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Playing defense
When politicians screw up, or lie, or act in ways that contradict their words, they typically seek to spin their way out of trouble. Some fresh examples:
The "I Didn't Do It" Defense. Florida Senator Marco Rubio, the GOP's Great Latino Hope, tried this one the other day when he was outed for lying about his Cuban parents.
For years he had insisted that his parents fled Fidel Castro's communist coup in 1959, reaching these shores in search of freedom. Political exiles are at the top of the Cuban-American pecking order, and Rubio clearly wanted to make common cause with those conservative voters. His official website biography stated: "Marco was born in Miami to Cuban-born parents who came to America following Fidel Castro's takeover."
But then, last week, when it turned out that Rubio's line was patently false - press reports revealed that his parents came to America on immigration visas three years earlier, in 1956, when Cuba's pro-western dictator reigned supreme - Rubio insisted that he hadn't said anything wrong. He said it was "outrageous" to suggest that he had distorted his family's past for "political gain," and then he doubled down, declaring that "the essential facts of my family's story are completely accurate."
Gee. And here I had always thought that "following" was a synonym for "after," and that 1956 occurred on the calendar before 1959.
Rubio then tried to insist that his parents still fit the definition of "political exiles," because they had supposedly yearned to move back to Cuba. Indeed, Rubio claimed the other day that "in February 1961, my mother took my older siblings to Cuba with the intention of moving back." But that didn't square with what he had said in the past. Two years ago, in an interview on NPR, he said only that "my mom went back with my sister and brother to take care of her father" - who had been hit by a bus.
Trapped by his lies, Rubio opted yesterday for a modified 'fess up, The "Everybody Does It" Defense. Speaking in Florida, he said: "We do have a tendency in modern politics to exaggerate things." Yes, he was trying to spread the blame in order to sorta come clean, but wait...then he said that his parents' actual story "is essentially the same one" as the story he'd long peddled.
Gee. I never knew that "essentially" could be defined so broadly. This guy's dictionary is clearly more flexible than Webster's.
Meanwhile, we've seen several uses lately of The "I'm So Tired" Defense. After Rick Perry proved himself not ready for prime time, behaving during debates as if he'd just been kicked in the head by a horse, his spin team insisted this was only because he was fatigued by insufficient rest. (Of course, now that he's presumably been rested, he's reportedly preparing to flee many of the remaining debates. Real tough guy. He can shoot a coyote with his gun, but apparently he can't match wits with his underwhelming rivals.)
And now we have Herman Cain, whose spin team is now blaming his serial blunders on candidate fatigue. When Cain went on CNN and declared himself to be both pro-choice on abortion and pro-life on abortion within a span of 20 seconds, that's because he was "really tired." When Cain remarked that maybe it would be a good idea to trade hundreds of Guantanamo terrorist suspects for one U.S. soldier - same defense there, too. As a Cain spinner puts it, the candidate wouldn't have uttered that howler "if he'd been rested."
Wow, what's next, Beatles lyrics?
I'm so tired, I haven't slept a wink
I'm so tired, my mind is on the blink...
You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know it's three weeks, I'm going insane...
Memo to Cain: Welcome to the big leagues, kid.
And lastly today, we have The Loophole Defense. This is typically employed by politicians whose actions belie their words, yet still insist - via sleight of hand and the splitting of hairs - that there is no contradiction. President Obama is currently working this turf.
Obama vowed in 2008 that he would never take a donated dime from Washington lobbyists. And indeed he hasn't - not from registered lobbyists, anyway. The hitch, however, is that Washington is packed with all kinds of special-interest influence peddlers who don't bother to register as lobbyists. They simply refer to themselves as "strategic advisers," "consultants," and other euphemisms that mask their inside game. And it turns out that more than a dozen of these prestigious shadow players are Obama "bundlers" - people who donate campaign money to the president and solicit their powerful pals to do the same.
It's a great loophole. Federal ethics law requires that lobbyists register themselves if they have "direct" and "active" contact with public officials," but if those contacts are merely indirect or "routine," they don't need to register. To avoid registration, in other words, movers and shakers need only define their contacts as "routine," and rendezvous informally with public officials in places, like coffee shops, where their meetings are not officially logged.
The Loophole Defense will have to speak for itself, because the Obama White House refuses to discuss its bundlers. Which is another manifestation of The Stonewall Defense, a favorite of politicians since time immemorial. In that sense, nothing has changed under Obama. Cue the lyrics from Paul Simon: "After changes, we are more or less the same."
Non-baseball fans can skip this section:
The astounding Game Six of the '11 World Series, which was capped by an 11th-inning walk off homer by the home team, stirred my personal memories of the astounding Game Six of the '91 World Series, which was capped by an 11th-inning walk off homer by the home team.
Because I was there, covering the Twins and Braves for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
It was virtually 20 years ago to the day. I had to write the game story. The plot arc had shifted a dozen times, only to be clarified when Kirby Puckett struck the winning blow. I had one hour to write on deadline. I was 15 rows behind home plate, swaddled in 55,000 people going berserk. It was like working inside a jet engine. I had to interrupt the writing to fight my way up the aisle and downstairs to the interview room, to garner players' quotes. This is the story I cobbled together. Thanks to the drama last night, my Game Six feels like it happened yesterday. Happily so.
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"One of the 'Top Twenty-Five' adult tennis camps in the nation."
Mike Leach - Director of Tennis
Collegiate Career: All-American, University of Michigan
NCAA Singles Champion 1982
Professional Career:
ATP touring professional 1982-87 / Highest singles ranking – No. 27 in the world / Highest doubles ranking – No. 14 in the world / Highlights: Wimbledon '85 round of 16; victories over Stefan Edberg, Pat Cash, Mats Wilander
Teaching Career:
Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, since 1992 / Atlanta Health & Racquet Club, Atlanta, GA1987-92
Professional Affiliations: U.S. Tennis Association
U.S. Professional Tennis Registry - Pro I Rating / Association of Tennis Professionals / North Florida Professional Tennis Association - Past President / Gate Petroleum Pro Tennis Open - Tournament Chairman
Personal Statistics:
- Hometown: Weston, MA
- 5'11" / 165 lbs. / left-handed
- Hobbies: Weight-training, in-line skating, reading, dining out
Narelle Paul - Senior Head Tennis Professional
Junior/Collegiate Career:
Australian Open Competitor (Junior Girls 18 & under) / Three-time All-American, University of North Florida
Professional Career:
Jacksonville Open Singles Champion
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Professional Affiliations:
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- Hometown: Melbourne, Australia
- 5'5" / 120 lbs. / right-handed
- Hobbies: Gym, spinning, kick-boxing, outdoor activities
Adam Blackner, Executive Head Tennis Professional
Northeast Florida Professional Tennis Association
Head Professional, Magnolia Point Country Club
Head Pro, Valley Athletic Club, WA
Division I, Portland State #1 Singles & Doubles
NWAACC Singles Champion 2006, 2007
Assistant College Coach, Pacific Lutheran University
Top-Ranked Junior, Pacific Northwest Section
Andrew Blackner, Head Tennis Professional
United States Professional Tennis Association Pro 1
Northeast Florida Professional Tennis Association
Head Pro, The Valley Athletic Club, WA
Top-100 National Junior Ranking
IFT Futures Competitor
Semi-Finals US OPEN National Playoff
Professional Tennis Instructor over 10 years
Taylor Albrecht, Head Tennis Professional
Member, Northeast Florida Professional Tennis Association
University of North Florida #1 Singles/Doubles
Top 100 NCAA Division I Singles Player
Tennis Professional: Eintracht Dortmund Tennis Club, Germany
ATP Gator Bowl International Singles Champion
David Berry, Head Tennis Professional
Nationally Ranked Top-20 Junior
Florida State High School Doubles Champion
University of Richmond, 4-year varsity tennis
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Connor Austgen, Head Tennis Professional
NFPTA/USTA Certified Pro
University of North Florida
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Assistant Pro, DB Racquet Club (Gainesville, FL)
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Smart-Review: Home Treadmill Buying Guide (2016-2017)
June 14, 2017 by SmartReview
Filed under Featured Treadmill, Treadmills
Home Treadmills Buying Guide 2016-2017: This guide contains the best rated treadmills available in 2016-2017. Treadmills provide an excellent low impact method for walking or jogging. Walking is still considered one of the most beneficial cardiovascular exercises for people of all ages, body types, and fitness levels. As a fundamental form of aerobic training, walking has numerous physical benefits for the heart, lungs, and circulatory system, while also increasing muscle tone and burning fat calories. Treadmills provide a convenient way to regularly exercise in all weather conditions in the comfort and safety of your own home. Smart-Review limits reviews to only the Top Rated Home Treadmill Models. So you will not find all treadmill models on this site, but only those that meet our requirements, and the highest consumer reviews.
