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Development Partners Working Group on Decentralisation and Local Governance: Remarks by Peter Silberberg
(Welcoming remarks by Mr. Peter Silberberg, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations, at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Development Partners Working Group on Decentralisation and Local Governance)
"Ms. Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi (Director of UNDP's Democratic Governance Group), Ms. Yamina Djacta (Dirctor of UN-Habitat's New York Office), and Mr. Marc Bichler (UNCDF Executive Secretary), Mr. Kuno Schläfli, Representative of the Swiss Development Cooperation, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen,
It's an honour and pleasure for me to to welcome you at the occasion of the 8th annual meeting of the Development Partners Working Group on Decentralisation and Local Governance (DeLoG). Let me first of all commend the host organisations for putting together such an interesting program.
Since its inception in 2006 DeLoG has made considerable progress in providing a platform for more effective development cooperation in the field of decentralisation and local governance. With successful interventions at the Busan High Level Forum and the global thematic consultation on governance in the post-2015 agenda in South Africa, DeLoG has proven to be a useful forum to position the issues of decentralisation and local governance strategically in the international development agenda.
However, DeLoG is doing more than that. It is implementing a specialised and tailor made capacity development program to improve effective support to decentralisation reforms. Last year, courses were held in Mozambique, Benin and Switzerland. In addition, DeLoG has constantly fostered and improved knowledge management and the exchange of experiences amongst decentralisation practitioners.
Many of the development partners have - in one form or another - contributed to the progress of the group. In this regard, I would especially like to thank the Swiss Development Cooperation for entering into a substantive and sustainable co-funding agreement to strengthen the DeLoG Secretariat and its activities in the next three years.
The German Government has been funding the DeLoG Secretariat since 2008 because we are convinced that decentralisation and local governance are key reforms for the development of professional, citizen-oriented and performing public institutions at all levels of the state. Local public institutions can take more directly into account the priorities and needs of the citizens and provide many public services more efficiently. The support of decentralisation and local governance is therefore one of the strategic focal areas of German Development Cooperation. Against this background, I am happy to announce that the German Government will extend the funding to DeLoG and its Secretariat for another three years.
Our continuing support underlines the commitment of the German Government to the Paris and Busan Principles and the important role decentralisation plays for German Development Cooperation. We believe that multi-level governance and the sub-national level should play an explicit role in the future post-2015 agenda. The recently published results of the MY World global survey show, that "an honest and responsive government" is one of the three top priorities for people all around the world. Furthermore, Germany would like to put a focus on effective measurement of donor interventions as well as government policies in the area of decentralisation and local governance.
DeLoG can and should play an important role supporting its member organisations to make the support of decentralisation and local governance a success. Given the great challenges, the DeLoG Secretariat may need to be further strengthened. I am confident that the foundation for this will be laid over the course of the next three days.
We hope that our contribution helps motivate other members to actively participate in this platform to build and use its full potential.
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Pure relief washed over Caitlin Bassett as she sank the game-winning shot against a defiant England to keep Australia's Commonwealth Games netball campaign on track.
The world champion Diamonds had to survive a huge scare from highly-physical world No.3 England, trailing until midway through the final quarter before goal shooter Bassett sealed a 49-48 victory in the dying seconds.
A loss would likely have meant Australia facing defending champions New Zealand in the semi-finals, but they're now on track for a likely more comfortable semi-final against world No.4 Jamaica.
Bassett, who finished the Diamonds' second pool game with 88 per cent shooting, conceded her team were fortunate to win.
"I missed my first two shot attempts and I think I was shooting at close to 100 per cent up until then, so it was nice to sink that one," Bassett said of her game winner.
"I knew I was right under the post so there was no excuse."
After hitting two from five in the first quarter, rookie goal attack Tegan Caldwell was replaced by experienced shooter Natalie Medhurst (85 per cent), as coach Lisa Alexander sought an answer to England's tough defence.
Star English goal keeper Geva Mentor said her team was trying to exploit Australia's relatively inexperienced attack through its physical defence and managed to do so for most of the game.
"We know they were vulnerable and we knew we needed to capitalise on what we could out there and I think it was literally just down to us," she said.
"We had to make them earn this win today and I think we probably threw it away in some cases but... if that's the game they've got, we know we can beat them."
Alexander conceded while Caldwell had a nervy few opening minutes, it was a deliberate ploy to give her a start in just her second match for the Diamonds.
"We need to be actually unpredictable because if we're too predictable, then any opposition will shut us down," she said.
"So we're actually working on something quite unique, which is to be unpredictable and sometimes that takes time."
The Aussies didn't help their chances with 22 turnovers to England's seven and a whopping 18 match play errors to their opposition's five.
Rattled by the close win, Alexander was reluctant to write-off world No.9 Barbados, who her charges come up against on Sunday.
"They'll come flying through to have a crack at intercepts, so our ball speed and our timing has to be perfect," she said.

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I just tried this script on BT3 final using the Alfa AWUS036H card. The script itself works fine for the most part, I am trying it currently on a WPA2-PSK access point of mine.
The issue seems to be when your outputting to wpa.conf with a access point that has a space in its SSID, even when I put the AP in quotes. Try running the command for example "wpa_passphrase "blah blah" testingkey", that will output the psk key.
Although if you give your script for WPA "blah blah" (including quotes when entered), the output wpa.conf file just says "Passphrase must be 8..63 characters".
Cheers mate nice work just small issue.


text: The Community School of the Arts (CSA) is one of the many on campus programs that enables Wheaton College to engage with the surrounding community through the arts and education. CSA offers Suzuki and/or traditional (preparatory) music lessons, early childhood music, visual art classes for youth and adults, as well as summer camps, children's choirs, handbell ensembles and special needs music classes, reaching over 1800 students annually from 50 Chicago suburbs. CSA also offers free music concerts and visual art exhibits throughout the year featuring our faculty and students. CSA's mission is to honor and glorify God through teaching and inspiring students in the performing and visual arts, guiding them toward their full potential while encouraging them, in turn, to enrich the lives of others. CSA cultivates appreciation for the arts through performances and special events, encouraging students to become better individuals and better citizens by providing them with these opportunities to share their talents. CSA provides individualized instruction to meet each student's needs, building nurturing relationships among students, parents, and teachers. Many of CSA's long-standing faculty members hold advanced degrees in their respective fields, have years of experience, and are dedicated to shaping the artistic journeys of their students. CSA's administrative offices (Open M-F 8-3pm) and music studios are located on the Wheaton College campus. For more information on programs, faculty, and events, please visit the Community School of the Arts.


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Library History
The School District Office moved to a building on Seventh North Street on June 9 and the library found space in the Village Mall on Vine and First Streets. June 20th would be moving day.
June 12 marked the annual budget vote. 1867 voters approved ( and 1286 opposed) the $121,915 operating budget. Stuart Krupkin, Mr. Frederick and Nicholas J. Vaccaro were elected to the Board.
July 31, 1974 marked the day the old red brick district office building was demolished.
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new edifice took place on September 16th and the library closed so that all staff could attend.
In August the five member Board approved the installation of a computerized circulation system by Gaylord Brothers of Syracuse. The Liverpool Public Library would be the first library in Onondaga County to have such a system. Gaylord Brothers, the oldest library manufacturer in the world, began their operations in the early twentieth century in Syracuse and erected their current building on Morgan Road in Liverpool in 1968. Being so close to their offices was definitely an advantage whenever technical support was needed.
On September 16th the library closed at 11:15 a.m. so that all employees could attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the new building.


