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A HI8us from HomeSpun-Threads
It's been over a week since I've blogged. I'm a faithful blogger, I blog often and hopefully with substance. However, every girl needs a break from her reality.
My reality....awe my reality!
Let me just tell you, I'm not sure that my reality is much different than any other womans but in the last few months, I have opened my home to a friend in need and along with her came her infant. I have three meat heads of my own, so you can only imagine.
I felt I was blessed with a home large enough to share and I wanted nothing more than to help her get back on her feet.
She's gone now.
She's moved out and is hopefully on her feet, steady and strong. Only time will tell.
So, since her moving out, I've been moving around.
My two oldest boys got the bigger bedroom back.
That was a job!
Plus, their new room has some design changes to come...
I can't wait to show you!
Next, came my sewing/craft room, it had to be.
I could live without it no longer.
I can't wait to show you my new sewing table my husband made me! I LURV it!
It will also serve as my study/office for the next to years as I work on my Masters degree...
my Masters Degree (breath)...now that's something.
I suppose I could just get an education degree but my passion is reading!
So, I'll be studying to become a Reading Specialist.
Interesting, huh?
Well, about my break....
We took a little vacation!
It wasn't much and I wish I'd taken more pictures.
Please excuse the over load of pictures I did take!


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MORAGA, Calif. -- Having just one 4-year senior on its entire roster, Saint Mary's men's soccer coach Adam Cooper could be forgiven if he wasn't entirely sure how his young team would perform in today's season opener against a veteran Air Force side.
After posting a convincing 3-1 victory over the Falcons, it appeared his young Gaels showed they are well prepared for the challenges of the season ahead.
Saint Mary's won its season opener for the third-straight season by outshooting Air Force by a 16-12 margin, playing solid defensively and watching junior keeper Andre Rawls pick up where he left off last season with a match-high six saves. Half of the Gaels' shots were on frame and 13 shots overall were taken by freshmen or sophomores.
"We scored three good goals and we won at home against a difficult opponent, so it was a great way to start the season," said Cooper, who improved to 4-1-3 in season openers as a head coach. "It was good for our young guys to get that first game under their belt to give them confidence going into Sunday (against LIU Brooklyn) and going into the season.
"I think there is a lot we are going to have to improve on if we are going to compete for a WCC title. We are going to have to continue to get better. The guys work hard every day and they are doing a good job so I have every confidence we will be able to do that."
Facing a NCAA Tournament-tested AFA team that knocked-off 11th-ranked New Mexico 2-0 in an exhibition match last week, the Gaels fell behind in the 3rd minute of the match.
After Saint Mary's turned the ball over in its defensive third, Falcons junior Zachary Modly passed the ball to his left to open senior forward Brian Klazura. The Rockford, Ill. native dribbled into the box and slotted the ball past Rawls for his first goal of the season and an early lead.
Junior Bobby Conner scored the equalizer for the Gaels in the 19th minute when he buried a shot into the upper right corner of SMC's new red and white checkered netting to tie the game at a goal apiece. Freshmen Alex Braman and Rafael Sanchez were credited with the assists on the goal, which was created and scored by a trio of defenders.
After going into halftime deadlocked at a goal apiece, the Gaels started the second half quickly. Redshirt freshman Carlo Eikani directed a header from sophomore Alan Williams over the outstretched arms of AFA keeper Joe Spashock and into the back of the net for his first career goal, which proved to be the game-winner.The two teams played a spirited second half, much to delight of the fans of both teams. The end result was confirmed when sophomore midfielder Will Kendall fired a low shot from inside the penalty area that went under Spashock to gave SMC the final 2-goal margin of victory.
Saint Mary's returns to action Sunday with a 2 p.m. match against LIU Brooklyn.
Season, single-game and group ticket packages are available through the tickets link on SMCGaels.com or by calling the SMC Athletic Ticket Office at (925) 631-GoTx (4689). For those unable to attend, the match will be streamed live via subscription service Gaels Live. Real-time statistics will also be available on SMCGaels.com.

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Making room for residents in Taylor: Out-of-state company's land purchase the site of construction
Taylor is making room for residents with a months-old out-of-state company's land purchase as the town grows with an oil boom that's brought thousands of new residents to western North Dakota.
Taylor Mayor Russ Myran, who was elected this summer, said permits have been obtained and three houses are in the process of being built on the town's east edge.
In total, 40 or 50 houses could be built on the property, he said.
"If they all get built, that would be a tremendous amount for Taylor," Myran said.
Councilman Ron Luff, who grew up south of Taylor but has lived in the town for more than 30 years, predicts that the growth will not end for a while.
"I think the growth in Taylor has just started and I don't know when the end date would be," Luff said.
Valtex, an out-of-state company with an office in Richardton, purchased the land. Contacted on Thursday by The Dickinson Press for comment, the calls went unreturned.
Luff said this is likely the first development of its kind in Taylor.
"What these people do is that they own land and also want to build the houses," he said. "They want to do the work and be the builders of houses as well."
Councilman Aaron Gjermundson, who was also elected to the council in June, said the construction will open up new housing possibilities for the community.
"A few years ago, Taylor looked to be drying up," he said. "But because of the oil boom and people are running out places to live in places like Dickinson, Williston and Watford City, we're seeing growth now. Not too long ago, there were only 84 houses inhabited in Taylor, so that's a lot of growth for us."
Luff guessed that the growth in Taylor could be linked to the community's many desirable attributes.
"We're a relatively quiet and small community when compared to a place like Dickinson," he said. "We may not have the services that Dickinson has, but we're kind of on the fringe of the oil activity, which is desirable to many people. Most of that activity is to the west of us, so we don't have the heavy traffic that towns like Belfield or Killdeer might have.
"What we do have, though, is a good school system that I think people appreciate when they're looking to move somewhere," he added.


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De : "Lukas Pietsch" <email@example.com>
> > All notes could have been given post-1420 names given the fact that the
> > white notes appear only after 1420...
> Well, not really, because there are quite a few symbols (black notes of
> semibreve and above) which occur only in the pre-1420 notation. So the
> series of "black" note names would have a confusing gap:
Maybe not. As I mentioned in my first message, I believe these are font
variants (they
have the same names and values). If you have a pre-1420 font they are
whites, after they are black (they do
not usually appear simultaneously) . I may be wrong on this, please feel
free to correct me.
> That's what your proposal boils down to, isn't it?
No, IMHO, the black pre-1420 variants should not be coded and named.
> Well, certainly
> historically correct, but I find it even slightly more confusing than the
> other way. I do think that the terminology Unicode has chosen is the more
> consistent one.
I see, siding with authority...
>Confusing, yes, but it *will* be confusing to
> non-specialist users either way, won't it?
I don't think so, this is the practice adopted in most (short) musical
dictionary, like the one you quoted :
Post-1420 (when black vs white noteheads became distinctive:)
semibr. = white head (=1d1b9 "semibrevis white")*
minima = white head + stem (=1d1bb "minima white")**
semimin.= white head + stem + flag1 (=1d1bd "semiminima white"), or:
black head + stem (=1d1bc "minima black")***
fusa = white head + stem + flag2 (=1d1bf "fusa white"), or:
black head + stem + flag1 (=1d1be "semiminima black")****
semifusa= black head + stem + flag2 (=1d1c0 "fusa black")*****
I would suggest (and I was wondering about using it for ISO 10646 1st Amdt
of Part 1 French translation) to use the first column names with their
post-1420 form, all lay books seem to use them. My problems are the
superfluous (pre-1420) black forms (the historical glyph variants) which
would still have to be named. Note that I fully accept that I may err and,
in fact, do not want to push my point too hard here, not being a specialist.
> > P.S. Incidentally, do your sources also show consistently the nominal
> form
> > of the MAXIMA and LONGA with stems pointing downwards contrarily to the
> > Unicode reference glyph ?
> >
> Oops, indeed, they do, and I hadn't noticed. (As I said, my musicology
> at university are way back...) -- This might very well be significant.
> I think mensural notation did not have the modern convention that the
> orientation of the noteheads depends on the position on the stave.
As far as the stave position is concerned, it may well well vary; but are
the reference glyph stems in musical books not predominantly down for those
two notes? (see http://www.music.indiana.edu/tml/16th/FABCOM_04GF.gif,
> Hold on, I'll check.
> I also notice that the "black maxima" seems to be missing. Since we have
> the "black" and "white" series, we ought to have them both complete,
> "black longa" can be thougt of as unified with Gregorian 1d1d3 "virga",
> "black brevis" with generic 1d147 "square notehead black", but the "black
> maxima" isn't there.
Not missing, if the black variety is simply an historical glyph variant.
P. Andries
(who will be offline for two days).
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A GREAT-GRANDAD from North Yorkshire has been hailed as Britain's most dedicated volunteer – after giving his free time to charities for 80 years.
John Shannon, 97, started volunteering at 17 with the League of Nations Union Society. Since then he has supported 20 different organisations helping sick, vulnerable and lonely people and is thought to be the country's longest-serving volunteer.
John, of Harrogate, has now been recognised in the Royal Voluntary Service's Diamond Champions Awards.
He says he was inspired by his parents William and Dorothy. "My mother must have been among the founding members of the WRVS and my father was in the Air Raid Precautions," he said.
"He volunteered as a bomb disposal expert in the Second World War. It was a custom in my family to help others. John now acts as a friend and respite carer to elderly and vulnerable people with Harrogate Easier Living Project (HELP), its Carers' Time Off service involving visits to carers' homes to give them respite and for the charity's Supporting Older People befriending service.
"I had help myself with my wife. She was stuck in bed for three years. When she died I felt I wanted to pay back a bit. My wife was unable to speak for two-and-a-half years so I had no one to talk to. Being there for someone seven days a week, 24 hours a day, the support was an enormous help and I'd look forward to someone coming in.


