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WATER-LOVING Halesowen residents are being offered the chance to get fit doing the latest aqua-exercises.
Halesowen Leisure Centre is the first in the borough to offer adults' fins and hand paddles swimming sessions.
The half-hour sessions on Tuesdays, which start at 6.30pm, use hand and feet swimming accessories to maximise water resistance and boost the workload on the affected muscles.
Under careful supervision, the exercises not only increase strength and flexibility, but also allow swimmers to improve their stroke and swimming technique.
Councillor Stuart Turner, cabinet member for health and wellbeing, said: "We want people to enjoy getting fit, so we are always looking at ways to add variety and interest to the exercise options in the borough.
"Using paddles on your hands and fins on your feet allow you to swim far faster than usual, which is a new experience. And at the same time as doing this, class participants will have the opportunity to increase their strength and style while toning up, in a way that will be ground-breaking for most people.
"We are running this class as a trial until March. If it proves to be popular, we will consider keeping it as a permanent fixture."
The 30-minute pay-as-you-go class, costing £4.70, will be followed by a normal public swim for up to 60 minutes.
Participants need to bring their own fins and hand paddles.
For more information call Sue Bray at Halesowen Leisure Centre on 01384 812800 or visit www.dudley.gov.uk/sport.

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Cuban Mojito Recipe
So refreshing, so good... When it's mixed just right! :) 1 teaspoon powdered sugar Juice from 1 lime (2 ounces) 4 mint leaves 1 sprig of mint Havana Club white Rum (2 ounces) 2 ounces club soda Place the mint leaves into a long mojito glass (often called a "collins" glass) and squeeze the juice from a cut lime over it. You'll want about two ounces of lime juice, so it may not require all of the juice from a single lime. Add the powdered sugar, then gently smash the mint into the lime juice and sugar with a muddler (a long wooden device pictured below, though you can also use the back of a fork or spoon if one isn't available). Add ice (preferably crushed) then add the rum and stir, and top off with the club soda (you can also stir the club soda in as per your taste). Garnish with a mint sprig.


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U Get Inn Motel is a motel chain in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
The chain has motels in Angel Pine, Whetstone and Fort Carson, Bone County. Its name seems to be a shortened form of "You, Get In". Both motels are inaccessible. Carl Johnson meets The Truth in the Angel Pine hotel to begin the mission "Body Harvest".
The interior of the Angel Pine motel can be seen during the cutscene for Body Harvest. The interior consists of one motel room with a bathroom. The room has a reflective mirror. The interior is not normally accessible, but can be accessed through the use of cheats or modifications.


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At City Hall
Saturday, May 31, 2014 06:00 am
Quarterly report received
Council received the first corporate quarterly report of 2014 for information during their Monday meeting.
The report covered both financial and non-financial updates for council, including statistics and project updates.
Corporate strategic services general manager Maya Pungur-Buick also offered a bit of a look-ahead on upcoming items, like the online public budget tool that�s due to hit the web this summer.
She also reported online streaming of the council meetings is up 29 per cent over the fourth quarter of 2013. She said 2002 live connections were made to the 11 council meetings that occurred in the first quarter.
Anne Victoor, manager of financial services for the city, presented the first quarter�s financial data, which noted operating revenues are up $296,000 over budget but operating expenses are $563,000 more than predicted in the budget due to some increases costs in categories like snowfall removal, contract settlements and other expenses.
Victoor said staff will monitor both revenues and expenses to make sure they ultimately stay in line with the 2014 budget.
Grants awarded
St. Albert city council approved some grants based on recommendations made by the community services advisory board on Monday.
They doled out $6,310 in St. Albert Games Legacy Award Program grants, with $1,810 going to the St. Albert Youth Musical Association for a school tour, four people getting $750 each for their recent competition at the Skate Canada national championships and $1,500 for two residents to attend the 2014 International Raquetball Federation�s senior world championships.
Approved 2014 community events program grants totalled $20,200. The grants are $3,200 for the annual volunteer fair, $3,300 to the Heritage Lakes Community Association for community celebrations, $5,000 to the Society of Friends of the St. Albert Public Gardens also for community celebrations, $4,000 for the St. Albert Cruisers/Stop Abuse in Families� Autorama event and $4,700 for the St. Albert 50+ Club�s Greet the Spring event.
New splash pass offered
The city has introduced a season pass for Grosvenor Outdoor Pool this summer.
The pass is valid until the pool closes for the season on Sept. 1.
For seniors and youth, the pass is $66.50. For adults, the pass is $80.50 and for children age two to 12 it is $52.50.
A family season pass is $210.
The season passes can be purchased at Grosvenor Outdoor Pool, Fountain Park and Servus Place.


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ENMORE Park Seniors early season matches continued with a home fixture against the south Somerset team from Windwhistle and a Somerset Bowl handicap match both on the same afternoon.
The Windwhistle encounter began and ended in fine style with Enmore posting a comfortable victory by five games to two.
Captain John Newell, with partner Jim Symcox, led the way with a fine win by 5 & 4.
Other Enmore wins were gained by Max Jameson with Jess Lawrence (5 & 2), Paul Waplington with Tony Hughes (4 & 3), Mervyn Slocombe with Chris Marshall and Jeff Horsley with Chris Tops, both pairings 2 up.
Meanwhile on the neutral Isle of Wedmore course, an Enmore Seniors team of five pairs did not fare so well against their opponents - from Sham Castle of Bath, in the first round of the Somerset Bowl handicapped fixture losing by 1 and half to 3 and half.
Enmore club captain, Ken Doig, along with partner Alan Vickery, were Enmore's only winners, whilst Keith Norcutt with Ken Woodland rescued a half point after being 5 down at one stage of their game.
Enmore's next fixture was away on the somewhat damp Tiverton course.
With the match restricted to six pairs, bizarrely five games finished on the 18th green.
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The people backing these conspiracy theories are disgusting human beings with little to no intelligence. First of all, they give the government too much credit. The gov can't keep even little secrets, so I am not sure how they would pull off a major secret job like this. Second, the gov doesn't need permission to do anything. The elected officials in office make the rules, not the people. We are not a democracy, we are a republic. We get the right to vote for representatives, who then have all the power. If they wanted to use more drones, they would just do it. Sure, it would piss some people off, but the people can't really do anything about it.
As for the drone attacks on US citizens in other countries, I do feel that it is a shame that civilians are dead at all. However, war is never free from innocent victims. We should do better as a country to stay out of wars all together, but that is a political discussion for another day.
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DOUGIE Freedman is considering giving youth its fling in the first team.
The Wanderers boss is preparing some of his young guns for action, and they could be given their chance as early as Saturday.
The Wanderers boss has been impressed with a few of his youngsters in training and says it might not be long before the fans get a chance to see them in action.
The likes of Tom Eaves, Joe Riley, Chris Lester and Zach Clough have all been brought further into the fold over the last few weeks, alongside Josh Vela, who is close to returning from a knee injury.
With changes likely for Saturday's FA Cup tie against Sunderland, some could feature in the Reebok clash.
"I am looking to integrate them. That's what I like to do," Freedman said.
"The younger lads bring a freshness to the group and we've had a few of them come in and train with us for the last four or five weeks.
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Furniture manufacturer Herman Miller says its new Melksham headquarters will be completed within a year, providing 200 new jobs.
Work started last week on the firm's new 170,000sqft premises on the former council-owned running track in Bowerhill following a ceremonial turf-cutting.
The company is combining its Bath-based manufacturing hub and its Chippenham distribution centre at the new site, with scope for future expansion.
Project manager Dave Tyrer said: "We want to start construction in about four to five weeks' time, then the expectation is the building will be complete by the end of June, ready for us to begin moving in.
"This is a step up. We will have a bit more space and hope to expand our operation as we will also have our research and development based there."
Planning permission was approved for the site last year, but initial work was delayed while a colony of great-crested newts were rehomed.
The redevelopment of the site will include the extension of Portal Road, which will link the Bowerhill Industrial Estate to the A350.
The firm will also provide a new pavilion for AFC Melksham, which currently sits in the way of the proposed development.
Mr Tyrer said: "Part of our planning permission is to link up the two roundabouts, so the sports arena has to be replaced. We have to have all of that completed not long after we are operational.
"The whole industrial estate will be revitalised."
The club recently started a youth disabled football team, which will benefit from the new accessible facilities and extra changing rooms. Chairman Mike Rogers said: "We want them to get our pavilion moved, both for ourselves and for the kids who use it.
"We are all anxious to get something where we can go into the 21st century, from the 17th.
It's an established club now, they won the Wiltshire and Dorset tournament last week, and we get 50-odd parents come along, there is a real community spirit down there."


