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Paceman Luke Butterworth set Tasmania on course for victory against strugglers South Australia on Thursday's third day of the Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide Oval.
Forced to follow-on, the Redbacks were 6-103 in their second innings at stumps, still 76 runs behind the Tigers.
SA's batting mainstays Phil Hughes (37), Callum Ferguson (22) and Tom Cooper (14) were all dismissed – the latter two falling caught behind to rash slashes outside off stump.
Tigers paceman Jackson Bird (2-29) did the early damage while Butterworth (2-18), who took six first innings wickets, claimed the prized scalp of Hughes in SA's second dig.
Butterworth later added SA captain Johan Botha to his collection of eight victims for the match.
The Redbacks' winless Shield streak appears certain to extend to 18 matches, as the Tigers eye their first outright triumph this season following a draw against NSW last week.
Earlier, Tasmania enacted the follow on after bowling SA out for 224 in their first innings.
Butterworth's career best first-class figures of 6-49 were supported by two wickets each to James Faulkner and spinner Jason Krejza.
Career high scores from wicketkeeper Tim Ludeman (85) and tailender Chadd Sayers (38 not out) couldn't save the Redbacks from the follow-on.
Ludeman and Sayers put on 107 for the ninth wicket – a Shield record for SA against Tasmania, and the highest partnership of the innings.
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Tiger on the loose at Atunyote
Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:48:36 GMT —
A great day for Central New York sports fans as a Tiger was on the loose on the Atunyote greens and fairways. Tiger Woods was golfing at Turning Stone's top course as part of the Notah Begay III Challenge.
There's no official attendance provided for the event but about 4,000 people are on the course watching the action. There was a light media gathering as well as Tiger spoke with reporters as the event got underway.
Tiger talked about being at the charity challenge supporting his best friend Notah Begay. He talked about golf, and how he still plans on breaking Jack Nicklaus' record for major championships won. Woods also defended the decision to put him on the President's Cup team, an important tournament featuring American born players taking on challengers from Europe.
The star golfer also talked about being at a good place in his life after all he's been through since his last appearance in Central New York back in 2009.
Woods signed autographs and talked with some of the fans that gathered at Atunyote this morning as well.
As for the event itself, Cristie Kerr and Hunter Mahan combined for an 11-under 61 to win the Notah Begay Challenge by one shot over Annika Sorenstam and Rickie Fowler.
Tiger Woods and Suzann Pettersen were another shot behind in third, and Natalie Gulbis and Begay were fourth in the best-ball challenge for charity Wednesday.
Woods made birdie at the opening hole and rallied with another at the 18th at the Atunyote Golf Club course. After hitting his drive at the final hole some 65 yards left of the fairway into the rough, he chipped on the green and sank a 15-foot putt.
Money from this charity event goes to the Notah Begay Foundation will helps Native American youth stay healthy and fight diseases like diabetes. The foundation's website says two out of every five Native American five-year-olds is overweight.
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Who cares about Kim Kardashian? E! does
As if The Simple Life starring that jailbird mom Nicole Richie and our fave Juice* blacklister wasn't horrible enough, E! has decided to cash in a show following Kelly Osbourne and Kimberly Stewart in favor of ... Kim Kardashian?
The New York Daily News' Gatecrasher quotes InTouch Weekly's source as saying "the network just wasn't into Kelly and Kimberly's show," and for some reason thinks that a family-based reality gig about Kardashian is a goldmine.
Also on the show would be her four sister, her mother Kris and her stepfather Bruce Jenner (father of Brody). But really, who wants to watch the daughter of O.J. Simpson's lawyer spend money, whine and fail at selling her yawner of a sex tape?
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Jason's Thoughts: TNA Impact Wrestling 11-15-12
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Seg 1-Roode/Storm
This was a great one i was very entertained especially when Roode managed to make storm put his contendership on the line
Rating: 4/5 stars
Match 1- RVD vs Kid Kash
It was a pretty boring and short match that had no other reason than to get RVD on tv.
Rating: 2.5/5 stars
Seg 2- EY/ODB
It was ok i guess not much to say about it.
Rating: 2.5/5 stars
Seg 3- Kurt/Garret/Wes
This segment really pissed me off, after weeks of build up they miss a oppurtunity to put Wes Brisco in the ring and pick Garrett to team with angle instead
Rating: 2/5 stars
Match 2- Jesse Goderz vs EY
This was a ok match for what it was the last 2-3 minutes were really entertaining for me.
Rating: 3/5 stars
Seg 4- Joseph/Hulk
I personally loved this segment! We got more development for Joseph Parks and also got the announcement he would be entering "Wrestling Camp"
Rating: 4/5 stars
Match 3/Seg 5- Magnus vs Samoa Joe
This match was stopped before it started due to Aces and Eights brutal attack on the knees of Magnus i liked this, my only gripe is that Aces and Magnus have had no interaction whats so ever.
Rating: 3/5 stars
Seg 6- Arries/Hardy
Great work by arries and jeff but what i am wondering about is that voiceover thing with hardy.
Rating: 3/5 stars
Seg 7- Tara & Jess/Brooke
This was a very boring segment about privacy, im guessing this means we will possibly see something with bully and brooke
Rating: 2/5
Match 4- KO #1 contendership battle royal
Whats the point of a battle royal if there is only five knockouts? I mean really there is no point of the stipulation. But still this was a good match with everybody getting their own little moments and spots and a awsome moment with the returning Mickie James coming out on top!
Rating: 3.5/5 stars
Seg 8- Aces seg
Great job trolling us TNA when it came to the Director Of Chaos.
Rating: 3/5 stars
Seg 9- AJ/Kaz and Daniels
This was a awesome segment with a perfect mix of emotion, great mic work and fan interaction with the huge anouncement of AJ and Daniels one last time (bullcrap) Didnt they use that hook back in 2009,2010,2011 and even this year? We know this isnt the final time.
Rating: 4/5 stars
Seg 10- Arries
Not much to say except that i can not wait to see what Arries has planned
Rating : 2/5 stars
Seg 11- Gutcheck Judges/ Kurt
This was a pretty decent segment with a nice debate between D'lo, Al Snow, Prichard and Kurt trying to see if Wes should be in gutcheck but still it was the typical "well gee i do not know" that we usaully see in stories like these so im taking a few points off
Rating: 2.7/5 stars
Match 5- Roode vs Storm
This was a great match with awesome back and forth between the two men and a decent ending with roode taking storms contendership.
Rating: 4/5 stars
Overall: 7/10 this was a pretty good show with awesome matches and moments but had a few segment that fell flat and really killed the flow and ruined the momentum at times.
Well that is all for this week i will see you next week when the Gutcheck winners return for Open Fight Night!


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TUCSON, Ariz., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- NOVA Home Loans is proud to announce that 6 of its Loan Officers rank as the Top Loan Originators in the country according to the Scotsman Guide, a national mortgage publication.
Paul Volpe, Vice President and Senior Loan Officer with NOVA, was ranked 3rd in number of closed loans and 5th in most dollar volume. Additionally, Volpe earned the ranking of 2nd in year-over-year volume gain and 9th in purchase volume. The Scotsman Guide results cement Volpe as one of the top mortgage originators in the country and as the #1 originator in the state of Arizona.
In addition to Volpe, 5 other NOVA Loan Officers made the Scotsman Guide List of Top Originators. Those Loan Officers include Courtney Walker who ranked 39th in number of closed loans and 86th in most dollar volume; Rachel Lang ranked 125th in most closed loans and 219th in most dollar volume; Jon Tobias ranked 130th in most closed loans; Jason Rose ranked 170th in most closed loans; and Todd Craig ranked 180th in most closed loans.
Jon Volpe, Chief Executive Officer of NOVA, notes, "We are so proud of the six Loan Officers that were recognized in the Scotsman Guide rankings. To be formally recognized among the top tier of loan officers nationally is an enormous compliment to each of these fine people. Their long-hours, commitment to every customer, and hard work has not gone unnoticed. It is through the efforts of Loan Officers like the ones recognized today that have made NOVA Home Loans the largest privately owned mortgage lender in the state of Arizona and the mortgage company of choice for three generations of Arizonans."
