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Trail Blazers!
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Do you love the outdoors? Through games and projects you'll learn how to survive on your own while enjoying the wilderness. You'll grow in nature and ecological awareness, including fire ecology, environmental appreciation and outdoor living skills.
Adventure!... Gain historical and traditional perspective through Native American Indian Lore. Learn to use a map and compass in an orienteering treasure hunt. Practice low-impact camping and hiking skills and what to do if lost. Practice the basics of safe campfire building and maintenance. Learn outdoor cooking over a campfire and using a camp stove. Discover the uses of edible and medicinal native plants. Learn knot tying and how to build a survival shelter. Become proficient at tracking wildlife.
Archery... Develop your aim with bow and arrow in the traditional target sport of archery.Choose to practice daily at the Archery Range, if you'd like!
Get away!... Choose to go on the weekly Hike or Water outing and you may stay for the optional weekly overnight campout (usually on Wednesday night) to put your practical skills to the test.
Campouts: Optional overnight campouts are offered for the Trail Blazers. Look for the Trail Blazers Information Sheet that is sent home on Monday afternoon. Campers bring their own sleeping bag, pillow, toothbrush, change of clothes and one lunch. All other equipment and food are provided. Return to North Boulder Park at the regularly scheduled time the following day or spend the Thursday night overnight at Camp, too!.
Authorization: Did you check "yes" for the campout or overnight on the Registration Form? This authorizes your child to stay for any of the campouts, and there is no need to fill out an additional authorization each week. Otherwise, please sign an authorization at the park.
Registration for Campouts: Early registration is not necessary. You may register by indicating the date on your payment check or call the office to specify and charge your credit card.


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driven an early version and was impressed. Given that one PHer went out and bought an M135i purely on the strength of his video, that might be enough.
The performance figures look good. The pure battery car will hit 62mph in 7.2 seconds with the range-extended version not far behind on 7.9 seconds, according to BMW. It's also rear-wheel drive. Top speed is 93mph and both produce 170hp.
We're even promised oversteer thanks to the dynamic traction control mode allowing a degree of slip "in particularly enthusiastic cornering". Now there's a Section 59 challenge...
It's impressively light at 1195kg for the electric version thanks to that carbon fibre body and an obsessive concern for weight saving which includes making screws and bolts from aluminum instead of steel.
Of course running costs are minimal and even the two-cylinder i3 is rated at just 13g/km of CO2, so there's no VED or congestion charge to pay. If you've got room to home-charge it costs just £315 to install the fast-charge box that fills up the battery to 80 percent from zero in three hours. Fully charged, you could theoretically run for 100 miles before expiring, boosted to a max of 186 miles for the range extender.
That interior is pretty cool too. Chris reckoned that to sit in one is to want one and we're told that the four different interior specs (sorry, "Worlds") of Standard, Loft, Lodge or Suite all feature natural materials including wood, natural fibres and leather.
So what's bad, other than wider objections to electric motoring? The looks are never going to have anyone swooning. Measure the social skills of your friends by recording their adjectives used: royal protocol officers will describe it as 'interesting'.
Running costs might stretch higher than imagined too. For example those tall, skinny tyres measuring 155/70 R19 won't be cheap. You can source them now for about £80ish a corner, but all are space savers with a max speed of 50mph!
Yes this car is the future, but only to people who use the word 'megatrends' on a daily basis. To the rest of us it's an interesting talking point, but is that it? We'll be interested to know, would the i3 make you more likely to buy an electric car than before?

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Oh how I LOVE to change up my hair!!! I've always been a natural who is a fan of braids, twists, locs, short hair, and yes wigs and weave (aka accessories)! It's fun to change up my look whenever I want and not give a care about what other people have to say! I installed Senegalese twists for the very first time back in July right after I returned from the Essence Festival. You can find that post here. It was extremely hot wearing them during those warmer months, but now is the perfect time to do a protective style such as braids/twists. Below are some frequently asked questions.
- What kind of hair did you use? 100% Kanekalon braiding hair. They also have a brand called Expressions where you don't have to use as many packs and you can use the "pulling method" to make the hair stretch.
- How much did the hair cost? $1.99 a pack
- How many packs did you use? Approximately 11 (my twists were waist length)
- Did you wash them? I did not wash them, mainly because I didn't keep them up long enough. However, I did use a spray bottle (water, coconut oil, JBCO oil, and a little conditioner) to spritz my scalp and my hair in twists daily. I also spritzed my scalp with peppermint oil and olive oil after my workouts.
- How long did it take? Approximately 11 hours (it was my first time, my second time was close to 8 1/2 hours)
- What's your nighttime routine? I pulled my twists back in a ponytail and slept with a stain cap. sometimes I'll put a scarf around my hair and wear the cap.
- Were they tight? Not at all. I never install twists, braids etc tight around my edges. It's almost that looseness after the tightness has worn off after most braiders install them ( if that makes sense).
- What do you use on your scalp? I use Organic Root Stimulator body and hair spray or DAX (Vegetable oils w/ Lanolin) Pomade, and JBCO (around perimeter) when needed.
Chunky Senegalese Twists
In between this time…I decided I wanted to take them down and I wanted to try long kinky twists with Marley hair. I'll post about those soon. I reinstalled them again in September. I really love these twists, they have so much versatility!
Semi-chunky Senegalese Twists
I took this set down, because I was preparing for my first 10K with Black Girls Run! in Atlanta. They were too heavy to be running in and it was HOT. I guess I should've thought about that before I did them — which is why I decided to wait to do them in the cooler months. I am planning on doing my very first installment of box braids this Winter! I'm excited about that. Be on the lookout for those!
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I like to keep a close eye on the developments of the technology industry. Sometimes, I come across interesting investment options, like Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Although I take many aspects into account when I analyze a company, I will focus, in this article, on debt and liabilities. This company has been in the market for a decade, dedicated to designing and producing microprocessors and low-power processor solutions for the computer and electronics industry.
As Intel Corporation (INTC)'s low-cost alternative, this company has been struggling to gain a substantial market share and the struggle will likely continue in the future. However, the underdog's superior graphics technology has given it a differential value. Furthermore, the company is set on entering the embedded and semicustom processor market, in order to diversify revenue income. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)'s Xbox One and Sony Corporation (ADR) (SNE)'s PlayStation 4 game consoles, for example, already feature the company's semicustom processors.
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I've written here before about one of the defining pleasures of football season, Linner. Now that the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl weekend are upon us, Linner is being served for increasingly large, increasingly agitated groups of couch-dwellers across the land, and the menu needs to bring its hearty, tasty A-game. Perhaps most critically, whatever's served has got to be low-maintenance. Who wants to risk missing a crucial fifteen minutes because they're stuck in the kitchen?
Enter the slow cooker, the food-loving football watcher's secret weapon. Get your tasty game-day grub started in the morning while you're having your coffee and reading the sports section (chili, ribs, stew, and dips all tend to work well in a slow cooker), and all that remains of your pre-game prep is putting together a self-serve station for football watchers who need a break from the action. The slow cooker is also a good way to keep dishes warm throughout a long, cold game-day afternoon.
Judith Finlayson's 150 Best Slow Cooker Recipes includes three fantastic slow-cook recipes for this weekend's playoff Linner:
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how many rounds do you carry?
when i carry my 1911 .45 i carry a total of 25 rounds one round in the chamber 8 in the magazine and two spare 8 round mags on my belt and when i carry my .40 cal i carry 21 rounds one in the chamber 10 in the mag and a spare 10 round mag you think thats enough?
I am definitely no expert, but from all accounts I have heard you should carry whatever is comfortable for you to carry. If you can easily carry your pistol plus 2 mags, then do so. If all you can comfortably carry is the pistol, then do that. There is no formula or set amount of ammo that will make your kit complete.
Realistically, the only situation where you will need a reload is if you are facing multiple assailants which is an atypical self defense scenario. Not impossible, just not likely. For most confrontations, I would posit that you would not need a full magazine of ammo much less a reload.
I know that when I can legally conceal carry, I will carry the pistol only. If I am ever, God forbid, put in a situation where I would need more ammo than is in my carry piece I will have to make some very important decisions. If you feel differently, by all means carry more ammo. Oh yeah, and just in case.... if you see 3 or 4 armed guys coming in to a store that I am in, how about a little support?:D
what the laws in texas regarding concealed carry
Most of my legality research has been done here. Handy for those tricky state line crossings.
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When the license comes in, I will probably carry only the six rounds in my carry weapon which is the PT-745 Pro sub compact.I carry one XD45 in the console beside me in the car and an extra mag for that, and when I start carrying, will also have a mag for that in the car, in the trunk, I have 2 boxes of 45's and a speed loader. When my other XD 45 comes in, it will stay in the house with a extra Mag and speed loader.
The way I look at it, if I have to use it, the 6 rounds should be enough, if it isn't, apparently I made a serious mistake and did not train enough or was not in the correct mind set, if either of those 2 are correct, then the proper thing to do is the following in correct sequence:
1- Come to the snappy position of attention.