2016-2017 Treadmill Top Picks: Below are listed important treadmill features for comparison, an explanation of each feature, and our best rated and recommended treadmills listed under select features, such as maximum weight capacity, motor strength, and more. These are the highest rated treadmills in their price range.
Best Rated Treadmills Under $700 – The following are our top picks in the sub $700 category.
- Schwinn Fitness MY16 830 Treadmill (2016-2017 Model)
- Horizon Fitness T101-4 Treadmill (2016 Model)
- Sunny Health & Fitness SF-T4400 Treadmill (2016-2017 Model)
- Weslo Cadence G 5.9 Treadmill
Best Rated Treadmills Under $1000 – The following are our top picks in the sub $1000 category.
- Lifespan Fitness TR1200i Treadmill (2016-2017 Model) Best of 2016 Award
- Proform Power 995i Treadmill (2016 Model)
- Xterra Fitness TR6.6 Treadmill
- Xterra Fitness TR600 Treadmill
Best Rated Treadmills Under $1500 – The following are our top picks in the sub $1500 category.
- Sole F80 Treadmill (2016-2017 Model) Best of 2017 Award
- LifeSpan Fitness TR3000e Treadmill (2016-2017 Model)
- LifeSpan Fitness TR3000i Treadmill (2016-2017 Model)
- Lifespan TR1200-DT5 Treadmill Desk
Best Rated Treadmills Under $2000 – The following are our top picks in the sub $2000 category.
- Sole F85 Treadmill (2016-2017 Model) Best of 2016-2017 Award
- LifeSpan Fitness TR4000i Treadmill (2016-2017 Model)
Best Rated Treadmills Under $3000 – The following are our top picks in the sub $3000 category.
- Sole TT8 Light Commercial Treadmill (2016-2017 Model) Best of 2016-2017 Award
- Precor 211 Energy Series Home Treadmill (2016 Model)
- Precor 223 Energy Series Home Treadmill (2016 Model)
- Life Fitness F3 Go Folding Home Treadmill (2016-2017 Model)
The Treadmill Motor – The motor is the heart of the treadmill. It provides the power to move the exercise tread. Motors are rated in horsepower (hp). In general terms, a larger motor can handle heavier loads and not strain as much. Lower priced treadmills have smaller motors. Most of our top-rated treadmills over $700 have motor warranties of 10 years or greater. If you weigh more, and/or will be doing jogging, running or very fast walking, you should get a treadmill with a more powerful motor. Its best to get a larger motor (with higher horsepower) as smaller motors that strain will burn out faster. Cheaper budget treadmills have weaker motors. Motors are rated by continuous duty horsepower. As a general rule, higher horsepower (hp) motors are better. All of our best rated treadmills have continuous duty motors which are designed to operate for extended periods of time.
Best Rated Treadmills with the most powerful motors include:
- Sole F85 Treadmill (2016-2017) Model (4.0 hp motor)
- Sole TT8 Treadmill (2016-2017) Model (4.0 hp motor)
- Sole F80 Treadmill (2016-2017) Model (3.5 hp motor)
- Proform Power 995i Treadmill (3.0 hp motor)
- Precor TRM 211 Energy Series Treadmill (2016) (3.0 hp motor)
- LifeSpan Fitness TR4000i Treadmill (2016-2017) (3.25 hp motor)
- LifeSpan Fitness TR3000e Treadmill (2016-2017) (2.75 hp motor)
- Schwinn MY16 830 Treadmill (2.75 hp motor)
- Lifespan Fitness TR1200i Treadmill (2016-2017) (2.5 hp motor)
The Belt/Tread (Running Deck) – This is the surface that you will be walking, jogging, or running on. The size of this running deck is very important. A belt that is too narrow in width will be difficult to jog or run on as your feet tend to stray left and right a little bit. A running deck that is too short means you risk running off the end of the treadmill. The taller the person the longer running deck you will need as a tall person has a longer stride. Runners will also need a longer running deck. Cheaper, budget treadmills have shorter running decks. Also important is the cushioning of the tread. More expensive models have variable cushioning. You can vary how much "bounce" the treadmill has so that you can make it more appropriate for your style of exercise.
Best Rated Treadmills with the largest running decks include:
- Sole F85 Treadmill (2016-2017) Model (22 x 60 inches)
- Sole TT8 Treadmill (2016-2017) Model (22 x 60 inches)
- Sole F80 Treadmill (2016-2017) Model (20 x 60 inches)
- Proform Power 995i Treadmill (20 x 60 inches)
- LifeSpan Fitness TR4000i Treadmill (2016-2017) Model (20 x 60 inches)
- Precor TRM 211 Energy Series Treadmill (2016) (20 x 57 inches)
- Lifespan Fitness TR1200i Treadmill (2016-2017) (20 x 56 inches)
- LifeSpan Fitness TR3000e Treadmill (2016-2017) (20 x 56 inches)
- Schwinn MY16 830 Treadmill (20 x 55 inches)
- Horizon Fitness T101-4 Treadmill (2016) (20 x 55 inches)
Treadmill with Desk – A new type of treadmill which allows you to work while exercising is the Treadmill Desk. These type of treadmills are optimized for walking, and are very quiet. This allows you to access your computer, monitor, keyboard, laptop, phone and other equipment. The key advantage is that you can avoid sitting long hours when working and stand up (for better for posture), as well as burn calories and improve your health. These are not treadmills for runners, but perfect to work and exercise at the same time. These Desk Treadmills are designed for Quiet Operation. Most have a limit of 4mph (fast walking), and have height adjustment for the desk.
Related Article: Best Rated Home Treadmill Desks – Comparison & Reviews 2016-2017
Best Treadmills with a built-in desk:
- Lifespan TR1200-DT5 Treadmill Desk
- Lifespan TR1200-DT7 Treadmill Desk
- Lifespan TR800-DT5 Treadmill Desk
Treadmill Electronic Console – Most treadmills come with an electronic console and screen that tells you how long you have been on the treadmill, the level of difficulty, the speed, and even heart rate. The console contains the computer and the screen. More expensive treadmills come with a number of built in performance programs. There are two types of displays, the LED (usually red or green), and LCD backlit screens. Some cheap, inexpensive treadmills have no backlight, so are harder to read. We are seeing more LCD screens in the newer models.
You get what you pay for – This is especially important in treadmills. Lower priced, cheap treadmills will not be built as well as expensive ones. More expensive treadmills use heavy duty parts and are heavier in weight, should last longer, have stronger motors (more horsepower), and generally will have longer warranties. We have seen below average reviews for many of the "cheap" treadmills. Heavier treadmills (those weighing more than 250 lbs.) should feel more like gym treadmills and give more stability. The heavier the person, the heavier the treadmill you should buy. Buying a cheap treadmill may seem like a great deal, but is no bargain compared to better quality higher priced models.
Price of Treadmills – We have found Amazon.com to be very competitive on the prices of treadmills and other exercise equipment. (Savings up to 40% off). Most of the time you will find the prices to be much cheaper than local stores, and in many cases Amazon provides free shipping. We also list direct from manufacturer links on this site and at the bottom of this page, to offer very competitive factory direct prices. Keep in mind that most people will have a treadmill delivered even if they buy from a local store, as treadmills can weigh anywhere from 100 – 300 lbs and higher.
Manual Vs. Power Incline – Many treadmills come with an incline feature where the treadmill is tilted up in the front, simulating walking or running on a hill. With manual incline, you have to set it yourself before you start your workout. With power incline, you just press a button, and the treadmill will fall or rise whenever you want.
Related Article: Best Rated Home Treadmills with Power Incline feature.
Maximum User Weight – This is the maximum recommended weight for a given treadmill. Smart-Review has listed the maximum user weight for each top rated treadmill. Choose a treadmill that is above your weight. The heavier the treadmill, the more stable. Generally the higher weight capacity, the higher the cost of the treadmill. If you weigh close to the weight limit, consider going to the next weight level limit up. So if you weigh 240lbs., its better to go with the treadmill with a 300 lb. limit than one with a 250 lb. limit. Cheaper & inexpensive treadmills have lower weight limits. The farther you are from the weight limit, the better. Heavier duty motors are usually installed on the higher weight limit models.
Best Treadmills with the highest maximum user weight include the
- Sole F85 Treadmill (400 lbs.)
