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Traveling is all relative. If you randomly had a mile-long river full of Class V rapids, alligators, and sharks between your bedroom and the bathroom, then going to the toilet at night would be considered quite a travel. Bring the Sigg Traveller Water Bottle along whether you're going down the hall or across the globe. This aluminum bottle's EcoCare liner keeps your water tasting fresh while the screw top means your travel or gym bag won't be soggy by the end of the day. This Sigg is about 2.8 inches wide and 8.5 inches tall.
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Small, thin, little and delicate
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Material is somehow delicate. I can see a small hole, and I just start using it, and color seems different from the picture. But it's ok if you like to bring it to you for a small walk or some other activity when you do not like to carry on much weight. Not recommended for outdoors activities.
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simple design, wish the top was bigger
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
You know what you're getting when you buy a Sigg: quality, durability, and good taste, but a little extra weight. My bottle has held up well and looks good covered in stickers. My only issue with the bottle is the opening on the top, I wish it was slightly bigger so that ice cubes would easily fit in, as it is I need to run water over the cubes to get them small enough to fit in...but Sigg now has a larger opening bottle so when I get a new one I know what I will buy, as it stands I still prefer my Nalgene.
Great bottle
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I have two of these in this size, and they're great. I use one at my desk at work, and the size is a lot more convenient than a larger Nalgene bottle. No weird taste at all, really durable, and looks nice. The only thing that bugs me is the plastic threads on the cap seem a little weak, they seem to get ripped up by the metal threads on the bottle. They need to make them bigger or more durable. Good bottle though.
tough & durable
I love these water bottles, I have these & some nalgenes. I prefer the Sigg water bottles a little more.
Time to drink more water!
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This thing helps me drink more water, instead of a soda at my desk, I have cool water all the time
Just the right size
I've got 2 other Sigg 1L bottles that I use for hiking when I don't have to worry about weight (I'd use Platypus if I do). But it's the 0.6L that I use on a daily basis. It's just the right size to fit in car's cup holder, and small enough to put in my messenger when I go off to conferences, and hold just the right amount of water while I'm in my cube working - give me an excuse to get my butt off the chair to go top it off. I love the iconic design and the Swiss quality. All the other bottles in the market are just imitating the original.
Doesn't leak, small and sweet
Simple and small nice one that i have with me most of the time for throughout the day quenching.


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Church's Anti-Atheist Billboard Is Actually A Pro-Atheist Message
In response to ads from the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Ohio, the McElroy Road Church of Christ put out their own ads that actually supported atheism.
The billboard says: "There is no god. Don't believe everything you hear."
My sentiments exactly!
Thank you McElroy Road Church of Christ! You guys are the best. I'm glad you guys saw the light.
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Bob Badour wrote:
>> An application should have its SQL statements in only a few modules, and
>> all others should be SQL-free.
>> Note in my statement, you can replace SQL with GUI, XML, ORB, etc, to
>> generally the same effect. The point of modules is to isolate and
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>> Is that so hard?
> Define: few
Encapsulation is hierarchical. The longer the conceptual distance between any two points in a program, the narrower their communication should be, if any.
So the few modules that have SQL in them should have wider communication with each other than with others. Sometimes we call that a "Layer".
Define: wider, longer, narrower, sometimes, etc. Answer: When you don't mix SQL in with your GUI, XML, ORB, and other what-not modules.
The alternative is like Visual Basic kiddie-kode, with multiple rampant SQL statements inside every button event handler. That's bad, so don't do that!
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Went for a ride over (6-8 miles) with my new RB-018 Nitto Bullhorn bars. I love them. I'm not happy with the grip wrap I did, but that can be fixed. The bars felt great although I miss not being able to get on the drops and go aero-like. Now I just need to get my pedals and clips in order and I'll be set. I was at my lbs this morning and saw a few things I'd like to get...seatpost, seat, wheels, tires, etc. etc. etc.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend. The weather here in FL is awesome today. This is why we put up with the occasional hurricane ; ) .


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I've got a bare long block 427 LS3 with the 58 tooth reluctor wheel. I'm trying to decide what is the best (or maybe cost effective) path to take.
The RX7 already has a throttle pedal that has a cable that works for cable driven throttle bodies. I think I would like to stay with a cable setup (unless there's some compelling reasons not too). I understand that to switch from DBW to Cable, the wiring harness will need to be modified by adding TPS and IAC connectors and removing the DBW Throttle Body connector.
Is the rest easily handled by the tuner?
Is this just a flash change?
I'm looking for suggestions where to purchase the wiring harness & ecm. I didn't see on Painless a specific harness for a cable driven conversion. I'm pretty sure this has been done before.
Or should I forget the whole idea and just go with DBW and get a new throttle pedal and slightly more costly TB.
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Long-Time Fugitive From Justice Indicted on Additional Charges
Defendant Fled to Mexico Prior to Sentencing in 2004
|U.S. Attorney's Office July 15, 2010
HOUSTON—Harris Dempsey "Butch" Ballow, 67, formerly of Galveston County, Texas, has been charged with conspiracy and wire fraud in a two-count indictment by a Houston grand jury, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. The indictment was returned today.
Ballow was a fugitive from justice in the United States for more than five years until his arrest on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, by agents of the Mexican Agencia Federal de Investigaciones (AFI) working closely with the FBI pursuant to a provisional arrest warrant. Ballow remains in custody in Mexico City awaiting extradition to the United States.
Originally indicted in federal court in Houston in 2003 for fraud and money laundering centering on misrepresentations made in connection with the purchase and sale of stock, Ballow pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David Hittner to money laundering in November. At the time, Ballow, who had been in custody without bond for approximately a year, agreed to cooperate with an Securities and Exchange Commission investigation and was released on a $100,000 bond pending his sentencing set for Dec. 16, 2004. However, facing 10 years imprisonment, Ballow failed to appear for the sentencing and fled the country. A warrant for Ballow's arrest issued the next day, Dec. 17, 2004.
According to allegations in today's indictment, Ballow lived under the names John Gel, Tom Brown and Marty Twinley during his time as a fugitive and also acquired a British passport in the name of Melvyn John Gelsthorpe. The indictment alleges Ballow used these names to take control of publicly-traded United States corporations, including E-SOL International Corp., Medra Corp., Deep Earth Resources Inc. and Aztec Technology Partners Inc.—now called Ultimate Lifestyles Corporation—and sold the stock to investors without revealing his true identity, his use of multiple names, his past convictions for fraud and money laundering and his status as fugitive from justice in the United States.
The indictment further alleged that Ballow moved to Puerto Aventuras, Mexico, in 2008, but disappeared in July 2009, just days after convincing an American investor from Texas to wire transfer $5 million to E-SOL in Reno, Nev. In October 2009, the indictment alleges Ballow reappeared in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he lived in a luxurious golf resort and was arrested by Mexican federal police on July 13, 2010.
The conspiracy and wire fraud charges each carry a maximum statutory penalty of 20 years and a fine of not more than $250,000.
The charges leading to this indictment are the result of an investigation conducted by the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service in conjunction with federal, state and local Mexican law enforcement officials. Assistant U.S. Attorney John R. Lewis will be prosecuting the case.


