text: Le Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 06:49:24PM +0000, Steve McIntyre a écrit : > > Based on initial analysis of this package, please remove: > > * the DM (Kartik Mistry) from the keyring (he clearly needs to learn > more before he should be allowed to upload directly) > > * the upload rights of the sponsor (Ramakrishnan M > <firstname.lastname@example.com>) who uploaded this to incoming without any > suitable level of checking. This is a *much* more important problem > IMHO. Hello all, there is a famous saying: "The one who never does mistakes usually never does anything". How about removing the advocating rights of the person who advodated the sponsor of the DM, the application managing rights of the person who did not realise that he would some day sponsor a package that does not respect the Policy, the ftp-mastering rights of the one who let the package in the archive and the account managing rights of the one who let this happen by making the sponsor a DD? The point I want to make is that, unless the DM and the sponsor have been informed of their mistake and showed bad will, it is prematurate and demotivating to call their name for punishment on a pivotal mailing list. I think that what Debian can learn from this accident is that such a big project can not rely on just a few persons to detect mistakes. A peer review system could be an answer to this: for instance link to a debdiff could be sent to, say 20 developpers, and the package allowed in the archive when at least 2 of them send a positive (non-verbose) review, and/or be the subject of extensive checks when a negative review with explanaions is sent. With a little analysis on the quantity of uploads per day and the number of non-MIA DDs, the optimal number of reviewers could be deterimined such that the work load and the delays are acceptable, and to keept a low probability that somebody is called for review the same package too often. In conclusion, I would like to re-iterate the main message of this mail: I think that calls for punishment should be dealt privately at first. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wakō, Saitama, Japan


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Aircell is introducing two pricing plans for its air-to-ground broadband Internet service. The first, for those who seek e-mail and "light" Internet access using a BlackBerry or other Wi-Fi-enabled PDA, will cost $895 a month for an always-available link. Faster Internet access, at download speeds averaging approximately two megabits per second, will cost $1,995 per month. Aircell broadband equipment is currently being installed aboard the first customer business jet–a Bombardier Global Express–but it is a version of the hardware originally developed for the air transport market. The gear weighs 125 pounds and requires three fuselage-mounted antennas. Due to hit the market next spring is the business aviation version of the system, which links through Aircell's Axxess cabin communication unit and weighs in at 23 pounds. It requires the installation of two seven-inch blade antennas on the airplane's belly. Total price for this system, including the Axxess unit with an internal two-channel Iridium satcom receiver, will run about $85,000 plus installation, according to Aircell.
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The FAA has approved a process to remove an altitude restriction on 800-series Hawkers equipped with winglets developed by Aviation Partners (API). The agency issued an airworthiness directive in June, requiring operators to comply with API service bulletin SBH-13-001, which limited maximum altitude to 34,000 feet until a fix could be developed. AD 2013-11-16 was "prompted by reports of several instances of severe vibration and wing/aileron oscillations," according to the FAA.
The Seattle-based company examined the oscillation problem using finite element modeling and flight-tested a solution that involved rebalancing the Hawker's ailerons.
API has delivered free service kits to operators of winglet-equipped 800-series Hawkers. The kit includes parts and a letter authorizing compliance with the latest API service bulletin–SBH-13-002 Revision A–which was approved as an alternative means of compliance for AD 2013-11-16.


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The whining on the right begins. But the reality cannot be ignored, if the right is to stop its downward spiral into oblivion. Despite the rhetoric, by all measures, the right lost -- big time.
Why? Several huge mistakes:
* Alienating the Latino population with the demagoguing of undocumented immigrants after President Obama's effective implementation of the Dream Act by executive order, and failing to recognize the significance of a growing segment of the American demographic.
* Also alienating the African-American, Asian-American, poor, elderly, student and impaired populations with the state-imposed voter-suppression efforts. They actually made those significant populations, and many others, angry enough to stand in lines for hours and hours to vote.
* Alienating women with the, again, largely state-imposed assault on women's rights and, at the federal level, the Blunt Amendment and attempts to demonize and defund Planned Parenthood, which provides health care to millions of women.
* Putting forth Paul Ryan's budget plan, which even the Catholic Church actively criticized for its immoral cuts to services for the most needy among us.
* Seeking to voucherize Medicare, cut Medicaid, cut Pell Grants and privatize Social Security.
* Four years of obstructionism as a political ploy that hurt America in many ways. Don't they understand what an 11 percent approval rating means when they own the House?
* By running two empty suits who lied so often and so obviously (removing work-for-welfare requirements didn't happen and the Jeep ad was so blatantly false that executives of both GM and Chrysler felt compelled to publicly declare its untruth in no uncertain terms). Does such dishonesty engender trust?
Americans are not stupid, but the right's leadership seemed to think they are. Big mistake. Hopefully, some of the continuing rhetoric will cool, and the right will realize that it must adjust or continue to become increasingly irrelevant.
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The Santa Clara County Board of Education voted unanimously July 16 to appoint Jon R. Gundry as new county superintendent of schools, effective Aug. 1.
The sole finalist for the position, Gundry currently serves as superintendent of the Pasadena Unified School District. He has more than three decades of experience as a teacher, principal and instructional leader.
"The board is pleased to welcome Superintendent Gundry to Santa Clara County, and we are confident that he will provide the (county board of education) and its staff with the vision and leadership necessary to guide the organization's advocacy, ensure efficacy and continue to provide students, schools and districts with the best continuum of services possible," said board President Leon Beauchman.
Gundry deemed it a "great honor" to be selected as the new superintendent and said he looks forward to engaging with the community, including county staff, teachers, district and charter school leaders, students, families and community leaders.
"Ensuring that all children have access to high-quality instructional opportunities is at the core of the (county board's) mission, and it is imperative that all of our students are provided with the support and tools necessary to reach their greatest potential," he added.
Gundry's contract with the board includes an annual salary of $295,000.
Prior to his tenure with Pasadena Unified, Gundry served as deputy superintendent of the Los Angeles County Office of Education from 2008 to 2010 and interim superintendent in 2010. He was responsible for the financial and academic success of 80 school districts serving more than 2 million children, with $16 billion in school district funding.
Gundry earned a bachelor's degree in English and Spanish from Northern Arizona University and a master's degree in education administration from Houston Baptist University.


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DETROIT, Mich. – A star quarterback and Michigan State University recruit was charged with assault and battery after he was allegedly caught on camera body-slamming a Cass Tech High School security guard on Wednesday, reports CBS Detroit.
Jayru Campbell has been identified by police as the young man in
the video, which was filmed on a cell phone and uploaded to YouTube, picking up and slamming a security guard to the floor while surrounding students look on.
Steve Wasko, spokesperson for Detroit Public Schools, said Campbell was arrested by school police and charged with assault and battery. CBS Detroit contacted the prosecutor's office but was told they had not yet received anything on the matter.
Campbell, a high school junior, has committed to play at MSU in 2015 after leading Cass Tech to back-to-back state titles in 2011 and 2012.
This is not the first time the star athlete has gotten into trouble at Cass Tech. CBS Detroit reported that last November, he was suspended from school and the first game of the 2014 fall season after allegedly punching someone in the handshake line following the school's loss to Detroit Catholic Central, 28-0.