2- Make a snappy about face.
3-place both hands firmly on the cheeks of the a**
4- Give a quick upward yank and litterly haul s** to your car.
5-Then in all reality hope along the way the BG isn't racing with you:p:D
In my truck, one autoloader w/mag, and three extra mags. On my person, pocket revolver 6 rounds. On rare occasions, I'll carry an extra speedloader.
If it was to ever happen, I hope that I would not need any more than an upper torso double-tap. But I do not carry extra mags, as my P14 holds (hopefully) all I should ever need. If you should ever have a need for more than the first few rounds, you might never need any again.
I carry one round in my shirt pocket and Andy will tell me if and when I can load it in my revolver. :D
For my commander I carry one extra mag i also carry a speedloader for my sp101... and i just throw 5 loose 22lr into my pocket for my Black widow.
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Nissan Leaf Headed for New York City Taxi Duty
Six Nissan Leafs will partake in a journey that no other electric vehicle has gone on before. As part of a pilot program, six pioneering Leafs will serve commercial duty as taxi cabs for one of the most populous metropolitans in the world, New York City.
The goal of this pilot program is to retrieve valuable information on how these electric vehicles will fair against the tall orders required to navigate New York's busy streets. If the program proves to be successful, it will help further convince people that EVs are in fact viable options for daily use.
For those interested in participating, Nissan has provided an online application from which they will handpick eligible applicants. Remember, there will only six cars! Those interested will have until November 30th to apply.
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On the NATPE convention floor there were encouraging signs that aviation-related programming was holding its own in the current, seemingly endless supply of reality-based programs. Billy Campbell, president and CEO of Discovery Networks USA, parent company of the Discovery Wings Channel, served as a panelist on a forum exploring the forecast of programming for this year.
After the forum Campbell spoke with AIN and shared his thoughts on the future of Discovery Wings. Responding to speculation about a regularly scheduled GA news program slated for broadcast on Wings, Campbell said he and Discovery Wings president David Karp "have talked about the program but it is not finalized yet." Campbell added, "I don't know that I can comment specifically on the show, but I do know that our full strategy on the consumer side is that we will be adding shows and I am allocating more resources for Wings programming."


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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotel4-star hotel with restaurant and fitness center
Popular property highlights
Located in the heart of Angouleme, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Chateau d'Angouleme, Angouleme Museum, and Angouleme Cathedral. FRAC Poitou-Charentes and Angouleme Paper Museum are also within 15 minutes.
Hotel Features
A restaurant, a fitness center, and a bar/lounge are available at this hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a rooftop terrace, a 24-hour business center, and self parking.
Room Amenities
All 89 rooms offer free WiFi, minibars, and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Room service, coffee makers, and free bottled water are among the other amenities available to guests.
Guest Highlights
- Excellent parking
- Spotless guestrooms
- Comfortable rooms
- Good location
- Helpful staff
Mercure Angouleme Hotel de France
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 4-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms.
Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access. Event facilities measuring 6997 square feet (630 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, a rooftop terrace, and a garden. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
- Bar/lounge
- Conference space
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 89
- Number of floors - 3
- Restaurant
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
- Rooftop terrace
- Shopping on site
- Elevator/lift
- Garden
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 10
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 6997
- Conference space size (meters) - 630
- Number of meeting rooms - 10
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free bottled water
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Room service (limited hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Les Jardins des Arceaux - This restaurant specializes in French cuisine and serves lunch and dinner.
La Coupole - Onsite bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
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Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at noon
Check-in time ends at 3 AM
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 12 per pet, per night
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 0.6 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 16 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 9 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 12 per pet, per night
Hotel Name
- Hotel Angouleme France
- Mercure Angouleme France
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The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
National Rating
This property has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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New Year's revelers firing guns into the sky sparked an outage for Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) subscribers in Fresno, Calif., after bullets damaged lines that deliver cable and phone service, according to local police.
The cable MSO responded to the outage shortly after midnight on Tuesday. One of its teams of field technicians called police after the Comcast technicians found about 25 spent shell casings near the damaged cable plant, according to The Fresno Bee. More than 800 subscribers lost cable and phone service as a result of the incident, and the shooting resulted in more than $10,000 in damage, according to Comcast.
"This is a prime example of damage that (is) caused by reckless discharge of guns during the New Year celebration," the Fresno Police Department said in a prepared statement.
Comcast has also been working this week to repair damage to its network in Arkansas that resulted from a storm with high winds.
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- The Fresno Bee has this story
Special report: Top 10 cable customer service nightmares of 2012
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From KPHO (Phoenix CBS), Nurse says she was fired for educating patient
PHOENIX (CBS5) – Inside Banner Del Webb Hospital in Sun City West, nurses are constantly tending to sick patients.
That's what Amanda Trujillo said she was doing last April when she spoke with a patient on the eve of their surgery.
"I discovered that they had a very big misunderstanding about what they were about to participate in," Trujillo told CBS 5 News.
Trujillo, a licensed nurse in Arizona since 2006, said she advised the patient of possible complications.
The patient decided to delay the surgery and reconsider his or her options.
Trujillo said she also ordered a case management consult for the patient to be educated about hospice care.
"The doctor, ultimately, is the focal point that directs care for patients," said Banner spokesman Bill Byron, who said company policy prevents nurses from ordering a case management consult.
"This is what we go to school to do. We are licensed to teach our patients, we are licensed to advocate," said Trujillo.
Right after that conversation, Trujillo said she was let go and a complaint was filed against her with the Arizona Board of Nursing.
Now, Trujillo said she is fighting to clear her name – not just for herself, but so other nurses aren't afraid to do their jobs.
"What this hospital is doing is establishing a culture of fear, and what the board is doing by supporting that is they're setting that example that the education of a nurse is not valued," said Trujillo.
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The Arizona Board of Nursing said they will discuss Trujillo's case at their next meeting in March.
From In the Footsteps of Rosa Parks.
Rosa Parks made history when she refused to move to the back of the bus and she was persecuted for her actions. She wasn't trying to start a movement when she refused to move. She said that she was tired and just trying to get home. Amanda Trujillo wasn't trying to start a movement either.
Now Amanda is being persecuted for her actions. A lot of people have asked me why the Amanda Trujillo case resonates with nurses. It's because nurses are tired of being treated like second class citizens.
Nurses have few rights and little protection in the workplace. We are abused and bullied by nurse executives who cherish corporate profits.
Frankly, we're tired of being told to go to the back of the healthcare bus. And God help the nurse who says no, they aren't moving. He or she is ridiculed, fired, dragged before the state board of nursing and threatened with the loss of their nursing license.
Now, with the support of others, Amanda is fighting back. She isn't doing this for herself, she is fighting for our patients and the nursing profession. Great changes begin with one person.
Rosa Parks said that you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. Amanda is doing the right thing and she will win, and by doing so, we will all win in the end.
Please visit Nurse Up! to learn more about the Amanda Trujillo case.
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AVERIES Recycling missed a weekend deadline to start removing waste which is hampering the clean up of the fire at their Marshgate site.
The Environment Agency gave the company until noon on Saturday for begin action but nothing happened.
The blaze has been burning for four weeks and firefighters believe that the removal of some of the waste will provide a huge boost in putting out the fire.
The agency has been working with firefighters, Averies, Swindon Council, NHS England and Wiltshire Police to deal with the incident.
Ash Dobson, from the Environment Agency, said: "On Saturday afternoon we advised the operator of our intent to use our powers to remove waste from the site to allow Wiltshire Fire and Rescue services the space to extinguish the fire.
"Environment Agen-cy contractors will start work as soon as possible. We are using our powers because the operator has failed to respond to previous enforcement notices. The multi-agency response group have done significant preparatory work to allow all parties to safely remove the waste, address risks of pollution and extinguish the fire as quickly as possible. We're grateful for the ongoing cooperation of residents and businesses as the plan progresses."
The Environment Agency will look to recover costs of hiring the contractor from Averies.
Since the fire started residents and business have been affected by smoke from the scene, and a petition calling for a public inquiry into how the authorities have handled the incident has been launched.
Sally Coble, from the Environment Agency, said: "I'm sure it must be very frustrating for everyone living there. We have been working since the fire broke out to get a resolution, and sometimes these things don't happen as quickly as we would like.
"I'm sorry that things have taken as long as they have but this is not just down to the Environment Agency. It is down to the operator not wanting to come to a resolution quickly."
The removal of the waste is expected to start this week. Previously, the council-owned former Groundwell park and rides site had been earmarked as a potential location for the transferred rubbish but that lead to a protests from residents.
The Adver understands the waste will be taken to Hills Waste Solutions, in Blunsdon.


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Alabama Graphite Announces Additional Assay Results from Its Coosa Project
Alabama Graphite Corp. (CNSX:ALP,US:ABGPF) announced further assay results from its 2012 drilling program at the Coosa Graphite Project in Alabama. Highlights include results from hole E08C as previous assay results from holes along the E-line did not contain significant mineralized intervals. Drilling on the 200 feet by 200 feet resource grid at the Coosa Project consisted of 54 vertical core holes. With the receipt of the current assays, 27, or half of the core drill holes within the resource grid, have been completely processed including logging, processing and receipt of assay results.
