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Gore Park Lofts expected to rise within months
Welland Canal Park a Journey Through Forgotten History
Incredible Potential in Third Welland Canal
Dave Donnelly wins OAA SHIFT 2019
Hamilton Zoning Change to accommodate film studio
Lakeview Wineries featured in Vintages article
Reservoir Dogs Townhouses featured in a new book!
Ridge Residence featured on AECCafe.com
HBSA Awards Celebrate Best of Hamilton & Burlington Design
TCA's Ridge Residence featured on Australia's Built Environment Channel
Downtown Hamilton Value is Going Up
ArchDaily - Selected Works: Ridge Residence
Slow and Stealthy in the County
New Boutique Hotel expected for Gore Park
$6M 'boutique hotel' overlooking Gore Park envisioned for downtown
Business Link Hamilton Presents TCA Architect Esther Link with 40 Under Forty Award
thier + curran architects retirement dwelling in ontario is clad in black corrugated metal
The Black Wedge House featured on Dwell
New administration building takes shape in Cayuga
Hamilton 2058
This Dog has its Day
Grey Matter Brewpub Opens in Kincardine, Ontario
The impressive transformation of the Lakeview Wine Company in Niagara-on-the-Lake
TCA Principal Bill Curran Lectures Again at the Universita IUAV di Venezia School of Architecture
Neighbours rally against 'speed demons' at Queen and Herkimer crossing
Bringing some supercool to North End Hamilton
Hamilton, show us how it's done
Hamilton celebrates 2017 Architecture & Urban Design Awards
7-9-11 Brock Street Urban Towns Finish Construction
Haldimand County Central Administration Building design approved by council
TCAs Lakeview Wine Co. Retail & Tasting Pavilion featured on Archilovers
A look at the new Lakeview Winery Retail and Tasting Pavilion by TCA
Diamond Estates trailer replaced by new tasting, retail centre
Lakeview Wine Co. Retail & Tasting Pavilion Grand Opening
New tasting centre links to Diamond Estates past, sets stage for ambitious future
MERIT Brewing
Q&A with Principal Architect Bill Curran
Canadian Architect Magazine Spotlight: Richmond Hill Hub
Suds Expected to Flow at Downtown Brew Pubs
TCA Principal Bill Curran Lectures Again at the Universita IUAV di Venezia School of Architecture
North End Free Library Featured in OAA Profiles 2017 Issue
Business Link Hamilton Presents TCA Associate Kyle Slote with 40 Under Forty Award
From Derelict to Design: 7-9-11 Brock Street
Art Gallery of Hamilton Featured in Canadian Architect 49th Annual Awards of Excellence
House Hunting in a Maserati: 7-9-11 Brock Street
A SoBi tour with Bill Curran
Downtown Renewal: Homegrown to be Reborn in Old Windsor Hotel
TCA projects profiled in the Summer 2016 issue of Hamilton Magazine.
Raise the Hammer - LRT Transit Support
Diamond Estates Winery Retail Store and Tasting Pavilion Set for Construction
York Region: Community invited to tour, visit The Hub in Richmond Hill
Maplewood Cafe opens at St. Peter's Hospital
The Ridge Residence in Prince Edward County Nears Completion
York Region: Home Base for homeless youth moves into Richmond hill hub
York Region Affordable Housing and Youth Centre Complete
Meet Your Neighbours
North End Free Library and Public Bench Featured on OAA Blog
PAUL WILSON: Down in Hamilton's core, Investors Chicken No More
York Region: Social Enterprise key part of Richmond Hill's soon-to-open Hub Housing
Hamilton's urban design awards celebrate the generous city
PARK(ing) Day at Thier and Curran Architects Inc.
Design Spotlight: The North End Free Library
Hamilton's North End Looming Development
North End Free Library and Public Bench Featured in AECCafe
TCA's Abena Asomaning Featured in The Hamilton Spectator
The North End Free Library Featured in Canadian Architect
TCA Principal Bill Curran is profiled in the Spring 2015 issue of Hamilton Magazine.
Young Architects of Hamilton - Meghan Galachiuk
95 King Feature in May 2015 Issue of Urbanicity
Update on Herkimer and Charlton Bike Lanes
TCA's McMaster Family Health Clinic Featured in Healthcare Design Magazine
TCA's Halton McMaster Family Health Clinic featured on Canadian Architect
Urgent Opportunity on the Waterfront
TCA's Halton McMaster Family Health Clinic featured on Archello
TCA's Halton McMaster Family Health Clinic featured on Archilovers
Gore Park Episode 2 featuring 95 King St. E.
Hamilton-Burlington Society of Architects announces Awards of Excellence winners
Hamilton- Burlington Society of Architects announces the recipients of the 2014 Architectural Awards of Excellence
Society honours architects and their projects
Out and About with urbanicity HBSA Celebrate 2014 Gala
Ribbon cut to open Halton McMaster Family Health Centre
HBSA Celebrate 2014 Gala Feature in Urbanicity
Halton McMaster medical centre holds official opening in Burlington
The best people want a good-looking place to live
Architecture the 'most visible expression of culture'
Why an acre of homes generate more taxes than a Home Depot
AECCafe Architecture Showcase - 95 King Street East
Stage set for downtown studios
Arch Daily - Selected Works: 95 King Street East Studios and Lofts
A home where artists can thrive
Transformed strip club makes room for artists in the core
Hamilton creates artist studios, housing in core
From strip club to arts centre - a Hamilton transformation story
Artists see soul on King Street
Senior centre on track for April Opening
Invest in Hamilton: 95 King Street East News Clip
Hamilton's Thriving Condo Scene
Rebirth at 95 King
An Artful Existence
Thier + Curran Architects transform Hamilton Strip Club to Housing and Cultural Space
Renew Hamilton: Economic of Heritage Preservation
A City Can't 'Demolish its Way to Success.' Architect Warns
Giving Purpose to Old Buildings Makes Sense
David Crombie on the Future of Cities in Ontario
Well-spoken, respected...this T.O. mayor has polish.
Winners of the 2013 Hamilton Urban Design and Architecture Award Revealed
Winners of the 2013 Hamilton Urban Design and Architecture Award
New artists' digs waiting for tenants
Celebrating Hamilton's best designed projects
What's Next: 10 New Ideas to Improve Hamilton as Next Steps in Our Renewal
Behind the Big Door, Strippers No More
Urban Renewal in Hamilton: Short-Term Fixes and Long-term Plans
Renew Hamilton: Bill Curran at the Learning Forum
Downtown Hamilton development on the rise
Women's Shelter fits seamlessly into the community
A midsummer tour with meaning
Nature Retreat
Five places to visit in Hamilton's trendy James St. North
Council committee approves Hub Project
Richmond Hill shelter project approved in 7-2 vote
Ground-breaking ceremony for Ancaster seniors centre
Controversy in Richmond Hill over social housing
Unlocked at last - the secret life of architects
Congregation back Philpott Church rebuild
Vision for Hamilton's waterfront more Halifax than Toronto
Philpott parishioners at $13.4-million crossroads.
Funding announced for Ancaster senior centre expansion
Ancaster seniors centre gets funding for expansion.
How about lunch at the Lister?
Hamilton thrives while steel industry struggles
What's Wrong - and right - about the new stadium design.
From Hamilton Strip Club to Art Hub
Mac's Digital Brain Trust Hangs Out Shingle
McMaster Opens Centre to Bring Research into 21st Century
McMaster News - Digital Scholarship Centre will Revolutionize Research
Debunking Myths About Social Housing
Oldest House in Ancaster Becomes Police Museum
Hot Toronto? Say Hello to Cool Hamilton
Senior Centre Awaits Funding for Expansion Plan
New Buildings 'Ease' Seniors' Affordable Rent Crunch
Bigger and Bolder - 118 James North Become a Canvas During Supercrawl
Hamilton West Harbour Concept Neighbourhood Plan
Quality Affordable Housing is Showing Itself in Hamilton Now
Good Shepherd Square Gives People New Life
City Will Study Proposal for West Harbour Lands
What's This? No Cubicle?
