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The Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 is pretty much what we've come to expect from the American military's mad science factory: something that has a practical use and still sounds blitheringly insane. In this case, it's a robot that gets launched into sub-orbital locations, gets fired out of a rocket, and goes ripping around the world at Mach 20 (~ 13,000 mph or 21,000 km/h). To give you an idea of how fast that is, the F-22 currently tops out at Mach 2.5.
So far, its big achievement has been hitting Mach 20, sending about nine minutes of data, and then crashing into the ocean. Seriously. They've done it twice, so far, and they're prepping another drone as we speak.
Why are we spending millions of dollars on this? Because
it's really freaking neat it can go around the world in an hour and collect valuable intelligence without the people being spied on even noticing. And the military loves that.
Also, they want to crash one into a terrorist compound, just for giggles.
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D.J. Durkin's promotion from linebackers coach/special teams coordinator to defensive coordinator at Florida comes with a $150,000 a year raise.
D.J. Durkin's promotion from linebackers coach/special teams coordinator to defensive coordinator at Florida comes with a $150,000 a year raise.
Durkin's new contract, which runs through the 2014 season, will pay him an annual salary of $490,000. He was making $340,000 a year in his former role.
UF's offensive coordinator Brent Pease, in the second year of a three-year contract, also makes $490,000 a year.
Durkin is replacing Dan Quinn, who left at the end of the season to become the defensive coordinator with the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. Quinn was making $510,000 a year at UF.
Durkin's contract, along with those of new defensive line and assistant head coach Brad Lawing and new wide receivers coach Joker Phillips, was obtained by The Sun through a records request and made available Friday afternoon.
Lawing, who left South Carolina to join Will Muschamp's staff, signed a three-year contract that will pay him an annual salary of $390,000. Additionally, he received a $50,000 signing bonus and will receive another $50,000 bonus if he is still on the job on Jan.31, 2016, the day his contract expires.
Phillips, the head coach at Kentucky the past two seasons, will be paid $265,000 a year by UF. Kentucky fired Phillips at the end of the 2012 season. Before being named the head coach at UK, the Kentucky native was a highly successful offensive coordinator for the Wildcats.

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New York -- Gucci said Wednesday it has launched its own mobile point-of-sale program at select directly operated U.S., Europe and Asia locations.
Through this program, Gucci is leveraging technology to create a unique customer experience and to better serve clients when they are shopping in its stores.
This technology, developed and customized by Micros Retail, enables sales associates to spend more time on the floor while simultaneously providing clients with support and assistance. Sales associates have been equipped with personal Apple iPhone 4S devices on which they can process sales mobily and wirelessly email receipts to their customers. This service expedites the sales transaction by increasing speed of payment and enhances connectivity between the client and the associate. The devices are also loaded with the Gucci Style app, as well as utility applications such as Google translator, Google Maps and currency converter. In addition, sales associates are able to allow clients to navigate the Gucci digital flagship at Gucci.com.
Patrizio di Marco, president and CEO of Gucci, said: "We have a firm eye on the future and this program confirms Gucci's strong commitment to new technologies. Not only are we setting new frontiers between fashion and technology," added di Marco, "but we are also further enriching the touch points between our customer and the brand, thus enhancing the in-store experience."
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According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, the current international system of drug control has focused on creating a drug free world, almost exclusively through use of law enforcement policies and criminal sanctions. Read more...
France elected as the new chair of the Pompidou Group and Energy Control awarded at the 2010 European Drug Prevention Prize. Read more...
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The city of Prague organized from September 30 to October 2, 2010 a conference called "Urban Drug Policies in the Globalised World". Read more.
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The European Harm Reduction Network will be launched at the time of the IHRA 21st International Conference 25-29, 2010 in Liverpool. Read more.
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The European Commission launched the European Action on Drugs, an initiative in which any individuals, NGOs, public authorities, schools, enterprises, etc. can take part. Read more.
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(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — Missouri is ready to push back against President Obama trying to toughen gun control laws by enacting its own measure that would make federal gun laws in the Show Me state essentially null and void.
If the Republican-controlled legislature manages to override a veto by Democratic Governor Jay Nixon on Sept. 10, it would make it the biggest victory yet for supporters of states' rights over the federal government.
GOP lawmakers feel they've got enough Democrats on their side to override Nixon's veto. Nonetheless, the law, if it passes, will be challenged in court by those on the governor's side who agree with him that the paradigm of federal supremacy "is as logically sound as it is legally well established."
Under the law, federal agents could presumably be arrested or sued for enforcing federal gun laws in Missouri.
Meanwhile, Robert A. Levy, head of the libertarian Cato Institute, contends Missouri or any other state is forbidden from blocking the federal government's attempts from enforcing laws.
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Dinofest International: Billed as "the biggest dinosaur event ever," this saurian showcase includes dinosaur skeletons and fossils from all seven continents. Highlights include numerous pieces from the "Great Dinosaurs of China" collections of the Beijing and Inner Mongolia museums of natural history, including the largest touring dino skeleton in existence: an 85-foot-long, 35-foot-tall Neurosaurus chaganensis specimen nicknamed "Nancy"; the remains of a 25-foot-long duckbill from the Los Angeles County Museum; and eight robotic replicas by Dinamation International Corporation. The exhibit continues daily, through Sunday, April 21, at Arizona State University Activity Center in Tempe. Public hours are 6 to 10 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekends. Admission is $5, $3 for kids age 12 and under, available at ASU Public Events and Dillard's box offices; call 965-3434 or 678-2222. On Saturday, April 13, ASU geology professor Edmund Stump leads a special tour of the exhibit. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. with breakfast in the press box at Sun Devil Stadium, and tickets are $15; for reservations call 965-1441.
Tailgators: Those who rave about guitarist Don Leady's contemporary 'gators--the Austin, Texas, trio even got a recent thumbs up from the Salt Lake City Surf Music Appreciation Society--should seek out the group's 1985 debut, Swamp Rock. The Wrestler platter, which featured the ex-battery of Keith Ferguson and Gary "Mudcat" Smith, included the unsurpassed rave-ups "They Call Me Rockin'" and "Rock & Roll Till the Cows Come Home," and, in the minds of some Texans, qualified the crew for instant membership in rock's pantheon of the gods, roots division. Eleven years later, Leady can still whip a wild groove around a room, and he receives solid support from the current rhythm section of bassist Jean-Jacques Barrera and drummer Chico Oropeza. Touring behind the Upstart disc It's a Hog Groove!, the Tailgators perform Thursday, April 11, at the Rhythm Room, 1019 East Indian School. The Suicide Kings share the bill. Showtime is 9 p.m. The cover is $5. For details call 265-4842.