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Daniel Delling, Andrew V. Goldberg, Andreas Nowatzyk, and Renato F. Werneck
We present a novel algorithm to solve the nonnegative single-source shortest path problem on road networks and graphs with low highway dimension. After a quick preprocessing phase, we can compute all distances from a given source in the graph with essentially a linear sweep over all vertices. Because this sweep is independent of the source, we are able to reorder vertices in advance to exploit locality. Moreover, our algorithm takes advantage of features of modern CPU architectures, such as SSE and multiple cores. Compared to Dijkstra's algorithm, our method needs fewer operations, has better locality, and is better able to exploit parallelism at multi-core and instruction levels. We gain additional speedup when implementing our algorithm on a GPU, where it is up to three orders of magnitude faster than Dijkstra's algorithm on a high-end CPU. This makes applications based on all-pairs shortest-paths practical for continental-sized road networks. Several algorithms, such as computing the graph diameter, arc flags, or exact reaches, can be greatly accelerated by our method.
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1969 Plymouth Barracuda - Abandoned! - Rare FindsWritten by on May 1, 2004 In Storage For 10 Years, This Barracuda Finally Sees The Light Of Day.
How many times have we heard the story about a guy who parks his pride and joy in a storage building for safekeeping and never comes back? You know, he loved the car and bought it new. Periodically, he phoned the owner of the storage facility and paid him to pull the spark plugs and squirt a little oil down the cylinders. One month though, he doesn't pay the rent. A year passes, then two years. Finally, the building owner, unable to contact the renter, has to get rid of the car. He needs the space. He finally gets in contact with the guy's ex-wife. Her response is: "Do what you want to with it."
This is a true story about a '69 340 four-speed, Barracuda Formula S. The car was stored in Stowe, Vermont. Tim Quintin contacted us about his Rare Find.
According to Tim, "It's 98-percent original. It was stored up here for 10 years in a storage lot in Vermont." Tim is from a town called Williston, where cars left outside suffer the ravages of winter snows. He found the car through a business connection. Tim continued, "We [Tim and his brother Pete] own an automotive performance business, and we're big Chrysler guys."
Tim and Pete are a lot like the rest of us. If they find a screaming deal, they take advantage of it. Pete's interest was first piqued when the local Ford dealership's sales rep tipped him about a deal, "Hey, you guys are into Mopars. There's some guy in Stowe that wants to sell a Barracuda. It's an older one." The pre-'70 Barracudas are not widely recognizable. So when the rep saw the car, he wasn't sure of the model year. He continued, "The only thing I know about it, is it says 340 on the door. That's all I know." Pete got the phone number and called, but the storage owner wasn't sure of what he had, other than it was a Plymouth Barracuda. The brothers were so excited about the find they didn't let an 18-inch snowfall deter them from going to see it.
The car was sitting in the storage space it had occupied for 10 years. The building owner opened the door, and all the Quintin brothers could see was the Formula S badge. The building owner had no keys to it, so they couldn't start it or open it. The closer Tim looked, the more he realized he'd stumbled across a great "survivor" Barracuda. The Jamaica Blue paint was factory original and in nice condition. The body and undercarriage were rust free, and the rims wore the original hubcaps. The odometer showed about 62,000 miles, and the interior was like brand new. Under the hood were a few modifications, like a set of headers and an aftermarket intake and carb.
Another interested buyer had seen the Barracuda a day earlier, and Tim heard the man had offered $5,000. They found out the building owner refused that offer, so they increased their bid and made a deal. Tim tells us, "It was snowing like mad, and I [told the building owner] I'll be back on Monday to pick it up. Since I had no keys, I had a locksmith come along and make [a set]. When I opened the glove box, I found the original dealer booklet that tells you how everything works."
Apparently, the guy that abandoned the car was the original owner. Under the seat, Tim found the original broadcast sheet, and inside the trunk was the original redline spare tire. The jack and everything looked like new. They put a battery in it, changed the oil and filter, and turned it over by hand. Tim then primed the oil pump, and it fired right up.
What's interesting about this story is, there is a big car show in Stowe close to the brothers' shop. This car was sitting there, and nobody knew about it. The 340 and four-speed combination is backed by a set of 3.23 gears in an 831/44 rear with a Sure Grip


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So far if you look at Dani's career compared to Marquez, Dani has beaten him hands down. They have had very similar careers before moving up to the GP class. They both had very good support in the lower classes but Dani cleaned the boards, whereas Marquez though impressive has not done quite so well. Check their respective results and competition if you doubt.
No idea how Marquez will fair this year in GPs, he may be a new sensation but there are a few question marks over his racecraft as yet IMO.


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The Four Spiritual Laws are a compilation of the broad gospel message intended to be delivered and understood in four basic steps. They are:
- God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life, John 3:16, 10:10.
- We have all sinned and are separated from God, Rom. 3:23, 6:23.
- Jesus is the only way to be forgiven of our sins and find God, John 14:6.
- We must personally received Jesus as Savior and Lord, John 1:12.
These four are basic guidelines and are often used as a guide to explain the gospel message. As the presenter delivers the information, he/she will expand on each point.
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I am looking for software that will allow me to automate some GUI tasks, including clicking on buttons and sending keystrokes to a GUI application running in the foreground.
Are there any recommendations?
- Scriptable - I need the ability to make decisions at runtime - ie branch if window title contains some specific text.
- Robust button clicking - NOT "position the mouse relative to the window and send a click", but rather look for the button object by some internal id, then send a click event directly to the object internally or just position the mouse in the middle of the button by asking the button where it is on the screen.
- Aware of GUI events - eg it will tell me in some way if a window pops up


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The Albany Medical College Department of Psychiatry has contributed leadership and innovation in mental health care for New York's Capital District since 1902. Today, working with its affiliated institutions, Capital District Psychiatric Center (CDPC) and the Samuel Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albany Psychiatry continues to provide clinical psychiatric care, consultation and education within Albany Medical Center, the region's only academic health sciences center. Core teaching and clinical faculty work closely with medical students, residents and staff to provide the most recent advances in psychiatry education and research for our patients. Faculty areas of expertise include psychodynamic and long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy, brief psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive and dialectical behavioral psychotherapy, substance abuse education and treatment, child, geriatric and adult psychopharmacology, inpatient, emergency, forensic and consultation-liaison psychiatry, administrative psychiatry, college and professional student evaluation and treatment, evaluation and treatment for professionals, psychological assessment and collaborative consultation, psychiatric nursing, group and family-based care. As an integral division of the Neurosciences Institute at Albany Medical Center, we are proud to continue to fulfill our mission to provide excellent and humane care to the mentally ill within our community now in our 105th year of practice, teaching and administrative leadership in psychiatry.
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On a spring day in 1999, international protocol met Internet protocol in Seattle. Government officials from 50 nations squeezed into an overflowing banquet hall in an otherwise carefully choreographed event. A steady stream of limousines, taxis and ride-share vans dropped off delegates all morning. They were mostly suits -- with a smattering of geeks -- converging on a downtown hotel for the Microsoft Government Leaders' Conference.
They were drawn by the promise of harnessing a new "digital nervous system [to] ... enhance the speed and efficiency of government" -- a welcome contrast to the hurry-up-and-wait countdown to the Y2K rollover.