Grassroots Group on Track to Take Back West Harbour
150 Photos: Art Gallery of Hamilton
AGH Previews its Design Annex
Risks and Potential in Waterfront Development
City on Track to Reclaim Waterfront
Hamilton West Harbour Concept Plan
That Rail Yard on the Waterfront - Maybe It's Not Situation Hopeless
118 James: A Mecca for the Arts
Lister Reborn
The Business Link - Good Shepherd
Photos from CBC Hamilton's Unveiling During May 2012 Art Crawl
Curious Visitors Flood Revamped Lister Block
The Door is Open
Gore Park
Good Shepherd Square Fitting in Nicely
Design Annex Opening Spring / Summer 2012
Makeover on James Street
CBC Hamilton Honoring the past with an eye to the future
Hamilton Police Museum to open in Ancaster
Slowly lifting the veil on the new CBC Digital Station
CBC Hamilton HQ wins Heritage Award
CBC's First Peek at 118 James Street North
The CBC arrives on James North
Heart of Glass Hidden beneath the skin of 118 James Street North
Gore Park 2012
Perspective - A Work of Art
TCA Office Design Approach Featured in Biz Magazine
Funds for Good Shepherd Square halfway there
TCA Offices at 118 James North Featured in Canadian Interiors Magazine
Steeltown Becomes Artstown
Art Sophistication Comes to James Street North
AGH to open new downtown digs
Shepherding Homes
Young Professionals - Kyle Slote, 26
Meet three bold locals taking steps toward making our cities more sustainable
The Big Build - Mohawk renovating its role in the community as well as the campus
Renaissance at Play Today
City Gets Grants to Accelerate Growth
25 Good Things
Getting its Groove Back
School Board Needs Mac's Money to Move
Signs of Spring in our Neighbourhood
Hamilton Economic Summit View 2008-2010: 100 Stories of Economic Progress in Hamilton
Lyons New Media Centre Launch
Dreaming Big Pays Off
Tom Scott Adds to City's Sax Appeal
The Shepherd Watched Over Her
State-of-the-art Shelters Open for Women
Ambience Abounds at What Next?
Thier + Curran Architects Inc.
Downtown Driving Dynamic Growth
Quick Turnaround
School Board Looks to West Harbour
Opening up a Typical Victorian
Windows to the Future
Good Shepherd Square: A Dream Finally Realized
Profile Magazine - Urban Design & Architecture Awards 2009
Lyons New Media Centre and McMaster Health Forum near completion at Mills Library
City of Hamilton Public Art Program Past Rough Sketch Stage
The Myth of Declining Services (at least at our sci/eng library)
Mac Approves New Primary Care Centre
Mac Eyes Med Facility
McMaster Health Forum and Lyons New Media Centre coming to Mills Library
How to Save a City One Kid at a Time
Home Work
Garden Olympics
Praise for Wentworth Overhaul
When Less is More and More is Really More
McMaster Times - Our Leading Libraries
North End gating plan too exclusive
City of St. Catharines & McMaster University Partner on Family Health Centre
Wet and Wonderful
McMaster and City of St. Catharines partner on family health centre
Training clinic expected to ease physician shortage
Are Trustees OK with HQ in Core?
Makeover time for Mac's Thode
Profile Magazine - Urban Design Awards 2007
Thinking Big
Scime/Curran Residence
Hamilton Education Centre: The Dilemma and the Agenda
City Plan Includes Education Centre - Hamilton Spectator
Novae Res Urbis Article - Hamilton Urban Design Awards
Instilling a Healing Feeling
Bringing the reading room into the digital age
Master Class
Smart Growth
A threat to lawn order?
Power Tables
Cultural evolution: Steeltown becomes Artstown
Resolution to boycott offered up
Architects Boycott Hamilton
OAA Letter to Hamilton Mayor Larry di Ianni
Mohawk College Launches the e-Library @ Fennell Campus
Indoor Water
Canadian Architect with a love of ecology
HBSA Awards 2018 - Lakeview Wine Co. Retail and Tasting Pavilion
HBSA Awards 2018 - Ridge Residence
7-9-11 Brock Street Receives HMHC Heritage Recognition Award for "Adaptive Re‐use of a Heritage
COOP Restaurant Receives Hamilton Urban Design and Architecture Award of Merit
York Region Affordable Housing & Youth Centre LEED Certified
HBSA Awards 2016 - North End Free Library and Bench
2016 ONPHA Awards - Innovation Award for the Richmond Hill Hub Affordable Housing & Youth Centre
2015 Hamilton Urban Design and Architecture Awards - North End Free Library and Bench
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HBSA Celebrate 2014 - Ancaster Senior Achievement Centre
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HBSA Celebrate 2014 - 95 King St E Arts Centre & Lofts
2014 Building Inspection Recognition of Excellence
2013 Hamilton Heritage Recognition Award
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The A.K. Sculthorpe Award for Advocacy
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Seniors Housing Council
AIA/AAHSA Design for Aging Review
TCA Principal Bill Curran lectures at the IUAV School of Architecture
Bayfront Builders' Challenge
7-9-11 Brock Street Unveiling
Today's Modernism: Art & Architecture Exhibition
Young Architects of Hamilton Supercrawl Canstruction
HBSA Architecture Crawl
Opening of North End Free Library
TCA Open for Doors Open 2015
YEP Hamilton Roundtable at TCA
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OAA Architecture + Commerce PechaKucha
TCA Sponsors Zeke Moores Supercrawl Art Installation
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blurMEDIA Photo Shoot in TCA's Office
Demystifying Medicine Seminar Series 2013
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I was trying to install Ubuntu on an older laptop which doesn't have a DVD ROM or a USB boot capabilities. Is there an option to burn the image files to a Cd ROM? I am pretty sure that the size of the image file may be slightly larger to fit on a CD ROM. Is there a way to split the image files and use two CD Roms instead?

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With different main board configurations: first with ARM64 and x86 later MIPS and other architectures may follow.
The concept is to make templates which other to may use to customize and any other SOC can be used for main board.
TERES-I will come with two different LCD configurations: 1376x768 or 1920x1080 pixels.
Open Source Hardware means you will be able to tailor the PCBs to your needs and add more processors, memories, etc.
KiCAD FOSS software is used to make all the PCBs.
TERES-I will run Linux distributions, but Android and Windows also possible.
With this DIY Laptop you will learn lot of new stuff while building it. You can teach your kids electronics and how laptops are made if you build it together. You will know every bit of your laptop and will be able to fix if something is broken.
TERES-I is also environmental friendly by default - you can upgrade your main board and not waste everything when new faster and better processor is available.
Now that is what I think is a great idea. You can configure the pc to suit yourself. You can replace every bit if they fail. You can upgrade parts of the pc to suit your changing needs.
It will be interesting to see what different parts they will offer when they get underway and how much they will cost.
The company has links to CERN.


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It is a mammoth task to compile just 10 of the many legends that have walked through the door at Arsenal. From the foreign purchases to home grown talent, the underlying factor has been the Arsenal supporters and their waving of the sword to signify a new hero at either Highbury or Ashburton Grove.
The current group of players and the trophy drought may make it seem difficult to remember a time of rampaging midfield generals and exquisite forwards, but the halls of Arsenal are forever filled with the names of those who have made the club great.
There are disappointments in that many of the recent stars of Arsenal have not gone on to fulfil their roles as undoubted legends of the club, seeking riches elsewhere and losing touch with the importance of the club. But regardless of their actions, it shouldn't take away from the very real but often disguised figures in the team who are likely to go on to fill in their names alongside the greats of the club.
