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Nothing big, just a clear clicking sound I made. Clear as a bell
A group of friends cheering "Yay!"
heavy newspaper fliping by a high quaility sound
32-bit recording of the famous Wilhelm Scream.
This is a explosion created with audacity.
A retro video game explosion sfx.
Im making an fps game, and I needed a special sound for a special gun. so I made this weird ...
A cut, speed up by 50% in audacity version of boing_raw.aif. Loops wonderfully! This is not a public domain sound! ...
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A sample horror-scream sound.
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A S&W; 9mm Magazine inserted into magwell!
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The dangerous and dastardly antics that went into the discovery of chocolate, tobacco and other plant products.Twelve fascinating tales about the adventurers who travelled all over the globe, finding new plants, and the amazing things the plants produce. Join Joseph Banks as he gets stranded on the Australian Great Barrier Reef while searching for new botanical specimens. Struggle with other travellers as they fight starvation, bears, strange diseases and tropical storms.Exciting, witty and wacky, these true-life tales span centuries and the globe, and feature famous historical figures such as Captain Bligh, Darwin and Columbus, and put the origins of �everyday� plants into perspective.
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Auto financing company Ally Financial and hotel operator La Quinta Holdings had lukewarm receptions for their IPOs last week.
La Quinta priced its shares at $17 each, lower than its expected range of $18 to $21, which suggested less demand. The stock rose slightly in its debut April 9, then fell the next two days to end the week below it original offer price. Ally, the largest IPO this year, priced its shares at $25 each, the bottom of its expected range of $25 to $28. The former financing arm of GM fell 4 percent in its premiere Thursday, closing at $23.98. On Monday, both stocks ended below their IPO price.
Some companies delayed their IPOs last week as the stock market turned bumpy. Paycom Software, a human resources software company, and City Office REIT, a real estate investment firm for office properties, were expected to launch. But their IPOs didn't happen and the companies are expected to try to complete them this week.
La Quinta and Ally were among 10 companies that raised $4.2 billion through IPOs last week, the third busiest for debuts in 2014. Another 12 companies are scheduled to launch stock this week.
The IPO market started recovering last year after being in the doldrums following the financial crisis and Great Recession. The Standard & Poor's 500 index surged almost 30 percent in 2013. That helped boost the appetite for new stocks.


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Nominal species Oreochromis placidus (Trewavas, 1941)
Original description as Tilapia ruvumae:
- Trewavas, Ethelwynn. 1966. "Fishes of the genus Tilapia with four anal spines in Malawi, Rhodesia, Mozambique and southern Tanzania". Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines. pp. 50-62 (crc01454)
Conservation: Oreochromis placidus ruvumae is evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species as (LC) least concern (2007).


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Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
MB. ChB., FRCS (Eng)
Language spoken:English
Dr. Church is a Consultant General Colorectal and Laparoscopic Surgeon here at Al Zahra Hospital. Dr. Church has practiced for over ten years in the UK as a consultant there.
He has extensive experience in the treatment of bowel cancer and inflammatory bowel disease which includes Crohns disease and Ulcerative Colitis. He also treats and performs surgery for perianal disorders including haemorrhoids , anal fistula and fissures.
Hernia Surgery:
He treats all forms of abdominal wall hernia using laparoscopic and open techniques where appropriate for the patient. He also has experience with more complex abdominal wall reconstructions these techniques often require the use of biological collagen matrix or synthetic mesh implants.
Laparoscopy and Endoscopy:
He performs colorectal, gallstone disease, and some hernia using laparoscopic (keyhole) or minimally invasive techniques. This offers the patients the advantages of small wounds with less pain, reduced length of stay and less wound complications.
He performs colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy in the treatment and diagnosis of rectal and colonic disease.
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Allied with laparoscopic techniques he has for many years used this system of care for his patients. It is based on maintaining nutritional requirements, before surgery, early return to diet and mobilization. This offers benefits of reduced complications and length of stay in hospital.
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Medical Degree - Sheffield Medical School - MB, ChB - 1991
Colorectal Cancer Research Fellow - Washington University St. Louis USA - 2001-2003
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon - Walsall Manor Hospital, UK - 2006-2016
Consutlant Colorectal Surgeon - Al Zahra Hospital Dubai - Joined 2016
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Texting while driving is crazy
I am referring to a recent article, "New law: Texting on hands-free devices while driving will be legal Jan. 1."
It is not safe to text or use a cellphone while driving.
Common sense tells us so. Studies have demonstrated this and real-life traffic statistics show nearly 500,000 injuries and more than 5,000 deaths related to cellphone use while driving in 2009. Yet, the Legislature has passed a law ignoring reason. Presumably our protector, Gov. Jerry Brown, has signed that astounding law.
How did this shocking situation come about with scant or no public information, warning or outcry by watchdog groups? And oddly, the paper began its article about the situation, "California drivers, feel free to text away — as long as you don't use your fingers."
This law must go!
Dorothy Kemp
El Cerrito
National dialogue on guns necessary
Although I support reinstatement of the assault weapons ban, I have few illusions about the impact of that legislation in itself.
My greater concern is how to have the sort of national dialogue that is needed. In a country where political conversation has become vituperative and polarized, where we tend to talk past one another, how can we engage the diversity of views that will move us beyond "dilemmas" — situations in which only two unsatisfactory solutions are presented?
For instance, leftists often declare that no nonmilitary person "needs" an assault rifle. This argument is often ignored (perhaps unheard?) by rightists who instead allude to the Second Amendment.
We also need to hear from folks who own weapons and approve weapons regulation, such as hunters who approve some gun control (and yes, they do exist), citizens who carry handguns with permits, police officers, military personnel and others.
These people may help to facilitate a more fruitful dialogue that is representative of the diversity of views in the United States and more worthy of our democracy.
The Rev. Alexis Easton
Plenty in the news worthy of scorn
Between the Public Utilities Commission, PG&E, the NRA and politicians, it's hard to decide which to scorn first.
Years ago, watchdog PUC rolled over and gave PG&E a rate hike to maintain its pipelines. PG&E, in its infinite wisdom or greed, decided to use that money to give undeserved bonuses to its executives and make sure shareholders got dividends. Now watchdog PUC is rolling over again to give PG&E another rate hike to maintain pipelines.
The NRA's solution to gun violence is more guns — the deadlier, the better — and wants to make sure they are put in schools, at public expense, but only in the hands of "good guys" and teachers. After all, "bad guys" can always find ways to get guns.
Politicians are concerned about their future elections and positions on committees, appearing not to care about the cliff that will set the economy back several years. I'm sure they will find a way to make sure they can give themselves some sort of shield so they stay at the edge of cliff and blame each other as the rest of us fall.
Dorothy Miller
Absurd, wasteful traffic signals
I recently drove on the Richmond Parkway and was reminded about the absurdity of poorly timed traffic signals.
Several times, as usual, the signals stopped a dozen or so vehicles in each direction for zero cross traffic. These two dozen (or more) vehicles waited not for traffic to pass, but for an arbitrary and mismanaged traffic signal to change.
The same issue of nonsense traffic signals is apparent on Valley View Road. Aside from the annoyance, there is a significant waste of fuel while vehicles idle, waiting for nothing but a "go" from an irritating game of Mother May I.
Julie Haselden
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Friday, October 30th 2009
Buffalo Refreshes LinkStation Mini NAS
Buffalo's latest update to its LinkStation family comes in the form of a new and improved LinkStation Mini NAS. Improvements include a subjectively more aesthetic chassis, and a faster CPU. Measuring 40 (W) x 82 (H) x 135 (D) mm, the chassis has a piano-black or glossy white shell. The device holds comes in capacities of 500 GB, 1 TB, and 240 GB (using SSDs). Besides offering RAID 0 and RAID 1 modes, the LinkStation Mini can expand its storage using its USB 2.0 port that connects to external storage devices such as external HDDs, and flash drives. Basic support DLNA, Apple TimeMachine, make for the rest of it. The 500 GB variant is priced at around $290, with the 1 TB variant at $464, and $1163 for the 240 GB (SSD) model.TechConnect Magazine
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Buffalo, I want to put my own drive in it. OK?
But then they couldn't rip you off on price :)