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Results were received this week from diamond drill holes AGC-E02C, E08C, F04C, F07C, F08C, H02C and H04C. The drill core was logged and sampled at the Company's facility in Sylacauga and shipped to ALS Minerals in Elko, NV, for analysis. The samples were analyzed for graphitic carbon (Cg) by the LECO method. Of interest were the results from hole E08C as previous assay results from holes along the E-line did not contain significant mineralized intervals.
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SHANE Watson has been warned he must overcome increased competition for his place in the national team until he resumes bowling.
Watson is due to make his first appearance as a specialist batsman on Wednesday in the one-dayer against the West Indies in Canberra.
He has stopped bowling in a bid to overcome the injuries that have dogged him for much of the past 15 months.
Australia's Test and one-day captain, Michael Clarke, said that while he was pleased his deputy was again available for selection his claims for selection were lower as a specialist batsman than they were as a seam-bowling all-rounder.
''I don't think anybody walks into the Australian cricket team. It's about performance. The strength of Shane is that he's performed over a long period of time, in state cricket and for Australia in all three forms of the game. He's vice-captain of the team and it'll be great to have 'Watto' back, that's for sure,'' Clarke said after he won the Allan Border Medal on Monday night and Watson won the Twenty20 award.
''As I've said to Watto, while he's not bowling he goes into a much bigger pool of players.
''The pool of batsmen is much bigger than the pool of all-rounders in Australian cricket at the moment, but Shane knows if he's at his best he's as good as any player in the world, let alone in the Australian team. Our goal as a team is to help Watto get back to his best. Hopefully that's batting and bowling in time but right now that's batting.
''My job, as captain, is to do whatever I can to help him get back to being the best batsman he can be and help Australia have success in India.''
Watson, who was alongside Clarke when the captain made the comments about him, reiterated his belief that halting bowling would help his batting consistency.
''Hopefully I can get some continuity with my batting over the next few months and then slowly build into getting some bowling under my belt because the perfect world for me would be making sure I'm able to bowl and contribute with the ball during the Ashes,'' Watson said.
Watson is part of Australia's Test squad for the looming series in India but what position he will occupy in the batting order is unclear.
He batted at four in his last appearance but has declared he wants to reclaim his opening spot, which would require a split of the current David Warner-Ed Cowan partnership.


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Fujezone MT12
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Fujezone Smart Tab X2
Fujezone Smart touch CT01
Fujezone Talking Tab X88
Fujezone Smart Tab A200
Fujezone, since its inception in the year 1994 has grown into a renowned name in the industry of consumer electronics and mobile phones. In 2012, it has entered into the tablet industry with the ultimate objective of providing premium products to the consumers without compromising on the product quality. Its tablets have become much popular and are specialized in areas like applications, design, music and imaging. Targeting the entry level market of India, the firm has launched budget friendly tablets making the best use of advanced technology. Due to the low budget price, these tablets are within the reach of average customers of the country. However,is it is ideal to spend money on this tablet brand? Let's read the review first before arriving at any decision.
What can you expect from a Fujezone tablet?
All its tablets flaunt features like Android (4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich) operating system, HD touch screen of 7 inch, and internal memory of 4GB which can be expanded till 32 GB via micro-SD card. Along with that, these models comprise of A8 processor of 1.2 GHz which is further supported by 512 MB, provides video support in every major format and are packed with other exciting features like pre-loaded games, messengers, social networking applications and many more. The company has given special attention on the battery performance of these devices to support both heavy and medium usage by the customers.
The decent battery capacity of about 3000mAh supports 6 hours of standby time and 3 hours of talktime. The main USP of the brand is to offers stylish yet simple tablets at an affordable rate. The company has taken steps to ensure that tablets can be operated by an average customer quite easily. In order to experience its simplicity and cool technological features, you can try the MT-12. It has been priced around the mark of Rs.6000. No doubt the price is quite competitive in the industry and along with that you will also get 3G Data card for free.
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ZEPHYRHILLS — Zephyrhills stepped on the practice field just before 10 a.m. Monday, kicking off the official start of the Jerrell Cogmon era.
Cogmon, who replaced Tom Fisher as coach after 20 seasons, begins the season under a cloud of recruiting turmoil.
Pasco County is investigating the Bulldogs' program after it was discovered volunteer assistant Abel Robinson had improper communication with students from Wesley Chapel, where he teaches and coached last year. Robinson was let go at Zephyrhills on Thursday.
In terms of Cogmon's status, Zephyrhills principal Steve Van Gorden said the investigation should wrap up within 24 hours. Cogmon was on the practice field coaching as if he would be here for a long time.
"I respect the decision that (county athletic director) Phil Bell and my principal have made," Cogmon said. "… You have to chalk it up as a bad experience and move forward. We feel good. We don't feel as if we dwell on that. We have three weeks to get ready for Riverview. We've tried to address it with the kids and let them know where it is. We respect Mr. Bell's decision. He has the kids' best interest at heart."
Players began stretching drills and Cogmon shouted new chants unfamiliar to this tiny east Pasco community. "There's no better place to be," Cogmon yelled to his players as they ran across the practice field. "No better place to be."
No Pahokee for Sharks: Nature Coast's preseason classic at Pahokee has been canceled. Sharks first-year coach Mark Lee said the decision was made in the best interest of the program.
Nature Coast's season ended last year after a brawl at Groveland South Lake. After a 9-0 start, the Sharks were disqualified for the remainder of the season. Pahokee was recently sent home from a 7-on-7 tournament in Oregon because of discipline issues.
"We don't want our last game to be our preseason game," Lee said. "We have two strikes against us. One more and we're out. … Playing Pahokee would be like pouring gasoline on a fire."
Lee has made a point of implementing discipline for his new team, something he picked up as an assistant at Springstead. Discipline is a hallmark of Springstead coach Bill Vonada's programs.
Lee also cited the 160-mile trip to Pahokee. Nature Coast has not booked a replacement opponent though Lee said he is exploring other options.
Pirates well-wishers: A familiar voice welcomed Pasco to the first practice of the 2009 season. Former star Josh Johnson, who helped the Pirates reach last year's Class 3A state semifinal and is now playing at Purdue, called to wish the team luck as it prepares to defend conference, district and region titles.
"I usually communicate with all of them once a week," Pasco coach Tom McHugh said of the 15 players he has sent on to play college football. "… They're all saying good luck and keep going."
McHugh got to work quickly, installing base plays and trying to find replacements for the defensive unit, which was hit hard by graduation. Overall, McHugh has to replace 20 players who led the Pirates to a 12-2 record.
There have been some additions, including Wesley Chapel transfers Mitch Wozniak and C.J. West, and Zephyrhills transfer Jacob Guy. Guy was taking snaps as the second-team quarterback and is expected to play as a slot receiver.
"I know the kids want to work hard and they're doing good," McHugh said. "They're anxious and they're listening. They have big shoes to fill. Who's going to be the one to step up?"
Wildcats don't lose size: Despite the apparent mass exodus of transfers at Wesley Chapel, 79 kids signed in for the first day of practice.
Wesley Chapel has lost six players to transfers (Wozniak and West to Pasco; Jamal Roberts to Zephyrhills; Hunter Joyer to Tampa Catholic; two more moved out of the bay area). But from our observations the Wildcats will continue their tradition of producing some beefy linemen.
For the better part of 25 years, Wesley Chapel coach John Castelamare said he has used his version of the Ironman to gauge players' physical gains during the offseason. The eight-station workout includes: 8x80, leg press, bench press, vertical jump, over-under, shuttle, 10-yard dash, 40-yard dash.
"They work out all summer so it gives us an idea of their speed, conditioning and strength," Castelamare said. "The older guys, the veterans know they want to try to get on the top 25 board. We do it once in the spring and once in the fall."
Also of note, former Wesley Chapel linebacker Vince Chalecki has been hired as an assistant and will help with the JV.
Bucs full of confidence: Coach Jay Fulmer had a message for players when he first arrived at Gulf. "Gulf was not put on this Earth to be anybody's doormat," he told them.
Now entering Fulmer's fifth season at the school, it's clear attitudes and expectations have changed. Today, Gulf is nobody's doormat. After going 10-2 last fall and posting the most wins in school history, the Bucs believe they can win any and every Friday night.
"They expect to," Fulmer said. "And I feel good about our chances."
As is often the case, Gulf followed a tremendous season with an above-average offseason. According to Fulmer, the Bucs not only looked sharp in the spring but had an excellent summer, on and off the field.
"They did real well," he said. "The guys are stronger. The guys are faster."
Most impressive to Fulmer: The players needed little coaxing to stay in shape. "They just do it," he said. "They want to be out here. I don't ever really have to say anything to them."