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Sex and the City, which is a popular American television comedy-drama series, is being aired again on BIG CBS Love. The sitcom, which features Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon would be telecast from Monday to Friday at 9 pm. Oneindia will bring you the synopsis of each episode of the serial.
Tuesday, November 15: Miranda discovers she was invited at Nick's, where all guests are asked with which movie star in the prime they would have loved to do it, to make a change with all those brainless models he keeps dating.
Wednesday, November 16: Carrie is invited to stay with a married friend and her husband, Peter, at their beach house. Her trip is unexpectedly cut short when she walks in on Peter who is naked in the kitchen. Back in Manhattan, she contemplates whether there is a secret war going on between the singles and the married.
Thursday, November 17: Carrie and Mr Big keep bumping into each-other till they date (without that term) at Samantha's hot restaurant PR-opening, but he cancels last minute. The cook, just Jon, is reserved for Samantha's bed, but his hot friend Sam, also twenty-something (those always seem to know the right people) flirts with Carrie; Big turns up saying he was on time but couldn't find her, time to leave town.
Friday, November 18: While shoe-shopping, Carrie meets Amalita and her new rich boyfriend. Amalita's life is full of vacations, holidays, and shopping with very rich men. Over dinner, she introduces a young, handsome architect to Carrie. Her evening ends at his luxurious hotel.
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azura from a teenagers perspective: Azura Cruise Review by peartreeproductions
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azura from a teenagers perspective
Destination: Europe - Eastern Mediterranean
Embarkation: Southampton
The kids club on azura are excellent, they run many great activity's and is a great way to meet other kids to spend time with to pass the sea days,so if you have kids I highly recommended putting them into the kids club as they will love every second of it.
the food was excellent with me and my brother regularly ordering room service or going to the buffet late into the night and enjoying it just as much as the sit down meals we had at various restaurants around the ship. this is to say that all food is good and your kids won't be struggling to find stuff they would want to eat.
On the other hand, The entertainment is certainly not directed at the younger generation's. Whilst tom jones and frank Sinatra tribute acts may appeal to the the majority of passengers More (the average of people on azura was 66) there is no entertainment that will appeal to a age demographic younger then 35.
The only show I saw out of mine I got forced to go to by family that I enjoyed was that of Gareth Oliver, a ventriloquist which I was surprised by how good he was, but the is the exception to the rule with the rest being filled by poor comedians and a slew of tribute acts.
Our room was perfect for me and my 19 year old brother, although the showers could be bigger as we are 6'1 and 6'4 respectively but our cabin steward (samsy),was sociable and did not complain about any mess we left in the room, let's just say he earned every penny of his tip. the waiter we had ( Kevin and jovin) were also similarly sociable and really made dinner a fun experience for our family.
So overall there is nothing wrong what p&o do on azura,but there not doing it for MY demographic, the entertainment is lacklustre and you can't walk 10 feet without seeing someone looking down at you for being "just a kid" so if you are bringing teenagers on azura,go during a peak summertime where there will be more kids on bored otherwise they will be left with a feeling of boredom on sea days. This was azura through a 16 year old boy's eyes/ Less
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Just a quick Update Post-DEVOXX.
Previous DEVOXX Day1 Blog Entry here: http://bit.ly/da0Ook
Below is a collection of MP3's while at the conference. BOFs are not normally recorded at DEVOXX, so I make no claims about the quality of the recordings…in other words — turn the volume to "11" to make the most of this content.
Devoxx Day2 – Android BOF
Here is an MP3 of: Romain Guy and Chet Haase at the 7pm Day 2 BOF (10MB file 50min) — Thank You to Romain and Chet for allowing me to record them and make this available to the public.
Day 1 – 8pm BOF "Meet the Adobe Guys" with Adobe Evangelist(s) Michael Chaize and James Ward. (Note: I had some issues with the microphone gain settings so I tried to clean things up a bit in Adobe Soundbooth CS5 late Tuesday nite…should be ok)
Devoxx-Day1-BOF-MeetTheAdobeGuys-part1-intros (5.5MB file – 20min)
Devoxx-Day1-BOF-MeetTheAdobeGuys-part2 (6.5MB file- 20min)
Devoxx-Day1-BOF-MeetTheAdobeGuys-part3-StephanJanssen-FlashStageVideo (3.5MB file – last 3min)
(Devoxx co-founder with Parleys.com on his mind, fires a tough question about Flash CPU usage at James Ward; AdobeMAX 2010 Sneak Peek talk discusses.)
Devoxx-Day3-BOF-Parleys (11.5 Mb; 45+min) (also working on a transcript of this, since it interests me; Stephan Janssen and his DEVOXX staff describe how the Parleys Publisher works on various devices, iphone, Android, Samsung Galaxy Tablet)
Devoxx-Day4-JUGBOF-pt1-oracle (2.5 Mb; 6 min)
Devoxx-Day4-JUGBOF-pt2-antonio-stephanJ (4.65 Mb; 8min)
Devoxx-Day4-JUGBOF-pt3-bestdiscussion (7.7 Mb 15min)
Devoxx-Day4-JUGBOF-pt4-stephanJ (2.8 Mb 6min)
More info about StageVideo:
Adobe Sneak Peeks – Tinic Uro demo's Stage Video (Tinic showed demos on both low powered Netbook and Macbook Air. On the Macbook Air he played HD video with a Flash overlay that was using only 7-8% of the cpu as it played.)
— Aaron Houston (Adobe Community Mgr)


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Fear, pleasure, sorrow, thought and violence are all interrelated. Most of us take pleasure in violence, in disliking somebody, hating a particular race or group of people, having antagonistic feelings towards others. But in a state of mind in which all violence has come to an end there is a joy which is very different from the pleasure of violence with its conflicts, hatreds and fears.
If we know how to look at violence, not only outwardly in society but also in ourselves then perhaps we shall be able to go beyond it.
To investigate the fact of your own anger you must pass no judgment on it, for the moment you conceive of its opposite you condemn it and therefore you cannot see it as it is. When you say you dislike or hate someone that is a fact, although it sounds terrible. If you look at it, go into it completely, it ceases, but if you say, 'I must not hate; I must have love in my heart,' then you are living in a hypocritical world with double standards. To live completely, fully in the moment is to live with what is, the actual, without any sense of condemnation or justification – then you understand it so totally that you are finished with it. When you see clearly to the problem is solved.
J Krishnamurti
(Source: Excerpts from the book – Freedom From The Known Chapter VI)


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A gambler who once won tens of millions of dollars has been charged with marking cards to win a few grand at a San Diego County casino.
Authorities said Friday that Archie Karas was arrested at his Las Vegas home on Tuesday. He remains jailed pending extradition to California.
County prosecutors charged him last week. They claim Karas won $8,000 with marked blackjack cards at the Barona Casino in July.
He faces up to three years in prison if convicted.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board says Karas also was arrested four times in that state on suspicion of cheating.
Karas is known for his high-stakes gambling. Between 1992 and 1995, he turned $50 into $40 million at the Vegas tables but he later gambled it away.