NOVA Home Loans was founded in 1980 in Tucson, AZ. The company is licensed as a Mortgage Bank and Mortgage Broker. NOVA has five locations in Southern Arizona, 1 branch in Yuma and 5 branches in Maricopa County. In addition to Arizona, NOVA provides loan services in California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, Washington, Texas, and Virginia.
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Will Smith meets with Tom Cruise for 'suspected Scientology catch up'
Will Smith took wife Jada Pinkett Smith to see a star-studded group of Hollywood A-listers, including
Tom Cruise, for a suspected 'Scientology catch up'.
As annual general meetings go, this looks to be a pretty star-studded one as Tom Cruise leads the famous faces for a suspected Scientology catch up in Los Angeles. Cruise, one of the most senior figures in the church, turned up at the Saddle Ranch karaoke bar in West Hollywood's Sunset Strip, where he welcomed Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
Cruise's own wife Katie Holmes was not on hand but there were plenty of other famous suspected believers. Grey Anatomy's Eric Dane and Heroes actor Milo Ventimiglia were among the guests hanging out with 48-year-old Cruise. Man in Black Smith has previously said he is 'a student of world religion'.


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Perm Went StraightQ: If I just had my hair permed and that night half of my hair went straight, is it ok to get it permed again?
A: Provided your hair is in reasonable condition after the initial perm service, you should be able to have your hair re-permed to correct the curl results. Once the permanent waving solution has been neutralized from the hair, your hair should be stable and safe to be permed as long as it has not been damaged. If there is any question about the hair's condition, make certain you test the hair before doing an all-over perm.
I would, however, suggest that you speak to the stylist who performed the initial perm service and discuss the potential causes for the results you got from the perm service. It is possible that the hair was not sufficiently processed with the waving lotion, or that the neutralizer was left on the hair an insufficient amount of time to reform the chemical side bonds.
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Vera Farmiga: 2010 Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actress nominee Vera Farmiga arrived at the 2010 Academy Awards clad in a pad of Marchesa post-its. The berry color is beautiful and Farmiga's complexion is flawless, but the texture of the dress is weird. She literally looks like a stack of post-its.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — It's been a different presidential race in Iowa this year — quieter.
Campaign headquarters have hardly been buzzing with activity, unlike the round-the-clock nature of past contests. Candidates have barely visited the state, compared with years when most all but moved here. And they have largely refrained from building the grass roots armies of yesteryear, in favor of more modest on-the-ground teams of paid staffers and volunteers.
The final rush of campaigning here gets under way today, just a week before the Jan. 3 caucuses, and, to be sure, there will be a flurry of candidate appearances and get-out-the-vote efforts all week.
But that will belie the reality of much of 2011, a year marked by a less aggressive personal courtship of Iowans in a campaign that, instead, has largely gravitated around a series of 13 nationally televised debates, a crush of television ads and interviews on media outlets watched by many Republican primary voters, like Fox News Channel.
"We just haven't had as much face time," Republican chairwoman Trudy Caviness in Wapello County said. "That's why we're so undecided."
Indeed, people here simply don't know the Republican presidential candidates that well. And it's a big reason why the contest in Iowa is so volatile and why the caucus outcome could end up being more representative of the mood of national Republicans than in past years when GOP activists have gone it alone by launching an unlikely front-runner to the top of the field.
With a week to go, the state of the race in Iowa generally mirrors the race from coast to coast.
Polls show Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker, having lost ground and Texas Rep. Ron Paul having risen, with both still in contention with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at the head of the pack. All the others competing in Iowa — Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum — are trailing.
But, in a sign that the contest is anyone's to win, most polls have shown most Republican caucusgoers undecided and willing to change their minds before the contest in a state where the vote typically breaks late in the campaign year.
There are a slew of reasons why the Iowa campaign is a much more muted affair than in 2008 — marked by the iconic clash of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, who together employed almost 300 staff in Iowa and held blockbuster rallies. This year, there is no contested Democratic primary, given that President Obama has no serious challenger. Only Republicans are competing, and those candidates are approaching the state differently, both visiting and hiring less. Also, like it did everywhere else, the race here started slowly — months later than usual — as a slew of GOP politicians weighed candidacies, only to abort White House bids.
Longtime Republican activists here, who often joke that they like to meet the candidates several times before deciding, have barely seen the candidates once, and no campaign has more than 20 paid staff in the state.
All that's partly a consequence of how technology has changed both the political and media environments in recent years. Campaigns now can more precisely — and cheaply — target their pitches to voters from afar, sending personalized emails and YouTube video messages from the candidates to voters directly, and more campaign outreach is being handled by volunteers and through central national websites. And voters, themselves, now can go online and find information about the candidates without having to wait for the White House hopeful to show up in the town square.
"Caucuses don't exist in a vacuum. They're not the same every time," said John Stineman, a West Des Moines Republican activist. "But everything else has changed. Why wouldn't the caucuses change?"
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Sentencing postponed in Alton DWI fatality
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Jose Pena Madrid stood stone-faced as he listened to Judge Noe Gonzalez speak.
But Judge Gonzalez did not sentence Madrid"he postponed it until January 18th.
It was a decision that left Luis Hernandez TMs mother, Maria Elena, upset.
We continue to wait for justice for the man who killed our son, Maria sobbed. We TMre waiting for justice for our son TMs life.
Maria told Action 4 News this has been a long process for her and her family.
She said they cannot move on until this case is finally closed.
It seems like it just happened yesterday, Maria said. Our family is starting out this new year incomplete.
The accident happened nearly one year ago.
On January 26, 2011 Luis Hernandez and his friend Jose Balderas were headed to the Alton Flea Market"where they both worked.
As they crossed the intersection of 5 Mile Line and Los Ebanos Road, Jose Madrid slammed into them.
The impact killed Luis and severely injured Jose.
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One Santa Clarita woman was quoted in The Signal that she "was so devastated" she could hardly speak.
"Disappointment, shock, disgust," she said. "Moving to Tahiti sounds good. I'm that scared."
May I suggest Alaska instead? You will find at least one of your kind of people there. Hallelujah, we're getting our country back!


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On Nov 6, 2006, at 3:57 PM, A. Alfred Ayache wrote:
> Thanks for the response, Kevin!
It certainly does resolve machine names through the standard DNS stuff.
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You have to see this new $60 million Texas high school football stadium
If you haven't seen these photos of the new 18,000-seat, $60 million stadium for Texas high school football power Allen, uh, you should.
Two words come to mind: Holy. Cow.
Allen is one of the best programs in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The Eagles won a state title in 2008, and recent notable alums include Texas A&M standout WR Uzoma Nwachukwu and TCU QB Matt Brown.
Lots of DFW schools have ridiculous facilities, but Allen takes it to another level.
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Action #14
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It's interesting that I was finishing up Gregory Macquire's Out of Oz as I was reading Action #14. Because in retrospect, reading Out of Oz before reading Action #14 now seems prescient. I found Macquire's other-Ozian references a little too cute, a little too knowing. The MGM film, the Wiz and Oz-culture references appear in Out of Oz. Baum however, resisted being externally referential, rather choosing to stay within his Oz. Whereas Macquire imposes the collective Oz in his books. Our culture has become so self-referential that creativity often suffers, as it does in Action #14.
Superman flies to Mars to save a scientific expedition under attack from robots that look like skip loaders trying terraform the humans' own terraforming project. The robots, known as Metaleks (complete with Metalek brand identification tattooed across their iron and steel breast plates) appear to squawk in a tone and cadence that recalls Doctor Who's Daleks as they utter "exterminate."
A couple of panels illustrate a fight, but then whatever it is the Metaleks were running from shows up and the Metaleks become catatonic. One would think the Metaleks would put down roots a little sooner when being chased, that they'd create a beachhead, something to defend. One would also expect them to be a little more conciliatory to potential assistance, but no, these metal-re-tractor-treads require worship even as their pursuers arrive from the 5th dimension to apply a heavy spectral gnaw to their hoses and wires.