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Nanostructured Materials for Microelectronic Applications
Call for Papers
The scientific community grows thousands of nanomaterials, many of which are of possible interest for commercial applications. The physics of nanostructured materials such as atomic clusters, layered films, and bulk nanostructured materials are often very different from the macroscale properties of the same substance, a fact which is driving interest in these materials in the field of materials science and engineering.
Nanostructured materials are a new class of materials, having dimensions in the 1~100 nm range, which provide one of the greatest potentials for improving performance and extended capabilities of products in a number of industrial sectors. Nanostructures can be divided into zero-dimensional (0D when they are quantum dot or nanoparticle structures), one-dimensional (1D when they are elongated), and two-dimensional (2D when they are planar) nanostructures based on their shapes. The recent emphasis in the nanomaterials research has been on 1D nanostructures perhaps due to the intriguing possibility of using them in a majority of short-term future applications. The most successful examples are seen in the microelectronics, where "smaller" has always meant a greater performance ever since the invention of transistors: for example, higher density of integration, faster response, lower cost, and less power consumption
We invite investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts to understand the advanced materials science and engineering of nanomaterials. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Optoelectronic properties and performance of nanomaterials
- Structure, characterization, and modeling of domain interfaces in nanostructured materials
- Computational science of transport phenomena in nanomaterials: methods and applications
- Package characterization and reliability analysis in nanostructured microelectronic devices
Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines which are located at http:///www.hindawi.com/journals/amse/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/amse/nmse/ according to the following timetable:
|Manuscript Due
|Friday, 20 December 2013
|First Round of Reviews
|Friday, 14 March 2014
|Publication Date
|Friday, 9 May 2014
Lead Guest Editor
- Shoou-Jinn Chang, Institute of Microelectronics and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Guest Editors
- Teen-Hang Meen, Department of Electronic Engineering, National Formosa University, Yunlin 632, Taiwan
- Stephen D. Prior, Aeronautics, Astronautics and Computational Engineering, University of Southampton, UK
- Artde Donald Kin-Tak Lam, College of Physics and Information Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
- Liang-Wen Ji, Institute of Electro-Optical and Materials Science, National Formosa University, Yunlin 632, Taiwan


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Overclocking Cayman
We now know all about stock-clocked performance. So just how much headroom does Cayman have? First on the testbench is the Radeon HD 6950. There's no voltage adjustment, so it's a case of ramping up the clocks until the card fails to complete a single loop of either Aliens vs. Predator or Just Cause 2, run at 2,560x1,600 settings. We ramp the fan-speed up to 60 per cent of maximum.
Click to enlargeHealthy rises for both the core and memory, jumping from the default 800MHz/5,000MHz to 900MHz/5,500MHz without issue. That's over 10 per cent on both lines.
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Switching cards and putting the HD 6970 on the rack, the card tops out at 948MHz core and 5,800MHz memory - representing a slightly lower jump in percentages above stock.
Here's how the overclocked cards play out in the two above-mentioned games:
The overclocked HD 6950 is able to almost catch the stock HD 6970 - the lack of shaders and texture units compromising higher frequencies - while the overclocked HD 6970 gets closer to GTX 580.
Just Cause 2 is more partial to frequency changes, as the HD 6950 OC just about overtakes the bone-stock HD 6970. What we can say is that AMD will not regain the single-GPU crown with pre-overclocked HD 6970s; GTX 580 is just too far ahead.


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London - Kim Kardashian will attend the Marine Corps Ball in North Carolina on Thursday.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star was invited by a member of the planning committee to go to the party and was so delighted she changed her schedule around to make sure she could make it.
A source told E! News: "She was invited by one of the Marines who is a part of the planning committee for the event to attend as a special guest. She's in production now, but was able to move things around and make the trip for this. She's really looking forward to it."
Kim is the latest star to attend such an event with Justin Timberlake and his Friends With Benefits co-star Mila Kumis both accepting separate invitations last year. - Bang Showbiz


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We've all had to endure a riding friend's tale of his horrific encounter with a madcap chipmunk or his brush with killer bees. And while these stories are usually exaggerated, they aren't completely untrue. Because cyclists sometimes run into (or are run into by) some outrageous things, we offer these bike-handling skills to help you avoid an unfortunate encounter of your own.
This nickname for peripheral vision comes from a rider who was blindsided by a deer while paying attention only to what was in front of him. In a pack of riders, deer vision helps you monitor your surroundings and keep your eyes on the road.
The basics: To develop awareness of objects on the edge of your field of vision, practice: Focus on something beside you--your riding partner, the TV-- while looking straight ahead.
People do crazy things--step off sidewalks without looking, open car doors suddenly--so be prepared to fight crazy with crazy. (This type of thinking works well in large packs of riders, too.) You don't want to be dangerous, but you do need to save people from their own lapses.
The basics: Unusual actions may be called for in extenuating circumstances: Hop onto the sidewalk (but don't ride there); ride into a ditch; swerve like a madman. Sometimes, you have to break the rules to save your neck.
Enthusiastic barking is often not the hallmark of a dangerous dog. Instead, cyclists should be prepared for the last-minute snarl that bite-happy mutts utter once they've raced to within a few feet of your calves. That growl is a signal that it's time to jump.
The basics: Stand and go. Don't shift to a harder gear until you've spun out the one you're in, and keep working your way through the gears. (If you're stuck in the small ring, use other means of escape: If there's no traffic, zigzag through your lane to make the canine work.)
We wouldn't have believed a mountain biker's story about overcooking a blind corner and running into a bear's backside had it not been for the fact that he told us while shopping for new shorts. Bear braking (a. k. a. panic stopping) is a do-or-die skill.
The basics: Get your weight low and behind the saddle as you make a serious grab on the brakes. The front brake is powerful, so your weight shift will counteract the forces working to pitch you over the bar.
The ability to execute a bunny hop at a moment's notice can be the difference between a successful ride and a fateful meeting of fork and furry friend.
The basics: A cheater's bunny hop is simple: Stand centered on the bike, cranks level; crouch low, then extend upward sharply and pull with your arms and legs to lift both wheels off the ground. Noncheater bunny hops are for those riding flat pedals. Instead of pulling with your arms and legs, you pull up the front wheel, then push the handlebar forward and pull your legs back and up to get the rear wheel off the ground. This takes practice.
Unusual actions may be called for in extenuating circumstances. Sometimes, you have to break the rules to save your neck.