- Sole TT8 Treadmill (400 lbs.)
- Sole F80 Treadmill (350 lbs.)
- Proform Power 995i Treadmill (350 lbs.)
- LifeSpan Fitness TR4000i Treadmill (350 lbs.)
- Precor TRM 211 Energy Series Treadmill (350 lbs.)
- Precor TRM 223 Energy Series Treadmill (350 lbs.)
- LifeSpan Fitness TR3000e Treadmill (350 lbs.)
- LifeSpan Fitness TR1200i Treadmill (300 lbs.)
- Schwinn MY16 830 Treadmill 300 lbs.)
- Horizon Fitness T101-4 Treadmill (300 lbs.)
|Best Folding Treadmills – Most treadmills fold up so you can store the treadmill in a smaller space. A folding treadmill can accept someone who weighs up to 350 lbs. Some treadmills do not fold up, so once assembled, you generally do not move them. Some fixed treadmills can accept user weights of 400 lbs and more. Commercial public gym treadmills are most likely to be the fixed, non-folding type, and can add to somewhat more stability than the folding types. A new type of powered folding treadmill is available from Lifespan Fitness. For 2016-2017, LifeSpan has introduced the TR3000e Treadmill with eFold technology, which uses a motor to fold up the treadmill.
Best Compact Fully Assembled Treadmills – Almost all treadmills, whether bought from the local store or online require some assembly. Some exceptions to assembly are the new compact treadmills witch require no assembly. These treadmills are suitable for walking and light jogging (not for running marathons). They are more for people of moderate weight and average height. They come fully assembled right out of the box. Most are limited to people who weigh under 250 lbs.
Treadmill with Heart Rate Monitoring – Many of our top-rated treadmills have pulse monitoring in the grips of the treadmill. Some also have chest strap monitoring. A wireless chest strap is more convenient since you don't have to hold the grips to get a heart reading. Telemetry enabled treadmills have a built-in receiver which is compatible with 3rd party chest telemetry straps such as the Polar brand. Many treadmills have a heart rate program that can set the pace to keep a target heart rate.
Treadmills with Power Folding – Lifespan fitness for 2016-2017 has introduced a new feature for its folding treadmills. The new feature is called eFold technology which is an electric fold feature, that allows you to fold or unfold your treadmill with the press of a button. This makes it easier to store your treadmill without having to lift it yourself.
Commercial Treadmills – Commercial treadmills are high end machines that you typically see in your local gym or health club. They are well made, heavy duty, and made to last. Regular commercial treadmills are made to be used everyday, all day long. A "Light Commercial" Treadmill such as the SOLE TT8 Treadmill, is meant to be used for less than 5 hours a day, typically used in Condominiums, rehab centers, hotels, corporate gyms, and for residential home use.
- Sole TT8 Light Commercial Treadmill (2016-2017 Model) Best of 2017
Related Article: Commercical Gym Quality Treadmills – Comparison and Reviews
Cheap & Inexpensive Treadmills – The term, "you get what you pay for" applies very strongly to treadmills. The lowest priced treadmills are not suitable for running, but can be suitable for walking and are more affordable. Many lower priced inexpensive treadmills have poor consumer reviews. Higher priced treadmills are made with higher quality parts, stronger motors, longer warranties, and better features. They also have higher user weight limits. We recommend you spend as much as your budget will allow on higher priced treadmills to get a better machine which will last much longer, and run quieter. Most inexpensive and affordable treadmills are not the bargain you thought they were. Our Buying Guide only lists those treadmills at the top in their price category.
Related Article: Top Rated Treadmills for 2016-2017
Related Article: Best Treadmills under $1000 – Comparison and Reviews
Related Article: Best Treadmills under $1500 – Comparison and Reviews
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Earlier today at the New York Comic Con, "Robot Chicken" co-creator Seth Green officially announced that the series has been renewed by Adult Swim. Naturally, the news was met by thunderous applause from the packed IGN Theater.
Joining Green on stage were fellow "Robot Chicken" writers, Dan Milano, Kevin Shinick, screenwriter Michael Dougherty, actress Clare Grant and Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin.
Because the panel was devoted only to questions from the crowd, not every answer shed any light on the upcoming season of "Robot Chicken." However, the panel revealed that rapper 50 Cent will guest star and perform a duet with PaRappa the Rapper in a future skit. Green also referenced the first season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" by saying that Dr. Noonien Soong will perform a rap about why he gave Data a working penis. Brent Spiner will reprise his role for that sketch.
Ke$ha will also make a guest appearance on the show as sentient killer robot. RZA is also doing a voice for the series.
When the question of "Robot Chicken" toys came up, Green revealed that the team has tried to get Bitch Pudding and The Apocalypse Ponies made into toys, but they have run into some problems. Green said that he understood why Hasbro would be reluctant to allow them to potentially damage the My Little Pony franchise.
Regarding the long dormant "Titan Maximo," Green indicated that it won't be back for a second season but it may live again as special. And while the team did not announce another theme special, they did indicate a willingness to do another DC Superheroes special.
in non-"Robot Chicken" news, Dougherty mentioned that he is trying to convince Legendary to allow him to make a sequel to Trick 'r Treat.


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Bear sighted in Great Falls
Great Falls resident John Maye never thought he'd come close to a black bear.
"My wife screamed... a bear's in the backyard," he says.
It was Thursday night, around 7:30 p.m., when the black-furred visitor made his appearance behind Holly Brier Drive.
"I looked out, and he was walking along on our deck," Katherine Maye says.
The black bear marked the first seasonal sighting of a bear in northern Virginia.
The Maye aren't the only ones with a furry visitor. The bear, described as medium-sized, was sighted Thursday at around 6:30 a.m. crossing a road near Hollyview Drive heading toward the woods. Police also received reports on Friday at about 6:30 a.m. near Bennington Woods Road, Stowe Road.
"I hear like this crazy screeching sound," describes Reston resident Russell Fairhurst.
Fairhurst was taking his dog Lucky out around 11 p.m. Thursday night when they spotted something moving in a brush.
"It was way too big to be the fox that we saw around here or we often see deer, but never that type of rustling through the woods," Fairhurst said.
Animal control officers said it's not unusual to see black bears around this time of year and residents shouldn't panic. In general, bears avoid humans but may come into contact with developments when searching for food.
Some tips:
Do not store trash on porches, decks or in vehicles.
Consider installing electric fencing around gardens, dumpsters and other potential wildlife sources. Electric fencing is an inexpensive and efficient proven deterrent against bears.
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Geohash is in Millington, but I was in Basking Ridge, at the closest approach by road.
Jevanyn, Gwynnath, Kyukket, and Evan
A friend's house in Basking Ridge for the Super Bowl.
This isn't about the geohash, which we didn't and probably won't attempt. I just wanted to share: I was scoping out the area on Google Street View, and I thought I recognized the complex on the east side of King George Rd. It is a nursing home/senior assisted living house. To the west is a shopping plaza where we stopped at the ATM on the way up from I-78. No pictures, but Kyukket might still have a receipt :-).


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Tiny bill becomes huge problem for toll road customer
Posted August 8, 2012
Cary, N.C. — We all know if you don't pay a bill right away when it arrives, you end up paying more.
It happened to Cary's Tony Micale with his Quick Pass toll.
When the unpaid bill increased 80 percent in two months, he called 5 On Your Side to warn the rest of us.
"So I got a bill in the mail for 45 cents because my daughter drove on the toll road," Micale told us.
Micale doesn't have a Quick Pass transponder, so a bill arrived in the mail.
"I didn't really know how to handle a bill for 45 cents," Micale said with a shrug. "Do I write a check? Do I sign onto the Internet? So I kinda figured 45 cents... forgot about it."
A month later, another bill arrived.
With the processing fee, Micale now owed $6.45.
"So I figured OK, better pay it this time," he told us, chuckling.
Tiny bill becomes huge problem for toll road customer
Again, time slipped away and when he finally went online to pay it, he was shocked.
"So by the time I remembered to pay this, I think it was around the third of July, it had already gone to $37.45."
That amount included another $6 fee and a $25 fine.
"So I think that's a bit of a gouge, really," Micale told us.
N.C. Quick Pass calls the fines a good business decision.
"Because sometimes $6 just doesn't get the customer's attention," said Barry Mickle, who heads the North Carolina Turnpike Authority.
Mickle says $6 covers the cost to chase down the customers each time they're late. The $25 civil penalty kicks in on the second late payment.
"For those folks who don't follow the rules that are in place and don't make their payment the first time, we do have to put some fees on it," Mickle told us. "Because it costs us money."