Ballet Arizona's Romeo & Juliet: The troupe closes its season with artistic director Michael Uthoff's reading of the romantic standard, set to music by Prokofiev. Final performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11; 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 12; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13; and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14, in Center Stage at Herberger Theater Center, 222 East Monroe. Tickets are $17.25, $22.25 and $27.25, available at the ballet box office and Herberger. For details call 381-1096 or 252-8497.
Great Arizona Rib Round-Up: "Ribateurs" from the Southwest, the Midwest and Australia compete in the second annual meat market. Also on the agenda: rib-eating and hog-calling contests, daily heats by Robinson's Racing Pigs and music by Rhett Akins, Beatles tribute band 1964 and other acts. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11; 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 12; 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13; and 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at Symphony Hall Terrace, Second Street and Adams. Admission is free before 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday; it's $4 after that and all day Saturday and Sunday. Kids under 12 are admitted free any time with a nonperishable food item for donation to Arizona Food Bank. For details call 1-602-507-1060.
Phoenix Symphony: Conductor James Sedares leads the orchestra and the Arizona State University Choral Union, directed by George Umberson, in an all-Mozart program that includes Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 ("Jupiter"); and Requiem, K. 626. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11; and 8 p.m. Friday, April 12, at Symphony Hall, 225 East Adams. Tickets range from $12 to $36, available at the symphony box office and Dillard's; call 264-6363 or 678-2222. The symphony performs its popular "People's Pops Concert" at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at the hall. Tickets are free, but must be picked up in advance at any Phoenix public library; call 262-4627.
april 12
Fiesta Bowl 3-on-3 State Championships: The playground-style street-ball tournament features more than 800 amateur hoops teams shooting for local b-ball bragging rights. The eighth annual event kicks off with various competitions at the Friday Night Fan Jam, scheduled for 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 12. The double-elimination tourney is set for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 13; and the same hours Sunday, April 14. All events take place in the parking lots at Arizona Center, Third Street and Van Buren. Call 350-0900.
Ballet Arizona's Romeo & Juliet: See Thursday.
Dinofest International: See Thursday.
Great Arizona Rib Round-Up: See Thursday.
Phoenix Symphony: See Thursday.
april 13
"Freedom of Expression and the Arts": The timely colloquium, held in conjunction with Phoenix Art Museum's installation "Old Glory: The American Flag in Contemporary Art" (see the Art Exhibits listing) and billed as a "public forum on the legal, philosophical and historical interpretations of the First Amendment and restrictions to freedom of expression in the arts and humanities," is slated for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Phoenix Theatre, Central and McDowell. Former National Endowment for the Arts head John Frohnmayer and "Old Glory" contributing artist Faith Ringgold are scheduled to speak. Admission is $25, $20 for students and PAM members, which includes lunch. Preregistration is required; call 257-1880.
ASU Maroon and Gold Football Game: Bruce Snyder's Arizona State University squad plays its annual spring match at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe. Pregame festivities begin at 2. Admission is $3, free with a canned good for donation to the Salvation Army; lunch and a complimentary ticket to Saturday night's baseball game between the Sun Devils and the University of California at Berkeley (see the Sports listing) are included. Call 965-2381.
Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez, and Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles: Jose Hernandez is the kingpin of the American mariachi movement, and his U.S.-based Sol de Mexico is one of the tightest groups you're likely to encounter, with a repertoire ranging from traditional corridos to hot jazz and swing. Hernandez also had a hand in the creation of Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles, America's first all-woman mariachi. The groups join forces for a concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Gammage Auditorium, Mill and Apache in Tempe. Tickets are $12, $15 and $18, available at Gammage and Dillard's. For details call 965-3434 or 678-2222.
Phoenix Firebirds: The Triple A affiliate of baseball's San Francisco Giants continues its 33rd Pacific Coast League season with a series against the Edmonton Trappers. Games are scheduled at 7:05 p.m. Saturday, April 13; 1:05 p.m. Sunday, April 14; 7:05 p.m. Monday, April 15; and 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at Scottsdale Stadium, 7408 East Osborn. Tickets range from $3 to $7, available at the stadium and Dillard's. Call 275-0500 or 678-2222.
Ballet Arizona's Romeo & Juliet: See Thursday.
Dinofest International: See Thursday.
Fiesta Bowl 3-on-3 State Championships: See Friday.
Great Arizona Rib Round-Up: See Thursday.
april 14
Sunday on Central: Highlights of the annual bash on Central Avenue between Palm Lane and Osborn include music by Bo Diddley, Hamilton Loomis and others; the second annual Phoenix Mini-Indy, starring Arie Luyendyk, Tom Sneva and grand marshal Rose Mofford; and a pet parade, featuring Bill Watters and his high-jumping pup Air Major. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 14. Admission is free. Call 262-7111 or 262-4627.
Ballet Arizona's Romeo & Juliet: See Thursday.
Dinofest International: See Thursday.
Fiesta Bowl 3-on-3 State Championships: See Friday.
Great Arizona Rib Round-Up: See Thursday.
Phoenix Firebirds: See Saturday.
Phoenix Symphony: See Thursday.
april 15
Combustible Edison: Reformed punks Michael "The Millionaire" Cudahy and Liz Cox--a.k.a. "Miss Lily Banquette"--lead this Sub Pop act, which is on the cutting edge of what Cudahy terms the "Cocktail Revolution." Actually, it should be called the "Cocktail Devolution." Like Love Jones, the Coctails, Black Velvet Flag and other acts riding this old wave, Combustible Edison lovingly lampoons the classic lounge heyday of the '50s and early '60s. But while winks and nudges predominate--two of the band's self-penned "Seven Golden Sins" are "In all things, be fabulous" and "Rock, shmock"--there's a core of seriousness here that would be sort of scary if the sounds weren't so swingin'. The all-ages show starts at 8 p.m. Monday, April 15, at Hollywood Alley, 2610 West Baseline in Mesa. The cover is $7. Call 820-7117.