"Mr. Governor, government must go digital," quipped Micosoft Chairman Bill Gates to home state Gov. Gary Locke at the opening of the global gathering of government officials. The comment was characteristically Gatesian -- equal parts observation, prophesy and imperative. The words rang out of the Seattle ballroom and reverberated down to the state Capitol. Locke's response, delivered to a gathering of senior state managers a few months later, was simple and direct: "If they can do it Redmond, we can do it in Olympia."
To those of us who counted ourselves as converts to digital government, the governor's message was music to our ears -- but we were in the minority. The polite but tepid majority response to his challenge was from unregenerate program managers who had budget problems, personnel problems and old technology problems. Likewise, many downcast agency IT directors believed their respective agencies were heavily reliant on poorly documented, aging systems that were hard coded in a world that now demanded a fluid response. Some harbored dreams of ERP, which would put old systems out of their misery. Others fiercely defended the unique ability of legacy systems to do the heavy lifting of government. Most appeared leery of what they didn't know about the Internet and were reluctant to extend the value of their mission-critical systems through what they characterized as light-weight Internet applications.
The mood also was flavored with cynicism over earlier broken promises about technology that left many disappointed, and worse, hoodwinked. They would not be fooled again. Nor, paradoxically, did they want to be left behind. A ready consensus? Not a chance. The making of a critical mass to change the way the state did government? Not yet.
Three Men and a Baby
If this was the birth of a new way of doing government, three men really wanted this baby. Locke -- no stranger to the Microsoft campus or other technology-laden environments in the Northwest's silicon forest -- was eager to emulate results the private sector was beginning to see in managing supply chains and other internal processes. He had seen the future and wanted to take it back with him to Olympia -- a point not lost on then-Chief of Staff Joe Dear, who also was devoted to effective and efficient government. Dear's intent was clear: The administration was "moving from process to results," and digital government held the greatest promise among available options to deliver results quickly. The trio was completed by Steve Kolodney, returning from a brief sabbatical at the Center for Digital Government to serve again as state CIO and Cabinet-level director of the Department of Information Services (DIS).
That's where we came in. We were the people of DIS, a public agency with a stronger bench of technological, legal and policy talent than you would have expected at the height of dot-com mania. In a shoebox-sized conference room, the six-member executive team began fleshing out this new experiment in government modernization. This de facto war room was sandwiched between Kolodney's office and mine -- that of the deputy director. The conference room's d


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Hardee's unveils new 'Monster'
Fast-food chain's new burger -- with 1,400 calories and 107 grams of fat -- will cost you $5.49.
November 15, 2004: 6:42 PM EST
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Fans of Hardee's new "Monster Thickburger" may end up making "Big Mac" lovers look like waif-like supermodels.
Hardee's rolls out its new "Monster Thickburger," which contains two 1/3-pound slabs of Angus beef, four strips of bacon, three slices of cheese and mayonnaise on a buttered sesame seed bun.
As many fast-food restaurants cut back the fat and calories in their offerings, Hardee's Food Systems Inc. is betting that Americans are ready to sink their teeth into its new and improved "Monster" burger.
St. Louis-based Hardee's said its new burger boasts two 1/3-pound slabs of Angus beef, four strips of bacon, three slices of American cheese and some mayonnaise -- all on a buttered, toasted, sesame seed bun.
The "Monster Thickburger" will cost about $5.49, Hardee's said. But chowing down on the 1,420-calorie burger, which contains 107 grams of fat, will cost around $7 with fries and a soda.
"The (original) 'Monster Burger' was one of our most popular menu items," Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing for Hardee's, said in a statement. "(But) it's now a 'Thickburger.'"
Many fast-food chains, including McDonald's (Research) and Wendy's International (Research), have tried to offer healthier menu items to cater to Americans on low-fat, low-carb diets.
But Hardee's said the "Monster Thickburger" is not all it has to offer on its menu.
"In about 30 days, we will be introducing a BBQ chicken sandwich that would only have 4 grams of fat and 300 calories. We just have a wide range of selections for everybody," Haley said.
Hardee's is owned by CKE Restaurants (Research) of Carpinteria, Calif., whose stock rose about 1 percent Monday.
Makes a Wendy's triple cheeseburger look healthy!!!
Here's the grease de resistance, according to each of the restaurant chains' Web sites:
Hardee's Two-thirds Pound Double Bacon Cheeseburger has 1,301 calories, including 864 calories from fat.
Jack in the Box's Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger has 1,120 calories, including 680 calories from fat.
Burger King's Double Whopper with Cheese has 1,060 calories, including 620 calories from fat.
Wendy's Classic Triple with cheese has 940 calories, including 510 calories from fat.
McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese has 770 calories, including 430 calories


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Here you see my pictures of the Swiss chards that I didn't sow…
Of the squash that germinated in the compost we distributed in the greenhouse…
And of the Mustard leaf that has sown itself between the peas.
Don't you think I would be stupid not to let them grow?
Oh yes, I know… All those Diligent Gardeners will shake their heads and ask… 'Lady, haven't you heard about crop rotation, have you?'
'Yes, I have', I will reply… 'But apparently Mother Nature hasn't.'
I'm sure that in those little self-sow patches there are plants of enough different families to prevent problems for each other…
Snijbiet | Chards 'Bright Light'
Beta vulgaris var. cicla
Mosterdblad | Mustard greens | Brassica juncea
Brassica juncea
I agree – nature knows best.
Don't look a gift horse (er, spinach, chard etc) in the mouth!
It's a blessing! ……and a nice mesclun salad. This might be a lesson for all of us.
I'm of that persuasion myself… And sometimes it's amazing what just appears!
surprises like that are the best! :-)
Ah Mother Nature spared a few cauliflowers, a red cabbage and an already huge (!) celeriac in our garden. So nice of her!!!
Our best garden is this year, as Nature did so much of the work for us!
Squash always self-sows itself from compost in my mom's garden. The problem arises when she actually intentionally sows squash (which she does every year) and is then surprised when her spaghetti squash turns out to be a pumpkin, or her "zucchini" plant starts producing butternut squash!
I'm wondering what my self-sown squash will be like…
I guess it'll be a butternut, because I had many, many butternuts last year, and only two 'Musquée de Provence'. We got some Hokkaido-pumpkins from someone else's garden, but I think that was already hybridized, because it had a fairly bland taste. (So I hope it's not a seed from one of those squashes….)
I pretty sure that plant isn't going to produces zucchini's, because I never let the zucchini's grow big…
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Mr.Bean is a comedy thriller movie directed by Reji Paul who is the assistant director of Sharvi.The main lead cast Divya Darshan, Maanav,Bijukuttan, Irfan Khan will be seen in different and stylish look in this flick. Avanthika mohan, Kriti Kapoor and Pritam Kagne are playing the female lead role in this flick.