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We're looking for people and other groups that might be interested in participating in theInternational Space Apps Challenge - billed as a hackathon running April 21-22.
As opposed to some other/similar events, this isn't focused solely on programmers, but really needs a collection of developers, designers, rocket scientists, aerospace engineers and others interested in space exploration.
Would you be interested in participating? Say hi here or shoot me an email. Interest will determine where we can hold this - but it'll be somewhere, and should be fun :)
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Actually... I don't think I did, though I used the occasion to link to SpaceX :)
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HOUSTON - Imagine living next to a toxic dumping ground for decades and you never knew it. Local 2 Investigates discovered that's what happened in an east Harris County neighborhood less than half a mile from an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site.
"It makes you angry," said Jennifer Harpster, a homeowner. "We never got a knock at the door saying, 'Hey we just wanted to let you know there's a dioxin dumpsite just down the road.'"
That dumpsite is called the San Jacinto Waste Pits -- a highly contaminated portion of the San Jacinto River running right under I-10 East. Large signs now warn people to stay out and to not eat fish caught in the area. The EPA placed the area on its National Priorities List in 2008.
Yet for almost 40 years, Jennifer Harpster and her husband, Jim, have lived right next door and said they were never told a thing.
"You think, 'Oh my gosh, I let the kids go down there and play in the river,'" Jennifer Harpster said.
"You worry about your kids and your wife and the people around you," said Jim Harpster.
The Harpsters now know dioxin, a highly-toxic chemical, is in the river. During storms like Hurricane Ike, the river flooded west into their entire neighborhood -- including in and around their home.
"The two waters (San Jacinto River and Galveston Bay) come together and where does it go? Right in our neighborhood," said Jim Harpster. "It can get 5 to 6 to even 10 feet deep. Then, you see a lot of weird stuff."
The Harpsters said after the floods, trees would die and grass would turn brown.
Knowing what they know now, they're worried about something much more. They're concerned their children's skin rashes, along with thyroid problems, could be linked to the contaminated river. At least 35 others in their neighborhood have similar concerns. They believe the tainted water may explain what they say are high concentrations of cancer, tumors, kidney disease and other ailments among them.
World War II veteran Jarold Frautschi has lived in the neighborhood for more than 35 years. He now battles breathing problems and cancer.
"I never thought anything in the world about it, until we heard about this," Frautschi said.
Others in the neighborhood have severe cases of chloracne, a skin disorder directly linked to dioxin.
"More testing needs to be done in regard to people who live in the area," said Dale Trimble, an attorney representing the neighborhood group. "They have been ignored."
The neighbors are now suing the companies they said are to blame for dumping the dioxin. A lawsuit filed by Trimble claims the toxic waste came from the Champion Paper mill in Pasadena in the 1960s. The lawsuit claims a group called McGinnes Industrial Maintenance Corporation dumped the waste into pits near the river and eventually abandoned them. The suit also claims the toxic chemicals were allowed to seep into the river and the neighborhood for 40 years and counting.
"No one has been forthcoming to the neighbors about how it affects them," Trimble said.
The EPA project manager overseeing the San Jacinto Waste Pit Superfund site told Local 2 Investigates workers have capped the leaking waste pits and that soil tests in five spots in the neighborhood last year found no dangerous levels of dioxin.
But Jennifer Harpster is not convinced and worries about all the other years when no testing was done.
"It's not safe for people to be living here," Jennifer Harpster said. "Let's recognize that fact and let's fix it."
Beyond the possibility of serious health problems for people who live in the area, neighbors said there is also a financial strain of living near the Superfund site.
"In all good conscience, I could not sell my house up to someone else, knowing what's right down the street," Jennifer Harpster said. "We would not have moved here if we had known they were dumping dioxins right down the street from us."
International Paper and Waste Management are also named in the lawsuit. International Paper acquired Champion Paper in 2000. Waste Management eventually acquired McGinnes Industrial Maintenance Corporation (MIMC).
International Paper issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit:
"We are aware of the lawsuit, which relates to a facility that was never owned or operated by International Paper. Champion Papers, which was acquired by International Paper in 2000, lawfully disposed of material at the site in the mid 1960s. International Paper, together with the other named corporations, is cooperating fully with the EPA to address the site."
Waste Management issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit:
"Neither Waste Management nor MIMC has been formally served with this lawsuit, so it is not possible to discuss as yet.
"MIMC is a corporation that no longer operates but more than four decades ago contracted with a nearby paper mill to dispose of paper mill waste for a period of nine months at the San Jacinto River site. Waste Management was not affiliated with MIMC during that period, never operated MIMC, never owned the San Jacinto River Waste Site property and was never involved in disposal there.
"Disposal operations that occurred at the San Jacinto River Waste pits historically - dating back to the mid-1960s - took place according to disposal practices common during that period and were conducted under appropriate governmental supervision at the time.
"Major remediation efforts at the site are currently under way via the U.S. EPA's Superfund process."
If you have a news tip or question for KPRC Local 2 Investigates, drop them an e-mail or call their tipline at (713) 223-TIPS (8477). Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Any::Daemon::HTTP::VirtualHost - webserver virtual hosts
my $vhost = Any::Daemon::HTTP::VirtualHost->new ( directories => ... , rewrite => ... , handlers => ... ); my $daemon = Any::Daemon::HTTP->new ( @other_options , vhosts => $vhost # or \@vhosts ); # or my $daemon = Any::Daemon::HTTP->new(@other_opts); $daemon->addVirtualHost($vhost); $daemon->addVirtualHost(@vhost2_opts); # create object which extends Any::Daemon::HTTP::VirtualHost my $myvhost = MyVHost->new(...); $daemon->addVirtualHost($myvhost);
These virtual host definitions are used by Any::Daemon::HTTP, to implement (server) name based data seperation. Its features resemble those of Apache virtual hosts.
Each virtual host usually has to Any::Daemon::HTTP::Directory slaves: one which describes the permissions for user directories (url paths in the form
/~user/ ) and one for data outside the user space.
You may avoid the creation of extension classes for each virtual host, by using these options.
-Option --Default aliases [] directories <see text> documents <undef> handlers {} name <required> proxies undef redirect <undef> rewrite <undef> user_dirs undef
Pass one or more Any::Daemon::HTTP::Directory OBJECTS, or HASHes which will be used to initialize them.
An absolute DIRECTORY for the location of the source files. Creates the most free Any::Daemon::HTTP::Directory object. If you need things like access restrictions, then do not use this option but the
directories option.
The keys are path names, part of the request URIs. The values are CODE-references, called when that URI is addressed. The access rules are taken from the directory definition which is selected by the path. Read "DETAILS" for the details.
Pass one or more Any::Daemon::HTTP::Proxy OBJECTS, or HASHes which will be used to initialize them.
[0.21] Automatically redirect the browser to some other url, maybe to an other host. Configuration like for
When a request arrives, the URI can be rewritten to become an other request. See "URI rewrite".
[0.21] When a METHOD name is specified, that will be called on the virtual host object. An HASH as parameter is interpreted as a simple lookup table.
With an (empty?) HASH which contains instantiation parameter, an Any::Daemon::HTTP::UserDirs is created for you, with standard Apache behavior. You may provide your own OBJECT. Without this parameter, there are no public user pages.
Returns a list of all aliases (alternative names) for this server.
Returns the primary name for this server.
Handlers are called to dynamically generate responses, for instance to fill-in templates. The "DETAILS" section below explains how handlers work.
When only CODE is given, then this will be the default handler for all paths (under '/', top). You may also pass a list or HASH of PAIRS. [0.21] CODE may also be a method name.
$vhost->addHandler('/' => \&default_handler, '/upload' => \&upload_handler); $vhost->addHandler(\&default_handler); # [0.21] will call $vhost->formHandle $vhost->addHandler('/form' => 'formHandler');
Same as addHandler().
The SOURCE objects extend Any::Daemon::HTTP::Source, for instance a
::Directory or a
::Proxy. You can find them back via sourceFor().
[0.21] Returns an HTTP::Response object if the URI needs to be redirected, according to the vhost configuration.
[0.21] Returns an HTTP::Response object of the URI.
Returns an URI object as result, which may be the original in case of no rewrite was needed. See "URI Rewrite".
Either pass a Any::Daemon::HTTP::Directory OBJECT or the OPTIONS to create the object. When OPTIONS are provided, they are passed to Any::Daemon::HTTP::Directory::new() to create the OBJECT.
Translate the URI into a filename, without checking for existence. Returns
undef is not possible.
Find the best matching Any::Daemon::HTTP::Source object, which might be a
::UserDirs, a
::Directory, or a
Either pass a Any::Daemon::HTTP::Proxy OBJECT or the OPTIONS to create the object. When OPTIONS are provided, they are passed to Any::Daemon::HTTP::Proxy::new() to create the OBJECT.
Handlers are called to dynamically generate responses, for instance to fill-in templates.
When a request for an URI is received, it is first checked whether a static file can fulfil the request. If not, a search is started for the handler with the longest path.