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The Great New Orleans Gun Grab
When the policy was implemented, it set off a hot controversy. Gun owners said the police were violating the Constitution's second amendment guarantee of the right to bear arms. Some of the gun owners were members of the National Rifle Association and complained to the organization.
The NRA sued, Baton Rouge attorney Dan Holliday representing the organization in the action in U.S. District Court. Federal Judge Jay Zainey agreed with the NRA and ordered the city to stop seizing guns and to start giving the guns they had already taken back to the rightful owners. The city ignored his order.
The city kept taking guns, even though officials denied it. The NRA wasn't going to let go of the issue. It wasn't just that it was guns. This was also a property rights issue. Many of the guns were cheap guns, but even those were worth hundreds of dollars each. Other, more expensive guns were also taken. The NRA dogged New Orleans on the issue, filing a contempt of court suit in February 2006 and eventually forced the city to allow them to examine the cache of confiscated weapons. That happened in April 2007.
In the upcoming August cover story for the NRA's million-circulation magazine, America's First Freedom, local author and NRA member Gordon Hutchinson and co-author Barb Baird reveal what the NRA observers found: barrels of illegally seized guns, mostly handguns, many damaged or rusted to uselessness.
Whether or not you are comfortable with gun ownership, you have to be appalled at what happened in New Orleans. No governmental entity ought to be able to confiscate citizens' private property with no compensation and no promise of return. The issue so concerned Hutchinson that he and fellow Louisianan Todd Masson have written a book that details the whole story. The Great New Orleans Gun Grab will be in local bookstores in a few weeks.
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Striker Jamie Murphy hopes Motherwell can flourish in their Hampden "home" when they go head-to-head with Celtic in the Scottish Cup final tomorrow.
Murphy spearheaded the Steelmen's attack as fellow forward John Sutton scored two goals in a 2-0 home win over the Hoops in late-February.
Murphy attributes his side's superiority that day to the discomfort felt by their Glasgow visitors at Fir Park.
Murphy hopes to similarly unsettle Celtic amid the more expansive surroundings of Hampden, admitting: "The game we've got to think about is the game at Fir Park where big John Sutton managed to get an early goal and everyone was fired up for the game. That was our game that day and we got a good result.
"I'm sure if we put in a performance like we did that day, we'll be there or thereabouts."


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Would you like to save as your currency permanently or for this visit only?
Dartmouth Skiway
Very nice for the offseason price of $90. Atmosphere is very quaint. Ended up staying 3 nights. Room was quiet and very comfortable. Breakfast doesn't start until 8 am. Too late for business travelers.
Breakfast is amazing.. so is the common room Standard room is actually sub-standard


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 8/7/2013 (1504 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Hundreds of residents are signing up for mosquito fogging buffer zones to stop the city from fogging 90 metres around their homes, but Marvin Gordon can't understand why.
Gordon, 76, is living proof what can happen if the wrong mosquito bites you.
Gordon is still suffering the effects of the West Nile virus he contracted seven years ago.
"It's no joke to live with West Nile," he said on Monday, shortly after learning more than 600 Winnipeggers have already signed up to have buffer zones.
'Eight years ago, I never gave any thought of buffer zones until something happened to me. I think more people would have second thoughts of signing up if they knew what (West Nile) was like' -- Winnipegger Marvin Gordon, 76
"Eight years ago, I never gave any thought of buffer zones until something happened to me. I think more people would have second thoughts of signing up if they knew what this was like.
"If a kid comes down with it, the parent will spend the rest of their lives looking after the kid."
The city has been fogging for mosquitoes after their numbers skyrocketed in recent days and they reached the criteria needed: a high adulticiding factor analysis (AFA), a minimum city-wide trap average count of 25 female mosquitoes for two consecutive nights and one or more quadrants of the city have about 100 female adult mosquitoes in a trap.
On Saturday, the city's average trap count was 138. By Sunday, it was down to 22, but by Monday it was 37.
City entomologist Taz Stuart said they haven't found Culex tarsalis, the type of mosquito that carries the West Nile virus, but "it doesn't say there's no risk."
There is no vaccine or specific treatment available for people who have contracted West Nile.
Gordon said he believes he was bitten while doing some gardening outside his St. Vital home.
"All I know is a few weeks later I was fine at midnight and 15 minutes later I was in an ambulance heading to hospital," he said.
Gordon was an avid golfer before he was bitten, but he has had to give up the sport. He had to use a walker to leave the hospital and he still has to use a cane. He gets severe headaches daily and has fallen numerous times.
"There should be no buffer zones. Why can people apply for buffer zones, yet I have to put up with smoke from the backyard of neighbourhood pits?" he asked.
Gordon said if the city keeps buffer zones, they should reduce the size of them.
Meanwhile, Stuart said fogging will continue nightly from 9:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. until the citywide mosquito count is lowered.
Areas mostly in the west side of the city were targeted Monday night, including Assiniboia Downs, Kildonan Park, Kirkfield, Sturgeon Creek, Crestview, Garden City and St. John's Park. An announcement will be made this morning where the city will fog tonight if needed.
Stuart said Assiniboine Park continues to be a "hot spot" for mosquitoes, with about 200 found. He said he suspects the mosquitoes are travelling from outside the city down the Assiniboine River to the park.
Stuart said by midday, about 650 residents had registered for a buffer zone against fogging, with about 200 of them signing up on Sunday.
The last time the city fogged in 2010, about 1,600 residents signed up for buffer zones.
Stuart said whether the city continues fogging each night depends on the average number of mosquitoes in traps the next day.