David Guterson: The author of the breakthrough best seller Snow Falling on Cedars reads from and signs copies of the novel at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 15, in the auditorium at Phoenix College, 1202 West Thomas. Admission is $5, $3 for students and seniors. For details call 285-7378 or 285-7347.
Green Tea Party: From noon to 1:30 p.m. on Tax Day--Monday, April 15--member groups of the Flagstaff-based Southwest Forest Alliance, including the Sierra Club, Arizona Audubon Council and Southwest Center for Biological Diversity, converge on the old Phoenix post office at 522 North Central to protest "the way tax dollars are being used to help corporations exploit public lands for public gains." Call 279-2685 or 1-520-774-6514.
Dinofest International: See Thursday.
Phoenix Firebirds: See Saturday.
april 16
Oasis: The great, white, rude hope of British rock 'n' roll, arguably the isle's best export since the Smiths--whom Oasis is nothing like--is in the colonies supporting its Epic smash (What's the Story) Morning Glory?; see the story on page 93. The Spinanes share the bill. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at Mesa Amphitheatre, Center and University. Tickets are $17, available at the scene and Dillard's. Call 644-2560 or 678-2222.
k.d. lang: Back in the '80s, lang wore big ol' stompers, crooned mean ol' country and dived off stages to cut rugs with her then-sparse followers. Sadly, that lang has given way to a made-over adult-contemporary diva who probably has more Grammys now than she had fans then. But she still owns that huge voice, as big as her Canadian homeland. Showtime is 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at Symphony Hall, 225 East Adams. Tickets range from $29.45 to $45.50 in advance, $32 to $48 the day of the show, available at the scene and Dillard's. Call 262-7272 or 678-2222.
Bruce Hornsby: Hornsby, like k.d. lang, has metamorphosed into an adult-contemporary staple after beginning his promising career with the twin peaks The Way It Is (1986) and Scenes From the Southside (1988). After dumping his band the Range, Hornsby has watched his career momentum slide in the '90s, but he remains an in-demand sideman and one of pop's fine pianists, with a right hand to die for. Aquarium Rescue Unit shares the bill on Tuesday, April 16, at Electric Ballroom, 1216 East Apache in Tempe. Showtime is 8 p.m. Tickets are $20.70 in advance, $22.25 the day of the show, available at the club and Ticketmaster. Call 894-0707 or 784-4444.
Phoenix Suns: The Suns host the Houston Rockets at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at America West Arena, First Street and Jefferson. If tickets are available, they're at the arena and Dillard's. Call 379-7867 or 678-2222.
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Dinofest International: See Thursday.
Phoenix Firebirds: See Saturday.
april 17
Desert Classic Tournament: One of the top pre-NBA draft showcases for college seniors, the classic starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, and continues at the same time Thursday, April 18; and Saturday, April 20, at America West Arena, First Street and Jefferson. Tickets are $10, $24 for a three-day pass, available at the arena and Dillard's. Call 379-7800.
Dinofest International: See Thursday.


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My family don't want to see my pregnant belly tomorrow at the lake. They hurt my feelings :( lol.
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Screw them wear it they cant tell u what to wear an not what to wear rock that baby bump an be proud of that bump congrats
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That is so mean = (. Rock the bikini and tell them to screw off! I bet you look beautiful <3
Tell them to get over it lol a bikini was the only way id fit anything. I worked as a teacher when o was hugely preggo for a summer program.....I wore a tank over it. Problem solved
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Id tell them that they could kiss my pregnant belly off and wear it !! They can always look the opposite way if they ate THAT uncomfortable .... Just remind them that they were all inside a belly once
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Today's Forum was written by Justin Rubner, a senior journalism major at the University of Georgia.
As we ship our troops off to countries rarely spoken of before Sept. 11, many Americans are tiptoeing around the reality that Islam is spawning terrorists. Yes, all religions -- including Christianity -- have their share of intolerant fanatics. And yes, the vast majority of Muslims in this country are peaceful and should not be painted with the tar brush of terrorism. But the extremists who are waging a ''holy war'' on our country are Muslim -- not Christian, Jewish or Hindu.
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If we are to win against this extremism, we must study the Koran to find out why tens of thousands, if not millions of violent thugs are bent on destroying our way of life. If we are to prevent further attacks, we must not fear the labels of ''racism'' that the politically correct heave at us when we raise sensitive issues. If we are to honor the 6,000 lives stolen, we must address the unsavory aspects of the Muslim world that possibly led to that black Tuesday -- none so unsavory as the glaring hypocrisies of 19 fanatics who launched America into war.
As these men chanted from the Koran -- which forbids drinking alcohol -- they ran up $50 bar tabs.
They sopped up the decadence of Western consumerism they so much despised. They browsed adult video stores. They frequented strip clubs. Meanwhile, they covered paintings of women on the walls of their motel rooms. As they plotted against Western culture, they lived among us as neighbors and friends, students and patrons. We welcomed them with open arms, and they hated us.
They murdered us -- all in the name of God.
We all want to know who and what caused such mind-blowing fanaticism. We already know the ''where.'' Many of the 19 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia -- a ''moderate'' totalitarian Muslim state. Whether or not these terrorists were once moderates, though, is tougher to answer.
While in the Air Force, I was sent to Saudi Arabia, just months after terrorists bombed an American barracks in Dhahran, killing 19 airmen. As we were told how friendly the Saudis were, the Air Force drove us around in armored SUVs and gave us bulletproof vests to wear. I couldn't help but notice the inherent hypocrisy in this, as well as in the way the Saudis treat their women and ours.
After landing in Riyadh, our baggage was pilfered for ''contraband'' by Saudi officials on the airport runway. I watched as they commandeered a service woman's Cosmopolitan magazine. Days later, I saw the Saudis buying the very ''pornography'' they took away from us.
Driving to and from base, I would see Saudi men with their multiple wives -- some pre-arranged, others bought from their fathers -- dressed from head to toe in veils and long cloaks called abayas. The women would often ''flash'' us by lifting their veils. I read in some of their eyes a curiosity, but in others, I read a longing for the simple freedoms they rarely, if ever had a chance to taste.
These women have to walk behind their husbands. They can't talk to other men. They can't drive. They can't even sit in the front seat of a car. A woman's punishment for adultery can be public execution. The punishment for a man is getting a finger chopped off.
Our service women, who risked their lives to protect the Saudis during Desert Storm, were often harassed by the Muttawa -- religious police -- for such brazen acts as walking down the street in uniform or (gasp!) in short-sleeve shirts.