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America is on a roll -- literally! Not only are cars selling, but off-road vehicles and motorcycles are rumbling down the street. Maybe high gas prices are sending Americans to Polaris (PII) and Harley Davidson (HOG) dealerships? Maybe it's pent-up demand. Whatever it is, you can't argue that the economy is stuck in the mud.
On Thursday Polaris, maker of off-road vehicles, motorcycles and snowmobiles, posted some impressive third-quarter results. Revenue jumped 20.6% to $879.9 million, 6% better than the consensus estimate. Earnings per share came in at $1.33, up 40%, or $0.13 ahead.
Management raised guidance, as well. For fiscal 2012, Polaris expects earnings per share in the range of $4.32 to $4.37 on a 19% to 20% increase in revenue.
Off-road-vehicle sales rose 18%, and on-road vehicles (motorcycles) were likewise higher. Sales of the company's Victory and Indian brands increased 78% to $63.4 million. Even the parts, garments and accessories division saw revenue rise 14% to $128 million. The strong sales boosted gross margins. Gross margins were up 120 basis points, operating income rose 28% to $141.6 million and net income drove 37% higher.
If there was a weak spot, it was in snowmobile inventories. Snowmobile sales are expected to be flat with last year at about $280 million. Apparently the snowmobile market is in a deep freeze, with industry-wide sales down 20%. The mild winter last year left a lot of snowmobile dealerships out in the cold.
The good news hasn't been lost on investors, who have piled into the stock like motorheads into a bar on Free Beer Night in Sturgis, N.D. In the after-hours, the stock hit an all-time high of $88.50. With the Street estimating just 12% revenue growth next year, it seems analysts will have to bump up their numbers. If the company were to grow toward the high-end estimate of $3.66 billion, Polaris would likely earn somewhere close to $5 per share. If that were the case, I would easily be able to see Polaris shares trade above $100.
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Dave Page wrote: [SSL_version_str symbol missing] > I've run into that before - you need to use the static SSL libs, not the > import libs for the dll. They do (should) contain that symbol. Ah, so one has to use ms/nt.mak instead of ms/ntdll.mak to build the static version of the libraries (which in my case too contain that symbol and hence solve the problem). I should have read the build instructions for OpenSSL more thoroughly. Thank you very much for that hint. > You can download the precompiled versions of the SSL and libpq libs from > http://www.pgadmin.org/snapshots/postgresql/libs-win32-20040906.zip if > you don't want to build them yourself. A look at that file solves another one of my pitfalls: Only two of the PostgreSQL headers are really being used. In the VC project file you provide, "c:/postgresql/include" comes before the pgAdmin "include/" in the include path. I had a full PostgreSQL source tree in that place and compilation of src/db/keywords.c failed because nodes/parsenodes.h and parser/keywords.h from the PostgreSQL source and not the ones from the pgAdmin source were found first. I resolved the issue by rearranging the include path, but with only the two headers from that ZIP archive in place this would never have happened. I am currently writing a "How to build pgAdmin III from source on Windows"-like document for in house use. Are you interested in something like that and if so what is the best way for me to contribute this to the pgAdmin documentation? Thanks again, Alex
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Last night I came home from work and that Arabella announced the boyfriend (the one I can't tell you about) was coming for dinner. 'Is that so', I said.
'Yes. And can you be nice because he's very nervous'.
'He should be'.
'Mum, stop it; you should be pleased I want to bring him over'.
'I'm overjoyed'.
'He knows you don't like him'.
'When have I ever said I don't like him'.
'He knows you don't like his tattoos'.
'You are more than aware he has quite a few too many. What was he thinking! Has he had a quote on what it would cost to get them removed?'
'Mum; as if he could afford that'.
'Well a few less would be nice'.
'What are you cooking?'
'Roast lamb'.
Arabella screwed up her face and groaned. 'I hate lamb.'
'No you don't. It's getting late so I'm cooking a roast because I can throw everything in the oven and walk away.'
'Can't you do something nice, like chicken?'
'Really? If we have chicken I'll have to cook two and I have to stuff them so that will take a while so we'd end up eating really late'.
'He can't come until eight anyway. I'll help you. What sort of stuffing?'
'I don't know; onion, bacon, pine nuts, uhm dried apricots and a few herbs from the garden'.
'I hate pine nuts…'
'No you don't.'
'…but the rest sounds good. Are you making a dessert?'
'When will I have time to make a dessert now I've got to stuff two chickens?'
'Well mum I sort of talked you up a bit. I told him you're a really good cook so he's going to be expecting something good. Something special. Isn't there a quick dessert you could make? Something that doesn't take very long?
So now my cooking skills are going to be scrutinised by the tattooed boyfriend. 'Go and set the table and I'll think of something.
I had some peaches in the fruit bowl, some chocolate in the pantry and some fruit mince left over from my Christmas baking and not a lot of time. I made this and the chickens for the tattooed boyfriend and judging from the lack of leftovers I think I managed to live up to the rave review Arabella had shared with Mr Tattoo.
This is a great way to use up stone fruit that's ripening too quickly and we all have bits of leftover chocolate lying around and then there's the Christmas fruit mince that needs using up. This dessert doesn't take long to do and can be in the oven within a few minutes. I put them in the oven just before we sat down to the roasted chickens and 20 minutes later they were done.
Baked Peaches
Makes: 6
Degree of Difficulty: 2/5
Cost: Best made when peaches are in season and then this will be a very inexpensive dessert.
- 6 ripe peaches (I used white and yellow as the stones come out fairly easily)
- small quantity of fruit mince
- small quantity of cooking chocolate
- small quantity of butter
Preheat oven to 200C (400F)
Use an apple corer to remove stones from the peaches. When the corer hits the stone, keep pushing until the stone pops out the other end.
Line a baking tray with baking paper and place peaches on the tray. Stuff the peaches with the fruit mince (it's easiest to use your fingers) then place a small chunk of chocolate on top. Put a dot of butter on top of the peaches and place in the oven for 20 minutes.
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Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:36 AM
SHRED (19,179 posts)
I don't think that the damage that TV and radio have done...
...to political discourse in the USA can be overstated. The damage is severe since losing the fairness doctrine especially.
People actually believe Rush and FOX "News".
I am 56 years old and remember the dread kids had in high school when they found out we had to take American History and Civics classes to graduate. This lack of interest in basic governmental structure and function coupled with an overreliance on TV and radio as the two main sources for information have seriously torn our country in half in my opinion.
A few of us developed our critical thinking skills by not going along with, and resisting the best we could, this charade of deception however many people I fear would prefer authoritarianism. A king if you will. Someone along the lines of a Hitler type figure.
Critical thinking takes constant vigilance to maintain. It's not easy. It takes work and correction and the willing to admit when our thinking and feelings are uninformed and misplaced. It is tough on the ego and dare I say most people's pride will not let them go too deep in those realms because it's too painful for one's sense of self righteousness and the comfort that affords.
I fear a vast swath of the population takes the easy way out. The lazy way out. The way that lays back mentally and allows the mind to be filled with the garbage that flows over the mainstream airwaves. The sad part is that after this crap is ingested it is processed and then spewed out as if it is somehow now an original thought, an original feeling, as if the lazy willing victim came up with it on their own.
If I had better writing skills I could convey this even stronger but it all boils down to...when will we wake up?