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2010 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Paralympics in Vancouver were Miga and Quatchi, and Sumi respectively, who had a sidekick named Mukmuk. Designed by the Candian and American duo Meomi Design [1], the mascots were revealed on November 27, 2007 to 800 schoolchildren at the Bell Centre For Performing Arts in Surrey, British Columbia. It marked the first time that both the Olympic and Paralympic mascots were revealed simultaneously, as well as the first time they had an official sidekick.
Miga and QuatchiEdit2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Miga (left) is a mythical sea bear, part orca and part Kermode bear living off the coast of Vancouver Island. She loves to surf in the summer, especially in Tofino, and snowboard in the winter. Her green scarf was given to her by Mukmuk.
Quatchi is a sasquatch (Bigfoot). He comes from the mysterious forests of Canada, wears blue earmuffs, and dreams of being a hockey goalie. He loves to travel and learn about the regional dances and cuisines of every place he visits. He carries his camera around his neck wherever he goes.


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
After several years of slashing costs, trying to get every ounce of efficiency possible out of the organization in order to meet analyst and stockholder demands, most studies show that CEOs have come to the conclusion that it's time to grow the top line. Organizations will usually focus on ways to improve the effectiveness of their operations first, minimizing costs wherever possible. However, cost reduction does not grow the business, and pressure will continue to mount on CEOs to increase revenue and margin.
Unfortunately, many CEOs face a common problem of sales organizations not delivering on promises made due to the inability to effectively execute the strategy to grow the business at the desired or required pace. This is not to say there isn't talent in the organization, nor the will to execute the strategy. On the contrary, most organizations have a certain level of talent with a strong belief they will be successful in delivering the sales plan targets, but too many quarters of missing the mark against sub-optimal targets leave most CEOs wanting more. Survey after survey over the past several years draw the same conclusion: Chief executives need – and want – to grow the business, but do not have confidence in their organizations to effectively execute their growth strategy.
This article focuses on four of the numerous reasons why sales organizations underperform:
Inability to move the performance curve
After spending millions on the latest training programs that promise a significant uplift in the performance and subsequent motivation of the sales force, one thing remains: the same 20% (top performers) are still generating two-thirds or more of the sales revenue. The financial impact projected as a result of the training does not materialize because most training sessions deliver theory, not skill development and transfer. Until sales executives take action on the bottom 10% to 20% (non-performers), and implement solid coaching with viable metrics on the rest of the organization, they will not achieve the financial potential of their organization. The mid 60% to 70% (nominal performers) is where the major improvements will occur and the greatest financial benefits will be realized. The investment in training dollars will pay off when sales management realizes its responsibility to have a much greater hands-on approach and a requirement to move a significant number of nominal performers to top performers.
Fear of Pricing
As the competitive environment increases, pricing of one's goods or service becomes even more important. Most organizations are apprehensive about aggressively pricing their products, because their sales organization is too timid to defend the price of the goods or services with the value delivered. The more latitude the sales organization is given to discount price, the more price erosion will occur. Those pricing functions that have a tendency to be overly influenced by "the market" can potentially leave a significant amount of profit on the table. The price should reflect the value to the customer; once effectively articulated, most customers will pay for that value. Managing to higher pricing benchmarks set will require the sales organization to raise its game.
This brings us to the next point: The inability of the sales organization to articulate the value and benefit of their product to the customer can have a devastating effect on the company's margins. If ever there was a need to enhance a sales organization's capability, this is it.
The number one reason given by most sales representatives for not making the sale is price. All too often they will quickly look to discount the price in fear of losing the sale. Top performers will sell the product at fair or above value, but nominal and poor performers will look to discount every time. The more flexibility a sales organization has to discount a product, the more money gets left on the table.
Addressing the sales representative's ability to effectively articulate the value proposition of the goods or services delivered is critical in today's competitive environment. Employment of the three C's – Courage, Confidence and Conviction – is mandatory in preventing price erosion. Failure to do so will have chief executives struggling to maintain margins gained through hard-fought cost-reduction programs, as there is only so much cost that can come out of an organization.
Management by Assumption
On a percentage basis there are very few entrepreneurs or highly self-motivated people who require minimal supervision, even in sales who work on commissions or are heavily incented with bonuses. Unfortunately, given that 80% of an organization's sales force are either nominal or non-performers, this doesn't do much for helping an organization grow at the required pace. Sales executives are usually former members of the top 20% performers who are self-motivated and driven to succeed. They also naturally assume that majority of the other sales professionals are as well, and do not see the need to rigorously manage them because they, themselves, did not need to be. They believe that by simply sharing with their teams the disciplines and best practices that made them successful, they will automatically embrace them and achieve a similar level of success.
Best practices and recognized success disciplines have to be properly implemented just like any other process or organizational change, but sales leadership has not been trained to do this nor do they like it and so this responsibility has historically been abdicated. The paradigms and culture in these organizations have been ingrained over decades so it will not only take an extremely strong leadership team with the resolve and grit to make it happen, but it will also take time. Unfortunately, when sales leadership does not have the time or the resolve, they turn to the next best thing – the latest and greatest (and also very expensive) CRM platform to do the management for them.
The CRM Myth
"If only we had this platform or that system we could knock it out of the park." CEOs often hear this excuse from their organization for not being able to achieve the top line and margin growth so needed by the company. CRMs don't manage people, people manage people. That does not dismiss the importance of having the right systems and tools to effectively manage your business, but all too often, sales organizations and sales leadership have false hope that a new platform or the latest technology will be the ultimate answer to improving performance and will successfully move the 80% of nominal and non-performers into a higher performing category. After all the training has failed, the compensation program changes, and restructuring occurs, the conclusion is "it must be our outdated technology."
Truth be known, most CRM platforms are underutilized. They store reams of data which are useful, but most often do not capitalize on those system capabilities that enable sales leadership to effectively manage the activities and key performance indicators that drive the behavior to achieve the results. Add to that, the poorly laid out processes upon which the platform is designed and the lack of technical competence of the sales force to effectively use the system, you ultimately end up with a very expensive underutilized CRM. To be sure, a properly designed and utilized CRM is a valuable tool, but it is not a substitute for managing the sales organization.
This article was not meant to be unsympathetic to the challenges of sales leadership and their organizations. Their challenges are complex. But the gap between performing and poor-performing organizations is widening. Those executives who address the issues in the near term will be much further ahead, as it is not a matter of if chief executives will have to address these problems with their sales leadership, but rather a matter of when.
Ted Binkoski is the Vice President of Business Identification for Alexander Proudfoot, a leading operational improvement firm. His expertise of revenue growth initiatives, sales performance and effectiveness, and overall productivity spans across multiple industries.