After Desert Storm, a female friend of mine was in Kuwait and was sexually harassed several times. One Kuwaiti officer even tried to force himself on her -- the same woman that helped to keep him safe from further Iraqi invasions.
She told me many Kuwaitis viewed American women -- especially those in uniform -- as whores.
If moderate Muslim states can be responsible for so much oppression, is it a stretch to envision them as cauldrons for extremism? Basically, is Islam itself as peaceful as many claim it to be?
We must -- as a predominantly Christian nation -- answer these questions by studying Islam, as well as distortions of it by extremists.
We also shouldn't be afraid to cut through the rhetoric. President Bush has made it clear -- and rightly so -- that ''Operation: Enduring Freedom''is not a war on Muslims, but on terrorists. But make no mistake: these terrorists waging war on us are Muslims.
We must respect Muslim Americans and understand that they are as sad and angry at what's going on as anyone is. We must show the world that we will rise above racism. But at the same time, we must not let the smokescreen of political correctness blind us.
This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, October 21, 2001.
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Here is a link to my review of the Backstretch Saloon, which came out in today's paper.
As far as neighborhood dive bars go, the Backstretch ranks pretty high in my opinion.
Any of you been there? If so, it's probably because you live there.
The first time I went, a woman was talking about how she had to get surgery the next day.
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text: Ivan's not so terrible and other WVU news, notes By Dave Hickman April 10, 2012 Story Share MORGANTOWN - Cleaning out a crowded notebook and a cluttered mind with two-thirds of West Virginia's 15 spring football practices now in the books:Mountaineer football history - shoot, college football history in general - is littered with players who never lived up to their hype.Ivan McCartney will never be included on a list with, oh, Bobby Sabelhaus and Jason Gwaltney, but after his first two seasons folks are still waiting to see the breakout from a recruit with a national rep. (Recall that McCartney played in the U.S. Army All-America game after his senior season at Miramar High School.)There was just the one catch as a freshman and, while he pumped that up to 49 for 585 yards last season, he's still in the considerable shadows of Tavon Austin and Stedman Bailey.Truth be told, perhaps much of what has somewhat dulled McCartney's progress has been his own work ethic, or at least the perception of that work ethic by his coaches. Maybe that's changing, though.No, McCartney isn't making any great impression this spring and has been sidelined for much of it with a hamstring issue. But this from Dana Holgorsen seems to indicate McCartney is making progress, not just with his injury, but his attitude."He's still limited, but at least he's trying,'' Holgorsen said. "I questioned that for a few days.'' Trying, of course, is not a shortcoming for a handful of the players who seem to have left an impression on Holgorsen through 10 practices.Take Donovan Miles, for instance."If it means something to them as seniors then they are probably going to give you a little bit more,'' Holgorsen said. "Last go around.''For Miles, it's the first go-around, too, at least at a new position. When Matt Lindamood elected to retire rather than undergo more punishment to his battered body, Miles was asked to move from linebacker to fullback. In his fifth year, Miles still wasn't likely to see much action on defense, but at fullback he has a chance. "He takes a lot of the beating off of Ryan [Clarke],'' Holgorsen said, referring to who is now the only experienced fullback on the roster. "If we only had one of them then Ryan would have a hard time making it through the spring. [Miles] is doing a good job of getting in there and taking 50 percent of those reps and just continuing to get better. You've got to learn what to do first before you teach them how to get better at it.''From the 6-foot-1, 241-pound Miles, Holgorsen moved to the smallest player on the roster - 5-7, 159-pound true freshman receiver Jordan Thompson. He might be the most surprising player in camp this spring."I've mentioned this before. He's a little bitty dude, but he doesn't play little,'' Holgorsen said. "He plays hard and he caught a couple of screens and he ran a couple of quicks and he caught a couple of balls [in Sunday's full scrimmage]. He did well.''As for the guys you might not have heard much about, remember this name: Karl Joseph. He's one of the five true freshmen who enrolled in January to get a head start. The 5-10, 196-pound defensive back from Orlando, Fla., might already have made enough of an impression to earn some playing time."Karl Joseph is probably the one guy out of all the new guys coming in that has got something to him,'' Holgorsen said. "You can pencil him in to play a good bit. He's mature, he's not scared and he's physical."Sometimes it takes guys a couple of years before they are physically ready to play or mentally ready to play, whatever it is. It was an easy adjustment for him. I'm not saying he doesn't make mistakes or miss tackles or any of that. He does. But from a demeanor standpoint, the effort and the maturity and the physical capabilities of being able to handle it, he's a guy that is going to be fine.''Then there's Ford Childress, another of those five early enrollees. He's not likely to play this season barring injury to Geno Smith or Paul Millard, but only because there's no need to burn his redshirt."When he throws it, it goes exactly where you want him to throw it. It goes there and it looks good and it is usually extremely accurate,'' Holgorsen said. "That doesn't mean his eyes are always where they need to be. There's so much to think about from a communication standpoint. 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2010/12/8 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>: > Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes: >>> Yeah, that was my concern, too, though Tom seems skeptical (perhaps >>> rightly). šAnd I'm not really sure why the PROCLOCKs need to be in a >>> hash table anyway - if we know the PROC and LOCK we can surely look up >>> the PROCLOCK pretty expensively by following the PROC SHM_QUEUE. > >> Err, pretty INexpensively. > > There are plenty of scenarios in which a proc might hold hundreds or > even thousands of locks. pg_dump, for example. You do not want to be > doing seq search there. > > Now, it's possible that you could avoid *ever* needing to search for a > specific PROCLOCK, in which case eliminating the hash calculation > overhead might be worth it. That seems like it might be feasible. The backend that holds the lock ought to be able to find out whether there's a PROCLOCK by looking at the LOCALLOCK table, and the LOCALLOCK has a pointer to the PROCLOCK. It's not clear to me whether there's any other use case for doing a lookup for a particular combination of PROC A + LOCK B, but I'll have to look at the code more closely. > Of course, you'd still have to replicate > all the space-management functionality of a shared hash table. Maybe we ought to revisit Markus Wanner's wamalloc. Although given our recent discussions, I'm thinking that you might want to try to design any allocation system so as to minimize cache line contention. For example, you could hard-allocate each backend 512 bytes of dedicated shared memory in which to record the locks it holds. If it needs more, it allocates additional 512 byte chunks. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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It's no secret among education reformers, and among keen-eyed observers of the reform scene (in which select population we brazenly include the Education Gadfly and his Fordham pals), that the two national teacher unions are the largest, richest, shrewdest and most dogged foes of nearly all the most urgently-needed changes in American K-12 education. Not the sole foes, to be sure, but the most potent.