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Response to SHRED (Original post)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 08:45 AM
ewagner (18,058 posts)
1. There was an old sappy song....
I think it was done by a group called "The Back Porch Majority" that I heard in my teenage years and some of the words have stuck with me over the years.. something like:
Liberty's Weight is a heavy load
It takes a strong man's heart to carry that load..
to listen to each word
and know what it means...
I can't remember the rest the idea that it takes work to maintain our liberty
it takes an educated, informed citizen to apply the critical thinking skills they SHOULD have learned in high school to separate the "wheat from the chafe" of political discourse.
Great post...thanks.
Response to SHRED (Original post)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 09:20 AM
OneGrassRoot (21,042 posts)
2. I couldn't agree more. I ponder this frequently...
and worry about it nearly every day.
The right-wing propaganda and extreme partisan politics begun in earnest back in the early 90's have taken hold.
There are Fox News/Limbaugh people, apathetic people who ignore all of it, and people who employ critical thinking.
The one thing that gives me a glimmer of hope is that the audience for Fox/Limbaugh are older. Their audience will die out, but I've seen the propaganda infect young people of parents who are Fox/Limbaugh people, especially in the realm of flat-out bigotry and racism.
We should read up on how to treat people who have been brainwashed. That's literally what we're dealing with.
Response to OneGrassRoot (Reply #2)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 09:29 AM
SHRED (19,179 posts)
6. brainwashed is an accurate diagnoses it would appear
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Tue Nov 6, 2012, 09:20 AM
Bluenorthwest (45,319 posts)
3. FoxNews is disgusting. But do yourself a favor and do a Nate Silver on FoxNews...
Look up the actual numbers. Look up ratings for other programming opposite FN. Look up ratings for other News programming (hint, FN is not number one at all).
Look up demographics. Look up how many are watching FN, how many are watching reruns of sit coms. Look up ratings for non news cable programs, and for non cable news programs.
The perspective that comes from such research might bring some perspective, if not actual hope. Implication that FN is 'mainsteam airwaves' is not something I'd agree with. First, they are a niche market, small viewership in TV terms. Second, they don't have any 'airwaves' they are cable. The News outfits who do have 'airwaves' also get audiences that drawf FN. Not that they are great guns, but they are not FN.
You are correct that they suck. But if you look at the facts and numbers, you'd see they are not as widley viewed as people on DU assume. They are not widely viewed at all.
Response to SHRED (Original post)
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 09:21 AM
Shanti Mama (821 posts)
4. Could not agree with you more.
When cable TV stations were allowed to lie and call it news the entire equation changed.
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Tue Nov 6, 2012, 09:25 AM
JackN415 (924 posts)
5. free market. Radìo, TV feed people what they want to hear. It makes $, hence value...
Of course, people spend $ on junk food, unsafe practices, drugs and booze. TV and radio go the way of unregulated drug and booze for the mind.
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Fri Jun 7, 2013, 04:07 PM
winktank (4 posts)
7. Crazyscript
I was watching The Rachel Maddow Show the other night and I was astounded. I pray there was no script for the show, because it seemed more like a stream of free consciousness as Maddow jumped from Doonesbury to some matriarch to a winning politician with no discernible point to tie it all together. I kept watching to see if the rambling would amount to some kind of unfolding thesis, but after about 30 minutes, I just gave up. If you are going to do editorial news, at least be coherent!
I love NPR, and I love so many television shows on cable; I value both radio and television as mediums. But there's a lot of junk out there too, and it's no fun to see the quality programming stampeded over by what I will call "crazyscript."


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IF YOU appreciate Apple's iWork software suite of Pages, Keynote and Numbers and its iLife programs iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand, you have much to download though not all of it is good.
Apple has revamped its apps, giving them a uniform look and feel across desktop and mobile systems. When you buy a new Apple device, you also get the apps for free.
Both mobile and desktop versions of Pages now have the same 60 templates, but one of the biggest changes to Pages is how it can be used in collaboration with colleagues.
If you want to send someone a copy of a document, you can tap and share it via email or AirDrop if they have a compatible iOS 7 device.
But, interestingly, more than one person can work on the same document simultaneously - a feature notably missing from Pages.
If you're working in Pages on iOS 7, for example, you can tap on the Share icon and get the option to share a link via iCloud.
The recipient does not need an iCloud account to view and edit the document, nor do they need to have Pages on their computer. They can edit it through the iWork for iCloud beta, which opens up a Pages document in a web browser.
If you are working in Pages on the desktop, you'll need to save the document to the cloud rather than your Mac to share it.
If your collaboration becomes overrated, you can tap on View Share Settings and Stop Sharing so the document goes back to private.
To improve parity between the mobile and desktop versions of Pages, Apple removed features from the desktop version rather than adding them to mobile versions.
You can go to the Apple Support Communities (discussions.apple.com) to see debate from power users, including one discussion that found more than 20 features no longer in the desktop version of Pages.
Some features that have been dropped in the new Pages version include having a vertical ruler next to your page and being able to save your document in rich text format.
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Date of birth: 16 December 1911 Bartholomew County, Indiana Date of death: 28 March 1997 Edinburgh, Johnson County, Indiana( Franklin Daily Journal 31 March 1997 EDINBURGH Helen E. Mutz Helen E. Mutz, 85, died Friday, March 28, 1997, at her home in Edinburgh. She was born Dec. 16, 1911, in Bartholomew County. Her parents were the Rev. G. H. Edwards and Ardella (Coy) Edwards. She married Everett Sunman Oct. 8, 1933. He preceded her in death March 29, 1979. She married Dale Mutz Aug. 22, 1982. He survives. Other survivors include a son, William Sunman of Kankakee, Ill.; two daughters, Virgie Pitts of Loudon, Tenn., and Suzanne Dolson of Springfield, Va.; a stepson, Moffett Mutz of Potomac, Md.; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and four stepgrandchildren. She also was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters. She worked for the U.S. Accounting Office in Washington, D.C., for 25 years, retiring in 1977. She also worked for five years for the U.S. Army at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis. She was a member of Edinburgh United Methodist Church and was a Methodist member for 75 years. She was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees and Edinburgh American Legion Auxiliary. The Revs. Byron Fritz and Nan Chizmar will conduct a service at 1 p.m. today at Edinburgh United Methodist Church. Burial will be at Rest Haven Cemetery in Edinburgh. Memorials may be made to Edinburgh United Methodist Church Building Fund, 107 W. Campbell St., Edinburgh, Ind. 46124. Eskew-Eaton Funeral Home in Edinburgh is handling the arrangements.
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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced Monday he will meet with state university leaders and students in the coming weeks to emphasize his support of his proposed budgets for Kansas universities, community colleges and technical schools.
"I believe the state must live within its means and recognize there are difficult spending decisions we must make. This is why my administration has worked to reform state agencies so they are more efficient and effective," Gov. Brownback said. "However, there are core responsibilities that we must protect -- higher education is one of them. My proposed two-year budget holds higher education harmless and includes targeted funding important to our state's economic growth. I have challenged education leaders to focus their schools on improving student results. It is important we keep state funding level."
The Governor is tentatively scheduled to visit the following campuses:
April 22nd - Wichita State University
Butler Community College
April 23rd -- Washburn University/Washburn Institute of Technology
April 24th -- Pittsburg State University
April 25th -- University of Kansas School of Medicine
Kansas City Kansas Community College
April 26th -- Emporia State University
May 6th -- Kansas State University
Governor Brownback also emphasized the importance of continuing the momentum the state has gained in his goals to increase the number of high school students who are career and college ready through the Career and Technical Education program (CTE) launched this school year.