I'm awarding two creativity knocks against Action #14 even before the heavy stuff happens. First against the Metaleks who look as otherworldly as the metal minions that service an Iowa industrial corn farm. Second, "Bow to Metalek!" Really? I appreciate the panel-spanning, bleed-over artwork from Rags Morales, but I have to say that Grant Morrison is giving up the reigns none too soon. Even the youngest DC readers can point to a cliché' when it's yelling at them.
And then there is Superman. Maybe it's just me, but I want my superheroes to work harder, to stress a little. In Action #14 Superman stresses some. He is drawn in one entire panel looking more than a little forlorn, but then he pithily comes to an epiphany, and considers the impossible, which turns out to be impossible for less than a page.
What Superman accomplishes might well be nearly impossible given the timeframe involved. The real miracle occurs when the damage to the technology can be repaired with little more than a good wrench. I'd like to see Superman struggle with something meaningful across a couple of issues. Not the threat of something physical, but to intellectually grapple with a problem that needs time, research and serendipity to solve. That would be an adventure.
Although Superman ultimately loses a few scientists as he meets a third assailant in Vyndktvx, he isn't done for the day. At the end of the book, he gets beat up by a super-vest-wearer astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Tyson, using the power of all of the world's telescopes, reveals to Superman the light of Krypton as it reaches earth 27-years to the day that the 27-light year distant planet exploded (viewed vividly through a Big Data integration capability, or power, I didn't know Superman possessed). Because of the work done by Tyson, Superman sees his homeworld of Krypton, just as it explodes.
And the rest, they say, is revisionist history.
As I said already, Morales did a fine job of penciling Action #14. I'd like to see an investment in the writing in future issues that requires more investment from the characters, and more from the reader.
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Re: [TheCostumersManifesto] costume fittings I am sooo tired of cast members not saving time for fittings !
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- That is brilliant! It requires organisation early on from you, but what a gift to yourself to have it all there from the get-go. I like this plan.
On 2012-11-16, at 1:33 PM, Erika Miller wrote:
> At the very first production meeting, I make a point to specifically
> schedule time for fittings and a costume parade. My director's usually
> think it's overkill, but I have to be assertive in order to get my time. I
> find if the fittings are scheduled into the calendar at the start, I have a
> better chance of that time not being taken away from me. Of course,
> sometimes it can't be helped...
> Our costume shop is also at a different location, but if the cast members
> have it on their schedules from day one, they are also less likely to
> double book. I only schedule 30 min slots and usually run over, but if I
> tell them its only going to take 30 minutes, they are more willing to make
> the time to come and then once they're there they usually are willing to
> stay a little longer. (They don't want to look bad either.) :-)
> Erika
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Second Thoughts About Rance —
Yesterday I suggested
that the anonymous blogger 'Rance' might really be a cartoonist/screenwriter named Keith Thomson because Thomson's name kept popping up when I tracked down who was initially hyping Rance in internet discussion groups. But people have pointed out that movie studios and talent agencies often create phony identities that they use to hype projects they're working on. Maybe the phony identities they used to hype Rance just happened to have been used earlier to hype…
Wed Jun 02, 2004
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Who is Rance? —
The latest buzz in the blogosphere is about the
weblog of 'Rance
,' an anonymous blogger who claims to be a well-known, A-list, Hollywood celebrity. Or as he coyly puts it on his weblog,
"I can tell you what it's like to see your picture on the magazine rack every now and again when you pay for groceries."
For a couple of months he's been dishing up dirt on life in Hollywood, and he's succeeded in attracting a huge following. He even got
interviewed (anonymously) by Reuters
last week.…
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Unfortunate Last Names —
I've always thought my last name was pretty bad. And I mean that in the literal sense. 'Boese' means 'bad' (or angry) in German. But its meaning wouldn't matter much if only English-speaking people could pronounce it (it's 'burr-za', as if it had an 'r' in it... not 'boose'). But I shouldn't feel too sorry for myself, because this guy in Brazil,
Mr. Reinhardt Adolfo Fuck
, has me beat hands down. As far as I can tell, that really is his name. He must get endless jokes about it.
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Saudi Princess from Buffalo —
She said she was Princess Antoinette Millard from Saudi Arabia. She was
actually from Buffalo, New York
. But somehow she managed to con her way into millions of dollars. Her cover was blown when she filed fake insurance claims. It's amazing how the old
fake princess
con never seems to go out of style.
Mon May 10, 2004
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Micah Wright, Pseudo Army Ranger —
Micah Wright is the author of
You Back the Attack, We'll Bomb Who We Want
, a satirical take on war propaganda. Publishers Weekly described him as a "former Army Ranger turned antiwar comic book artist."
In an interview with the
Washington Post
in July, 2003
Wright elaborated at some length on his experience as an Army Ranger. Here's a quote from that article:
He endured rigorous Ranger training, including capturing and eating a snake. He says he participated in classified combat…
Sun May 02, 2004
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Hot Abercrombie Chick Mystery Solved, Probably —
A few days ago I
posted about the controversy
brewing around the Hot Abercrombie Chick (or HAC, for short). The HAC appeared to be an extremely photogenic young female blogger whose blog was rapidly increasing in popularity. But then rumors started to circulate that she wasn't a she at all. She was a he. And the blog's popularity appeared to be due to manipulation of the way blogs are tracked.
Justin Foster
Cameron Marlow
have done some impressive internet detective work and traced…
Wed Apr 28, 2004
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Tax Refund for a Princess —
If you're going to cheat on your tax forms, you might as well do it big,
like this university cafeteria worker did
. She claimed to be a Hawaiian princess and managed to get a $2.1 million refund from the IRS. The only thing is, she really believes she is a Hawaiian princess. Her defense lawyer argues that she suffers from an "irrational insistence upon an identity that is not her own." Maybe she's the second coming of
Princess Caraboo
Mon Apr 26, 2004
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Will the real Ella Schultz please stand up? —
Ella Schultz, an elderly black woman living in Kentwood, Michigan, is quite the emailer. Over the past year she's been shooting off emails to teachers, school administrators, and even a few journalists. But it turns out that Ella
isn't actually real
. The person actually sending those emails was Edward Kape, a Kentwood Board of Education member (who has now resigned). Or at least, he was one of the people using 'Ella Schultz' as their nom de plume. He insists there were others, though…
Mon Apr 26, 2004
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Who is the Hot Abercrombie Chick? —
If you're a regular reader of
, as I am, then you'll recognize the name
Hot Abercrombie Chick
(aka Amanda Doerty). For some reason her weblog keeps rising to the top of Blogdex's index. I've never been able to figure out why. Her posts just don't seem that interesting or relevant. To be honest, I find them boring. Apparently other people have had the same thought, because now she's being accused of gaming Blogdex. But that's not all.
Julia Set
reports receiving an inside tip…
Mon Apr 19, 2004
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Is this Baby Jessica? —
Back in 1987 'Baby Jessica' became famous when she fell down a well and was saved following a dramatic rescue operation. Stuff Magazine is now featuring a photo of 'Baby Jessica' all grown up and posing by a well, but is that really Baby Jessica? Makeup and lighting will do a lot (as will digital touch-up work), but the woman in the photo doesn't look that much like Jessica as she appeared
a few years ago in this picture
. Here's a link to a
hi-res scan of the Stuff article
. Note that…
Tue Apr 13, 2004
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Born to be Wild —
When the 'Green' brothers were found living in the wilderness outside of Vancouver, they claimed that they had been living there, in that condition, their entire life. News reports of the Wild Boys of Canada (or '
Bush Boys of Vernon
') soon followed. But now it turns out that the pair
weren't so wild after all
. They were really born and raised in Sacramento, California, until they ran away from home last year and found their way into the Canadian wilderness.
Mon Apr 05, 2004
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Belle de Jour Commentary —
The Guardian invited Cynthia Payne, "Britain's best-known madam," to comment on the
Belle de Jour
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Payne declares that it's "a load of rubbish."
Mon Mar 29, 2004
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Not Harry Potter —
Here's some free advice. If a guy you meet online claims to be Daniel Radcliffe, the young actor who plays Harry Potter, don't believe him. A teenage girl from Chile
flew all the way to England
with her mother to meet an online correspondent who claimed to be Daniel Radcliffe, only to find some random slimebag waiting for her. Which reminds me, J.Lo, I'm still heartbroken that you stood me up.