At the same time, however, since the latter days of Al Shanker the unions have contained within their ranks a handful of visionaries and pragmatists who didn't always let the short-term self-interest of adults blind them to the long-term interests of children. A few of these laudable deviants have been visible in Washington, people like Shanker himself, Bob Chase (for a time), Sandy Feldman (some of the time), even Randi Weingarten (on alternate Thursdays and full-moon Mondays).
Most of this small population, however, is less visible because they operate locally or at the state level. And these folks deserve at least one-handed applause, too, for it takes greater courage to break ranks with their peers outside the Beltway—and to do so without the attention and encouragement of the national reform crowd and media.
The possibility of federal Race to the Top dollars (and status) has brought some of these gutsy individuals into public view. Foundation dollars have lured others. Some sort of external incentive is nearly always involved, mostly in the form of money that their schools and members wouldn't otherwise get. But that's no reason not to welcome their movement away from outright status-quo-ism.
This week we've chosen to mention—and thank—a sampling of such men and women. (We're taking the risk that Gadfly's attention and accolades will encourage them, not ruin their careers!)
Race to the Top has stimulated reform on multiple fronts, and union leaders in some places have taken this to heart.
Private money is also an appealing carrot. Union leadership in three cities helped their districts win large multi-year grants from the Gates' Foundation: Pittsburgh, Memphis, and Hillsborough County (Tampa), FL. Admittedly, union collaboration was part of what attracted Gates's attention in the first place, but union leaders in these three locales helped keep the spigot open.
A few union pioneers have opened themselves to at least modest reform without the specific prods of RTT or Gates:
Gadfly hasn't lost his mind. He doesn't see "climate change" here, just cracks in some of the glaciers. He hasn't yet examined the recently-submitted RTTT round-two applications to see how many more such examples may be revealed there. Nor does he claim that these folks have turned into self-propelled reform zealots. In fact, there's been an enormous amount of pressure on the teacher unions to change—much of it coming from the Obama administration, both in the form of dollar incentives and in the form of jaw-boning and policy priorities.
Self-interest isn't dead, but it can take many forms. The fortress of old-style teacher unionism is being attacked on all sides and its defenders cannot fend off the assailants everywhere. So they're giving some ground, the smart ones are, anyway, and living to fight on other fronts on other days. They're also trying to win some big bucks for their states and districts and thereby avert layoffs and encourage pay boosts. Still and all, if this means that reforms gain traction and kids benefit, we'll take it—and laud it—whatever the underlying motivation. Maybe it'll even prove habit-forming.
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The main driving forces that generate pressures on land use are economic sectors like agriculture, transport, as well as the high level of urbanisation. The pressure level of the specific driving forces varies in different parts of the country.
The pressures on the agriculture area can be categorised as:
- land abandonment, mainly caused by changes in land ownership. Land managed by co-operatives and enterprises returned to private owners, only a small number of whom were interested in agriculture;
- low level or absence of support and subsidies for agriculture. As a result, some agricultural enterprises collapsed and new ones were not established;
- establishment of new reservoirs such as the Kozjak artificial lake of approximately13 km2 – part of the country's strategy based on the Vardar Valley Project.
Urban spread of housing and commercial sites has occurred around larger cities, mainly the capitol Skopje and cities in the west of the country.
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Johannesburg - Eskom has moved to allay fears over whether its acting chief executive Collin Matjila is the right man for the job.
Matjila again made headlines this week after Independent Newspapers reported on details of a forensic report which places the Cosatu property scandal squarely at his feet. The union federation lost up to R16 million in the sale and purchase of its headquarters in Johannesburg in 2011.
Matjila, who has held several high-powered positions including heading the City of Johannesburg's executive committee between 1994 and 2000, was the chief executive of Cosatu's investment arm, Kopano Ke Matla, at the time.
While he has so far refused to comment publicly on the matter, a confidant has said he was rushed by Cosatu's national office bearers to seal the deals.
Eskom chairman Zola Tsotsi said yesterday the board had full confidence in Matjila's ability to lead the utility in the interim period.
His appointment has been criticised from various quarters. Both unions and analysts have called for his sacking, saying the fact that he was at Eskom temporarily would not detract from his ability to cause harm, as he would know he would not be there to face the potential consequences.
"The board has full confidence in the ability of Mr Matjila to lead and manage Eskom in the interim period, and is satisfied that Mr Matjila has no aspiration for the permanent appointment as chief executive," he said.
"We are confident that the issues raised in the media are being dealt with by the relevant organisations Mr Matjila was involved in at the time.
"We believe these allegations have no bearing on his current role at Eskom as the process is not yet complete," he said.
Tsotsi said the process to appoint a new chief executive was at an advanced stage, and that a submission to new Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown would be made soon.
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Their new, self-released album, Twisting The Neck of The Swan, proves this is no run-of-the-mill Brooklyn indie rock band. Low Water deliver high caliber, soulful, melodic pop rock music that is refreshingly authentic, free flowing and memorable. Their moody, crisp songs are easily accessible to anyone who appreciates well crafted and honest rock and pop.
Low Water's Twisting The Neck of The Swan is full of poetic lyrics, bright guitar riffs, pop experimentation and awesome vocal ranges that all pull together nicely on song after song. The opening track, "Voodoo Taxi," is melodic, catchy pop rock tune that people are probably going to play more than a couple of times.
One of the album's stand out tracks is the dreamy, folk pop of "She Shined Down," one of the most Wilco-sounding (in a good way) songs in recent memory. Featuring story-telling lyrics, uplifting harmonies and perfectly time melodies and percussion, "She Shined Down" gradually progresses into a full-on band jam that last for about a minute until the song's triumphant end.
A common MO, if you will, throughout Low Water's music, is how so often there are changes in tempo and style at different points within the same composition. And yet, every time, at every turn, it is done masterfully and somehow remains cogent and luring.
Sometimes one of the indications of a great band is in their ability to create a long song that is actually engaging and enjoyable all the way through. In the case of the song "Charge," the band took a shot at an 11 minute experiment of Beatlesque pop rock, and pulled it off with amazing results.