"For Kansas to compete in the marketplace and help businesses meet their workforce needs, we established a way students could immediately have a marketable skill to begin their career or to get a job that will help pay their way through college. Cutting funding for the community and technical colleges that support the CTE program would hinder students from obtaining industry-recognized credentials by the time they graduate from high school and diminish the workforce pool for businesses," Brownback said.
Details of these and other campus visits will be released as soon as they are finalized.
Source: http://governor.ks.gov/media-room/media-releases/2013/04/15/governor-to-emphasize-higher-ed-funding-during-campus-tours


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Who Satto Was.Though Satto was not a climber, he easily could have been. He had the talent of multiple people all stuffed into a single individual. It has been three years since we spent quality time playing music and hanging out together, as I graduated high school a few years ahead of him. But even when I was a senior and he a sophomore, anyone could easily see what kind of off-the-charts talent Satto possessed. He was a talented cellist, versed in classical and jazz music (he was selected to play in a recent concert at Carnegie Hall); he was a science wiz, seeing as he did research in labs while he was still in high school; he was a student athlete on the lacrosse team. All of these things sit on top of the fact that he was one of the most gentle, humble people I ever knew: always quick to give anyone a friendly greeting. He was also the sleepiest; his brilliance led him to work himself until exhaustion, oftentimes to the point at which he would nearly keel over and off his chair in the middle of orchestra rehearsals. Ultimately, what I want to say here is that, with all of this talent he possessed, he could have easily woken up one morning and decided to learn to climb. Chances are, he would have the core stuff done in a few weeks. No joke.
So even though we fell out of touch recently, it did not diminish the impact of Satto's far premature death; he was found dead in his dorm room at MIT in late October. I could not (and still cannot) fathom why he decided to give up all that he had in this world, and I knew I could not focus in the urban jungle of DC. I was also aware that, unfortunately, I could not get back to New England for his memorial service. Therefore. I resolved I would make a tribute to him the best I could: climbing a little higher—a little closer to that place where he is watching over all of his family and friends. Satto, I write for you, my friend.
Weather Woes and Getting to SenecaI normally go to school in Upstate New York, which at this time of year is quickly transforming into a frozen wasteland that will not thaw until sometime in early May. When I decided to study in DC for a semester, I thought, "Well, now that I'm technically in the South, maybe the climbing weather will stick around for an extra month or so." Much to my chagrin—and I am sure many other people up and down the East Coast—"Snowtober" arrived and dumped snow from Virginia all the way up to New Hampshire and Maine. My family in Massachusetts called and told me some parts of the state were slated to get up to a foot of wet, heavy snow. I am very much into the alpine climbing atmosphere, but there is certainly a fine line between a long day trip for great challenges and a long day trip that ends with suffering, unhappiness, cold, and misery.
My climbing partner, Carlene, and I were really anxious to go climbing all week, but we both started waffling once we saw the weather reports. We knew that Seneca was further inland and would therefore see more snow than the coast-adjacent DC. For a while, we thought about the idea of just gym climbing, and Carlene was the first to cave to the idea. She called Seneca Rocks Climbing School to check conditions. One of the guides said the East Face of the South Peak would be preferable, though we were throwing around ideas of some of the classic West Face routes like Green Wall, Tomato, and Pleasant Overhangs.
Going through West Virginia did not buoy our spirits: a thick layer of snow was on the ground, heavy fog blanketed the valleys around and within the Allegheny Mountains, and the ridgelines were blasted with snow, frozen into points on the tree branches from the high winds that swept through during the previous night. At one point, the fog thickened and turned an eerie shade of blue (the photo we have of it will give you an idea, but will not do it justice, ha.).
The Fun BeginsThe first pitch of Green Wall is fairly short. It runs straight up a hand crack with some decent face holds if you look hard enough. The route itself is rated 5.7, but from what I have been told, ratings at Seneca are much like the Gunks: wonderfully (and by "wonderfully," I mean annoyingly) sandbagged; for dedicated West Coast climbers, I think it might convert to a 5.8. I started up the crack, which was slightly flared at the bottom and realized the challenge that lay ahead of me: the rock was incredibly cold.
Carlene came up the first pitch at a good pace, pausing occasionally to take a picture or two of the wonderful landscape.
Following the rappels down the mountain (and some epically sized slipknots in the rappel ropes), Carlene launched into her lead. Ecstasy Jr. is also another one of those classic Seneca climbs that is "wonderfully sandbagged."
Concluding Thoughts and MusingsOn a topical level, it may seem odd to alpine climb in the name of a guy who never really participated in the sport much. However, like I said before, if someone gave Satto the idea to climb, he would most likely do it. More importantly, he would take genuine interest in it whether he was doing it himself or listening to someone tell him how fun it is. He had such a great quality of character. I just wanted to do something for a friend who had been nothing but kind to me in the time we knew each other. Even when we fell out of touch, I still feel that our friendship was something that I would always keep around with me, and I know he touched so many other of his peers in the same way, too.
Peace, Satto. Happy (belated) Birthday. May you find in the next world what you could not find here.


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The hype behind the legalization of online poker in the U.S. continues as many companies stand at the ready in hopes of entering the U.S. market. I've been one that has said since April 15th that legalization is a lot farther off than anyone is anticipating. Here are five things that I think you will see before online poker is legal throughout the United States.
5. Full Tilt Completes Sale and Pays U.S. Players
While I am not convinced that Full Tilt Poker will be able to pull off the sale before September 15th, I do think that at some point they will pull off the sale and pay back U.S. players. Six months was the timeframe I gave U.S. sites to pay back players. Pokerstars surprised everyone with the speed they repaid us. Full Tilt is still on track to pull that off, but they need to get things rolling soon.
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The World Series of Poker continues to grow each year and is actually beginning to run out of space it seems at the Rio. Granted, part of that is due to expanded offerings like deep stack daily events, but space is again becoming limited on certain days. As many of you know, there have been rumors of the Rio being sold in the past, and we may see that happen. Even if it does not, I would no be surprised to see the Rio in new digs before online poker is legal in the U.S.
3. New Jersey Will Legalize Intrastate Online Gaming
New Jersey state Senator Raymond Lesniak is reintroducing his intrastate online gaming bill into the Senate on Thursday. This bill was vetoed earlier in the year by N.J. Govenor Chris Christie, but Christie did leave the door open for the legislation if the bill was tweaked or even submitted to the citizens of the state for a referendum vote.
As such, I think that we will see either some type of tweaked bill pushed through that will address Christie's concerns or maybe even that referendum vote held. The legislature wants online gaming, so now all they have to do is find a compromise that the governor is happy with.
2. Epic Poker League Will Either Be The Hottest League in Poker or Extinct
The Epic Poker League is in it's first season and they will complete their first season. If the league will continue past that is anyone's guess. However, I do not see the league choosing to continue if it is in massive debt without any chance of recouping their losses in a reasonable amount of time. The league will either take off or it will fold up, one or the other. They will not turn out like other leagues that are struggling or reorganizing to stay afloat. I think the people running the league are too smart for that.
With that said, if the league makes it past year one, I expect we will have multiple league champions crowned before online poker is legal in the U.S.