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text: Indiana Sports Corp All Boats Advance to Semifinals at NCAA Championships Varsity eight and second varsity eight capture heats By Cal Athletics on Fri, May 30, 2014 Related Links Live Results Live Video INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – California women's crew, ranked fourth nationally, saw all three of its boats advance to the semifinals of the NCAA Women's Rowing Championships on Friday at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, Ind. The varsity eight and varsity four each won its heat with the second varsity eight placing second in its heat during Friday's action. "All three boats had good races this morning, and it's always good to go straight to the semifinals," California head women's rowing coach Dave O'Neill said. "The first eight has really come together since the Pac-12 Championships, and they did exact what they were looking to do. The second eight showed they have some speed and know what needs to be done moving forward. Our last race of the morning was the four. This might have been the eighth or ninth combination that's raced, and they look to be heading in the right direction." The varsity eight won its heat by six seconds (6:19.335 – 6:25.482) over second-place Princeton in the Golden Bears' first race of the morning. UCLA placed third with a time of 6:31.291. Princeton raced out to the early lead, but the Bears pulled level by the midway point and cruised to the win. The Bears also captured the top spot in the varsity four, leading from the start and winning by six seconds over second-place Virginia. Cal raced down the course in 7:07.874, ahead of UVA (7:13.488) and third-place UCLA (7:28.542). Cal's second varsity placed second in its heat with a time of 6:33.099, six seconds back of Ohio State (6:27.695). Harvard placed third with a time of 6:38.406. The Bears jumped out to a lead after 500 meters, before the Buckeyes pulled ahead around the midway point of the course. The semifinals of each of the three races begins at 5:30 a.m. (PT) on Saturday. Fans can follow all the action by clicking here. "After the first morning of racing we look to be in pretty good shape, but there's a long way to go," O'Neill said. "Tomorrow's semifinals are always really tight racing, so we'll need to be fully prepared for what's ahead." Varsity 8+ Heat 3 Top-Three: 1. California (6:19.335), 2. Princeton (6:25.482) 3. UCLA (6:31.291) Cal Lineup: Lindsay Meltz(Cox). Aggie Nowinski(8), Kendall Chase(7), Papa Hipango(6), Kara Kohler(5), Rosie Popa(4), Inger Kavlie(3), Ingvild Roenningen(2), Michelle Leason(1). Second Varsity 8+ Heat 3 Top-Three: 1. Ohio State (6:27.695), 2. California (6:33.099), 3. Harvard (6:38.406) Cal Lineup: Hannah Freeman(Cox), Sarah Schwartz(8), Greer Uu(7), Rowan McKeller(6), Charlotte Siering(5), Jacinta Edmunds(4), Cara Bohmann(3), Elie Byrd(2), Madeline Wolf(1). Varsity 4+ Heat 3 Top-Three: 1. California (7:07.874). 2. Virginia (7:13.488), 3. UCLA (7:28.542) Cal Lineup: Mary Thomasmyer(Cox), Dorothee Beckendorff(4), Stephanie Kraemer(3), Charlotte Passot(2), Anne Duval(1). RECOMMENDED STORIES < Cal Sends All Three Boats To Grand Finals Cal Qualifies All Three Boats To Semifinals Isn't Life Great? > OFFICIAL ONLINE STORE < Men's Nike Gray Cal Bears Team Stripe T-Shirt $25.95 Buy Now > Cal Bears Nike Navy Blue Medium Training Duffle Bag $60.00 Buy Now > > Left Promo SHOP NOW > Right Promo MORE INFO > Bears On Pac-12 Networks Full TV Schedule Get Pac-12 Networks


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completely new to flash bar some small games and functions made in college which was a few years ago! I'm looking to create a wheel for my website, which will spin on user request after payment (for example $1) , I want the wheel to have one prize available say worth $50, but the wheel only truly become random after the 70-80th spin, then when a winner is chosen by the randomisation a unique code will appear to claim the prize. I'm presuming this would be done by Flash?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Creating a spinning wheel which requires payment to spin
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Re: Creating a spinning wheel which requires payment to spin
Posted 14 October 2014 - 09:17 AM
Flash is one way to do that, although these days using Flash will limit your audience somewhat to mostly desktop or laptop computers. Another way to reach a wider audience is to use HTML 5 with the canvas element for animation. Otherwise, once you've decided on a platform then just break it down into individual pieces. One part is the code to do the rotation and spinning effect. Another part is determining where it stopped. Another is the payment process, etc. Break it down into individual problems that you can solve.
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I was using my e-banking to check through the account transactions.
Then I noticed something was wrong.
Two of the cheques I issued had been returned!
I went to local branch to inquire the reason for such incidents.
To my dismay, the answer they gave: The reason will only be known by the branch which returned the cheque to your client.
So that means I, the issuer of the cheque, will be in total darkness as to the reason my cheque being returned.
Duh. In this electronic age, can't they put a simple comment box there? Is it too much to ask?


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I've been meaning to get this on the blog since the performance, but life gets in the way of blogging. So here it is – my first Stand Up Comedy performance. Next show is end of August…
24 Friday Jul 2015
I've been meaning to get this on the blog since the performance, but life gets in the way of blogging. So here it is – my first Stand Up Comedy performance. Next show is end of August…
31 Tuesday Mar 2015
First, a little backstory.
Many months ago, I was interviewed by Aja Romano for what ultimately became this article. I really should have known better. Aja's name has shown up on the various wank sites more often than I have. I should have known it wasn't the best idea, but I didn't research her history. I thought, given her previous tumblr post warning people about Andy and her previous article about the cult I was in, that she would write an article that would…well, that wouldn't glorify Andy's cult-building.
Clearly, I was very mistaken.
Aja blamed her editors at the daily dot and immediately sent me a copy of the draft article that was supposedly very different from the published piece (spoiler alert – it wasn't)
After the fact, she said she was going to release the various interviews she did with former cult members. I made it clear that I would release the draft she sent me (without any specifications that it be kept private, despite the disclaimers both on this blog and my tumblr) if she failed to release them by the date she chose – March 31.
Below is my correspondence with the Daily Dot editor.
"I am the Managing Editor at The Daily Dot, which owns and operates the Kernel. I am writing to you about the recent article about Andrew Blake written by one of our staff writers, Aja Romano.
Thank you for corresponding so extensively with Ms. Romano in connection with the story. I know that opening up about your personal experiences was emotional and time consuming, and we sincerely appreciate your time and candor.
I understand that you are dissatisfied with the version of the story that we ultimately published and feel that the published version did not reflect what you thought it would (or should). I wanted to explain our editorial decisions and address some important issues surrounding the story.
As you know, the Daily Dot and the Kernel are leading online newspapers. As news organizations, we take pride in — and hold ourselves to — strict journalistic standards of honesty, integrity, objectivity, and transparency. As with most first drafts of our stories, the original version of this story did not meet our rigorous standards and needed a significant amount of editing. The piece was too long, too one-sided, and not sourced well enough to be published. Accordingly, our editors, as they do with all our stories, reviewed, fact-checked, and revised the piece.
The published version of the story was the product of our standard operating procedures and reflected our journalistic standards. We are proud of the story.
We are unhappy, however, with some of Ms. Romano's interactions with you, including certain promises she made. Specifically, Ms. Romano, as an employee of the Daily Dot, is not — and was never — authorized to share earlier drafts of the story with you or any other source. Though her intentions may have been good, Ms. Romano's decision to provide you with an unfinished draft of the story was a lapse in her professional judgement. Doing so violated not only our internal procedures, but also our copyright in the story, which is owned and controlled solely by the Daily Dot. Furthermore, Ms. Romano has no authority — and therefore should not have promised — to post, publish, or provide you or any other source with the transcripts of her interviews. Again, the transcripts are owned by the Daily Dot, and only the Daily Dot has the right to control their dissemination.