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It wasn't her day to begin with, and Sarah Schmelzel's forte, her leadership, wobbled from within.
Approach shots were wayward. Putts weren't falling. And the only Xavier senior and state tournament-experienced golfer who was trying to push her team back atop the championship step was stumbling.
After ending Xavier's 12-year championship streak in 2010, Hamilton was in hot pursuit again, and a front-nine to forget (by her standards) led to an emotional release at the turn.
"I wasn't playing well and put too much pressure on myself," she said.
Her wits returned, and not a hole too soon. After she feared her 10th tee shot was lost, it was instead in a clearing. She hit an approach shot onto the green and nailed a 25-foot putt for birdie.
Schmelzel was back, and so were the Gators.
Her final-round 66 was the fourth-best round in state tournament history, and Schmelzel led four other youngens to the school's 29th golf state championship.
She also won the individual title with that final-round 66 (six birdies, one bogey), and it's a good thing for her she went that low. Hamilton's Kyung Kim, who won the 2010 individual championship, fired a 69-70-139 and finished two shots behind Schmelzel as the two played together in the final round.
"Kim is such a great player, and I knew she was right up there," Schmelzel said. "I thought the key hole was the later in the match. I birdied No. 10, and once that happened, I thought I was on my way."
She also took second place at the difficult Aguila Invitational to lead the Gators' team victory and fourth place at Antigua to accompany a 9-hole average of 34 for the season.
To some, however, her leading of a junior, sophomore and two freshman, however, was equally impressive.
"She was a second or third coach," Gators coach Sister Lynn Winsor said.
Sometimes it was vocal or with a nudge, but effective.
Wanting to see another part of the country, Schmelzel (who's also an honors student) is headed to the University of South Carolina for golf next fall.
But her exhibition of skills in the past year has set herself up nicely inside or outside the ropes.
"I like having responsibility and facing pressure," she said. "We rallied together and that was the best part."
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All-Tribune second team
Name School Yr. Comment
Mikayla Harmon Hamilton Jr. Prospective leader for 2012 nearly brought Hamilton back against Xavier with 69 in final round of state; finished 4th overall in Div. I tournament
Jill Harvison Mtn. View Sr. 9-time medalist placed 13th as an individual at state after 9-hole average of just under 36
Madison Kerley Xavier Fr. Part of big future with Gators after first-round leader of Div. I state tournament (68) wound up tied for fifth place
Kassidy Long-Goheen Desert Vista Sr. Four-year starter and 6-time medalist finished 10th in state and runner-up at Tempe City tournament; Playing at Idaho next year.
Kelsie Sanborn Notre Dame Sr. Leader of eight underclassmen finished eighth in Div. II in Saints' runner-up finish to cap terrific golf/tennis career.
Charatta Thongbai Dobson Jr. Placed third in this year's Mesa City tournament; All-City and All-Section player capped with 9th place finish in Division I state tournament
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Arcadia: Anika Carlson, Jr.; Basha: Brittany Bickley, Sr.; Campo Verde: Kim Cifuentes, Jr.; Chandler: Jacquelyn Porman, Jr.; Chaparral: Sarah Kaye, Jr.; Corona del Sol: Haile Carpenter, So.; Brooke Taylor, Sr.; Desert Ridge: Miranda Reyes, So.; Desert Vista: Cady Espinoza, Jr.; Hamilton: Saki Iida, Jr.; Horizon: Kaila Jacobi, Fr.; Haley Sauls, Sr.; Mariola Szmit, Fr.; Marcos de Niza: Clarissa Collins, Jr.; Notre Dame: Riley Corona, Fr.; Sarah Eversman, So.; Mollie Hughes, So.; Ciara Petronzio, Fr.; Pinnacle: Gabby Bautista, So.; Kaylee Knadler, So.; Megan Knadler, So.; Queen Creek: Shay Fullmer, Sr.; McKayla Hull, So.; Red Mountain: Kaitlyn Saum, So.; Scottsdale Christian: Hannah Gerald, Jr.; Paisley Muller, Jr.; Seton Catholic: Anna Schwab, Jr.; Xavier: Ariana Macioce, Fr.; Anne Straneva, Jr.


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This page is about the idiom jobs for the boys
Meaning: If you say "jobs for the boys" you're referring to the fact that people in positions of power sometimes use their power to give jobs to their friends or family members.
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- Henry deserved the position, but it was a case of jobs for the boys, as usual, and one of the boss's old school friends got it instead of Henry.
- The new government has promised to stop the old system of jobs for the boys when it comes to appointing departmental heads.
Variety: This idiom is typically used in British English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) April 24, 2013
As reported in the news this week, the FAA is forecasting flight delays nationwide for the foreseeable future because of their decision to lay off air traffic controllers due to budget cuts. This decision could make flying even more frustrating than normal for the millions that fly daily.
Captain Dan Stratman, Airport Life CEO, is passionate about making flying easier and less frustrating for airline passengers. His company created an air travel app that has all the features a passenger needs to help get through these trying times. The Airport Life® app is a must-have tool for passengers facing delays. The app is the only air travel app created by an actual airline pilot, and it shows.
One feature gives passengers instant access to the FAA Airport Flight Delay Map. This map provides real-time information on the delay status for airports around the country. The itinerary feature provides automatic notifications for any changes to your flight. The "Airport Wall" social networking feature allows passengers in airports to communicate with each other and exchange helpful information about what is going on. The app even has a complete list of food, services, and shopping options for 135 airports around the world in case you get delayed and have extra time on your hands. No other air travel app on the planet has the unique combination of helpful features that are in the Airport Life® app.
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Airport Life® is the best mobile application to help take the stress out of traveling by offering all the travel information a passenger needs in one, easy-to-access location. It is one of the fastest growing travel applications on the market.
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Sterling Heights, Warren
Anatomy, physiology class engages students
By Maria Allard
Posted May 7, 2014
STERLING HEIGHTS — When a group of Career Preparation Center anatomy and physiology students dissected sheep hearts in class in early April, it gave them a better understanding of how the human heart functions.
Teachers Kaleen Jubenville and Mary Kaurich said the sheep's heart is the same size of the human heart, the same shape and has the same chambers and valves.
"I think the students gained value of how amazingly strong the heart is and how delicate the valves really are," Jubenville said.
"When they were looking at certain parts, it looks so different in real life," Kaurich said. "It's really taking the book knowledge they have and giving them the opportunity to apply that in a real-life situation."
"The learning just goes much deeper for them," Jubenville said. "It at least gets them thinking."
The Career Preparation Center is part of Warren Consolidated Schools and offers several various courses, including culinary arts, engineering and graphic arts. The classes are in two-hour blocks, and students return to their home school for their other classes.
Junior Kassie Cummings, who attends Cousino High School, felt the sheep dissection was a good experience.
"We all took it really seriously," Cummings said. "I want to go into cardiology, so it was really was a good thing. It was interesting. It gave us a better understanding of how our heart works."
The students used medical gloves, scalpels, scissors and other medical utensils during the process.
"I felt like I was playing operation," said junior Logan Sabins, who attends Warren Mott High School and came to the dissection table with experience. He has hunted with his dad since he was a young boy. He also said the hands-on assignment made him realize, "I should start taking better care of my heart. We had to cut through the fat to get to the heart," he said.
Examining sheep hearts were among the many units students in the anatomy and physiology class studied this year.
Anatomy is the structure of the human body, and physiology is how the body works.
The students study the body's tissues, skin, skeleton, muscles, blood, heart, and digestive and respiratory systems. How smoking, drug use, poor diet and risky behaviors affect the human body are covered.
"I've always wanted to go into the medical field," Cummings said. "I took this course to guide me."
Sabins wants to either be an emergency medical technician or a police officer, and thought the anatomy and physiology class was a good fit for his goals.
Kaurich pointed out there are 200 health-related careers, including doctor, nursing, physical therapy, veterinary science, pharmaceutical, medical assistant and respiratory therapy.
"This building offers them an opportunity to explore," Kaurich said. "It opens their eyes to a lot of possibilities."
About the author
Staff Writer Maria Allard covers the school districts of Center Line, Fitzgerald, Van Dyke, Warren Consolidated and Warren Woods, and Macomb Community College for the Warren Weekly newspaper. She also covers the City of Grosse Pointe Woods and the Grosse Pointe Public Schools System for the Grosse Pointe Times newspaper. Allard has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Wayne State University, and she is in love with the Rolling Stones.
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Dimensions of customer loyalty in hospitality micro-enterprises
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This study aims to explore the role of customer loyalty as a managerial tool in the context of hospitality micro-enterprises (HMEs). In the absence of the concept of franchise customer loyalty becomes one of the key factors for survival. Analysis of data results in exploring the importance of customer loyalty to owner-managers, and their role in generating the antecedents of loyalty is also revealed. Encounter of owner-managers' motivations with small hospitality business characteristics appears to be influential. Motivation leads to creation of an 'at home' feeling and offering extra services. These directly influence customer loyalty in HMEs. A paradox has been highlighted: as a result of the same factors (host motivations and small business characteristics) customer loyalty cannot be built in its higher levels.
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Why go now?
As the snow starts to fall like icing sugar on the USA's third-largest city (after New York and Los Angeles), festive cheer is palpable. With temperatures hovering around freezing, there's plenty to take your mind off the cold, including a vibrant cultural and culinary scene. As Mark Twain said, "It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago. She is always a novelty."
Touch down
Chicago O'Hare airport is 17 miles north-west of the city centre. The cheapest and most reliable way to reach downtown is on the Blue Line of the "L", as Chicago's rail system is known (derived from "elevated" - originally all the lines were above ground). It takes 45 minutes to reach downtown, stopping at Washington Station. Buy a three-day ($14/R130) or seven-day ($23) pass, or a stored-value card, in advance from the ticket machines (transitchicago.com). Standard one-way fare: $2.25. A taxi costs about $50.
Get your bearings
Chicago stretches along the south-west shoreline of Lake Michigan. Its downtown district is bordered to the west by the Chicago River. The tourist centre (001 312 742 0808; choosechicago.com; 9.30-6pm daily, 10am-5pm Sundays) is inside the Water Works pumping station on East Pearson Street.
The skyscraper was born in Chicago. The city's two most iconic buildings - the Willis Tower (formerly Sears) and the John Hancock Center - stand like giant slate bookends, framing the dramatic skyline.
Check in
Inspired by 17th-century France, the Sax Hotel (001 877 569 3742; hotelsaxchicago.com) at 333 North Dearborn Street is bold and decadent. Doubles start at $208, room only.
The James Hotel (001 312 337 1000; jameshotels.com) at 55 East Ontario Street offers comfort in a contemporary setting. The neutral tones give the rooms a calming quality while the modern furnishings, such as the Saarinen replica tables, add a dash of style. Doubles from $197, room only.
Overlooking Grant Park and Lake Michigan, the Essex Inn (001 312 939 2800; essexinn.com) at 800 South Michigan Avenue is a good option for those on a budget.
Day One
Take a view
At 1,450ft tall, the Willis Tower (001 312 875 9447; theskydeck.com) at 233 South Wacker Drive is the tallest building in the western hemisphere. The observatory on the 103rd floor offers a dramatic panorama; 10am-8pm daily; admission $17.50.
Take a hike
Along State Street, which runs straight through the heart of the Loop, the historic and rugged downtown district. Start at the corner of West Jackson Boulevard and walk north - you'll pass Macy's and the landmark 1921 Chicago Theatre. Cross the Chicago River on the DuSable Bridge, noting the diverse architecture of the riverside buildings, and finish outside the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower. A look at the exterior walls reveals fragments from far and wide: the Berlin Wall, Taj Mahal, Pyramids and Great Wall brought back by globetrotting reporters.
Lunch on the run
Home to the original deep-dish pizza, Uno at 29 East Ohio Street (001 312 321 1000; unos.com) has become an institution since serving its first slice in 1943. Order the signature Numero Uno, oozing with melted cheese and chunks of sausage and pepperoni. From $10.
Window shopping
The Magnificent Mile (themagnificentmile.com) is a tree-lined stretch of North Michigan Avenue, running north from the Tribune Tower. Luxury retailers - Burberry, Gucci, Louis Vuitton - compete. The shopping elsewhere is no less magnificent. Armitage Avenue (armitage shopping.com) in the Lincoln Park suburb is lined with independent stores and charming Victorian houses. Opening hours are typically 11am-6pm daily.
An aperitif
Over 105 years, the Green Mill Jazz Club (001 773 878 5552; greenmilljazz.com) at 4802 North Broadway has attracted everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone. Expect strong drinks, world-class music and a packed dance floor. Order a shot of Malort ($5), Chicago's own gold-coloured spirit made from an old Swedish recipe using wormwood plants.
Dining with the locals
Under chef Carrie Nahabedian, Naha (001 312 321 6242; naha-chicago.com), at 500 North Clark Street, won a Michelin star. Try the Icelandic Arctic char in an apple and celery broth ($34).
Southern-inspired dishes await at the Carriage House (16) (001 773 384 9700; carriagehousechicago.com) at 1700 West Division. Cider-steamed clams are $16.
Day Two
Sunday morning: go to church
Old St Patrick's Church (001 312 648 1021; oldstpats.org) at 700 West Adams Street may be Chicago's most celebrated place of worship, but St Hedwig's (001 773 486 1660; sthedwigbucktown.org) at 2226 North Hoyne Street is an undiscovered gem. Built at the turn of the 20th century to serve the city's growing Polish community, it's the oldest church in Bucktown, a bohemian neighbourhood to the north that warrants exploration. (A cab will cost $15) Within its limestone walls are Bavarian stained windows. Sunday mass is at 8am and 11am.
Out to brunch
At the redbrick Bite Café (001 773 395 2483; bitecafechicago.com) at 1039 North Western Avenue, choose from home-made granola with yoghurt, tacos with scrambled eggs or a "poached egg and bacon hangover salad". From $9.
Walk in the park
Millennium Park (001 312 742 5222; millenniumpark.org; 6am-11pm daily) was once forgotten wasteland. Today, explore the colourful Lurie Garden (20), check out Anish Kapoor's metallic and bean-shaped installation Cloud Gate, inspired by liquid mercury, and skate on the McCormick Tribune Ice Rink ($10/£6; open until March). In warmer months, concerts are staged under the lattice arches of Frank Gehry's Jay Pritzker Pavilion.
Cultural afternoon
Discover the secrets of the city at the Chicago History Museum at 1601 North Clark Street (001 312 642 4600; chicagohs.org; open noon-5pm Sunday, 9.30am-4.40pm other days; $14). Alternatively, marvel at Monets and Renoirs at the Art Institute of Chicago at 111 South Michigan Avenue (001 312 443 3600; artic.edu; 10.30am-5pm daily, to 8pm Thursdays; $18).
The icing on cake
Discover a wealth of outdoor art, from Picasso's sculpture outside 50 West Washington Street to Chagall's vibrant mosaic at Exelon Plaza on Monroe Street. - The Independent