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Maglev trains represent a perplexing puzzle to civil engineers. While the price of entry
can be much higher
than traditional rail based trains, maglevs -- trains held aloft by powerful electro magnets -- experience no friction, meaning they cost far less to maintain.
But the high construction costs have meant that only two commercial maglevs are currently in existence. Now the home nation of one of those two high-tech rail systems -- Japan -- is dreaming of a far more ambitious maglev line connecting Tokyo and Osaka with trains travelling safely at 311 mph.
Japan's current maglev system is only 8.9 kilometers (5.9 miles) long, and is located in Aichi, near the city of Nagoya. Dubbed "Linimo", the line operates at a "lowly" cruising speed of 62 mph. The line has struggled with losses in recent years and cost over $100M USD per km to construct.
But those struggles have not swayed Central Japan Railway Comp. (JR Tokai) (
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plans to deploy
the sleek Series L0 prototype in 2027. The front car will stretch ninety-two feet, with over half of that length devoted to an aerodynamic nose cone. It will haul 14 carriages, each with 68 passengers in rows of four seats, with the exception of the last carriage, which seats only 24 (for a total of 908 passengers).
The first engineering mockups of the train were unveilled earlier this month.
The Series L0 Train [Image Source: Phys.org]
The train is planned to initially travel between the Shinagawa Station in central Tokyo to Nagoya, cities separated by roughly 218 miles on Japan's eastern coast. Today the trip would take four hours by car or 90 minutes on the
fastest rail-based bullet trains
, but travelling at a blistering 311 mph, the next-generation maglev rail is expect to deliver passengers there in just 40 minutes.
JR Tokia plans to eventually extend the system to connect to Osaka by 2045. Lead developer Yasukazu Endo comments, "Through the test runs, we will make final checks to ensure that commercial services are comfortable."
Long a leader in high-speed rail, Japan has recently seen
fierce competition
from its rival, China. China currently owns the only other active commercial maglev system in the world, a line in Shanghai. China is moving aggressively forward with its
high speed rail expansion plans
, despite the embarassing setback of having to
scale back its line speeds
record paces
due to allegations of contractor corruption leading to shoddy construction.
The U.S. is currently
pondering a maglev system of its own
, but such plans remain in their early infancy, with few large commercial backers.
"Well, we didn't have anyone in line that got shot waiting for our system." -- Nintendo of America Vice President Perrin Kaplan
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5. Spectrum's ShenanigansNot to complain too much Dumbest fans, but we can't remember a time when we've worked this hard to fill our less-than august list. This raging rally in stocks is turning every CEO in sight into a genius, making it an almost a Herculean task even for pros like us to separate the brainless from the bull market. Luckily, however, we can always count on our good friends at Spectrum Pharmaceuticals ( SPPI) to provide us with some low hanging fruit. Let's start with CEO Raj Shrotriya's paycheck, because that piece of corporate idiocy was the easiest to unearth. As disclosed in the 10-Q Spectrum released last Thursday -- after the bell and the company's conference call mind you -- Shrotriya pocketed $10.1 million dollars in 2012 for his services. Pretty killer comp, huh, even if it was down from the gobsmacking $25.2 million Raj took home 2011. And what makes it even more impressive is the fact that shares of Spectrum sank 22.5% last year.
Eat your heart out A-Rod. When it comes to getting overpaid for lack of performance, you've been outslugged. So, what exactly did Raj do to earn all that dough if the stock's performance was that unbelievably sad? Well, according to the company's compensation committee, Raj earned every penny because he met all the targets laid out for him. For example, under his leadership the company grew revenue 39% from $193 million to $268 million. In order to meet that goal, however, it's now become abundantly clear that he stuffed the company's colon cancer drug Fusilev down the throats of every single customer he could. Seriously, if there was ever any doubt as to why the company issued a massive warning about Fusilev sales on March 12th -- just three weeks after Shrotriya told analysts that Fusilev sales would grow this year -- well, now we know the truth. Nobody had any room left on their shelves for the stuff! In case you may have forgotten, Spectrum revealed in March that first quarter revenue fell 35% to $38.7 million compared to last year. Fusilev sales totaled $11.8 million in the first quarter, down sharply from $51 million in the prior year. We also now know that the SEC is interested in Spectrum's Fusilev shenanigans as well. Tucked into Thursday's SEC filing was a disclosure that the regulator is investigating the "change in ordering patterns of Fusilev" that forced Spectrum to drastically cut its 2013 sales forecast to between $80 million and $90 million. Not that the analysts on the company's conference call could have possibly inquired about the investigation. Raj cleverly scheduled the call for 1:30 p.m. last Thursday, while the 10Q was released after the closing bell. Very sneaky, Shrotriya! Very sneaky indeed! That said, discerning listeners might have been able to pick up that something was amiss because Raj kept avoiding all questions pertaining to Fusilev. Whenever an analyst tried to get Raj to say something about the drug's sales, he redirected the query to one of his trusted advisers. At one point Raj curiously responded to a question about the drug's inventory by stating, "We can't comment on FUSILEV." Sorry, big guy, now that the Feds are on the case, you're going to have to start talking. And when you do, we'll be right here, hanging on your every word. What else can we do? There's a bull market going on and we need all the dumb stuff we can find!


