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Went to Hibiscus for dinner last Saturday night. I guess they don't usually do Saturday dinner, but they are for 6 weeks or so (only prix fix). It was a wonderful meal which we thoroughly enjoyed. Our only complaint was the heat! It was SO warm in there, that I had to step out a few times just to get some air. Other then that, a great meal. The chef came out to say hello and to ask how we were doing. The service was fantastic, with wonderful & enthusiastic explanations of the food & the wine pairings. The menu was varied, and the potential ingredients were explained to us. We just picked how many courses (we went for all 8!) and told them the things were didn't eat/were allergic to, and they took it from there. Great fun.
As far as I can remember, this is basically what we were served.
Hibiscus Restaurant
Cheddar puffs with parmesan. Warm and two each. We could have eat a dozen! Amazing.
Hibiscus and cherry jelly, with some sort of foam, and jelly bits that popped in your mouth. Sweet yet savory, and definitely fun.
Tartare of Scottish langostine, with green papaya and sweet corn relish, and a corn cracker thing. Texture of sweet shrimp (sort of dry yet slimy, but in a good way.) The long thin corn cracker tasted like high-end "Bugle" chip! I loved it.
Scottish diver scallop, seared raw with mace and another spice, passion fruit & pumpkin sauce, chestnuts & chestnut puree, and a sharon (persimmon) relish. Scallop was large & sweet, and barely cooked. Amazing.
Ravioli with smoked mashed potatoes and hen's egg yolk, with cream & truffle shavings. This was the hands-down best course. Delicious! Every bite just popped with flavor and luscious creamy goodness.
Dover Sole with mushroom filling, potato galette (layered thing) with button mushroom salad. Simple and tasty, but just didn't compare to the ravioli that preceded it.
Roasted fois gras with a savoy cabbage puree (I think.) There was some sort of sweet reduction also with this, and it was very good. So rich, and the wine pairing worked perfectly with it.
Roasted veal. Tender and flavorful, yet quite delicate. It came with something else on the plate, but I can't remember what!
Cheese course: aged (2 year) cheddar, soft blue, magway (sp?) cheese from northern France with washed rind (stinky and good), sheep cheese, brown bread & sweet/salty pie-crust type crackers. We loved the Northern french cheese, and the rest were very good. Maybe a bit too soft, as it was quite warm in the restaurant!
Pre-dessert of apple jelly, celeraic jelly topped with a chestnut cream. This was a perfect palate cleanser, so refreshing!
Chocolate tarte with goat cheese ice cream & white chocolate leaf. I'm not a huge chocolate fan, but this was quite tasty. The goat cheese ice cream was a bit bizarre. Definitely need to eat it WITH the chocolate as they suggest (but of course I had to try it on its own, just for my own curiosity.)
Chocolates and toffees.
A wonderful meal & a memorable experience. I look forward to trying a spring menu!


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NORTH BEND, Ore. - This isn't your average high school production: it's a variety show packed with some of North Bend High School's most talented students.
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That includes everyone from a local band to the school's speech and debate team/
"And so they're branching out right now and it's a good way to show support to them," Warrick said.
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For friends that need to measure manliness a dueling area would be sweet. Maybe use the iron banner area for challenging ppl to duels as an interact option. Just make lord saladin appear or vanish as nessicary. Just a thought.
Yes!!! Like the arena from runescape where people can watch and throw tomatoes hahaha
That is an awesome idea, but you would have to include an auto deny feature so people don't get spammed
I think a one on one option would be good. Be able to modify some options. And as people below are saying, have an in game request option and the ability to ignore. Am arena where people can spectate is a ceazy idea as well!
1v1 me bro
As long as the game has free for all in the crucible I'll be happy. Not really a 1v1 player. Borderlands 2 dueling does not need to be in Destiny.
Let's avoid making any more similarities to Borderlands, shall we? Seriously, I can just see trollish players running amok on the explore maps, finding other players, and melee them in the attempt to initiate a duel....
yes! i actually posted about this in the alpha. I want an arena in the city where 1v1 or Clan v Clan battles can take place. It would be a public area that spectators could watch and bet from. (like the oblivion arena but player run)
Yeah duels would be a nice addition, or a PvP enabled area which once entered, you would be subject to attacks from anyone else inside the "pvp bubble".
I actually thought a lot about that myself, and came to the conclusion, if done right it could be really awesome. If not though I feel like the feature would be hated on and abandoned. Personally for me, Halo was a lot more fun with four or more people, it was just too many deaths for a fun one on one experience
1 v 1 at the towers bar...... Make it happen bungie
A big arena could be added at the tower and you could have an armor buff and you and a friend run through a arena with obstacles and shoot up your friends 1-a lot players. And If everybody was on there own team it could get crazy.
I was literally talking about this to my friend about an hour ago. I was thinking something like Borderlands would be cool, having a battle in the over world, maybe placing some bets would be cool :p But a bar fight on the Tower sounds amazing as well xD
Edited by Machobirdpower: 7/27/2014 12:07:43 AMGhost: Guardian, someone wanted to see you. Guardian: Who? Other Guardian: I WILL BEST YOU!!! Ghost: Did I say to have fun? And that's how I imagine it.
We need 1v1 duel specially like in the tower were people can watch and stuff
This would be AMAZING
Yes to this
Yes most deffinatly along with flagging yourself in open exploration zones for real world pvp!
This would be good in an arena, but not in the open world as the whole point of the game is to play with guardians, not against them
Yeah! 1v1 2v2 3v3 would all be pretty cool. Arena style.
A colosseum type arena would be awesome.
I would like to see an adjustment toward player help, otherwise duels with other players would seem to go by to quick.
Yeah there should be some kind of gauntlet at the tower and people should be able to watch the fight from above.
Yes! This! I was thinking like a Borderlands kind of dueling system
Good idea. But also have 2v2. When they did this for one of the CoD games, I found most of the people in 1v1 matches were just camping the whole time, which made it boring. But that wasnt the case (as often) with 2v2
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Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig reinjured his strained left hamstring in a rehab game on Friday and will have an MRI exam on Sunday.
Puig, who went on the disabled list on April 26, was playing in a minor league game for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes when he pulled up early while running to first base in the fifth inning. He hit a home run earlier in the game.
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Korean Soybean Paste Stew (Doenjang Jjigae)
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Recently, I just watched Gourmet, a 2008 Korean drama about a famous fictional traditional Korean restaurant. If you love cooking, you will fall in love with this show as it introduced many famous and beautifully presented Korean dishes. It's a joy to see the "chefs" in action.
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From the show, I learnt that soybean paste stew (Doenjang Jjigae) is a staple in Korean cuisine. It is made with Korean soybean paste (doenjang), and just like Japanese miso soup, it is very easy to make. I used leftover Shabu Shabu ingredients which is just perfect for making this stew.
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yum yum ! love to eat it by pouring a bowl of rice to soak the soup just whets my appetite !
I like this! Almost like a mini hotpot for one! :) Need to go to Korean grocery store one day and stock up all the Korean ingredients.
Or may be I can use miso which I have? But then not Korean and authentic anymore? :P
yes can use miso to make this a Japanese nabe. Though I think you should try out the Korean soybean paste one day, you will like it!
I like this korean drama too. Watched it many times especially the competition in the show.
hi 5! I really like the male lead in this show, Kim Rae Won. Can tell from the show (the camera purposely took a long shot of him whenever he's cutting) that he is a really good cook in real life.
Looks comforting and delicious, so great for this cold winter weather here.
I was enjoying a similar stew the other day, having Korean soy bean paste (like using it for steaming fishes too) and most ingredients available from fridge.. Very convenient indeed!
Flavourful and delicious soup!