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Postconcussive syndrome occurs after a blow to the head or body, a fall, or another injury
that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull. Common
symptoms are changes in the ability to concentrate, think, remember, or solve
Symptoms, which may include headaches, personality changes, and
dizziness, may be related to stress from the events surrounding the accident
that caused the injury. It may take several weeks to many months for these
symptoms to go away on their own. But these may also be signs of a more
serious injury and should be discussed with a doctor.
Rest is the best treatment for postconcussive syndrome.
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Today we announced that Fallout 3's second DLC, The Pitt, will be released on Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows LIVE on Tuesday, March 24th and cost 800 Microsoft Points.
Along with the announcement, we've got three brand new screenshots up on our official site — including the one above that introduces you to the Trogs. For more details on The Pitt, check out new hands-on impressions at OXM (UK) and Eurogamer.
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The Academy of Fine Arts runs two childcare facilities: one is the children's group Kakadu for kids from approx. 12 months to 3 years old, located in the main building at Schillerplatz, and the other is the kindergarten LULU for older children, in the institute building in Karl Schweighofergasse.
Please register your child directly with the respective childcare facility. As only a limited number of places are available, children are admitted on a first-come-first-served basis.


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A FARMER helped police to catch a three-man metal theft gang, York Crown Court heard.
He sounded the alert at 6am on March 31 last year when he heard an engine and saw a vehicle that had just smashed through one of his fences, said Angus MacDonald, prosecuting.
He took the registration and 15 minutes later, police tracked the vehicle to a service station at South Milford and arrested the gang.
The vehicle contained copper cable, a drum, heavy duty switches and equipment to remove them from the disused Gascoigne Wood mine near Sherburn-in-Elmet.
Judge Guy Kearl QC said police were trying to stem a "tide of offences" involving metal theft.
"You have participated in that tide," he told the vehicle's driver Gary Dean Sephton, 33, and Lee Jepson, 41, both of South Kirby near Pontefract, and John David McKenna, 24, of Little Houghton near Barnsley.
He jailed Jepson for four months consecutive to a 16-month sentence he is serving for burglary. Sephton was given a four-month sentence suspended for two years on condition he did 100 hours' unpaid work and 15 days' specified activities, and McKenna got six months' supervision. The judge said McKenna had been asleep in bed until the others woke him and took him along with them. All three men admitted burglary and Sephton admitted criminal damage to the fence.
For Sephton, Kate Batty said he could lead a law-abiding life, for Jepson, Daniel Smith said his family had left the country since he was imprisoned and Michael Jowett for McKenna said it was his only offence.


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Greater Baltimore is a region comprised of Baltimore City and six surrounding counties (Anne Arundel, Baltimore County, Carroll, Cecil, Harford and Howard) and encompasses more than 3,100 square miles of land. Over 2.7 million people reside in the region, making the area the 20th largest metro area in the United States. See here for more details.
The region is a key economic center for the State and home to numerous prominent businesses of all sizes. Residents enjoy a relatively high per capita income and employers find a highly-educated workforce. Greater Baltimore still provides a relatively low cost of living, compared to other major metro areas, and it is well-connected to urban regions along the Northeast Corridor. Since last measured in 2009, Greater Baltimore produced an annual Gross Metropolitan Product of $138.4 billion.
Greater Baltimore has consistently performed better than the US average in terms of employment and unemployment. The region's diverse industry base, concentration in strong and growing industries, and talented workforce allow the region to continue to grow and develop.
As of November 2011, Greater Baltimore had the fifth lowest unemployment rate at 6.7 percent, well below the US average of 8.2 percent (among the 25 largest US Metros). Since 2001 Greater Baltimore employment grew by 2.41 percent overall, landing the region in the top 10 for growth in the decade. Click here to download our employment spreadsheet.
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PARENTS-to-be are invited to an open evening at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) tonight to learn more about a new maternity unit.
The midwifery-led service which is currently based in the main hospital building, will be relocated to a former staff residential block close to the road to provide improved access for arriving mums.
New facilities include two en-suite birthing rooms, both with pools, and a postnatal room with en-suite facilities for those needing to stay overnight.
Acting head of midwifery, Pauline Hawkes, said: "I'm really excited about the new unit. It will enable us to provide a more homely, rather than a clinical, environment for our parents to be and I hope people will come along to our event and find out more."
There will also be dedicated car parking bays and the location will improve emergency transfers by ambulance should mothers need obstetric support, available at Poole Hospital. The unit is due to open by the summer.
The open evening tonight will be held at 7.30pm in the conference room of the hospital's education centre and will be an opportunity for parents to be to share their views and speak to midwives about having a home birth. Tea and coffee will be provided.
For low-risk births:
The Bournemouth midwifery birth service, which sees around 380 births a year in the unit and a further 70 home births, is for low-risk women who are expected to have a straightforward birth.
Mothers do not have immediate access to highly technically skilled obstetric staff, such as obstetricians, anaesthetists or neonatal nurses.
Mothers and babies needing this support are transferred to Poole Hospital, which provides a full obstetric service. For more details, or if you want to attend, call June Loveless on 01202 704220 or email firstname.lastname@example.com


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On Aug. 25, the Williamstown Elementary Cross Country Team competed at the Holmes Licking River Run.
Overall, the girl's and boy's teams each placed third.
In the girl's race, runners finished as follows: Kasey Hill - fourth; Destiny Wallace - 12th; Tabi Jordan - 13th; Teja James - 23rd; Jayda Murphy - 29th; Emma Kramer - 30th; Shelby Marksbury - 31st; Ellie Schultz - 32nd; Cailynn Evans - 35th; Abigail McKenney - 38th; Sophie McKenney - 39th and Courtney Evans - 40th.
Steve Thompson retired from the classroom, but he's already gone back to school.
Thompson, of Dry Ridge, has been hired as the Grant County Schools athletic director.
He replaces Scott Shipp, who has taken over as Grant's director of operations.
The Grant County High School boy s golf team beat Pendleton County last week in a heavy, rain-soaked match.
Cody Kellam led the Braves with an even par on the back nine holes at Eagle Creek on Aug. 21
Kellam, a sophomore, is the Braves leading golfer. He shot a 35.
Kellam said he s pleased with how well he is shooting this year.
I am working hard to gain confidence in my game. I m focusing more on the mental side of the game this year than I ever have before, Kellam said.
By Philip Frommeyer
Sports Correspondent
At the coin toss, the Owen County Rebels won the call and decided to kick off to the Braves on Aug. 25 at Grant County.
Early in the first quarter, Shelby Caudill intercepted a pass intended for a Rebels wide receiver.
With great scoring position and a hand off to Derek Sutherland, the Braves scored the first touch down.
Because of smart plays and strong defense, the Braves were able to keep the Rebels scoreless in the first quarter.
When Kentucky's 2012-2013 deer season opens with the beginning of archery hunting Sat., Sept. 1, there will be plenty of reasons for hunters to be optimistic.
Last deer season was arguably the state's best ever. A record 68 bucks taken in Kentucky qualified for entry into the Boone & Crockett record books, a record for the state.
Kentucky hunters also posted the fourth best overall harvest with119,656 deer, the highest total since the 2008-09 season. In 96 of Kentucky's 120 counties, hunters bagged more deer than in the 2010-2011 deer season.
The Grant County High School girl's golf team earned a fourth place finish on Aug. 25 at the Bluegrass Invitational at Glenmary Country Club.
Sarah Kellam, the team s senior and leader, shot a 79.
"I've had a successful year thus far. However, I am working hard not to get complacent. There is always room for improvement in every aspect of the game," Kellam said.
The Grant County High School Braves soccer team kicked their way to victory by defeating the Owen County Rebels 3-1 on Aug. 16.
Jordan Kearns, as goalie, was tough on defense as he communicated well with his defenders and played aggressively off the line.
"The Owen County game was a great team effort and shows how far this team has come since last year," said Coach Dave Schmitt.
Schmitt was pleased with the performance of the defense.
Kevin Siple is the new head coach of the Grant County High School Braves football team.
With 27 years of experience, Siple is not new to being a coach.
Because Grant County has had three coaches in the last three years, Siple wants to bring stability to the program and is looking to finish his career with the Braves.
The Grant County High School Lady Braves soccer team traveled to Walton-Verona to beat the Lady Bearcats 3 – 2 on Aug. 15.
Coach Garrett Griffith said Gwen MacAdams had a breakout game, followed by Kaylie Ezell and Kelsey Lund, two freshmen players, who stepped up in place of some injured players.
"I was happy with their play because a win is always a positive," Griffith said.
Griffith said his team is strong on possession.
The Grant County Varsity Girls Soccer team played their best yet this season as they faced Cooper, a team they have struggled with in the past losing to them 5-0 and 6-1.
When the two teams met on Aug. 13, they came away with a 2-2 tie. "The girls didn't make mistakes and played exceptionally well together," said GCHS girls varsity coach Garrett Griffith.
The strengths of the team are the ability to possess the ball and play great defense.
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Sword Presentation — The members of Co. G. 17th Iowa Infantry Volunteers, on Thursday, the 19th instant, presented their second Lieutenant, L. F. McNeal with a fine sword, sash and belt. The presentation was made in behalf of the Company by Dr. Ealy, First Surgeon of the regiment, who made the following remarks: "Lieutenant McNeal, since the organization of Co. C you have been among its most efficient officers, constantly at your post and always ready for duty. Your kind attention to your command, your gallant conduct on the bloody battlefields of Luka and Corinth, have won the confidence of these brave boys who surround you, and as a token of their confidence and esteem I present you, in their behalf, this sword, sash and belt, trusting, Sir, that your future may be as brave as your past had been, honorable, and that this sword may glimmer in the sunlight of every battle field, till the last rebel bites the dust, and the emblem of our country's glory shall wave in triumph over an undivided Union; and when you return in peace to the happiness of your home; may this serve to remind you of the brave boys who fought by your side in the hour of your country's peril."
The Lieutenant received the gift, and addressing the company in line, said: "I thank you, gentlemen, for this evidence of respect. I thank you, not for its intrinsic value merely, but for the testimony it affords of having acquitted myself honorably as a soldier. It matters not what influences may operate to deprive me of the merit i have won, while I sustain so fair a reputation with those who, above all others, are best capable of judging. I would rather have such evidence of having performed my duty toward you and our country, than held the highest position within the gift of the President of the United States. And in assurance that this beautiful sword shall never be dishonored, I can do no more than refer you to the past. And when it shall have done the part assigned it in humbling base autocrats who plot the destruction of our Republic, it shall, if need be, and in the extermination of those vile sympathizers at the North who are seeking to cripple the resources of the Government, and rob the soldier of his hard-earned laurels."