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IDF Fall 2006 - Day 2: Opteron vs. Xeon, SSE4 & Intel's Torrenza competitor Announcedby Anand Shimpi & Virginia Lee on 9/27/2006 1:12 PM EST
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archikins - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - link..not much information in your article about this except the "i hate amd" screen shot. Could you please add some more info on this? Reply
AnnihilatorX - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkWhat's with the "I hate amd" password... Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkIt was a joke more than anything - that was his "secret" password, but he got "hacked". Reply
tygrus - Thursday, September 28, 2006 - linkWas he blaming AMD that he was hacked? Implying that if it was an Intel machine with ??? tech it wouldn't.
A real reason to hate AMD would be if AMD could beat Intel. Why would you hate someone you had beat ? Freudian slip that Intel thinks AMD can beat Intel ?
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf :) Reply
slashbinslashbash - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkSo we've got IBM at IDF saying that they're supporting Intel in this new venture to plug accelerator chips into the motherboard with cache coherency and all kinds of really big stuff, and no explicit mention of Cell? Reply
wien - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkHmm. What's going on with the ads recently? When I open this page in Firefox/Epiphany on Linux, I'm instantly redirected to Newegg, Zipzoomfly or some other advertiser. Opera at least opens a new tab for the ad, but it's still mighty annoying. Reply
slatr - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkThis makes me want to work for Intel. I am such a nerd.
psychobriggsy - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - link"Socket-F Opteron 285"
No such beast exists. It'd be a 2220 or something. Either the box was Socket F and they got the name wrong, or it was Socket 940 still.
Intel's bus licensing thing looks quite weak compared to AMD's Torrenza. Intel have more might however, but a potential 18 months to mere specification isn't a good start. Quite what advantages they'll have over HyperTransport 3 remains to be seen, but if it is competing just to be awkward then Intel haven't really matured as a company like many had hoped.
Hopefully the benchmarking suite will be non-biased and based around sensible usage patterns. I guess we'll see soon enough.
The new instructions will be useful if they accellerate common algorithms decently over software implementations, e.g., CRC32 was on the list. However are these sensible instructions to have? Would general purpose accellerators, e.g., TCP/IP and Encryption, be better? Reply
finalfan - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkThe one advantage of fsb bus licensing is it makes the 3rd party device being able to access system memory without forcing its own memory controller and its own memory since it is connected with MCH and MCH will be able to ensure memory coherence. It makes the other devices more like a CPU than a co-processor. Reply
Kiijibari - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - link
quote:Nobody forces a memory controller with torrenza. It is jsut optional. Some dual Opteron mainboards also just use 1 CPU's memory, the other CPU is accesing the RAM through the coherent Hypertransport bus.
...without forcing its own memory controller and its own memory since...
Thus the AMD solution is more flexible.
P.S: @anandtech, good article :) Reply
jiulemoigt - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkActully it's even funnier than that as all of the 1207 mobo's are dual or multi socket mobos at this point so it is most likely to be a AM2 940 pin 1000 chip or the Op 285 which is a socket 939. Any way you look at that it is questionible which is interesting since I was under the impresion that the core2 were faster than anything amd had even if the mobo chipsets have issues. Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkI'm not sure if Anand already updated this, but both systems were dual socket and it was a "Socket F 2.80 GHz" processor config in the AMD unit, not AM2, Opteron 285, or some other hypothetical config to show Intel in a better light. The benchmark, on the other hand, is a different story as it could be just about anything. :) Reply
theteamaqua - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkthis company is in big trouble Reply
AmpedSilence - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkBased on what?
The Core 2 Duo is doing well and trumps AMD64 for the time being. They are releasing a quad-core almost a year before AMD.
What are you using as a basis for this conclusion?
btw, i have three AMD64 machines (one X2 and two AMD64's). Reply
Viditor - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - link
They are releasing a quad-core almost a year before AMD
closer to a half year...at the very most it will be 7 months.
He might be referring to Torrenza. It's probably the most underestimated and misunderstood advancement AMD has announced. Remember that there are already coprocessers that can just drop into an Opteron ssocket, and IBM is already shipping servers with HTX connections. Intel will be another 1-1.5 years before they are ready to do this...and there isn't any idea what kind of support they will end up with at that point. Reply
psychobriggsy - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkQuad-core on two dies, utilising their experience from the Smithfield panic reaction to AMD's X2. However it shows that once Intel gets woken up, they don't go back to sleep after doing 'enough', they'll continue until they have the lead.
AMD fell asleep after dual-core, indeed after K8 considering dual-core was meant to be a possibility from day one. It is costing them now, apart from their platform work which is still ahead. I think AMD should have investigated dual-die MCMs for quad-core, instead 4x4 is a reactionary hack solution (that'll work nevertheless, and it'll have good memory bandwidth). Reply
Calin - Thursday, September 28, 2006 - linkAMD would better ramp the 65nm technology as soon as possible - only after that, quad cores will become a real/profitable possibility Reply
Pirks - Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - linkhe's using some green smelly stuff as his basis, isn't that obvious ;)) Reply


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In case you haven't heard, we released v7 of the LiveCycle server platform recently. You can read the official press release here.
The press release spends a lot of time on the new workflow solution, but a lot of other major stuff is included in this release including Form Manager Registry, an ebXML Registry implementation which forms the backbone of our form management strategy and technology stack. The registry software is what I am directly responsible for, so I am very happy to see this great stuff ship. Its been a long development process (about a year), but the result is a much improved platform, and in the case of the registry, the first scalable and commercially supported ebXML Registry implementation on the market.


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Forced manipulation of a business or individual to give up rights to ownership or public use. .
Walmart taking over small businesses in communities is a good example of Corporate Rape. Small businesses can't compete with Walmart's low prices attained only through purchasing at high volume. Small businesses closes down, because they can't match the price. Walmart's ad campaigns manipulate the consumer into thinking they are doing something good by shopping at Walmart by saving money. Small business can't compete by sharing their side of the story. Consumers remain ingnorant. The people are manipulated into buying necessary items at Walmart, . The small business owners will probably file bankruptcy. The economical integrity of the town is is fragmented and cultural threads are frayed.
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Today's etymology highlights "stretching" and "tone":
...Word History: This Good Word was borrowed via French from Medieval Latin 'ostensibilis', an adjective from 'ostensus'. 'Ostensus' is the past participle of ostendere "to show", based on ob- "toward" + tendere "to stretch". (I get the image of an extended hand.)
Down at the root of today's word is a distant relative of English 'thin', the root *ten- "stretch", also seen in 'extend' and 'tension'. 'Tetanus' comes from Greek tetanos "stiff, rigid", the state of something stretched. When you stretch a string (Greek 'tonos'), you can produce a tone and a 'tenor' was once seen as someone who could hold (Latin 'tenere') a tone for a long stretch.
-Dr. Goodword...
I'd like to share with you a moment from Robert Fitzgerald's 1961 English translation of Homer's "Odyssey," beginning at Fitzgerald's line 460, in Book XXI, "The Test of the Bow." You surely know the "story" of the Odyssey, although, if you know this epic poem well, you'll agree that it's much more than a story.
Odysseus, King of Ithaka, is assumed by all to have been lost at sea during his return from the Trojan War. Arrogant young suitors have been squandering his estate and disrespecting his son, while they've courted his wife, Penelope, who everyone believes to be a widow. He's about to wreak his revenge upon the suitors.
The Goddess Athena has disguised Odysseus as an aged, filthy, wretched beggar, so he can enter his own household unrecognized, to reconnoiter, and to plan his attack. He suffers all manner of insults at the suitors' hands, but it's announced that Penelope will at last choose as her groom the suitor who can complete a feat routinely performed by Odysseus in his prime. The successful suitor must string the bow of Herakles, which was given to Odysseus by Iphitos, and which has been left in Odysseus' storehouse ever since his departure for Troy. The winner must shoot an arrow through the "haft-holes" of twelve axe heads, which have been lined up along a taut string. (Some think Penelope only suggested "The Test of the Bow" because she'd suspected the "stranger's" identity.)
The best of the suitors can't even stretch the string across the bow, and then "the ragged beggar" takes the weapon. He inspects it for damage while the suitors jeer him, assuring their doom. Homer says:
…But the man skilled in all ways of contending,
satisfied by the great bow's look and heft,
like a musician, like a harper, when
with quiet hand upon his instrument
he draws between his thumb and forefinger
a sweet new string upon a peg: so effortlessly
Odysseus in one motion strung the bow.
Then slid his right hand down the cord and plucked it,
so the taut gut vibrating hummed and sang
a swallow's note.
In the hushed hall it smote the suitors
and all their faces changed. Then Zeus thundered
overhead, one loud crack for a sign.
And Odysseus laughed within him that the son
of crooked-minded Kronos had flung that omen down…
Jeff Hook
East Orange, NJ USA
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I knew there was a reason why my mother always put the stuffed turkey in the oven about 6 am and it wasn't ready to eat til 1 pm. The stuffing was delicious but the turkey was so very dry. I expect the turkey to be fixed the same way this Thanksgiving when we eat at her home; but mine will be a brined and deep fried turkey at my house.
Call it lazy or conformity but ever since I started doing Thanksgiving I have never filled the turkey with stuffing; I just bake it separately in the oven. Less mess, less fuss, and no worries about it reaching 160 degrees inside a bird.
Not certain about the possibility of taking the stuffing out of a bird and heating it to 160 degrees; never thought about doing it.
Irregardless, have a great Thanksgiving!