Micale admits he should have just paid the 45-cent bill when it first arrived.
"Right, exactly. Hindsight's 20/20 and that's what I should have done," he said. "I'm trying to just warn everybody not to neglect this 45-cent bill because it does accumulate processing fees and penalties in a hurry."
He added, "It's more of like an FYI for all my fellow citizens out there."
An FYI that plenty of new toll users hopefully will hear.
After all that, N.C. Quick Pass dropped the additional $31 in penalties.
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Home Prices Continue To Rise in First Quarter
Washington, DC, May 13, 2013 -- Metropolitan area median home prices continued to rise in the first quarter, with the national gain showing the best year-over-year performance in over seven years, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors.
A companion breakout of income requirements to purchase a median-priced home on a metro basis shows the typical buyer earns roughly double the income needed to buy a home in his or her area, NAR said.
The median existing single-family home price rose in 133 out of 150 metropolitan statistical areas based on closings in the first quarter of 2013 compared with first quarter last year, while 17 areas had price declines.
In the fourth quarter of 2012, a comparable 133 areas showed price increases from a year earlier, greatly improved from the first quarter of 2012 when prices in only 74 metros were up.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said many areas are experiencing a seller's market.
"The supply/demand balance is clearly tilted toward sellers in a good portion of the country," he said.
"Inventory conditions are expected to remain fairly constrained this year, so overall price increases should be well above the historic gain of one-to-two percentage points above the rate of inflation. If home builders can continue to ramp up production, then home price growth is expected to moderate in 2014."
At the end of the first quarter there were 1.93 million existing homes available for sale, which is 16.8% below the close of the first quarter of 2012, when 2.32 million homes were on the market.
The national median existing single-family home price was $176,600 in the first quarter, up 11.3% from $158,600 in the first quarter of 2012.
This is the strongest year-over-year price increase since the fourth quarter of 2005 when the median price jumped 13.6%, NAR said. In the fourth quarter of 2012 the median price rose 10.0% from a year earlier.


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Nothing official yet, but our sister blog the Buzz is reporting that Florida Senate president Jeff Atwater will keep the same education appropriations committee chairmen who held the posts last session.
They would be Stephen Wise, R-Jacksonville, to oversee preK-12 education funding, and Evelyn Lynn, R-Ormond Beach, to run higher ed appropriations. Official appointments are expected perhaps as early as tomorrow. An announcement on House committee chairs is likely Friday.


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While giving an interview for the 'Ghost Rider' sequel, 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,' Nicolas Cage addressed internet rumors that he may in fact be an immortal vampire. According to Cage, it's entirely "possible" he could be a creature of the night. Aha! We knew it!


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When disaster struck the picturesque nation of Costa Rica in the form of a 7.6 magnitude earthquake back in September 2012, the population was in shock and the nation's infrastructure was damaged. The website of Teletica, one of the nation's largest and most prominent communications companies, was quickly overwhelmed by user traffic as people in the country and around the world logged on to obtain and share information following the devastation.
Unable to keep up with the volume of traffic, and finding their patches and quick-fixes insufficient to get the website back up, Teletica's IT staff was at a loss as to how to proceed. That's when they called Microsoft.
Within 45 minutes, they were able to deploy Windows Azure's flexible resource allocation and open source hosting abilities to get the website back up and running. Additionally, Windows Azure's interoperability enabled Teletica to develop and launch an open source mapping application that allowed users to post pictures and videos showing the conditions around the country in the wake of the disaster.
"With Windows Azure, we now have the ability to expand capacity quickly and to add servers according to user demands. In a time of crisis, Azure allowed us to efficiently accommodate the sudden upsurge in traffic we experienced, and it allowed us to host the open source application we required," said Luis Zarnowski, Interactive Media Manager at Teletica.
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Keith Douglas was now in the stream of British Armour breaking out from the bridgehead. His group of Crusader tanks were flying along at 30mph, flinging up huge clouds of dust and overrunning small groups of enemy all the time.
He found himself at the head of the whole 8th Army for a brief period of time, engaging enemy tanks at long distance – tanks which quickly turned tail. It was while he was stopped refuelling that he missed out on the brief 'Battle of Galal station' in which the remainder of his Squadron overcame a number of Italian tanks.
It was here that he went looting and he was soon kitted out in brand new German clothing – 'everything apart from boots and socks'. He already had a Luger and a Beretta so went looking in the Italian tanks for a Beretta for a friend of his who had been wounded and evacuated:
I approached a brand-new-painted MI3, with no sign of any damage, from which the crew had apparently fled at the sight of their comrades' discomfiture.
There was a promising cask and a sack on the outside of the tank, which we opened. But the cask only contained water, and the sack nothing but little round tins with a smelly Italian kind of bully beef in them.
So I climbed on to the turret – the small side doors which stood open on most of the other tanks were closed. I prepared to lower myself through he top. It was dark in the turret, and I leant over the manhole first, trying to accustom my eyes to the darkness and to see if there were any Birettas on the side shelves inside. A faint sweet smell came up to me which reminded me of the dead horse I once saw cut up for our instruction at the Equitation School.
Gradually the objects in the turret became visible: the crew of the tank – for, I believe, these tanks did not hold more than two – were, so to speak, distributed round the turret. At first it was diflicult to work out how the limbs were arranged. They lay in a clumsy embrace, their white faces whiter, as those of dead men in the desert always were, for the light powdering of dust on them.
One with a six-inch hole in his head, the whole skull smashed in behind the remains of an ear – the other covered with his own and his friend's blood, held up by the blue steel mechanism of a machine-gun, his legs twisting among the dully gleaming gear levers. About them clung that impenetrable silence I have mentioned before, by which I think the dead compel our reverence.
I got a Biretta from another tank on the other side of the railway line.
Others had rather better luck in their searches:
In the evening we closed into night leaguer, facing westwards again. Tom was in high spirits; he and Ken Tinker had found an Italian hospital, and their tanks were loaded inside and out with crates of cherries, Macedonian cigarettes, cigars and wine; some straw-jacketed Italian Chianti wine, some champagne, and a bottle or two of brandy, even some Liebfraumilch.
We shared out the plunder with the immemorial glee of conquerors, and beneath
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RJD Machine Products (Trenton, New Jersey) is a 20-person job shop specializing in precision machining of instrument components. They supply local manufacturing companies and research centers with precision components of prototypes to yearly contracts. The high tech Princeton area requires state-of-the-art ideas and capabilities that are required to be a leader in the field.
Many of the workpieces are castings, prismatic in shape, with thin wall sections. Materials vary including cast iron, steel and brass but, primarily the shop works with aluminum. "The trick to machining castings," says RJD president Richard Roslowski, "is location. Getting a precise fixture position is key to repeatability because of dimensional variances between castings."
Once a datum is established, the shop uses multi-spindle, multi-axis positioners and pallet-changers on its CNC machines to present the workpiece faces to the spindle. "We maintain accurate feature relationships by using a minimum of part handlings," says Mr. Roslowski.
In 1994, the shop acquired an new CAM software package. Called Partmaker, the software is a product of International Manufacturing Computer Services (IMCS/PartMaker Software, Maple Glen, Pennsylvania). For the multi-axis machining operations that RJD does on instrument body castings, the software's multi-face programming capability alone makes it worth the investment, according to Mr. Roslowski.
A workpiece is programmed one face or plane at a time (up to eight). A separate window is presented for each plane. Once the operations for each face are input, the programmer can run a time study, on the software, to determine if it is more efficient to perform all operations on each plane sequentially or perform all operations for a given tool on each plane then change tools. "Most of the time it's faster to index the work than change tools," says Mr. Roslowski. "But, having a choice has saved us machining time on some jobs." Programming by plane lets RJD get multi-axis functionality from a 2 1/2 axis CAM package.
Another feature that RJD likes about this software is called ConfigPost. It lets the shop create and save custom postprocessor files, as needed, for each machine tool in the shop. Rather than purchase specific post for each machine, Partmaker uses Windows' interactive environment, that enables the shop to do postprocessor customization. RJD was able to configure output for every machine in the shop within an hour, using this feature.
Like most job shops, orders coming to RJD can vary from prototype to production runs. Jobs tend to repeat on a regular basis with maximum orders ranging up to 1,000 to 2,000 pieces. Over the almost 20 years this shop has been in business, relationships between customers have grown close enough for RJD to advise designers on manufacture-ability issues. Although there is no sales force at RJD, reputation has kept the company's 20 employees busy in overtime. Now, the shop often works with its customers to make sure part designs can be machined feasibly at RJD.
