless of what type of disk array capacity you have chosen to use for your VMware data, the storage hypervisor will be able to do a hardware-assisted snapshot of the VMware datastore (all your VMs at once – sweet!).
Efficient storage: Here's a scenario we see…
The snapshots can add up, so efficiency is important. For the "online" snapshots, a good storage hypervisor stores only incremental changes, compresses the result and stores it as a thin provisioned volume on lower-tier disk capacity (the new 3TB SAS drives make a nice choice). Notice in this scenario, the administrator is also promoting one of the snapshots each day (say, the midnight snapshot) to an enterprise recovery manager. If you are using IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager Suite for Unified Recovery, then it will insert deduplication in the list of efficiency techniques being applied to the snapshot (incremental snapshots that are deduplicated, compressed, and stored on lower-tier disk… that's about as efficient as it gets).
Flexible recovery: Whether the snapshot is online or nearline, the only reason you have it is so that you can recover when something (anything) goes wrong. A good hypervisor / unified recovery manager combination will give VMware administrators the ability to peer inside the snapshot and recover individual files, virtual volumes, or entire VMs. Using the scenario above, your recovery point would be no more than 6 hours old for the last 4 days, and your recovery time would be measured in minutes.
IBM offers one of the worlds best known unified recovery managers and the worlds most widely deployed storage hypervisor. With over 7000 storage hypervisor deployments, we've had a lot of opportunity to build some depth. Deep integration with VMware for modernizing your data protection environment is one example. If you are running VMware and haven't yet modernized data protection, IBM can help. You can learn more at the following links.
Storage hypervisor platform: IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller (SVC)
Storage hypervisor management, storage service catalog, and self-service provisioning: Tivoli Storage Productivity Center Standard Edition (TPC SE)
Data protection integration: Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager and Tivoli Storage Manager Suite for Unified Recovery
Join the conversation! The virtual dialogue on this topic will continue in a live group chat on September 23, 2011 from 12 noon to 1pm Eastern Time. Join some of the Top 20 storage bloggers, key industry analysts and IBM Storage subject matter experts to discuss storage hypervisors and get questions answered about improving your private storage environment.
When server virtualization is the norm, virtualizing storage resources is next!
Sudipta Datta 270004UTF4 email@example.com Tags:  virtualization customer server cloud software client manage telecom virtual-storage virtualization;data storage study infrastructure case ; manager it quote 8,974 Visits
Server virtualization and storage virtualization go hand in hand. Centralized, virtualized storage is crucial for advanced server virtualization to be flexible and easy to manage. Companies are realizing that to unleash the real potential of cloud agile infrastructure, storage virtualization has to become mainstream like server virtualization.
For many companies, there is a constant need for additional storage resources to support growing volumes of information. And if you don't focus on managing your storage infrastructure, you can find that one virtual server is running out of storage capacity, even while there is ample capacity in other parts of the network.
With storage virtualization, companies now can make better use of existing investments in disk capacity and can often postpone the need to purchase additional capacity. As storage becomes virtualized, it becomes easier to manage and helps companies to adapt to business needs much faster. And not to forget, it actually costs less!
Storage Overview for IBM PULSE 2013
Richard Vining 2700019R2A firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  restore vm productivity center vsphere backup volume manager vadp virtual tivoli data unified controller hypervisor san vcenter protection recovery cloud storage 4,522 Visits
We're getting deep into the planning for our 6th annual PULSE conference (ibm.com/pulse), and I'm getting very excited about the storage content that is being assembled. Again, it will be at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, March 3 – 6, 2013.
At our Storage Track Kickoff session, we'll have some new things to announce and highlight, and we're close to announcing an exciting keynote speaker.
Following the track kickoff, we'll have 20 breakout sessions on data protection and storage management topics, covering advances in virtual machine protection, disaster recovery, cloud integration, and a lot more. We're mixing it up a lot more this year to ensure you get a range of perspectives. We'll have 21 client speakers discussing their experiences and best practices; plus 8 business and technology partners providing insights into added value approaches to storage management who will be complemented by IBMers sharing the new stuff we've been working on.
Among the client speakers will be storage professionals from across the globe representing major banking, healthcare, media, industrial and university organizations. There will also be sessions on a variety of cloud topics, including private cloud storage and backup-as-a-service opportunities.