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Boston, MA (SportsNetwork.com) - Aaron Hernandez was indicted Thursday on new charges connected to two alleged incidents that occurred while the former NFL tight end is being held in jail on murder charges.
A grand jury indicted Hernandez on charges of assault and battery and threats to do bodily harm, according to multiple reports.
The first charge is connected to an alleged assault on Feb. 25 in the Bristol County corrections facility.
Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson previously told WHDH in Boston that Hernandez was involved in an altercation with another inmate in the unit where the former New England Patriots tight end is housed.
Hernandez is kept segregated from the general population because of the high- profile nature of his case and Hodgson didn't say how he came in contact with another inmate.
The second new charge is related to an alleged threat made inside the same facility last Nov. 1, according to WCVB in Boston.
Hernandez pleaded not guilty in September to a charge of first-degree murder and five accompanying weapons charges in the shooting death of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro football player who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee.
Four others have been charged in the case, including Hernandez's fiancee and cousin.


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PEOPLE from across the town will come together to honour the Hindu goddess of knowledge and wisdom next month.
The Swindon Puja Committee has organised the second annual Hindu festival on February 4 to celebrate Saraswati Puja, an event devoted to the goddess Saraswati, at The Platform in Faringdon Road.
More than 200 people attended the event last year, which was the first of its kind held in the town and organisers are hoping for an even bigger turn out this year.
The festival's cultural secretary, Sujan Saha, 33, of Commercial Road, said: "Last year, we were really pleased that 200 people came to our festival.
"We arranged the multi-cultural event ourselves to provide free homemade sweets, food and drinks.
This year we are celebrating for the second time and on behalf of the committee, I would like to invite our Swindon people so that they can come and enjoy a different culture.
"Our Puja committee's main aim is to celebrate Bengali social, culture and religious events throughout the year so that our next generation will learn and remember about our rich, colourful heritage.
"The festival will start at 10am and we will pray to our goddess Saraswati at 11am.
"The committee has also organised a multi-cultural programme in the evening."
The event begins with various prayers throughout the day, followed by a cultural programme from 5pm where there will be sari tying facilities for women, henna art work for children and a photo shoot with the goddess.
Music and dance will continue into the evening, with performances from bass player Phil Spalding, Giorgio Mollo, and local artist Adam Hodges, and others.
South Swindon MP Robert Buckland, and Mayor Nick Martin will also be at the celebration.
Last year, a statue of Saraswati was shipped over from Calcutta and installed in pride of place in the venue. The community raised £6,000 to stage the event in 2013, but this year it is more likely to be in the region of £7,000. Call for more details 07946506747.


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Miner Newcrest has maintained its full-year production forecasts after December quarter gold and copper production rose from the preceding three months.
Newcrest produced 492,906 ounces of gold in the three months to December 31, up from 460,425 ounces in the three months to September 30.
The company produced 19,926 tonnes of copper in the December quarter, up from 18,598 tonnes in the September quarter.
"The company's gold and copper production is expected to progressively increase over the remainder of the financial year," Newcrest said in a statement on Thursday.
It maintained its full-year forecast for gold and copper production, but said gold would be at the lower end of the range of 2.3 million to 2.5 million ounces.
Copper production is expected to be in the range of 75 thousand tonnes to 85 thousand tonnes.
Newcrest said its costs were marginally higher in the three months to December, as mining and milling activity increased, but it expects them to reduce over the second half of the 2012/13 financial year as volumes at its Cadia East and Lihir operations increase.
Newcrest operates mines in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Ivory Coast.
Its major assets are the the Lihir project in PNG, the Cadia Valley mine in central western NSW and the Telfer mine in Western Australia.


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Digest — March 2005
By Capt. Patrick Sciacca
Forever Tred
|Part 2: But even Barta admits that he regrets all the fish carcasses in his wake.
Barta discovered a link between bigeyes and the location of warm-core eddies feeding off the Gulf Stream. An accomplished pilot (he owns a company that buys and sells corporate jets), Barta would fly over offshore canyons and search for these eddies. That's right, no fancy sea-surface temperature charts, just his eyes. He'd then fly home, get his crew, load up his boat, and go for it. To date, Barta has caught 386 bigeye tuna. But who's counting? Actually, he is, and always will. Perhaps it's the competitive spirit he developed while a junior Olympian. In fact, in addition to his exploits with the bigeyes, Barta has held more than 20 IGFA records.
But even Barta admits that he regrets all the fish carcasses in his wake. Sports Illustrated once called him "The Butcher of Shinnecock." "I was proud of that title at the time," he says. "I've killed a lot of fish, and I've also got the guts to say it was wrong." Make no mistake, he's still going to keep tuna for the table. But he's also against calcuttas and kill tournaments and supports children's causes through a series of tournaments he runs. Barta's tourneys have raised more than $1 million for the IGFA junior angling program. He recently turned his attention towards underprivileged children in North Carolina. Last year he launched the Barta Boys & Girls Club Billfish Tournament (www.bartaboysandgirlsclubbillfish.com), in Beaufort, North Carolina, which works on honor-system scoring and is, he says, all about "handshakes and backslaps. It's called sportfishing, not money fishing." The 2004 event raised more than $40,000 for the Boys & Girls Club, and with increased sponsorship and participants, this worthy cause is sure to reap even bigger benefits in 2005.
While Barta's an angler who's caught most all of the fish on his to-do list and is spending a lot of energy in his philanthropic efforts, there's always a new adventure looming on the horizon and another goal to achieve. His latest, and one he's thinking of filming for his TV show, is a trip to Madeira with his famed bigeye-catching crew of the 1980's to chase down some of the largest-reported bigeye tuna around. I hear this trip may soon come to fruition, so keep an eye out.
So, yeah, he's loud, and humility is not his forte. But Barta makes sportfishing interesting, and his knowledge is based on decades of experience. Barta succeeds and fails (he once dropped 40 striped marlin before hooking up and catching his four-pound-class world record). He'll loudly celebrate his successes and readily admit his failures. And his reputation around these parts is that if he finds fish, he has no problem calling you over to them. Sounds pretty genuine to me.
Next page > Part 1: Love him or hate him, Tred Barta is one sportfishing personality who is what he says and says what he means. > Page 1, 2
This article originally appeared in the February 2005 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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The U.S. average retail price of regular gasoline increased less than a penny to remain at $3.30 per gallon, down eight cents from last year at this time. Prices were up in all coastal regions of the nation and down in interior regions. The largest increase came on the Gulf Coast, where the price is up six cents to $3.17 per gallon. The East Coast price is $3.44 per gallon, an increase of four cents from last week, and the West Coast price is up three cents to $3.49 per gallon. The largest decrease came in the Midwest, where the price dropped eight cents to $3.14 per gallon. Rounding out the regions, the Rocky Mountain price is below $3 per gallon for the first time since February 2011, after decreasing eight cents to $2.94 per gallon.
The national average diesel fuel price decreased a penny to $3.91 per gallon, eight cents higher than last year at this time. The price on the East Coast was unchanged, remaining at $4.01 per gallon for a third consecutive week, and the Gulf Coast price increased a penny to $3.84 per gallon, while prices in all other regions decreased. The Rocky Mountain region saw the largest decrease, falling six cents to $3.69 per gallon. The Midwest price is now $3.87 per gallon, a drop of two cents from last week. Rounding out the regions, the West Coast price decreased less than a penny to remain at $3.99 per gallon.