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I ran a linear regression for '80 to '12 using data that I already had, as follows:
Y = avg. adjusted scoring of top N players (N = # teams in NHL)
Xn = Number of teams in NHL
Xg = Avg. GPG in NHL
Xe = % of top N forwards who were born outside Canada (Canadian trained players from Europe, such as Heatley & Nolan were considered Canadian)
Xp = % of total goals recorded as special teams (PP & SH) goals
Using all 4 variables, the R-squared was 99.8% and the values for each X were as follows:
Xn= 1.05
Xg= 6.77
Xe= 16.4
Xp= 49.4
Using 3 variables (Xn excluded), the R-squared was 99.7% and the values of each X were as follows:
Xg= 7.83
Xe= 39.5
Xp= 92.8
Both appear to be very solid models for predicting the avg. adjusted scoring of the top N players each season. The average for the 32 seasons was 88.95 adj. points with a standard deviation of 3.59. With 4 variables, the predicted Y had a mean of 88.87 with the avg. absolute value of the error being 3.13, and 21/32 seasons had errors of < 1 stdev. With 3 variables, the predicted Y had a mean of 88.71 with the avg. absolute value of the error being 3.86, and 18/32 seasons had errors of < 1 stdev.
It's important to note that in both models there was a positive coefficient for Xg (league GPG), meaning that as league scoring decreased, the model predicted avg. adj. points of the top N players to decrease as well (by ~7-8 points per 1.0 point drop in league scoring).
I did this rather quickly, since I was using data readily available to me. One small flaw is that Xe measures % non-Canadian forwards in top N forwards in points, rather than % non-Canadians in top N players. It would be better if this variable and Y were aligned completely, but given the relatively few defensemen who appear in the top N in scoring, I highly doubt there would be a major effect on the results. If anything, properly aligning Y & Xe may only strengthen the relationship between them, since in more recent years when avg. adj. scoring of top N players has increased, there have been substantially more Euro/US d-men (Lidstrom, Leetch, Zubov, Gonchar, etc.). Still, the actual % of the top N is quite small, so I expect any distortions were relatively minor.
For those who understand this type of study, I certainly welcome comments, suggestions and even follow-up studies which may expand, improve or verify the results. This is what I meant by identifying, analyzing and quantifying various factors that may affect the difficulty of top level players to score adjusted points in various seasons. It can be done, and I have taken a step in that direction. I look forward to others taking further steps forward, instead of steps backward using improper analysis and/or pure speculation.
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GWEN IFILL: Now: another addition to the NewsHour bookshelf.
It's a warning about the vulnerability of the country's power grid. And it comes from Ted Koppel, the veteran newsman and former anchor of ABC's Nightline.
I talked with him recently about his new book, "Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath."
Ted Koppel, welcome.
TED KOPPEL, Author, "Lights Out ": Thank you.
GWEN IFILL: You have written a book about the next big threat. We always talk about cyber-threats, about hacking. But you're talking about the electrical grid.
TED KOPPEL : We are accustomed to cyber-attacks that result in grand larceny. We are accustomed to cyber-attacks that amount to huge vacuuming of intelligence information.
What we have never had is a cyber-attack that amounts to a weapon of mass destruction. And my point is that, if someone succeeds in taking down one of our power grids — and the Russians and the Chinese can do it and maybe the Iranians and the North Koreans — it would be devastating.
GWEN IFILL: Of all things for you to write about, what got your interest to start writing about this particular topic?
TED KOPPEL: The funny thing is, Gwen, that for about three years now, a number of our top leaders, including the president — the president has twice mentioned it in successive State of the Union addresses, warning — just a little paragraph, but warning that there are those who are trying to get into our infrastructure, especially the power grid.
The secretary of defense at the time, Leon Panetta, called the threat of a cyber-attack on the power grid potentially a cyber-Pearl Harbor. That's pretty huge, and nobody was paying any attention to it. And so I wondered, A, are these people just exaggerating for reasons I don't quite understand, and, B, if they're not, what is the government doing to prepare for it and to prepare the public for it?
And my instinct told me that the answer was going to be not much. Not much is an exaggeration. Nothing is closer to the truth.
GWEN IFILL: You have talked to so many people, including the last four heads of the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense.
TED KOPPEL: Right.
GWEN IFILL: And did you get a sense, after talking to them, that any one of them knows what to do if this were to happen?
TED KOPPEL: Probably not.
Several of them know that the likelihood of it happening is great. When I spoke to Janet Napolitano just after she left as secretary of homeland security — and she had been on the job for five years — I said to her, what do you think the chances are of a cyber-attack on the power grid? She said very, very high, 80 to 90 percent.
It seems to me inevitable that we have to deal with this. But maybe, because we don't know what the answer is, we have not even begun to do so.
GWEN IFILL: We have talked to Jeh Johnson, who currently runs Homeland Security. He was trying to be more optimistic currently being in the job, but it didn't sound like that conversation went well.
TED KOPPEL: It didn't go well, because, on the one hand, he conceded that the likelihood of a cyber-attack on the power grid is great. On the other hand, when I said, OK, what's the plan? You're the secretary of homeland security.
He sort of dismissed it and said, well, as long as you have a radio with extra batteries.
And I said, yes, but — so you have a radio and the power goes out and you turn the radio on. What are you going to tell people? And doesn't it seem a little strange that we're going to defer telling people what the plan is until after the electricity goes out and communication is far more difficult than it needs to be?
GWEN IFILL: So it's easy to see there is not a plan, but what would you say the plan ought to be? Mass evacuations from someplace like Manhattan?
TED KOPPEL:Can't do it. Too many people, no place to put them.
The only thing — and I don't want to be in a position of even sounding as though I have the answers. But I spent three chapters of the book dealing with the Mormons. And the reason I focused on the Mormons is that the Mormons, after 200 years of being driven from pillar to post, have learned how to survive in difficult situations.
And they are probably about as well-prepared as any large group in the country. And so the one thing that the Mormons do that I would recommend to Americans in general to do is to have a three to six months' supply of food and water.
GWEN IFILL: So, this is not a corporate responsibility, necessarily, or a government responsibility? We're not talking about state actors all the time?
TED KOPPEL: It may be. It may be their responsibility, but since what I'm finding is that they haven't taken that responsibility very seriously, or at least have not come up with a solution yet, I'm saying to those people who can afford it — and I fully appreciate that there are tens of millions of people in this country who can barely afford to put food on the table every day, let alone get a supply of three to six months.
But if those who can afford it do it, and if the government has a backlog of freeze-dried food, which lasts up to 25 years, we can probably survive something like this. If we don't do that, there will be thousands of fatalities.
GWEN IFILL: You say, quite provocatively, toward the end of the book that the Internet is our weapon of mass destruction.
TED KOPPEL: In addition to all the wonderful things that it does, it can be used as a weapon of mass destruction.
And the dangerous thing, Gwen, is, it doesn't require a government to do it. It doesn't require anyone with a ton of money to do it. Someone sufficiently skilled in cyber-warfare, using an individual laptop, can inflict enormous damage.
I have been told by the man who was the former chief scientist for the NSA, the National Security Agency, that he now believes that there are individual groups, and possibly a group like ISIS, for example, which has about $2 billion, that they could buy the expertise and that the equipment they need is available off the shelf. That's a pretty scary prospect.
GWEN IFILL: Are you worried that you will be dismissed as a doomsayer?
TED KOPPEL: I would be more worried if people after the fact found out that I had discovered what I had discovered, and that I hadn't said anything about it. I think that would be the greater — the greater ill.
GWEN IFILL: Ted Koppel, the author of "Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath," thank you.
TED KOPPEL: Thank you, Gwen.