To follow on a theme mentioned by Steve Mills in his keynote at PULSE 2012, we'll show how IBM "eats its own cooking", sharing how IBM's Office of the CIO transformed its massive storage infrastructure; and how IBM's Strategic Outsourcing services organization is leveraging our products to more effectively manage their clients' storage environments.
There will be many cool things to see in the expo center again this year, including offerings from many of our ecosystem partners, and you can roll up your sleeves in the hands-on labs and product training and certification areas.
Have you heard about this year's PULSE PALOOZA entertainment? We rocked the Grand Garden Arena with Maroon5 in 2012, and will follow that with Carrie Underwood in 2013.
Now's the time to act. Early bird registration, which saves client attendees $500 off the conference fee, closes December 31st. Go to http://ibm.co/pulseregister and get ready for an outstanding event. I look forward to seeing you there.
"The postings on this site are my own and don't necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions."
Unified Recovery and Storage Management Track at PULSE 2013
Richard Vining 2700019R2A email@example.com Tags:  volume hypervisor manager unified vcenter restore protection controller backup recovery vsphere data cloud storage tivoli vadp vm ibmpulse productivity center san 3,979 Visits
Please plan to join IBM and thousands of your peers at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, March 3 to 6, 2013.
PULSE 2013 is IBM's premier event focused on business transformation and IT optimization, helping clients learn how to turn opportunities into outcomes.
As the planet becomes smarter, it becomes clear that a solid, robust, scalable and cost-effective IT infrastructure is required to create, store and manage all the information at the heart of these new opportunities.
Unified Recovery and Storage Management is the cornerstone track within the Cloud and IT Optimization stream at PULSE 2013. We are putting together a very excited agenda, and I'd like to give you a preview of what you can learn from your peers, thought leaders, and yes, a few IBMers, by attending this track.
During the 3 days of breakout sessions, you will learn how many of our customers have started on this journey, including best practices and outcomes. Our speakers include subject matter experts from:
• Two major banks
• Two universities
• Five healthcare organizations
• Several consumer and industrial companies
• Five managed service providers
• A leader in media and entertainment
Some of the top-of-mind topics that will be covered include management and protection of virtualized server and storage environments; advancements in disaster recovery and business continuity; storage in the Cloud, storage as the Cloud, and storage to the Cloud; backup consolidation and simplification; and how to easily cost-justify an efficiency improvement project to your management.
You will also have the opportunity to learn about new products and enhancements – we can't tell you what they are yet, but we're pretty excited.
You can see who our expert speakers are, what they'll be speaking about, and start to build your experience at Pulse this year by visiting the Pulse SmartSite and Agenda Builder at: http://www.pulsesmartsite.com/
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Latest ESG Report: Tivoli Storage Manager proves to be a "turnkey" solution to a range of data protection issues
Sudipta Datta 270004UTF4 firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  deduplication esg data ibm backup protection tivoli tsm manager storage analyst review 5,131 Visits
Data protection matters! Actually it matters even more with the advent of big data. The unique challenges of managing & protecting big data has forced IT professionals to relook at their data backup & protection policies.And when they were asked what they would characterize as challenges with their organizations' current data protection processes and technologies, "cost" & "need to reduce back up time" came out to be the major concerns.
Every year ESG conducts a forward looking spending intention survey. They shared a couple of interesting facts that do not surprise but definitely reinstate my thoughts. When organizations were asked what they would consider most important IT priorities over the next 16-18 months, 30 percent responded back saying "improved data backup & recovery"!
ESG analysts Mark Peters and Tony Palmer shared these insights as they took us through the results of their lab testing on Tivoli Storage Manager. If you are not familiar with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), it is a scalable client/server software primarily designed for centralized, automated data protection. The goal of the ESG report is to educate IT professionals and provide insight into the advanced data backup technologies such as forever incremental back up, deduplication and why it is so important in current scenario. Click here for the ESG video.
The TSM Lab validation was performed using a combination of hands on testing, audits of IBM customers in live production environments and detailed discussion with IBM experts. The objective is to validate some of the valuable features and functions of the product and show how those can be used to solve real customer problems, and identify any area of improvement.