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Colorpalooza, a program of colorful summer events, continues at the Morean Arts Center with two new exhibitions, one created by you, the visitor, and another by Neil Matthiessen, assistant professor of graphic design at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
"Color Inspired: A Community Exhibition" began as a blank slate but is evolving as people contribute their own creative impulses to a gallery wall. It's hung with colorful frames outfitted with string and clips to which you attach your work. A table is filled with paper and stencils so you can cut and paste, then take your masterpiece with you or "frame" it for public enjoyment.
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How much is the shipping and handling?
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We would be more than happy to send you the Thermonuclear Bomb for the low price of $1.99, with shipping and handeling of $2,000,000.
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Close, very close, but not quite right. The trigger is a single fission bomb; the radiation it produces is redirected cleverly so as to compress the fusion charge (a concept referred to as a "Hohlraum"). In some designs there are more than two "stages" where fission triggers fusion, which then is used to trigger more fission or, in some cases, another fusion stage (the Soviet "Tsar Bomba" was a multistage fusion device of 60-120 Mtons. Check out the Nuclear Weapons FAQ [virtualschool.edu] for more info.
The "neutron bomb" was a planned attempt to replace the fission warheads with chemical explosives, creating a thermonuclear explosion with no radioactive fallout- a truly impressive feat if it were possible.
Not the neutron bomb I'm familiar with. It was a very low-yield fission-triggered device that had a fusion stage. There has long been a dream at LLNL to figure out how to initiate fusion with a conventional high-explosive trigger, but to my knowledge, no such weapon has ever been tested or fielded. The neutron bomb of the 80's would have created plenty of fallout and radioactivity; the point was it created less blast damage and so didn't sound as bad (the fallout was sort-of ignored).
He is talking about the tritiated lithium hydride,....Since the bomb was lost 46 years ago, which is about 4 tritium half lives, the maximum possible yield has in theory been reduced to 1/16 of what it was in 1958, and the actual yield is probably zero.
I think there is a small mis-understanding here. A fusion weapon of this type uses tritium to boost the yield of the fission trigger, NOT as a component in the fusion main stage fuel. The fusion stage creates the tritum needed at the time of explosion by neutron-spallation of the Lithium. So, after 4 half-lives the fission trigger yield will be greatly reduced - probably enough to prevent any significant second-stage fusion. This means that if it exploded, the yield would be in the 10-kiloton range, not the megaton range. However, if the fusion stage were to ignite, it would do so with as much yield as ever.
And it's a '58 model so it'll have really cool tailfins!
It's called Harry Truman.Those that decided to build this bomb
It's called the American people.
The Manahttan Project was one of the more secret projects undertaken by the US military during the Second World War, and remained secret even up until the dropping of Little Boy on Hiroshima and Fat Man on Nagasaki. I kind of doubt there was a referendum to the American people to even start the Manhattan Project, let alone drop atomic weapons on those two cities.
I don't think that the vote was unanimous. Was there ever a referendum on this? Was someone elected on a "let's build atomic bombs platform"?
In fact, I seem to recall that the first civilians to even be aware of the existence of the USA's atomic weapon program were residents of Hiroshima. By the first time the American public learned about Atomic weapons, the die was already cast.
An estimated 50 nuclear warheads, most of them from the former Soviet Union, still lie on the bottom of the world's oceans, according to the environmental group Greenpeace.
This really doesn't fill me with happy thoughts... Bottom of the ocean is far too lax a description, you can practically paddle in the North Sea between the UK and the rest of Europe! The Marianas trench would be (just about) deep enough for me not to care...
The report also estimated it would take as long as five years and cost $5 million to $11 million to recover the bomb.
Can anyone explain why the retrieval process would take so long if the bomb is supposedly "likely harmless"? I'm honestly baffled at this, and if we do not expend the money to retrieve it, are there any international accords in place to make sure our enemies do not retrieve/ reverse engineer it?
Osama bin Laden: Hey, Ayman, whassup? check this out -- there's a nuke off the infidel American coast that we can blow up!
Ayman al-Zawahiri: Sorry, Osama, we can't do it; there's an international accord against it. We'll have to stick to strictly legal forms of terrorism, like hijacking airplanes and blowing up buildings.
OBL: Curses! Foiled again!
That's because Americans have an aversion to putting themselves in harms way to save money. An American soldiers life is worth untold millions in defense spending. You may not think so, but the majority of Americans do, and they vote to support that position. The Islamic fundamentalists have no such aversion, they willingly raise their children to hate non-Muslims so violently that they will strap bombs on themslves to make a statement, Americans just send in missiles and bombers. Sure they cost more than an American child on a suicide mission, but we are willing to pay that price.
Besides, it's not like we're pouring the money down a rat hole, the defense industry produces lots of jobs and lots of tax revenue to support the costs. So does NASA and a lot of other "frivilous" govt programs. Better just get used to it, it's not likely to change soon. It sure doesn't matter in this regard who gets elected President, both candidates know how to spend your money to excess, it's just a matter of what they spend it on, not whether they will, that's a given.
Tell me again who's the real winner when it takes a 5 billion dollar nuclear aircraft carrier to deploy a 20 million dollar plane flown by a pilot with a million dollar education, dropping a ten thousand dollar bomb just to kill some Iraqi kid hiding in a hole with a $20 russian surplus rifle?
While it is currently fashionable to believe that the only terrorists in the world are those of middle-eastern descent or belief, there are enough home grown idiots with grudges against the government to go out there with the bass-boat, a winch and a case or two of beer.I'd rather have some of this stuff scattered in an unusable form offshore than have Mohammed and his band of Merry Pranksters get their hands on 4 or 5 cities' worth of U-235.
Let us not forget the home-grown nutcases and whack-jobs of the ilk of McVeigh, Koresh and Kaczynski (?sp). But heck, the Americans would probably invade Iran (or whoever is next on the Axis of Terror) if the IRA admitted igniting the damn thing.
March 10, 1956, Over the Mediterranean Sea
July 28, 1957, Over the Atlantic Ocean - somewhere between Dover Air Force Base (Delaware) and Atlantic City, New Jersey
February 5, 1958, Savannah River, Georgia (this story)
September 25, 1959, Off Whidbey Island [southwhidbey.com], Washington. Since this is slashdot, I feel obligated to point out that this is about 30 miles from Redmond [microsoft.com].
January 24, 1961, Goldsboro, North Carolina [ibiblio.org]
December 5, 1965, Aboard the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in the Pacific Ocean (only miles from the Japanese island chain of Ryukyu)
Spring 1968, Aboard the USS Scorpion (SSN-589) in the Atlantic Ocean - 400-500 miles southwest of the Azores.
Any slashdotters have a geiger counter, a boat, and some free time?
And if it isn't the bomb, the question now is "WTF?!"
All that information is openly available in books and science magazines. The real secret is in exact knowledge of how to do things, not in the principle how things should be working. For example, the physicists knew how to make the bomb before the Manhattan Project started; and it took years and billions of dollars to actually make it work.
I'm curious now - given the materials necessary, how many slashdotters could construct a working nuclear weapon?
Probably everyone could do so. The real question would be "how close to the optimum yield you will get?" - because the easiest way to make a bomb would be to take two pieces of uranium in two hands, and to bring them together as fast as you can. This will result in -some- explosion, but not very powerful one. The secret is in how you assemble the critical mass in under microseconds, and those who know won't tell.
Give it to Saddam, to justify the war in Iraq.
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Watch video of psychic elephants predicting Ghana's defeat at the hands of Germany in their Group G clash at the World Cup this month.
An elephant, famed for its psychic prediction of the results of football matches, has projected that Germany will defeat Ghana at the World Cup, making it difficult for the Black Stars to reach the second round of the competition in Brazil this month.
Watch video of his prediction below:
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There's something weirdly exciting about seeing a guy dressed in spider-togs being a hardass anti-hero – without the slobbering prehensile tongue and brain-eating. In Scarlet Spider, Chris Yost seems to have stripped away the annoying parts of '90s comics and isolated the cool stuff, and the result is a pretty intense journey of a guy with a dark and completely messed-up past trying to figure himself out while dodging even harder-assed killers.
Scarlet Spider #4 opens with a flashback to the past, when Kaine was still a disfigured, deranged clone with no hope for any kind of normal life having resorted to contract killing in Detroit – which means he runs afoul of the Assassins Guild run by Belladonna (which hopefully won't result in Gambit showing up in this book, fingers crossed) since he's not a member and he's on their turf. Back then, he told them to screw off, starting an enmity that's come back to haunt him now that he's been ID'ed in Houston, where he's sort of attempting to reluctantly settle down a bit. Thus, most of the issue is some dynamic Ryan Stegman art showing Kaine running the gauntlet against a whole troupe of killers, including a Hand Ninja (and you know the rules – one ninja is scary, many ninjas are pathetic), a guy calling himself The Smithy who can apparently summon guns, a psycho maniac powerhouse tween girl and a skull-faced machete guy that might be named Harvester. The latter of whom prompts the normally morose Kaine to actually spout off some Peter Parker-style smack-talk. So maybe that's genetic, too.
It's tense, it's exciting, and just cool to have a Spider-Man who's not really the tried and true guy, but some lone wolf bastard having trouble reconciling his desire to live with his guilty acceptance of the fact that he doesn't deserve to survive. A Spider-Man who will cut a guy's leg off and punch a guy through the head. Now I love the joie de vivre of Amazing Spider-Man as much as anybody, but it's also just viscerally awesome to have the flipside of that coin to enjoy as well. Yost makes everything compelling, including the weird mystery girl Aracely, who seems to have no memory of anything, but is manifesting strange knowledge of everything – including multiple languages and maybe some low-grade telepathy – and who may have just outed Kaine as the Scarlet Spider to the hot bartender that's into him. Not that his identity was really all that secret in the first place.
Stegman's art is also pretty stellar, and manages to make Kaine look like Peter Parker just enough to invoke the spectre of great power and great responsibility, especially while he's looking in the mirror and regretting his evil past. With Stegman knocking the art out of the park and Yost refreshing old concepts and distilling them to their coolest forms, Scarlet Spider is a series to check out – chances are the best is yet to come.