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The love affair between first lady Michelle Obama and pop superstar Beyoncé continues.
In a new video, above, for the Obama campaign, Beyoncé talks about a letter she wrote to Obama back in April, posting it on her official website.
"I wrote a letter to the first lady because I wanted her to know that I'm very grateful for everything she's doing for our country, and also for women around the world."
Obama responded on Twitter:
@Beyonce Thank you for the beautiful letter and for being a role model who kids everywhere can look up to. –mo— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) April 13, 2012
The letter exchange wasn't the first show of mutual admiration between the two women.
The singer provided the music for the Obama's first dance at the Inaugural Ball in January 2009. She also works with the first lady's "Let's Move" initiative, remaking her "Get Me Bodied" video into a "Move Your Body" middle school cafeteria flash mob dance.
And then Michelle dougied with some kids in D.C. to the same song.
In May, Obama took her two daughters, Malia and Sasha, to a Beyoncé concert. And when asked in an interview with People, Michelle said she would be Beyoncé if she could trade places with any other person.


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Kaikoura - Whale Watching and Wildlife Encounters
Kaikoura is famed as the best whale watching spot in New Zealand, but there's plenty more to see beyond those mammoth marine animals.
Kaikoura is a small town located 180 kilometres north of Christchurch and is set in the protective shelter of the Kaikoura Peninsula. It offers a plethora of marine activities of which whale watching is the highlight.
Why so many whales?
About a kilometre off the Kaikoura Coast, the Kaikoura Canyon and 1000 metre deep Hikurangi Trench are formed by a maze of underwater troughs and canyons.
The warm waters of these canyons combine with the cold waters of the Antarctic to form an ideal location for a huge variety of marine life.
Which whales when?
Gigantic sperm whales and dolphins inhabit these waters all year round. Migratory humpback whales appear in June and July and orca can be found from December to February. The mammals come here lured by the abundance of easy food and humans get an amazing opportunity to watch these majestic marine mammals at close range.
Whale watching tours
Kaikoura is synonymous with whale watching and the main operator is Whale Watch Kaikoura. There are five boats running each day, each trip lasting about two and a half hours.
You meet at the train station from where you board a bus to South Bay and a speed boat takes you a few kilometres offshore where you get to watch the whales at much closer quarters than is possible at most other places in the world.
From the air
Another interesting alternative is aerial whale watching. You get to fly in a helicopter or small plane for half an hour to view the whales from above. It is good to carry a pair of binoculars to get a better view of these majestic mammals.
Swimming with dolphins and seals
Another popular activity with tourists in Kaikoura is swimming with the dolphins. The sole commercial operator for this truly unique activity is Dolphin Encounter. Their office on Esplanade has changing rooms and includes a pre-trip briefing.
They run three boats and roughly three trips per day. You have the option of swimming with the dolphins or just watching them. You are advised to book well in advance, especially in summer, as it is a high-demand activity.
For something different, try swimming with the seals. They are even more curious than the dolphins. It can be done either from the shore or by boat.
Dolphin and seal encounters tend to be more enjoyable if you have had previous snorkelling experience.
Scuba diving
Scuba diving is another popular activity. Diving companies run 'resort dives' which is scuba diving accompanied by trained instructor if you have never done it before.
For the more experienced divers, there are dive trips to temperate reefs with kelp forests or large brown cold water seaweeds, nudibranches or highly colourful marine gastropods and sponges.
Albatross encounters
For all avian fans, the Albatross Encounter is a rewarding experience where you watch rare endangered species of birds at extremely close quarters.
You get on a boat and travel offshore for a couple of kilometres at which point bait is laid to attract all types of seabirds, and specifically albatrosses.
Sea kayaking and sea tours
Sea kayaking operators like Kaikoura Kayaks offer half day and full day guided trips. This is an excellent way of seeing marine life in their natural form upfront and close.
For a nice eco tour with a spot of fishing, book in with Kaikoura Marine Tours. They offer informative seagoing trips to view marine animals.


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Join Date: Mar 2010
Masamune-kun no Revenge
Author: Takeoka Hazuki
Artist: Tiv
Genres: Comedy, Harem, Romance, School Life, Shounen
Synopsis from Mangaupdates:
And as someone else said: it's like Accel World where Kuroyukihime is a bitch.
|2012-12-24, 15:06
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Staring into your soul.
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: At the darkness beyond time.
the first half was kinda interesting, i liked the funny/realistic approach it had, but in the second half it hinted that it is going for the generic harem with the love/hate relationship between hero and heroin, thats not necesarily a bad thing, but one im got tired a while ago, im gonna read the next chapter to see if im actually wrong or not.
|2012-12-24, 17:49
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Not A Loli-con....
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Beyond the looking glass
I really liked the contrast between our "hero?" and the guy that resorted to violence. It seems like it could be interesting if done right. (I'm putting my bets on the trap ) I'm digging the idea of a protagonist that isn't completely worthless at life yet still has room to grow. I get tired of the guy with no redeeming qualities yet still somehow manages to build a harem because he's kind or some other ridiculous reason. The protag isn't perfect, but he's the kind of guy who will change the things in himself that are lacking and I like that.
P.S. with a cute loli mother who shows her love with donuts, who wouldn't get a little chubby >.<
|2012-12-24, 18:00
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Emperor of the Expected
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Florida
Well I just read the first chapter, its quite interesting. Makabe Masamune started out overweight and got his heart torn apart by the girl he loves. Fast forward to the setting, he improves himself and plans on revenge by making the girl who tore his heart fall in love with him by rejecting her advances. Quite interesting indeed, haven't read any manga where the protagonist starts off pathetic and becomes an ideal person in the harem series.
|2012-12-24, 18:21
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Well, the main character sure got found out fast. Now they each hold a secret of the others, I guess it's going to become a 2-way battle. Although, I get the feeling that his flashback isn't exactly accurate. The girl seems like a SUPER tsundere so maybe what she said back then wasn't really what she was actually feeling, and the whole thing is a big misunderstanding.
|2012-12-24, 18:39
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Emperor of the Expected
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Florida
|2012-12-24, 21:38
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Not A Loli-con....
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Beyond the looking glass
Also for anyone who reads chinese, the chinese chapters 1 and 2 are up
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Eye for an Eye
Join Date: Apr 2008
I loved the premise but I'll put it on the maybe pile for now. Based on my knowledge of rom coms, I really don't like where I think this is going. If he goes through with it an crushes her then I'll pick it up, if he just hears a sob story and forgives her then I'll save myself the disappointment. I try my best to stay clear of things that will piss me off.
|2012-12-27, 20:06
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 36
Hm, something about the premise bothers me .. I haven't read it yet but if he was a fat pathetic slob that didn't take care of himself then he deserves to be rejected harshly (but not cruelly) ..
I mean, the premise is that he managed to do something to better himself right? Why are people so negative sometimes .. Eye for an eye results in everyone going blind
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Family: Oleaceae
Extraction: Enfleurage of blossoms. Concrete, absolute (separated from the concrete, then steam distilled). The fragrance is fruity, floral and sweetly exotic.
Medicinal Action: Jasmine is a nervous-system sedative that reduces menstrual cramps and is sometimes used to alleviate prostate problems. Culpeper suggested rubbing it into "hard, contracted limbs."
Cosmetic/Skin Use: The absolute is used for dry, sensitive or mature skin.
Emotional Attribute: Jasmine's fragrance soothes headaches, insomnia, depression, anger and worry, and dissolves apathy, indifference and lack of confidence. Also an aphrodisiac.