We understand from your March 10, 2015 Tumblr post that you intend to release the unedited version of the story at the end of this month if Ms. Romano does not post all of the interview transcripts associated with this story. As noted above, the decision of whether to post the transcripts is not Ms. Romano's to make, so please direct any further coorespondence regarding this story to me.
We are planning to publish the interviews, but it will be done to our standards and on our own timetable. First, as you can certainly appreciate, we need to honor any requests made by our interviewees at the time Ms. Romano conducted the interview. For example, if something was disclosed under conditions of confidentiality or off the record, we need to respect those conditions and either not publish that particular transcript or redact certain portions of it, as applicable. Second, if there are any statements of fact that could be regarded as defamatory and could expose the Daily Dot to legal liability, we will need to redact those portions. Given the two foregoing requirements and the sheer breadth of the interview material that will need to be reviewed by us and our legal counsel, this process will take time. We estimate it will require around four weeks.
I trust that this satisfies your concerns. Please understand that we are not offering to publish the transcripts in response to any threats, but in the interest of transparency and closure.
In light of my assurances to you to publish the interview transcripts as set forth above, please confirm to me that you will honor you promise to Ms. Romano and not publish or distribute the pre-publication draft of the article. In addition, I request that you delete any copies you may have of the original article, as it is the copyrighted property of the Daily Dot, and Ms. Romano had no right to share it with you. Please understand that the draft of the story you have contained a host of potentially problematic issues, and any publication could expose anyone publishing it — including you — to legal liability from third parties.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter, and I look forward to hearing from you.
Very truly yours,
Austin Powell
Managing Editor"
Everybody got that?
I was displeased, to say the least, at this development. Furthermore, I was down with a nasty cold most of last week, so I let my rage (and virus) simmer until I finally sent my reply on March 29. Here it is:
Dear Mr. Powell,
It is certainly your right to be proud of the article you have published. I would expect any legitimate publication to stand by their own stories.
However, you are failing to note that in taking on a subject like Andrew Blake, you were knowingly taking on a risk. When you publish an article about a known abuser and cult leader, the risk that some statements may appear "defamatory" must surely be accepted. A failure to accept this risk results only in the sidelining and silencing of victims, as is evident from your final published article. This is what you must redress with the publication of interviews, and this is where your priority must lie if you are to be taken seriously as a "leading online newspaper".
It is of course understandable that you seek to protect yourselves from litigation, but you also have an ethical responsibility to Andy's past and potential victims, a responsibility that in my opinion you failed to meet. You published an article that portrayed an abuser and cult leader as a fascinating person, one who might be "worth the risk" of involvement. It was your choice to end it on that note. You also allowed Aja Romano, your reporter, to utterly fail to interrogate Andy on his many excuses and claims, claims that the article could have at least questioned without fear of legal reprisal. (For example, in the interview, Andrew Blake admits to sexual abuse of victims, offering spurious defense, and yet Ms. Romano had no further questions on that topic, apparently. This is an astonishing oversight for someone who represents herself as a professional journalist and an appalling opportunity offered to an admitted sexual abuser to excuse his own behavior.)
You must also accept responsibility for the unethical treatment of Andy Blake's past victims. I am extremely unhappy with Ms. Romano and her interactions with both me and my fellow victims. She has been rude, dismissive and extremely sloppy in her "research" and her treatment of all of us. Many of us have openly stated that we feel dirty and used in the wake of her interactions and the article that she produced. Again, though you are not legally responsible for such treatment, you are ethically responsible.
Further ethical responsibility must be accepted by you regarding your use of Brittany Quinn's tragic death and your total misrepresentation of the blogs known as "Andy Awareness" blogs. I can only hope that the publication of interviews by you will go some way towards redressing the several wrongs committed by you in the publication of this irresponsible article.
As regards the draft shared by Ms. Romano, if she had no authorization to share it, or to make any promises regarding the release of information and interview transcripts, perhaps this is something you should take up with her. Particularly , particularly since she has publicly and consistently blamed her editors as being at fault. Her continued unprofessional behavior reflects very badly on The Daily Dot, and I know that I am not alone in my opinion.
Ms. Romano sent me the draft article with no statements indicating that it was to be kept in confidence. I quote from her original email here:
"This is the version I filed before any edits at all, including self-editing. The final version had been hacked down by me (I cut 4,000 words in a shorter version but filed this version too), and then it was gone over again by three different supervising editors and a copy editor.
Any mistakes and factual errors in this version are all mine. I will say that the last section, the mention about AB "forgetting to give me an answer," was written before his last-minute email, which my editor insisted on quoting a huge chunk of. i just hate how much AB got direct-quoted in that article. ugh, i hate it.
I have clearly stated on my blog and my tumblr, "Any correspondence may be published in whole or in part at my sole discretion unless specified as private." As you can see from the email excerpt above, Ms. Romano made no such indication that this was private. As such, although I had yet to publish any version of the draft article, I have already shared it with a number of my fellow victims/interviewees. I will be forwarding your notice to them so that they may protect themselves, but I will not be held responsible for your reporter's actions and negligence both in sending it to me to begin with and in failing to specify that it was to be kept in confidence. Your attempt to place the responsibility on me for limiting the distribution of this article is highly inappropriate, as are your vague threats of legal reprisal.
Nevertheless, I can assure you that I won't be publishing the draft on my blog. I'm a wife, mother and very small time blogger and have no interest in the vendetta of a publication that employs journalists such as Aja Romano. I haven't the resources to fight a copyright claim, and I would like very much to have no further dealings with Ms. Romano. I have deleted my own copy of the draft, but I cannot and will not be held responsible for other copies that already exist and have been shared, nor will I refrain from commentary regarding this article, Ms. Romano's behavior, or this entire situation.
I have worked very hard to regain my own reputation as an honest person, both personally and online. I am extremely incensed that your employee has caused this situation, and put me in this position. I had no notable contact with Ms. Romano prior to her contacting me about this article, and it was I who put her in contact with many of Andy Blake's victims. I don't take well to being used as Ms. Romano has used me, and I deeply resent that she was able to hurt people through my vouching for her.
I look forward to reading the released copies of the interviews. I also hold myself accountable in terms of honesty, integrity, objectivity and transparency. It is in that spirit that I will be publishing our correspondence, both to my tumblr and to my blog.
Abbey Willson
So what happens now?
I have not yet heard a reply from The Daily Dot. However, I am well aware that more than one interviewee intend to self-publish their interviews, or have sent them to me with requests and permission to publish them. That means that it won't be that long before at least some of the material Aja and The Daily Dot are withholding will be available. Also, as I stated in the letter above, I had already shared copies of the draft article (which had no specification that I was not to when it was sent). That means that, although I have contacted all of those parties and told them not to publish it, there will undoubtedly be commentary forthcoming.
21 Saturday Feb 2015
It's been one year today since the tragic and preventable death of Gavin Michael. In that year I've become friends with his mother, Danielle, whom I blogged about here. She later said it helped her see how she was being manipulated by midwife Christy Collins.
In the last year, not one person responsible for Gavin's death has so much as expressed sadness for it – let alone guilt, grief or responsibility. Jan Tritten, Midwifery Today magazine, Christy Collins – nothing. Except to ban and delete all evidence that it ever happened.