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Representatives from manufacturers, academic research laboratories, the federal government and other organizations met on November 3rd and 4th, 2009 in Gaithersburg, Maryland to discuss the drivers that are encouraging companies and industries to introduce and develop manufacturing innovations. Attendees also identified major challenges to current and future manufacturing operations and their concerns for the future of manufacturing, including common challenges such as the availability of raw materials, the likely increased cost of energy, and the changing needs they have for data and data systems, models, standards and measurements. Several dozen critical factors were highlighted from each of five topic-specific breakout sessions, spanning five principal areas of interest: Sustainability and Energy, Simulation and Modeling, New Manufacturing Processes, Manufacturing IT and Interoperability, and Robotics and Automation. This report summarizes the results of this workshop.
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CHRISTMAS drink-drive arrests across Hampshire have dropped 15 per cent on the previous year – and Andover drivers were some of the best behaved in the county.
The lowest number of arrests was in Havant, where there were just six during the festive period, and in Andover there were nine.
During the campaign, which ran from December 1 to January 1, a total of 5,811 drivers were breath tested – an increase of four per cent on Christmas 2011.
Of those tested, 205 people gave a positive reading and were arrested. Of those, 12 per cent were at least three times the drink-drive limit.
Police have since charged 140 people (68 per cent) with drinkdrive offences, bailed 51 (25 per cent) pending further enquiries and released 14 (seven per cent) with no further action.
Chief Inspector Andy Bottomley, of roads policing, said: "I am obviously very pleased with the results, which do suggest a reduction in drink-driving offences during the campaign. After seeing a nine per cent rise in drink-drive arrests in 2011, it was clear that we needed to invest more time and resources into our Christmas campaign in 2012.
"As part of this we carried out operations and joined forces with our colleagues in the local Safer Neighbourhoods teams spreading drink-drive messages with the help of bumper stickers, beer mats in local pubs and by touring with a crashed car which just one year previously had been involved in a drink-drive fatality.
"I like to think that this has paid dividends, not only because of the number of arrests made but hopefully in that the volume of officers out on Hampshire's roads would, for some, have been good enough reason not to chance it."
This year saw a 44 per cent increase in female drivers arrested (up from 43 to 62), whereas male driver arrests fell 27 per cent from 197 to 143.
The failure rate for male drivers was 3.2 per cent, whereas for females it was higher at 4.4 per cent. The highest failure rate was for drivers aged 30 to 39.
Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Hayes said: "I'm also pleased to see that from the results the message about drink driving appears to be getting through. However, I am concerned that the highest failure rate was for drivers aged between 30 and 39, and also that 12 per cent of those arrested were at least three times the limit.
"Issues around alcohol misuse are ones which I will be addressing in my Police and Crime Plan, which is to be published at the end of March.
"I will be inviting partner organisations to join with me and the police in working to reduce both alcohol and drug abuse across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
"It is important that social problems such as these are tackled seriously to ensure the message gets out that drinkdriving and antisocial behaviour are not acceptable in our communities."


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The 'rogues gallery' was published as part of a new zero-tolerance campaign to clean up the Lincolnshire town.
Officials now say they will continue releasing CCTV images of people caught dropping rubbish in order to identify more offenders.
Each of the people, identified by the pictures printed in the Boston Standard have been fined £50.
Andy Statham from Boston Borough Council said: "Boston's approach to this is quite innovative and it's attracting interest from other local authorities and we're quite happy to share our experiences with them.
"The ideal situation is that we don't have to do a rogue's gallery because people are using the litter bins and not throwing litter on the streets."
In another move the town council is asking people to fill incident cards reporting those responsible for littering or dog fouling.