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Pub3D is a 3D version of PubChem, in which we have generated a single conformer for 99% of PubChem using the smi23d suite of programs. The structures are then stored in a PostgreSQL database along with their distance moment shape descriptors described by Ballester and Graham-Richards. This allows us to perform shape similarity queries against a user supplied 3D structure. By partitioning the database (thanks to the CGL folks at IU) and using a spatial index, performance is quite snappy. (I had briefly mentioned this in a presentation at the ACS meeting, last spring).
The database had been down for some time, so today I got it back up and running and AJAX'ified the interface, to make it look a little nicer. jQuery rocks! (OK, the color scheme sucks)
There are obvious drawbacks to the current database – single conformer shape search is not very rigorous, especially since the stored structures are not necessarily the minimum energy conformer. However, we have started generating multiple conformers, so hopefully we'll address this issue in time. The bigger issue is how this approach to shape similarity compares to other well known approaches such as ROCS. Clearly, a shape descriptor approach is lower resolution to a volumetric approach such as ROCS, so in that sense the results are 'rougher'. However visual inspection of some searches seems to indicate that it isn't too bad. The paper describing these shape descriptors didn't do a rigorous comparison – that's on our TODO list.
OK, the fun part (a.k.a, coding) is done for now – got to get back to the paper.


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Many top LA beauty salons prefer to keep portable and mobile equipment. They are equipped with the best-designed washbasins, special and sophisticated chairs, and classy supplies. These top salons are furnished with the top most contemporary furniture, which enhances the look and adds a touch of professionalism to the premises. Some top salons have separate sections and rooms for different services, ensuring a well-organized and systematic workflow without chaos.
It is commonly seen in L. A beauty salons, that equipment and products such as hair care products, skin care and body products are kept for sale. New Era Beauty System, Le Salon Complet, Classic Beauty Center, Beautopia Salon, Sense of Skin, and Déjà Vu are some of the top beauty salons visited by many customers in L. A. They guarantee use of branded products and indulge in selling them to their regular clients. Visitors can visit personally, or they can make appointments over the phone. They can also make a request for any particular member of the staff to attend to them.
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Three votes on anyone else's suggestion that uses your character. Two if you submitted one, one if you didn't.
Helpful? Now go edit before OP wakes up.
Aw, Is my ultimate buddy cop team-up suggestion of Officer Chunk and Jacket seriously not getting any love? Come on, it would be great!
(SMILEYkyle21)---Spawn + Alex Mercer---3vote
I think that's good for now.
Sir! Yes sir! D:
Ammy and Vergil are through?!
Sun & Sparda
(Neuromancer)--- Kratos + Asura
Here's my reasoning: Both were at one point gods, both were backstabbed by their kind, both are really fucking pissed about it and are on a quest of vengeance. However, there is contrast between the way Kratos & Asura go about it. Kratos does not give a fuck about collateral damage, innocent casualties etc. and finds it all acceptable as long as his vengeance is fulfilled. Asura on the other hand cares about the lives of innocents and is greatly angered by wrongdoings. I believe that the somewhat common background they have along with the contrast in personalities would make them an interesting team to behold.
Also, votes
(theemporer)---Biorr of the Twin Fangs + The Chosen Undead & Solaire of Astora---+2 votes
(Guffe)----- Link + Gordon Freeman
I thought I saw this team somewhere but not on the list at the first page?
(Hagi)---Kratos + Death---2 votes
The team already exists (and hasn't been put in yet because OP is only human), but unfortunately you can only give it two points since Gordon Freeman is owned by somebody else.
Yeah I new that but I missclicked, you must've quoted me just before I edited the post.
(Able Seacat)---Red XIII + GLaDOS---1vote
because the teamup made me scroll down to figure out wtf was going on XD
(Garin Dakari)---Link + Gordon Freeman---1vote
because they speak with their eyes....
(LG Jargon)---Simon + Travis Touchdown
Come on guys we need some naruto teams out there ^_^
Go team naruto
Why don't you create one, then? (Edit: Oh, yeah...)
I have but no one has voted for it..... :(
Ok then how about this:
Their personalities clash and would provide an interesting dynamic!
(canadamus_prime)---Link + The Kid +2 votes.
Why didn't I think of this!? Though they are going to have serious communication difficulties D:
I would also like to suggest another team:
(Caasi113)---Garrus + Sam & Max The best buddy cop team now with Garrus. How could it not turn out well.
(GentleMad)--Spyro + Crash Bandicoot
During the PS1 era, these two were loved by millions. But as time went on, they slowly slipped out of the public's hearts and minds.
Now they're back...FOR THE BLOOD OF THEIR ENEMIES!
(Able Seacat)---Red XIII + GLaDOS+3votes
mostly because the picture is awesome and due to GLADOS's abilites she will need a animal that is strong in combat
No problem! =) Only, a new combo of Gordon Freeman + Link has emerged that is dangerously close to happening... =/ We'll have to wait and see I guess.
Read before you post. It should be rule #1 of the Internet (even though rule 1 is actually 'do not talk about /b/').
(LegendaryGamer0)---Sakura Kinomoto + Goku---2 votes
Both of them seem like they'd be good partners for her, though personally I think Travis would be a lot more fun, what with all the blood and the killing and the bam boom bippity bop--
Team suggestion:
(leet_x1337)---Jin Kisaragi + King of All Cosmos
(leet_x1337)---Reimu Hakurei + Sora, Donald and Goofy---2 votes
Don't forget he'd be in fanboy godmode and would wipe out most the list. :P
Oh yeah, I forgot he was big on animu and would want to impress her. And she's only ten years old, so all the blood involved in that might lead to...complications. But those are good for the sake of a story.
Sir, you need a little less weeaboo on your team. You need someone to show you how to step up and be a real man. You need ...... GUTS!!
(deathbydeath)---Guts + Naruto---2 votes
Yeah, I'm down.
(deathbydeath)---Asura + Shank---3 votes
Also: In case of emergencies:
(deathbydeath)---Shank + Sie---3 votes
Right now, I'm assuming that I can vote for multiple teams with Shank in them, but only one will be accepted.
he did, I used one o his characters and I submitted a character in the first round. That's 3 votes for my team.
01.(wintercoat)---Jak & Daxter + Ratchet & Clank---10 Votes!!!
No,no, I mean as it is written to my rules.
Yeah, somehow I get a strange vibe of Puella Magi Madoka Magica....and this is BAD!!!
Nice! My own character's in the ultimate badass team together with Alduin! Go Nuclear Dragon Apocalypse!
And got two more votes to add:
And since my Kratos + Death combo is rocking pretty solidly I'll add another suggestion:
Because it just makes sense. The two great(est?) platforming heroes! Mario can ride Kirby, who can actually survive trick jumps in addition to eating things every bit as well as Yoshi. Throw in a few of Mario's suits and you've got serious potential right here.
Dropping off a few more votes then:
i don't understand... I thought he did follow the rules?
And why is my team gone?
There is some kind of logic why you created this team.
Because the Team Batman and Rorscach get first 10 votes.
yeah I read through the thread again and I get it now. Sorry for the mixup.
Poor Goku :(
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Margot Parker MEP wrongly dismisses concerns about British scientists being by-passed for funding since the Brexit vote. It is true that the treasury has promised short-term to fill some of the research hole that would appear after Brexit should the growing and generous EU research funding be cut off. Indeed, since that vote, the seven major British research academies and societies stated that 'the current uncertainty is having immediate implications and raises many questions'. One area of concern expressed by the Royal Society is the future of the 31,000 EU researchers currently working at UK universities – we can ill afford to lose their skills and they are facing the Brexit's project uncertainty. Nobody – seemingly including the three government misters dealing with the issue – knows what Brexit really means in practice.