Don't let them hide another unnecessary, completely preventable baby death. Don't let them bury another child twice.
22 Thursday Jan 2015
I was interviewed by MotherJones.com some time ago about my son's life and death. I have tried to make a post ever since, especially with all the anti choice legislation and seas of misinformation out there. But I just haven't been able to. I've been on a blogging hiatus as I focus on my living son, my husband, my family and my job.
I'm still around. I update my Tumblr on occasion and express my creativity through arts and crafts. Lately, papercraft.
I have a half dozen almost-finished posts, but I'm so stressed about how tomorrow's article will go that I haven't made much progress on any of them.
I spent an hour on one tonight only to have the computer eat it, so this is the best I have. If you're new here, welcome. Most of what I write is about my life and my history. My son's death and my experiences with it are here. I've got lots of archives and new work is always forthcoming. Read and enjoy, and forgive a busy mom for putting life above prompt blog posts.
09 Sunday Nov 2014
It's 3:44 am and I cannot sleep.
After two hours of trying to drift off and being barely able to lie still enough to avoid keeping my husband awake along with me (truly unfair, as he works tomorrow morning and I don't have to be functional until my sweet son comes home from Grammy's at 9). I could theoretically get up to five hours of sleep if my brain would turn off for even a moment, but it won't. It's replaying my night, reveling in the best moments. My heart feels so full it aches right now, in a way that I can't quite put words to. I feel inspired and humbled, ecstatic and embarrassed, proud and shy.
Tonight, I met my heroes.
I knew months ago that Penn & Teller would be doing a show at Spirit Mountain Casino. It was such a given that I'd go that it didn't occur to me that I might not get a ticket – that the show would sell out weeks before we could afford even the cheapest tickets. But sell out they did (no surprise, really) and my husband and Diamond both just shrugged and moved on. I, being the one who tends to be a bit larger than life, would have been devastated under most circumstances. Somehow, though, I wasn't.
Nope, I just decided after barely a moment's deflation that to hell with that, I was going to go to that casino and just wait until the show let out. I'm a fan; I know these guys hang out in the lobby until the last fan waiting has met them and been selfied or autographed or whatever. I wanted to see the show, but what I really wanted was to meet them and say Thank You. Thank them and tell them a little about how much of a difference Bullshit! made in my life, for ill and later for good.
It was a magical night, full of a luck that I don't usually encounter for an event I've built up this much in my mind. I left at five, fingers crossed that my husband's suggestion of asking about no-shows at the box office would work. I made good time, chugging along I-5 and listening to Stephen King,'s It, too excited to stop for more than a cup of coffee. I got there and went to the box office and was given one of three remaining seats. Good seat too, on the floor, 15 rows back, not too far from center. I could see and hear and was so hopped up on anticipation that I couldn't even read the program I'd bought.
The show was great – I can't do it justice with words. Much of it was quieter and more intimate than I would have expected. Seeing them making the audience complicit on tv doesn't capture the true magic of it in person. They did one of my favorite bits – the one where they symbolically burn the flag. It was nearly identical to the ones I've seen, both on Bullshit! and on youtube (I watch it every year on July 4th). It was like watching a dance – one that made me laugh and tear up at once. And the last gag was nothing big or explosive – just the two of them, Penn talking quietly, mostly lit by a candle, and ultimately eating fire. It reminded me less of a grand finale than of sitting by a fire at the end of a night, listening to one last story before bed.
Out in the lobby, it was madness. I waited patiently – more still and silent than anyone who knows me would ever believe. I mostly just stood and watched; tried not to stare like a creeper. Eventually the lobby emptied to just a handful of fans, those few of us with stars in our eyes, exchanging looks that were a mixture of camaraderie and wariness. We all knew why we were there – we wanted to go last and get to have a conversation, not just a souvenir.
I don't talk about it publicly, but I've met a whole lot of celebrities since Project Elanor. I've got a bit of pride about the fact that I have kept my wits and been able to… well, to be my usual "public" self – confident, gregarious, casual. But not this time. This time I had to force myself talk. I stammered; I had trouble getting the words out; I blushed furiously and hung back.
I felt humbled to be in the presence of these men that I respect on such a deep level – as a comedian, a writer, a performer, a skeptic… I am not joking when I say they're heroes to me. But they were both so kind – and so different than I expected. Penn called everybody "Boss" and was soft-spoken and listened intently to what people had to say – when they got his attention, which was prone to wander. He also looked exhausted enough that I felt mildly guilty to be one of the last hangers-on. (ETA: I think he's sick – he skipped Sunday school)
But I pushed through enough to stammer out a very truncated version of my story. I told Penn that I'd been in a small cult. He immediately said, "I'm so sorry!" I smiled and said that I'm all better now, and then told him that the leader had us watch Bullshit! and explain away what Penn was saying. He nodded and then doubled back. "You mean, like, trying to debunk us?" he said. "No, I mean he was explaining to us why what he was doing wasn't what you were debunking," I managed to say. Penn laughed. "I wanted to understand!" he said and patted my arm, and then was on to the next adoring fan.
Teller, on the other hand, was bright and eager, friendly and welcoming in a way that was almost totally unexpected. It's hard to describe Teller in person – so different from Teller on television. His near-silent performance has so much nuance that the camera doesn't do justice, and his interactions in the lobby had a very different feel. I was unprepared for the full attention he gave me – and every fan – and wasn't able to do more than stammer my gratitude for the show – all the shows over the years – and take a picture, and then sheepishly ask for his autograph. "I usually don't, but Penn kind of signed it before I even asked," I said, feeling stupid. But Teller is a class act and signed it, indicated that symmetry is important, and just seemed to try to make me (and everyone else) feel at ease and as comfortable as he clearly was.
At the end of the night, I left with a ticket stub, an autographed program, the photos I've posted here, and a heart over-brimming with joy and gratitude. It's an hour since I started this post (and, admittedly, three shots of vodka) and I'm no closer to sleep than I was when I began. All I can think of is what I wish I'd said, what I want to say next time, and what an amazing dream come true it was to meet them both. I came away feeling inspired and ready to work all the harder on my writing, performing and comedy. Instead of the horror I felt in the wake of Project Elanor and Tentmoot. It was a revelation – this is what it is supposed to be like to meet a hero. Not shame; joy. Not horror; honor. Not ignominy; inspiration.
13 Saturday Sep 2014
I hosted an AMA on my livejournal last month, and finally completed all the questions. You can read it here.
03 Thursday Jul 2014
New content over at Off the Rails
The Cult Test (questions 1-10)
Also, can't help noticing all the new readers. Welcome! I suggest you check out the Rider's Guide over at my more cult/survivor focused blog (although many posts are still hosted here on my main site and most originated here).
12 Sunday Jan 2014
New content over at Off the Rails:
09 Wednesday Oct 2013
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I still miss Jason. More than you'd think it was possible to miss someone that, technically, you've only seen in person three or four times in the last several years. I'm finally coming out of that tunnel of untapped anguish now. Ever since he was killed, I haven't felt much more than this awful, gnawing, numbing ache. To quote, of all things, Lord of the Rings…."I feel stretched, like butter over too much bread." And there's been little to no creativity, at least writing-wise, in that aching nothing.