IBM has continuously invested in TSM platform bringing innovation to data protection and recovery. ESG evaluates how the newer versions of TSM provide a turnkey solution to a range of data protection issues. They found that the two technologies (deduplication and progressive incremental backups) working in tandem were able to achieve 90 percent data reduction after just six incremental backups and 95 percent data reduction after ten backups. Replication function is also fully integrated with deduplication, thus optimizing quicker recovery during disasters. TSM uses policy-based automation along with intelligent move-and-store techniques, helping to reduce data administration efforts. Over all, ESG's validation rightfully points to the key enhancements to the TSM platform that drive greater scalability, efficiency, and data availability.
Please register and download the detail 23 page ESG Lab Validation Report here.
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Create a Flutter with Butterfly Software
Meghna Chatterjee 270004F02J firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  analysis tsm aer storage manager ibm data backup assessment butterfly tivoli 2,174 Visits
In the past two years that IBM acquired Butterfly, it generated hundreds of Analysis Engine Reports (AER) analyzing billions of gigabytes and established facts about Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) that should make competition sit up and notice.
The Backup Analysis Engine report from Butterfly Software uses light-touch, agent-less software technology to analyze existing heterogeneous data backup environment. It is a non-intrusive analysis based on empirical production data collected in minutes and incorporated into the Backup Analysis Engine report from IBM Butterfly Software.
Why is Butterfly important?
AER is the Key
Meet the Butterfly Storage and Backup Assessment Team at Pulse 2014
Technical Edge 2014: IBM Tivolie Storage Manager and the Cloud
ANISE Mastin 2700003Q59 email@example.com Tags:  cloud tsm ibmedge storage tivoli edge manager 3,618 Visits
With more than 90% of decision makers trending to cloud implementation to drive improved business outcomes, it is important to understand the key challenges organizations face when considering Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) in the cloud including:
A recent survey was completed to understand how users plan to use TSM in the next three years. The trend indicates that pool usage for primary storage are -- 1). TSM dedup and 2). tier with #5 being identified as cloud. Cloud as #5! The projected growth for XaaS (anything as a service) will definitely have an impact for survey results in te next few years.
Another survey provided a view of the trend for disaster recovery (DR) pool usage over the next three years as follows: 1). TSM replication 39% (tape usage decreased); 2). Node replication increase 30%; 3). Copy storage pool backups to cloud increased to 32%.
Thus, to understand the true value that Data Protection as a Service can provide -- e.g. Xaas [BaaS, DRaas, AaaS, Iaas] the consideration includes:
The aspects of cloud data protection solution can be summarized as:
Finally, there are various object storage use cases for TSM cloud currently available including:
Note: Currently, a cloud gateway is required for TSM to use cloud object storage.
To learn more about TSM and the Cloud, please feel free to reach out. The Technical Edge deck can be provided by an IBM SME.
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Chicago and Nashville have had quite the relationship lately. With the two cities being about an 8 hour drive apart from each other, both Chicago Bears and Chicago Blackhawks fans have made it a point to make their presence known in the city of Nashville while their respective Chicago teams are playing.
There was the story reported by NBC5 Chicago back in November of 2012 when the Bears visited the Tennessee Titans in which Bears fans reportedly drank the town dry. There have also been countless games over the past couple of seasons in which Blackhawks fans have taken over Bridgestone Arena when the Hawks played the Predators. This is nothing new for Blackhawks games on the road. Blackhawks play-by-play man Pat Foley often mentions the numerous "Lets go Blackhawks" chants that take over arenas when they are on the road. Close road games such as St. Louis and Minnesota are often filled with more Hawks fans than that of the home team.
Now, Nashville is taking a stand and trying to "keep the red out". According to Section 303, a Nashville Predators blogsite, the Predators are putting a plan in place that will make it more difficult for out of town fans to purchase one game tickets to a Blackhawks game.
You can read the whole story here.
This is similar to what they did when the Predators played the Detroit Red Wings in the playoffs during the 2012 season.
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Proven Leadership. Working for You.