Customer drawings can be input into the CAM system through a drafting package in the software. For those customers using DXF files, these can be read directly into the Partmaker CAM software without redrawing them. "Working with DXF files lets you open the door between design and manufacturing," says Mr. Roslowski. Communication between the shop and customer allows RJD to deliver good parts.
Partmaker software has been a good investment for the shop. It was quick and easy to learn and does the CAM functions needed by RJD. According to IMCS, Partmaker is knowledge-based system, with means it retains data from part to part. Commonly used tools, drills, taps, end mills, and so on and features--such as holes, slots, and pocketscan be identified once and then called up if needed on subsequent workpieces.
Tool management functions include an inventory database for keeping track of tools. A cycles database stores repetitive cycles such as drilling, tapping, boring, chamfering and is linked to the tools database by feature description. Much of the work done in a machine shop involves hole production and finishing.
Partmaker is sold bundled with N-See solid modeling verification from Micro-compatibles. This helps the programmer determine tool path and interference points prior to sending the job to the shop floor. The idea is to catch programming errors before they reach they reach the machine. "It's a real time saver for us," says Mr. Roslowski.
The software is priced to appeal to smaller shops with a low price. It's Windows or Macintosh compatible requiring a PC hardware platform to operate. MMS


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Mobile payments may be coming to WeChat
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The next version of the service is rumored to include smartphone transactions and paid publishing.
It is already known for certain that the popular social messaging app, WeChat, from Tencent, will soon include a social gaming platform, but the latest rumor is that mobile payments will also be included in the mix.
This is one of the three major features that Guan Peng is predicting for the application.
Peng, an industry analyst, has said that the next WeChat app update, the v5.0 for Android and iPhone, will support three considerable new features. Among them will be a form of mobile payments. It is also expected that the new version isn't long off and that it will be released before the end of May.
This will represent a meaningful addition to the mobile payments marketplace, considering the number of app users.
The three predictions that Peng has made for the new WeChat version are:
• Paid subscriptions or publishing for certain applicable accounts on the public platform at WeChat, for example, those run by brands, media outlets, and celebrities.
• Mobile payments that will give users the ability to complete transactions within WeChat, through the scanning of QR codes.
• The integration of social gaming, as has previously been promised for this version.
Furthermore, beyond the social gaming, paid subscriptions, and mobile payments, Guan Peng also believes that celebrity and brand accounts at WeChat will be provided with a bigger spotlight. That said, it is important to note that these are all predictions within the industry and from this one particular expert. WeChat has not confirmed that these will all be included in the next version, nor has it released the date of the launch of the next version.
Though social gaming has been promised by the company for an upcoming version, the mobile payments and paid subscriptions remain an educated guess. The social gaming element is expected to be somewhat comparable to those that have already been launched in competitor apps such as Kakaotalk and Line. However, this doesn't mean that it will necessarily be ready to go before the end of May.
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The Wennberg Silo, like the neighbouring Gemini, has been renovated and now contains condos with harbour views.
The massive Wennberg Silo stands at the edge of the Fairway in Islands Brygge. Once the building was part of a soybean cake factory complex that included two other silos, which have also been transformed into housing. The factory made feed and chlorine and was one of the biggest workplaces in Islands Brygge. For a decade after the factory closed in 1992, the silos on the quay were abandoned, crude monuments to Islands Brygge's days of glory. Now they have taken on a new life.
Wennberg Silo had been built in several stages throughout the 1960s. First came the round silos with the machine tower closest to the water and then the taller, rectangular silos to the east. The architect Tage Lyneborg's goal in transforming the silo was to preserve its powerful look and memories of the old industrial complex: to create an interplay between old and new. The key feature of the "new" Wennberg Silo, Islands Brygge 30, is the use of continuous vertical bays, whose windows can be opened to form sheltered balconies for each apartment. A spacious common roof terrace lies on the 13th storey of this 16-storey building.
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Definition of termsJun 5, 2013 By Steven R. Peck
'Normal' fire danger is no cause for complacency as summer nears
Of course it was good to hear that wildfire danger in Fremont County and Western Wyoming is not extreme in the weeks just before summer begins.
But we'd best not get complacent.
A day or two ago the land managers and analysts who assess fire risk classified Fremont County's condition as "normal" for this time of year. While normal is better than extreme, normal fire danger in Western Wyoming is a far different thing from normal fire danger in, say, Florida.
Acknowledging up front that this observation has not been verified through research, it's likely that many of the biggest forest or wildfires seen in Wyoming over the past 50 years were sparked during years when the fire danger was listed as "normal."
Our normal conditions as summer nears in undeveloped areas in Wyoming are:
- hot, with temperatures routinely in the 90s in the valleys and even reaching 80 in upper country forests;
- dry, with what limited rainfall we do get most likely having fallen by the time the summer solstice arrives;
- prone to lightning, with afternoon and evening thunderstorms commonplace, particularly in mountain areas that are heavily forested;
- windy, with strong gusts that can accelerate flames quickly, particularly around thunderstorm areas;
- remote, with fires able to grow to significant proportions before they are detected, and often occurring in regions far removed from fast response by firefighters;
- and well-used by recreation-loving Wyoming citizens, who drive vehicles into fire-prone areas, who build campfires, who may smoke cigarettes, and who, despite good training, good habits and best intentions, occasionally do something that causes a fire.
We had a late surge of precipitation in April and early May across the Wind River Basin and surrounding forest land. No doubt that has brought forth a vigorous growth of grass and underbrush, which looks nice now but will become an enemy of sorts later in the year as the new growth dries out. Anyone care to bet that the fire danger rating for the area won't stay "normal" for long?
Even in the best of years, fire-wise, we are at one of the highest risk levels for forest wildfires in the nation. Don't let labels fool you. We need to be careful, starting right now.


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Despite a gritty effort, the road-weary Washington Capitals let one slip away in their first game back following All-Star weekend.
They're all but certain to have another hard-fought battle during Wednesday night's matchup with the Florida Panthers.
With superstar Alex Ovechkin serving the last of a three-game suspension, the visiting Capitals square off against the Panthers with first place in the Southeast Division on the line.
Thanks in large part to Mathieu Perreault's first career hat trick, Washington (26-19-4) didn't miss a beat without Ovechkin during a 5-3 win over Boston right before the break. It was a different story Tuesday, however, when the Capitals dropped to 4-10-3 over their last 17 road games with a 4-3 overtime loss at Tampa Bay.
Washington rallied from a two-goal deficit over the second and third periods, but its power play went 0 for 3 — the sixth time in seven games it has failed to score with the man advantage.
"For sure it's different when usually your power play (centers) around (Ovechkin) and then he's not there," Perreault said. "We gotta try to do different things. We didn't get much going tonight, we gotta get better at it."
Unfortunately for the Capitals, there isn't much time to regroup as they head into Wednesday's showdown with the Panthers (22-15-11). With 56 points, Washington leads Florida by one in the Southeast.
"We just roll tonight into (Wednesday). Pretty much, you leave this game here tonight," center Brooks Laich said. "We have a big opponent (Wednesday), big game (Wednesday) – they're sitting there resting tonight waiting for us to come in, so we gotta roll this effort right into (Wednesday) night."
With seven days off between games, the Panthers are hoping to put a disappointing 1-2-3 stretch behind them.
Florida failed to carry any momentum into the break, suffering a 3-2 shootout loss to Philadelphia on Jan. 24. Scott Clemmensen made 35 saves, but the Panthers dropped to 3-6 in shootouts and 4-11 in games going beyond regulation.


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Florida tennis player Gordon Watson wins Bedford Cup
Florida's Gordon Watson defeated North Florida's Moritz Buerchner 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to win the singles championship at the Bedford Cup on Monday at the Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville. Buerchner was the 2011 Bedford Cup singles champion.
Watson, a redshirt freshman from Naples, was playing in the second tournament of his collegiate career.
Tampa's Mike Alford, a Wharton alum, and Florent Diep, were trying to win their second consecutive doubles title of the fall season, but suffered an 8-5 loss in the doubles final to Florida State's Andres Bucaro and Benjamin Lock.
"It was a great week for the whole team," said assistant coach Amer Delic. "We improved a lot compared to last week's tournament in Athens. We gave ourselves a chance to win both finals. We built on what we did last week and now we will build on this."
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WT hosts 30th annual Carol of the Lights
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West Texas A&M University has decked the halls and the lights have been turned on. For 30 years now, WT has made Carol Of The Lights a yearly tradition.