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42 U.S. Code § 14116 - State application
§ 14116.
State application
(a) In general
Each State desiring an allotment under section 14112 of this title shall submit an application to the Director at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Director may reasonably require.
(b) ContentsAn application under subsection (a) shall—
describe the scholarship program and the student employment program for which assistance under this part is sought;
contain assurances that the lead agency will work in cooperation with the local law enforcement liaisons, representatives of police labor organizations and police management organizations, and other appropriate State and local agencies to develop and implement interagency agreements designed to carry out this part;
contain assurances that the State will advertise the scholarship assistance and student employment it will provide under this part and that the State will use such programs to enhance recruitment efforts;
contain assurances that the State will screen and select law enforcement personnel for participation in the scholarship program under this part;
contain assurances that under such student employment program the State will screen and select, for participation in such program, students who have an interest in undertaking a career in law enforcement;
contain assurances that under such scholarship program the State will make scholarship payments to institutions of higher education on behalf of persons who receive scholarships under this part;
(7) with respect to such student employment program, identify—
identify model curriculum and existing programs designed to meet the educational and professional needs of law enforcement personnel; and
(Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200207, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2059.)
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The Judicial Council's duty under Code of Civil Procedure section 391.7 is to maintain the Vexatious Litigant List (updated monthly). The council has delegated the responsibility of maintaining the list to its staff. Judicial Council staff compiles and disseminates a list of persons against whom prefiling orders have been entered [or issued]. Publication of this list began in 1991. Only orders filed from 1991 to the present are included on this list.
Under Code of Civil Procedure section 391(b), a vexatious litigant is a person who does any of the following:
Under section 391.7, in addition to other relief, the court may, on its own motion or the motion of any party, enter a prefiling order that prohibits a vexatious litigant from filing any new litigation in California in pro per without first obtaining permission from the presiding justice or presiding judge of the court where the filing is proposed. A vexatious litigant who disobeys such a prefiling order may be punished for contempt of court. (Code Civ. Proc., § 391.7(a).)
The presiding justice or presiding judge should permit the filing of such litigation only if it appears that the litigation has merit and is not being filed for the purpose of harassment or delay. The presiding justice or presiding judge may condition the filing of the litigation upon the furnishing of security for the benefit of the defendants, as provided in Code of Civil Procedure section 391.3. (Code Civ. Proc., § 391.7(b).)
The clerk should not file any litigation presented by a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order unless the vexatious litigant first obtains an order from the presiding justice or presiding judge permitting the filing. (Code Civ. Proc., § 391.7(c).)
Under section 391.7(e), the presiding justice or presiding judge of a court may designate a justice or judge of the same court to act on his or her behalf in exercising the authority and responsibilities provided under subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive.
Under section 391.7(f), the clerk of the court provides to the Judicial Council a copy of any statewide vexatious litigant prefiling orders.
Under section 391.8(a), a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order under Section 391.7 may file an application to vacate the prefiling order and remove his or her name from the Judicial Council's list of vexatious litigants subject to prefiling orders. The application shall be filed in the court that entered the prefiling order, either in the action in which the prefiling order was entered or in conjunction with a request to the presiding justice or presiding judge to file new litigation under Section 391.7. The application shall be made before the justice or judge who entered the order, if that justice or judge is available. If that justice or judge who entered the order is not available, the application shall be made before the presiding justice or presiding judge, or his or her designee.
Under section 391.8(b), a vexatious litigant whose application under subdivision (a)
was denied shall not be permitted to file another application on or before 12 months has elapsed after the date of the denial of the previous application.
Under section 391.8(c), a court may vacate a prefiling order and order removal of a vexatious litigant's name from the Judicial Council's list of vexatious litigants subject to prefiling orders upon a showing of a material change in the facts upon which the order was granted and that the ends of justice would be served by vacating the order.
The Judicial Council's annual dissemination of the vexatious litigant list to court clerks is required. To remove a name from the vexatious litigant list, the council must receive an order directly from the issuing court vacating the prefiling order.
Please note that if a person has been declared a vexatious litigant, but there is no prefiling order, or if there is an order requiring posting of security but no prefiling order, the name will not appear on the list.
MC-700, Prefiling Order—Vexatious Litigant.
This mandatory Judicial Council form is to be used by the courts or a party when declaring a person or organization a vexatious litigant requiring a prefiling order.
MC-701, Request to File New Litigation by Vexatious Litigant
This optional form may be used by an individual that has been determined to be a vexatious litigant and who must obtain prior court approval to file any new litigation in which the vexatious litigant is not represented by an attorney. Filing new litigation means (1) commencing any civil action or proceeding, or (2) filing any petition, application, or motion (except a discovery motion) under the Family or Probate Code in the courts of California.
MC-702, Order to File New Litigation by a Vexatious Litigant
This new optional form is the order portion of Request to File New Litigation by Vexatious Litigant (form MC-701).
MC-703, Application for Order to Vacate Prefiling Order and Remove Plaintiff/Petitioner from Judicial Council Vexatious Litigant List
This new optional form may be used by a vexatious litigant to ask to be removed from the list of vexatious litigants who must obtain prefiling approval.
MC-704, Order on Application to Vacate Prefiling Order and Remove Plaintiff/Petitioner from Judicial Council Vexatious Litigant List
This new optional form is an order to be used to grant or deny the vexatious litigant's request to be removed from the list.
If you have any questions about this list, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Embarrassing initials, off-putting meanings, overpopularity… when it comes to naming your baby, the potential pitfalls are plentiful. And while we don't want to make this Herculean task any harder than it has to be, it's better to discover trip-ups now than after the birth certificate is signed.
So run your top name choice through our list of baby-naming pitfalls and see how it fares. If it doesn't hit any snags, you may have a winner.
1. The nickname trap
You've probably already checked out how your baby's proposed first name flows with the last name. But remember to check out how any potential nicknames sound with the last name as well. "Our favorite name was Benjamin, but the short form, Ben, combined with our last name, Ito, sounds like Benito. Not so good," says one BabyCenter dad-to-be.
Of course, you don't have to let this pitfall stop you, especially if you're in the no-nickname camp. Just go into it with your eyes open. While the names Theodore Stead and Charles Puck are respectable and dignified, Ted Stead and Chuck Puck are, well, considerably less so.
2. Embarrassing initials
Alison Sarah Smith is a perfectly lovely name until you notice the initials. So is Samuel Andrew Davis. Whether you want to let initials stop you from using a name is, of course, your choice – but by checking them out first, you'll avoid any rude awakenings later. "I felt that I had a good solid name until I realized that the initials spelled I.L.L.," says one BabyCenter mom-to-be. "Back to the drawing board."
And don't overlook monograms, in which the last initial is flanked by the first and middle initials. "I wasn't thinking of monograms when I named my little girl," says one mom. "Sorry to say, her monogram is LSD. She's 11 now and all of her friends have monogrammed everything, but I can't bring myself to put LSD on her book bag or sweatshirt."
3. A lifetime of corrections
"Sigh. I guess it's time for me to face it. My daughter, Isla (pronounced 'eye-la'), is going to be forever correcting the spelling and pronunciation of her name and cursing us for having to do so," says popular BabyCenter blogger Betsy Shaw.
Actually, whether or not this is a true naming pitfall is up for debate. Many of the most beautiful names lend themselves to mispronunciation.
But if you're leaning toward a name that's not so common, you may want to post it in our baby names discussion group and see how others pronounce it. If several people pronounce it a different way than you prefer, think about whether you or your child will find it a nuisance to correct people. If that doesn't seem like a bother, go for it! If it does, it's time to consider some less-tricky names.