Tue Mar 23, 2004
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Who is Belle de Jour? —
Belle de Jour weblog
, which records the daily trials and tribulations of a London call girl, began attracting a lot of attention a couple of months ago. It wasn't just the racy, sexy content that got people hooked. It was also the fact that the writing was unusually good. So it wasn't a surprise when the anonymous Belle landed a book deal. But now a
new element of controversy
has been added to the story. As the London
"There is growing evidence that Belle may be a…
Fri Mar 19, 2004
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The Real Bobby Mason —
Bobby Mason, former professional football player for the Wolverhampton Wanderers, was quite a celebrity in Southbourne. Problem is,
Bobby Mason wasn't really Bobby Mason
. He was an imposter who had been posing as the football player. The real Bobby Mason was quite shocked to learn that someone had been living as him for so long.
Sun Mar 14, 2004
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How to be an economics expert (even if you know nothing about economics) —
Matthew Richardson, a 23-year-old student at St. Peters College in Britain, was asked to travel to Beijing to deliver a series of lectures about economic theory. He was flattered by the invitation, though puzzled since he knew nothing about economics. But undaunted, he packed an economics textbook in his bag and took off to Beijing. It was only after he got there that he figured out that the people in Beijing had probably intended to invite Prof. Matthew Richardson from New York…
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Vixen Love —
If you're ever instant messaging on AOL and strike up a conversation with a 19-year-old female from California named
Vixen Love
, watch out. You're not really talking to a teenage girl. Vixen Love is actually a computer program. Quite a few people apparently have failed to realize this.
Tue Jan 06, 2004
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Bad Santa —
I saw the movie
Bad Santa
last week and loved it. Now here's
a case of a real-life bad santa
who's scamming businesses in Mississippi by pretending to be collecting money for charity.
Tue Dec 09, 2003
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Fake Sheik —
Roanoke Times
reports on a fake sheik
who duped some Richmond residents back in 1978.
Sun Dec 07, 2003
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Princess Caraboo —
BBC Legacies, the BBC's new website for exploring local history, is doing a feature this month on Local Legends, and has put up
an article about one of Bristol's local legends
, Princess Caraboo (though perhaps legends is the wrong word to describe the Princess, since she was quite real, though not a real Princess). It's a good article, and they were nice enough to link back to the Museum of Hoaxes in a sidebar.
Wed Dec 03, 2003
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I can't get over the new elevators. Even coated with layers of drywall dust and construction plastic, they're an improvement -- make that a miraculous improvement -- over the last elevators here. They're lit, for one thing. No Nazi swastikas are carved into the walls, for another. And there's no meth freak named Lee guiding the ride with a mixture of faith and a pen jammed into the control buttons.
No, the final remnants of the Regency Hotel's steep downward spiral from Elvis's crash pad to a layover for junkies and street creatures are long gone. The reign of Art Cormier is over. The former owner of Smiley's Laundromat and Los Caporales nightclub took his fiberglass bronco statues and ran, selling the dying property he'd bought in 1999 for a reported $4.6 million to Robert Salazar for $6.4 million in October 2004. Now the local real estate investor is converting the hotel that once served lobster and champagne to such luminaries as President Gerald Ford and Jesse Owens into a dorm-style residence hall serving a variety of world cuisines to students enrolled in one of the three colleges at Auraria. And so one of the city's most notorious landmarks has turned into the Regency: Auraria's Student Housing Community.
"Because of the nature of our building, being an old hotel, it made more sense for us to turn it into more dorm-style living, since there weren't kitchens in the units," explains Michael Francone, who's in charge of Salazar's project. "This place is going to be so unbelievably beautiful inside, and we truly believe kids are going to flock to it. I'm a little jealous. I went to Metro about ten years ago, and I'm jealous that it wasn't around when I went there."
I went to Metro, too, at about the same time. When I was a student there, a group of us suggested that the administration build housing across West Colfax Avenue. We were told that was impossible, since by charter Auraria is a non-traditional commuter campus. The average age of Metro students then was 27, and they didn't need housing, administrators said.
But in the spring of 2004, the Auraria Higher Education Center, which manages the campus for its three tenants -- Metropolitan State College of Denver, the University of Colorado at Denver and the Community College of Denver -- conducted a survey and found that not only was there a demand for housing, but approximately 2,400 students were looking for a place closer to their school. So AHEC head Dean Wolf and the Auraria board of directors let the market know. And the market responded.
Salazar bought the Regency, and the Auraria Foundation announced it was buying the top thirteen floors of the Executive Tower Inn at 14th and Curtis streets, where it will spend $16 million renovating the space into student housing. And the $50 million, 685-unit Campus Village Apartments are popping up on Auraria's western edge. None of these violate the campus charter, however, because they are in the hands of private companies. "The campus is not doing the student housing," Wolf says. "The Regency, as well as the other two projects, are all unrelated to the campus. From Auraria's point of view, it's not on-campus housing, and it's not owned and operated by the campus. The Regency is using the name, but that can be done because Auraria is not trademarked. And the Auraria Foundation is a private 501(c)(3), which established an LLC to deal with the Executive Tower Inn. So it's not only a step removed from the foundation, but also a step from Auraria."
The new housing is coming just in time, since next fall UCD plans to mandate that incoming freshmen whose homes are more than fifty miles away and international students live in these private dorms for at least their first semester. And the age of Auraria students is dropping, which will only increase demand for college-style living. "We're seeing at both Metro and UCD more of the more traditional student," Wolf says. "There seems to be a trend in that direction."
While the other two projects won't open until 2006, the Regency is throwing open its doors for students to move in -- and the public to inspect the makeover -- on September 1. Besides the elevators, the biggest shock may be the sticker price, as rooms are priced significantly higher than they were two years ago. When Cormier owned the building, revelers from Los Caporales, the nightclub housed in the hotel's former Grand Ballroom, could head up the tower and get a room for a mere $35 a night or $100 a week. Now those same rooms go for between $915 (for a single) to $465 (per person, for a four-person share) a month -- but they also include such modern amenities as basic cable, high-speed Internet, phone service and air conditioning, when in the past they weren't certain to even feature a working sink. And while the hefty student rent does not cover the meal plan, it does include lovely views of the Valley Highway, with downtown (or I-70) in the foreground and mountains in the background.
Half of the 300 beds in the first phase -- which includes the tower, but not the north wing -- are already booked.
"There are a few reasons why -- one of them being we're somewhere in between what a true apartment would be and a real residence hall," Francone says. "We're not as lax as an apartment, but not as stringent as a residence hall. A lot of our residents are freshmen and sophomores, so a lot of times it's parents who feel more comfortable putting them in our building. As far as price, they're getting the Internet, the cable, the phone, the outdoor swimming pool, weight room, computer room. They don't get all that in an apartment on Capitol Hill. We've also got free parking with a shuttle to campus, and parking costs $3 to $5 a day on campus. Even if they're paying $100 less in that traditional apartment, all the amenities they're getting is quite a deal."
Walking through the construction rubble in mid-August, those amenities weren't readily apparent. Two weeks before the grand opening, crews were still scrambling to get the walls up, the kitchens in, the carpet down. The one area of calm amid the chaos was the new basketball court, which occupies the space that had been the Grand Ballroom. Twelve years ago I stood in that room for my senior homecoming dance; I went with the captain of the high school football team. At the Regency, I felt cool for a night.
As did the 4,000 to 7,000 people who packed the same space on weekends during Los Caporales's heyday. Representatives of the Denver Police Department, the city zoning department and the building department were also frequent visitors, stopping by in response to neighborhood complaints about stabbings, shootings, drug dealing, fire hazards and numerous other issues surrounding the club. Then-Denver City Council representative Debbie Ortega took hundreds of complaint calls but couldn't stop the party.
Times change, though; boyfriends move on to best friends, and clubs finally close.
"When we took over, it was pretty run down, dark and dingy, a lot of the power didn't work," Francone says. "It had been vandalized, and people had stolen the copper out of the building."