# /upload($|/*) goes to the upload_handler $vhost->addHandler ( '/' => \&default_handler , '/upload' => \&upload_handler ); # Missing files go to the default_handler # which is actually replacing the existing one $vhost->addHandler(\&default_handler); # [0.21] This will call $vhost->formHandle(...), especially # useful in your virtual host sub-class. $vhost->addHandler('/form' => 'formHandler');
The handlers are called with many arguments, and should return an HTTP::Response object:
$vhost->addHandler('/upload' => $handler); my $resp = $hander->($vhost, $session, $req, $uri, $tree); $vhost->addHandler('/form' => $method); my $resp = $vhost->$method($session, $req, $uri, $tree);
In which
$vhost is an
$session is an Any::Daemon::HTTP::Session,
$req is an HTTP::Request,
$uri an URI after rewrite rules, and
$tree the selected
The handler could work like this:
sub formHandler($$$$) { my ($vhost, $session, $req, $uri, $tree) = @_; # in OO extended vhosts, then $vhost => $self # Decode path parameters in Plack style # ignore two components: '/' and 'form' from the path my (undef, undef, $name, @more) = $uri->path_segments; HTTP::Response->new(HTTP_OK, ...); }
When your virtual host has larger configuration or many handlers --or when you like clean programming--, it may be a good choice to put your code in a separate package with the normal Object Oriented extension mechanism.
You may need to implement your own information persistence via databases or configation files. For that, extend Any::Daemon::HTTP::Session.
For each request, the rewrite() method is called to see whether a rewrite of the URI is required. The method must return the original URI object (the only parameter) or a new URI object.
Connecting this server to the popular Template::Toolkit webpage framework is quite simple:
# Use TT only for pages under /status $vhost->addHandler('/status' => 'ttStatus'); sub ttStatus($$$$) { my ($self, $session, $request, $uri, $tree) = @_;; my $template = Template->new(...); my $output; my $values = {}; # collect the values $template->process($fn, $values, \$output) or die $template->error, "\n"; HTTP::Response->new(HTTP_OK, undef , ['Content-Type' => 'text/html'] , "$output" ); }
See Log::Report::Extract::Template if you need translations as well.
This module is part of Any-Daemon-HTTP distribution version 0.24, built on January 05, 2014. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/any-daemon/
Copyrights 2013-2014 by [Mark Overmeer]. For other contributors see ChangeLog.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html


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With a bachelor's degree in business administration in one hand and an MBA in the other, ANR owner Amy O'Brien knows a thing or two about running a successful business. It takes a well-trained and hard-working crew, for one, and ANR's cleaners have earned a reputation for their attention to detail, whether they're erasing grime from around the base of a toilet or crawling under sofas to catch dust bunnies where they roam. Whether her crews are cleaning carpets, laundering linens, or cleaning large offices, Amy backs all daily, weekly, and monthly services with a 100% satisfaction guarantee, and vows never to ask her customers to sign a contract or her high-school yearbook prior to service.


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Allied Vehicles, based in Glasgow's Possilpark, is one of the UK's largest manufacturers of special-purpose vehicles, producing and selling around 8000 taxis, mobility vehicles, mini-buses, ambulances and custody vans every year.
Founded in 1993, the £80 million-turnover firm reported a 20% growth in sales last year, a clear sign of a recovering UK economy, says managing director Paul Nelson, who has boosted the factory's staff from 370 to 440 in recent months.
Last October, the firm appointed an international development manager and has had "very helpful" assistance from SDI and UKTI. So why has it taken the company 20 years to start exporting? Couldn't it have grown quicker if it had started earlier? And will last week's Budget substantially accelerate these efforts?
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Nelson says the new international development manager is part of an export drive. "We have just started putting demonstrator vehicles into European markets, including one with the largest Parisian taxi company, and wheelchair vehicles in Spain, Italy and France.
"We have in the past sold the odd vehicle abroad, including to New Zealand. The reason we have taken so long is that we have been building our share in the UK market to the position where we are by now the largest company of our sort outside London.
"There is also the fact that there are difficulties in exporting vehicles because each country has its own rules on top of Europe's. We have been working quite hard in Brussels to break those barriers down, but you wouldn't believe the difficulty we have in selling a Peugeot to France!
"The doubling of the Annual Investment Allowance in the Budget and the increase in export credit guarantees are no doubt useful, although we don't tend to use them.
"Like a lot of manufacturers we invest when we have to - in a £300,000 laser or a £60,000 break press, for example - not because there is an extra allowance, though I know firms which use these capital allowances in a more aggressive way."
He added that capping of the Carbon Price Support rate at £18 per tonne of CO2 from 2016-17 for the rest of the decade is useful in cutting energy costs.


text: Ski Haus offers Cross Country Touring rental skis for even more backcountry fun. XC Touring skis have fish scales under foot for grip and smooth tips and tails for glide. Cross Country Touring is a great option for kicking and gliding around Rabbit Ears Pass. For Skis, Ski Haus offers Madshus, Salomon, Fischer, and Rossignol touring skis. We offer Alpina 1550 and 1550 E for boot that are compatible with NNN Rossignol BC Bindings. The Ski Haus Cross Country Touring Package comes complete with adjustable touring poles and a free map of Rabbit Ears Pass XC trails.


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State by state, tofu's taking over the country!
The "50 Plates of Tofu" campaign highlights the versatility and health benefits of tofu, signaling a sea change in how tofu inspires in the kitchen.
We've partnered with five influencers to create unique recipes for each state - inspired by a regional dish or a popular ingredient! All the recipes are designed to be simple, easy to prepare and delicious, while supporting a better-for-you approach to eating. Starting in April, we're releasing recipes from five states weekly, so head over to our recipe page and type in "50 Plates of Tofu" and search for your home state!
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Finally, it's Super Bowl Sunday. When men are drunk and women learn that a post pattern has nothing to do with sewing.
Nothing like starting a column with a little sexist comment. Ah, we kid.
The red and gold are out in force in the Bay Area, which beats black and blue.
And the winner? Well, if you're a die hard Oakland Raiders fan and baseball star CC Sabathia, it's the Baltimore Ravens, 24-17.
CC, heading off soon for Spring Training, took a minute to predict the Raiders will be back in the Super Bowl "in my lifetime."
At 32, that's a shaky prediction.
Meanwhile, up in Vacaville, 95-year-old Bernie Freedman will turn on the new flat screen, take in the subtitles (who needs sound?) and continue to believe Colin Kaepernick is overrated as Niner QB. After weighing in, Bernie's Super Bowl winner: "Coca Cola."
Great. I'll put 100 bucks on Coke.
MORE BALL... So it looks like Vallejo's new semi-pro team is the Solano Admirals. Apparently, "Vallejo Hoodies" left a bad impression and "The Break-Ins" was demoralizing. Personally, I'd go with "The Blues," with the town's colorful history of that music genre. Oh well. We salute the admirals.
NOT ON MENU ... Seems two women got into a knock down, drag out last week outside of the Vallejo Denny's. Apparently one ordered the Grand Slam Your Head on My Car Hood breakfast. Probably under the influence of hash browns.
BOOTY CALL ... Good news has arrived in a bottle. Actually, via cell phone. A meeting between downtown merchants and a rep from the NorCal Pirate Festival this week went well. "No bickering or grandstanding," said Robert Litwin. "I thought it was a dream." Hopefully, the event that brings more than 15,000 to Vallejo's waterfront Fathers Day Weekend will remain a Vallejo treat.
TRIGGER HAPPY... As they say, guns don't kill people, people kill people. In that case, cigarettes don't kill people, cancer kills people. Sheesh. How about "Guns don't kill people. Obsolete amendments do."
VALLEJO ... Gateway to Concerts? Maybe, after the first BottleRock music and comedy fest was announced in Napa on Friday. Jane's Addiction. Train. Cake. The Wallflowers. Ben Harper. Dwight Yoakam. Zac Brown. Some pretty big acts. Of course, Vallejo can ride the coattails by offering its stellar hotels and superior restaurants for overnight visitors. Hey, stop that laughter now!
FREE ADVICE ... Don't even ask. But if you're older than, I don't know, 35, don't attempt to lift a couch. Not even just one end of one. You'll end up with a pinched nerve or damaged muscle or something that'll cause you to crawl to the restroom because you can't stand upright. Oh, not me. This happened to a "close friend." Yeah. A close friend. Nothing makes someone feel 80 more than taking 10 minutes to get out of bed. Unless you want to take
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text: On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 12:00:03PM -0000, Simon Marlow wrote: > threadDelay is IO-only; there's no way to use threadDelay in an STM > transaction. For example, if you want to wait for a TVar to go from > Nothing to Just x with a timeout, you could do this: > > readOrTimeout :: TVar (Maybe a) -> Int -> STM (Maybe a) > readOrTimeout t secs = do > timeout <- registerTimeout secs > let check_timeout = do > b <- readTVar timeout > if b then return Nothing else retry > check_t = do > m <- readTVar t > case m of > Nothing -> retry > Just x -> return x > atomically $ check_timeout `orElse` check_t Wouldn't it be readOrTimeout :: TVar (Maybe a) -> Int -> IO (Maybe a) ^^ ? Alternatively, it would be nice to have a new STM primitive: wailUntil :: ClockTime -> STM () so you would wait until some time-point passes, not for a number of time-units (waiting for a number of time-units wouldn't work because of retries). I think it could be efficiently implemented, wouldn't it? Best regards Tomasz -- I am searching for a programmer who is good at least in some of [Haskell, ML, C++, Linux, FreeBSD, math] for work in Warsaw, Poland


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Once again, versatile trackster Blair Koster high-stepped, sprinted and soared to three top-10 finishes.