â??It brings everyone together not just a small group of people but everyone as a whole, makes them see everyone, because you can see all your friends here, everyone comes together. Itâ??s a big gathering. Everyone loves to hang out; that's what WT does,â?? said Seph Stiles a WT student.
Most of the students spoke about their high praises for WT, as some were from out of town. Saying it helped bring the feeling of home, to them.
â??It's good that WT is involved in these kinds of things. It really allows the community to come together and students at WT who don't live here to come and be involved in the city and its activities. As a WT, student I really love that we have Carol of the Lights. It helps us to be more involved in the community and it helps to unite the community and the students together and it really helps students feel at home,â?? said Hope Lareniere, a WT student.
As the lights began to brighten, familiar Christmas tunes filled the air, such as The First Noel, Jingle Bells, and several others.
Dr. Patrick Oâ??Brien, the President of the University, was not able to attend, in his place, Dr. Wade Shaffer, the Vice-President of Student Affairs.
For some of the students who showed to the event, they felt as if it was a large family coming together for the holidays.
â??It makes WT a family, cause it's just one of those traditions that people know about get excited about every year. I know I've been here for four years and it always makes me a little excited to see all the Christmas trees are going to be lighting up,â?? said Sean Oâ??Rear.


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Marshall Falls At East Carolina, 63-59
Feb. 18, 2006
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GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina forward Corey Rouse scored a game-high 20 points and had 14 rebounds to lead the Pirates to a 63-59 win over the Thundering Herd Saturday evening at Minges Coliseum in Greenville.
The win moves ECU to 8-16 overall, 2-9 in Conference USA, while the loss drops the Herd to 10-14, 3-8 in league competition.
The Pirates took advantage of a 5:39 Marshall scoring drought at the end of the first half with a 14-0 run to take a 33-21 lead into the half. Before ECU's run, the game featured seven lead changes and two ties. East Carolina fired in 52.2% of its shots in the first half, compared to a frigid 27.6% shooting percentage for the Thundering Herd.
However, Marshall fought back, and 8:16 into the second half, Mark Dorris (Cincinnati, Ohio) put an exclamation mark on a 20-4 MU run to open the second period with a three-pointer to put Marshall ahead 41-40. Tre Whitted (Wilmington, N.C.) added another three on the Herd's next trip down the floor, and Marshall led by three with 11:02 to go in regulation.
"That run stands out a little more when you don't play hard in the first half," said Marshall head coach Ron Jirsa. "We should have been working the whole night."
ECU responded, and the Pirates ended a 10-2 run with a four-point play from guard Sam Hinnant that gave the Pirates a cushion they would ride the rest of the way, although the Herd made it interesting in the waning minutes. Marshall cut the East Carolina to one on three different occasions, but the Pirates always had an answer for the Herd runs down the stretch. ECU dodged the final Herd bullet with Marshall down two, 61-59, with one second remaining. Joe Miles' intentional miss of the back end of a one-and-one opportunity did not hit the rim, giving the Pirates the ball and the win.
"You've got to give East Carolina credit," said Jirsa. "They fought us off and made shots tonight. On defense they played a zone, and I thought they did a good job with that."
Miles led the Herd with 19 points, and Mark Patton (Barboursville, W.Va.) added 14 points and 10 rebounds, the 13th double-double of his career and his second consecutive double-double this week.
ECU forward Corey Rouse scored 20 points and had 14 rebounds, while Sam Hinnant and Courtney Captain each added 13 points for the Pirates.
Marshall returns home for a game next Saturday against Southern Miss at the Henderson Center. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.


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The self-signed certificate for firmware versions on certain versions of Digital Media Player (DMP) systems expires on August 29, 2013. An expired certificate causes failure of communication between the Digital Media Manager (DMM) and DMP systems, which leads to content that does not play on schedule.
Upgrade to Release 184.108.40.206 (for Release 5.2 customers) and Release 5.3.5 (for Release 5.3 customers) prior to August 29, 2013 in order to prevent this problem.
The self-signed certificate expiration causes communication failure between the DMP and DMM systems. The DMP system shows status "down" in the DMM GUI. The customer might observe that the scheduled content might not play on the DMP system.
On August 29, 2013 and after, the DMP and DMM system communication fails with the DMP Manager user interface and reports the "HTTP status: 500 Unknown Exception: peer not authenticated" error message. The DMP Manager user interface reports DMP status as "down" and does not play the content as scheduled.
Cisco recommends that the customer apply the software fix to recover the self-signed certificate expiration. Follow the steps outlined here:
- Log in to your Cisco.com account and then go to this software download URL:
Based on your DMP Software Release, go to All Release. Choose 5 and the Release number.
In order to determine your DMP version, go to your DMM GUI. Go to the DMP manager and check the "Version" Column:
The download is the DMMnnn-patch-CSCty22538.iso file where nnn is the release number. For example: DMM522-patch-CSCty22538.iso is for Release 5.2.2. DMM53-patch-CSCty22538.iso is for Release 5.3.
Note: Release 188.8.131.52 does not have a patch. The customer must use the patch posted for Release 5.2.2.
- Follow the installation instructions provided in this README file.
Note: If your DMM is part of a High Availability cluster, contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) in order to obtain help with the patch installation.
The software fix is included in all newer releases.
For full details about strategies to overcome this defect with different DMM/DMP software combinations, see the DMS Release Notes.
To follow the bug ID link below and see detailed bug information, you must be a registered customer and you must be logged in.
DDTS Description CSCty22538 ( registered customers only) DMP certificate expired CSCty23792 ( registered customers only) Advanced Task > "File Transfer to DMP" broken after DMP cert expires
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Can anyone tell me of a good Sig that I can carry chambered in .45 ACP? I'm not very knowledgeable with their pistols.
That well depend on your size, style of dressing, and carry method...but the P220 is an outstanding .45 pistol and comes in a carry and a compact version, as well as the classic full size.
Alright, I will look into that model. Thanks for the reply
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I currently have the Sig Scorpion carry size. I honestly like the feel of it in my hand, and it does not way me down when being carried ITW.
I will have to agree with others. The P220 is a great pistol as is the Scorpion Carry. You really just need to find a good dealer and go handle them all :)
Thanks for the replys, I have decided to go with the P220 Compact. Its a good looking gun, this will be my first Sig so I can't wait till I can get my hands on it
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She Likes Girls: 6 Romantic and Sexy Lesbian Short Films delivers on its title, at least the "romantic" part. Though, to be fair, several of the shorts are pretty "sexy" too, for the most part they're oh-so-girly, like someone wrote "lesbian" in curlicue pre-teen doodle and dotted the "I" with a heart.
This isn't necessarily a bad thing, considering the ways lesbian romance is alternately pathologized and fetishized in mainstream media and politics. She Likes Girls—which comes without extras—is a welcome antidote to common, overly serious lesbian drama, and quite refreshing in its light-heartedness (even when individual shorts take on racism and radical black politics [Sarang Song] or stalking [The Uninvited]). Nonetheless, the films avoid slipping into romance-novel treacle through their various and revisionary mythologies and nostalgia.
She Likes Girls: 6 Romantic and Sexy Lesbian Short Films
Abbe Robinson, Louise Runge, Tamika Miller, Amy Burt, Meredyth Wilson, Fiona Mackenzie
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The first three films in the collection address modern and historical mythos in order to reimagine social and political histories that aren't antipathetic to lesbians. Abbe Robinson's The Piper, billed on the DVD box as a "magical modern lesbian fairy tale," retells the story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin for a dyke audience. Amy (Ruth Baldwin) is plagued in her London flat by cockroaches (and the creepy close-ups of the bugs are all squirmy, recalling Guillermo del Toro's Mimic [1997]). Her friend Alex (Elliot Hill) says maybe she should call a Pied Piper. Miraculously the Piper (Rebecca Kenyon) appears to help a "damsel in distress." Cute and baby-butchy, the Piper explains that the major rule for Pipers is not to fall in love with mortals. After the two have sex, that rule is broken, and the Piper's last act before passing on the flute is to conjure British pounds out of thin air. Their love cemented and their financial future secure, the couple walks off hand-in-hand into the night, a nice alternative to usual folkloric proto-lesbians cast as witches and spinsters.
Louise Runge's The Uninvited isn't so rose-tinted in it reformulating urban legend of the stalker variety. Single girl Maddie (Katie Boyle) spends her free time sneaking into neighboring apartment complexes to take illicit dips in their pools. So when her mail is mixed up with her neighbor Shelly's (Heidi Sulzman), it's a small step to her sneaking into Shelly's apartment. She hides in the closet (metaphor!?) when Shelly unexpectedly returns, conveniently, as Shelly chokes on a piece of candy. Afterwards, Shelly, so appreciative, seems to be there every time Maddie turns around, to "thank" her. Maddie begins to sneak in and out of her own apartment, suggesting the kinds of threats women might feel being stalked.