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James McGriff (Center) is shown with his defense team
By Byron Spires,
Herald Editor
The James McGriff murder trial started Wednesday morning.
McGriff is accused of second degree murder in the death of Otis Harley that occurred January 30, 2011.
He also faces charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and concealment of a firearm.
During opening statements prosecuting attorney Stefan Grow stated that Harley and McGriff got into an argument over a dice game during a backyard party.
Harley allegedly pushed McGriff, prosecutors said, and another man tried to break up the fight, but could not.
As the man walked away, Grow said, he heard a gunshot and turned to see Harley on the ground. Grow said McGriff then left the scene
Harley was shot once in the upper abdomen.
Defense attorney Mandy Garcia, in his opening remarks, stated that Harley had been the aggressor and that McGriff acted in self defense.
He added that Harley weighed 100 pounds more than McGriff and had a reputation for violence.
Garcia stated that the only prosecution witness who claimed to have seen McGriff with a gun on that day changed his story the day before his trial in another case in hopes of avoiding a lengthy prison sentence.
Three days have been set aside for the trial.
More will be posted as it develops.
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
"Because you don't have kids, you don't have a complete heart, Mr. Burns," read a note from a subscriber angry with my recent "conservative" opinion about free-and-reduced lunches in public schools.
Awfully harsh. But, then again, no doubt single people like this columnist are missing some of life's great joys. Yes, I don't have a son or daughter.
That said, over two years of involvement with fund-raising and support for a new Carroll Public Library, my primary motivator has been the young people of this community.
Our kids deserve a library that is inspirational, not average. We aren't an average town, are we? Does a "C" get you anywhere these days?
Some folks — who support the library — were telling me stories this week about opposition in the 1970s to the construction of the Carroll Recreation Center. The line of thinking from the naysayers then: the kids should be playing outside, gloves and mittens on, not firing jump shots in a heated gym or diving into a warm pool as the snow flies outside.
That's amusing because we know the story had a happy ending. That generation did the right thing. They gave us the Rec Center, a facility with a separating quality, a feature that has served to sell our quality of life to business owners and employees who've moved here in the last 40 years.
Like others blessed to be in family businesses in Carroll I think each day about what I owe my grandfather James W. Wilson, the late 50-year leader of this newspaper, and my uncle, James B. Wilson, the current publisher. I am keenly aware of generational responsibilities. And the truth is, so are a lot of other people in Carroll.
On Tuesday, with a referendum before us on the library, we have another Rec Center opportunity. We have a chance to construct a marvelous building to exercise the minds of our young people, to send a powerful message that we are four-square behind education in Carroll, Iowa. And in doing all of this we make good on a debt to our parents and grandparents who made sacrifices for us.
"It's so important for kids to read and read well," Carol Shields, a passionate supporter of the new library, said Wednesday night at the forum on the project.
Added Robyn Greteman, another strong advocate for the library, "I want a library we can be proud of that reflects the other things we have here in our community."
We aren't coming to the vote empty-handed, either.
The Carroll Library Foundation has raised more than $1 million through private donations from businesses and individuals with some selected grants in the mix.
Are we going to be the community that spurns a million dollars, leaves it on the table and starts from scratch with a second-rate plan? Are we that guy? Really?
The specific plan you are voting to fund Tuesday has been in the works for two years. The overall discussion and research behind the new library started in 2005.
After studying 20 potential options, the Carroll Public Library Site Selection Committee in late September of 2009 recommended that the city purchase the historic Heider Manufacturing building and some adjoining property for a new library.
Twelve of the 13 members of the Site Selection Committee ranked the Heider site No. 1 — with one person ranking it No. 2.
At a council meeting on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, Councilwoman Carolyn Siemann said of the Heider site recommendation: "I think the site will sell itself."
It was such a strong endorsement that the remark earned Siemann the top quote in our Page 1 story the next day. She's a bright woman, an accomplished educator, and that seemingly unequivocal support spurred momentum for the project.
Now, in a turnaround that would make Mitt Romney dizzy, Siemann is a leading opponent of the library, an advocate of a Jenny Craig Diet plan of doing something with the current site, or perhaps just tossing all the books into the Middle Raccoon River and giving everyone a Kindle.
That's not the Carroll way.
We don't bequeath our next generations duct-taped facilities and cut-rate futures.
And we don't have to.
We aren't being asked to sell the farm — or even skip too many desserts — to get this new library developed.
The owner of a home valued at $100,000 will see an annual tax increase of $49.32 per year.
But that won't necessarily correlate directly with an increase in taxes, as $4.8 million in general-obligation debt related to other city projects and facilities will be paid off between July of this year and June 2016. About $2.5 million of that is property-tax-supported debt with the remainder connected to tax-increment financing and local-option sales-tax financing, according to city figures.
By fiscal year 2016-2017, the only significant general-obligation debt on the books for the city, barring any new projects, will be financing of the $2.96 million bond issue for the Carroll Family Aquatic Center — which carries annual payments of about $193,000 between 2016 and 2021. In 2016-2017 the city would be at 6 percent of its debt limit of $31.6 million, leaving capacity for $29.7 million in general-obligation debt, according to the official City of Carroll Debt Limit Schedule.
The city does carry debt connected to $11 million in bonds issued in 2003 and 2004 for the wastewater-treatment plant but that financing is connected to sewer-service revenues.
In fiscal year 2011-2012, the city will make a final payment of $83,280 on a 2002 bond issue of $700,000 that paid for a major flood-mitigation and improvement plan at the Carroll Municipal Golf Course. Also, in fiscal year 2011-2012, the city will make a final payment of $26,025 on a 2002 bond issue of $195,000 for a fire department equipment van.
The general-obligation bonds on the $1.5 million 2003 issue for the Bass Street, Drain 77, storm-sewer project will be paid off in fiscal year 2012-2013 with a $196,156 payment. The $2 million bond issue in 2005 connected to Corridor of Commerce phasing and the purchase of an aerial fire truck will be off the books with a final payment of $244,165 in fiscal year 2015-2016.
We have the space in the budget to make this work with room to spare.
In summary, because of the wisdom and boldness of past Carroll generations, who made smart decisions about when to be aggressive and when to fold the cards, we are in a position to create another game-changing moment in Carroll.
Yes, I may not have kids who will benefit from this library.
But I owe an immeasurable debt to earlier generations of my family and previous Carroll residents.
This is what we do in Carroll. We get projects like this done.
Shelve the selfishness so many are trying to disguise as thrift and do what you know is right for Carroll's kids on Tuesday.
Vote yes.
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Dear "Mr. Taxpayer",
To quote you..."a way for the elitist adults of this community to pat themselves on the back, get their names on a new building's signage, and hopefully fulfill that emptiness that comes when you can no longer find inspiration in the little things."
I am sorry, but this just sounds bitter...about what no one knows, since you hide behind anonymity.
You obviously are only seeing the side of this issue that you want to see and that's from your own personal viewpoint....you don't want/need/desire this library, so why should you pay for it? Own that rather than blame others.
The "elitist" you describe I see as futurist thinkers who know what community is and want to offer the very best to theirs. It is not individualist in nature as you seem to be, rather wise and knowlegeable about what COMMUNITY needs to sustain.
Current and future generations will benefit from this in more ways than have ever been discussed, not to mention the newcomers that decide Carroll is a great place to be because of what it provides in terms of ammenities (and leadership).
Good luck to the community of Carroll in the vote for the future!
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I should also say that if what Mr. Burns says is true then it gives every child without access to such a luxurious facility a ready-made excuse to fail.
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I am in total agreement, Carroll Taxpayer.
Mr. Burns' article is a slap in the face of every successful person who started out with nothing. (We certainly didn't have all the amenities that this new library is proposing and we turned out fine.)
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Definition of inspiration:
1. stimulation to do creative work: stimulation for the human mind to creative thought or to the making of art
"found inspiration in the landscape around her"
2. somebody or something that inspires: somebody or something that inspires somebody to creative thought or to the making of art
"His book is an inspiration to all would-be travelers."
3. creativeness: the quality of being stimulated to creative thought or activity, or the manifestation of this
"a moment of inspiration"
4. good idea: a sudden brilliant idea
5. divine influence: divine guidance and influence on human beings
6. physiology breathing in: the drawing of air into the lungs
Any library can be inspirational, Mr Burns. All you have to do is read a book, watch a play, draw a picture. If you believe that our kids aren't being inspired in our current library, then you are underestimating our youth. Do you think kids will be more inspired somehow by new drywall, paint and carpet? Do the Harry Potter books somehow read differently in bigger fancier library? Mr. Burns, it's adults that have to pay for materialistic things in order to find inspiration and meaning in their lives, not our kids. So stop trying to convince the older people that somehow our kids will suffer without a new library and say what this really is......a way for the elitist adults of this community to pat themselves on the back, get their names on a new building's signage, and hopefully fulfill that emptiness that comes when you can no longer find inspiration in the little things. P.S. A "C" average may not get you into Harvard, but it'll get you a degree from there and any other college in the country. It's not the grade point average that gets you the job, it's the fact that you graduated and your personality, or such as in your case, it's who you know.
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A ROAD rage driver, on his way to buy milk for cheese-making, admitted he lost control in dramatic scenes which saw 14 police cars called in to arrest him.
Police swooped on Andrew Relf outside the Lidl supermarket in Malvern Link after fears he was armed with a gun.
They were called by a frightened driver reporting two vehicles "acting like idiots and crashing into each other".
She also reported Relf having a "weapon" in the back of his jeans.
The weapon turned out to be a heavy-duty torch and a charge of possessing an offensive weapon was dropped when Relf appeared before Worcester Magistrates Court yesterday.
However Relf admitted a charge of using threatening, abusive or insulting words with intent to cause fear or violence, and another of obstructing a police officer.
Sarah Stock, prosecuting, said the incident began at about 2.20pm on Tuesday, January 15.
Relf believed he was cut up by another driver, Samuel White-Dewson, on the Ketch roundabout at St Peter's, in Worcester.
She said Mr White-Dewson suddenly became aware of Relf's black Jaguar, with personalised plates, close behind him, beeping his horn and making rude gestures.
Mr White-Dewson gestured back and "stood on the brakes" and, soon after joining the A449 at Powick, Relf stopped, his car blocking the carriageway.
Mr White-Dewson approached Relf's car and could see the torch in his hand.
Relf, aged 45, of Hampton Court Road, Birmingham, moved the torch towards the window and threatened to use it against Mr White-Dewson, who returned to his car. Relf carried on but pulled over in a bus stop just along the road.
Mr White-Dewson drove past but Relf followed and "forced his way back in front".
He again stopped, blocking the road, and walked to Mr White-Dewson's car.
They argued and "without warning" Relf aimed a punch through the window, although no contact was made.
Relf was "hostile and highly agitated" when stopped in Malvern Link by police.
He was placed in a wristlock but continued to resist and police had to use "knee strikes" to bring him to the floor.
Mrs Stock said Relf claimed he was "confused" and "scared he would be killed", adding that he sustained two broken ribs in the struggle.
Chris Gibbons, defending, said "it was clear police thought they were dealing with a man with a gun".
He said Relf deeply regretted the incident.
Relf, who is training to be a tailor, had been driving to Ledbury to pick up fresh, un-pasteurised milk for making his own cheese and butter.
Magistrates handed him a 12-month community order with 120 hours of unpaid work and fined him £200.
After the hearing, Relf told your Worcester News the incident was "two men, doing what men do, in the wrong place at the wrong time".
He said: "I am very sorry for what happened. I have worked very hard to maintain a good professional and personal approach to all aspects of my life.
"Unfortunately this was an isolated incident where I was unable to keep control."