I'm finally starting to just cry sometimes. Watching the new Half in the Bag (which, ironically, Jason hated) broke through. They were talking about how the best thing about a certain bad movie is watching it with someone who hasn't seen it yet and watching their reaction to the absurdity. And suddenly the sorrow was loosed, as I remember the last day I saw Jason, days before he left us all. When I sat him (with Diamond) down and made him watch Sharknado. And laughed with joy at his repeated shouts of, "What the SHIT is going ON??!?!? WHAT?!!"
Now that the sadness has broken free, I'm feeling the loss more keenly than ever. But I'm also loosed from that prison of numbness. The words are starting to flow along with the tears.
So the blogging will resume – along with the long, long overdue blog redesign, which I am grateful that Jason got to see. Thank you all for still checking in on me and the various kind condolences I've gotten over the weeks. It matters, more than I can say.
08 Monday Apr 2013
The "About Me" section is now online. I am working on the FAQ page update – thank you to the commenter who sent me a copy from the wayback machine!


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I don't know if anyone is into fishing on this website, but I own a fishing related forum that I would love to get some fellow Cyclones on. But it's been hard for me to get any traffic to my website. I was wondering if it would be ok for me to post the web address to my site. I understand that some places don't like that sort of thing so that is why I'm asking here (also I don't quite know how to figure out the PM system). I won't post it if you guys are against it.
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I don't know if anyone is into fishing on this website
There are definitely a few that are into trolling...
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Since I'm the admin I don't think that will be a problem. I have a big ban hammer, and I'm not afraid to use it.
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There are definitely a few that are into trolling...
I like what you did there.
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Steven Biskupic, the George W. Bush-era U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, is a busy man these days thanks to two of Wisconsin's more prominent political scandals – controversies that couldn't be more different.
One involves a divisive governor; the other, a drunken mayor.
In the former, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) saw a former top aide's home raided by FBI agents this week in an investigation that is believed to be related to Walker's 2010 election campaign. The story is getting national attention after Walker led a bitter fight to strip Wisconsin public employees of collective bargaining rights that catapulted him to prominence.
Walker has not been directly implicated in the election probe, but if he needs representation, the governor has already paid $60,000 for the services of Biskupic's firm, the Milwaukee-based Michael Best & Friedrich. Biskupic has been kept on retainer by Walker since his November gubernatorial campaign, when Walker – then executive of Milwaukee County – was subpoenaed for campaign emails prior to the election.
The other political scandal in which Biskupic has offered his services has even attracted coverage from overseas: the behavior of Sheboygan mayor Bob Ryan during what he himself described as a "three day drinking session." In late July, Ryan was photographed slumped unconscious over a barroom table, was seen involved in physical altercations, and only admitted to the revelry after photographic evidence of his exploits surfaced.
In response, the Sheboygan city council called upon the mayor to resign. But having seen Ryan refuse to heed its call to step down, the city council initiated proceedings against the mayor, who claimed he would seek outpatient treatment for alcoholism.
Enter Biskupic. This week, the council announced that it officially retained him as special prosecutor, after having hired him as an adviser weeks ago.
It is unclear at the moment what, if any, legal issues Biskupic might have to research on behalf of Walker, given the confidential nature of the investigation. In the case of Ryan, Biskupic may need to brush up on the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Sheboygan mayor's counsel, it is expected, will proffer the argument that alcoholism is a protected disability under the ADA, and that he should be given a chance at rehabilitation.
A Sept. 11 editorial in the Sheboygan Press reported that Biskupic offered to represent the council pro bono.


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Every day we make our staff feel appreciated and like family but there is one special day every year that we make something different. It is usually at the end of the year when we are getting ready to welcome a new season. This year the date was 12/12/12. We had a poolside BBQ dinner, games, prices and everyone had the opportunity to share how they feel about each other as co-workers and friends.
The night ended with the "Gift Exchange" activity and a beautiful present to Sharyn & Jim Brinker from their management staff; a colorful butterfly that will hang on the wall of their private villa. Every year is a challenge for every company, but a talented, dedicated and united staff always makes a difference.


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PennDOT weekly projects include lamping, shoulder cutting
DUNMORE — PennDOT' s scheduled roadwork for this week includes several short term projects in Lackawanna County.
Crews will be re-lamping overhead lights on Interstate 81 between Exits 184 and 185 River Street/Central Scranton Expressway), Tuesday to Thursday, with passing lanes closed between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Shoulder cutting projects will reduce several routes to one lane on various days from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. throughout the week, including Route 2017 (Sandy Beach Road) today; Route 2013 (Clifton Beach Road), Tuesday to Thursday, and Route 2016 (Bear Lake Road), Friday.
Manual patching work is scheduled from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Route 3001 (Newton Ransom Boulevard; Route 4017 (Gravel Pond Road), and Route 4032 (Summit Lake Road), Monday through Friday.
Motorists can log on to 511pa.com or call 511 to check traffic conditions before heading out.
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Fathers play an important role throughout their children's lives
Father's Day is the perfect time to acknowledge the importance of dads in children's lives. Good fathering is hard work, but it is the most important kind of work men can do.
No matter what developmental stage children are in, fathers have an important role. During pregnancy and birth, the father-to-be plays crucial roles in the transition of the family. Dads can be good caretakers of infants, performing most of what mothers do, and their parenting styles, often different from those of mothers, contribute to infants' physical, social and cognitive development.
In the toddler and preschool years, fathers help shape a child's gender role identity, assist children in gaining appropriate autonomy, and help children identify and manage emotions.
Dads also serve as important mentors for school-aged children; paternal involvement is associated with higher achievement in school.
For adolescents, fathers are role models, advisers and authority figures during a turbulent time of life.
Even young adult children look to their fathers for support and advice during their transition into adult roles including parenthood, and fathers find themselves in new parenting roles when becoming grandparents.
While each father is a unique person who parents in his own style, there are some characteristics that effective fathers have in common.
■ They are involved in the day-to-day lives of their children. They help their kids find answers for problem areas. They are interested in what is going on at school. They participate in community and extra-curricular activities with their children. They are a presence in their kids' lives.
■ They demonstrate unwavering love, communicating to their children in words, affection, smiles and actions just how special each one is. Dads let them know that their love for them will last forever, no matter what.
■ They provide support for their children, financially, emotionally, mentally, physically, socially and spiritually. They encourage and assist their youngsters in the development of all aspects and aspirations of life.
■ They schedule time on a regular basis to interact with their children, whether going to some special event, working in the tool shed, doing chores together, sharing ideas, engaging in a joint hobby or just hanging out.
■ They provide consistency in their children's lives, providing a stable environment that children can depend on every day. Fathers set certain standards and values which they teach their children, and which they themselves adhere to. Consistency, however, does not mean being rigid. Dads also need to change and adapt to the changing needs of their children.
Being a father takes hard work and commitment but the rewards are great. So on this Father's Day, let's recognize dads' important role in children's growth and development and show appreciation for their love and support.
KAREN THOMAS is a family and consumer sciences educator for Penn State Extension in Lackawanna County.
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The icons in the express IDE's are really nice. I was wondering if anyone happened to know the location of these guys.
And on that same note, would it be possible to use these icons in our software for the competition?
The icons in the express IDE's are really nice. I was wondering if anyone happened to know the location of these guys.