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This article was published 19/11/2012 (1734 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It sounds like a total scam, right? How can you possibly eat whatever you want on Christmas and not get fat?
Well, the fact of the matter is that you can't get fat in one day. You can't even get fat in a week.
One meal that you eat once a year is not the problem when it comes to weight gain; it's the other 364 days of the year. The key to having your stuffing and eating it too is to enjoy Christmas on Christmas.
That makes intuitive sense, and you've probably even promised yourself that you'd do this for yourself in years past. The hardest part for everyone is getting yourself back on track the day after because you've got all this food around (that is delicious), and you are now craving it (because it is literally addictive). Here are three very simple steps to making sure that actually gets done:
1. Only take home the protein: If it's in your house it's going to end up in your mouth. So, only take home the turkey and the odd veggie that is not covered in marshmallows, brown sugar or fried onions. (Turkey without the gravy, ham without the glaze and the like.)
If you are the guest, keeping the macaroni and cheese (or whatever else you love) from following you home is pretty easy. Make it taste really good, and only make a medium amount (not an institutional batch). The problem will solve itself.
If the host tries to push pie on you to take home, just politely (but firmly) decline. No need to say, "Oh, I'm watching my figure," because that will likely lead to some sort of guilt trip that will have you waking up to an all-pie breakfast.
If you're the host, just send everyone home with whatever they brought. This is easier if they bring it in the serving dish because you don't need any Tupperware after dinner, just some plastic wrap.
Again, if the guest says, "Oh, you should keep some," just politely (but firmly) decline.
2. Do it while you're stuffed: right after dinner when you are full is when it's the easiest to ensure that your home is safe in terms of food. That means unloading (or declining) the pies, cakes and tarts. When you've had four butter tarts an hour ago, you can let the rest of them go. But, when you had four butter tarts last night and you wake up with intense tart cravings the next morning, those tarts own your willpower.
Temptation grows, not shrinks with time. This is especially true with what is called "hyper-palatable" foods, like everything on the table at Christmas. ("Hyper-palatable" means it's excessively delicious food that triggers you to just want to eat, and eat and eat. For me these include chocolate chip cookies. If I make a batch of them, I tell myself, "Oh, I'll just have a few," but I will just not stop until every single cookie crumb is gone. I'll keep eating even though I feel sick. Guess what? I don't make them, nor do I keep them in the house.)
Don't make your life harder than it needs to be. Bite the bullet, and just get it done before bed. You can wake up the next morning and feel pretty good about yourself for being so smart, and for having the will to follow through.
3. Don't use this article in a negative way: some people will read the "You can't get fat in one day" line above, and expand that to mean, "Well, if you can't get fat in a day, then what's one more day? I'll keep the pie, and maybe deep fry the macaroni and cheese, but it's just one more day."
The old cliché, "Today is yesterday's tomorrow" is a profound truth. Putting off doing the right thing is how the right thing(s) never actually get done (and awful things happen by default). Shut your brain up. Don't think about doing the right thing with yourself. Just do it and be done.
So, have a blast during holidays. Make your favourite dish. Eat your favourite dishes. Eat a lot of it. Just pull the trigger on your best intentions before you go to bed, so you wake up set up to succeed.
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Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 10 (IANS) Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor is a multi-faceted personality who has excelled in his various avatars, Vice President Hamid Ansari said here Tuesday.
He was speaking after presenting the first Sree Narayana Guru Global Secular and Peace Award to Tharoor.
"He is a cerebral scholar, prolific writer, a brilliant orator and an international civil servant of repute," said Ansari.
"The purpose of today's award, I understand, is to honour an eminent public personality who has made important contribution towards building a secular and democratic society as envisaged by Sree Narayana Guru, the great social reformer, who transformed the social fabric of Kerala by teaching unity and equality of all human beings, irrespective of caste, creed or religion," he added.
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John STANLEY (1713-1786):
Six Concertos for Strings/Organ/Harpsichord & strings, Op 2.
Leslie Jones, Organist and Conductor
Harold Lester, Harpsichord
John Blow (1649-1708): A Voluntary for the Cornett Stop
Recorded in St. Mary's Church, Rotherhithe, London.
Organ by John Byfield 1764.
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1. Concerto No 2 in b minor for Organ and Strings
Largo-Adagio - Allegro - Adagio-Allegro moderato - Adagio-Allegro – Allegro
2. Concerto No 4 in d minor for Strings, with harpsichord continuo
Adagio - Allegro - Andante – Allegro
3. Concerto No 5 in A Major for Harpsichord and Strings
Largo-Allegro - Adagio - Allegro - Allegro moderato
4. Concerto No 1 in D Major for Strings with organ continuo
Largo - Allegro-Adagio-Allegro - Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
5. Concerto No 6 in B flat Major for Harpsichord and Strings
Adagio-Allegro - Largo - Allegro
6. Concerto No 3 in G Major for Organ and Strings
Adagio-Allegro - Andante - Allegro
7. John Blow (1649-1708): A Voluntary for the Cornett Stop
Total time 61:04
Total time 61:04
If you haven't heard these Concertos before – don't hesitate! Composed between 1742 and 1745 they are varied, tuneful, frequently contrapuntal, grand in the Handelian manner – and very baroque. Highly enjoyable and entertaining from start to finish.
If you have heard them before, then you probably heard them in one of the versions for string orchestra – all six performed all on one sound and textural level as Six Concertos for Strings. The present recording takes a different approach. These concertos were entitled "For Strings and Continuo, or Keyboard and Continuo", and we took John Stanley at his word! In fact, when preparing the scores, conductor Leslie Jones found that some are more suited to Strings, some to Keyboard. In the end, conductor and producer settled on the following: two concertos as Organ with strings, two as Harpsichord with strings, and two for Strings, one with harpsichord continuo, the other with organ continuo.
Nor did we use a chamber organ in a studio. These concertos were recorded in St Mary's Church in the old Thames River port of Rotherhithe, in the east end of London. From here the Mayflower set sail for America – her captain lies buried in the churchyard. This historic church provides not only a wonderful acoustic, but also a 1764 John Byfield organ in original condition. Leslie Jones himself plays the organ, occasionally reinforcing full organ sections with pedal. Harold Lester plays the harpsichord with his usual meticulous phrasing, and his enthusiasm which ensures that never a repeat comes without extensive elaboration – he even provides his own short cadenzas.
Here are six concertos, each one different in orchestration, every one a delight in the variety of its fairly short tuneful movements. Out of respect for the organ's venerable age and invaluable contribution, we have included a short solo organ piece to conclude the disc: a "Voluntary for the Cornett Stop" by John Blow.
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Valentino Fall 2014 Couture
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was a Victorian painter who liked to depict archaeological fantasies of scantily draped girls lounging around Roman villas. Had he been alive today and at the Valentino couture show, he'd hardly been able to contain himself. Every one of the looks Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli sent out were inspired by the works of Pre-Raphaelite painters and poets, but first among them was a white draped tunic dress named after Alma-Tadema's sultry study of a sleeping nymph, The Siesta, of 1868.
Forget historical exactitude, though. This collection was about a pair of Roman fashion designers conjuring up lyrical impressions of the ancient Imperial days of their own city, and building them into a new fantasy, from the delicately cross-laced Roman sandals up. "It's our past we're thinking about," said Chiuri. "Something graceful, regal and a bit more pagan, this time."
The clever combination of romance and relevance that is coming out of Valentino these days seems completely instinctive and unforced. On the one hand, there's a grounded sense of how young women want to dress (it's pretty handy that Chiuri has her eighteen-year-old daughter Rachele for reality checks) and on the other, there are the superb technical abilities which put the house in the category of up-there-on-clouds excellence. That sensible sensibility has already brought the long, lace Renaissance-inspired dress to fashion. It continues for fall with breathtakingly complex silver beaded embroidery, trailing in layers, and wondrous gilded gowns with tabard bodices.
But the new thing is simplicity—or rather, silhouettes which are unencumbered by any surface decoration. It's a truism in fashion that these things are even more difficult to accomplish than any amount of froth and beading. Yet there's absolutely no panic about that at Valentino. The stark, noble toga dresses and subtly dramatic constructs of draped and knotted silk in this collection carry the hallmarks of perfectionism that has been native to this house ever since Mr. Valentino Garavani set it up in the fifties. The upshot: What we're seeing here is the gradual reaching out to different kinds of women—or maybe it's the same women, in a different mood. And whichever way we look at it, Chiuri and Piccioli are turning their Roman couture fantasy into business reality. Such is the success of their work that they say they've taken on 30 more people in their couture ateliers to meet the growing demand.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Five Duval County teachers -- two from high schools, two from elementary schools and one from a middle school -- were named finalists Friday for the the district's 2013 teacher of the year:
- Scott Cason, Mandarin High School
- Cameron Foley, Ramona Boulevard Elementary
- Blair Nolan, First Coast High School
- Apryl Shackelford, Northwestern Middle
- Robyn White, West Jacksonville Elementary
These five were selected from a teachers of the year nominated from every public school in Duval County, and then from 15 semifinalists.
The winner will be named 2013 Florida Blue Teacher of the Year at the EDDY Awards on March 14 at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts.
The finalists were surprised in their classrooms on a Friday morning "prize patrol" that included Superintendent Nikolai Vitti.
"The finalists have been selected not only for being superb teachers but great role models, leaders, mentors and visionaries," said Vitti. "It is with great honor that we commend these educators for their tireless efforts in building our country's future leaders. I wish them all the best."
The program is a joint venture of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund and the Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership. Over the last five years, it has evolved beyond an awards ceremony to build a network of exemplary teachers who are leaders in the community and who work to improve our schools, student performance and the teaching profession. The program is entirely funded by private philanthropic support. The EDDY Awards were originally founded by the Rotary Clubs of Duval County.