The song brilliantly shifts from cheerful pop melodies and old school guitar jams to dreamy choruses and 70's AM radio harmonies. There are a few points in the song when, if you're not watching the player, you might think the song is finished, and like a pleasant surprise, it continues on. There are not many songs this long that are keepers, but in my book, "Charge" is one of them.
Even though the band gives the impression that they've been making rock music for a long time, band members, John Leitera (guitar and vocals), Dave Rubin (guitar), Joe Burch (drums) and Turner Stough (bass) only released their debut album five years ago.
Low Water's 2004 self-released debut, Hard Words In A Speakeasy, was followed up in 2007 by the release of Who Said That Life Is Over?, featuring, among other impressive songs, the infectious pop tune, "House In The City," and the catchy, garage rocker "Brooklyn."
Some of Low Water's biggest musical influences, according to Rubin, are Elvis Costello, The Kinks, George Jones, Spoon, and clearly, Wilco and The Replacements. The amazing thing about that is that you can clearly hear those influences in their music with such compelling, yet original, results.
Rubin also cited Abbey Road (The Beatles), Marquee Moon (Television), #4 (You Am I) and Horsepower (The Phoenix Foundation) among the band's favorite albums.
All things considered, Low Water is clearly one of the best unsigned bands in Brooklyn at the moment, and easily deserving of a "band to watch" declaration.
"Voodoo Taxi" – Low Water from Twisting The Neck of The Swan (2009)
"She Shined Down" – Low Water from Twisting The Neck of The Swan (2009)
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Gen. Shelton (III): Iraq went so wrong because of Bush administration 'lies'
- By Thomas E. RicksThomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at email@example.com.
In his new memoirs, former Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Hugh Shelton offers an interesting twist on why Iraq went so badly: He argues that Rumsfeld elbowed aside Gen. Richard Myers and the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and also intimidated and flattered Gen. Tommy R. Franks while working directly with him, and so basically went to war without getting the advice of his top military advisors.
The war plan that Rumsfeld and Franks went on to cook up, Shelton concludes, was "a fiasco." (479) (Hmm — interesting choice of words.)
Shelton also writes that there was no reason to go war against Iraq. "The fact is that we had Iraq contained and they were not a threat." (419) Also, "There was absolutely no link between him [Saddam] and 9/11." (474) No big revelations, but I was glad to see this stated so flatly by a former high official.
His bottom line: "President Bush and his team got us enmeshed in Iraq based on extraordinarily poor intelligence and a series of lies purporting that we had to protect American from Saddam's evil empire because it posed such a threat to our national security." (474-475)
Just in case you weren't paying attention, he elaborates on that charge later in the book. "Spinning the possible possession of WMDs as a threat to the United States in the way they did is, in my opinion, tantamount to intentionally deceiving the American people." (488)
These are pretty serious charges, given that they come from the man who was the nation's top military officer for four years immediately preceding 9/11.


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Heath Ledger's family and friends celebrated his life at the actor's favorite Australian beach this past weekend. What makes Heath's death so tragic is that it didn't have to happen. Prescription drug abuse among stars has increasingly become more of an issue, but are doctors bending the rules? Access investigates VIP Docs.
"Well I think we need to understand that all of us are fans," Dr. Joseph Haraszti told Access Hollywood. "Doctors are no different from anyone else."
Celebrities can experience a VIP effect when obtaining medication. Even for physicians, it's not easy to tell these powerful people no.
Highly respected Dr. Haraszti, a medical director at a Hollywood hospital, who also works in the department of psychiatry at USC, fell into the trap of catering to stars when he first began practicing in Hollywood over 20 years ago.
"I can remember instances where I got drawn into this web," he explained. "It begins very subtly. They begin to call you by your first name, they want to go out, they want to take you out to lunch or whatever and it can be very flattering. But a physician must keep his or her boundaries. Otherwise, we can not help them. We become enablers and we do more harm than good."
It is a problem that dates back to stars like Elvis and Marilyn Monroe, both of who died from prescription drug complications while under a doctor's care.
Many believe Anna Nicole Smith was too friendly with both of her prescribing physicians.
Dr. Sandeep Kapoor is one of two doctors under investigation for allegedly improperly prescribing drugs, including methadone, to Anna Nicole - a charge he denies.
The doctor, who was captured in a snap, partying with Anna at a gay pride parade in 2005 admitted to a close relationship with his patient.
"I was a physician, but I also became her friend," Kapoor previously told Access.
Anna may have been even closer to her other doctor, Khristine Erosevich, also under investigation, who allegedly prescribed Anna medication under a different name. She denies this.
Anna's bodyguard Big Moe claims Erosevich was not immune to the lure of celebrity.
"I think she's a very nice woman who got manipulated really, really bad," Big Moe told Access. "Saying you know, 'Anna really likes you, this, that and the other, so we need you to really look out for us for, by giving her, the things that she need as far as medication and stuff like that. She was very worried about losing her license."
Dr. Jules Mark Lusman did lose his license back in 2002 when it was revealed he was over-prescribing painkillers and narcotics to his patients, who included Courtney Love and Winona Ryder.
In fact, Winona only got some of her drugs from Dr. Lusman. Practicing an increasingly popular phenomenon known as "doctor shopping," Winona had 37 prescriptions filled by 20 doctors in a three-year period.
"Right now we don't have a central data bank that keeps records of what type of medication has been prescribed from what doctor to whom," Dr. Haraszti said. "There's opposition to that by civil rights groups because it's a privacy issue. On the other hand, without something like that, a physician really does not know whether or not a celebrity or any of his other patients are receiving drugs from multiple doctors."


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Chrysler recalls 469,000 Jeep SUVs
DETROIT - Chrysler is recalling 469,000 Jeep SUVs worldwide because they can shift into neutral without warning on startup.
The recall affects 2005 to 2010 Grand Cherokees and 2006 to 2010 Commanders.
U.S. safety regulators said cracks in a circuit board can cause a faulty signal as the SUVs are being started. If the vehicles shift into neutral they can roll away.
Chrysler said the problem has caused 26 crashes and two injuries.
Chrysler will notify owners and dealers who will update software to take care of the problem. Chrysler found cracks in a circuit board that turns the four-wheel-drive system on and off.
Repairs will be made at no cost to owners.