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Tickets to THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at DPAC On Sale 7/26
Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will go on sale Saturday, July 26th at 10am for the Triangle premiere engagement at DPAC. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of PHANTOM, the most successful musical of all-time, will be performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions on tour in North America.
For more information on the production and a video sneak peek, visit www.ThePhantomOfTheOpera.com/USTour
Andrew Lloyd Webber said, "It's wonderful to have a new production of PHANTOM touring America now that the show has celebrated over 25 years on Broadway. Director Laurence Connor has done an amazing job and this production has received huge critical acclaim in the UK."
Cameron Mackintosh said, ''After a glorious celebration of 25 phenomenal years on Broadway with no end in sight, I'm delighted to be able to bring this dazzling new production of PHANTOM -- which has been phenomenally well-received by both audiences and critics in the U.K this past year -- to North America. With an exciting new design and staging, retaining Maria Björnson's amazing costumes, I am confident North American audiences will fall in love with the PHANTOM in his new guise -- for the first time or all over again."
Based on the classic novel Le Fantôme de L'Opéra by Gaston Leroux, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it. He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his command.
The performance schedule for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at DPAC runs as follows:
- Wednesday, October 8, 2014 - 7:30 PM
- Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 2:00 PM
- Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 7:30 PM
- Friday, October 10, 2014 - 8:00 PM
- Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 2:00 PM
- Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 8:00 PM
- Sunday, October 12, 2014 - 1:00 PM
- Sunday, October 12, 2014 - 6:30 PM
- Tuesday, October 14, 2014 - 7:30 PM
- Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 7:30 PM
- Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 7:30 PM
- Friday, October 17, 2014 - 8:00 PM
- Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 2:00 PM
- Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 8:00 PM
- Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 1:00 PM
- Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 6:30 PM
Tickets for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA start at $35 and will go on sale July 26 at 10am:
- Online at DPACnc.com
· DPAC Ticket Center: 919.680.2787, 123 Vivian Street, Durham, NC
- Ticketmaster.com / Ticketmaster Charge by phone at 800.982.2787
This new production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is directed by Laurence Connor (the 25th Anniversary production of LES MISERABLES now on Broadway) with choreography by Scott Ambler, set design by Paul Brown, Tony Award-winning original costume design by Maria Björnson, lighting design by Tony Award-winner Paule Constable, sound design by Mick Potter and musical supervision by John Rigby. The production is overseen by Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics are by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe) and the book is by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Orchestrations are by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
There are currently seven productions of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA around the world: the flagship London production (27 Years and counting), New York (26 Years and counting), Sapporo (Japan, 25 Years and counting, in repertory), Budapest (Hungary), Hamburg (Germany), the Asian Pacific Tour (now in South Korea) and Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular all-new production now on North American Tour. The next international opening will be in Taipei, China in September 2014.
Since its debut, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has grossed over $5.6 billion worldwide, with over 65,000 performances that have been seen by 130 million people in 30 countries and 152 cities in 13 languages. The show has won more than 70 major theater awards.
There have been three previous U.S. National Tours of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA that grossed over $1.5 billion in combined box office sales and played 216 engagements in 77 cities for an unprecedented total of 36 years and over 14,500 performances to 31 million people.


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Why did she cheat?
Sorry for the late posting. This guy can't let go. I get it. But help him, please.
My wife and I have been married for almost 41 years. When she was 22, she had a very brief affair with her boss, a dentist, following the birth of our first child. I was in college. They were involved in a year long emotional affair while she was pregnant. She confessed to me eight years later. She said that he had been pushing her for sex for a couple of years but she resisted but he finally wore her down and he got to her about six weeks after she returned to work from pregnancy leave. We were not having any problems and were enjoying a full social and sexual relationship during the entire time. Still are! She maintains she does not know why she did it other than her hormones were going crazy and she had a lot of respect for his skills as a dentist and he was her mentor. He was ten years her senior and his wife was pregnant at the same time as he was pursuing my pregnant wife. After a couple of trips to the motel, he broke it off and she got really pissed off at him because she said that after all he did to get her to have the affair that he backed out. Her plan was to end the affair when I graduated and left town a few months later. She maintains she was still very much in love with me and had no problems with our marriage so my question is this.... WHY would a happily married, conservative wife with a new baby risk everything to hop in the sack with her boss. My wife has never been able to tell me WHY. Is she telling me the truth or is she holding something back? She has always been a mailable person when it comes to dominant men. BTW, she told me all the details and without her knowledge, I called the doc and he confirmed what she had told me. Plus, he apologized. Any ladies out there who can tell me WHY? -- Bob, Virginia Beach
Bob, you're asking why? I'm asking the same question. Because she was young (only 22)? Because she was thoughtless? Because, as she says, her hormones were out of whack? Who knows? My question is -- can you forgive her and stop asking why? You've been married more than 40 years. It sounds like there's real love in your relationship. This one's a riddle that has no specific answer. She probably doesn't know either. If I had to guess, I'd say it was age. Learn to stop asking why. The answer is: Because. That's the best I can do. Which leaves you with a marriage that has lasted 40some years. Pretty amazing, right? Readers? Can you do better? Why is Bob still fixated? Tell him how to deal with his question here. Submit a letter to the right. -- Meredith


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Screenprinted by hand in three colors, this bird art print collages wings, thorns and amorphic shapes to make flora and fauna abstract. The visual connection of different species is thought provoking and visually fetching.
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Police are looking for the two scam artists caught on camera in the video above.
The suspects are described as wearing dark colored wigs and sunglasses, last seen driving a darkly colored four-door Audi, according to DNAinfo.
The site goes on to describe their scam:
The con happened August 28, 2012 near Kings Highway and E. 16th Street, police said.
The suspects, two middle-aged women, approached the female victim with a bag they told her was filled with cash. In exchange for sharing the supposed cash, the victim gave the scammers an undetermined mound of money.
Cops call the ruse a so-called pigeon drop, a term that describes a scam in which the victim is easily conned.