1. The 2012 and Maybe the 2013 WSOP Main Event Champion Crowned
Online poker will not be legalized in the U.S. in 2011. Regardless of the hype, there just hasn't been enough progress toward legalization to get it done this year in my opinion. Next year, the bill has a chance of passing, but we will also be in an election year. My opinion on the chances of it passing next year are no better than 40%. Even if it passes, it would be 2013 at earliest before we see the first legal sites accepting players in all likelyhood.
I still think that 2013 is the earliest we will see online poker legislation. The election will be out of the way and the next President will be looking for ways to boost job growth and the economy. Yes, I said new President. I do not see President Obama having any chance of a second term. I also believe that his losing the election will be the best outcome for online poker legislation due to the struggling economy and the need to grow jobs.
I realize that many of you do not like my predictions regarding when online poker will be legalized, but I am a man of fact and reality and not one of hype. I see online poker getting legalized somewhere during 2013 or maybe 2014, and not anytime sooner. Would I like to be proven wrong? Certainly. However, I won't hold my breath for Congress to act any faster than normal.
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Sunshiner of the Year
duke dynamite
Lord Helmet
Will Galen
I'll give it to DD. He doesn't drink the kool-aid he bongs it.
aww hell idk
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i'll go with New Guy
awhh I'm on there
I`m happy just to be nominated for something.
thanks, Mal!
Some people want it to happen, some
wish it would happen, & others make it happen.
..Michael Jordan.
Pressure is something you feel when
you don't know what the hell you're
..Peyton Manning.
Thank the voters; they are the ones who pick the nominees.
Some people want it to happen, some
wish it would happen, & others make it happen.
..Michael Jordan.
Pressure is something you feel when
you don't know what the hell you're
..Peyton Manning.
OnlyPacersLeft is the Kool-Aid man himself.
IndyGeezer (giggle,giggle,snort)
You guys voting for him obviously haven't read one of his rants in a game thread when things are going badly...
This one is too hard.. So I just stuck to a fellow counter.. DD
I had to go with Mal on this one, before the year even started he swore to me he'd make the best of this year regardless of what happens, and I think he did. He even got season tickets this year.
But thanks to whoever nominated me, I tried to be positive as much as I could this year, even though it was hard sometimes.
Super Bowl XLI Champions
2000 Eastern Conference Champions
Wow, I didn't even realize I'd been nominated.
I'm a little confused that people would think I'm a sunshiner, considering how few games I thought we'd win.
But I'm honored, I guess.
This space for rent.
I really like DD's attitude, but I have to go with Mal.
He truly puts a pragmatic positive spin on many topics.
Debating with Mal got me the darksider nom I think, that's just how sunshiner he is. Look at his preseason predictions for example. All year I've tried to convince him that he had unreasonable faith in the team and he only somewhat let up down the stretch when the final results became inevitable.
Of the positive people he's the top, for better and worse.
Much like you darksiders, I consider myself a realist. What puts me on the side of the light and you in shadows, sir, is how we approach the reality that we see in front of us.
Shocked I was nominated for this and even more shocked that I am getting some votes.
It's hard for me to pick a more worthy sunshiner than OnlyPacersLeft.
Mal wanted to be a sunshiner but reality came crashing down leaving him worn out and worn down far too soon.
UncleBuck??? UB's no sunshiner. He may stick with the team through thick and thin but he's not able to overlook problems to find the sunshine in any situation.
Anthem? He might end up the last JO supporter in the world but I don't see him needing shades any time soon.
Duke? Interesting choice but Duke seems more "up with life" and generally cheerful... but he has only shown glimpses of being true Sunshiner when it comes to the team.
Pacergirl needs to post more for consideration.
Indianapolis_girly is another that just doesn't seem to be able to find the sunshine just around every cloud enough and also try and point it out to others to the degree that would get my vote.
Soup and Will Galen don't cut it either. Will might prefer happy talk from the local press but he's accepted his share of reality... and Soup hasn't carried the sunshine flag proudly enough for my vote either.
OnlyPacersLeft was right there everyday explaining our playoff chances and finding scenarios until the end that would've had the team in the playoffs. I don't recall OPL ever arguing with anyone over his positions regardless of any ridicule that might've been directed his way as he cheered and rooted for the team and refused to 'not believe' until the magic number was exhausted.
He didn't sit quietly with his fingers crossed. He valiantly posted his hopes and predictions for the team. Every game wasn't another opportunity to move up in the draft order for him, it was an opportunity to see the Pacers begin the win streak that would carry them into the playoffs.
And he wasn't predicting a playoff flameout either. He had high hopes of knocking out whichever team it would be that we'd face.
OnlyPacersLeft gets my vote as Sunshiner of the Year.
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Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Likewise for myself as well.
I am always in the game threads and not only that but being a blind optimist year after year.
Thanks for the nominations and the votes!
What the Heck??????????????
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
Being the Sunshiner of the Year following a losing team in the East isn't just being optimistic, it's being delusional IMO.
If a banned poster isn't eligible for an award should a poster who changed his name in the middle of the voting still be eligible?
I'm just sayin'...
seriously... who's the one that kept rooting on our playoff chances when they were clearly grim? OPL takes this one, imo.
I wouldn't say The joker is a sunshiner, at least in the movie he's not, or at least he doesn't appear to be......
"Why so serious?"
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Apart from the knight pieces, these are some other unlockable clothing that are available in the safe-house closet after completing certain requirements.
|How to Unlock
|Champion's Jacket
|Win a TIR episode (be the overall top player by the end)
|Kill 10 psychopaths
|Dealer Outfit
|Change into all pieces of clothing in the game
|Hockey Mask
|Use every melee weapon on zombies
|Tattered Clothes
|Kill 1,000 zombies using hand to hand
|TIR Helmet
|Earn $1,000,000 in TIR Online
|TIR Outfit
|Earn $5,000,000 in TIR Online
|Willemette Mall Costume
|Rescue 50 survivors
When all 4 pieces are equipped Chuck's health is doubled, however if his health falls below 50% the armour will shatter leaving Chuck in his underwear and his health restored to normal.
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|Found at the back of the hairdresser's shop "Wave of Style" located in Royal Flush Plaza
|Knight's Armour
|Finish the game obtaining the S ending
|Knight's Boots
|Buy for $2 million from the pawnshop "Moe's Migitations" located on the Platinum Strip
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At the plate with nobody on and one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, with Toronto trailing Tampa Bay 4-3, Lawrie worked the count to 3-1. Then, home plate umpire Bill Miller clearly gipped him of a walk, calling a Fernando Rodney fastball that crossed the plate at least four inches outside a strike. The payoff pitch was a changeup that threatened the upper fringe of the zone but stayed an inch or so too high. Miller rang Lawrie up, and—moments later—the young third baseman seemed ready to ring the ump's bell.
December 12, 2011 9:00 am
Javier Lopez, Brad Lidge, and Henry Rodriguez all have unusual offerings you should be aware of.
When writers make lists of the best pitches in baseball, the list usually goes something like this:
1. (Go-to pitch of best pitcher in baseball)
August 22, 2011 11:45 am
An analysis of Williams' start with the Angels and a brief comparison to 2007.