Once again, versatile trackster Blair Koster high-stepped, sprinted and soared to three top-10 finishes.
The veteran Bartlesville High School junior athlete captured the championship of the girls 300m hurdles — and finished third in the 100m dash and seventh in the long jump — during Friday's meet at Tahlequah.
Fellow Lady Bruin hurdler Elle Denyer, who is a senior and past state track meet medalist, surged to first in the girls 100m hurdles to round out Bartlesville's championship successes at the highly-competitive meet, which include such powerful foes as Jenks, Broken Arrow, Tulsa Union, Bixby, Owasso and others.
On the boys side, senior sprinter Slade Nordic grabbed second place in the 200m dash and third in the 300m dash.
But, Bartlesville boasted several other gritty performances, as well, including an impressive showing by the Lady Bruins' 4x800 relay team, consisting of Ashley Barnes, Shay Stayton, Kassey Taylor and Avery Bennett.
The squad dashed to second place (10:40.72), less than 10 seconds behind the championship quartet from Broken Arrow.
This was Bennett's first track meet of the season, following her blockbuster campaign with the Bartlesville swim team.
On the boys side, Krishan Baniqued rocketed to third place in the 1600m run (4:36).
"He is really a premier distance runner that amazes me with his toughness and maturity," said Bartlesville head coach Bon Bennett.
Baniqued also praised his corps of freshmen — for both the boys and the girls — who are beginning to assert themselves against opposing upperclassmen.
The Lady Bruin frosh include Stayton, Alyse Littlesun, Madison McPhail, Karleigh Zoeller and Collyn Combs.
The list of Bruin ninth-graders includes Henry Williams, Noah Eiden, John David Lancaster, Treavor Taylor and Joe Lard.
Another highlight involved the showing of Lady Bruin thrower Nakia Smith, who posted top-10 finishes in both the shot put (6th, 31-6.75) and the discus throw (9th, 90-8).
Distance runner Anna Gunter finished less than two-and-a-half-seconds away from breaking the 13-minute barrier in the girls' 3200m run, and John Little came within three-hundredths of a second of running the boys 110m hurdles in less than 19 seconds.
Following are Bartlesville's athlete-by-athlete results:
Lady Bruins
Blair Koster
300m hurdles 1st :47.51
100m dash 3rd :13.11
Long jump 7th 14-6.5
Elle Denyer
100m hurdles 1st :16.43
Ashley Barnes
1600m run 4th 5:32.08
Shay Stayton
3200m run 5th 12:41.45
800m run 14th 2:43.48
Nakia Smith
Shot put 6th 31-6.75
Discus 9th 90-8
Sami Polk
Discus 6th 96-5
Karleigh Zoeller
High jump 6th 4-4
Mallory Brurud
High jump 7th 4-4
Long jump 14th 11-5.5
Riley Blevins
Shot put 8th 31-1
Shanaye Nordic
Long jump 9th 13-5
Anna Gunter
3200m run 9th 13:02.24
Kanya Williams
Discus 12th 87-6
Kassey Taylor
800m run 16th 2:44.42
Kirsten Kauk
100m dash 18th :13.99
Madison McPhail
100m dash 23rd :14.05
Katelyn Gerth
200m dash 27th :30.43
Alyse Littlesun
400m dash 23rd 1:08.58
Combs Collyn
300m hurdles 20th :58.69
400m dash 30th1:11.62
Alyssa Taylor
400m dash 31st 1:11.97
Yuka McMillan
800m run 33rd 3:04.39
4x100m relay
Bartlesville 6th :53.56
4x200m relay
Bartlesville 4th 1:50.98
(Blair Koster, Elle Denyer, Kirsten Kauk, Shanaye Nordic)
4x400m relay
Bartlesville 13th 4:48.11
4x800m relay
Bartlesville 2nd 10:40.72
(Ashley Barnes, Shay Stayton, Kassey Taylor, Avery Bennett)
Slade Nordic
200m dash 2nd :22.21
100m dash 3rd :11.03
Krishan Baniqued
1600m run 3rd 4:36.78
A.J. Parker
High jump 4th 5-10
Henry Williams
3200m run 8th 10:32.14
John David Lancaster
1600m run 9th 4:47.41
800m run 12th 2:08.23
Logan Martin
200m dash 11th :23.76
Tully Schaffner
Discus 11th 120-9
John Little
110m hurdles 12th :19.02
300m hurdles 16th :48.77
Kyle Carter
100m dash 15th :11.92
200m dash 17th :24.1
Noah Eiden
3200m run 17th 11:12.01
Connor Tussing
400m dash 23rd :57.33
Austin Linthacum
1600m run 23rd 4:59.02
Kris Puga
800m run 27th 2:18.99
Treavor Taylor
800m run 32nd 2:20.83
Joe Lard
100m dash 32nd :12.52
4x100m relay
Bartlesville 7th :45.31
4x200m relay
Bartlesville 3rd 1:31.82
(Slade Nordic, Kyle Carter, Marlon Cummings, Logan Martin)
4x400m relay
Bartlesville 11th 3:58.55
4x800 relay
Bartlesville 5th 8:43.95


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Le Ann, you did a wonderful job! I LOVE YOU!
Le Ann, you did a wonderful job! I LOVE YOU!
"Man is Elyse [top model] ever thin. Makes me want to go to the gym. Right after I eat my sandwich." - Giz
"Every time you dont buy CoverGirl cosmetics, Jesus cries" - SnowflakeGirl
"And I'm also tired of people saying "OMG I'LL NEVER WATCH AGAIINNN". Come on now. ANTM is cocaine and you are the lindsay lohans who crave it" - queenegoist
I love LeAnne and was so thrilled when she won the challenge. I completely detested that setup, though. There was really no way to wow anyone with 24 hours to come up with an entire catered wedding, including the cake, with only a limited budget and whatever shops that were open after dark. I found it incredibly unfair, and I was majorly impressed with what they did do for LeAnne's menu.
LeAnne, you can cater my wedding any time! Except that I've been married for 11 years, and I'm sure that I couldn't afford you!
You've gotta hustle if you want to earn a dollar. - Boston Rob
This challenge seemed exceedingly cruel, even for a genre of television that delights in humiliating its participants with strenuous, near impossible tasks.
I was sooo nervous for Lee Anne this week, and felt bad at how upset she was over the outcome of the wedding. But I think she did tremendously well, all things considered. I mean, just to have gotten it done within that scant time frame is amazing enough.
Sending good vibes and warm fuzzies your way..., SnowflakeGirl
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So true, I could so identify with how awful they must've felt after pulling that all-nighter. Sort of the pit in your stomach nightmare feeling we've all had at least once, whether at exams week or whatever. Or just in a nightmare itself.
They just were stuck in that humiliating situation and it kept going, and going. Really considering the way they were forced to shop at a 24 hour supermarket too, it's lucky it turned out as well as it did.
I hope some of Stephen's malingering and lecturing about wine pouring was just editing, but I have a sneaking feeling, it wasn't. That wait staff captain looked fairly PO'd.
Anyway - Le Anne I think you did pull it out of the bag, and the origami was a beautiful touch.
Each of the final four has a different achilles' heel.
In my opinion - Le Anne, what they most are missing to see from you is decisive leadership and a bit of assertiveness. Don't lose your basic kind nature though! They love that I can tell.
that throughout all the episodes, ti-FANNY has been eyeing her and precipitating situations for them to get closer and have greater opportunity for interaction
the idea of the two of them opening a restaurant together could be really cheery and make for great television, would they hire any of their fellow contestants? only time will tell
could make for some interesting episodes and Jonathan from BlowOut could do their hair..
Tiffany doesn't seem the type to perve out on someone. She's professional and so is Lee Ann. And, if there was a personal relationship that developed, I hope that both of them would be kind enough to post pictures. Beautiful, talented women, I can never get enough regardless of who they are dating. Lee Ann and Tiffany do your thing.
Lol (just read roses4me's posts - )...
I'm going with the spelling at the top of this thread (for Le Anne).
As for Tiffani/Le Anne - I think only in some viewers' imaginations. I didn't see it - although I wouldn't put it past Tiffani to try various things to psych out the competition including trying to 'charm' them - Ya don't berate someone you're trying to woo, as a rule. Like Tiffani did with Le Anne, about the oven being shut off.