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The gun control advocates chose to overlook some details. Adam Lanza did not buy a gun at a gun show through a "loophole." Adam Lanza did not buy a gun from a licensed dealer and slip through the background checks. Adam Lanza murdered his own mother and stole her guns.
We have strict laws against murder and laws against theft. Adam Lanza became a deranged killer before he ever began killing. Then he went to a gun-free zone and picked the easiest victims he could imagine. We need to first react to the mental health issues. Once those are resolved, we can worry about gun laws.
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Executive Order 12866
This rule is a significant rule under Executive Order 12866, because of the substantial public interest concerning and policy importance of programs to ensure nondiscrimination in Federally- assisted contracting. It also affects a wide variety of parties, including recipients in three important DOT financial assistance programs and the DBE and non-DBE contractors that work for them. It has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget. It is also a significant rule for purposes of the Department's Regulatory Policies and Procedures.
We do not believe that the rule will have significant economic impacts, however. In evaluating the potential economic impact of this rule, we begin by noting that it does not create a new program. It simply revises the rule governing an existing program. The economic impacts of the DBE program are created by the existing regulation and the statutes that mandate it, not by these revisions. The changes that we propose in this program are likely to have some positive economic impacts. For example, ``one-stop shopping'' and clearer standards in certification are likely to reduce costs for small businesses applying for DBE certification, as well as reducing administrative burdens on recipients.
The rule's narrow tailoring changes are likely to be neutral in terms of their overall economic impact. These could have some distributive impacts (e.g., if the proposed goal-setting mechanism results in changes in DBE goals, a different mix of firms may work on recipients' contracts), but there would probably not be net gains or losses to the economy. There could be some short-term costs to recipients owing to changes in program administration resulting from ``narrow tailoring,'' however.
In any event, the economic impacts are quite speculative and appear nearly impossible to quantify. Comments did not provide, and the Department does not have, any significant information that would allow the Department to estimate any such impacts.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis
The DBE program is aimed at improving contracting opportunities for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Virtually all the businesses it affects are small entities. There is no doubt that a DBE rule always affects a substantial number of small entities.
This rule, while improving program administration and facilitating DBE participation (e.g., by making the certification process clearer) and responding to legal developments, appears essentially cost-neutral with respect to small entities in general (as noted above, the one-stop shopping feature is intended to benefit small entities seeking to participate). It does not impose new burdens or costs on small entities, compared to the existing rule. It does not affect the total funds or business opportunities available to small businesses that seek to work in DOT financial assistance programs. To the extent that the proposals in this rule (e.g., with respect to changes in the methods used to set overall goals) lead to different goals than the existing rule, some small firms may gain, and others lose, business.
There is no data of which the Department is aware that would permit us, at this time, to measure the distributive effects of the revisions on various types of small entities. It is likely that any attempt to gauge these effects would be highly speculative. For this reason, we are not able to make a quantitative, or even a precise qualitative, estimate of these effects.
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A number of provisions of this rule involve information collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). One of these provisions, concerning a report of DBE achievements that recipients make to the Department, is the subject of an existing OMB approval under the PRA.
With one exception, the other information collection requirements of the rule continue existing part 23 requirements, major elements of the DBE program that recipients and contractors have been implementing since 1980 or 1983. While the final rule modifies these requirements in some ways, the Department believes the overall burden of these requirements will remain the same or shrink. These requirements are the following:
- Firms applying for DBE certification must provide information to recipients to allow them to make eligibility decisions. Currently certified firms must provide information to recipients to allow them to review the firms' continuing eligibility. (After the UCP requirements of the rule are implemented, the burdens of the certification provisions should be substantially reduced.)
- When contractors bid on prime contracts that have contract goals, they must document their DBE participation and/or the good faith efforts they have made to meet the contract goals. (Given the final rule's emphasis on race-neutral measures, it is likely the burden in this area will be reduced.)
- Recipients must maintain a directory of certified DBE firms. (Once UCPs are implemented, there will be 52 consolidated directories rather than the hundreds now required, reducing burdens substantially.)
- Recipients must calculate overall goals and transmit them to the Department for approval. (The process of setting overall goals is more flexible, but may also be more complex, than under part 23. As they make their transition to the final rule's goal-setting process during the first years of implementation, recipients may temporarily expend more hours than in the past on information-related tasks.)
- Recipients must have a DBE program approved by the Department. (The final rule includes a one-time requirement to submit a revised program document making changes to conform to the new regulation.)
The Department estimates that these program elements will result in a total of approximately 1.58 million burden hours to recipients and contractors combined during the first year of implementation and approximately 1.47 million annual burden hours thereafter.
The final rule also includes one new information collection element. It calls for recipients to collect and maintain data concerning both DBE and non-DBE bidders on DOT-assisted contracts. This information is intended to assist recipients in making more precise determinations of the availability of DBEs and the shape of the ``level playing field'' the maintenance of which is a major objective of the rule. The Department estimates that this requirement will add 254,595 burden hours in the first year of implementation. This figure is projected to decline to 193,261 hours in the second year and to 161,218 hours in the third and subsequent years.
Both as the result of comments and what the Department learns as it implements the DBE program under part 26, it is possible for the Department's information needs and the way we meet them to change. Sometimes the way we collect information can be changed informally (e.g., by guidance telling recipients they need not repeat information that does not change significantly from year to year). In other circumstances, a technical amendment to the regulation may be needed. In any case, the Department will remain sensitive to situations in which modifying information collection requirements becomes appropriate.
As required by the PRA, the Department has submitted an information collection approval request to OMB. Organizations and individuals desiring to submit comments on information collection requirements should direct them to the Department's docket for this rulemaking. You may also submit copies of your comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), OMB, Room 10235, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC, 20503; Attention: Desk Officer for U.S. Department of Transportation.
The Department considers comments by the public on information collections for several purposes:
Evaluating the necessity of information collections for the proper performance of the Department's functions, including whether the information has practical utility.
Evaluating the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the information collections, including the validity of the methods and assumptions used.
Enhancing the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected.
Minimizing the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of electronic and other methods.
The Department points out that, with the exception of the bid data collection, all the information collection elements discussed in this section of the preamble have not only been part of the Department's DBE program for many years, but have also been the subject of extensive public comment following the 1992 NPRM and 1997 SNPRM. Among the over 900 comments received in response to these notices were a number addressing administrative burden issues surrounding these program elements. In this final rule, the Department has responded to these comments.
OMB is required to make a decision concerning information collections within 30-60 days of the publication of this notice. Therefore, for best effect, comments should be received by DOT/OMB within 30 days of publication. Following receipt of OMB approval, the Department will publish a Federal Register notice containing the applicable OMB approval numbers.
The rule does not have sufficient Federalism impacts to warrant the preparation of a Federalism assessment. While the rule concerns the activities of state and local governments in DOT financial assistance programs, the rule does not significantly alter the role of state and local governments vis-a-vis DOT from the present part 23. The availability of program waivers could allow greater flexibility for state and local participants, however.