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RFF Archive > The Amazing Race 15 Spoilers
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CBS has leaked the official map to Entertainment Weekly.
--- Quote ---• The action begins at the Los Angeles River, and for the first time in show history, a team will be eliminated mere yards from the starting gate. The challenge involves a fence with thousands of license plates—some of them from Japan (which serves as the first destination). "Twenty four people run up and frantically start grabbing license plates, but they're wrong because as usual they don't read their clue," chuckles van Munster. "Eventually a team gets eliminated—they see the cars drive off and it is bye-bye. We told them 100 times, 'Read your clue. Repeat after me: Read your clue.' They don't read the clue. It's unbelievable. Nothing has changed."
• Once they get to Tokyo, Racers find themselves on a Japanese game show, and they have to eat a tear-inducing Wasabi bomb. Notes van Munster: "Even the Japanese are horrified by it, which is good. If the Japanese are horrified by another game show, then we're on the right track."
• When contestants arrive in Vietnam, they face down a Roadblock involving 2,000 ducks. "You have to show how good you are in guiding these ducks from one end of a soccer field, across a little bridge to the other end, turning them around and bringing them back into the pen," explains van Munster. "It turns into total duck madness. It's just hysterical… I've tried for eight years to integrate it into the show, and we never succeeded in getting [contestants] to do it. They know it's too difficult. So I said, 'Roadblock!'"
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thanks theschnauzers, Raymond and peach guessed Cai Be, I guessed the ducks in Vietnam ;)
So...is it a double leg in Prague?
I wonder if we'll be shown the text of the clue that the Racers didn't read at the Start. :neener:
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• In Dubai, competitors will be presented with a chilling Detour: They have to take snow from an indoor ski area and build a snowman outside in the scorching Middle East heat. "The quality of the snow changes instantly the moment you bring it out," chuckles van Munster. "And the snowman can't be a little one—it has to be five-, six-foot-high snowman with eyes and a real carrot in his nose."
• In another first for the show, one of Race's most infamous Roadblocks is revisited. "It is so crazy and difficult to do, and it was so amazing the last time we did it," says van Munster. "And it's just as crazy and amazing this time."
• Although this Race takes place over a relatively brisk 21 days, van Munster insists that it won't be any easier. "Very often in the middle of the series, [the contestants] get kind of cozy with each other and there could be a little bit of a lull," he notes. "In this race, there is no lull. There is pedal-to-the-metal competition. They're constantly overtaking each other. Every time we stand at the finish line we were blown away who gets eliminated and who stays in."
• Among the contestants to watch:
-Herbert and Nathaniel from the Harlem Globetrotters. ("Great sense of humor.")
-Justin and his best friend Zev, who has Asperger's Syndrome. ("The things Zev says are so right on the money and they come from left field… You're gonna love that team.")
-Professional poker players Maria and Tiffany. ("They are incredibly shrewd. They are tough as nails… They'd do anything to win. They blew me away.")
-Keri and her aggressive lawyer-fiance Lance. ("He's so combustible. He whacked a piece of wood so hard, he opened his hand.")
• Van Munster adds that he prefers to feature fresh contestants rather than familiar faces on Race. "I was never fond of 'All-Stars' and stuff like that," he explains. "A cast like this is proof that to have new people is always a good idea, because every time we find new characters, new stories, new energy, new karma, you name it."
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PHILADELPHIA – The decision by the widely respected economist Raghuram Rajan not to seek a second term as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI, the central bank) is likely to roil India's financial markets, which regarded him as a critical anchor for the country's economy. Investors will now dissect the implications of his departure for the ability of the monetary authorities to ensure price stability and encourage growth, or rebuild a banking system beset with non-performing loans.
Ever since Alan Greenspan's chairmanship of the US Federal Reserve Board, both markets and the media have tended to lionize and personalize institutions like central banks. But the "Greenspan effect" can impede dispassionate analysis.
There were genuine policy differences between the RBI and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, and tensions flared when officials perceived public comments by Rajan as being outside his domain. But the ad hominem attacks on Rajan in recent months raise large questions with serious implications for India.
The most important question is this: Will Modi continue to maintain his strategic ambiguity about addressing his own party's extremist elements, or will he demonstrate true leadership by curbing party members' tirades about core state institutions and exercising greater care in selecting the heads of public institutions?


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1 1/2 pound of ground beef
1 small pack of onion soup mix
1/2 cup finely chopped carrots
1 garlic clove finely chopped
1/4 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1/4 lb of sliced mushrooms
1 cup burgandy wine
1 cube bouillon crushed
2 tbsp cornstarch
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4 slices of swiss cheese
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I Want To Be A HermitI really do. I think it's just that I want people to leave me alone. Stop asking me about my problems. Stop trying to get me to open up. Yeah, maybe it's not the most healthy take on life, but it's what I'm comfortable with.
I went to the movies with a guy last night. Clearly, he is still in the mindset where a movie is very suggestive. Okay, frankly it's my fault. Yes, I already know this. I don't need to be told. Therefore, this post is more of a vent about the idiotic things I did, and how I clearly DON'T handle them.
So we saw Men In Black 3 (which, by the way, is a GREAT movie! :D ) and he decides to pay for my ticket... okay... sure... whatever. Typical nice guy thing to do, especially because I have no money...
Half way through the movie I whack my hand on the arm rest (I know ... I'm a little clumsy) ... so what does he do? Grabs my hand and rubs it... his hand was really warm... but then he didn't let go, and since my hands were freezing, I was like... whatever... so then he starts cuddling me... and this is the point where girls... if you don't like someone, PUT A STOP TO IT. Yeah, I didn't. Whatever. So then we leave the movie, and go back to his car, where he decides to kiss me. And me, being the IDIOT I am, decides to kiss him back. Frankly, I don't REALLY care about kissing people, as long as it means the same thing to me as it does to them. If I like them, and they like me, whatever... if we don't like each other, whatever.
But of course, it meant something different for him. And I didn't freaking stop it. Why? Because I'm an idiot. And I never know what to do in those situations. Eventually, I said, "hey I need to go home" and then he started talking about how he wouldn't want to get in trouble with my dad, and how he wanted to move to the same state as me, or wanted me to move back (I'm on holidays from uni presently).
What the hell do you even say to that? And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I am known as a tease. I never know how to react. It really doesn't make sense to me.
It was just a kiss, right? Well obviously not for him. Something that doesn't mean anything from my point of view, means EVERYTHING from his point of view. Well done, well done. He kept bugging me about why I liked him... and I was thinking, I really don't...
You shouldn't play with people's emotions... it's wrong. But I understand when people do, because it's pretty hard not to sometimes. Words that should be so easy to say, just aren't. I think this is a good reason to become a hermit-like creature. And just avoid people who like me...
I don't really want advice. I know I screwed up... so yeah.
CaitieLynn 22-25, F 1 Response 0 Jul 7, 2012
Well Caitie, maybe you are a little too passive in the way that you handle relationships...<br />
There is an cynical old saying, unfortunately sometimes true I guess, that men play at love to get sex, and women... do the opposite. You have to try to get into the male mindset a little more and be proactive, maybe even just say that you only want to watch the movie, if you don't feel just yet like doing more than that... You shouldn't be afraid to be a little more assertive, within reason... Guys will respect you for it!


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Albuquerque, N.M. – Top UFC Welterweight contender Diego "The Dream" Sanchez had a cast removed from his right hand yesterday, clearing him to resume full training activities.
Sanchez was slated to fight Matt Hughes at UFC 135 on Sept. 24 when he suffered a broken bone in his right hand on Sept. 5, forcing him out of the fight.
Even though he has been injured, Sanchez has continued to train full-time, staying in pique physical condition.
"I feel great," Sanchez said. "In some senses, this injury has been a blessing, because I've been forced to train in ways and on things that I never before had thought of or considered. I truly feel as going though this injury is going to make me a better fighter in the long run."
"I can't wait to get back in the Octagon and compete. I think the fans will like what they see too," he added.
No new fight has yet been scheduled for Sanchez, who holds a 25-4 career record.
Diego Sanchez Ready To Resume Training After Getting Cast Removed
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I heard a beautiful nugget on the art of simplicity the other day. It was about reducing complexity, cost, and time. Or, to put it another way, it makes a great case for simplicity.
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The big win for me with simplicity is the ability to improve things, whether it's a process or a product. If you've ever had to deal with a beast of either one, you can appreciate what I mean. My first goal in taking on something is to drive for simplicity so that it has a fighting chance to improve over time.
Complexity dies, where simplicity thrives.