Brent Koivisto, Chanhassen
(reprinted from the Lakeshore Weekly News, October 30, 2012)
Each election is important. At every level, it is critical that we seek out candidates that are prepared for the challenge, have the experience to lead, and a proven track record of success. In this year's election, I heartily support Dave Osmek to be the next State Senator for District 33.
Dave's record of serving the citizens of Mound clearly shows his superior ability to get things done.
He's worked with his fellow city council members and city staff to bring in budgets that have kept property taxes as low as possible and even reduced city labor with no loss of services. For Dave, making government "Do more with less" is not a catch-phrase, it's what he does.
Dave has a can-do attitude that government desperately needs. He knows that we have to prioritize what we spend on, from roads to schools to lending a helping hand to those in need. Government needs to live within its means and he knows it.
Leadership is a byproduct of experience. For over 10 years, Dave has developed the skills on the Mound City Council that make him ready to take the next step and serve us all in Saint Paul. He's worked with every level of government and is respected for his proven ability to get the job done.
David Osmek, Mound
(reprinted from the Lakeshore Weekly News, October 30, 2012)
Last week, the SD33 DFL chair expressed outrage with my choice to attend my City Council meeting versus participating in a candidate forum. When I took the oath of office in 2001, I promised to serve my constituents first. I am disappointed that the leaders of my opponent's party feel that I should shirk my responsibilities, particularly when my council meetings are publicly known over a year in advance.What she did not tell you is that I have participated in four other forums and that my opponent has also missed one. Any assertion that I do not want to debate or discuss my views with the voters is patently false.
Gerald T. Sicard, Spring Park
(reprinted from the Lakeshore Weekly News, August 07, 2012)
Did you know we have a "temporary" tax on deeds and mortgages in Hennepin County? It started in 1997 and set to expire in 2003. This "temporary" tax was extended by the state legislature twice, and it's supposed to expire next year.
I support Dave Osmek for state senate because he knows the meaning of the word "temporary" and will make it stick.
As a 10-year Mound councilman, Dave's fought to reduce the size of government and spend money on things that work, not junk that doesn't. He's voted against budgets that spent too much money and for services that don't bring value to the taxpayer.
I support Dave Osmek for state senate. He knows how to get the job done and work for us.
Brent Koivisto, Chanhassen
(reprinted from the Lakeshore Weekly News, July 31, 2012)
We need leaders in Saint Paul, not followers. We need to elect people that aren't worried about getting awards or being liked at parties. We need to elect people who know how to get the job done.
That's why I support Dave Osmek for State Senate District 33. He's got an excellent record of reducing spending and limiting taxes in Mound, and I know he can take those values to make Minnesota work for us. It's about priorities, not business as usual.
Vote for the Republican endorsed candidate on August 14. Vote for Dave Osmek for state senate.
Brad Curtis, Mound
(reprinted from the Lakeshore Weekly News, July 31, 2012)
I have watched David Osmek's work on the Mound council for years, and have talked to Mr. Osmek many times. He is a man of integrity, fiscally conservative and believes in sun-setting taxes and fees that have out lived their specific purposes. I have never heard or seen him try to apply these taxes and fees to another purpose or for revenue generation. His work in government is always out in the open and not in a back room somewhere. This requires a moral discipline so rarely seen in our elected officials these days.
He is a fiscal conservative, with his moral compass intact. In other words the man is honest, intelligent and diligent in keeping the trust the voters put in him. I have never heard of or seen an incident where he looked at the voters as a source of income to fund and further a personal agenda as so many politicians do these days. He has kept the needs of the people forefront while diligently working to keep the cost and regulatory weight of government as light as possible on his fellow citizen. I have great faith he will display the same skill, restraint and discipline in State Senate seat 33 that he has shown in his service to the city of Mound.
Osmek is up for this and is the better choice for District 33 state senator. He has shown time and again by his actions through years of service that he respects the citizens who voted him in. Simply put, he is the better choice.
I also support Cindy Pugh for 33B. I have found her to be straight forward, holding the same belief about elected office that Osmek does. She also understands elected office is a position of service not a life-time job.
Peter Meyer, Mound
(reprinted from the Waconia Patriot, July 19, 2012)
Many of you might be surpised by this letter. After battling with Dave Osmek for over 3 years on the Mound City Council, I'm probably the LAST person you might think would endorse him for State Senate. But I'm here to tell you, Dave is EXACTLY the kind of Senator we need in Saint Paul.