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The golden dome over part of the old Los Caporales space was still standing until a fire ravaged it last month. Now that area will become an outdoor patio covered by DIA-style tents. The indoor swimming pool is also history; what had been a gaping hole surrounded by chain-link fencing is turning into a media center, where students will gather to watch games on the big-screen TV (remote located at, and controlled by, the front desk). There are also gym facilities, computer labs, meeting rooms, a convenience store, a mail room and a dining hall in the works.
But the best piece of real estate in town -- the round penthouse at the top of the tower -- is still up for grabs. The former lair of Elvis (and Cormier) is reserved for the new resident director, when one is hired.
It's a good thing those elevators are working.


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A dedicated administrative assistant in the Plymouth State Counseling Center has been named the 2009 Sara Jayne Steen Operating Staff Service Award winner. Terri Johnson
has worked at Plymouth State for 13 years, the last six at the Counseling and Human Relations Center.
|PSU President Sara Jayne Steen, left, presents the Operating Staff Service Award bearing her name to Terri Johnson at the Nov. 18 ceremony.
The criteria for winning the award includes exemplifying the spirit and values of the institution, dedicated to providing a learning environment that supports development of the mind, body and spirit, active involvement in University activities, and service to the wider community. Johnson said she was shocked at winning the award.
"I'm just amazed, I'm very thankful," said Johnson.
Dr. Robert Hlasny, Counseling Center psychologist, said there could not be a more deserving recipient for the award than Terri Johnson.
"Her sincerely caring and selfless commitment to our students and her coworkers has been a constant in her work at the Counseling Center, and her hard work and dedication contribute significantly to our ability to serve our clients and the campus community," Hlasny said.
Michael L. Fischler, Counseling Center Director, said he is very grateful to Terri Johnson.
"Grateful to have such a wise, compassionate and selfless person in our student's lives, and in the lives of the counselors who work at our Center," said Fischler. "I am deeply grateful to have Terri in my life. For us all, Terri is a blessing and an inspiration."
The Sara Jayne Steen Operating Staff Service Award winner was chosen by a seven member panel of faculty, staff and students. This year marks the first time the award has been bestowed.
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|Sport, 1 pitch, 70'
|YDS: 5.12b French: 7b Ewbanks: 26 UIAA: VIII+ ZA: 26 British: E5 6b [details]
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By Curt MacNeill
From: Boulder, CO
Jun 15, 2014
|This line is literally one of the best routes I have done in Colorado. Huge, gorilla swinging style between horizontal slashes, the rock was reminiscent of the smooth stone found at the New and climbed a lot like the classic route Cell Block Six at the Red River Gorge. Huge moves that get a bit dynamic with powerful and flowy sequences, this route is hyper classic. I am just plain impressed. DO THIS ROUTE!!!
By Boulderdoc
From: Fort Collins, Colorado
Feb 1, 2015
rating: 5.12b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6b
|Basically one of the best routes ever at the grade. Do not miss!
By Stephen Felker
From: Boulder, CO
Oct 3, 2015
|I threw a little tape on the back of my hands for the multiple horizontal jams. Unique climbing. Five stars!
By Chris Kalman
May 13, 2017
rating: 5.12a/b 7b 26 VIII+ 26 E5 6a
|Very good climbing. May be easier than ODK, excepting one long move.


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TAMPA — Armwood all but wrapped up the Class 4A, District 9 title Friday night.
On the back of junior running back Matt Jones — who had 136 yards rushing, 39 receiving yards and four touchdowns — the Hawks pulled away in the second half to beat Hillsborough 34-15.
"We think we're district champions," said Armwood coach Sean Callahan, whose team only has East Bay (1-6, 0-2) remaining in district play. "Technically, we have to win one more game, but we feel like we've beaten the top two teams in Hillsborough and King."
The Hawks (6-0, 2-0), who led 21-0 at halftime thanks in large part to two touchdowns by Jones, had to fight off a late rally by the Terriers (5-2, 1-1). On back-to-back possessions in the third quarter, Hillsborough quarterback Jeremy Agrinzonis rushed for a 6-yard touchdown, then connected with wide receiver Evan Jennings for a 69-yard score to cut the lead to 21-15.
Jones, however, answered with two more rushing touchdowns to put the game out of reach. Armwood outgained Hillsborough 395-291 in total yards and 244-37 in rushing yards.
"This is big because I know a lot of these (Hillsborough) boys," Jones. "We're district champs."
After the game, Jones wore a hard hat given to him by teammates.
For good reason, Callahan said.
"He loves playing Hillsborough," Callahan said. "We hope he treats everybody like Hillsborough because when he finishes runs like that he's pretty impressive."
Armwood got out to a fast start when senior quarterback Josh Grady rushed for a 15-yard touchdown on the Hawks' fourth play of the game. Then Hillsborough opened the door by fumbling twice in a span of a minute to set up Jones' first two touchdowns. The Terriers lost three fumbles on the night.


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As global markets slumped again yesterday in the wake of the surprise Greek referendum and the collapse of MF Global, a notable exception was Reckitt Benckiser, which jumped nearly 2% on renewed takeover speculation.
The consumer products group, whose products include Cillit Bang and Nurofen, was said to be in the sights of a possible bidder with a price of perhaps £45 a share mentioned. Earlier this year Unilever, down 16p at £20.70, Proctor & Gamble and Colgate were suggested as potential predators.
Reckitt, up 57p at £32.55, was one of just a handful of risers in the leading index, in another grim day for investors.
Less than a week after European politicians seemingly came up with a plan to help resolve the Eurozone crisis, the situation has rapidly deteriorated. Monday's announcement of a referendum in Greek on the bailout prompted political chaos in the country, and renewed fears of contagion spreading throughout the rest of the Eurozone.
Disappointing manufacturing figures from China and the US reminded investors that the rest of the global economy was facing a severe slowdown, while sentiment was also undermined by MF Global becoming the first major US casualty of the European debt crisis.
Ahead of the latest US Federal Reserve meeting which ends on Wednesday and this week's G20 gathering, the FTSE 100 fell 122.65 points to 5421.57 while Wall Street had lost around 270 points by the time London closed. European markets were also on the slide, with France and Germany both down around 5%, and Italy losing nearly 7%. Angus Campbell, head of sales at Capital Spreads, said:
If there's one thing that stock markets don't like, it is shock surprises and the call of a Greek referendum on its recent bailout certainly came as a shock. The ramifications of the vote going against the bailout would be unthinkable and would lead to an almost certain default by Greece. This move brought back the fears that so many had thought had been eradicated only a few days ago.
Banks were under pressure on concerns about their exposure to Eurozone debt. Barclays fell 18.55p to 176.75p as UBS moved from buy to neutral after Monday's update, while Royal Bank of Scotland dropped 1.95p to 22.28p.
Insurers also fell back, hit by concerns about the effect of the current market slump on their business. Legal and General lost 7.9p to 102.6p despite reporting third quarter sales in line with forecasts. Aviva was down 22.5p at 318.3p.
Man, which spun off MF Global in 2007, continued to fall, down 13.9p to 136p despite the hedge fund group saying it had no links with its former subsidiary.
Miners were hit by the disappointing Chinese figures and by another step towards the imposition of a mining tax in Australia. BHP Billiton lost 52.5p to £19.15 and Rio Tinto fell 132.5p to 3252.5p while Kazakhmys closed 66p lower at 861.5p.
Elsewhere G4S bucked the downward trend, edging up 1p to 245.2p on relief that it called off its proposed £5.3bn purchase of Denmark's ISS, following opposition from a number of key shareholders.
Imperial Tobacco ended 1p higher at £22.75 after a 4.4% rise in full year operating profit, and an upbeat outlook statement.
Online gaming company bwin.party digital jumped 13.6p to 123.3p, following the announcement of a US deal. Internet gambling groups have run into a lot of legal trouble in the US in the past, but bwin has now paired up with American casino operators MGM Resorts and Boyd Gaming. The agreement, a 15 year deal, is to offer online poker in the US, but the caveat is that it is subject to the necessary US legislation and licensing. Bwin said the move was central to its strategy to enter the US online poker market should it become possible to do so. James Hollins at Evolution Securities said the likelihood and timing of US legislation remained the key question but welcomed the move:
This is a potentially huge long-term deal that, along with bwin.party's excellent European assets and brands, supports our bull stance. Short-term risk remains over changes to German legislation, but we think this is priced in and the shares are good value on current estimates.