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Measuring Current Distortion
Measuring current distortion in any distribution system is much easier than many measuring equipment suppliers would want users to know. There is much talk about harmonics, negative sequence currents and other confusing terms. Although the measuring equipment supplier's intentions are to assist the user in preventing and solving electrical problems, their continued use of terms which do little to aid the user of electrical equipment from truly understanding problem that may arise.
In the figure to the right, there are a number of different points in any distribution system where current distortion might exist. Each point identifies a point of common coupling or point which supplies power to electrical equipment connected to the system. As the demand for power moves closer to the utility source, the percent distortion will decrease. Since the recommended level of distortion is established by the capacity at each common point in the system, the effect on the system by the electrical system farthest from the common point will decrease. Essentially, as the demand for power moves away from the utility supply, the demand must be decreased. It is not normal practice to locate the greatest load on a system the farthest distance from the supply. If that is required, than the power feed to the load is designed with the lowest possible impedance.
Current distortion is determined by comparing an ideal sinewave of current against a non ideal current waveform. A simple explanation is that the rms value of current is compared against the peak value of current during one cycle. Two waveforms, having the same rms value, can have different values of current distortion if the amplitude of the peak current for each waveform is different. Electrical systems are generally designed to handle an ideal current waveform. The peak value, for an ideal current waveform is 1.414 times the rms value. A larger peak value of current for the same rms value can place a momentary stress on the electrical system that is different than what would be expected with an ideal sinewave. The question is how much extra stress can be expected.
If the extra stress is much greater than that caused by an ideal current sinewave, the user would generally increase the capability of the system. Larger transformers, larger wire, and larger fuses. If the stress is slightly greater than the normal level of stress, no extra capacity may be necessary unless the extra stress is continuous. Most electrical systems operate under a duty cycle demand. An electrical system rated to handle 100 amps continuously would have the capability of handling a greater demand as long as the value over time did not exceed the continuous rating. If the load demand during a 24 hour period varies from 90 amps to 110 amps so that the rms rating is no more than 100 amps, the user does not have to increase the size of supporting electrical equipment like transformers and wiring. In most installations, it is general practice to use less than 75 percent of the systems capacity on a continuous basis. Short term (less than one hour) may reach the full capacity of the system, however, the rms usage of most systems is generally less than 75 percent.
The operating or loading condition described above provide some insight for determining how to measure current distortion and how to determine safe operating values. Traditionally, electrical equipment was selected with more capability than would be used. No one would select a 75 kW transformer to supply voltage to a 100 HP motor. Typically, the 1.5 rule was used regarding transformer selection for motors. To operate a 100 HP motor, a 150kW transformer or supply was the minimum value selected. Traditionally. to start the motor across the line required the extra short term capacity to supply the locked rotor or 6 to 8 times full load amps. With the introduction of the energy efficient motor, a supply capable of 8 to 10 times full load amps became necessary. Line starting energy efficient motors on existing electrical systems has created some nuisance problems. Often the supply size had to be increased or staggering the starting of motor became necessary.
Current distortion like current will cause voltage drops as it flows through any impedance that exist in any circuit. Current distortion is determined in terms of percent distortion not amps. The distortion value will not provide the user with an indication of how much extra heating and where that heating will occur. It is the peak and rms values that will determine how much heating can be expected. If fewer rms amps are demanded, then less heating will result. If momentary peak values of current exist which do not significantly add to the rms value, then less heating will occur. That is the case when PWM, AFDs replace motor starters when operating a 3 phase ac motor. Less rms current is demanded from the supply. Although the waveform is no longer sinusoidal, the overall heating on the electrical distribution system is less.