Our nation and our state needs leaders. While Dave and I disagreed over many issues, I have come to respect the work and effort he has made to keep Mound on a solid, fiscally conservative track. He actually has tracked every dollar spent since 2000, in every department, and holds staff accountable each year. And Mound has one of the highest bonding ratings, a reflection of the success that saves us money every year.
Why Dave now? Because we need a State Senator that will fight to protect our freedoms, our liberties, and our wallets. Dave's opponent has experience, but isn't the kind of strong advocate we need to make Minnesota great. We need new energy, new experience, and a new voice. Dave fits the bill.
Vote for the Republican Endorsed candidate on August 14th. Vote for the candidate supported across the political spectrum. Vote for Dave Osmek for State Senate.
Meyer was on the Mound City Council from 2001 through 2005.
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Leadership Fund
"We have confidence that David Osmek is a pro-business leader who shares the business community's goals of job growth and economic vitality for Minnesota."
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"On behalf of NRA members in Minnesota Senate District 33m I am pleased to announce your NRA-PVF 'AQ' rating and endorsement for the 2012 Minnesota General Election. This endorsment is a reflection of your support on Sencon Amendment issues and your responses to NRA-PVF's candidate questionnaire."
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During the recent Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Stockholm, Dazed came to Sweden to seek out the most interesting designers. They discovered three collections that stood out in the schedule; Back by Ann-Sofie Back, AltewaiSaome, and Erik Bjerkesjo. In three short films, Dazed present each of the designers through interviews and behind the scenes footage, capturing the essence of the designer and their collection.
Re-working elements from her previous mainline collections, Ann-Sofie Back had created a spontaneous and rebellious show for her Back line. Striving for a 'senile chic' look, she paired sportswear inspired elastic waistbands with elegant draping, raw denim, and leather skirts. Balancing somewhere between the beautiful and the ugly, Ann-Sofie Back presents a fashion that is innovative, interesting, and edgy, yet highly wearable.
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4 February 2014
Joe said
I'm able to linkify certain keywords on the forum, so when they get mentioned they automatically point to articles in the main part of the site. I think sometimes the albums/songs/profiles get forgotten about, so this will give them a bit of promotion. Especially the solo sections for John and Paul - I've put quite a bit of work into then but haven't really worked out how best to let people know they're there.
Also, internal linking is very good for search engine optimisation (SEO), so it might help my Google ranking if people are looking for, say, Sgt Pepper. I'm only going to link to my features, not Amazon links or anything spammy.
I've tested it so far with album and song titles. Every time a title gets mentioned it'll hyperlink it, which may become a bit distracting if a conversation uses the same title again and again. We'll see. Also it gets confused when two names are similar, so "Let It Be Naked" just links the first bit (to the LIB album page).
If people don't absolutely hate it I'll roll out to cover people, as well as some events (Our World, Apple Rooftop). Where there's an album and song with the same name I'll just link to the album. When there's a generic word (eg Yesterday, Flying, Something, Help! - it doesn't like punctuation anyway) I won't let it link at all.
Test: Revolver, Abbey Road, What Goes On, Your Mother Should Know.
That's what I was curious about when I noticed the linking.
Seems like a good idea, especially for newer fans. If we're talking about something like the Carnival Of Light (if that links), for example, they can click it, know what we're talking about, and give the main site more traffic.
I found out it's possible to have case-sensitive entries, so yesterday won't autolink but Yesterday will. Should be easier when people use generic words in conversation.
1 May 2011
Can you overwrite the automated link with another link, say for instance a clip of All You Need Is Love that doesnt really warrant a full video in the thread/post? Let's give it a go. Cool, you can. Good to know.
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After much well-meaning pestering from @Ahhh Girl and others I've finally sorted out some simple affiliate links for Amazon and iTunes. These help give the Beatles Bible a bit of extra income, at no cost to you.
The links are in my autosignature, and should automatically take people to their country's version (eg amazon.ca, .co.uk).
Obviously there's no obligation to use these, but it would be appreciated if you remember!
When you click on the iTunes link (http://georiot.co/beatles), I get 7% of any purchases made in the next 24 hours.