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|Sport, 1 pitch, 100'
|YDS: 5.11a/b French: 6c Ewbanks: 23 UIAA: VIII- ZA: 23 British: E3 5c [details]
|Tod Anderson and Richard Wright, 1993
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By Chris Cavallaro
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|Get ready for rope drag on this one..
By david goldstein
Apr 6, 2004
|Richard's route description does not completely jibe with the climb I just did. I found two cruxes, the first a roof about midway and the second a traverse to the left near the top which matches Richard's technical crux. This route has interesting moves and good rock but is docked a star for rope drag and possible ledge fall potential at the second crux. Rope drag can be reduced by using a long sling on the bolt below the roof; if the extra fall potential this adds make you unhappy, you could place a small nut at the lip of the roof.
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From: Around Boulder, CO
Aug 23, 2004
rating: 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
A good climb with 4 potential cruxes, depending on your style.The first crux was at the first bolt- with odd stemming- the crux hold was slick and tough, for me this was the hardest move. Chalk or less "humid" conditions might have helped. A second crux was just at the roof. A agree that this bolt was somewhat poorly placed relative to fall position and rope drag, and a 2' sling will decrease the potential bother of either somewhat, but... the rope still drags with a long sling. Should the bolt below the roof ever be replaced, perhaps it should be moved left a foot or two.Pulling over that roof is cruxy and gettign established above it might give a climber some trouble. TH eclip there is pumpy.The last crux is lats and shoulders- it need not feel hard for the strong, but it will make a few limp-wristed delicate footwork experts sorry if 11a is their limit... and it will make ogres like me feel better after watching them sail through the first crux that I was whining on.
If you want to lower off of this, particularly with draws still in, I hope you brought your 70M rope. My 70M had only 3 meters left with climber and belayer at the ground. The route is more like 33m and a 60m will come up short, particularly with the wandering line of the climb and it's bolts.On rap you can probably swing uphill to reach a high spot on the ground and make it down with a 60M, but that is untested by myself and would be close.
By Alan Higham
Oct 31, 2004
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|Great pitch, if the belayer walks up the gully, then a 60m rope gets the climber down, assuming the QD's are stripped.


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It's against the law to pass a stopped school bus
As the school year has started, the Albany County Traffic Safety Board has released these directives for students, parents, and motorists.
For school-bus riders:
Line up facing the school bus door — not along the side of the school bus.
Don't play in the street while waiting for the school bus.
Carry your belongings in a backpack or book bag.
Never reach under a school bus to get anything that has rolled or fallen underneath.
After getting off the school bus, move immediately onto the sidewalk, out of traffic.
Wait for a signal from the bus driver before you cross the street. Walk at least 10 steps away from the front of the bus so that the bus driver can see you.
Never cross the street behind the school bus.
For drivers:
Yellow flashing lights on a school bus mean the bus is preparing to stop and load or unload children. Motorists need to slow down and prepare to stop.
Red flashing lights and an extended stop arm mean the bus has stopped and children are boarding or exiting the bus. Motorists must come to a complete stop a safe distance from the bus and wait until the bus begins moving before they may resume driving.
An estimated 50,000 motor vehicles illegally pass New York State school buses every day. It is illegal — and very dangerous — to pass a stopped school bus when the large red lights located on top of the bus are flashing. Flashing lights mean the bus is picking up or discharging students.
You must stop whether you are approaching the school bus from the front or overtaking it from the rear.
You must always stop for flashing red lights, even on divided and multilane highways and on school grounds.
The first-time fine for illegally passing a school bus is a $250 to $400 fine, five points on your license, and possibly 30 days in jail. For a second conviction within three years, the fine ranges from $600 to $750 with imprisonment up to 180 days. And, for a third conviction within three years, the fine ranges fro $750 t $1,000 with imprisonment again up to 180 days.


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Trade-in question for a pistol
I have a Sig Sauer P229 9mm DA/SA that I bought almost 2 years ago NIB. I want to trade it in for a new Sig Sauer 9mm or 45 with a DAK trigger. How much do you think I should get for the Sig I want to trade in? Its in great shape with no flaws. My local gun store does not have this in stock so do you think that would cause a problem as well? I want the new Sig with a DAK trigger because I shot my cop buddy Sig, its their issue gun(40cal), and the trigger pull was just awesome. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Ed
What was the overall difference for the preference? And I believe that you can upgrade the gun with a DAK trigger. You lose the decocking lever...
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For trade in at a dealer, expect 50% of the book. First, regardless of condition, it is now a used gun. Second, he has overhead, and has to make a profit to stay in business. You may be better off having him sell it on consignment for you.
Thanks c3. I neglected to say that. Must be slipping.
The DAK trigger is the main reason. My Sig is a two tone and I want an solid black one now.
Unless you are a great customer and are on real gud terms with your LGS dealer don't trade it in- You'll get the short end for sure :(
Pop the sights off and get some matte black grill paint. :p
Thanks for your help everyone, I think I will just save up and buy it and keep the other one. Cant have too many right. :)
Again, I know you can drop in the SRT into your gun and I believe you can also drop in the DAK trigger as well. so you may have the option of not replacing the gun but swapping the trigger out.
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Johannesburg - Next year's Africa Cup of Nations should not be billed as a Bafana Bafana tournament and the event should be supported in its entirety, Local Organising Committee (LOC) chief executive Mvuzo Mbebe said on Monday.
Most of the interest from South Africans so far has related to the national team, which faces the Cape Verde Islands in the competition opener at Johannesburg's FNB Stadium on January 19.
Durban-based South Africa will play Angola four days later, before concluding their Group A fixtures against Morocco on January 27.
"This tournament should not be billed as a Bafana Bafana tournament, because if that is the case then we will be saying to the public that if Bafana Bafana does not perform, let's not go to the stadiums," said Mbebe.
"This is incorrect. It should be immaterial whether they perform or not."
Mbebe pointed towards a recent friendly in Rustenburg for proof that other countries could also draw big crowds.
He said: "We must not make the mistake of always talking of Bafana Bafana as the driver of the ticket sales.
"This has been proven in the past, the most notable of those times coming when we played Ethiopia in Rustenburg when there were more spectators there for the visiting team than there were for Bafana Bafana.
"These are people that are here and it is the same for various other countries that will participate in the tournament. These fans are here and will also attend games."
Apart from the local stars, the competition also features continental powerhouses the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Mali, whose star-studded squads mainly ply their trades in the top European leagues.
Mbebe said that this in itself should be a major drawcard for locals.
"This tournament is an African tournament," he said. "We've got a responsibility as Africans and South Africans to support it, irrespective of who's playing.
"Most of the players that are coming to this tournament play in Europe and they will be here.
"We support them day in and day out for their club teams and I'm really hoping we can support them at international level as well."
Ticket sales for the finals, which run until February 10, have not been moving along at any great pace with just under 40 000 sold.
The organisers are not concerned at the number, which is reportedly sluggish due to the access to SuperSpar stores by fans - just over 200 of a targeted 309 Spar outlets have rolled out the sales process so far.
An estimated 800 000 tickets will be made available for the tournament, but Mbebe revealed that the LOC will be extremely pleased if 500 000 of those are sold.
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Apart from Durban, matches will be played in Nelspruit, Port Elizabeth and Rustenburg.
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Sellers made stronger by health challenge
Kelsey Sellers� grades may have dropped during her first few years of high school, but her resolve to achieve success only got stronger.
Sellers, along with eight other students, graduated from Bethel Christian Academy Friday night.
During Christmas break of 2009, Sellers had a seizure.
�I was diagnosed with epilepsy,� she said. �They took an MRI and found a Chiari Malformation (a condition in which brain tissue extends into the spinal canal) and I had to have brain surgery.�
Sellers had surgery on July 6, 2010 and other than one seizure, she has made a complete recovery.
Sellers said her grades slipped while she recovered, but she worked hard and not only achieved higher grades, but earned 18 college credits through a dual enrollment program with Lenoir Community College.
�It was hard at times, but I became stronger through the whole process,� she said. �Some people may have thought it was a bad situation, but I was able to stay positive. It helped me to overcome other things along with working harder and trying my best.�
Sellers said she will attend LCC in the fall to obtain an associate degree in medical assisting.
�I�ve always had heart and passion for people,� she said. �It�s just what I�ve always wanted to do and when I finish, I want to work in a pediatric office.�
Sellers also has plans to attend Bible college at some point in her future.
�My dad�s a pastor and throughout my life I�ve just felt a call to be a part of some kind of ministry,� she said.
Sellers said she has mixed emotions about graduating.
�I�m excited to move on to the next phase of my life, but then it�s sad because I�ve been at Bethel for a long time and it�s been a security blanket for me,� she said.
Sellers said her teachers have prepared her for life after graduation.
�They�ve always pushed me and helped me become a better person,� she said.
Sellers said she is grateful for her fellow graduates.
�I wouldn�t trade my class for anything,� she said. �I feel that with it being a smaller class, we�ve bonded more and we know each other better. We are like a family.�
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I've been reading these forums on and off for years looking for curly hairdressers in Sydney. As others have mentioned, I tried Element in Woollahra once but didn't love it. (It was OK, not a total disaster, but not great). I found Orla Quinlan in Surry Hills by going up to a girl on the street with a funky short do and asking where she got her hair done! Orla is fantastic, really knows curly hair, and I went a few times but it's expensive and one of those fancy salons where they bring you tea, which isn't my scene. She does a cute cut where the curls are longer at the front around your face and shorter at the back, but after a while I wanted something edgier - I was thinking to try shaved at the back - but when I asked her, she kind of did the same cut she always does.
Anyway by chance I have found a fantastic Japanese guy in Marrickville who gives me the funky curly haircut I've always wanted but never found! It's shaved at the back but longer at the front and on top. He knows curly hair, cuts it dry without you having to request that, and cuts individual curls. He thins it a bit, and knows how to make it look funky. He rents a chair in an African salon called Serengeti and it's far cheaper than the fancy salons. If you want an edgier, more 'Newtown' look which you never thought was possible with curls, go to Taka! He's at 407 Illawarra Road.