By the way, the government is to provide stop-gap money for research and agriculture once the Brexit button is pushed. But no sign yet of the mythical savings from leaving the EU going to the NHS – now there's a surprise.
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They say the camera adds 10 pounds. But yesterday afternoon, NBC Sports Network, which bought exclusive rights to broadcast the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, made little Durango look like a municipal heavyweight.
Throughout 2½ hours of programming that reached millions of homes in 200 countries, NBC Sports commentators lavished praise on Durango a shocking departure for a town that, until now, has enjoyed little national fame, but for being labeled the least fashion conscious town in America by USA Today and as the hometown of Sidney Spies.
Phil Ligget, the main commentator, began the live broadcast saying, You know youre in Durango when you see the Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Rail, as images of the train chugging through resplendent mountain valleys splashed on screen.
NBC lingered on shots of Main Avenue, looking pristine, as the cyclists signed autographs before setting off for Telluride. Its tone of unabashed boosterism mirrored the first commercial to play in the break paid for by the city of Durango in which a gravelly voiced narrator said, Durango, Colorado: The place where the Wild West comes alive, as footage of skiing, horseback riding, the train and a pint overflowing with draft beer flashed in the background.
The most Durango-centric segment aired 1:30 p.m.
As in coverage of the recent London Olympics, NBC presented emotional biographies of the athletes competing. This included Tom Danielson, a former Fort Lewis College graduate who spent eight years in Durango.
At one point, I wanted to become mayor of Durango, Danielson said in a close-up interview, before the camera panned to him driving around FLC campus, biking up a mountain and walking around his palatial modernist home, accompanied by his beautiful wife and two young children.
Danielson led the race until its final stages, when teammate Tyler Farrar sprinted to the finish.
Still, commentators were charmed by the hometown boy: He had a great day and is now the leader in the Nissan King of the Mountains, said one.
Man of the day in my opinion, agreed the other.
Locals watched NBCs coverage of the race on the giant Jumbotron in Buckley Park. When rain made this venue less palatable, many traveled to the Lost Dog, where the event played live on two screens above the bar and barflies offered a spirited running commentary.
Other viewers opted for leather chairs, popcorn and the easy access to Makers Mark at the Back Space Theatre, which will project NBCs coverage on its movie-theater screen all week for free.
Kaiya Dewey Toop, general manager of the Back Space Theatre, said Danielsons loss hadnt dampened her pride in the citys achievements. Im proud of Durango, for this and a lot of the other events that they do, she said. It just seems like it was super well-organized.
Ron LeBlanc, city manager, said he had been elated by the job the town had done as host and that plans had been carried off without a flaw.
He singled out FLC for particular commendation. Because of them, we were able to have an athletes village on campus, LeBlanc said.
LeBlanc said, as yet, there are no plans for Durango to mount an Olympic bid but he expects Durango to host more sporting events of this magnitude going forward.
Asked whether he was preparing for next years Pro Cycle Challenge, LeBlanc said no, Im training for the next Tutu to Brew Parade (a kickoff ride from Buckley Park to Ska Brewing Co. in Bodo Industrial Park). I think Ill stick with my main event, he said.


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- NHL owners locked out players in September, seeking a new labor agreement
- The two sides went back and forth for three months, before reaching a deal
- After a week of practice, teams had their first regular season games Saturday
After being on ice for several more months than planned, National Hockey League players are back where they belong.
And that is, of course, on the ice -- as players dashed, dipped and scored around pro rinks around North America on Saturday, the first day of the league's now abbreviated regular season.
The return was long awaited, but hardly guaranteed. NHL owners locked out players September 15, and in the subsequent months the two sides engaged in a sometimes acrimonious process to reach a new labor deal.
In that stretch, league officials canceled the All-Star Game, the annual outdoor Winter Class game and hundreds of regular season games. And they threatened to scrap the entire campaign -- like they did for the 2004-2005 season, which was also due to labor strife -- if a deal couldn't be reached in January.
But one was reached, on January 12, when the NHL Players' Association ratified a new collective bargaining agreement. The schedule came out that night, giving teams one week to get together, get in shape and get ready for the new season.
On Saturday, they were back.
Those back on the ice included the Los Angeles Kings, nine months removed from winning the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship despite being one of the two lowest-seeded squads in the playoffs.
A raucous Staples Center crowd reveled in their return, as the championship banner was raised aloft.
The team's captain, Dustin Brown, said the response was great. But, mostly, he and other players were just itching to get back on the ice.
"It's a pretty proud moment for the team," he told NBC. "But as players we just wanted to get it up there and start playing."
The game did not quite work out the Kings' way. They fell to the Chicago Blackhawks, 5-2.


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Life looks brighter now for Old Town's Krista Campbell thanks to an early detection program, Hope Lodge
OLD TOWN -- Off a gravel road just past Old Town, the silence on a Saturday afternoon is nearly deafening, apart from a couple of planes arching overhead and the wind advancing through the trees.
A billowing American flag marks the home of Krista Campbell, best known in these parts for her down-home, sexy voice.
The 59-year-old has made her living as a singer and deejay here for more than a decade. Eleven years ago, she moved from her native Palm Beach to a 12-acre wooded property just a half-mile away from the Suwannee River with her husband, Ron, a retired boat captain 13 years her senior.
"When I moved up here, I wanted to get away from it all," Campbell said. "It's my paradise. I pray. I meditate. I can have a bonfire or walk around naked if I want to."
Campbell points out the gopher tortoise hole and the abundance of trail moss, the kind that is coveted by floral shops.
Signs designating trails that Campbell cleared herself are named for family members. "East-West" is named after her sister Amy. "She has a rack," Campbell explained, pointing to her own chest. "I always had a boob fetish."
But Krista lost that fetish once she got "boob cancer," as she calls her breast cancer.
"Now they (her breasts) are no longer a sexual thing. It's medical," she said.
Campbell's cancer diagnosis in March 2012 came slowly: She noticed a pain in her left breast shortly after going through menopause. "Being a guitar player for 45 years, I just thought it was muscle build-up," she said, adding that "my mammogram was normal."
But the pain persisted, so she decided to get further testing.
"It's not like out here in the woods you have gynecologists," she said. "If you want a doctor, you have to go to Gainesville."
At her doctor's office 15 miles away in Trenton, Campbell saw an ad for a program called "Believe in Miracles," which provides low-cost testing for breast and cervical cancer.
The Department of Health-sponsored program has since been renamed "The Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored program provides cancer screening and treatment to at-need women using Medicaid money.
"It saved me," Campbell said.
Campbell was referred to North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, and one test after another revealed invasive tubule lobular carcinoma — a cancer hidden in the fold below her right breast that hadn't shown up on her mammogram and, unlike many breast cancers, did not present with a lump.
Campbell recalled her mother, who'd had both breasts removed because of pre-cancerous tissue in 1979.
"Since I was 22, I remember that my mom put her boobs in a drawer," Campbell said. "That was in the barbaric days."
Campbell's mother was treated at the end of a long era of treating breast cancer with radical mastectomies, involving the removal of both breasts. Since that time, treatment has evolved to spare unaffected breast tissue while still killing cancer cells.
Still, it would take surgery to determine how far Campbell's cancer had spread, and how much tissue doctors would need to remove. To be safe, Campbell told her surgeon, "Just take the damn things off."
But when Campbell woke up from surgery, she felt across her chest, expecting to feel "what it's like to feel like a guy," she said.
Instead, she felt the familiarity of her own nipple.
Since Campbell's cancer had not spread to her lymph nodes, her surgeon decided that it was safe to preserve most of Campbell's breast.
"We've come a long way," Campbell said.
"But we still have a long way to go," she added, tearing up as she recalled her cousin, who was diagnosed with breast cancer around the same time she was and died a few months later.