For Amazon (http://georiot.co/azbeatles) it varies by product type, but averages out about the same. Again, it's for purchases made within 24 hours, but any items placed in a shopping cart can earn commission for up to 89 days if a purchase is eventually made.
Lastly, the links should take you directly to Beatles-related products, but it doesn't matter what gets bought.
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20 August 2013
Thanks for the added information about items saved in carts still earning commission for you if they are ordered within 89 days. That really helps.
4 February 2014
I just spent about $35 on iTunes two days ago! I have about 5 left I was planning on spending, so I guess you'll get 35 cents from me!
On my phone it opens the app, just curious as to how it works, it'll still go thru on mobile, correct?
31 October 2013
I'm not going to spend much money on iTunes, because really I'm not gonna spend $11 on one album on iTunes when I can spend the same $11 on 4 CDs at my record store.
But if I buy a movie on iTunes or something, I'll be sure to use it. And definitely for amazon
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Mr. Kite said
I just spent about $35 on iTunes two days ago! I have about 5 left I was planning on spending, so I guess you'll get 35 cents from me!
On my phone it opens the app, just curious as to how it works, it'll still go thru on mobile, correct?
Thanks! And yes, it should work that way on mobile and desktop - the web links should launch the iTunes app on any device (if it's installed), as there's no way (AFAIK) to buy files directly through the website.
IveJustSeenAFaceo said
I'm not going to spend much money on iTunes, because really I'm not gonna spend $11 on one album on iTunes when I can spend the same $11 on 4 CDs at my record store.
But if I buy a movie on iTunes or something, I'll be sure to use it. And definitely for amazon
Yeah, I only use iTunes for their exclusive files, such as the bonus Love songs. Normally I'd buy hard copies - Amazon gets way more money from me, though I know a lot of people don't like either company.
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We've had a few instances lately of people deleting all their posts after being part of conversations. It makes it very confusing. So I've made a couple of changes which may be temporary, may be permanent.
You can now edit your own post only until someone else has replied, and you cannot now delete your own messages. If you say something in error and it really cannot remain please flag it to a mod. Otherwise embrace your mistakes - we're all human.
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20 August 2013
To flag a post for a mod to delete, would a forumpudlian just need to click on the flag icon by the post they want to have deleted? or would they send us a PM?
If the former, what type of notification will the mods receive?
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Just report it with the flag icon and I'll get an email about it. Or people can post publicly and any of the mods can pick it up, whichever they think is more appropriate.
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24 March 2014
I deleted a photo post the other day because I just couldn't for the life of me figure out how to make it work right
No one had replied though so no confusion there.
I tried putting the link in and entering the full size picture dimensions and I tried just posting links straight into the post but everything was coming up as having ?w=200 appended to it so the thumbnails in the post looked OK buy when you click on the magnifying thimgummybob it would just be a really blurred pic in the larger frame and then if I clicked on that it went back to being a thumbnail. *scratched head*
Anyway long story short, are their instructions here for how to add pics on this site properly so that I don't screw it up? and if not can you just tell me please? Thanks!
20 August 2013
Joe is looking into the blurry picture thing.
Joe said
Regarding the image popups being of low quality, that was caused by me moving images onto a different server to save bandwidth (I won't explain in detail because it's slightly boring and techy). The other server resizes images to automatically display the most suitable version. However, in this case it was displaying the thumbnail correctly, then enlarging the same thumbnail image so it appeared blurry. It was clever, but not clever enough.
The best fix is to disable the thumbnail enlargement thing, so instead of it showing the full size as a popup, it takes you away from the forum to the image's location on the web. So clicking on the image in this post takes you to the full size jpg file.
If it's still doing weird stuff for people I can disable the thumbnail thing altogether, so people get the full size image in the post. It's up to you lot – let me know.
8 November 2012
Joe said
You can now edit your own post only until someone else has replied, and you cannot now delete your own messages.
May I make a case for allowing us to continue editing ours posts? I sometimes add information I find later to a newsish post when it would more irritating and spammy to make a separate post.
1 May 2011
I'd rather folk can't go back and edit posts after replies as it can screw up what has been said previously, also if folk want to delete their posts and cant then they can just go back and erase all the text making it still looks daft and ruining the thread.