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LOCAL painters are looking forward to having their work exhibited at a popular exhibition being held as part of Bromsgrove Festival.
All Saints Church, in Birmingham Road, is playing host to the popular Bromsgrove Art Society's art exhibition, being held between Saturday, June 21, to Saturday, July 5.
On weekdays it will be open 10am until 4pm, on Sundays it will be open from noon until 4pm.
There will be the traditional mix of styles and subjects on display in the exhibition, once again being organised by Tony Turpin from the society.
Time is running out for residents to submit entries - artists have until the deadline which is this Friday, June 13.
A maximum of six pictures can be submitted. On the back of each picture, painters are asked to stick a label with their name, address, the painting's title, the medium used, and price.
Framed pictures should have a cord firmly fixed to the back, to enable pictures to be hung easily and securely.
There is a hanging fee - the cost dependent on size. A maximum of six unframed pictures, at 50p each, can also be submitted.
All pictures must be on sale, with the church receiving 20 per cent commission - split between paying the running costs to stage the exhibition, and the church restoration fund.
Pictures will need to be brought to the church for hanging this Tuesday, June 17, between 10am and 3pm.
Unsold paintings will need to be collected on Sunday, July 6, between noon and 4pm.


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James McKenzie
James Calvin McKenzie grew up in Yorba Linda, CA and graduated with the 1965 Class of Fullerton Union High School. James served with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, Mike Company. He was Killed In Action on 4 September 1976 in Quang Tin Provence, Vietnam during Operation SWIFT. James McKenzie will be forever remembered and his name is is memorialized on Panel/Row: 25E, 106 of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC.
Jamie, We will never forget you.