After Campbell's surgery, she was told she would have to undergo six weeks of daily radiation therapy to make sure all cancer cells had been killed and to keep the cancer from reoccurring.
She thought about the hour-long drive between the home she loved and the hospital — and whether she should try to stay in Gainesville during her treatments. Transportation to and from treatments is one of the biggest obstacles rural cancer patients face.
"It was a real tough call between (staying) here and the Hope Lodge," Campbell said.
Hope Lodge, a facility near Shands at the University of Florida that is sponsored by the American Cancer Society and Winn-Dixie, provides free housing to cancer patients coming from afar and their caregivers. It has 45 suites, each with a kitchen, living room, and bedrooms and bathrooms for patient and caregiver.
"(Hope Lodge) is like a Ronald McDonald House for cancer," Campbell said.
Hope Lodge is just one support service for people from rural areas traveling long distances to receive treatments.
Campbell compromised and spent three days a week at Hope Lodge, and the rest at home. The best of both worlds, she said, adding that Hope Lodge was a supportive place in which to recover.
"We counseled each other. We kicked each other's butts. We laughed with each other. We cried with each other," she said.
Back home in Old Town, Campbell never tried to hide the fact that she had cancer. "I wanted to shout it from the mountaintop," she said. "I wanted the right people praying for me."
Behind Campbell's bonfire, live oaks frame an alcove for a cement bench that's a memorial to a friend who died of ovarian cancer and a stepdaughter who died in a drunken-driving accident.
She pointed out her "pet cemetery"— a dirt path flanked with stones, each one painted with the name of one of Campbell's pets: Harmony, Captain, Scooter, Misty and Maynard, Jamocha and Joshua.
Her 5-year-old rescue dog, Diesel, lay at her feet, chomping at gnats.
"I think he knew when I was sick," she said, adding that the dog would follow Campbell to the bonfire in the middle of the night when the side effects of her treatments made her too sick to sleep.
"He wouldn't jump on me," she said.
When asked what she thinks might have caused her cancer, Campbell is quick to say: "I didn't smoke, but I've been working in smoky bars for over 40 years."
Campbell's parents were musicians — her father performed with Nat King Cole and Judy Garland. So Campbell had an early start in the bar circuit.
But as a free-spirited artist, cancer was far from her mind.
Sometimes, looking up at the sky, Campbell wonders if the exhaust from airplanes makes us sick, or the bug spray to ward off the heavy swarms of mosquitoes here.
The environmental links to cancer are still somewhat tenuous, but "The President's Cancer Panel," produced in 2010 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Cancer Institute, did conclude that "the true burden of environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated."
The panel also said that "efforts to inform the public of such harmful exposures and how to prevent them must be increased."
Still, there is a lot of uncertainty about what causes cancer in the scientific community. As for Florida, "Whether climate or sunshine or anything else is causing us to have more cancer, I don't think anyone knows, but it's an open question," said Dr. Robert Cook, an epidemiologist and professor at the UF College of Medicine.
And for Campbell, "It's still a pig in a poke."
She added that she has been more attentive to her health since her diagnosis.
"I have a freezer that has more veggies than meat," she said, adding that she's cut out white bread and potatoes and drinks less beer. But she doesn't withhold an occasional whiskey or piece of fudge. Her new treat is Honey Nut Cheerios and soymilk.
Her habits, she said, reflect "little snippets of things, common sense" she's picked up along the way of her cancer journey.
"I'm all for people taking those measures if it makes them feel empowered," said Dr. Allison Grow, Campbell's radiation oncologist at North Florida Regional Medical Center.
Grow added that people shouldn't drastically change their eating habits, though, as a punishment for something they think they might have done wrong.
Campbell said her doctors impressed upon her the idea that "your cancer is not your fault."
But Campbell does consider the fact that she survived cancer to be a new lease on life, and she is proactive about screenings. One Saturday she drove to nearby Chiefland to sign up for her first colonoscopy.
"For women, the Pap smear, mammography and colonoscopy when you're 50," she said. "You've gotta do it."
Campbell is now cancer-free and considered a survivor. She wears a lot of pink, the color that's become emblematic of breast cancer survival, and she was recently a guest spokeswoman at Relay for Life, an American Cancer Society fundraising event, in Gilchrist County.
She considers herself lucky even though she still has her moments. Spared chemotherapy, Campbell never lost clumps of hair. But a maintenance hormone therapy is gradually thinning out her mane into long, silvery strands.
"I used to only be able to wrap it around twice," she said, holding her hair band. "Now it can go around five times."
Wiping away tears, she said, "At least now it's only a three-second cry.
"And then it passes."
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I don't really know if it has always been thus, but those with some manner of authority seem to be more inclined to go for the throat rather than deal with people in a kinder and gentler manner. The thinking seems to be that if you aren't breaking the law at the moment you most surely intend to break it at your first available opportunity.
Reading the news it sometimes appears that this philosophy is endemic, but then in all fairness we probably don't hear about those cases that are handled with a little more sensitivity and common sense. Unfortunately there are a lot of stories that indicate the worst case situation.
A case in BC:
B.C. Mounties are warning the public about toy weapons after officers conducted a high risk take down of a man following reports of a person thought to be loading a gun in a crowded parking lot.
Onlookers on Thursday night reported seeing a man with a pistol who made motions as if he was loading it, said Vernon RCMP on Friday.
Officers responded with a high-risk take down of the man in his Chevy Blazer and discovered he was playing with an air soft pistol, similar in appearance to a police service weapon."Police want to warn the public to please use common sense when taking these guns in public. The citizens of any community get very concerned when they see someone with a gun on our streets and at a glance you cannot tell it is not real," said police in a release. "Police are concerned it is only a matter of time before someone who thinks it is fun to point or show this type of gun on the streets are going to get hurt or possibly worse because of the actions they took."
The 22-year-old man was given a warning, and the toy gun was seized for destruction.
The police didn't charge him because he hadn't done anything wrong in the first place. They seized his property and destroyed it when they had no legal authority to do so. Except that they probably threatened the guy, that if he didn't give up his air soft pistol for destruction that they would charge him with mischief or some other generic crime that he would eventually be found not guilty of but in the meantime the legal costs he incurred would be more than the cost of a trunk full of air softs. All the guy was guilty of was either naivety or stupidity in letting the gun be seen in public.
Cynical? Maybe, but I have heard of too many cases that fit this scenario to think that it didn't happen here.
Or this one from Ottawa.
A teenage boy carrying what looked like a rifle in the streets surrounding his high school in Papineauville, Que., has been charged with careless use of a firearm.
As it turns out, the 16-year-old wasn't carrying a rifle Tuesday afternoon near Louis-Joseph Papineau high school — it was a BB gun. And Sûreté du Québéc police said the teen hadn't been using it to any malicious end, but had simply taken it there from home to show to a friend who wanted to buy it.
Quebec provincial police got the call at about 1 p.m. Upon their arrival, officers controlled the scene, locked down the high school and began a search of the area. A nearby elementary school continued normal operations, police said.
Just under an hour later police apprehended the 16-year-old in the streets around the school, and he was no longer carrying the BB gun, police said. No one was injured, no one was threatened and the BB gun was never used on school property, police said.
The teen was taken in for questioning and his BB gun was seized. He was later released from custody, with release conditions, on a promise to appear in court.
Tijssen uses his farming and butchering skills to opt out of the commercial food supply. For years, he has inspected his own meat while still on the hoof, slaughtered it himself and packaged it for later use. In November 2009 he and a friend bought a pig, intending to share it.
But for unknown reasons, a neighbour reported to the Ontario government that Tijssen was running an unlicensed slaughterhouse on his property.
It's perfectly legal to butcher your own pig and serve it to your immediate family in your own home. What's not legal, as a result of new Food Safety and Quality Act regulations that quietly took effect in 2005, is letting someone else take home-butchered meat off the property.