By far the best of this first triptych is Tamika Miller's Sarang Song. Set in Los Angeles 1972, it focuses on Black Power organizer Simone (Lalanya Masters) and her troubled relationship to her less-dedicated girlfriend Nessa (Caryn Ward). After L.A. cops beat a pair of students at their college, Simone quickly abandons the couple's plan for a weekender to San Francisco in order to organize a protest rally. Questions of peaceful protest, police brutality, and institutional racism are all raised and given rather sophisticated treatment for a 23-minute film. Sarang Song reimagines righteous and loving black lesbianism as central to civil rights struggle, which wasn't exactly welcoming to black lesbians back in the day.
This Boy, directed by Amy Burt, follows a day in the crush of tomboy Kit (Leah Ostry) on classmate Holly (Leah Fassett). When Kit and her pal Mike (Neil Matheson) break into Holly's house, Kit explores Holly's room while Mike vandalizes the downstairs. Before the police come to interrogate her, Kit gets a chaste kiss from Holly, who believes Kit that she had nothing to do with the destruction. That kiss is worth all the risk, and Kit happily lip-synchs and air-guitars to the Beatles' ditty about heterosexual romance that she so loves, all shag-haired in her black suit, skinny tie, and pointy boots, as the cops arrive.
Similar crushing is chronicled in Meredyth Wilson's Shugar Shank. Teen-butch Matt (Kestrin Pantera) longs for fellow punk-band mate Robin (Caroline Macey), and a bit of that desire is reciprocated in some weed-fueled making out. Robin is quickly smitten with lead singer Evan (Matt Dallas), leaving Matt briefly disgruntled about her unrequited love. Fiona Mackenzie's Cosa Bella takes place a few years after from Shugar Shank. Belle (Alexie Gilmore) is a young interior designer trying to establish her independence and reputation, only to be dragged back into personal turmoil by college lover Delphine (Stephanie Szostak). Though Steph is married, she keeps running back to Belle for some booty. Try as she might, Belle just can't quite Stephanie.
"Happily ever after," despite some pitfalls and sticking points, is the general theme of this set of shorts. Yet, She Likes Girls offers some surprisingly complex and socially pointed rearticulations of lesbian life, politics, and romance.
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text: Politics 12 December 2009 Tiger Woods's gagging order will backfire In this internet age any injunction is self-defeating Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML Tiger Woods's injunction against the British press has once again made the UK the laughing stock of the world when it comes to free speech. It's remarkable that Woods and his lawyers have embarked on this self-defeating course of action. The pragmatic case against the injunction is that in the age of the internet any gag is destined to fail on its own terms. As the humiliating experience of Trafigura and Carter-Ruck demonstrated, injunctions only succeed in drawing attention to the story the claimant is attempting to suppress. Under the terms of the injunction (which was immediately published on the celebrity website TMZ), the New Statesman, like other titles, is banned even from discussing the nature of any material that might be subject to the court order. But that hasn't stopped a network of anonymous bloggers from doing so. The principled case against the injunction is that Woods lost his right to privacy by actively presenting himself as a role model. He built a $1bn brand around his image as a clean-cut, honest and virtuous individual. "I think it's an honour to be a role model," he once said. "If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do." Moreover, by publicly admitting to "trangressions" (an action he now surely regrets), he gave credibility to the media's lurid accounts of his sex life. Woods would not have dared seek an injunction in the United States, where the First Amendment guarantees free speech. But in Britain, where Mr Justice Eady's one-man war on free expression continues, he predictably succeeded. In our leader last week, we warned that Britain's draconian libel laws had made it the "destination of choice for oligarchs and plutocrats who wish to evade scrutiny and intimidate their opponents". To that list we can now add philandering celebrities. Jack Straw has pledged to reform the system radically and tackle the growth of "libel tourism". After this latest embarrassment, he must act with greater haste. Follow the New Statesman team on Twitter › The week that was George Eaton is political editor of the New Statesman. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles Why is the government's Brexit approach so inconsistent? Single parent families are already struggling - universal credit is making things worse Staying in the EU would make it easier to tackle concerns about immigration, not less Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


text: IIRC. Debian server is on a true hardware PATA raid... 2 drives? IIRC, they showed up as a standard sda to the system... Been too long to remember correctly. Richard On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sorry to reply so late. I've been very busy over the holiday and out of town > for a few days. > > I ran 'apt-get update' using the default 'stable' sources, but that listed a > lot of unverified packages which turned out to be Squeeze packages so I > never started the upgrade. After some research I realized I needed to stay > at Lenny by changing the sources from 'stable' to 'Lenny' as stable now > means 'squeeze'. That seemed to work as the number of unverified packages > were very few. > > I don't know UUID. I'll research it at the workshop tonight. > > afaik, there is no data backup. I'll try booting with a rescue disk and poke > around. As a last resort, I will pull the drives and try to read them on > another system. I don't know yet whether the drives are SCSI, SATA, PATA or > some combination. I believe the drives were in some sort of RAID config. > > Tom -- > > Richard Zimmerman wrote: >> >> Reminds me since we are on the subject... >> >> Colo server IS LOCKED to "Lenny" and I have every intention of leaving >> it there.... >> >> If a new server admin takes over, his or her call then...lists >> >> BTW, also speaking from experience after I toasted my home server on a >> blind 'dist-upgrade' option.... (from the Lenny to Squeeze upgrade) >> >> *********************************** >> NEVER EVER USE IT AGAIN >> *********************************** >> >> That BTDT thing I mentioned in the previous email also happened on my >> home server but I got lucky and recovered it.... >> >> Now days I **ONLY** use the 'safe-upgrade' option... >> >> Lessons learned the hard way about 8 months ago... >> >> Goose >> >> / Where is the old RedHat 5.2 when you want it? It was simple and 'just >> worked' >> // Debian Lenny is the same way. Functional and 'just works' >> /// Why keep screwing with it...??? >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Richard Zimmerman <ke4rit@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> If I'm reading it correctly. You pretty well screwed the server.... >>> >>> The new Debian forces everything to that NOT SO wonderful UUID Crap >>> for everything. If you then rolled back to Lenny, congrats, you own a >>> toasted server.... >>> >>> BTDT, you pretty screwed... That happened to me.... Happen to have a >>> backup of the server? >>> >>> Goose >>> >>> / Happened on a server at work. FORTUNATELY, I had grab some dead >>> hardware out of the back room and had used it so it wasn't a >>> production server I toasted... >>> >>> // Left all work servers @ Lenny and have been researching finding a >>> distro that DOES NOT use UUID. That crap is for the birds.... >>> >>> /// Maybe force it UUID in Debian for the win! >>> >>> //// If I can't find a distro that doesn't use UUID, guess I'll be >>> retiring as a server admin.... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Mike started a hard drive wipe too late to complete by closing time last >>>> Thursday. I started a warehouse server update which also didn't complete >>>> before we departed so Mike and I left the systems running with the >>>> intention >>>> I would stop by the warehouse today and turn off the computers. >>>> >>>> Mike's DBAN wipe completed so I turned off the PC. The server update >>>> completed so I rebooted to test the update. >>>> >>>> When the server first tried to boot it died trying to load drivers for >>>> hdc >>>> or the next item after that; I couldn't tell which. I turned the server >>>> off, >>>> booted and got the following errors. >>>> >>>> ---------- >>>> >>>> Running /scripts/inti-bottom ... mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev >>>> failed: >>>> No such file or directory >>>> done >>>> mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory >>>> mount: mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory >>>> Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init. >>>> No init found. Try passing init=bootarg. >>>> >>>> BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 1:1.10.2-2) built-in shell (ash). >>>> Enter 'help' for a list of commands. >>>> >>>> /bin/sh can't access tty; job control turned off >>>> (initramfs) __ >>>> >>>> ---------- >>>> >>>> A Google search didn't find anything in the first two pages of results >>>> which >>>> exactly applies to the problem and update back story. >>>> >>>> The source lists for apt-get were set to "stable" repositories. Since >>>> Debian advanced to v6.x 'Squeeze', stable was resulting in v6 packages >>>> which >>>> wouldn't verify. So I changed 'stable' to 'Lenny' (Debian v5.x) in the >>>> sources list, and the update/upgrade sequence went much better (until I >>>> rebooted). >>>> >>>> I'm not sure if there was a kernel update or not. >>>> >>>> The server is running RAID and possibly LVM. I seldom use either so I'm >>>> not >>>> well versed on either. Also, Debian uses Grub (possibly several versions >>>> of >>>> Grub). Grub runs on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS netbook install, but I never >>>> touch >>>> it. >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>>> >>>> Tom -- >>>> ** This list is PUBLICLY archived. ** >>>> PLEASE don't post personal or sensitive information unless you wish for >>>> it >>>> to be in the public domain. 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Richard Zeller is internationally acclaimed for both his concert and opera roles. During the 2014-2015 season he sang the title role in Elijah with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra. During the 2015-2016 season he returns to the Winter Park Bach Festival for the St. Matthew Passion and Rossini's Stabat Mater.