Paul Leyland at Investec also said it was an attractive deal but cautioned:
We would not get carried away for three reasons. One, legalisation of poker is still likely to take some time and bwin.party's 'suitability' is not guaranteed. Two, a US regulated poker market is likely to be far less lucrative than historical '.com'. Three, medium-term performance should still focus on Europe.
Still with the gaming sector, 888 added 2.25p to 35.25p after a strong trading update. The company - where Ladbrokes has made a couple of failed bid attempts - said full year earnings would be significantly ahead of current market expectations, following third quarter revenues that grew 42% to $86m and a positive start to the final three months. Nick Bartram at Peel Hunt raised his recommendation from hold to buy and said the third quarter performance was "stunning". He said:
There are still plenty of challenges on the horizon for 888 (and the industry in general) but the group is now converting strong top line growth with into margin accretion. Under the stewardship of Brian Mattingley there is now a greater focus on bottom line delivery. We believe that there is much more to come and once again 888 is looking like a valuable industry asset.
Dixons Retail dropped 1.12p to 10.73p after Nomura cut its price target from 22p to 16p, saying:
We retain our neutral rating given ongoing big ticket headwinds across Europe, and a challenging first half. Longer term, capacity fall-out could benefit Dixons' market share and financial position.
Tesco slipped 3.75p to 398p. Analyst Clive Black at Shore Capital warned that the floods in Thailand would have hit its Lotus business in the country. He said:
Whilst likely to be a clearly one-off event of sorts, it may have a material impact upon the third quarter financial performance from what has been a star business for the group in Asia. We sense that it will be some days before a firmer assessment can be made, but we deem it appropriate to highlight the possibility of some form of negative outcome. Thailand accounts for around 30% of Asia regional full-year profits, and Asia accounts for approaching 20% of group trading profits; so Tesco Lotus is around 55 to 6% of group profitability.
Marks & Spencer lost 9.9p to 312p as vague bid speculation failed to make up for news of brokers cutting their estimates ahead of first half figures next Tuesday. HSBC cut its rating from overweight to neutral and its target price from 450p to 360p, saying second quarter UK sales were likely to have been hit by the unseasonably warm weather.
Invensys fell 17.1p to 208.4p ahead of the technology group's first half results on Thursday. It has won a £28m signalling contract from Network Rail for the Reading mainline, with analyst Tintin Stormont at Singer Capital Markets saying:
The deal momentum is looking much better after some disappointments in the summer, and the pipeline remains large, indicating significant potential in the division.
We hear from the group on Thursday when it reports interim results, and the shares could move up on reassuring numbers. The chances of a deal to offload the pension plan have perhaps declined since the last update and we await further newsflow on this. Recent results from Electrolux and Whirlpool indicated that although Invensys Controls could have suffered from the macro conditions, customers are expecting a sharp upturn in the latter part of the year, and we are looking for reassurance on stability in this division. Invensys shares trade on 9.1 times 2011 PE, which looks relatively cheap in the context of software stocks on 13.5 times and engineer stocks on 12.5 times.
Lamprell, the oil services group, slid 8.3p to 232.8p despite announcing it had won a $200m North Sea construction contract from Nexen Petroleum. The company is also hosting an analysts trip this week to its operations in the United Arab Emirates. Oriel Securities said:
[The contract] is good news and provides further visibility on our 2012 revenue forecasts which we estimate are now 77% covered.
Greg Aitken at Brewin Dolphin said:
We note that Lamprell refers in today's announcement to its strong bid pipeline. With Lamprell trading on a PE of under 9 times 2012 estimated profits, we continue to believe there is scope for a share price recovery as momentum from contract wins feeds through. Forecasts are unchanged, although we now have more visibility extending out to second quarter of 2014. We remain at buy, with a 400p price target.
Finally Stadium Group, an Aim-listed electronic and power supply specialist, recovered some of Monday's loss which followed a warning that operating profits would be below expectations. It added 2p to 63.5p on talk that its chief executive and chairman had both been buying shares in the market.


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February 9 2009
The Common Council of the City of Point Pleasant, a Municipal Corporation in Mason County, West Virginia, met in Regular Session at City Hall, 400 Viand Street at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 9, 2009.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Leonard F. Riffle who led Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Marshall Bonecutter made the motion to approve the minutes of the regular council meeting on Monday, January 12, 2009, and a second was given by Linda Smith and the motion passed. A motion by M. Leota Sang and seconded by Bill Park to approve the financial statements of the General, Coal Severance, Water and Sewer Funds for the month of January 2009, was approved by council. Sam Juniper made a motion to approve the outstanding obligations (Expect for the $1,500.00 payment to the Sleighbell Ball Committee) for the month of January 2009, and Gary Cotton gave the second and the motion failed (3–6) with Sam Juniper, Gary Cotton and Marshall Bonecutter voting for the motion. Joe Supple, Robert Doeffinger, M. Leota Sang, Bill Park, Linda Smith and Barbara Ann Brown voted against. Joe Supple made a motion to approve all the outstanding obligations for the month of January 2009, and Robert Doeffinger gave the second and the motion passed (6-3) with Joe Supple, Robert Doeffinger, M. Leota Sang, Bill Park, Linda Smith and Barbara Ann Brown voting for the motion. Sam Juniper, Gary Cotton and Marshall Bonecutter voted no.
City Attorney R.F. Stein shared with council that he along with the mayor and city clerk had a conference call with attorney Michael Spiker on the sewer rate protest that had been filed. Attorney Stein will represent the city on this matter and at the scheduled hearing on Thursday, February 26th at 10:00 A.M. in the council chambers. Stein also said that he had researched the Yeager property from 2007 until now. He is in hopes to have something in motion by the next meeting.
City Clerk Brian Billings told council members that a Budget/ Finance meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 18th at 5:30 P.M. This meeting is being called to prepare the 2009 – 2010 annual budget. Jeff Feamster will be here to help prepare the budget and answer any questions council may have. Billings advised that the 2009 Budget Preparation Workshop will be held on Friday, February 13th in Charleston. The city clerk, Shannon Pearson and Teka McCauley will be attending. Billings spoke on behalf of Chief Ernie Watterson on the hand out that they had received at the meeting. In Watterson's letter to council he mentioned the grant awarded to the Police Department from Homeland Security in the amount of $53,000.00 for the purchase of car radios to replace three older models, night goggles and camera equipment for surveillance and for the purchase of a security camera system for the Riverfront Park.
Mayor Riffle shared with council that the bids had been received for the purchase of the truck for the water department. Before discussion and announcing the winning bid the mayor asked M. Leota Sang to excuse herself from council chambers during the discussion on the truck (John Sang Ford Lincoln Mercury had submitted a bid). Mayor Riffle then announced the low bidder for the truck was John Sang Ford with a bid of $20,895.00. For the record two other bids were received (Smith Superstore $24,670.00 and Mark Porter Super Center $24,817.98). Sam Juniper made a motion to accept the Sang bid of $20,895.00 and Bill Park added the second and the motion passed.
Riffle presented council with an update from Burgess & Niple on the North Drainage Project. Council was briefed on the PSC report and the upcoming issues facing the city.
Mayor Riffle then asked council to approve Resolutions for (4) four different Community Participation Grant Programs and (1) one Transportation Enhancement Grant. Mayor Riffle had City Clerk Billings read each resolution.