It fell to conservation officer Graham Ridley of Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) to deal with Tijssen's neighbour's complaint.
Ridley could have phoned or visited Tijssen to make sure he knew about the 130-page regulation and warned him against violating it. A responsible person like a Canadian Forces major would surely have wanted to avoid getting into trouble with the law if he knew about it.
But instead, Ridley staked out Tijssen's home for five full days in November 2009, watching from a tree-house on the neighbour's property, waiting to see whether anyone would leave Tijssen's property with meat. How gratifying it must have been when he finally saw the co-owner of the pig leaving with a box of pork. At last, a charge could be laid!
Ridley sprang into action, following the friend down the road and confiscating the pork.
Tijssen, on learning from his friend what had happened, telephoned Ridley the next day and acknowledged having butchered the pig. But faced with this golden opportunity of explaining the 2005 regulations to Tijssen, Ridley once again declined.
Instead, the following evening, after dark, Ridley raided Tijssen's property accompanied by four police cars and two MNR trucks, lights flashing. Armed police officers searched the property painstakingly and carried off 14 articles of butchering equipment — evidence of Tijssen's heinous offence — even though Tijssen had already acknowledged in the previous day's phone call that he had killed the pig.
Tijssen now stands charged with four offences and theoretically faces penalties of up to $100,000. The MNR lawyers quickly offered him the chance to settle for a fine of only $8,000. They then reduced their demand to $2,000 and eventually to a paltry $1,000–not nearly enough to pay for officer Ridley's five-day surveillance and the multi-officer raid, let alone their lawyers' services.
I think that the lawyers are of the opinion that their charges aren't going to stick once it comes in front of a judge as per their pre-trial bargaining to try and get Tijssen to plead guilty for a lesser fine.
Karen Selick, the author of the article, lays out the real problem.
The maxim "Ignorance of the law is no excuse" made sense back in the days when the only kind of acts that were illegal were genuine crimes that caused palpable harm to innocent victims: murder, rape, theft, etc.
But with the growth of the regulatory state, every individual is now subject to thousands of pages of densely written federal, provincial and municipal statutes and regulations. The law is also embodied in innumerable judicial decisions. And it's all in continual flux: Regulations are passed without parliamentary debate, and courts release new judgments daily.
There is probably not a single law professor, judge or legislator in Canada who has even a passing familiarity with, let alone full comprehension of, all the laws we are required to obey. The average joe doesn't stand a chance. We are all potential offenders every day, no matter how law-abiding we might wish to be.
A Columbia Falls High School student was suspended last week after inadvertently bringing a hunting rifle to school.
Demari DeReu, a 16-year-old junior, was suspended Dec. 1 and likely faces expulsion after telling school officials about the gun she had forgotten to remove from the trunk of her car.
She had gone hunting over Thanksgiving weekend with family friends.
They had taken a friend's pickup truck, and when they returned, the friend had put DeReu's unloaded rifle in the trunk of her car and the rest of her hunting gear up front. She forgot about the gun when she unloaded her gear at home.
The following Wednesday, the school announced during first period that contraband-sniffing dogs were at school. Only then did DeReu remember the rifle in her car, which was parked in the school parking lot.
"I was glad I don't have to worry about that. I don't drink. I don't do drugs," she recalled thinking to herself. Then she thought, "Did I get my rifle out of my trunk?"
She said she remembers a teacher — she can't remember who — telling her that in some cases, the school would allow students to move their cars off school grounds if they took an absence. It seemed better than getting in trouble should the dog find the gun, so DeReu asked her teacher if she could move her car.
He said no, so instead she asked to call Alan Robbins, the high school principal, to explain the situation.
"I couldn't get ahold of Mr. Robbins — he was checking lockers — so I told the secretary my hunting rifle was in the car, not loaded and with no ammunition, and wanted to see if I can move my car," DeReu said. "She said she'd get the message to him right away."
The next thing DeReu knew, Assistant Principal Scott Gaiser was escorting her from the classroom.
She said he told her she was suspended as of that moment and was facing expulsion for a minimum of 21 days after an expulsion hearing, …..
The story goes on to talk about how this could affect her college applications, etc.
What really throws me is that this happened in Montana where hunting is pretty much a way of life. No understanding of the situation from the staff?
Of course a large part of the problem is the stupidity of the US federal law that even allows this to happen.
Superintendent Michael Nicosia would not discuss the specifics of DeReu's case but talked about the policy, which is based on state policy crafted by the Montana School Boards Association.
That policy says the school board "will expel any student who uses, possess, controls or transfers a firearm or any object that can reasonably be considered a firearm at any setting that is under control and supervision of the District."
The policy also says students in those circumstances will be expelled for at least one calendar year, although trustees may modify the term of the expulsion on a case-by-case basis, Nicosia said.
The district doesn't see any way around the expulsion clause, which is based on the federal Gun-Free Schools Act, he added.
The 1994 law says each state that receives federal funding must have a law requiring schools to expel for at least one year students who have brought or possessed a firearm at school.
To prevent a worst case scenario a bunch of bone-headed legislators passed a blanket law that inflicts severe penalties on students that are of no danger to their system and like most dumb, knee-jerk laws does little to no good to prevent anyone who seriously means harm.
A book could be written detailing similar incidents (and may well have already been done), but in the meantime no one in a position of authority seems aware of these abuses, or if they are, apparently are unwilling to address the problem.
It is almost impossible to go through a week (maybe a day) without breaking a law of some sort. It would seem that your best plan to stay out of trouble would be to just stay at home and avoid being noticed.


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BELMONT � When Dick Suggs played for Belmont High School and for the Gastonia American Legion Post 23 baseball teams, he was known for his speed and athleticism.
Not known as a power hitter, Suggs picked the right time to produce the �long ball� for his lone collegiate home run.
And, much like Tuesday night�s 26th annual Belmont Sports Hall of Fame ceremony of which Suggs will be a participant, he chose to do it as a �homecoming.�
Suggs, a Clemson University teammate of Belmont�s Harold Stowe and Gastonia�s Doug Hoffman, hit that home run to spark Clemson to a 3-0 victory over Florida State for a 1959 regional title at Sims Legion Park � and a berth in the College World Series.
Stowe, who pitched a shutout in the game, had in 1958 pitched the Tigers to their first College World Series berth in the first year of legendary Tigers� coach Bill Wilhelm�s tenure at the school.
�I wasn�t a long ball hitter at all, but I hit one when we played in Gastonia,� said Suggs, a four-sport athlete at Belmont High School who will be joined in Tuesday�s Hall of Fame class by Mike McWhirter and South Point�s 1971 state champion football team. �It was a thrill and something I�ll never forget. The fact that it came in front of some many friends, family and local fans made it that much more special.�
In the years since, Suggs has remained loyal to Clemson � he and his brother Dan Suggs of Gastonia have had season football tickets for 33 years � even as he has lived in the Raleigh suburb of Cary since 1991.
A member of Belmont�s 1953 football conference title team, Dick Suggs was an all-conference in football and baseball while playing for the Red Raiders.
Having his hometown remember him with induction into its Hall of Fame was both surprising and thrilling for him.
�I am flattered and honored and proud all at the same time,� Suggs said. �A lot of people should be given credit for this.
�First off, I�d like to thank the Belmont committee for seeing fit to honor me. I�d like to thank God for him giving me the ability to accomplish all that I accomplished. And I�d like to thank my teammates for helping me do as well as I was able to do.�
Suggs, who married his high school sweetheart Jean Rankin in 1991, is the lone member of his family not in the area. A native of rural Gaston County near South New Hope Road, he was the son of the late Ruth and Hugh Suggs, his brother Dan Suggs is a Gastonia veterinarian, his brother Len Suggs is retired in Gastonia and his sister Donna Suggs Howell works for a health insurance company.