The recall covers 295,000 vehicles in the U.S., 28,500 in Canada, and 4,200 in Mexico.
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West Wing evacuated because of smoke
WASHINGTON - Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated transformer in a mechanical room.
President Obama and his family were not affected by the incident, according to the White House.
U.S. Secret Service spokesman Max Milien said that at about 7 a.m., smoke was seen coming from a mechanical room closet on the first floor.
People were allowed back into the building about an hour later. No injuries were reported.
Facebook pics send graffiti suspect to jail
SALT LAKE CITY - A tagger who was so proud of his graffiti that he posted photos of his artwork on Facebook was arrested after police sent him a friend request through a fake online profile.
Police said Matthew Todakonzie, 20, of North Salt Lake posted more than 150 photos on a private Facebook page titled "graffiti." He agreed to share them online with undercover detective who tracked down dozens that carried the unique tag, "HOKES."
North Salt Lake Police Sgt. Mitch Gwilliam told the Deseret News most taggers are very proud of what they do and want to be recognized for their work to a certain extent.
Todakonzie's recognition landed him in the Davis County Jail on Thursday for investigation of several counts of criminal mischief graffiti and criminal trespass.
Smoking oven dragged outside by neighbors
RIVERTON - Residents saved a Fort Washakie home by removing a smoking oven from the kitchen before firefighters arrived, officials said.
Fort Washakie Fire Chief Kevin Farris told The Riverton Ranger the homeowner was cooking Thursday evening and noticed smoke coming from the oven. He said the residents dragged the heavy appliance outside before the fire could destroy anything.
No one was injured.
9 get to attend prom despite vaccine issue
IRWIN - Nine students in a western Pennsylvania school district who were told they couldn't attend their prom because they hadn't been vaccinated for chickenpox were able to attend after all.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health notified the Norwin School District that a student had the highly contagious virus, prompting school officials to pull student immunization records. They said 33 students hadn't had the vaccine, with nine registering for the prom.
But a Health Department official said Friday that the district miscalculated the dates. The nine were contacted Friday and told they could attend the prom.
The students identified for exclusion still could have a problem with graduation, which falls within the eight to 21 days after exposure during which students are to be excluded from classes and activities.
A student can be readmitted to school if he or she has a blood test proving immunity to chickenpox or received a vaccine by today, officials said. The Department of Health website notes that parents may opt out of vaccinations for religious or medical reasons, but those students may be barred if there's an outbreak
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Hard data needed on public art program
I haven't kept a file of all of the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission members' columns on the Athens Banner-Herald's editorial page, but I've been mostly impressed with the listing in those columns of the numbers and types of public art displayed in other communities.
That may very well be effective in assuaging concerns that Athens might be too far ahead of the trend for publicly funded art. But what I haven't seen in those columns is how funding art with local tax dollars is justified in terms other than esoteric ones. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect that the ACAC should define, in measurable terms, the goals and objectives of the art and its expense for us all to see.
Surely, the public art program is not just an exercise in art education. But if it is, how will the ACAC measure its success in order to justify the use of public funds? By the size of the gawking crowd? I don't think that would be meaningful; after all, consider the number of drivers who slow down to look at automobile accidents, or the crowds that gather around street fights during the early-morning hours of downtown Athens' nightlife.
Is the goal of the public art program to increase or retain tourism? If so, how would that be measured against all of the other possible influences?
Or maybe the purpose is to build our community's identity? But who will define who we are as a community — those who respond to surveys, or who attend ACAC meetings? Even then, who will translate that limited input into art that would represent who we are, including our values and our backgrounds?
I understand that the process of approving a public art project includes a recommendation from ACAC to Athens-Clarke County's mayor and commissioners — but consider how limited that population of decision-makers is. Our mayor and commissioners haven't traditionally been elected to decide what art we will all be provided to enjoy at our expense.
How about economic development? Have businesses or industries who have either decided for or against locating in Athens mentioned public art as a major factor in their calculus?
I'm not saying that realistic goals and measures can't be developed. I am saying that they still need to be developed. I don't believe that publicly funded art has been justified in terms of measuring a successful positive impact on our community as a whole.
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I am an Indian with Skin Type 4. I have got the DeepFx Fractional CO2 laser done on my face.It has been close to a month now but the entire area where the laser was used looks like a very distinct patch, it looks the same way as if that area was burnt and has become dark then the rest of my skin though it is not very intensely dark, but it is darker than the rest of area of my skin. Can this be termed as Hyper-Pigmentation or is it a normal? Settings were 35mj,Density 2 with a double passing.
Hyper-Pigmentation After Fractional CO2 on Indian Skin !
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Hyperpigmentation After Fractional CO2
Melarase and Melapads to correct pigmentation
I would advise you to begin treatment with Melarase and Melapads immediately to begin correction of the pigmentation that you have sustained. Raffy Karamanoukian Los Angeles
Hyperpigmentation after Deep FX
What you describe sounds like post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, although I cannot say for sure without an examination. This is one of the more common side effects encountered in patients with darker skin types after fractional CO2 resurfacing. Fortunately, this almost always resolves with time. Sun protection and a skin lightening product can also encourage the skin to lighten more quickly.
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You have post inflammatory hyperpigmentation after Deep FX
Yes, you do have post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. This is the most common adverse outcome in treating skin types 4 and above. Fortunately, it can be treated. Strict sun protection and prescription bleaches are the way to go.
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Yes It can be hyperpigmentation from the laser treatment. You had relatively aggressive treatment for type 4 skin. Generally i do a test patch area for patients with darker skin to see how they respond to treatment. You should speak to your Dr about the possible benefits of post laser hydroquinone. If your condition doesn't improve with time you may benefit from sequential erbium mico laser peels. Dr Solomon
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Cats Protection has appointed Smoking Gun PR to support a calendar of awareness and fundraising initiatives.
The agency's pet division will lead a number of the feline welfare charity's comms projects including the launch of its Kitten Neutering Database (KiND), celebrity outreach programme, Cat Guardian scheme and new rehoming centre openings.
Smoking Gun will focus on driving media coverage across consumer, third sector and specialist pet channels, as well as supporting with digital insight and content creation.


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Lark's missing emails: Same blind approach at BWL
|By Mickey Hirten
There is no reason to doubt Lansing Board of Water and Light general manager J. Peter Lark when he says he deletes emails because that's what he does.