Prior to last week, Jerome Williams last played in the major leagues in 2007. He suffered a rotator cuff injury that April and finished with a 7.20 ERA in six starts before being demoted by the Washington Nationals. Since then, he has pitched for minor league affiliates of the Nationals, Twins, Dodgers, and Athletics. He spent the 2010 season with the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan, and he started the 2011 season with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the independent Atlantic League. On June 16, the Angels signed him to a minor league contract and assigned him to the Salt Lake Bees. Last week, the Angels recalled him to the major leagues.
July 12, 2011 9:00 am
Evaluating each pitcher who appeared in the Futures Game and identifying the most similar current major-league pitchers and pitches with the aid of PITCHf/x.
Sample size or apple pies? You can choose only one. Apple pies—that's what I thought. A quick glimpse of a prospect might not tell us all we need to know, but it's still plenty tempting to draw possibly premature conclusions. With that in mind, I decided to watch the Futures Game for the second straight year and make snap judgments on every single pitcher, even though none of them threw more than a couple dozen pitches. Last year, my main takeaway was that Zach Britton was the man. He still is. This year, I came to the conclusion that the only way to top a Bernie Williams rendition of the national anthem is to catch a Sal Fasano first-base coach sighting.
The following table lists every pitcher who appeared in the game, in order of appearance. I'll tackle them one by one, offering comps to current major leaguers where applicable, as well as links to videos of similar pitches.
December 9, 2010 9:00 am
What are some of the distinguishing characters of one of baseball's most unknown pitches?
Forkball pitchers are a rare breed, perhaps even rarer than the elusive knuckleballer.
October 26, 2010 8:00 am
A closer look at what the various pitch types mean and how to approach pitch classification.
Several of the leading pitchers in this year's postseason make their living with a cut fastball, most notably Roy Halladay and Mariano Rivera. The list of playoff pitchers who have the cutter as an important pitch in their arsenal, though, is long. It includes Cliff Lee, C.J. Wilson, and Tommy Hunter on the Rangers; Andy Pettitte and Phil Hughes on the Yankees; and Cole Hamels on the Phillies.
October 5, 2009 2:39 pm
Changing speeds can depends as much upon where you throw as how hard you're throwing.
The velocity recorded by the radar gun and what the batter perceives do not always match. As discussed previously, several factors can cause a pitch to appear faster or slower to hitters. One such factor is the flight time from the point of release to when the ball crosses home plate relative to the flight time the PITCHf/x system projects at 55 feet away. Pitches released any closer than this predetermined distance result in a higher perceived velocity with the inverse true of pitches let go from distances greater than the default. During our initial look it was observed that a few pitchers generated perceived velocities dissimilar to their recorded velocity, a proof of concept that was much more important than the velocity discrepancies themselves. Johnny Cueto, for example, averaged 92.9 mph with a perceived 90.8 mph, while Ian Snell found himself perceived to throw just 87.6 mph in spite of the reported 91.7 mph. But where Snell threw these pitches must also enter the equation, since the location of a pitch works in conjunction to the flight time to add or subtract perceived miles per hour.
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May 17, 2009 10:11 am
The Orioles Hall of Famer discusses his contemporaries, solo home runs, commanding the strike zone, and... solo home runs,
A lot of great pitchers have worn an Orioles uniform over the years, but none have been better than Jim Palmer. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1990, Palmer won 268 games over 19 seasons, winning 20 games or more eight times and twice leading the American League in ERA. Signed by Baltimore as an amateur free agent in 1963, Palmer made his big-league debut in 1965 and went on to play his entire career with the Orioles, pitching 3,948 innings and earning three World Series rings. In Game Two of the 1966 Fall Classic, Palmer became the youngest pitcher to throw a World Series shutout when he defeated Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers 2-0 at the age of 20. The winningest pitcher in team history, Palmer is currently an analyst for Orioles TV.
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February 6, 2009 12:41 pm
A conversation with that rarest of cats in the minor leagues, the inked Wildcat from Northwestern.
Chris Hayes has emerged from the humblest of baseball backgrounds to the doorstep of the major leagues. A walk-on at Northwestern University, Hayes worked his way up to the team's closer his senior year. Following graduation he spent a year in the independent leagues before signing with the Kansas City Royals as an undrafted free agent in 2006.
October 29, 2008 12:43 pm
Sitting down with the former big-league workhorse and current Low-A pitching coach in the Padres organization.
Tom Bradley played in an era where the workload of a starting pitcher is far different than it is today. Now 61 years old, Bradley pitched from 1969-1975, a time where four-man rotations were the norm, pitchers like Mickey Lolich and Wilbur Wood were throwing upwards of 350 innings a season, and pitch counts had yet to be invented. The right-hander went 55-61 over seven big-league seasons with the Angels, White Sox, and Giants, his best years coming in Chicago where he won 15 games in both 1971 and '72. A hard thrower, Bradley finished in the top 10 in strikeouts in the American League each year. Formerly the head baseball coach at Jacksonville University (1979-1990) and the University of Maryland (1991-2000), Bradley currently serves as the pitching coach for the Fort Wayne Wizards, the Padres' affiliate in the Midwest League.
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October 22, 2008 1:20 pm
The Phillies' closer has been to the big dance before, but will he play the hero this time around?
In a career filled with ups and downs, Brad Lidge is currently on a high note. His team is in the World Series, of course, but that's partially in thanks to his performance as the team's closer this year. This was a season in which he led the majors in WXRL and went a perfect 41-for-41 in save opportunities. This was somewhat of a surprise, given that just last year Lidge had lost the closer's job in Houston thanks to eight blown saves and just 19 successful conversions. In light of that recent failure, which Lidge is the real one, and how did he get to the point he is at now?
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June 9, 2008 12:00 am
How do starters who throw particularly high pitch-count initial innings perform subsequently?
Delivering to the dish with a 2-2 count, Wandy Rodriguez hit the outside corner with a 91 mph fastball with which Edgar Renteria could do nothing but whiff. This heater happened to be the 55th pitch that Rodriguez threw in the inning on August 1, 2007. While the pitch brought the inning to a close, it simultaneously placed Rodriguez atop a list of the pitchers who had thrown the most pitches in a single inning. Compiled by Retrosheet's David Smith and posted on the Inside the Book blog, the list is composed of the pitchers with the most pitches thrown in an inning from 2004-2007.
I decided to examine the Pitch F/X for Wandy's game. Analyzing the velocity and movement of Rodriguez's fastball, I was surprised to find that his fastball sustained its velocity and "bite" as he went deeper into the inning. However, during the rest of the game things changed a bit. In the second inning, his velocity lost three miles per hour, but his movement increased. It has been theorized before that some pitchers may throw with more movement when they tire due to a dropping of their arm angle; perhaps this happened here, as Wandy lost velocity but threw with more movement.
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All "public records" are available for public inspection and copying. A "public record" is any record that is "kept by any public office." Ohio Rev. Code § 149.43(A),(B). A "record" is "any document, device, or item . . . which serves to document the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities of the office." Ohio Rev. Code § 149.011(G).
The statute used to define "public record" as those records required by law to be kept by a public office, but the Ohio General Assembly amended the statute to delete that language. The statute now defines "public record" as simply "records kept by any public office," which broadens the scope of what kinds of records qualify as public records.