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TAMPA — The City Council gave final approval to a 25-year agreement with Tampa Electric Thursday that outlines the terms for the utility's use of city rights of way for power lines.
The vote came despite hours of testimony from dozens of residents at two public hearings and a deluge of e-mails and phone calls to City Council members urging them to reject the contract or at least postpone the vote for six months.
Opponents wanted to extract more commitments from Tampa Electric for conservation, renewable energy, burying power lines and protecting trees.
"I don't want you to think your voices were not heard," said chairman Tom Scott before he voted in favor of the contract. "I am pro-conservation, pro-green, pro-renewable energy."
But Scott repeatedly made the point that the city can address only the right of way, and the other matters are the purview of state and federal regulators.
He also asked Tom Hernandez, Tampa Electric's vice president of supply, to state "one more time, on the record," that the utility would participate in a task force set up by Mayor Pam Iorio to address conservation issues.
Hernandez answered yes.
More than 20 people spoke against the agreement, including representatives of the Florida Wildlife Federation, the Sierra Club, the Physicians for Social Responsibility and Seminole Heights residents.
Susan Glickman, who helped Tampa Electric market its renewable energy program in 2003 and is now regional director of the Climate Group, urged the council to postpone a vote and pressure the company to do more.
"It's the nature of utilities to be risk averse," she said.
Only two citizens spoke on behalf of Tampa Electric.
One of them, Andrea Graham, board president of the Stageworks theater group, told the council about the utility's support of a play for elementary school students about energy conservation.
In an interview after speaking, she said she didn't know anything about the franchise agreement. "TECO asked me to come to talk," she said.
And Jeffrey Mount, owner of Wright's Gourmet House, spoke in support of Tampa Electric, and said he did so at the company's request. He said he knows company executives from his work with business groups.
In the end, the company played hardball, with Hernandez saying the company had no intention of including conservation measures in the contract and that delaying it for six months wouldn't help.
"It could look different in six month but maybe not in the way you're thinking," he cautioned.
City Attorney Chip Fletcher told the council if it rejected the deal, Tampa Electric might refuse to pay millions in franchise fees and had indicated it would decline to sign a multimillion-dollar contract committing it to purchase power from the city's waste-to-energy plant.
"Do they have all the marbles in this game and we have none?" asked council member John Dingfelder, who opposed the agreement.
Council members Linda Saul-Sena and Mary Mulhern pleaded with their colleagues for a fourth vote to postpone the decision.
Mulhern argued that the city should do anything possible to reduce its carbon output, "even if it's just a little sentence in a franchise agreement."
"It's our responsibility in the world today to do this," she said.
The contract passed by a vote of 5-2, with Dingfelder and Saul-Sena voting against it. Mulhern said she voted in favor because she thought she was voting on an amendment to change the contract from 25 to 10 years and not the contract itself.
She said she decided not to ask to change her vote because it wouldn't have made a difference.
Janet Zink can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (813) 226-3401.


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They say despite the millions of baseball games played in the past, you can always expect to see something you've never seen before when you watch a game.
The adage rings true for softball as well, as it did Tuesday during the Red Bluff Lady Spartans semifinal playoff game against Foothill.
It was a hard-fought game as the Lady Spartans were looking to win their 22nd straight game and reach a section title game for the seventh consecutive year.
Foothill battled them the whole way and even the Lady Spartans four run lead in the final inning didn't feel safe when the Lady Cougars sent up their cleanup hitter as the tying run with the bases loaded and one out.
But I've seen that sort of drama before.
What I hadn't seen came in the top of the fifth inning.
Foothill was putting the pressure on the Lady Spartans once again as its first two batters in the inning reached base.
That's when Red Bluff catcher Alyssa Hethcoat attempted to throw the ball back to pitcher Hailee Nicholls.
For whatever reason, she goofed the routine throw back to the mound and it puttered at Nicholls' feet and rolled away before another Red Bluff player retrieved it.
Hethcoat probably hadn't thrown a ball that poor since before she could walk.
She instantly threw her hands on top of head making the physical gesture for OMG.
I've seen that type of mental hiccup happen before in baseball, what I don't think I've ever seen outside of a pee wee game is what happened again.
A moment later Hethcoat threw another lame duck back to the mound.
I tell this story not to embarrass Hethcoat, but to praise her.
Because what she did next is truly what I have never seen before.
As the crowd began to murmur about what was going on, Hethcoat turned to the home plate umpire and called for time.
She took a few steps away from the plate, squatted down in her usual catcher's stance and began composing herself right there in front of everyone.
Red Bluff coach Aubrie Thomas came sprinting on to the field, but she didn't go to Hethcoat – not at first.
She met the rest of the infield on the pitcher's mound and settled them down.
Hethcoat composed herself and went back to the plate and said something to the umpire about her nerves.
Before Thomas went back to the dugout she went over to Hethcoat, gave her a quick pep talk and a pat on the bat and that was it.
Hethcoat was back to her usual self after that - one of the best catchers in the Northern Section.
A few batters later she hung in at home plate and took a relay throw from the outfield to tag out a runner who was sliding full speed into her.
Her next at bat she reached base with a single.
In between Hethcoat kept encouraging her teammates as she always does, chirping motivation from behind her mask.
Now I've seen high school athletes have the mental aspect of sports affect their physical performance more times than I can remember.
And I've seen the look on their face when they realize it's happening to them.
But it's always been a coach or a parent who notices it as well and calls time or tells them to calm down and take a deep breath. And it rarely works
I don't think I've ever seen a high school student realize what was happening and have the maturity and experience to say, hold on, I need a second.
I need to get my head on straight.
I need a time out.
If Hethcoat already has this figured out, she's going to be successful off the diamond as well.
Honestly I think there's moments in all of our daily lives when we need to take a timeout.
I'll admit I let stress get to me and end up doing something stupid that I could have prevented if I had just taken a minute to screw my head back on right.
I didn't go to Tuesday's game expecting to learn a nice little life lesson from a high schooler.
But I have to say, I did.
It's a great sport.
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Skippyjon Jones
|Judith Byron Schachner
|United States
|Skippyjon Jones Series
|Children's story
|Dutton Juvenile
Publication date
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|Print (Paperback)
|Followed by
|Skippyjon Jones in the Dog-House
Skippyjon Jones is a children's picture book by Judith Byron Schachner, published in 2001 by Dutton Juvenile. It is the first book in a series of the same name.
The title character is a Siamese cat with large ears that make him look like a Chihuahua. He has a group of imaginary Chihuahua friends, Los Chimichangos. He lives with his mother Junebug, his three sisters Jezebel, Jillyboo, and Jujube, Daddy SpencerBug Jones and Mrs. Tinkley, the family's owner.
In 2004, Skippyjon Jones won the first annual E. B. White Read Aloud Award, handed out by The Association of Booksellers for Children.[1] It has also won several local children's book awards, including the New Hampshire State Library's 2005 Ladybug Picture Book Award,[2] the 2005 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award,[3] and the 2006 Colorado Council International Reading Association (CCIRA) Colorado Children's Book Award for Picture Book.[4] Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".[5]
- ^ Association of Booksellers for Children Programs History of E.B. White Read Aloud Award
- ^ Ladybug Award, Center for the Book, New Hampshire State Library
- ^ Book Awards
- ^ CCIRA: Colorado Children's Book Award
- ^ Nationoal Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Retrieved August 22, 2012.