I made your beef last night. Kecap Manis proved difficult here in Florida where speciality food products are impossible to find outside of Miami. I mail order many things. I managed to come up with a recipe for it that was close. It was a hit. I should have made more pancakes. I will look forward to a cookbook. I have a few Asian recipes that are common and not stand outs.
As for your eyebrows. Now you are in my territory. If they are not tattooed and you just pencil them on go to a make up counter and learn how to use the pencil to make individual hairs with the pencil. If they are so non exsistant have them tattooed but research it and make sure you find someone that will tattoo individual hairs in a lighter shade than they would naturally grow. Eyebrow shapes come and go so be careful not to get a fad shape and be sorry later. The reason for doing them lighter is to be able to alter the shape or thickness with a pencil as the styles change.
I know you have won this. Harold is your only competition and I do not see him having all the qualities that are required. You have gained the respect of your peers for being a good leader in the kitchen.
Get yourself a website and start posting recipes! NOW! Seize the moment. You have some fame, use it!
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Next, the presidential candidates sticking to the issues today. Kwame Holman reports.
ANNOUNCER: Please welcome Senator John McCain.
KWAME HOLMAN: Republican John McCain held a town hall meeting in Cleveland, this morning, another chance for him to tout his plan to give families tax credits to help pay for health insurance. McCain also explained the need to streamline patient medical records through better use of computers.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), Arizona: One of the biggest problems we have in health care — and we don't like to talk about it a lot — is medical error, medical error, where they can't — which I'm sure that our nurse friends here would certainly agree. The illegible writing of many physicians makes it an incredible task to interpret.
But the point is that they don't have to look at that anymore; they go online and they know exactly what's needed for that patient.
KWAME HOLMAN: McCain took questions on his health care plan and other pocketbook issues, such as the rising cost of gasoline. He used the opportunity to, once again, pitch his proposal for a summer-long federal gas tax holiday.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN: In case you haven't heard, I called for and asked for a little relief for this summer between Memorial Day and Labor Day from people having to pay 18-cents-a-gallon tax for gasoline and 24-cents-a-gallon tax for diesel fuel, just to give them a little break for the summer. You'd have thought that it was the end of Western civilization as we know it.
And wouldn't it be nice? Maybe at the end of this summer, parents would have a little more money to buy the school supplies for their kids that are going back to school. Maybe they could have a little nicer — maybe a night out and have a meal.
I mean, when we have families sitting around the kitchen table who have just lost their jobs and don't know how they're going to keep their home, why don't we give them a little break?
Democrats split on gas tax
KWAME HOLMAN: Meanwhile, Democrat Barack Obama campaigned in South Bend, Ind., this afternoon and reiterated his opposition to the gas tax holiday.
SEN. BARACK OBAMA (D), Illinois: That's a gimmick. That's not solving the problem. Worse yet, it comes out of the Federal Highway Transportation Fund, which means we're not rebuilding our roads and our bridges that are vital to commerce here in Indiana and employ thousands of people during the summer.
And, what's worse, economists say that, without the gas tax, there's nothing to prevent the oil companies from just jacking up the price the same amount that the gas tax was.
And we might end up driving more because the gas tax has been eliminated, so that will keep on driving the prices up.
All around, this was a bad idea. But the reason that it was presented was not because it was a good idea; it was because, politically, it looked like it might be a winner, that folks in Washington might be able to say, "Look, we did something," and they might get some votes between now and election day.
And I've said no. We can't keep on doing that all the time. We can't make our decisions based on what's politically popular. We've got to make it based on what America needs.
KWAME HOLMAN: As for Hillary Clinton, she campaigned in Brownsburg, just outside Indianapolis, where she criticized both her rivals' positions on the gas tax.
SEN. HILLARY CLINTON (D), New York: Sen. Barack Obama says we shouldn't do it and it's a gimmick, and Sen. John McCain says we should do it but we shouldn't pay for it.
I sometimes feel like the Goldilocks of this campaign, you know, not too much, not too little, just right. And I think we should have a gas tax holiday and pay for it.
Nobody is arguing it's an answer. But you know what it says? And, boy, we haven't heard this in a long time. It says, "Guess what? We're paying attention to how much you are suffering with these increased costs."
Guess what? We are going to expect you to move toward higher gas mileage cars. We just don't have enough of them that are affordable enough for everybody to be able to do it right now. We're going to have to become more energy-efficient.
Yes, we're going to have to do all of that. But I find it, frankly, a little offensive that people who don't have to worry about filling up their gas tank or what they buy when they go to the supermarket think that it's somehow illegitimate to provide relief for the millions and millions of Americans who are on the brink of losing their jobs, unable to keep up with their daily expenses.
So, as I say, we have to do both.
KWAME HOLMAN: The most recent polls show candidates Clinton and Obama locked in a tight race in Indiana, with Obama ahead of Clinton by at least 7 points in North Carolina. The two states hold their primaries on Tuesday.
Recent shifts in public opinion
JUDY WOODRUFF: Beyond Indiana and North Carolina, there is new national polling data that shows some interesting shifts in voters' opinions of the three major presidential candidates.
Here to talk about it is Andrew Kohut. He's president of the Pew Research Center, which released its poll today. And Jackie Calmes, she's the chief political reporter for the Wall Street Journal, which teamed with NBC News in releasing its poll.
It's good to see you both.
JACKIE CALMES, Wall Street Journal: Thank you.
ANDREW KOHUT, president, Pew Research Center: Good to be here.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Andy, to you first. First of all, what are you seeing in the Democratic race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton? He's the one who's been under a fair amount of scrutiny in the last few weeks.
ANDREW KOHUT: And I think, as a consequence, he's lost his lead in our national poll. We have 47 percent supporting him, 45 percent Clinton. Three weeks ago, it was a 49 percent to 39 percent Obama lead.
And I want to point out this poll was taken before the re-emergence of Reverend Wright, so it doesn't -- that doesn't factor into this. It's the things that happened before, and they resulted in Obama's image sliding a little bit.
It's still very good, but there are modest declines across the board, fewer superlatives being used to describe Obama. The percentage of people saying "honest" is a little bit off. The percentage saying "inspiring" is a little bit off. And we've seen a pretty big decline in the percentage of people saying "down to earth."
JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, in that vein, let's look at one of those numbers. Among those voters -- this is a group of voters Obama has had some difficulty appealing to, white Democrats earning under $50,000 a year. Back in March, 81 percent said they viewed Obama as down-to-earth. In your latest poll, it's down to 62 percent.
ANDREW KOHUT: The characteristic of this poll is that race and class play an even larger role than three weeks ago in determining who the preferences are of the Democrats. Three weeks ago, Clinton had a 12-point lead among poor, white Democrats. It's a 40-point lead -- hard to believe -- a 40-point lead among working-class Democrats in the current survey.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And, Jackie, as we pointed out I think a minute ago, this Pew poll was in the field through Sunday. This was just as the Jeremiah Wright -- the latest Jeremiah Wright controversy was unfolding. Your Wall Street Journal-NBC poll in the field through Monday. Did you see any more evidence of the effect on Obama?
JACKIE CALMES: Well, our poll overall was fairly close to Pew, and I think a lot of what we've seen -- or the re-emergence of Reverend Wright won't be really reflected in either of our polls.
And what's more, Senator Obama's repudiation of Reverend Wright on Tuesday would, of course, not be reflected at all.
But even despite this, for the first time in our poll, Senator Obama has a lead. It's a slight one, and it's 3 points, 46 percent-43 percent, which is -- 3 points is the margin of error -- over Senator Clinton among Democratic voters.
But that may be a lagging indicator. The negative feelings about some of these episodes, like Reverend Wright, like his gaffe about working-class people being so bitter about their position that they make an issue of guns and their religion, may not have shown up yet.
Measuring negative characteristics
JUDY WOODRUFF: Andy, we know that, as you're saying, Senator Obama's been hurt. How's all that translated for Senator Clinton? And, again, I want to look here at a specific adjective you used. You asked people to judge the candidates on several different adjectives. One of those words was "phony."
Back in March, 22 percent of Democrats said they connected Senator Clinton with that word; in April, up to 35 percent.
ANDREW KOHUT: Yes, that's one of the ironies of this survey. Even though she gained 6 percentage points in support, her credibility problem was bigger. The percentage of people who said she was honest was smaller than it was three weeks ago.
And, in fact, she has a somewhat less favorable image, even as she's gaining some support, meaning that this has to do, in this case, with more about opinions of Democrats, specifically white Democrats, about Obama than opinions about Hillary Clinton.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Now, Jackie, it's really interesting. You broaden this out and you look not just at the Democrats, but you bring the Republican in, too, John McCain.
It shows -- and you looked at the negative attitudes toward all three candidates -- for John McCain, there was a 30 percent negative view; for Barack Obama, 37 percent; for Hillary Clinton, 44 percent negative. Help us understand that.