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In the header of my website, I have a navigation bar with "Tabs" representing difference content Sections in my website. (See Screenshot #1)
When a user clicks on a Section, a listing of related Articles is displayed, and the "Tab" becomes highlighted. (This seems straight-forward enough?!)
If the user then chooses a particular Article, it is displayed on a new page, and the related "Tab" remains highlighted like this... (See Screenshot #2)
Does this make sense visually?
For some reason, the highlighted "Finance" tab and the Article "Postage Meters Can Save You Money" seem somewhat disconnected?! :-/
Also, I wonder if having the "Finance" tab highlighted, might somehow confuse a user into not realizing that if they are reading an Article, but click on the highlighted Section, then they will be taken back to the "Section Home Page" which lists all Articles in said Section.
I am using "Pretty URLs", so I'd like to think these help a user figure out where they are to some degree... (See Screenshot #3)
(And, yes, having a "breadcrumb" might be nice, but that will have to wait until my next release.)
So overall, what do you think?
Do my Navigation Tabs confuse things or help users figure out where they are at?!
Is the "postage meters" article under the "Finance" section of the site? (In other words, is it a sub-page?)
Is that why the "Finance" tab is still selected?
What is the coding logic you are using to select/highlight the tabs?
Yes. (See the 3rd screenshot for clarification)
Right. I thought that is what a user would expect to see?! :-/
Why do you ask?
The problem isn't whether my code works or not - it does. The issue is WHEN and WHY should I show things highlighted. (In other words, what would a user normally expect to see??)
Follow me?
Ok, I gotcha.
I usually expect to see it highlighted, although I wouldn't complain if it wasn't.
On a few designs I recently worked on, top-level menu items were highlighted while on subpages of that menu item. So, my preference might lean toward having it highlighted, although it's completely up to you since there are no hard rules for going either way on this.
Either way, I would consider breadcrumbs more essential than highlighting (but like you said, it's something planned for another time).
Funny thing is that the highlight was broken for months until this morning. Then after "fixing" it, I took another look and was like, "Hmmm, does that communicate what it needs to?!"
So how hard is it to code a Breadcrumb?
And are Breadcrumb components supposed to be hypelinks, or can it just be a static (e.g. Finance/Articles/Postage-Meters-Can-Save-You-Money)
Finally, if I went to all of the trouble of creating "Pretty URL's", then why don't users just look up in the URL like I would?!
This pretty much says it all...
Convenience. A visitor shouldn't have to "figure it out". If you force them to do anything on their own, they'll give up and go elsewhere.
Navigation is important, and it's critical that you help prevent a visitor from getting lost on your site.
Basically, you only have about half a second of a visitor's attention before they decide to stay and look around, or simply "bounce" (this is where the bounce rate of website analytics comes into play).
But to re-confirm, you seemed pretty content with how I have things laid out currently (without having Breadcrumbs), right?
The color scheme seems a little muted...greater contrast between the tab colors and the text might help.
Overall, it works, but if you really want feedback on the design, I'd recommend posting in the design review forum http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?12-Website-Design-amp-Content-Reviews-amp-Critiques
Thanks for the comments!


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Best Joint: Zaby's Barbeque
Where: Used to be 'On the square' in Kaufman, TX , now gone
What: The best barbeque around and the absolute best barbeque beans ANYWHERE
Why: Zaby's Barbeque was the absolute best hometown barbeque ever. Mr Zaby served the BEST sliced beef ever but served all kinds of meats and the beans mixed with meat had a flavor i have never found since. Zaby would always come around and talk to everyone.


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There are several types of property tax exemptions available:
Up to $150,000 of the assessed value may be exempt for;
Owner occupied residential property may be partially exempt (10% of assessed value, up to $20,000 maximum). Application deadline; March 15 of the applicable year.
Tax relief is available for owner occupied residential property at least 50% destroyed by fire. Application must be made within 120 days of the fire. Contact Property Appraisal at (907) 343-6770.
Up to 2% of building value may be exempt if the structure contains an approved fire protection (extinguishing) system. Application deadline; March 15 of the applicable year.
(Fire Protection Exemption Application).
Property used exclusively for nonprofit religious, charitable, cemetery, hospital, educational or community purposes. Initial Application deadline; March 15 of the applicable year.
Organizations recieving a religious, charitable, education or cemetery exemption are not required to file annual certification with the Assessors Office, per Assembly Ordinance 2011-108(S).
Organizations receiving a HOSPITAL exemption ARE required to file an annual certification with the Assessors Office on or before March 15th of each tax year.
Provides a tax exemption of $20,000 of assessed value for business personal property.
Exemption applications, procedures and guidelines are available online, in the Property Appraisal Office located in City Hall, 632 West 6th Avenue, Suite 300, or by calling (907) 343-6770.


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One of the best things about Ableton Live is it's mixer's flexibility. You can route any channel into another allowing for groups, vocoding, Rewire-ing instruments and side-chaining. One often overlooked feature of the mixer is Resampling.
So what is Resampling exactly? This fast and awesome feature lets you record anything coming out of the Master into a new clip. Let's take a look how this works. First, open an Ableton Live project you have been working on. In Session View hit Command (Apple)-T to create a new audio track. Make sure the In/Out Section is showing. Above the Fader and Send amount knobs and under the Clips you will see "Audio From". Click to view the drop down menu underneath "Audio From" and choose "Resampling". Now when you hit play notice underneath where it says Resampling you will see a tiny meter moving with the music. This track will now record anything coming out of the Master.
Why is this good and how would you use it? One example would be to create a crazy fill. Because you Resampled into audio you can now really mangle it. Adding a multi effect plug-in like PSP Audioware's Nitro or Audiodamage's Dr. Device will do the trick! Let's say you have a nice vocal and two back up vocal tracks. They all have different effects on them and also are pulling reverbs and delays from Send Returns. Your 100% satisfied with the vocal sound and want to free up space? You want to have those vocals on together in one audio file so you can create some stutter edits? Resampling is your friend.
How do you use Resampling?