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ESTRENO > Moisés Kaufman in Broadway with THE HEIRESS
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 , Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE at 12:12 PM
The Venezuelan director Moisés Kaufman comes to Broadway with The Heiress. A limited 18 weeks engagement at the Walter Kerr Theater.
THE HEIRESS is the story of Catherine Sloper, the shy and sheltered daughter of a prominent New Yorker. Caught between the demands of an emotionally distant father and the attentions of a passionate young suitor, Catherine must navigate the terrain of love and regret, desire and duty, a chance for happiness and the burden of fortune…as only an heiress can.
Jessica Chastain (Academy Award® nominee for The Help) makes her Broadway debut alongside David Strathairn (Academy Award® nominee for Good Night, and Good Luck), Dan Stevens (Matthew Crawley on Downton Abbey) and Judith Ivey (two-time Tony Award® winner), in the Tony Award®-winning play, THE HEIRESS. Written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz and directed by Tony Award®-nominated playwright and director Moisés Kaufman, this compelling drama will run for an 18-week limited engagement.
THE HEIRESS > Directed by Moisés Kaufman > Walter Kerr Theater > Opens October 6 for 18 weeks > HEIRESS.


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GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador – Latin America's political map is likely to change over the next three months, after the coming elections in Ecuador and Nicaragua: It will either show a newly expanded radical bloc led by oil-rich Venezuela or a new critical mass of free-market democracies.
Consider these three possible scenarios:
Scenario one: After a string of recent electoral setbacks in Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Costa Rica, allies of Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, win the Oct. 15 elections in Ecuador and the Nov. 5 elections in Nicaragua
Chavez's recently signed Venezuela-Cuba-Bolivia "People's Trade Agreement" gets a major boost by adding two strategically located countries.
The five-country bloc becomes a serious political force in the region, backed with various degrees of enthusiasm by Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.
This scenario is entirely possible: In Nicaragua, former President Daniel Ortega, the one-time guerrilla leader who led the Cuban-backed Sandinista regime in the 1980s, is leading in the polls.
A survey by the M&R polling firm released last week shows Ortega would get 32 percent of likely voters' ballots, followed by former foreign minister and banker Eduardo Montealegre with 25 percent and Sandinista dissident Edmundo Jarquin with 20 percent.
Thanks to a deal by Ortega with the party of former President Arnoldo Aleman, Ortega controls the electoral tribunal, which has written the election laws in such a way that he could win with only 35 percent of the vote if the second-place candidate ends up at least 5 percentage points behind him.
Ortega, whose party recently signed a deal with the Chavez government to get subsidized Venezuelan oil, is calling for a closer alliance with Venezuela and Cuba.
In a recent speech, he applauded "the glorious Cuban Revolution" and "the heroic … Bolivarian revolution" in Venezuela.
In Ecuador, many of the leading candidates vow to strengthen ties with Venezuela and Cuba.
One of them, radical populist and former economy minister Rafael Correa, spent last weekend in Chavez's home state of Barinas as a special guest of the Venezuelan president and his relatives, Ecuadorean news reports said.
If Chavez gets his allies to win in Ecuador and Nicaragua, and on top of that succeeds in winning a seat at the U.N. Security Council in October, his standing would be higher than ever.
Scenario Two:Pro-Chavez candidates lose in Ecuador and Nicaragua. Chavez is weakened at home, getting far fewer than the 10 million votes he vowed to win in Venezuela's Dec. 1 elections.
The Venezuela-Cuba-Bolivia bloc becomes increasingly weaker and isolated in the region.
Chavez's standing is further undermined by Brazil's decision to regain its leadership role in South America. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a former union leader who did not want to alienate his political base by challenging Chavez ahead of Brazil's Oct. 1 election, is easily re-elected, and takes some distance from Chavez.
With new pro-free trade governments in Mexico, Peru and Colombia, a mostly pro-free-market Central America, and a shift toward open trade policies in Uruguay, Latin America's pendulum swings away from radical populism.
Scenario Three: A combination of the previous two. A radical populist wins in either Ecuador or Nicaragua.
Venezuela's anti-free-trade bloc adds a new member, but the pro-free-trade camp is also strengthened by a new center-right government in Mexico and a charismatic new moderate leader in Peru.
My opinion: I wouldn't be surprised if we end up with scenario No. 3. The populist wave has lost much of its momentum since the beginning of the year, but with Venezuela awash in petro-dollars and willing to help its political allies abroad, it's far from dead.
Contact the writer: Andres Oppenheimer's observations on Latin America appear every Sunday. A longtime correspondent specializing in the region, he is the author of books on Mexico and Cuba. He lives in Miami and Mexico City and can be reached at: Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, FL 33132; or by e-mail: aoppenheimer@ herald.com Andres Oppenheimer's observations on Latin America appear every Sunday. A longtime correspondent specializing in the region, he is the author of books on Mexico and Cuba. He lives in Miami and Mexico City and can be reached at: Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, FL 33132; or by e-mail: aoppenheimer@ herald.com


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Lyme, NH (June 30, 2008) — Longtime Associated Press sports writer Mike Clark, whose editorial support and historical record keeping on the FIS Alpine World Cup made a significant impact on skiing worldwide, was honored with the presentation of a FIS Journalist Award June 28. The International Ski Federation presents the award to journalists worldwide for their service to the sport.
"Mike made a real difference for athletes," said U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) Vice President of Communications Tom Kelly. "The AP is a critical media outlet, providing worldwide distribution of news. Mike's passion for ski racing helped to bring exciting athlete stories to millions of fans around the globe. And, along the way, he became a one-man database in cataloging World Cup results – data that is extremely important today."
Clark retired from the AP's New York bureau in 2000 and is now a writer with Stars and Stripes. In a nearly 30-year career with the AP, he was a strong force on the news desk for ski racing and a regular fixture at Olympics, World Championships and U.S. World Cups as a writer.
"I am very humbled to receive this award and to be included on such a distinguished list of ski journalists," said Clark. "Ski racing was central to my professional life for over 20 years while I was with the AP. It provided me with a thrilling sport and tremendous athletes to write about, as well as a group of fellow scribes I am proud to call friends."
The award was presented by Kelly, head of the FIS Public Relations and Mass Media Committee. Four past recipients were also on hand including Ski Racing Magazine Managing Partner and CEO Gary Black (2008), film producer Joe Jay Jalbert (2002), former Ski Magazine and Snow Country editor John Fry (1998), and longtime ABC and ESPN commentator Bob Beattie (1997). The presentation took place following a celebration service for U.S. Ski Team correspondent Paul Robbins who died last February. Robbins and Clark had worked very closely together for many years.
"It was especially fitting to honor Mike on the day we also recognized Paul. The two of them worked hand-in-hand for many years. And Paul was instrumental in Mike's award," said Kelly. "Mike joins a list of past recipients of this award that's really a who's who of dedicated professionals who have passionately spread the word of our exciting action sports."
FIS Marketing and Communications Director Christian Knauth, who oversees the awards for the sport's governing body, worked for many years with Clark. "The FIS appreciates the great work that Mike Clark has accomplished on behalf of our sports over decades. We especially value the competition results information he has collected and maintained. Most of all, we respect that he has done this as a part of his private passion – that's very unique."
"For years Mike was a fixture on the alpine World Cup and at the World Championships. But, more importantly, his effort on the Associated Press sports desk allowed ski competition stories to move on the AP wire even if it was a big football or basketball weekend," said Black. "And his statistical work was always a good check for Ski Racing's own Hank McKee, who keeps our data. They were always trying to outdo each other with obscure points! He is a very deserving recipient of this FIS honor."
"I began crunching numbers as soon as I started covering ski racing because I wanted to have as much information as possible to call upon when writing stories," said Clark. "And I was happy to share anything I had with my colleagues. It was for them that I kept expanding my files over the years."
Some of Clark's fondest athlete memories are working with the legendary Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden. "It was almost a privilege to be on the same mountain with him when he was having one of those days," said Clark. "He had a reputation, well deserved, for being withdrawn. But over the years we