Notwithstanding that legislative amendment, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a variety of recorded information kept by a public office fails to qualify as a "record" under Ohio Rev. Code § 149.011 (G), and therefore cannot be a "public record." The court ruled that unsolicited letters received and read by a judge in which the authors advocated leniency in the sentencing of a convicted rapist did not count as "records" because the judge testified that she did not base her subsequent sentencing decision on anything in the letters. State ex rel. Beacon Journal Publishing Co. v. Whitmore, 83 Ohio St. 3d 61 (1998). See also State ex rel. Sensel v. Leone, 85 Ohio St. 3d 152, 707 N.E.2d 496 (1999) (reinstating trial court's judgment that unsolicited letters from parents received and read by public school superintendent and high school principal, which criticized and praised controversial high school basketball coach, were not "records" and could be thrown away at the sole discretion of the public school officials).
A city employee's personal handwritten notes were not "records" because they were taken for his own convenience, were not kept as part of the city's official records, and no other city officials had access to or used the notes. State ex rel. Cranford v. Cleveland, 103 Ohio St. 3d 196, 814 N.E.2d 1218 (2004).
Jury questionnaire questions are "records," but the responses are not "records" because the court does not use the answers "in rendering its decision, but rather collect[s] the questionnaires for the benefit of litigants." State ex rel. Beacon Journal Publ'g Co. v. Bond, 98 Ohio St. 3d 146, 781 N.E.2d 180 (2002) (ordering disclosure of the questionnaire responses, juror names, and juror addresses on constitutional grounds).
State employee home addresses are not "records" because they do not "document the organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities" of the state agencies and are kept by the state only as an administrative convenience. State ex rel. Dispatch Printing Co. v. Johnson, 106 Ohio St. 3d 160, 833 N.E.2d 274 (2005).
The court also ruled that a roster of names and addresses of minors who signed up for a municipal recreation department's voluntary identification-badge program was not a "record." State ex rel. McCleary v. Roberts, 88 Ohio St. 3d 365, 725 N.E.2d 1144 (2000). But see State ex rel. O'Shea & Assocs. Co., L.P.A. v. Cuyahoga Metro. Hous. Auth., 190 Ohio App.3d 218, 941 n.E.2d 807 (questionnaires and releases which identify children suspected of having been exposed to lead are public records, as they "do not contain the comprehensive personal, family, and medical information described in the records at issues in McCleary.")
Internal e-mails generated by county employees on county time using county computer systems, which allegedly contained racist epithets, did not qualify as "records" because the e-mails did not document the activities of that county agency. State ex rel. Wilson-Simmons v. Lake County Sheriff's Dept., 82 Ohio St. 3d 37, 693, N.E.2d 789 (1998).
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if in pattaya, what is the approximate cheapest price for parasailing and which beach in pattaya has the best parasailing?
City: Bangkok
Province: Krung Thep
Country: Thailand
They are all the same price! Depends if you want to parasail from the beach - then that happens at Jomtien or if you want to go out and do it from a flat bottomed boat then from Pattaya Beach
The price is around 400-1,000 baht depends on how long you like to take like 30 minutes - 1 hour. It sails around Pattaya beach to Jomtien beach or upto Koh Lan Island if you like.
Well, I haven't done it myself. I like to keep both feet (or wheels) on the ground.
But what do you consider best? Longest in the air? Highest in the air? Best materials? Cheapest price? I think all the guys that offer these trips are quit similar.
But what do you consider best? Longest in the air? Highest in the air? Best materials? Cheapest price? I think all the guys that offer these trips are quit similar.
Well my personal latest experiences in Pattaya (platform) and Koh Lan (island) with parasailing cost 400 Baht for one tour of 5 min. And you bet, there are much more
expensive/rip offs. Have fun.
expensive/rip offs. Have fun.
Two weeks ago we paid 800TB for 10 min in Rayong...
This activity will cost you around 500 to 600 baht per person. The beach location is not really a concern as the parasailing takes place in the middle of the sea. The tour operator will take you to a big barge in the middle of the ocean where you take off to parasail.There is also a photographer on board who will gladly take your photo in flight, charging around 100 to 200 baht per picture.
I am not sure about the price but there is plenty of para-sailing available just off Pattaya beach.
Depends on how well you can bargin, but normally about 1000.00 Baht for 30 minutes.
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When it comes to groups that fight poverty, the Internal Revenue Service doesn't immediately come to mind. But the CEO of Alameda County's First 5 program, which funds efforts to support families with young children, says the IRS provides an overlooked service to low-income families, boosting their incomes substantially with a tax credit.
"The earned income tax credit is arguably the largest and most important anti-poverty program in our nation," CEO Mark Friedman said Friday during a press conference at a free tax preparation site in West Oakland. Funded partially by an IRS grant, the Mandela Gateway site prepares taxes and lets people know they are eligible for the credit.
The credit allows low-income families and individuals to keep more of their earnings; in 2011, the credit can be worth up to $5,751 in saved earnings, and the amount varies based on how many dependent children a person has. Sometimes the credit results in a sizable tax refund. Low-income taxpayers who don't know they qualify can end up losing rent and grocery money to the IRS.
The credit can raise a family's income significantly, according to Julia Garcia, who is the acting director of the IRS's Customer Assistance, Relations, and Education program. She said Californians received an average of $2,100 in the 2009 tax year. This year, the maximum income to qualify for the credit went up over $49,000 per household from about $48,300 in the 2009 tax year. It's Garcia's mission to let as many people know about the tax credit as possible.
"We have to tell them," Garcia said at Friday's press conference. "Our challenge now is to find those one out of five workers who qualify," but don't know about it.
Low-income Oaklanders have quite a few options for free tax help. The United Way of the Bay Area, a recipient of the IRS's grant, has free tax prep sites throughout Alameda County, and in the 2009 tax year, their Earn it! Keep it! Save it! program processed 15,937 tax returns. United Way reported that Alameda County residents received over $5.8 million in earned income tax credits, and over $17.7 million in total tax refunds.
United Way helps fund the site on Mandela Parkway where officials spoke on Friday, in a space provided and staffed by the People's Federal Credit Union. Valerie Allums, an advisory board member for the credit union, has helped taxpayers prepare their returns since the site came to the Mandela Gateway housing project in 2005. "People are still afraid of the IRS," Allums said.
And they might have good reason: Allums said peoples' biggest concern is unpaid back taxes. "They come out of reaction, when the IRS is garnishing their wages," Allums says.
Allums herself qualifies for the tax credit; the former social services worker said she was laid off in 2009 and underemployed in 2010. Allums counts herself lucky for knowing the system. While she was growing up in Richmond, her father, a tax preparer, disciplined Allums and her brother by making them prepare tax returns. Not everyone has a family background in tax prep, and Allums said she wants to help as many eligible people as possible.
Friedman, CEO of First 5, says children are important beneficiaries of the earned income tax credit. Many Alameda County families with children ages five and under face economic hardship, he said, and a boost to their incomes benefits young children. Friedman said First 5 serves approximately 14,000 children in Alameda County, so the potential benefit of publicizing the tax credit could be great. "We're trying to spread the word to everyone," Friedman said.
Adults benefit from the credit too. Malika Alim, a member of the People's Federal Credit Union, first accessed free tax prep in 2008. She said she wasn't surprised to receive the earned income tax credit, and she was happy not to have to relinquish part of her refund to pay for tax preparation.