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Understanding the Visual Studio 2005 SP1 update for Windows Vista
Up to speed on Visual Studio 2005 but not Windows Vista? Then you ought to check out VS 2005 Service Pack 1 for WIndows Vista, which brings the IDE in line with the new OS.
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That's where the Service Pack 1 Update for Windows Vista, released in March, 2007, comes into play. This SP may be installed into the following Visual Studio-related tools, languages and editions:
|Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
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|Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition
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The Visual Studio on Windows Vista and SP1 Release Notes pages are probably the best places to go diving for details on what this service pack brings to the table, and for a recitation of known potential problems and gotchas. The major items about which you should be aware going in are as follows:
- Visual Basic 6.0 report continues unabated, but other development tools except for those built around Visual Studio 2005 should be upgraded to that version, with VS 2005 SP1 and the SP1 Update for Vista installed.
- The logical consequence of the preceding item is that Visual Studio .NET 2003 is not supported for Windows Vista. Existing applications built around .NET 1.1 and 2.0 Framework runtimes will run on Windows Vista (only older developer tools and environments are affected), as will those built around 3.0 as well.
- Going forward, Microsoft wants to help developers move .NET Framework 1.1 code to .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 environments, but .NET Framework 2.0 is a strict subset of .NET Framework 3.0, so 2.0 applications remain completely compatible.
For those with older Visual Studio code that needs to move to Windows Vista, there may be some pain in the foregoing, as well as some potential gain. We can only sympathize with the former and hope it is offset by plenty of the latter.
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Well, now that's a loaded question. Everything and nothing at all.
But I have an idea if the question is about plants.
I went to the OFA Short Course trade show this week in Columbus, Ohio. It's the biggie. Everybody seems to be there with the latest and greatest in the horticulture world. It is HUGE! Now I fly right past the potting machines, injector systems, greenhouse manufacturers, and so forth. I'm there for the plants. I was only there one day so I could not bog myself down with non-plant booths. I did not make it through the entire show. One of these years I'm doing the whole four days of the Short Course and then I know I can see every plant booth. Traveling companions this year were Jo Ellen Myers Sharp and our own Sue Nord Peiffer – a brand new GWA member.
I'm just going to try to hit some highlights of what I saw. It would take a month of daily blogging to cover it all. Okay, let's get started.
Echinacea evolution continues. I mentioned in an earlier blog that a new seed strain was coming that included the exotic colors – red, orange, apricot, gold and so forth. I saw them as live plants. I likey. It's called 'Cheyenne Spirit' and was bred by KieftSeedTM. It is already a 2013 All-America Selections Flower Award Winner.
Here are a couple close-ups.
In both an Echinacea and a marketing revolution, two true horticultural powerhouses, Terra Nova Nurseries and Blooms of Bressingham, are teaming up. One of the first plants is Terra Nova's Echinacea 'Supreme Cantaloupe'. Luscious color.
Another plant we are so familiar with is undergoing some genetic and marketing changes. The poinsettia of today is a far cry from the color and quality of 20 years ago. One of the first colors added to the traditional red was pink. That pink is amazing now with shades ranging from soft pastels to this rather intense one.
You think poinsettias are just for Christmas? Better get used to what may be coming. Expect to see them marketed for Valentine's Day and Easter in the future. I felt this Easter inspired arrangement was very nice.
Saw lots of booths marketing to the Miniature Garden fad (formerly known as Fairy Gardens – not as marketable). I'm not a fan, but anything to get folks involved with plants, horticulture, and nature has some merit.
Lots of work being done with Eucomis (pineapple lily) now. Getting better color into the flowers in particular.
I got the Hoosier Gardener to pose with the biggest caladium I've ever seen. It has the rather unassuming name of 'Garden White.'
It is from Bates Sons and Daughters – so rare to see "daughters" in a company name.
Succulents remain hot. And I do tend to want them all still.
Loved this silver one.
It's a non-toxic paint that the plants simply grow out of or it wears off. Comes in a variety of colors including turquoise and orange. Need it.
In the "everything old is new again" category one finds that petunias are still one of the most popular plants that simply keep getting bred to another level. Here is one of many new ones I saw.
The new plants really did cover the gamut from odd new species to variations on plants we've used in gardens for seemingly forever. And every color in the rainbow was represented.
So what's new? Everything and nothing at all.
Filed under: Horticulture, Road Trip
3 Responses to "What's New?"
Katie Says:
July 20th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
so much to absorb
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp Says:
July 20th, 2012 at 6:39 pm
A great wrap up, Irvin. Indeed, one day is overwhelming.
Denise Says:
August 1st, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Where can I get some of that nontoxic paint? I want to play


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The Jawbone ICON Bluetooth headset just got an update to include stereo music support (otherwise known as A2DP), and it has a new, reduced price, too. The ICON features Jawbone's proprietary NoiseAssassin technology, which makes suer you can be heard in just about any environment. And it's available in six colors, so it looks good, too. The Jawbone ICON Bluetooth Headset is available for $96.95 in the Android Central Store. (Sponsored post)
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England feeling confident
England coach Hope Powell has called on her players to 'rise to the challenge' on the on the eve of their World Cup return and Group A opener against Japan.
England are making only their second appearance in the tournament having last qualified for the finals over a decade ago in Sweden 1995.
The event in China will be a new experience for much of Powell's squad, though they will be brimming with confidence having defied their critics and gone unbeaten during qualifying.
And Powell insists her side will be gunning for all three points against Japan at the Hongkou stadium in Shanghai tomorrow.
'We'll be going into every game wanting three points,' said the 40-year-old.
'We feel we've prepared the squad as best as we possibly can, and once that first whistle blows, hopefully the players will rise to the challenge.
'We've created an open environment where the players feed back to us all the time, and what we need now is a 'relaxed readiness' so they save their energy for Tuesday's game.
'The players just want to get out there and start the tournament now.'
In Japan, England face an unknown quantity having never played the East Asian side before.
Hiroshi Ohashi's team are vastly experienced World Cup campaigners, having featured in all four previous tournaments.
Though they have only progressed beyond the group stage on one previous occasion, in 1995, Powell insists they will not take their opponents lightly.
'That experience, allied to their fitness and organisation make them opponents to be respected,' she added.
'But we've had them watched five or six times since the World Cup draw, and know they have weaknesses that hopefully we can exploit.'
Anita Asante is the sole injury doubt for England after the Arsenal star injured her knee during warm-up at the team's training camp in Macau two weeks ago.
'Anita isn't quite there yet,' said Powell. 'After an MRI scan proved the injury was not as bad as first thought, she's fighting her way back into the frame.'


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Marvel vs. Capcom Origins release date set for PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Arcade
Next month, fighter fans will be able to tap into genre nostalgia like never before, as they will be able to download Capcom's classic fighter collection Marvel vs. Capcom Origins on PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Arcade starting September 25.
If you don't happen to recall when the game was first announced back in early July, here's all you really need to know about MVC Origins: it's a collection featuring two of the 90's most popular arcade games, Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, along with gameplay that is kept the same as it was back in the day.
However, just because they want to avoid messing with nostalgia, it doesn't mean Capcom's not bringing in anything new; indeed, they are. From a GGPO-enhanced online experience to HD graphical improvements (just to name a few additions), MVC Origins will be bringing plenty of new stuff to the table.
Now to address the matter of pricing. If you want to buy the game on PSN, then be ready to fork over $14.99 for it. XBLA gamers will have a similar price to pay at 1200 Microsoft Points.
A load of new Marvel vs. Capcom Origins screenshots and images, released by Capcom, have been posted below. Have a look.
Source: Capcom press release
Link: "Capcom announces Marvel vs. Capcom Origins for PSN and XBLA with screenshots and a trailer"
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