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Earlier this summer we decided to put together a list of all the fun things we wanted to do and shared it here on Disney Baby: Our Sophomore Summer To-Do List. Since summer is about half over I figured it might be fun to check in and see how we're doing on our list of summer goals. See how many we've accomplished and get inspired to have some summer fun yourself!
1. Go to a Pool Party: DONE! One of our playmates had a pool party birthday party. We swam and ate cake in the sunshine. We also learned how to drink from juice boxes. I'd say the day was a total success!
2. Try Popsicles: DONE! Although the experience wasn't 100% awesome, we gave Bubs a popsicle to try. He loved it for about a minute. Once it started to melt, he wasn't so sure anymore. HAHA!
3. Go Swimming at the Springs: Not yet. We still haven't braved the cold water of the springs yet. We'll work up the courage one of these days!
4. Take a Gymnastics Class: Not yet. Although we did research to find the best one in our area. Can't wait to try it out!
5. Visit the Children's Museum: DONE! We drove to the amazing children's museum in a nearby city and spent the morning playing on all the awesome interactive exhibits!
6. Visit the Aquarium: Almost! We'll be taking Bubs to the amazing aquarium in Atlanta in just a few weeks. Whale sharks, here we come!
7. Play with Bubbles: DONE! He wasn't as impressed as we are. Maybe next time.
8. Go on a Roadtrip: DONE! And it was a doozy.
9. Go to a Splashpad: DONE! He loved the smallest fountains. I think the tallest ones were a bit intimidating. But it was so cute to see him running around with all the other little kids, getting soaked and having fun.
10. Sign Up for Swim Lessons: Not yet. This is something I still need to research more. I want to pick the best ones. Since we live in Florida, we feel strongly about teaching him water safety as soon as we can. Wish me luck!
What about you? Have you done any of these fun things this summer? Do you have a summer to-do list?


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SURANTYN Jean François wrote: > my_db=# explain select * from test where n = 1; > my_db=# explain select * from test where n = 1 and n = 1; > In the first SELECT query (with "where n=1"), the estimated number of > returned rows is correct (10), whereas in the second SELECT query > (with "where n=1 and n=1"), the estimated number of returned rows is > 5 (instead of 10 !) So the optimizer has under-estimated the number > of rows returned That's because it's a badly composed query. The planner is guessing how much overlap there would be between the two clauses. It's not exploring the option that they are the same clause repeated. > That issue is very annoying because with generated > SQL queries (from Business Objects for example) on big tables, it is > possible that some queries have several times the same "where" > condition ("where n=1 and n=1" for example), and as the optimizer is > under-estimating the number of returned rows, some bad execution > plans can be chosen (nested loops instead of hash joins for example) Sounds like your query-generator needs a bit of an improvement, from my end. > Is the estimated number of returned rows directly linked to the > decision of the optimizer to chose Hash Joins or Nested Loops in join > queries ? Yes, well the cost determines a plan and obviously number of rows affects the cost. > Is there a way for the Postgresql optimizer to be able to > simplify and rewrite the SQL statements before running them ? It does, just not this one. It spots things like a=b and b=c implies a=c (for joins etc). > Are > there some parameters that could change the execution plans ? Not really in this case. The root of your problem is that you have a query with an irrelevant clause (AND n=1) and you'd like the planner to notice that it's irrelevant and remove it from the query. There are two problems with this: 1. It's only going to be possible in simple cases. It's unlikely the planner would ever spot "n=2 AND n=(10/5)" 2. Even in the simple case you're going to waste time checking *every query* to see if clauses could be eliminated. Is there any way to improve your query generator? -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd
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Bowel obstruction
From Ask Dr Wiki
Bowel obstruction is a mechanical or functional obstruction of the intestines, preventing the normal transit of the products of digestion. It can occur at any level distal to the duodenum of the small intestine and is a medical emergency. Although many cases are not treated surgically, it is a surgical problem.
Small bowel obstruction
Causes of small bowel obstruction include:
- Adhesions from previous abdominal surgery
- Hernias containing bowel
- Crohn's disease causing adhesions or inflammatory strictures
- Neoplasms, benign or malignant
- Intussusception in children
- Volvulus
- Ischaemic strictures
- Foreign bodies (e.g. gallstones in gallstone ileus, swallowed objects)
- Intestinal atresia
- Carcinoid rare, preferred location: ileum
Large bowel obstruction
Causes of large bowel obstruction include:
- Neoplasms
- Hernias
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Colonic volvulus (sigmoid, caecal, transverse colon)
- Faecal impaction
- Colon atresia
- Benign strictures (Diverticular Disease)
Differential diagnosis
Differential diagnoses of bowel obstruction include:
- Ileus
- Pseudo-obstruction or Ogilvie's syndrome
- Intra-abdominal sepsis
- Pneumonia or other systemic illness.
Signs, symptoms and causes
Depending on the level of obstruction, bowel obstruction can present with abdominal pain, abdominal distension, vomiting, fecal vomiting, and constipation.
Obstruction may be due to causes within the bowel lumen, within the wall of the bowel, or external to the bowel (such as compression, entrapment or volvulus).
Bowel obstruction may be complicated by dehydration and electrolyte abnormalities due to vomiting; respiratory compromise from pressure on the diaphragm by a distended abdomen, or aspiration of vomitus; bowel ischaemia or perforation from prolonged distension or pressure from a foreign body.
In small bowel obstruction the pain tends to be colicky (cramping and intermittent) in nature, with spasms lasting a few minutes. The pain tends to be central and mid-abdominal. Vomiting occurs before constipation.
In large bowel obstruction the pain is felt lower in the abdomen and the spasms last longer. Constipation occurs earlier and vomiting may be less prominent. Proximal obstruction of the large bowel may present as small bowel obstruction.
The main diagnostic tools are blood tests, X-rays of the abdomen, CT scanning and/or ultrasound. If a mass is identified, biopsy may determine the nature of the mass.
Radiological signs of bowel obstruction include bowel distension and the presence of multiple (more than six) gas-fluid levels on supine and erect abdominal radiographs.
Contrast enema or small bowel series or CT scan can be used to define the level of obstruction, whether the obstruction is partial or complete, and to help define the cause of the obstruction.
According to a meta-analysis of prospective studies by the Cochrane Collaboration, the appearance of water-soluble contrast in the cecum on an abdominal radiograph within 24 hours of oral administration predicts resolution of an adhesive small bowel obstruction with a pooled sensitivity of 96% and specificity of 96%. PMID 15674958
Colonoscopy, small bowel investigation with ingested camera or push endoscopy, and laparoscopy are other diagnostic options.
Some causes of bowel obstruction may resolve spontaneously; many require operative treatment.
In adults, frequently the surgical intervention and the treatment of the causative lesion are required. In malignant large bowel obstruction, endoscopically placed self-expanding metal stents may be used to temporarily relieve the obstruction as a bridge to surgery, or as palliation.
Small bowel obstruction
In the management of small bowel obstructions it is often said that "[n]ever let the sun rise or set on small-bowel obstruction"[1] because they are sometimes fatal if treatment is delayed.
Treatment for a small bowel obstruction is both non-surgical (conservative) and surgical.
Conservative treatment involves insertion of a nasogastric tube, correction of dehydration and electrolyte abnormalities. Opioid pain relievers may be used for patients with severe pain. Antiemetics may be administered if the patient is vomiting. Adhesive obstructions often settle without surgery. If obstruction is complete a surgery is required.
Small bowel obstruction caused by Crohn's disease, peritoneal carcinomatosis, sclerosing peritonitis, radiation enteritis and postpartum bowel obstruction are typically treated conservatively, i.e. without surgery. Conversely, a small bowel obstruction in a "virgin abdomen" (an abdomen that has not seen an operation) is almost never treated conservatively.
Bowel obstruction in children
Fetal and neonatal bowel obstructions are often caused by an intestinal atresia where there is a narrowing or absence of a part of the intestine. These atresias are often discovered before birth via a sonogram and treated with using laparotomy after birth. If the area affected is small then the surgeon may be able to remove the damaged portion and join the intestine back together. In instantances where the narrowing is longer, or the area is damaged and cannot be used for a period of time, a temporary stoma may be placed.