The credit union encourages taxpayers who receive help with their returns to deposit their refund in a savings account. Alim joined the credit union around the time she started using their tax service, and since then she has improved her credit rating and qualified for a car loan, something she hadn't thought could happen. The '98 Land Rover she drives today is the first vehicle Alim has bought with a loan.
"I put together a solid plan," Alim said.
Sika Amados, who works with the national organization that runs the credit union, says the goal is to encourage people to start rebuilding their finances. Said Amados, "We say, 'It doesn't matter what's in the past. Come to us.'"
Alameda County Residents can call 211 or visit earnitkeepitsaveit.org to find the nearest free tax assistance program. The People's Federal Credit Union tax assistance site, located at 1350 Seventh Street in Oakland, will provide assistance Wednesdays and Thursday evenings from 5:30 to 8:30 pm, Fridays from 12:30 to 5:00 pm and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm.


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|Warning Stainless-steel bolts are suspect near the coast. A rebolting effort is underway. MORE INFO >>>
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By Charlie Perry
Dec 30, 2006
|This is a great adventure and a great place to climb. However check out the routes first. A bolt has a short life expectancy, and you could be climbing on what looks like a perfectly good bolted route where the bolts' holding power amounts to a small RP. There is a local climbing shop were you can rent gear and get beta on routes. Don't think that in such a remote place you will be alone. When we were there the place was packed with Europeans and we stayed in Ao Nang. If you are planning on going, email me and I will provide as much beta as possible (i.e. where we made mistakes and where we discovered some real fun.)
By Clay Allred
From: Moab UT
Feb 19, 2009
|Get Wee's book when you get there, no offense to Sam, but its more up to date and is still only like 10 bucks when you get there. And don't miss Wee's deep water solo trip either, it's incredible, so sick.
By Matt Pickren
Nov 12, 2010
No offense to Clay for his comment or Wee for his book, I'm sure its great, BUT...
Buy Sam's book. Even if its in addition to Wee's BUY IT. Railey needs ALOT of new bolts and 100% of the proceeds of the book goes into new bolting. And from what I've seen, Sam is NO slacker, he spends damn near all of his vacation rebolting many, many climbs so we can all have a safe vacation.
By Frances Fierst
Dec 17, 2011
I can personally recommend Ao Nang Climber guide service. They are located in Ao Nang, 150 meters up the road from McDonalds.
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By ashleyandre
Mar 7, 2014
Water refill spots in Tonsai! Cheap and less waste.
I've been going between Krabi Town (where I'm living) and Tonsai on the weekends. In doing so I have figured out a few things to lessen waste build up here, especially those damn water bottles!
1) Bring some tupperware. You can buy it anywhere. There are a million plastic shops in SE Asia.
2) Simply put, reuse the plastic bag. No big deal. How many times do you need a plastic bag in a plastic bag, in another plastic bag?
3) Most importantly, refill your water! You can refill your water bottles at three places in Tonsai.
A) Saithong Resort. Top of the jungle trail on the Tonsai side is a bungalow/camping place (a truck with plants in the back parked in front). They sell the LARGE, 5 gallons, bottles. You will use it all so you may as well buy it. To purchase a bottle it's about 100 Baht. Plus 60 Baht for the water inside. Every time you need more water just bring your empty one and they will swap it out for a filled one, 60 Baht every time. Catching them in the evening is better. Around 5-6pm. Much cheaper and environmentally healthy this way.
B) Backyard Cafe.The hippie spot on the left at the bottom of the jungle trail that connects Raillay and Tonsai. It's a nice breakfast/chill spot and they will refill any of your smaller jugs. It ranges from 10-50 Baht.
C)Jungle Hut Laundry Across from Mountain View Resort
One Place to refill water, eat delicious (semi-organic no MSG) Indian food and they have yoga in the mornings is Utopia. You go by it if walking towards Diamond Wall (Highland Coffee). Say "hi!" to Georgia for me. She is the owner. This is also a great place to watch Dusky Langurs eat Mangos and play in the trees.
In conclusion, cheaper water + less bottle waste = happier Tonsai community!
By Eric Thomas
From: Colorado
Dec 12, 2014
|I'm going to put a recommendation for anyone who likes cooking and is keen to expand their knowledge to give Ya's Cooking School a try. Expensive for the dirt bag budget, but it makes up for it in a quality class. Great off day from climbing.
By kraefish
Jan 23, 2016
I'll be visiting Krabi/Tonsai/Railey area in middle of February, and was wondering if folks have a recommendation for the best places to stay. I'm not looking for a resorty spot, something low key, with character, and walkable. Do you recommend booking a place ahead of time? Just finding something when we get there? Usually I go the latter route, but I just booked a spot for the night I get in to Bangkok, and a lot of the cheap, decent looking hostels were already full! It made me second guess just figuring it out when I get there... Let me know what people would suggest/what's worked in the past, and any places in particular you'd recommend looking into!
By Nate Ball
From: Portland, OR
Jan 26, 2016
|Saithong Resort, top of the hill.
By Gordon Larsen
From: St. George, Utah
Feb 8, 2016
|I just got back from climbing in Railay. This was my fourth visit (since 2009) to the area to climb and enjoy the beaches and do a little scuba diving. The climbing is still fantastic and every year there are more titanium rebolted routes which is nice. I however, did notice a lot more visitors to the beaches in general. Not so much an increase in climbers, but a definite increase in overall numbers of tourists and families. This was a little disappointing as I found the paths and walkways and beaches rather crowded during the daylight hours between 10 am and 4 pm. I still think it is a worthy destination for a climbing trip. Just know that it has been "discovered" and is a lot more busy. Great climbing destination for couples.
By Ryan-G Gittins
From: San Diego
Mar 12, 2016
|Any additional recommendations on where to stay? It sounds like the West Railey beach is nicer? We'll be bringing our 2 year old daughter along so easy beach access would be great as would low key...not super resort or lots of partying travelers.
By sam123456789
Apr 14, 2016
|Hey there, just an observation from our months there. In addition to being respectful and kind visitors to the local community, consider respectfully declining wasteful styrofoam and making it clear that animal cruelty is not something tourists support. We saw locals mistreating wild birds and torturing reptiles with their cats. Tourists = money and money talks. We were able to make it clear this was unacceptable in a respectful way (that adjacent shop owners applauded us for!). Just a reminder, you don't have to always be smiling when something f@#$ed up is going on!
By mikehilbert
From: Tucson, AZ
Nov 28, 2016
Here's my trip report from my second trip here in as many years. Hit me up if you want any additional beta on the cheapest places to stay, rent gear, and eat here. Enjoy the read...
By Krystle Simon
Feb 19, 2017
|Will anyone be in the area from February 21-25? Looking for climbing partners! I have rope and quickdraws, can climb 10.5-11a outdoors.


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When first-team All-Big Ten linebacker Navorro Bowman took himself out of the Penn State opener on Saturday with an injury to his right groin, redshirt sophomore Nate Stupar stepped in.
In his story, Patriot-News Penn State beat writer describes Stupar's day-- "Between his linebacker role and special teams duty, Stupar finished with a team-high eight solo tackles and assisted on four others. He also had a sack.
His biggest stop came early in the third quarter, with Akron, down 31-0, facing fourth and goal from the PSU 2 after a 10-play, 56-yard drive.
Zips quarterback Chris Jacquemain kept the ball after a play-fake but Stupar wrapped him up at the 1."
Listen to Stupar describe the play in his own words.