8 November 2012
While I can understand not letting forum posters delete their own posts, I thought of another reason I'd like to suggest keeping the ability to edit, which is that we can go back to fix for formatting issues/bugs. I have to do this often with the ongoing issue of quoting someone, where someone else's entire post gets requoted, rather the actual reply I'm making to it. But if someone responds right away, I can't make the fix. Just kind of a pain to make duplicate posts, then having to PM a mod (and hoping they get the message) to delete the first just because of a formatting bug.
And, btw, this post right here is also an example of something I would rather have added to my above post as an edit, rather than making a separate one.
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31 October 2013
Anyway we could use the same thing for deleting as is in place for editing, where you can only delete before someone responds? I've made posts that I immediately regretted, so if I could still delete those, but not ones that had been replied to, that'd be good.
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18 March 2013
IveJustSeenAFaceo said
Anyway we could use the same thing for deleting as is in place for editing, where you can only delete before someone responds? I've made posts that I immediately regretted, so if I could still delete those, but not ones that had been replied to, that'd be good.
+1000 on this, I'd say I'd have double the amount of posts now if I hadn't deleted some of them
1 May 2011
I'd be happy with being able to delete and edit posts until someone responds but after that they are locked for eternity unless a mod accesses them or the forum disappears. Too many threads have been ruined by folk going back and deleting what they have written and folk have subsequently responded to.
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1 November 2013
What about deleted accounts what should happen to there posts? Will they still be there?
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Further screenshots of a pre-beta build of Windows 8 leaked on Saturday.
The screenshots appear to show the customization features of what will become Windows 8 beta. Users will be able to activate a color slider, allowing them to pick a custom background color for the Start Screen. The Windows 8 Developer Preview does not allow this and it's a highly requested feature for Windows 8. The colour slider is a simple and quick picker that appears to provide a number of darker colors for the Start Screen.
Windows 8 users will also be able to modify the background image of the Windows 8 Start Screen. Microsoft appears to be building in sample sets of images to use as a companion to the color options. It's not yet clear whether these images will include the ability for a user to pick their own image. Winunleaked, who published the screenshots, notes that the Start Screen personlization is a feature under construction so aspects could change at beta. Images of the Windows 8 Start Screen color customization leaked earlier this month.
Microsoft is expected to deliver a beta copy of Windows 8 at CES 2012 with a Release Candidate at the unannounced MIX 2012 conference. The big OEMs, including HP, Dell and ASUS are all reportedly preparing Windows 8 tablets for Q3 2012. Microsoft is expected to unveil the final version of Windows 8 during the Summer months of 2012 in preparation for a holiday push of new tablets and form factors.
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Bolshoi Dancer Thinks Acid Attack May Be One Giant Lie
By Mack Rawden 3 years ago
The acid attack against the Bolshoi Ballets artistic director, Sergei Filin, continues to get stranger and stranger. Earlier this week, one of the companys longest tenured dancers, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, told the Russian press he thinks theres a distinct possibility Filin may be lying about the acid attack and he thinks the Bolshois management should step down. Not surprisingly, no one involved enjoyed Tsiskaridzes comments very much, and now, theyre threatening to file a lawsuit against him.
According to The New York Times, Tsiskaridze, 39, and the Bolshoi management have had a contentious relationship for years. The outspoken dancer has been passed over for promotions numerous times, and hes reportedly feuded with many members of the company. After Filins attack, he was reportedly one of the first people the police interviewed. He refused to take a lie detector test, but apparently, he was far from the only member of the company who wanted nothing to do with the investigation.
Heres a portion of Tsiskaridzes quote about why hes suspicious of the acid incident
The point is that acid is a very dangerous thing, and if you have studied chemistry or read about other incidents of this kind, you must know that there are always horrible consequences, and right away he was shown with his face uncovered. If a person is speaking and giving interviews right away, it all looks very strange.
Im pretty sure one of the litany of doctors who have worked on Filin would have blown the whistle if he wasnt actually hit with any acid, but Tsiskaridze is certainly entitled to see a conspiracy if he feels one is there. As for whether it will make him even less likely to get a promotion, however, I would say it certainly wont help.