"The community is proud to honor these accomplished educators," said Trey Csar, president of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund. "Participants in the ONE by ONE campaign have said that recognizing outstanding teachers and elevating the profession is a top priority and these teachers are the best of the best."
"These finalists represent great teaching that can be found across Duval county in our public schools," said Deborah Gianoulis Heald, president and CEO of the Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership. "We appreciate their intelligence, love of learning and commitment to developing the children they teach to be tomorrow's citizens."
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JAKE GYLLENHAAL is here, and he's as smoldering and charming as ever! With the buzz about a potential Oscar nomination for his movie "Prisoners," the twinkly-eyed actor arrives to give Ellen his year-end report and celebrate the film's DVD release. Jake has earned praise over the years as a cowboy in "Brokeback Mountain," a man tracking down a serial killer in "Zodiac," and a fierce L.A. cop in "End of Watch." All that appeal comes straight to Ellen's chair when he sits down to chat!
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I'm reading Memoirs of a Sociopath and am convinced that everyone is a sociopath. At least the charming ones among you are sociopaths. So if you're planning to manipulate me in cruel and sadistic ways, I have one thing to say to you: please don't. I'm far too easy a target (to which my kids will happily attest.)
Who you should manipulate are the folks who decided we can no longer loiter with our margarita by the waterfront at Bar Taco in Westport. You see, our thrills are simple: we like to sip excellent cocktails while watching cars clear out of the parking lot across the river. So why destroy them? Either competing bars are envious of this recreation, or too many ducks are suffering blows to the head from falling glasses.
But aside from the occasional disgruntled duck, Bar Taco remains the suburbanite's answer to nightlife. It's crowded, scene-y, energetic, and kid-friendly. It's also a restaurant, but most people don't get too worked up about that. Me, I'm not crazy about most of the fare. But some people enjoy it. Take that however you'd like.
Robin's note: During one of my many ventures to Bar Taco, the hostess spotted parents with a young girl waiting for a table. The little girl was dying of boredom and starvation, so the hostess ran over and gave her a coloring book, crayons, and chips. Nice touch, Bar Taco hostess.
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After an impassioned debate, the House of Delegates voted unanimously yesterday to support a civil Gideon resolution, urging the state to provide legal counsel to low income people in civil matters involving basic human needs.
The debate was the highlight of the May 23 meeting, held in Springfield, in which MBA President Mark D Mason symbolically passed the gavel to President-elect David W. White Jr., whose term officially begins Sept. 1.
HOD also addressed family law reforms and judicial compensation, and supported a Real Estate Bar Association bill regulating notaries public.
Michael S. Greco, past president of both the American Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association, called on the MBA to endorse ABA Resolution 112A. It calls on the government to provide free legal counsel to the indigent in a limited number of civil cases involving basic human needs such as shelter, sustenance, safety, health and child custody.
"It is shameful, shameful, that in the most bountiful country in the world, that 80 percent of the legal needs of the poorest Americans go unmet year after year," Greco told the group, arguing that the right to counsel should not be limited to criminal cases.
"Imprisonment is not just being behind bars," he said. "It can be living in poverty day after day. This issue is the defining issue for the legal profession, for the organized bar, for society."
The resolution does not address how the initiative should be funded or implemented. Mason said it's an important first step in providing equal justice in civil cases.
"This was truly history in the making," he said. "We have much to be proud of."
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I didn't want to write anything about the Torts firing despite hearing about it a few minutes before it became public thanks to a friend of mine. I say this because I have VERY mixed feelings about this.
First and foremost, I am an unabashed fan of John Tortorella.
Do I like the way he handles himself in front of the media? Not really, but it doesn't bother me. However, I love the way he holds his players accountable, I love the way he is fearless in deploying and trusting kids (unless they don't deserve the trust, like Kreider early in the season, but he redeemed himself late, proving Torts is fair). I love the way he gets his players to buy into his system, but I felt like his system was not ideal for the players we have, and frankly I'm not a believer in the 6 goalie system regardless. The reason I'm not is a few fold.
First, it opens you up to injuries. Deflections, like what nearly ended Marc Staals career, or slappers like the one that ended Callys season last year can cause a ton of damage.
Second, we have an elite group of defenseman (when healthy) and we have an elite goalie. Why are we playing a super conservative system? Shouldn't we try to score more goals and count on those 2 strengths to keep us in games? It makes sense to me, and it makes sense to most of you.
Finally, he's been pretty open about not coaching the offense or the power play, basically allowing the players to be as creative as they want. This is a mistake. A HUGE mistake. First and foremost, where a team should be organic you need to have some sort of set system so that players can do things without having to think about it, they need to know that they can put a puck into a certain area if it's open because that's what the system dictates they do. There's a lot to be said about coaching, adapting, and pressuring offensively. Torts is a great coach, but I dont think he adapted well enough to what was being thrown his way.
I'll also say that if it's true that the leadership group wanted him gone, then there is zero excuse to keep him. If he did indeed lose the lockerroom he HAS to go, period. Once that happened, your time is done.
So, who do we bring in to coach the Rangers?
I can tell you who I don't want to see, and that's Mark Messier.
Mess may be one of the greatest players in the history of the game, but you DO NOT want him as the head coach of the New York Rangers. Why? It's not even about the experience issue, it's because all coaches eventually have to be fired, but how the hell do you fire one of the most beloved players in New York history….not just Rangers history, but in the history of the city. It's damn near impossible to fire him. It's like Gretzky in Phoenix…keeping him as long as they did hurt the franchise, but how do you fire Wayne frikkin Gretzky? You can't. It's just…impossible.
Right now I'd be interested in a few guys. Guy Boucher who is pretty innovative comes to mind as does Alain Vigneault. I LOVE Brent Sutter as a coach, but I don't know if that's the right fit here. Guy Boucher whose system is very interesting would benefit from having the D that we have and the goalie that we have. It's an interesting combination of a super aggressive 1-2-2 and a super passive 1-3-1, depending on what the opposition is doing with the puck. Pretty interesting stuff.
But, we don't have Steven Stamkos and the like to light the lamp, so I'm not sure how well it would do offensively for us with our personnel. Vigneault may make the most sense.
Ruff is also a name being thrown around, and the guy knows how to incorporate offense into his system, but it depends heavily on his D being able to join the rush as the second wave, would that be ideal for the Rangers? Not sure.
Gun to my head, and I'm the GM? I pick Boucher.
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Football may be more of a game of inches than we all believed.
When asked about Adderall, the stimulant now coming under the league's scrutiny, Chicago Bears star wide receiver Brandon Marshall took his answer in a completely different direction, according to Brad Biggs.
He said that NFL players have resorted to using a certain little blue pill for additional energy on the field.
"I don't know too much about Adderall," he said. "I know guys, it is such a competitive league, guys try anything just to get that edge. I'm fortunate enough to be blessed with size and some smarts to give me my edge. But some guys, they'll do whatever they can to get an edge. I've heard of some crazy stories. I've heard [of] guys using like Viagra, seriously. Because the blood is supposedly thin, some crazy stuff. So, you know, it's kind of scary with some of these chemicals that are in some of these things so you have to be careful." (Emphasis added.)
Adderall has been the drug of choice as of late for those using PEDs, but it seems as if Viagra may be all the rage.
All jokes aside, Viagra is more beneficial than just in the bedroom. Athletes have found that it assists in blood flow, helping get oxygen around the body quicker, helping increase a player's on-field endurance.
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An Introduction to Biological Nurturing: New Angles on Breastfeeding
by Suzanne Colson
[2010, Texas: Hale Pub.; 135 pages, paperback.]
[Review first published in Midwifery Today Issue 101, Spring 2012, © 2012, Midwifery Today, Inc. Review by Nancy Halseide.]
Biological Nurturing is an approach to breastfeeding that gives the priority to maternal comfort. An expert on the subject, author Suzanne Colson has a history of experience behind her including working at Pithiviers State Hospital in France—a pioneering birth center where she worked alongside Dr. Michel Odent, a hero in the natural childbirth world.
Biological Nurturing, or BN for short, takes on a new twist from the current trend in breastfeeding by assuming that both "nature" and "nurture" play significant roles in the process; the popular ideas of late have swung only towards the "nurture" aspect. Colson works from the supposition that mothers do not lack breastfeeding instincts, but they also benefit from a little direction. It is both a learned and innate activity.
So does BN look different from how we have known breastfeeding to be in recent years? Yes, somewhat. Colson explains that in BN, instead of being bolt upright in a chair or in a side-lying position in bed, the mother semi-reclines while putting her baby on top of her abdomen so that the entire front part of the baby's body is touching his mother's maternal contours. When mothers are not taught a specific method of breastfeeding, they tend to naturally assume this sloping posture.
In BN, mothers and babies receive benefits from the relaxed position. The book describes how this semi-reclined posture supports the mother's body in such a way that eye-to-eye contact is made easier without putting strain on the mother's neck, and her hands are free to caress and stroke her baby while he feeds. On the other hand, the fixed systems of lactation that mothers have been taught in the last three decades result in "tension laden and unbalanced maternal sitting postures" where the mother's comfort is sacrificed in order to achieve a correct latch. The full frontal position is healthy for the baby because it promotes the release of motor reflex responses through the "body brushing" that mom and baby experience.
Colson's book is sure to become a standard guide for doctors, midwives and lactation consultants who are interested in what works in the world of breastfeeding. Mothers will also be delighted to read this new approach that takes their comfort into consideration.
Reviewer Nancy Halseide is the managing editor for Midwifery Today. She is also a childbirth educator and co-owner of Eugene Birth Education.