Tourism $5,000.00 – For the purpose of promotion and expansion of tourism in Point Pleasant. Robert Doeffinger made a motion to accept and Gary Cotton added the second and the motion passed. (CPGP)
Municipal Building $4,000.00 – For repairs and/or new equipment to the City Municipal Building. Bill Park made a motion to accept and Barbara Ann Brown added the second and the motion passed. (CPGP)
Skate Park $15,000.00 – For the promotion of recreation for our youth. Linda Smith made the motion to accept and Joe Supple added the second and the motion passed. (CPGP)
Main Street Committee / A.F. Kiser House/Margaret Kincaid Memorial Park - $18,000.00 – For economic development by adding a heating/cooling system. M. Leota Sang made the motion to accept and Barbara Ann Brown added the second and the motion passed. (CPGP)
Main Street Committee / A.F. Kiser House $160,000.00 – To execute all documents associated with the roof replacement of the Kiser house. M. Leota Sang made the motion to accept and Bill Park added the second and motion passed. (TEG)
Mayor Riffle then announced he would like to have a work session on the sewer issue (Lakin to Point Pleasant) on Thursday, February 19th at 6:30 P.M. Michael Spiker will be here to answer questions and discuss any legal issues.
Gary Cotton – Shared with council that he had been checking into ways of obtaining funding through grants that could possibly help with the long standing Yeager property issue on Main Street.
Leota Sang – Thanked the street department for the super job they all did during the recent ice and snow storm that the city experienced.
Linda Smith – Discussed the skate park and would like to have a recreation meeting soon.
Sam Juniper - Advised council of the article in the State Journal about the money that needed to be collected on the boats that had docked in Point Pleasant. Juniper asked why the tourism director who attended last months meeting did not advise council of this. He also spoke on the PSD newsletter that the MCPS had submitted a letter and that the pending project had been approved.
Being no other business, Marshall Bonecutter made a motion to adjourn. Barbara Ann Brown added the second and being unanimously approved, the meeting adjourned at 8:19 p.m.
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Brian L. Billings Leonard F. Riffle
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Biologist David Richardson didn't like climbing trees, but that was simply part of his job monitoring endangered red-cockaded woodpecker cavities. Tethered by a safety strap, he would climb 20 to 60 feet up a pine tree using a tall ladder, peer inside the tiny opening with a dental mirror and pen light, and count eggs or nestlings. One day in 1994, Richardson's safety belt unfastened and he took a 20-foot fall. Luckily, he sustained only minor injuries, but his fall initiated a new era in red-cockaded woodpecker management.
"I was extremely timid about climbing after that," says Richardson, who works at Mississippi's Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Richardson had seen a fiber-optic endoscope designed to look in cars for drugs, and thought to himself, "It would be great if we could come up with something like this to monitor nesting cavities."
Richardson tracked down inventor John Christensen of California-based Sandpiper Technologies, who had previously designed a camera for scientists studying owl nests. Working with Richardson, Christensen invented the Treetop Peeper, a miniature video camera mounted on a 50-foot telescoping pole that allows biologists to peer into woodpecker cavities. That was in 1996.
"Dave Richardson took his prototype to a conference and we started getting orders all over the place," Christensen says. Today, nearly every national wildlife refuge and national forest where the woodpeckers nest has at least one of the devices.
Red-cockaded woodpeckers are native to mature pine forests of the southeastern United States. They were listed under the original Endangered Species Act of 1973. Even with federal protection, however, their populations dropped through the 1970s and 1980s. The major reason for their decline was a quirky fact of their life history: The birds selectively prefer to raise their young in living pines more than 80 years old. But with extensive clear-cutting and shortened forestry rotations throughout much of the Southeast, few pines lasted 80 years and the woodpeckers had nowhere to go. Less than 5,000 acres of the original old-growth southern longleaf pine forest currently remains in the region. In contrast, nearly three million acres of younger, secondary-growth longleaf pine forest grows in the Southeast and Texas.
Red-cockaded woodpeckers "are the only bird in America that excavates a cavity in a living pine tree," says Ralph Costa, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist who heads the species' recovery team. Only older pines develop red-heart disease, a fungus that softens the heartwood, making cavity excavation easier. To complicate matters, the woodpeckers live in territorial family groups, which require not one, but multiple old-growth pine trees for nesting and roosting cavities. Only in the 1990s, after biologists began using artificial cavities to supplement natural cavities, did populations stabilize and start to increase.
To get accurate population estimates, scientists have to locate active nests and monitor them during nesting season. That used to mean a lot of tree climbing, but Peepers enable biologists to check nearly triple the number of cavities in a given day.
Today, about 12,500 red-cockaded woodpeckers live in approximately 5,000 family groups, less than 3 percent of the birds' abundance when the first Europeans settled in America. Lack of suitable habitat, forest fragmentation and fire suppression continue to threaten the birds' recovery.
Before it can be removed from the Endangered Species List, the woodpecker must flourish with little, if any, human assistance, and that will require healthy old-growth pine forests. The 1985 Red-cockaded Woodpecker Recovery Plan allowed clear-cutting, but the newly revised draft 2000 plan recommends against clear-cutting of natural pine stands in all national forests, military installations and national wildlife refuges that provide habitat for the species, or that are potential recovery areas. "It is a bold move," Costa says. "Every acre of public land where the birds are will have some ancient trees." The revision advises using selective logging or leaving up to ten old-growth pine trees on each acre logged.
The plan makes recommendations to private landowners, including timber companies, but does not require them to follow the same forestry guidelines that are being proposed for public lands. However, says Costa, "There's no train wreck here, like [former Interior] Secretary Babbitt talked about with spotted owls. With private land we have a huge amount of cooperation." More than 100 landowners in five states are protecting 260 woodpecker groves by participating in the Safe Harbor Program, in which they voluntarily enhance woodpecker habitat but are not restricted from altering their land.
The revision to the species' recovery plan is based on years of research. "We have learned volumes and volumes about red-cockadeds," Costa says. "They are probably the most studied birds in North America." And Peepers have contributed a great deal to this knowledge base. Originally used solely to keep tabs on population numbers, Peepers have become valuable research tools that have revealed new aspects of red-cockaded woodpecker ecology.
One such discovery is the large number of species that depend on the woodpeckers' cavities. Eric Walters, a Florida State University graduate student, has looked in more than 6,000 cavities since June 1998. He has documented other species of woodpeckers, eastern bluebirds and several other species. So many species use the red-cockadeds' cavities that Costa thinks of them as the gopher tortoise burrows of the arboreal world. "That's why we call the species a keystone species," he explains. If the woodpeckers disappear, wildlife that depends on their cavities will suffer.
Another researcher, Clemson University graduate student Felicia Sanders, fixed permanent video cameras inside four red-cockaded woodpecker cavities to study nesting ecology in a South Carolina pine forest. "We've always known that they experience brood reduction, where the weakest nestling doesn't survive," Sanders says. But nobody knew how it happened. "Would the other nestlings attack it, or would it not get fed, get weak and die?"
Using time-lapse video surveillance, Sanders recorded nearly 5,000 hours of nesting behavior during 1998 and 1999. Watching the tapes, she learned that the weakest nestling died of starvation, probably because it wasn't begging as vigorously. This contrasts to other bird species, like masked booby nestlings, which actually engage in siblicide. Because red-cockaded woodpecker nests had never before been continuously monitored, Sanders also observed previously undocumented activities.
The ability of Peepers and similar video cameras to record animal behavior without human disturbance has potential to open a new chapter in wildlife research. Since their first use for woodpecker cavities, Christensen has modified Peepers to monitor a wide variety of animal homes that were traditionally difficult to study. "Treetop Peepers were first built for red-cockaded woodpeckers," says Christensen. "Now they're used for everything under the sun."
Texas journalist Wendee Holtcamp Peepered bird nests with scientists at the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge while reporting this article. The red-cockaded woodpecker is one of 25 species highlighted in NWF's Keep the Wild Alive™ campaign. For more information, see www.nwf.org/keepthewildalive.


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M. Israel Levi, the Grand Rabbi of France, has left for Algeria in order to be present at the ceremony of unveiling a monument to the Algerian Jews who fell in the War. The monument is being erected by the Jewish community of Algiers.
This is the first time that a Grand Rabbi of France has visited the Jewish communities of North Africa, Rabbi Levi has gone there at the invitation of the Jewish consistory of Algeria.


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European failure will not affect United's spending
Sir Alex Ferguson insists a £20million Champions League calamity against Benfica will not alter his January transfer targets.
After shock defeats to FC Copenhagen and Celtic, Manchester United suddenly find themselves pitched into another last-day decider with the Portuguese giants.