JACKIE CALMES: Well, the interesting thing is that, you know, Senator Clinton has the highest negative. But of the three -- and she's the only one of the three with a net negative, meaning more people view her negatively than positively -- but of those three, she's the only one -- she's slightly improved over her previous rating in our March poll.
But the other two, Senator McCain and Senator Obama, both have net positive ratings. In Senator McCain's case, it's a plus-10 percent. There's 40 percent who view him positively, 30 percent negative. For Senator Obama, he's a plus-9 percent: 46 percent view him positively, 37 percent negatively.
But those plus-positives for each of Senator McCain and Senator Obama are half, roughly, than they were -- what their scores were a month ago in March. Senator McCain had a 20-point positive rating, and that's now cut in half, which shows he's come down to earth as he's had to campaign as a Republican partisan.
Predicting November match-ups
JUDY WOODRUFF: And, Andy, pull that together. When you look at the match-ups, McCain-Obama, your numbers show Obama 50 percent, McCain 44 percent. And then when you match up Clinton-McCain, it's McCain 45 percent, Clinton 49 percent. What does that say?
ANDREW KOHUT: Well, what it says is that this contentious Democratic race isn't hurting the electability of the Democrats so far, because those match-ups look pretty much like the match-up we found three weeks ago. Both Clinton and Obama run about as well as each other against McCain.
Now, they do it differently. Clinton gets a higher percentage of the Democratic base and therefore does reasonably well against McCain, not as well as some Democrats would have thought against a Republican candidate.
But Obama doesn't do so well among the Democratic base, but he has a much bigger draw to independents, a much bigger draw than Hillary Clinton does. The net-net is, though, you can't say that either one is more electable based upon the match-ups in our poll or most of the other polls that I've seen.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And we always have a caveat when we look at these match-ups this early in the year, we are still months away from the general election. This is a snapshot, of course.
And, Jackie, looking at that another way, John McCain, the Republicans went into this election year with a distinct disadvantage in all of the so-called fundamentals, and yet he's holding his own in these match-ups.
JACKIE CALMES: Well, not only did they go into this election year with a disadvantage, it's gotten worse, and our poll and other polls show that.
JUDY WOODRUFF: The Democrats?
JACKIE CALMES: And it's gotten worse for Republicans. But Senator McCain -- it's really remarkable to think that he's competitive at all with the Democratic candidate.
When you look in our poll, and people are just asked generically, "Would you prefer to have a Democrat win in November or a Republican?" They answer, by 51 percent to 33 percent, Democrat.
And yet, in these match-ups of a real Republican, John McCain, against the Democrats, it's a dead heat. And a lot of that just reflects that his reputation is as a maverick against his party.
So he's not yet -- I mean, Democrats are going to -- are beginning to make every effort to brand him as a Republican through and through. But right now, he's still -- it's the benefit of being seen as a maverick.
JUDY WOODRUFF: How unusual is it, Andy and Jackie, to see the presumed nominee of the party running so far ahead of where the party is?
ANDREW KOHUT: He's doing a great job of swimming against the tide, and like any candidate that I can really remember in any recent election.
JACKIE CALMES: But there's a real red flag for him out there. Our poll showed that the major concern that voters have about him is whether or not he will represent a third Bush term.
And in our poll, as others, President Bush's favorable rating is his lowest ever in his presidency: 27 percent in our poll. And to the extent John McCain is linked to Bush, it's a bad thing.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And we can pretty much count on the Democrats...
JACKIE CALMES: Oh, they're already doing it.
JUDY WOODRUFF: All right, Jackie Calmes, Andy Kohut, thank you both.
JACKIE CALMES: Thank you.


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Spice up the sandwich filling with this amazing variation. Peas are both nutritious and filling. What's more, in the combination they are exceptionally tasty.
- 1 cup cooked peas
- 1 tsp fresh mint, chopped
- 1 tsp sugar (optional)
- 1 tsp vinegar or lemon juice
- Salt and pepper to season
- Butter or margarine for bread
- Slices of bread
1Mash the cooked peas into a paste.
2Add the chopped mint, sugar, and vinegar or lemon juice. Mix through until combined.
3Season with salt and pepper to taste.
4Butter the bread (or not if you prefer).
5Spread the mashed pea spread over the bread.
6Remove the crusts. Use a warm knife to cut the crusts from the slices.
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Bluejackets' balance comes through at South St. Paul
Putting together a balanced effort on Saturday, the Cambridge-Isanti boys swim & dive team took home the 1st-place trophy from the South St. Paul Invite. (Photo submitted)
The Bluejacket divers combined for their strongest meet of the season while racking up 47 team points. Zach Stewart placed 2nd with a 298.95 score, followed by Billy Eifert in 3rd place (265.55) and Parker Brown in 5th (248.8).
"All three are diving really consistently right now. Considering our practice time has been cut back with three meets in each of the past two weeks, those guys are doing really well," said C-I Coach Gary Gotz.
Another key individual event was the 100 Freestyle where Jason Codner took 2nd (52.4 seconds), Benj Nault-Maurer was 3rd (52.9) and Darrin Codner placed 10th (56.9), combining for 40 points in the team standings.
Jake Berry posted C-I's lone win at the meet when he swam a 55.2 time in the 100 Backstroke. Berry also placed 2nd in the 100 Butterfly (55.1), teaming with Landon Acre-Kendall in that event who took 6th (1:00.6).
The Bluejackets' top relays all placed 2nd at the Packer Invite, kicking off with Berry, Nick Solberg, Acre-Kendall and Calvin Cicha swimming a 1:47.6 in the 200 Medley. Then in the 200 Free Relay, it was Cicha, J. Codner, Acre-Kendall and David Voller recording a runner-up 1:34.7 mark. Closing the meet, the foursome of J. Codner, Voller, Nault-Maurer and Berry helped ward off Farmington with its 3:27.2 result.
More top-10 Bluejackets at the Invite:
• Voller 4th in the 200 Free (1:57), 7th in the 500 (5:33)
• Cicha 3rd in the 100 Breaststroke (1:08), 6th in the 200 IM (2:16)
• J. Codner 3rd in the 50 Free (23.6)
• Nick Solberg 6th in the 100 Breaststroke (1:09), 10th in the 50 Free (25.5)
• Nault-Maurer 8th in the 100 Backstroke (1:02)
• Grant McCormick 10th in the 200 Free (2:03)
• Matt Taray 10th in the 100 Breaststroke (1:12).
South St. Paul Invitational
Cambridge-Isanti 414, Farmington 357.5, Hastings 319, River Falls 272, South St. Paul 225.5, St. Louis Park 220.5, Tartan 219, St. Cloud Apollo 154.5, St. Paul Como 128.
• The Jan. 20 dual meet at the CIHS pool against up-and-coming St. Michael-Albertville will also be "Parents Night" and "Senior Night' for the Bluejackets. It's their last home dual of the season, with only the Jan. 29 Bluejacket remaining on the home schedule.
Orono 95, C-I 91
The Spartans handed the Bluejackets their first home loss of the season Jan. 13, highlighted by them setting a new CIHS pool record in the 200 Medley Relay (1:43.51). Jake Berry won the 200 IM and 100 Backstroke races. More individual 1st places for C-I in the non-conference meet were David Voller in the 200 Freestyle and Calvin Cicha in the 100 Breaststroke.


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Veterans Day always falls on November 11. Understand the true meaning of Veterans Day and how it started.
Veterans Day, a U.S. federal holiday, is a time to honor and thank those who are serving or have served in the military and are still with us.
Note that Veterans Day is different than Memorial Day, which is a day to reflect and remember those who lost their lives in service to their country.
Think about how you can show a veteran extra appreciation. Attend a Veterans Day parade or event in your area. Ask a veteran about their service and really listen. Visit a VA hospital. Display the flag to salute our veterans! See American Flag Guidelines.
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Originally Armistice Day, commemorating the signing of the agreement that ended World War I at 11:00 A.M., November 11, 1918, this federal holiday was changed to Veterans Day in 1954. At that time, it became a day to honor all the men and women who have served in the armed forces of the United States. Each year, special ceremonies are held at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
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Samsung Ativ S should be released this year after all
Although we've heard several times until now that the Samsung Ativ S would be delayed until early 2013, it looks like this might not be true for all markets.
According to WP Central, Samsung has sent a note saying the Ativ S – which is its first Windows Phone 8 device – is still on track for a launch before the end of 2012.
In Canada, Rogers seems to be almost ready to start selling the Ativ S, as the handset appears in promo materials (for December 8 – December 17) next to the Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC 8X.
In the UK, O2 and Three should both release the Ativ S. The handset is also going to be available SIM-free there, for about £450.
Of course, it remains to be seen if Samsung can indeed bring the WP8 device to the market this month. If not – it won't be such a big loss for the company, as its Android smartphones (led by the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II) are selling really well anyway.
The second Windows Phone 8 handset announced by Samsung – Verizon's Ativ Odyssey – should be also launched this month. Still, Verizon didn't provide an exact launch date for it. But we know that the Odyssey isn't a high-end smartphone (like the Ativ S is), and it might be offered for free on contract.