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The Aussie government makes several moves this week, while the NZGDA conference announces its lineup and Call of Duty hits TV.
- The Australian federal government has confirmed its plans to launch an inquiry into the high prices in the IT sector.
- In other government-related news, a Convergence Review has reported that the government needs to step in and provide tax offsets to Australian game developers, while the state of Victoria removes a funding program for games, leaving the future of any government funds in that state unknown, and a National Cultural Policy report which would have seen further integration between the government and the digital sector gets postponed.
- The New Zealand Game Developers' Association (NZGDA) has confirmed the lineup for its annual conference.
- Activision makes a huge splash with Call of Duty: Black Ops II getting the TV treatment for its reveal - an unprecedented marketing move in the region.
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WITTON boss Brian Pritchard said he had been given plenty to ponder following his side's nine-goals mauling of Middlewich Town.
Albion included debutants Stuart Plant and Joshua Horne from the start, while teenager Adam Clayton played from the first minute for only the second time.
"Nobody did themselves any harm," said Pritchard after a 9-1 win that put the hosts in the last four.
"The players that came in acquitted themselves really well, which is reassuring in case we need to call on them again."
The average age of Witton's defence from the whistle – Clayton, Ben Harrison, Horne and Josh Glover – was under 20, while goalkeeper Plant is just 21.
Pritchard told the Guardian that harsh words at half time, when Albion led 2-1, prompted the four-goals blitz in as many minutes straight after the restart.
He said: "We stopped playing after going two-goals ahead.
"I felt we went sloppy, conceding a goal that gave them a lift.
"I told the players that they were playing below the standard I expect at this club, so it was great to see such a swift response to that in the second half.
"We were burned by Middlewich last season, and I didn't want to see a repeat."
Witton join holders Northwich Victoria, Congleton Town and Winsford United in the competition's last four.
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WALK IN THE PARK: Red Sox Owner JOHN HENRY on Saturday married LINDA PIZZUTI onboard Henry's 164-foot-yacht, with a reception featuring band Maroon 5 held afterward in Fenway Park's outfield. The guest list included MLB Commissioner BUD SELIG, Celtics CEO & Managing Partner WYC GROUSBECK and Managing Partner STEVE PAGLIUCA, Red Sox GM THEO EPSTEIN and filmmaker KEN BURNS (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/28). Others on the guest list included Red Sox President LARRY LUCCHINO, Dolphins CEO MIKE DEE and Roush Fenway Racing co-Owner JACK ROUSH (BOSTON HERALD, 6/28).
DRIVING FORCE: BEN KENNEDY, the son of ISC Vice Chair & President LESA FRANCE KENNEDY, has won three of the 13 Pro Truck races this season, and he is leading the points standings. But the ORLANDO SENTINEL's Steven Cole Smith notes it has been a "tough couple of years for both" Lesa and Ben, as BILL FRANCE JR., Lesa's father, died in June '07 and a month later, DR. BRUCE KENNEDY, Lesa's husband, was killed in a plane crash. Lesa, in a rare interview, said, "Ben and I are doing really well. First and foremost is that I know my dad would want us to go on, and my husband would, too. They were very different individuals, but they were both so full of life" (ORLANDO SENTINEL, 6/29).
GIANT OF INDUSTRY: In California, Jim Welte profiles MLB Giants Senior VP & CFO JOHN YEE, and writes Yee's 17-year tenure has "extended from the nervous early 1990s that saw the club exploring relocation, through the boon of the new ballpark and the [BARRY] BONDS years to today's economic downturn." Giants President & COO LARRY BAER: "He's kind of like our secret weapon" (Marin INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, 6/29).
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I am an independent contractor - how do I pay my taxes?
Question from Allison
October 23, 2008 at 9:32am
Hi Kathy,
I have just been hired by a very small company in which all of the employees are technically Independent Contractors.
Fresh out of college, I've never had to do my own taxes. Now I have to figure out how to get NJstate and Federal taxes taken out of my paycheck.
I was told that the taxes can be done online and the taxes could be taken straight out of my bank account on a quarterly basis. Each time I try to search online the proper way to go about this, I am overwhelmed with information and unable to get done what obviously needs to get done.
Can anybody help me with the online sites to go to and the steps to go about this?
Answer: Allison - You are either an employee of a company or you are an independent contractor. In this case you are indicating that the company says you are independent contractor - in other words self-employed. You are responsible for your paying
your own federal and state income taxes as well as the Self-employment tax which is the Social Security and Medicare tax for self-employed individuals that is similar to what an employer withholds for their employees.
You will be required to report your income and expenses on the Schedule C, Profit or Loss from Business or C-EZ. Profit from Business (Form 1040). Since you don't have an employer who withholds and pays your tax you may be required to make estimated tax payments. You can e-Pay your estimated tax payments using the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System or EFTPS. This allows you to schedule and make your payments either over the phone or on the internet and they will automatically be withdrawn from your account.
You will want to visit the Self-employed Individuals Tax Center http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=115045,00.html on our website that will provide details about e-file and e-pay, recordingkeeping, as well as determining your estimated tax and choosing a tax preparer.
You will also want to contact your state taxing authority for information about how to pay the state income tax.Source: blog.oregonlive.com
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It's not likely that your cat would have been able to get any live viruses or bacteria from the plunger. I'm assuming the plunger was dry, which would mean any organisms that may be once been on it are dead. Even if the plunger had just been used, the cat would most likely clean its paws as soon as they became damp. So, again, the cat could not transmit anything by playing with the children or touching anything else in the house.
I don't want to provide more for you to worry about, but the cat touching the toilet plunger is no worse than the cat using a litter box, or even burying it's "business" outside. Cats are very finicky about their feet, and will keep them fairly clean.
Hello,When you opt out an expert, they are no longer able to respond to you. Even if the plunger had had blood on it, the blood would have dried and HIV virus does not survive on dry surfaces. The cat would also have cleaned itself well so there is no danger whatsoever to you or your children.