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We made it to a New Year and we can tuck 2012 into our memory bank as one to remember. As usual, this year has been filled with pluses and minuses, but as an optimist, I think there have been more good memories than bad. Some things we can have a role in and others we cannot.
We certainly could have used some rainfall during the year as all our farmer friends found out, but the various ponds and lakes and creeks in Bureau County also dropped to lower levels than they normally maintain. I think most of our fish populations managed to survive.
Our PHS Sportsman's Club had a safe and prosperous trip to Canada. Our group caught quite a few fish with two ladies catching the biggest pike and many of our fishermen catching lake trout.
Summertime made it difficult to enjoy fishing. The summer was very hot, and unless you fished early in the morning, the heat made it almost unbearable.
Soon the summer was over and school was starting. This cut down on the actual time some of our students could be outdoors, but already their minds were thinking about the opening of squirrel season and archery deer. Before very long, it was a reality.
I'm not sure how the squirrel season panned out, but I do know the archery deer season was a success. There were several quality bucks that fell to Bureau County archers.
Soon it was time for duck season to start. I was excited this year because we had a successful planting of corn and millet at our club and the duck numbers reported by the National Wildlife Service looked very positive. We had a good time throughout the season but we never had a bonanza. I think we could have used some more cold weather and snow in the Dakotas.
Shotgun deer season was a success in Illinois and Bureau County. Locally we harvested over 1,000 whitetails and the state harvested 77,000 during the first season. Both numbers were up from last year. The totals after the second season reached 99,000. We still have some special seasons left, so I hope we top 100,000.
The state of Illinois has recently welcomed 14 new conservation police officers to the DNR's force in Illinois. They have finished 14 weeks of intense general law enforcement and specific conservation police training to qualify for their positions. This is the first class of CPO's since 2007 and the first class to be made up of entirely military veterans.
I have witnessed the retirement of several CPOs in the last several years that have not been replaced with new officers. I am happy to see this happen, but I would like to see more of it take place. The number of square miles that a CPO is required to patrol is ridiculous. We could surely use some more in Illinois.
Upcoming: NWTF banquet - Jan. 26.
Lee Wahlgren is the BCR outdoor columnist. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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HOUSTON - Flags are flying at half staff in Midlothian in honor of Navy Seal Chris Kyle, who was shot and killed. Over the weekend, police said a Marine war veteran shot and killed Kyle and another man at a north Texas gun range.
The group may have been at the range as part of recovery process from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
KPRC Local 2's Rachel McNeill spoke with two veterans living in Houston who are recovering from PTSD. Even though they served in wars that were decades apart, both men have similar stories with PTSD.
"I can't be around fireworks," said Iraq war veteran Zack Alexander. "The smell of diesel -- that will bring me back to where I was in Iraq."
Alexander served in Iraq and he's been home for a couple of years. However, it was only last year that Alexander hit bottom at a meth house and he called the PTSD Foundation of America for help.
"My daily routine was I would get up and look out the blinds to more or less check my perimeter," said Vietnam war veteran Ray Wodynsky.
Wodynsky sought treatment at the Houston VA hospital for PTSD 16 years ago.
"I had a friend who was concerned and took me up to the Vet Center," he said.
Alexander's recovery with PTSD took him to the PTSD Foundation of America's Camp Hope. It's interim housing and counseling for PTSD war veterans.
Both Alexander and Wodynsky are fathers who had failed marriages and difficulty holding down a steady job. But they're slowing recovering.
Dr. Karin Thompson, who is the head of the PTSD clinic at Houston's VA hospital, said PTSD is real for war veterans and civilians too.
"It's also something that can happen to people in car accidents, or a natural disaster or have an assault so it's not limited to the military," said Thompson.
As for what happened at the north Texas gun range, the director of operations for PTSD Foundation of America said to not just pin it on PTSD. Some other psychological factors could've been an issue.
"The PTSD causes them to believe they are hopeless and don't deserve to live," said David Maulsby, "That's why we have 22 suicides a day and not 22 mass murders a day."
Since going through treatment, Wodynsky has remarried and Alexander is engaged. Alexander is also holding down a steady construction job and training to be a firefighter.
Wodynsky volunteers at the VA hospital.
For more information on the PTSD Foundation of American and Camp Hope go to www.ptsdusa.org.
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A STREET dealer who repeatedly supplied heroin to undercover police, including in the grounds of an Accrington church, has been jailed for three years.
Addict Ibran Khan, 23, who had got in debt to his own dealers, was caught four times, last May and June. The defendant, a labourer and newlywed at the time, has a record for possessing drugs, Burnley Crown Court heard.
Khan, of Tremellen Street, Accrington, had earlier admitted four counts of supplying heroin in Accrington, last May 21, 23, 25 and June 6.
Patrick Thompson, prosecuting, said on the first occasion, the defendant handed over one wrap for £10 to the officer, at the rear of Poplar Street, after turning up at the wheel of a black Astra.
On May 23, the officer rang Khan's number and was told to wait outside the JobCentre in Oak Street. The Astra pulled up again and the undercover officer bought two wraps of heroin for £20.
Mr Thompson said on May 25, the officer was at some benches in Church Street when several calls were made to the defendant.
He didn't answer, but Khan later came past. The officer asked the defendant if he was carrying any drugs, he said he wasn't, but when the officer later saw Khan again, in the grounds of the church, the defendant beckoned him over, asked what he wanted and dealt two small wraps for £20.
On the last occasion, the officer went to Church Street, rang Khan's number and asked if he could supply heroin and crack cocaine.
A voice at the end of the phone replied: "Only brown." The officer was told to go to Park Road and telephone again.
The prosecutor continued: "The defendant appeared and had a plastic bag with him, which looked like it contained about 50 wraps. The officer handed over £10 for one wrap."
Ahmed Nadim, for Khan, said he had been in custody since his arrest. The barrister said: "The defendant became indebted to his suppliers and the only way out of that situation was to do the bidding of his supplier. He had been subject to considerable pressure."
Sentencing, Judge Beverley Lunt told Khan: "It must be clearly understood that even if you are a drug addict and you owe money to your suppliers, there can be no excuse for becoming a street dealer."


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liahos1 - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkAnand you are a true multitasker. Reply
noeldillabough - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkI *just* bought a GTX 780, bummer lol. Reply
Guspaz - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkMan, Anand is here in Montreal, and I'm stuck in work and unable to get an autograph :P Reply
lm1988 - Friday, October 18, 2013 - link只买过GT210的颜面撸过 Reply
tipoo - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkAww, I wanted them to call it N-Sync.
And seriously, this guy took like 20 minutes to keep repeating what the problem is before getting to the solution. Reply
nathanddrews - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkGSync... I've always wondered why GPUs and monitors can't talk to one another in better ways - maybe use a webcam to sync settings or something. While I do not like the thought of more proprietary hardware/protocols, I DO love the net result.
PLEASE let this start a new wave of HFR glory! Reply
nathanddrews - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkAT, I assume that when talking about "3D" and GSync, it means whenever there's a 3D game being played and not stereoscopic 3D, correct? I imagine it works with both modes, but I would like clarification...
OK, so now my FW900 needs to last long enough to see one of these in action... Reply
RealiBrad - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkI like the Idea, but fear the premium. Reply
AP27 - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkSince they seem to be working with 3D mode for G-Sync, maybe they can implement the Lightboost effect as well. Their focus seems to be on 120/144Hz monitors as it is. Reply
B3an - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkToo much proprietary crap.... it's getting out of hand. I like the sound of G-sync a lot but we have AMD's Mantle, Nvidia's PhysX and now G-sync. All proprietary.
Microsoft should do something to sort out this mess. Create something like G-sync and make it a DirectX 11.3 feature or something, while also trying to lower the DX overhead to make any performance advantage Mantle has insignificant. Everyone would benefit. Reply
jjj - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkAny chance you can ask if they plan to integrate G-Sync into mobile devices (make the display driver if they have to) or suggest that they should try to? Reply
DukeN - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkFinally, G-Unit and N-Sync merged.
It's a great day for the world.. Reply
Kiste - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkFor some reason I have the strong suspicion that the G-Sync module will go into TN-Panel "gaming monitors", which are useless to those of us who actually care about image quality. Reply
Sabresiberian - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkMy thoughts, too. None of the so-called gaming monitors have received good reviews for their screen quality. 120Hz gets raves, but the TN panels used, not so much. Reply
repoman27 - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkSo the G-Sync chip is either replacing or directly driving the T-Con in the display... And we've totally thrown CVT out the window, so what protocol are the GPUs even using to connect to the display? Something proprietary over a DisplayPort/HDMI physical link? Reply
Ikas - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkWould be great to see G-Sync available on laptops as well.Any word if it's coming for laptops or is it PC monitors only? Reply
dew111 - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkI am very skeptical about this implementation. If you know anything about how an LCD display works, you know that all the pixel data is swept out to the panel, kind of (but not really) like on a CRT. And you have to keep sweeping, because if you stop, the pixels start to wander back to a neutral position. Like JHH said, it would be immensely complicated to get around this. Interrupt the sweep, and some pixels may start to wander too far. Wait for the sweep to finish, and you have stutter.
So the big questions are: how expensive is it? Is a new kind of LCD needed? Will there be versions on quality monitor types, or just TN panels (not interested)?
And of course, an open standard would be nice, if it truly is a revolutionary as this press release makes it sound. Then again, they said the same thing about 3D Vision, and look where that is. At least on the face, it smells like another vendor lock-in scheme (although maybe it is also a really good technology). Reply
dew111 - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkAlso, comments like, "I was actually surprised at how my mind interpreted it," do not inspire much confidence. If you are conscious of how your mind interprets it, that seems like a bad thing. Maybe you just had your reviewer hat on at the time. Reply
mdrejhon - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkActually, LCD's today are now able to sync to any refresh rate (60Hz through 144Hz). My existing 144Hz monitor can use any refresh rate, as long as it's unchanging. The monitor maker has successfully been able to drive pixels at any refresh rate as long as the refresh rate is constant.
What appears to be happening now, is that the monitor is always scanned at a speed of 1/144sec, but asynchronously of the 144Hz intervals. Modern LCD pixels are now stable, as LCD pixel transitions on modern 120Hz monitors are now slowly starting to resemble square waves (small ripples during the first few milliseconds, then a flat plateau until the end of a refresh). Basically a 1ms monitor (usually ~4-5ms actual) leaves plenty of time (16.7ms) between refreshes at 60Hz. Because the transitions curves are becoming cliffs now on faster LCD monitors compared to the large length of a refresh (16.7ms), LCD pixels are now stable enough to support asynchronous refresh rate operation.
An excellent animation of LCD pixel transitions slowly starting to resemble square-waves:
View this on a modern 120Hz or 144Hz monitor.
This is proof that modern LCD panels are now ready for asynchronous refresh rates. They might need a "re-refresh" after maybe a tenth of a second or so, but GPU game frame rates are much higher than that. Reply
drinkperrier - Friday, October 18, 2013 - linkmontréal power! Reply
mdrejhon - Saturday, October 19, 2013 - linkI've developed a new method of combining G-Sync and LightBoost, without creating uncomfortable flicker at lower framerates:
Eventually, I hope variable-rate LightBoost becomes included so we don't have to choose between either G-Sync or LightBoost. Reply
wumpus - Saturday, October 19, 2013 - linkFirst, it's good to note that somebody realized that CRTs aren't being used anymore and thought about what that might mean. Now can we *please* have sub-pixel resolution (i.e. calculate the R-G-B values where each of them is instead of splattered together like how you need to with CRTs)?
Second, they had Carmack there he didn't give a peep about just how any G-sync improvements were critical to Oculus Rift? I'd assume that is the elephant in the room much like Steam is for Mantle. Getting the updates timed right has to be at least as important as getting the framerate up (to a certain point). I have to suspect that much after 60fps, the main advantage is that the margin of error between the time the frame was accurate and the time it was displayed is going to go down. G-sync will get this more accurate.
What isn't shown is any indication that G-sync will triple-buffer or do anything silly like introduce intentional latency to nail down "smoothness". For less "twichy" applications it might well make sense to know exactly when a frame will be needed, and then work on the next frame and save it a few miliseconds till it's time to show it. Reply
earthzero - Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - linkSo when do we see G-Sync on TVs? I would assume that, if the push into the living room continues, this would be a critical next step for gaming going forward. How will this technology compare with the high quality scalers that already exist in some TVs and in living room home theater equipment like mid to higher end AV receivers? How can HT equipment possibly benefit? These are the questions I would like to hear answers to soon. Reply
skumdogg - Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - linkSo all of our DVD, and Blu Ray, players are going to need NVidia GPU's? I can see this getting really expensive really fast. Besides Blu Ray, and OTA TV displays a constant frame rate, so there isn't anything to 'keep up' with. Reply