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Raiders win six in a row, move into second in BRC baseball standings
The Raider baseball team stretched its Big Rivers Conference winning streak to six games to take firm control of second place in the conference standings with a 16-4 victory over Chippewa Falls last Tuesday at an 8-3 win Friday at River Falls.
Eau Claire North beat River Falls 3-2 last Tuesday to clinch the BRC title while the two Raider victories leave them at 7-2 in conference play, two games ahead of River Falls.
After hosting Eau Claire North this past Tuesday after press time, the Raiders will wrap up the regular season with a nonconference game at home against Prescott Thursday, May 29, at 4:30 p.m. They open WIAA regional play Tuesday, June 3, at home against Superior at 4:30 p.m.
Last Friday at River Falls the Raiders snapped a 2-2 tie with four runs in the top of the fifth and tacked on two more in the seventh for an 8-3 victory.
Bryce DuCharme had an RBI double and scored on a double by Hunter Frey to stake Hudson to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, but River Falls answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning to tie the score.
Hudson sent nine batters to the plate in the top of the fifth on its way to scoring four times. A bases-loaded walk to Miles Lewis forced in one run and Frey had an RBI sac fly while DuCharme scored on the back end of a double steal before Barnard doubled in Lewis.
A single by DuCharme, a double by Lewis and a two-run single by Jack Koski resulted in Hudson's final two runs in the seventh.
Jake Giordana, DuCharme and Lewis all had two hits, including a double apiece, while Frey and Barnard also doubled in the win.
Cody Hepfler worked the first five innings on the mound to earn the win, allowing two earned runs on six hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Sam Glade pitched the final two innings, allowing one earned run on two hits with two strikeouts and no walks.
Last Tuesday at Chippewa Falls, the Raiders scored 16 runs in just four offensive innings in a 16-4 victory over the Cardinals. Barnard was 2-for-4 with a double and four RBI and DuCharme doubled twice while Giordana had a pair of hits, including a triple.
Glade earned the win on the mound, allowing four earned runs on five hits with two strikeouts and one walk.


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BROOKSVILLE — "Do you have any frogs like this?" children's author Bruce Hale asked a group of youngsters Saturday at the Hernando County Reading Festival. He was reading from his new picture book, Snoring Beauty.
Young audience members shook their heads. No. Frogs that wear purple capes do not live in Hernando County.
"They live in fairy tale land," Hale said, adding that he was sharing the true story of what really happened to Sleeping Beauty. The one who snores, that is.
More than 700 visitors descended on Nature Coast Technical High School for the annual festival.
The youngest author on hand was first-grader Quint Paxton of St. Petersburg. He wrote Quint's Cat Manual as part of a community service project for school.
On Saturday, he signed and sold 38 copies of his book. He has raised nearly $600 for the SPCA through the sales of his book, which includes many important rules for young cat owners.
Don't carry your cat with your hands on her stomach, the author advises, and give your cat lots of love.
Pet lovers stopped by to share stories of their adopted pets, and waited patiently while Quint signed their books. His mother, Michelle Paxton, helped with tricky spellings.
Nearby, Quint's 5-year-old brother, Roman, was happy to get a light saber balloon from Tony the Balloon Guy.
Even Andre Johnson, 3, waited patiently for his chance to choose a balloon. He opted for a red sword and pretended to joust a blue fabric scrap on the ground.
Local writer Debra E. McCaffrey was signing her first book, Fly … Ball, which was illustrated by her nephew's second-grade class at Mohansic Elementary School in New York.
Her rhyming book tells the tale of a baseball traveling around the United States. She is working on her second book, a story about her niece.
"I've always wanted to write a children's book," McCaffrey said.
"Now I'm in my 50s, and I finally wrote it."
Third-grader Alyssa Kemper, who also likes to write, was impressed with Hale's fairy tale, Snoring Beauty.
"The dragon part was funny," she said. "I'm good at fiction, but not that good."
It was Hale's first visit to the Tampa Bay area. He had heard about Weeki Wachee and was hoping to catch the mermaid show and maybe see a manatee.
You never know where you'll find a fairy tale.