The practice mirrors his performance and that of the utility in anticipating what needs to be done — a strong disaster and communications plan — and more important, what happens later.
Lark's clumsy escape to New York for a quick vacation with his family while tens of thousands of his customers were without power was a public relations disaster and one that was easy to foresee.
Whether it affected how quickly the BWL could restore power — and it probably didn't — isn't really the issue. For Lark, it's not having the foresight to know what in hindsight was a very bad idea.
Deleting his emails reflects the same blind approach.
Here is what Lark told Lansing State Journal reporter Steve Reed: "While I sent or received emails during the ice storm outage, I followed my career-long practice of retaining emails for the duration of their useful value."
Wrong again. How could anyone think that the ice storm and its consequences was business as usual?
Clearly these emails would have been useful to the citizens' committee's investigation. Chairman Mike McDaniel feels that BWL's response to records has been incomplete. And it's the same with BWL's internal investigation. The problems and issues raised during this difficult time for Lansing's power company and Lark's response could have illustrated what went right and what went wrong in the management chain of command.
These are the dual issues that McDaniel's group is tackling. He said in an interview with City Pulse that disaster planning entails two tracks: operational and managerial. How were decisions made? What were the lines of communication? How was information handled? Lark's correspondence could have helped the citizens' committee sort out these issues.
More to the point, the emails could help Lark make his case that even while in New York he was thoroughly engaged in BWL business. Stacks of emails detailing the large and small issues he fielded during his absence certainly would strengthen his claim that his trip was really a working vacation.
There is, of course, a more self-serving view of Lark's deleted emails: that this "past practice" is a convenient way to cover his tracks.
Some of the correspondence between Lark and others during the ice storm cleanup is emerging. Cynthia M. Ward, a BWL commissioner, has released emails that she and Lark shared during the recovery period.
Fielding a query from a Ridgeline Drive neighbor still without power on Dec. 29, Ward asked Lark to "please have someone confirm restoration this location."
Lark responded "will do" and 45 minutes later in another email wrote "a spotter is on his/her way to examine damage."
Another email in the chain originated inside BWL, informing Lark that "the next crew out will cover this request." Lark sent this along to Ward with the comment, "Hopes this update helps." Certainly it helped Ward and her neighbor.
%u2028This hands-on involvement by Lark cuts two ways. It shows the level of smallissue detail that he juggled during the crisis but it also highlights favorable treatment allotted some during the utility's communications meltdown.
Regular customers were frustrated by the BWL's inability to respond to basic questions about power restoration. But a commissioner's request was handled quickly and professionally. It's naïve to think that relationships don't matter, especially a request from one of your bosses — Commissioner Ward.
But was this one of many requests Lark handled for insiders? If so, it wouldn't look good. And what else wouldn't look good? Deleted emails take that issue off the table, at least until other correspondence surfaces.
But good or bad, the emails clearly offer some insight into what was happening with the big boss during the storm cleanup. And that's important. They do have "useful value."


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Safety of a Second Dose of Biken's Varicella Vaccine
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Pink Lake Wingsuiting
In Febuary 2014 I teamed up with the Red Bull Australia crew & my long time skydive cameraman & buddy Sol Vallis to travel to Esperance, Western Australia in preparation to skydive above one of the natural wonders of the world.
Sited in the Recherche Archipellago in the Southern Ocean off the south coast of Western Australia, lies Middle Island, the site of Lake Hillier, better known as the Pink Lake. This natural phenomanon arises from a dye created by the organisms Dunaliella salina and Halobacteria in this salt water lake to produce the vivid pink colour during the Australian summer.
My jumping crew of Sol Vallis, A.J. Dale & myself flew to Middle Island to meet up with the Red Bull boat crew & representative of the National Parks, already on station at the island.
What an incredible place to see, especially as we begin to get a birds eye view as Sol & myself climb higher in the helicopter before our first jump from 8000 feet. Middle Island starts to look like a tiny insignificant spec in the vast expanse of the Southern Ocean, especially as the wind had been increasing sine our arrival.
I wore a tuxedo for the first jump, clutching a rose while freefalling back to earth as Sol flew above me, snapping glorious shots above the island.
The next four jumps were in my wingsuit, jumping from up to 9000 feet & flying most of the length of the island, into wind to ensure my parachute opens upwind of my small landing area on the beach.
Flying above this small island with it's iconic Pink Lake was something unreal. The brilliant deep blue of the surrounding deep water gave way to a rich tourquois in the shallows, leading to the striking white sandy beach, then the green of the bush & finally the bubble gum pink of the lake.
What a brilliant place to skydive & experience the wonder of nature in all it's amazing glory.
Many thank to the whole team who made this possible.
Red Bull Gives me Wings :)
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After admitting he was "ready to leave" The X Factor (which is fortunate because he got kicked off), Rylan Clark wants cruise-ship singer Christopher Maloney to win the show.
"I think Chris Maloney might take it, he's got such a great following", Rylan told Lorraine on Daybreak this morning.
And if the Liverpudlian "Baloney" gets into the final (which, let's face it, he will), Rylan joked that he "would love to see a duet with Jane McDonald" - his one celebrity fan. What a perfect match that would be - Rylan even joked that he'd join in!
Rylan was finally booted out the show last night after being in the bottom two against Union J. Only his mentor Nicole Scherzinger opted to keep him in the competition, but he admitted that he was "ready to go".
He said: "I woke up this morning with a huge smile on my face. If it all ends tomorrow morning, I've got the best memories and I've won it in my own heart."
The Essex boy added: "When I just stand there like everyone else of course I can sing. But I like to put on a show! The X Factor style team are out of a job now, what are they going to do now?"
And, later, when questioned over his massive lips by Holly Willoughby, Rylan joked: "I fell over and hit a wall... no, I have had my lips redone.
"It wasn't long ago - my needle hole has opened up so I've got loads of make up on - I'm dribbling!"
Too much information, Rylan... but don't stop... we're fascinated! This is probably why the 23 year old is planning to do plenty of reality TV - like him or not, we're all interested in the next thing to come out of his surgically enhanced gob.
He doesn't fancy Strictly ("my legs are too long, they'd have to partner me with a bloke"), but added: "I don't see no reason for not going in the jungle".
Rylan also joked that he wants a new series called "The Life of Rylan". The sad thing is, we can so see that happening... and we're a bit excited about it.


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