Twelve months ago, when a draw would have been enough to seal a place in the last 16, the Red Devils came up short, sliding to defeat despite taking an early lead through Paul Scholes.
This time around, the challenge is not quite as tough as Ferguson's men have home advantage on December 6.
But a second failure on the trot would be very costly as new owner Malcolm Glazer looks to balance the books following his controversial £790million takeover.
With around £10million in guaranteed prize money for the winners, plus gate receipts of £3million per game to fall back on, the price of defeat would be very high indeed.
However, having already come up with a few ideas to strengthen his squad when the transfer window opens, Ferguson will not be deflected from his path.
'We have some ideas about January next year which will not change no matter what the results,'said Ferguson.
England international Owen Hargreaves is still thought to be on United's hit-list despite Bayern Munich's insistence the midfielder - still sidelined with a broken leg - is going nowhere.
Ferguson is also desperately in need of striking reinforcements even though Giuseppe Rossi is due to return from his loan spell at Newcastle at the end of the year.
Struggling Charlton have already declared top scorer Darren Bent off limits, while United continue to be strongly linked with a £20million move for Atletico Madrid's Spanish World Cup star Fernando Torres.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Federal Reserve will announce the results of its annual stress tests Thursday afternoon, and this year's results may be a whole lot more interesting than last year's, especially for Citigroup (C).
The stress tests are a two-part process. The first -- the results of which will be announced Thursday afternoon -- measures large banks' ability to remain well capitalized through a "severely adverse" economic scenario, which assumes an increase in the U.S. unemployment of four percentage points, with the unemployment rate peaking at 11.25% in mid-2015. The scenario also includes a decline in real U.S. GDP of nearly 4.75% through the end of 2014, a 50% decline in equity prices and a 25% decline in home prices.
The severely adverse scenario also has international components, including recessions Europe and Japan, and slowing growth in Asia. For the U.S.-owned holding companies being tested, this part of the scenario is most important for Citigroup, which derives the majority of its revenue and earnings from outside North America.
The second part of the stress tests is the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR), which applies banks' plans to deploy excess capital through dividend increases, stock buybacks and/or acquisitions to the same "severely adverse" scenario. For bank-stock investors, CCAR is the more important part of the stress-test process. The Fed will announce those results on March 26, with most of the stress-tested banks expected to announce dividend increases and/or stock buyback plans the same day.
The New Guys
The Fed this year has increased the number of banks going through the two-part process. The first part is known as the Dodd-Frank stress test, named after the massive Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act signed into law by President Obama in 2010.
The first major difference from last year is the addition of 12 more banks to this year's test group, bringing the total to 30. The new additions to the group include Discover Financial Services (DFS) and Northern Trust (NTRS) of Chicago, as well as four regional bank holding companies and six foreign-owned bank holding companies.
Here are the regional banks new to this year's Dodd-Frank stress tests:
- Comerica (CMA) of Dallas.
- Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) of Columbus, Ohio.
- M&T Bank (MTB) of Buffalo, N.Y.
- Zions Bancorporation (ZION) of Salt Lake City.
Here are the foreign-owned U.S. bank holding companies new to this year's stress tests:
- BBVA Compass Bancshares, held by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA BBVA
- BMO Financial, held by Bank of Montreal (BMO).
- HSBC North America Holdings, a subsidiary of HSBC (HSBC).
- RBS Citizens Financial Group, held by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
- Santander Holdings USA, a subsidiary of Banco Santander, SA (SAN).
- UnionBanCal, which is held by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group.
New Stuff
There are two new elements in the tests this year that complicate things for the big banks. For starters, stress tests and CCAR for banks considered global systemically important financial institutions (G-SIFIs) will incorporate a counterparty default scenario that "involves the instantaneous and unexpected default of the bank holding company's counterparty with the largest net stressed losses." In other words, the stress tests will factor in the instant default of a bank's largest counterparty for trading of swaps and other derivatives.
U.S. G-SIFIs include JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup, Wells Fargo (WFC), Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Bank of New York Mellon (BK) and SunTrust (STI) of Atlanta.
The second new twist is the "Global Market Shock" component of the severely adverse economic scenario, which the Federal Reserve describes as "one-time, hypothetical shocks to a large set of risk factors."
When announcing the stress test scenarios in November, the Federal Reserve said "Generally, these shocks involve large and sudden changes in asset prices, rates, and spreads, reflecting general market dislocation and heightened uncertainty." The Global Market Shock component of the stress tests will apply to the "big six" U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.


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Research project: Residue analysis of mortars and pestles from Papua New Guinea
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This collaborative research project aims to reconstruct the functions of stone mortars and pestles from Papua New Guinea dating from between 8,000-3,000 years ago. We are testing a hypothesis that they were used in the preparation of foods (particularly taro) for ritual and ceremonial occasions. These elaborately carved and decorated artifacts are important because studies of the spatial distributions of their forms and decorations have identified ancient trading and social networks that stretch over large areas, including links between the highland and lowland areas of the Papua New Guinea mainland as well as between the mainland and island regions.
Microscopic studies of diagnostic plant fossils (e.g. starch granules, phytoliths and plant tissues) within residues remaining on the tools after they were used provide direct evidence for the materials processed. Since the mortars and pestles date to the time of the earliest cultivated plants in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, we expect to find their traces. We may also be able to monitor the spread of cultivation throughout the lowland and island regions.
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September 23 2012
Moore closes gap, Sneds in control
ATLANTA -- With a 17-footer for birdie at the 11th hole, Ryan Moore has closed the gap to one shot in his quest to win the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola.
Brandt Snedeker still leads the tournament, though, and he has one shot to give in terms of the all-important FedExCup competition, too.
If Snedeker wins, he's guaranteed the FedExCup. But he can also win it with solo second, as long as Rory McIlroy doesn't get into a three-way tie for fourth -- and there are other scenarios, as well.
McIlroy is currently in a two-way tie for 10th at 1 under with Tiger Woods. The two, who came into the TOUR Championship ranked 1-2, respectively, in the FedExCup, need to make up eight stokes to win the $10 million bonus.


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Charlottesville, VA, United States, 2010/12/02 - PPC10A features 8-core QorIQ processor allowing more throughput and enabling smaller space deployment. NYSE: GE
GE Intelligent Platforms today announced the PPC10A rugged 6U VME single board computer. Built around the QorIQ P4080 8-core processor from Freescale Semiconductor, it provides a significant increase in performance while operating within the power envelope of its predecessor, the dual core PPC9A (for which it provides a straightforward, cost-effective upgrade) allowing more throughput per slot. Alternatively, existing systems that use multiple processor boards can be replaced with a single PPC10A board containing multiple processors, saving space and weight. The PPC10A supports both symmetric- and asymmetric multiprocessing.
The PPC10A features either eight or four e500mc cores, each operating at up to 1.5GHz. Combined with up to 8 GBytes of dual channel DDR3 memory, its performance makes it ideal for the most demanding applications, while five levels of ruggedization enable it to operate in any environment from office/benign to harsh. It also offers significant flexibility with two XMC/PMC sites and an AFIX (Additional Flexible Interface Extension) site that allows almost any customer application to be accommodated. GEs AFIX optionally features a range of capabilities including SCSI, VGA/graphics, digital IO, 1553 and Flash drive; customer-specific variants are also possible.
The VMEbus architecture has been with us for more than thirty years and is at the heart of hundreds of thousands of deployed embedded computing systems, with more being added all the time, said Richard Kirk, Product Manager at GE Intelligent Platforms. The PPC10A will be enormously attractive to existing VMEbus users as they look to increase performance and it will also be attractive to new users who will be compelled by its combination of high throughput, enormous flexibility and low power consumption.
In addition to the flexibility offered by its two XMC/PMC sites and AFIX site, the PPC10A also provides two Gigabit Ethernet ports (with an additional two ports optionally available), two Serial ATA ports, two USB 2.0 ports (three additional USB 2.0 ports are optionally available) and 31 GPIO ports.
The PPC10A is supported by a rich and comprehensive software environment, including Deployed Test Software (BIT and BCS): operating system support is planned for VxWorks®, Wind River Hypervisor, Linux® and INTEGRITY.
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