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Are you the one of those "lucky" web designers that still remember those dark times when there was a lack of available fonts for clear self-expression? In fact these times were not so long ago and many of us tormented with titles trying to transform them into an image format and then paste them on the web pages. It took much time and demanded much server space.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to tell his story. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, Simon and Schuster announced Thursday that Schwarzenegger's upcoming autobiography is tentatively titled Total Recall, a double-entendre on the name of his 1990 film.
The 64-year-old former Governor of California made headlines in May when he and Maria Shriver called it quits after 25 years of marriage. The Terminator star soon confessed to fathering a child out of wedlock with a household staffer more than a decade ago.
In Schwarzenegger's upcoming memoir -- subtitled "My Unbelievably True Life Story" -- he'll be collaborating with Peter Petre, former executive editor of Fortune and the co-author of autobiographies by Alan Greenspan and Norman Schwarzkopf.
The book's publisher said in a statement that Schwarzenegger's memoir was "considered one of the most anticipated autobiographies of this generation." They added: "Schwarzenegger presents a larger-than-life portrait of his illustrious, controversial and ever-entertaining life in and out of the public eye."
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The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) was directed in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill) to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act (PSA) of 1921.
Following a lengthy review of comments made on the proposed rule, GIPSA released the final revised rules with an implementation date set for February 7, 2012. Congress directed the Secretary of USDA to issue regulations that would establish criteria in five areas with respect to the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921. The first area is found in section 11005 of the 2008 Farm Bill and directs establishment of "criteria that the Secretary will consider in determining whether the arbitration process provided in a contract provides a meaningful opportunity for the grower or producer to participate fully in the arbitration process." Four additional regulations are found in the following section of the Farm Bill and direct the Secretary of USDA to issue regulations that would establish criteria with respect to the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921:
1. whether an undue or unreasonable preference or advantage has occurred in violation ofsuch Act (this section was not included in the final rule);
2. whether a live poultry dealer provided reasonable notice to poultry growers of any suspension of the delivery of birds under a poultry growing arrangement;
3. when requirement of additional capital investment over the life of a poultry growing arrangement or swine production contract constitutes a violation of the PSA;
4. if a live poultry dealer has provided a reasonable period of time for a swine or poultry contract grower to remedy a breach of contract that could lead to termination of production contract.
The above list reflects the language used in the 2008 Farm Bill. In addition to these criteria, the 2008 Farm Bill also required livestock and poultry contracts to specifically disclose the right of the contract producer or grower to decline the requirement to use arbitration to resolve any controversy under the contract.
Many of the changes to the proposed rule reflect clarifications requested by commenter's. The following list of terms defined in the proposed rule has been removed from the final rule:
1. Tournament systems
2. Capital investment
3. Forward contract
4. Marketing agreement
5. Production contract
6. Competitive injury
7. Likelihood of competitive injury.
Provisions not included in the final rule are:
1. Value-added production and premiums
2. Recordkeeping
3. Packer-to-packer sales and relationships with dealers
4. Prohibitions and requirement related to capital investment
5. Applicability of contracts
6. Unfair, unjustly discriminatory, and deceptive practices or devices
7. Undue or unreasonable preference or advantage
8. Livestock and poultry contract
9. Tournament systems.
As of this writing, Congress has blocked funding for further development of rules for the terms and provisions listed above. However, several of these provisions and terms remain under consideration by GIPSA.
Major Changes in the Wording of the Final Rule
Certain terms used in the statutory language of the PSA are defined in GIPSA's regulations at title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.). GIPSA's final rule indicates some modifications of these definitions at §201.2.While no changes were made to paragraph (m), "principal part of performance," or paragraph (o), "suspension of delivery of birds," there were some significant changes to the definition of "additional capital investment" which is paragraph (n). The threshold for additional capital investment has been lowered from a combined $25,000 to $12,500 and clarified with the addition of the phrase "per structure." Previously, the definition for additional capital investment was vague, referencing "growing and raising facilities." Maintenance and repair costs may not be included in calculating additional capital investments. Any recurring labor and operating costs that increase as a result of the additional capital investment may not be included as this clause was removed in the final rule. Anything related to the construction of additional structures or equipment appears to be included in the calculations to arrive at a combined value of $12,500 or more per structure.
Changes were also made to 9 C.F.R. §201.3 to clarify that these rules are clearly applicable only to the broiler chicken industry. Hens and pullets being raised for table egg production are excluded from the final rules as GIPSA does not have jurisdiction over table egg production.
Modifications were also made in 9 C.F.R. §201.215. Paragraph (c) was changed to allow an exception when a catastrophic/natural disaster or other emergency prevented reasonable notice on the suspension of delivery of live birds. Unforeseen bankruptcies are included in this clause which provides criteria on when reasonable notice has been provided to contract growers for suspension of delivery of birds. This paragraph previously allowed for a waiver to be sought in instances of a disaster or other emergency. Note this section does not apply to termination of contracts; it only applies to extended periods of time where the contract grower will not be raising birds for the live poultry dealer.
Important changes were made to 9 C.F.R. §201.216, titled "additional capital investment criteria." All previous references to the term "capital investment" have been removed and replaced with "additional capital investment." Paragraph (c) has been amended to include the phrase "or does" substantially reduce operations at the slaughter or processing facility within 12 months of requiring additional capital investments. Exemptions for this criterion are given for a catastrophic/natural disaster or emergency (unforeseen bankruptcy). Waivers will not need to be applied for in such instances as the rules allow for this possibility (natural/catastrophic disaster or unforeseen bankruptcy). Paragraph (h) of §201.216 in the final rule was not present in the proposed rules. This paragraph states that required equipment changes by the contractor could be considered a violation of the PSA if the equipment was working as intended, previously accepted by the contractor, and there is not adequate compensation incentives provided to the contract grower.
The major change to 9 C.F.R. §201.217 (§201.218 in the proposed rule) is the inclusion of wording that allows a breach of contract to occur if food safety or animal welfare is concerned. This section focuses on whether the packer, live poultry dealer, or swine contractor has provided a reasonable period of time for the contract grower to remedy a breach of contract. Parts of this section were reworded and clarified, but the addition of the food safety or animal welfare clause is the major change. Paragraph (c) states that contractors must consider the contract grower's ongoing responsibilities related to the care of poultry or swine in their care "when establishing the date by which a breach should be remedied." Previously in paragraph (d), 14 days were provided for a rebuttal to be submitted following the date of the breach of contract notice. This has been altered to "adequate time." Paragraphs (e) through (h) included in the proposed rule are not included in the final rule.
The order of 9 C.F.R. §201.218 (§201.219 in the proposed rule) dealing with arbitration has been reorganized with the release of the final rule. What was paragraph (b) has now become paragraph (a) in the final rule. Contract growers who fail to choose whether or not they will be bound by arbitration when signing a production contract will be treated as if they decline arbitration set forth in the contract. The opportunity to decline arbitration must still appear in bold conspicuous print. References to the Federal Arbitration Act were removed as USDA has determined that violations of contract arbitration terms are more appropriately addressed in that statute than the PSA.
The rules described in this document primarily apply to poultry and swine production contract growers. However, the provisions on arbitration may apply to other livestock (e.g. cattle, goats, and sheep) when production is governed by production contract. This caveat goes back to the language contained in the 2008 Farm Bill. Rules described in this document only reflect criteria that the Secretary of USDA (or their designee) can use to determine if a violation of the Packers and Stockyards Act has occurred. Meeting the criteria does not necessarily mean a violation has occurred.
Source: J. Ross Pruitt, Assistant Professor, LSU and Shannon L. Ferrell, Assistant Professor, OSU


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