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When it comes to its stakes schedule, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club takes the stance that "if it's not broke, don't fix it."
The 2007 schedule mostly adheres to that philosophy, but there are a few tweaks in the recently released racing calendar.
Del Mar will offer 30 stakes for a record $7.25 million, headed by the $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 19. A single-day-record four stakes will be offered that day, which will feature a 1 p.m. first post.
Other stakes to be offered that day will be the Grade II PatO'Brien Handicap at 7 furlongs, the Grade II Del Mar Breeders' Cup Mile on the Jimmy Durante Turf Course and the $85,000 Viejas CasinoHandicap.
"That will be our special Breeders' Cup preview day," said racing secretary Tom Robbins.
The Pacific Classic, Mile and O'Brien will all be part of the new Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" program. The winners of those three races will automatically receive berths in the Breeders' Cup, which will be held Oct. 27 at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J.
The races will be featured in a nationally televised program by ESPN. Two of the three races will be live during the 4 to 5 p.m. show, with the third shown on tape.
The only major stakes move was the positioning of the John C. Mabee Handicap at 1 1/8 miles on the turf course for older fillies and mares. Traditionally held the first weekend of the meet, the Mabee was moved to Aug. 4. The move was made because Hollywood Park repositioned some of its races.
"That put pressure on us," Robbins said. "I'm not upset. These things happen on occasion, and I was working with Martin Panza of Hollywood Park to do what is best for Southern California.
"The Mabee will no longer be a prep for the Beverly D. at Arlington Park (in Illinois). Now it will be just a week before that race."
The $85,000 Osunitas Stakes restricted race for fillies and mares will replace the Mabee on July 21, the first Saturday of the meet.
The Oceanside Stakes for 3-year-olds at 1 mile on the grass will open the meet on July 18, and the Grade I Del Mar Futurity for 2-year-olds at 7 furlongs on the new Polytrack main track will close the meet on Sept. 5.
In all, Del Mar will offer 17 graded stakes, including seven Grade I events.
Contact staff writer Jeff Nahill at (760) 740-3550 or firstname.lastname@example.com . Comment atsports.nctimes.com.
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2007 Del Mar Stakes Schedule
July 18 Oceanside Stakes
July 20 CTBA Stakes
July 21 Osunitas Stakes
July 21 San Diego Handicap (Grade II)
July 22 Fleet Treat Stakes
July 22 Eddie Read Handicap (Gr. I)
July 25 Graduation Stakes
July 26 Daisycutter Handicap
July 27 Wickerr Handicap
July 28 San Clemente Handicap (Gr. II)
July 29 Bing Crosby Handicap (Gr. I)
Aug. 1 Cougar II Handicap
Aug. 3 California Dreamin Handicap
Aug. 4 John C. Mabee Handicap (Gr. I)
Aug. 5 Clement L. Hirsch Handicap (Gr. II)
Aug. 8 Sorrento Stakes (Gr. III)
Aug. 10 Real Good Deal Stakes
Aug. 11 La Jolla Handicap (Gr. II)
Aug. 12 Best Pal Stakes (Gr. II)
Aug. 15 Green Flash Handicap
Aug. 16 Harry F. Brubaker Handicap
Aug. 17 Rancho Bernardo Handicap (Gr. III)
Aug. 18 Del Mar Oaks (Gr. I)
Aug. 19 Viejas Casino Handicap
Aug. 19 Pat O'Brien Handicap (Gr. II)
Aug. 19 Del Mar Breeders' Cup Mile (Gr. II)
Aug. 19 Pacific Classic (Gr. I)
Aug. 24 CTT and TOC Handicap
Aug. 25 Solana Beach Handicap
Aug. 26 Del Mar Handicap (Gr. II)
Aug. 29 Generous Portion Stakes
Aug. 30 Adoration Handicap
Aug. 31 El Cajon Stakes
Sept. 1 Palomar Breeders' Cup Handicap (Gr. II)
Sept. 2 Torrey Pines Stakes
Sept. 2 Del Mar Derby (Gr. II)
Sept. 3 Windy Sands Handicap
Sept. 3 I'm Smokin' Stakes
Sept. 3 Del Mar Debutante (Gr. I)
Sept. 5 Pirate's Bounty Handicap
Sept. 5 C.E.R.F. Handicap
Sept. 5 Del Mar Futurity (Gr. I)