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Los Angeles, Sep 18 (IANS) Actor Robert Pattinson says he can't get used to making red carpet appearances.
The 27-year-old admits is still a little shy about facing the public, reports showbizspy.com.
"I get a ton of anxiety, right up until the second I get out of the car to the event, when suddenly it completely dissipates," he said.
"But up until that moment, I'm a nut case," Pattinson added.
He also admits that he has insecurities.
"Body dysmorphia, overall tremendous anxiety. I suppose it's because of these tremendous insecurities that I never found a way to become egotistical.
"I don't have a six-pack and I hate going to the gym. I've been like that my whole life. I never want to take my shirt off. I'd prefer to get drunk," Pattinson said.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Opening the game on a 13-2 run, the Saint Leo women's basketball team (6-0) defeated NAIA's Southeastern University (1-6), 54-40, Saturday afternoon from the Marion Bowman Activities Center.
The non-region victory saw the Lions extend their unbeaten streak to six games, tying the 2008-09 Lions for the most consecutive wins to start a season. Chelsea Williams led the way with a game-high 20 points and eight rebounds, while Christina Granville and Keishara Green controlled the boards with nine rebounds apiece.
It was a 13-2 run to start the game for the home standing Lions, as Granville tabulated four of the Lions opening 13 points. Minutes later, the Fire began to heat up as sharp perimeter shooting saw Southeastern cut the lead to four with seven minutes left. Saint Leo regained momentum towards the end of the half as the defense stepped-up to keep the Fire off the board over the remaining five minutes, closing the half up five, 18-13. The 13 points surrendered by the Lions in the opening stanza was a season-best for the defense.
In the second half, it was a quartet of sophomore scorers who stepped up as Williams, Green, Chelsea Connelly, and Elise Clyburn got the Lions' offense going. Clyburn's half-opening basket propelled the Lions to score 16 of the first 23 points of the stanza to give the Green and Gold a 34-20 lead with 11:11 remaining.
Later, the Lions extended the lead out further as Connelly and Clyburn connected on consecutive three-point baskets grabbing a game-high 22-point lead with 4:31 to play. Saint Leo took a running lead of 15 through the final buzzer as the Lions continued their unbeaten streak.
The Lions kept the clamps on defensively as they kept Southeastern to just 40 points. The group forced 18 turnovers and held the Fire to just 31 percent shooting (14-for-45).
Overall, the Lions held Southeastern to three bench points and zero second chance points. The Green and Gold also overmatched the Fire in the rebounding department, 47-24.
After a week layoff, the Lions will return to action on Tuesday, December 13, when they play host to Newberry College. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. from the Marion Bowman Activities Center. For the latest news, information, and updates on the women's basketball team, visit SaintLeoLions.com.