Like most grapical resources they're probably compiled in the exe or a dll. To get them out you can use a tool I've used called 123IconHunter. As far as permission to use them in any program I think MS doesn't mind though you may want to read this before assuming so. I haven't run into any problems using icons though I'm not a large entity and I give proper credits to those involved.
The Express toolbar icons are not stored in bitmap or icon resources that I've located so far... they have an alpha channel, for one, which is rather unusual in icon resources and next to impossible to store in a normal bitmap resource. I think they're either using the newfangled .NET resource format, or doing their own thing.
I've went through all the DLL's and Exe's that comes packaged with C# and .NET 2.0. I'm pretty sure they are not in the standard resource file. It's a shame, Microsoft doesn't grant developers the rights to use these icons from within the IDE. There should be some built in cosmetic's such as this, it would really go along way in standardizing the interfaces within programs. Which, in turn, would be nice...
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Anyhow, its been really cold, snowy and nasty the past few days, but yesterday as the snows were beginning to melt, there were some beautiful blue skies, it was so sunny and nice out I couldn't help but drop the top on my little Miata convertible and cruise around with the top down. (even thought it was 20ish degrees) I had a warm hat and gloves, bundled up tight, the heat on full blast and the seat warmers on!!! Driving by snow filled fields and parking lots!, passing people and waving! Before returning home I pulled into the grocery store parking lot to pick up some fresh veggies and some stuff for supper, people were looking at me like I was crazy!! :-) LOL -
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The Walking Dead Season 5: New Cast Member Added, May Have Spilled Terminus Secret (UPDATE)
UPDATE: Chase Vasser tweeted on May 16 that he would not be on The Walking Dead after all. Producer Gale Anne Hurd further called him a "fraud," saying he was never cast on the show. Wow!
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AMC may end up serving this guy at Mary's BBQ stand for real.
According to Comicbook.com, former University of Georgia football player turned actor Chase Vasser landed a role on The Walking Dead Season 5, tweeted about it, added a potential spoiler, then deleted the tweets. Bless his heart!
On April 3, he tweeted, "Just got word from my agent that I landed a role for SUITS next season. Also have audition for The Walking Dead! #blessed #killingmyself." He later tweeted, "It's Official! Tune in on Oct 13th on AMC for The Walking Dead! #cannibaltwist." On April 14 he added this tweet, which is still on his timeline: "Bad timing to say I've never watch an episode of The Walking Dead. Gotta Catch Up ASAP!"
Before you get too excited over October 13 as the premiere date for Season 5, that's actually a Monday. But did he tweet a legit spoiler with the "#cannibaltwist"? It's especially interesting if you pair it with the idea that he's not familiar with the show, so would he even know enough to realize there's cannibal speculation already out there? Maybe he just tweeted based on what he was told about the role, without realizing Walking Dead fans would pick up on the hashtag as a possible clue.
That #cannibaltwist tweet is gone, but he also added on April 14, "So ready to start eating full meals again. Looking super skinny! #methodactor."
Skinny Terminus guy stuck in a train car, eating just enough to stay alive so he could be eaten by Termites? Maybe? Maybe not? We didn't really need more hints to cannibals at Terminus — and E! News even referenced man-eaters in its recent spoiler story — but now we can add this to the list.
Season 5 filming is supposed to start in early May, and the cast is meant to arrive in the Atlanta area pretty soon to prepare for production. We'll have to keep an eye out for Chase when the show premieres in October.
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The jubilant Federal Territory bowlers after winning the boys' and girls' team titles at the Inter-state bowling championships at Sunway Pyramid on Thursday. - M. AZHAR ARIF/ The Star
PETALING JAYA: Selangor completed a double in the Inter-state Bowling Championships by winning the men's and women's team events at the Sunway Mega Lanes in Sunway Pyramid.
In Thursday's men's competition, Azidi Ameran, Zulmazran Zulkifli, Kang Bo Long and Alex Liew downed 5,255 pins after six games to beat Federal Territory (4,886 pins) to the gold medal. Johor completed the podium on 4,803 pins.
In the women's event, Selangor's Shalin Zulkifli, Siti Safiyah Amirah Abdul Rahman, Natasha Roslan and S. Nivashini staved off a strong challenge from Perak to win with 5,013 pinfalls.
Perak faltered at the final game to settle for the silver medal with 4,986 pinfalls – just 27 pins shy of Selangor. Sarawak, sorely missing the injured Jacqueline Jenelee Sijore, settled for the bronze medal on 4,664 pins.
Shalin, having earlier won the singles and doubles gold medal, fell short of a clean sweep when Siti Safiyah took the gold medal in the women's All-event.
The strong showing by Shalin could be an indication that the 36-year-old is ready to shoulder the country's challenge in the Incheon Asian Games in September.
"I'm very pleased to have performed well in the meet but I think we still have time to make some improvements," said Shalin.
"Being at the top of my game at such an early point like this is good but I always take it tournament by tournament. To me, every tournament is different and each marks the beginning of a new chapter."
Just like Selangor in the men's and women's event, Federal Territory completed a whitewash in the boys' and girls' team events.
Selangor topped the medal standings with a 7-3-4 haul, toppling last year's champions Federal Territory (5-4-2). Sarawak, champions in 2012, finished third overall with 2-3-3 haul.
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Seeking an antidote to the holiday season's traditional tidings of great joy? Director Takeshi Kitano (1997's Fireworks) returns this week at the Lumiere Theatre with Outrage, a bloody, deliriously eccentric gangland drama about rival yakuza clans competing for the favor of their head family in the Japanese underworld. Elsewhere:
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When: Dec. 14
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December is here, leaving critics and industry insiders to sort through the year's offerings, separating the contenders from the pretenders in the race for Oscar gold. This weekend brings to the Bay Area a popular dark horse: The Artist, a love letter to the era of silent cinema that could upset expected favorites War Horse, The Descendants and Hugo this February at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
Ambivalence Replaces Passion as a Marriage Collapses in 'Blue Valentine'
The best of intentions can't rescue a relationship that has run its course, a lesson learned through tears, small explosions and passionless embraces by Dean and Cindy, a young married couple watching the embers of their romance turn cold in Blue Valentine.
As is often the case in a union soured by time and subtle estrangements, neither husband nor wife seems eager to admit that their marriage has been reduced to a tenuous living arrangement, maintained mostly for the benefit of their 6-year-old daughter, Frankie (Faith Wladyka). Dean (Ryan Gosling) pretends not to notice, afraid to ask the hard questions that Cindy's ambivalence begs.
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The Sonoma Film Festival and the San Francisco Women's Film Festival are both underway through Sunday, while Super, an ultra-violent comedy starring Rainn Wilson as a hopeless schlub turned vigilante superhero, ratchets up the body count at the Embarcadero. Elsewhere:
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With Noir City 9 descending on the Castro for the next 10 days and San Francisco's 13th Independent Film Festival arriving in early February, the new year is already heating up for local cinephiles. Here, as always, are some of the finest selections currently playing at an indie theater (and, in this week's edition, a Loews cineplex) near you.
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The new year has arrived, and with it the promise of long-awaited sequels to The Hangover, Kung Fu Panda and Pixar's Cars, the distressing inevitability of Michael Bay's Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and the mind-numbing realization that Little Fockers sits lazily atop the box-office charts. The good news: Bay Area moviegoers have plenty of worthwhile alternatives, including:
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