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A new agreement between ports in California and Ecuador has officials in both countries promising streamlined operations for fresh produce companies.
The agreement, signed in mid-May during a trade mission by officials from California's Port of Hueneme visiting the Port of Bolivar in Ecuador, was described as historic in a news release. Banana trade is particularly dependent on the port, which sees more than 650,000 tons of bananas move through on an annual basis, according to the release.
The Port of Hueneme in Oxnard, Calif., is the only deep-water port between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It is also the port of entry for California's Central Coast. Chiquita Brands International Inc. and Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. both bring bananas to the U.S. through the port.
"It creates a very strategic opportunity to increase trade and diverse exchanges for the mutual benefit of the communities our ports serve," Hueneme Port Commissioner Mary Anne Rooney said in the release.
Ecuador's trade minister Dick Vega said in the release the agreement would provide opportunities for his country's "growers both big and small."
The agreement specifically calls for the ports to promote the banana industry. It also means the ports will share information and policies on facilities, personnel training, engineering and technical services, security and supply chain logistics, according to the release.
The Port of Bolivar handles much of the fresh produce bound for the U.S. from Ecuador and northern Peru, with 40% of Ecuador's bananas leaving the country through the port, according to the release. About 30 million boxes of bananas from Ecuador come to the U.S. annually.
Officials from the Hueneme Port worked with Ecuador's Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Institute for the Promotion of Exports and Investments Pro Ecuador via its sales office in Los Angeles, according to the release.


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Ukoreninjeni: HDC Galaxy Note 2 PRO
Kako je in vodniki / 27 Jan 2013/
Here's the tutorial on how I rooted my HDC Galaxy Note 2 PRO. It works with other Chinese phones running Android 4.0 ICS or up. Its a universal root, easy and no-sweat.
I had posted the tutorial from my other blog. Click this for the link: How to Root any Chinese Android running Android 4.0 ICS/4.1 JB
I just decided to root the phone first so I can now use Titanium Back up for freezing some unwanted apps, and also be able to install some HD games that I'll be demonstrating on the next updates.
As I had said that its a universal method, please try this, method on your own and update us if it works on your device. We'll compile up a list of devices that has been successfully rooted by this method. Cheers!
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People like John Benson, Fred Easter, Mike Farley, Cam Hedlund, Dan Hoverman, Jay Haugen, Linda Madsen, Curt Tryggestad and Colleen Wambach are on the correct side of what I think is the most important debate, of many in public education: The question is, "Can we, right now, create a much more effective system for students and a much more satisfying system for educators?"
Let's start with former Little Falls, now Eden Prairie Supt. Curt Tryggestad, He recognized the incredible, daily growing knowledge available "online." So he reallocated some of the secondary "textbook" dollars to purchase iPads for secondary schools, and helped arrange training to help students and teachers make effective use of that money.
Mounds View Supt. Dan Hoverman and former Irondale High School Principal Colleen Wambach have helped demonstrate what's possible. They, and teachers in the district, created a program that allows a wide range of students at Irondale to earn an associate arts degree, while still in high school.
Last year, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan came to Mounds View to praise and promote their efforts. Mounds View received no federal, state or foundation grants to redesign their high school. They used internal resources more effectively.
The Minnesota Department of Education has hired Wambach to help other public school districts and a charter public school do something similar. She's working with Fred Easter, a deeply committed, insightful urban educator/community activist. (Full disclosure: Minnesota Department of Education has asked our organization, Center for School Change, to work with them.)
Several years ago, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle High School Principal Paul Weinzierl, and Central Lakes College President Larry Lundblad, created a program called "4+2." This collaboration already has produced 30 high school students who earned A.A. degrees before graduating high school.
John Benson, for more than 30 years a public school teacher, former president of the Edina Federation of Teachers, now is a Minnesota state representative. Benson, who represents Minnetonka and parts of western Hennepin County, was the chief Minnesota House author of one of the nation's first "Self-governed, site-governed" school laws.
Benson knows about the creativity and commitment of many classroom teachers. He's glad that Minneapolis teachers and parents created a "site governed" French immersion elementary school. Benson hopes many more school systems will encourage teachers and parents to create research-based, distinctive site-governed schools.
Cam Hedlund and Linda Madsen defy what some believe — that district and charter educators are competitors, and as one district superintendent told me, "enemies." Hedlund, director of Lakes International Charter, and Madsen, superintendent of Forest Lake, recently received a statewide award from the Humphrey School and the Bush Foundation. It honors their collaboration.
Madsen told me, "It was an honor to receive this award."
They deserved it. They recognize each other's strengths and are using them to serve students.
Superintendent Jay Haugen of Farmington and his colleagues have created a brief, You-Tube video using cartoons to help explain the need for and possible features of "A New Design." You can find it at youtube.com/watch?v=B1bOIcnVI3g.
Sometimes I'm told, "They won't let us…"
"They" might be a school board, a superintendent, a union or a state department. Folks like those named above spend more time creating, less time complaining. They move things ahead.
Joe Nathan, formerly a public school teacher and administrator, is director of the Center for School Change in St. Paul. Reactions are welcome at [email protected].