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Students cannot bear heavier debt burden
Student loan debt is going to be a crisis if our politicians do not come together to agree on a plan of action by July 1.
As a student, the debt that looms over my head haunts my sleep every night. If the interest rate were to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, I may never be out of debt.
Throughout our academic career, it is instilled in us that we will go to college, graduate and become successful in our field of study.
The truth is that, once we graduate, the job market is grim, our debt is high and our responsibility to society has begun. The purpose of college is to be able to have a brighter future and a more stable life. It is not fair to punish students, who must pay the price of loans with no end in sight.
As a student, I urge Congress to take action and not double the interest rate on my student loans.
-- Liana Laurenceau,
Fill us in on feline's fate
The article "Fire leaves residents of 8 apartments homeless" (June 16), about an apartment fire in Plainsboro, contained a paragraph describing the frantic attempts of a white cat trapped inside to escape the nearing flames, "in view of people who were powerless to help." It ultimately tore through a screen door and dropped two floors after hanging by its nails to a ledge.
This all left me with two questions: Why didn't a firefighter attempt to rescue it? And what happened to the cat?
Considering that local fire departments have animal resuscitation equipment, and that the cat was behind a screen door in plain view, the lack of a rescue attempt is disturbing. In addition, for the article not to say whether the cat is alive or dead after its ordeal is equally disturbing.
-- Phyllis Deal,
Torture still is practiced
June is Torture Awareness Month. Many of us had hoped that when President Barack Obama took office that Guantánamo would be closed and that the United States would have a clear policy against torture. We also hoped that the FBI's interrogation methodology, which doesn't use torture, would be adopted by the CIA and the National Security Agency. Unfortunately, none of these goals have been accomplished. Further, many of us have become increasingly aware of the use of solitary confinement in our prisons and realize that the lengthy deprivation of solitary confinement itself rises to being torture.
Torture Awareness Month was established to commemorate the date when the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (a part of the Geneva Conventions) went into effect: June 26, 1987.
Readers who are interested in learning more are invited to attend a lecture sponsored by the Princeton-Area Interfaith Anti-Torture Group tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road, in Princeton. The featured speaker is Elisa Massimino, president and CEO of Human Rights First.
-- Kip Cherry,
The writer is coordinator of the Princeton-Area Interfaith Anti-Torture Group.
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It's apparent whose side Hamilton council is on
The situation involving Hamilton Township Mayor John Bencivengo is a wake-up call for Hamilton. Leaving aside that our mayor might be jailed for taking bribes, the all-Republican council has not been watching out for us.
When council members found out about the mayor's alleged illegal activities, they could not bring themselves to call out one of their own. Only now, after the shocking details have become public, did two council members agree that the mayor must resign ("Bencivengo indicted by grand jury," June 22). The explanations of the others as to why they are not demanding Bencivengo's resignation show they have placed loyalty to the Republican Party above their responsibility to the citizens of Hamilton.
Then there is the salary increase that Mayor Bencivengo declined and then quietly took anyway. The council professed ignorance; it apparently has no problem with this.
I wonder what else is going on right under council members' noses. Hamilton taxpayers deserve officials who keep their priorities straight, serving the citizens, not themselves and political party cronies.
Mr. Bencivengo must go; and those who covered up for him, acted with him or who can't be trusted to know what is right for Hamilton need to pack their bags and take a hike, too.
-- Mark P. Van Wagner,
Bogus ideas on finance
I've read another self-serving article against those who criticize the financial system. The guest op-ed "In defense of capitalism" (June 22), by a finance professor, avoids describing manipulations of the markets, companies and principles in question. He calls it "free market capitalism," waves the flag and dumbs down the debate.
Take his quote on Bain Capital: "They invest their hard-earned capital in companies where they believe an infusion of new capital can turn a losing company into a profitable one." Almost every descriptive in that sentence is wrong.
Private buyout capital is largely borrowed and becomes a debt on the bought company. That company was not "losing"; it likely had modest debt, good capital and decent continuing income. So why buy it? To extract capital, sell off parts, reduce employees and research and development, pocket those gains, pay loan interest with income, and wait.
In a few years, either sell off the company and pocket the difference, or take it public and sell the stock — and walk away. The banks walk away with transaction fees. The company's founders (the ones who are left) sell their new stock.
The company and its employees? It's been hollowed out, employees fired, future development gone, and a big debt is left behind. This is not "capitalism"; it's harvesting, pure and simple. Readers should drop this writer's "finance" class.
-- Herb Johnson,
A short hop from cash bar to beer garden
The New Jersey Restaurant Association, which represents more than 25,000 eating and drinking establishments, supports New Jersey Assembly efforts to help small breweries sell their products. However, the proposed amendment permitting breweries to have a cash bar at the end of their tours leaves us frostier than the beer! Throw in a little "free" food, and we see breweries growing into open "beer gardens" that will undermine the value of our liquor licenses.
We favor beer samplings as part of a flat-fee brewery tour, but a cash bar should require a liquor license, as it always has. New Jersey restaurants have paid dearly for their liquor licenses — in some cases they cost more than $1 million — and it's not fair to undercut those who have properly paid for the privilege.
At present, breweries are not allowed to have cash bars, and we think this works well for all concerned. Can we imagine the Budweiser brewery in Newark having a cash bar at the end of its tour? We think not.
The NJRA urges the Assembly to support our position and prohibit the "on premise" sale and consumption of alcohol at breweries, and we're asking our members to do the same.
In short, we are all for the expansion of a very vibrant business model for micro-brews and brew pubs.
But Title 33 as it relates to retail consumption or the cash sale of alcohol should remain as it has in this state for many years with great success.
-- Jack Koumbis,
The writer is chairman of the New Jersey Restaurant Association.


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Rice Indicates Slight Shift In Stance on Iran Sanctions
By HELENE COOPER
Published: September 12, 2006
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in an ever-so-slight softening of America's stance, on Monday left open the possibility that the United States might suspend efforts to impose sanctions against Iran if it suspended uranium enrichment for two months.
''First of all, it would have to be suspension -- verified suspension,'' Ms. Rice said. ''Secondly, it's suspension for suspension. We've said that if they suspend,'' the United States would in turn halt its pursuit of United Nations sanctions against Iran and would join European talks with Tehran over its nuclear program.
Reuters reported Sunday that Ali Larijani, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, had said that Iran would be willing to consider a two-month moratorium on its uranium-enrichment program. But other Iranian officials denied that, and European diplomats have been cautious about what Iran might really have offered.
Ms. Rice, who said Monday that she had spoken with the European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, about his continuing talks with Mr. Larijani, also urged caution. ''As far as I know, the Iranians have not said that they would suspend prior to negotiations, which is what the issue has been,'' she said.
Mr. Solana said Sunday that he made progress in the search for a compromise with Iran, and added that he and Mr. Larijani would meet again soon.
The United States has long contended that Iran is stalling for time to develop what American officials say is a nuclear weapons capacity. Iran says its nuclear program is only to produce energy for civilian use.
Ms. Rice, speaking to reporters aboard a flight to Halifax, said that ''the time is coming very soon when we'll have to vote on a Security Council resolution'' about Iran. But, she added, ''From our point of view we have nothing to lose, as we work toward this Security Council resolution, having Javier Solana explore with the Iranians whether there's a way to get to negotiations.''
In Canada for ceremonies to mark Sept. 11, Ms. Rice thanked the nation for opening its airports to United States-bound flights on that day and honored Canadian victims of the attacks.
Much of the language regarding Iran is nuance. The formal proposal made earlier this summer by the United States and Europe to Iran -- to suspend its enrichment activities in exchange for a package of incentives or face sanctions -- does not require a permanent suspension.
Indeed, the proposal even includes an offer that one senior Bush administration official characterized at the time as the ''when hell freezes over'' clause: that Iran, after it has satisfied regulatory bodies that its nuclear ambitions are peaceful, might at some point in the future be allowed to enrich uranium on its own soil. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.
But the Bush administration has long made clear that what it wants is a permanent suspension. While that remains so, the coalition of six countries that made the offer to Iran is fragile, with Russia and China far less agreeable to the idea of sanctions against Iran than the United States and its European allies, Britain, France and Germany.
In order to keep Russia and China on board, Ms. Rice has taken pains to try to present the United States as taking a reasonable position and being willing to work with the Iranians. But the Americans have insisted all along on one non-negotiable demand: that Iran must suspend its enrichment activities.
The apparent shift in the American stance also reflects the hard realities that there are few good options on Iran, even if the Bush administration is able to get Russia and China to sign on to sanctions. Iran defied an Aug. 31 deadline set by the United Nations Security Council to halt production of nuclear fuel.
The United States is trying to get Russia and China, along with the European Union, to impose sanctions through the Security Council, beginning with restrictions on imports of nuclear-related equipment and material. Eventually, punitive measures might expand to restrict travel by Iran's leaders and limit Iran's access to global financial markets.
But few diplomats believe that Russia and China will agree to more than weak sanctions, and Ms. Rice must calculate whether the coalition will remain intact. If it does not, the United States could be left facing the possibility of further conflict in the Middle East at a time when it is still grappling with the Iraq war.
A nonproliferation analyst, speaking anonymously because he has not yet had time to review all the implications, said that part of the apparent new willingness by the United States to consider a temporary suspension might reflect the need to seize on any possible daylight with a country that has been an adversary since its Islamic revolution in 1979.
Photo: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a visit to Canada yesterday to commemorate Sept. 11. (Photo by Paul Darrow/Reuters)


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