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Cool Things to Do This Weekend in Vegas
Last updated: November 12, 2010 at 4:26 pm. Posted by Las Vegas Blog Staff in Las Vegas Casinos, Rio Las Vegas, Things to Do in Las Vegas. Comments Off on Cool Things to Do This Weekend in Vegas.
There's always something going on in Vegas, so take your pick!
The Woman's Expo takes center stage at Rio Las Vegas on Nov. 14. How do we know? We are a Las Vegas blog! Oh, yeah, and this gigantic billboard outside the Rio.
The Las Vegas Woman's Expo is hosted by Las Vegas Woman's Magazine, which we're not entirely sure we knew existed until we wrote this sentence. Better late than never. Find out more.
Also on our wildly informative list of "Things To Do in Las Vegas This Weekend" is Aviation Nation at Nellis Air Force Base, Nov. 13-14. Aviation Nation is the biggest free public event in Nevada, featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and other military air demonstration teams. About 100 planes will be on display. Get the details.
On Nov. 14, the JW Marriott hotel (about 20 minutes from the Strip), hosts the Gay & Lesbian Wedding Expo. Yes, there is a Gay & Lesbian Wedding Expo. Find out more. The event takes place 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
It's going to be another wild time in Vegas! Have fun and be safe. Or at least have fun.


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The political heat has started in AP with the stories of land scam in AP at the back drop of its capital Amaravati. Sakshi media has written a story against the land scam alleging that the Ministers and leaders have resorted to buying huge lands at cheaper costs by giving the leaks about the capital region. Watch more details on this controversy in Inside.


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Now would be a good time for Stephen Drew supporters to proudly stand up, puff out their chests and declare, "I told you so."
Xander Bogaerts' sluggish start reached new lows Tuesday as the 21-year-old went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts before committing an error in the ninth inning that handed the Boston Red Sox their eighth loss in 11 games. But while Bogaerts' growing pains might be difficult to deal with amid the Red Sox's early-season woes, this isn't the time for Boston to go crawling back to Drew.
Many argued over the offseason — including yours truly — that re-signing Drew was the right move given the uncertainty surrounding Bogaerts and third baseman Will Middlebrooks. Bogaerts showed flashes of his incredible potential during last year's World Series, but he's still young, and Middlebrooks endured major struggles throughout 2013 that didn't paint a very inspiring picture for this season despite his obvious talent. (An injury, which the Red Sox fell victim to when Middlebrooks went down with a calf strain on April 5, wasn't really a consideration although clearly a possibility.)
Re-signing Drew would have made the Red Sox a deeper team. Signing him tomorrow would have the same effect. But when Boston opted not to re-sign Drew over the winter, it sent a message that Bogaerts and Middlebrooks not only represent the Red Sox's future. They represent the here and now as it pertains to the left side of Boston's infield. There's no sense in changing that tune a few weeks into the regular season because of some hiccups.
Bogaerts' poise is impressive, so signing Drew probably wouldn't discourage the young shortstop too much. The Red Sox decided to dive head-first into the Bogaerts Era this season, though, and thus the current growing pains should be viewed simply as that — not as some crippling problem the team must make drastic changes to rectify. In other words, the Drew ship sailed the second the Red Sox arrived in Fort Myers without the veteran in tow. Calling the 31-year-old right now would only reopen a door the Red Sox seemed completely OK closing and inherently muddy the waters when it comes to their stance on the current infield situation.
Bogaerts' struggles aren't all that concerning. You could make the case his defensive woes are troublesome, largely because there's already been speculation he might someday move from shortstop, but his offensive struggles are unlikely to last. Bogaerts' first RBI of the season Wednesday could mark the beginning of something bigger at the plate.
The Red Sox knew — or they should have known, at least — that Bogaerts probably was going to go through a rough patch at some point during his rookie season. The Red Sox determined over the winter that threat wasn't serious enough to overexert themselves financially for Drew, and a rough couple of weeks shouldn't automatically force them to reconsider their initial stance.
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Steve Coll, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and noted journalist, will be the featured speaker at two LSU Law Center events slated for Friday, April 16. Coll is the author of numerous books, including Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden, and most recently, The Bin Ladens: Arabian Family in the American Century.
His has been invited to speak as part of the Law Center's commemoration of the 150-year Sesquicentennial Celebration of the founding of LSU. Two events are scheduled. Mr. Coll will speak to students at 1 p.m. in the Law Center's second floor Student Lounge. He will also speak to members of the Law Center's Chancellor's Council in the evening.
Steve Coll is president and CEO of New America Foundation and a staff writer at The New Yorker magazine. Previously, he spent 20 years as a foreign correspondent and senior editor at The Washington Post, serving as the paper's managing editor from 1998-2004. He is the author of six books, including most recently, The Bin Ladens (2008); Ghost Wars (2004); On the Grand Trunk Road: A Journey into South Asia (1994); Eagle on the Street, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the SEC's battle with Wall Street (with David A. Vise, 1991); The Taking of Getty Oil (1987); and The Deal of the Century: The Break Up of AT&T (1986).
Mr. Coll's professional awards include two Pulitzer Prizes. He won the first of these in 1990 for explanatory journalism in his series about the SEC, with David A. Vise. He was awarded his second in 2005 for Ghost Wars, honored in the general nonfiction category. Ghost Wars also won the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross award; the Overseas Press Club award; and the Lionel Gelber Prize for the best book published on international affairs during 2004. Other awards include the 1992 Livingston Award for outstanding foreign reporting; the 2000 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for his coverage of the civil war in Sierra Leone; and a second Overseas Press Club Award for international magazine writing.
Mr. Coll graduated Phi Beta Kappa, cum laude, from Occidental College in 1980 with a degree in English and history. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Information on becoming a member of the Law Center's Chancellor's Council.


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Riverwalk Cabins
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Secluded and cozy country-style cottages are available for up to four people. Cottages are completely furnished, with satellite TV and VCR.
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OLPC Boston/Monthly Meet-ups/042109
From OLPC
Deb's Notes
- Diane - XOExplosion.com
- Caroline - Solution Grove/HGSE/Sugar Labs
- Tom - software developer
- Robert - Center for Collaborative Education
- Deb - Instructional Technology Specialist, Worcester, MA
Training - Sugar on a Stick
- Caroline is interested in training in the use of Sugar on a Stick for the Elementary School Classroom. She and Walter will do the trainings.
- They are looking for anyone interested - in need of a place to hold the trainings such as a computer lab
- Possibly a summer camp-type situation
- Professional Development Points (PDPs) - how to become a certified provider?
Pilot Program
- The Gardener School in Alston will pilot an XO project this fall.
Some sites to see
- October 2009
- Diane will make a presentation on the XO Laptop
- Caroline will make a presentation - "Using the Sugar Platform in the Elementary Classroom"


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Two Arrested For Vandalism At Police Protest
FRESNO, Calif. (KMPH) —
A small protest in front of Fresno police headquarters Monday night got slightly out of control after two men were arrested.
Police suspect Brian Sumner and Andrew Whittemore marked up the Police Officers Memorial.
Police say the protesters were videotaping police officers, and yelling anti-police and anti-government chants.
Officers say they also wrote anti-police slogans on the sidewalks and around the police headquarters entrance.
These two were charged with misdemeanor vandalism.