�I don�t get back as often as I used to,� Dick Suggs said. �But I�m sure looking forward to making this trip.�
Richard Walker: 704-869-1841; twitter.com/JRWalk22
Belmont Sports Hall of Fame history:
Roster of inductees:
1987 � Jim Dixon, Joe Steele
1988 � Jimmie Hall, PUddin Broome
1989 � Jim Biggerstaff, Ebb Gantt, Gerald Cortner
1990 � Jim Stowe, Dwight Frady
1991 � Doug McDonald, Scott Crawford
1992 � Al McGuire, Howard �Humpy� Wheeler Sr., Howard �Humpy� Wheeler Jr.
1993 � Carrol Beale, Harold Stowe, Jack Lineberger
1994 � Musette �Punkie� Mills, Doug Mauldin, Art Shoemaker
1995 � Kermit Williams, Allen Wilson, Kelsey Guy Brown
1996 � H.S. Blue, Phil Tate, Earl Lingafeldt
1997 � Dot Satterfield, Vivian Laye Broome, Bobby Joey
1998 � Jeff Williams, Gerald White
1999 � Reg �Moon� Huffstetler, Jimmy Reeves
2000 � Carl �Satch� Forney, Butch Harris
2001 � John �Toppy� Hayes, Perry Fewell, 1979 South Point HS football team
2002 � Eliane Kebbe, Mike Reidy, 1981 South Point HS baseball team
2003 � Roscoe Helton, John �Red� Painter, 1954-55 Reid HS baseball teams
2004 � Hershey Hipps, Stanley Dudko, 2003 South Point HS football team
2005 � Wrather Johnson, David Wheeler, Denny Williams
2006 � Ed Horne, Jimmie Stowe, Mickey Lineberger
2007 � Wanda Grier, Joe Buckner, 1957-64 Al McGuire era Belmont Abbey basketball teams
2008 � Carey Anderson, Ronnie Robinson, Bill Hannon, 1963 Belmont Little League baseball team
2009 � Ron Boatwright, Glenn Sparrow, Teresa Bowlin, 1972-73 South Point HS girls basketball teams
2010 � Johnny Lawing, Bill Sanders, Harold �Smokey� Woods, 1973-74 South Point HS baseball teams
2011 � John Devine, Lewis Lineberger, Joe Shepherd
2013 � Dick Suggs, Mike McWhirter, 1971 South Point HS football team
Guest speakers:
1987 � John Henry Moss
1988 � Dick Cooke
1989 � Bob Inman
1990 � George Shinn
1991 � Joe Gallagher
1992 � Al McGuire
1993 � Jim Beatty
1994 � Terry Holland
1995 � Jeff Mullins
1996 � Dave Cowens
1997 � Gil McGregor
1998 � Billy Packer
1999 � Howard �Humpy� Wheeler Jr.
2000 � Bobby Lutz
2001 � Mick Mixon
2002 � Sylvia Hatchell
2003 � Elliott Avent
2004 � Dr. William Thierfelder
2005 � Dell Curry
2006 � Donnie Shell
2007 � Richard �Dick� Dull
2008 � David Thompson
2009 � Susan Yow
2010 � Ray Tanner
2011 � Woody Durham
2013 � Brad Lambert


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Three brutal losses this weekend. Five unearned runs enroute to a 6-5 loss, shutout for the 12th time this season, then losing a game they led 3-1 in the sixth. Now we go to Boston to play the other hot AL team.
"Nice to see you, Adrian. Can you sit these 3 games out so we have a 10% chance of winning?"
Speaking of Adrian, how's his replacement holding up? After a double, triple, and HR in his first four games, he's struggled a bit: .148/.361/.370 in 36 PA. The best think we can say about Anthony Rizzo is the slow start on balls in play has not affected his batters eye. His OPS+ still sits at 112, which on this Padre team is 4th best.
Here's something interesting - how does Rizzo's first 10 games compare with Chase Headley's? Rizzo's line is above. Here's Headley's: .250/.250/.525 (40 PA). Headley hit 3 HR in his first 10 games with the Padres (hence the high SLG), but had not walked in 40 PA (and had struck out 15 times) which drove his OBP down. Padres were 1-9 in Headley's first 10 games, 2-8 so far in Rizzos (appropos of nothing).
People soured pretty quickly on Headley, which I at the time thought was inherently unfair. He did not lift a bad team out of being bad by himself, and it was unrealistic to expect he would. People's expectations of Rizzo seem much more reasonable; this is also a bad team, Rizzo is not going to lift them out of being bad by himself.
It might also be helping to manage Rizzo expectations that he's only played 4 of his first 10 games at home. Headley played 7 of his first 10 at Petco.
I thought that'd be more interesting than rehashing this weekend's series. Ugh.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Rizzo vs Headley - first 10 games
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ROME -- India on Wednesday suspend a 752- million-U.S. dollar contract with Italy's Finmeccanica after the head of the defense giant was arrested for alleged bribery.
As the Indian government is working hard to shed its image of corruption in military procurement processes, speculation runs in both countries that the Indian government is taking a hard line against Finmeccanica in order to show its determination.
Indian Defense Minister A.K. Antony said Wednesday that the government would make no more payments nor take delivery of the remaining nine helicopters until the Italian investigation into Finmeccanica CEO Giuseppe Orsi was complete.
Antony warned that India would also blacklist Finmeccanica if the bribery charges were proven, and he ordered India's Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct its own investigation into the case.
"If a company violates the rules, they are liable for criminal action," Antony said, according to Indian newspapers. "We will blacklist them. We cannot allow corruption in defense deals."
Orsi is charged with paying bribes to secure the helicopter deal as well as corruption and embezzlement. He has denied any wrongdoing.
Meanwhile, former Indian Air Force chief S.P. Tyagi, who has allegedly been bribed by Finmeccanica to swing the controversial chopper deal, has also denied any wrongdoing.
The case risks impairing Finmeccanica, the largest high-tech industrial conglomerate in Italy, in its attempt to do business with India, the world's largest importer of defense hardware.
For Italy the case is embarrassing and will have an impact on one of a small handful of economic sectors where an Italian company is highly competitive internationally.
The case could also strain the already delicate relations between Italy and India. A year ago, a small detachment of Italian marines, on board Italian oil tanker MV Enrica Lexie, were charged with killing two Indian fishermen off the coast of southern India.
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Response On a Bold Proposal for Moving MHI, MHARR and Manufactured Housing Ahead
November 21st, 2011 No comments
One of the proposals being run up the flag pole is to merge MHI and MHARR with Danny Ghorbani to run the areas that are related to manufacturing and with George Allen running the areas related to communities. One obvious omission here is retail – not to mention lending, suppliers and other Industry elements at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) – but the proposal has other issues that would suggest against implementation of such a concept.
Danny Ghorbani is imminently qualified to serve in a role overseeing the manufacturing issues within MHI. From Danny's point of view though, how long would he function before a clash in organizational culture styles might force him out the door?
Danny is fiercely defensive of issues that negatively affect his organization's members. Many of those members are small or even single plant operations that rightly or wrongly feel they do not have a sufficient voice in MHI. That perception is the reason MHARR was formed. Without some strong reassurances that small manufacturers will gain confidence regarding their voice and that Danny could not summarily be dismissed after the dismantling of the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform (MHARR), I do not see a merger having success.
The merger idea has been floated before and gained little traction. I have spent approximately ten years working with both MHI and MHARR through my role on the Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC). The two organizations functioned very well together in that regulatory environment, but Danny has been free to take up potentially controversial issues that MHI has been able to avoid.
I have pointed out previously that MHI, by its nature is a trade association that represents the entire industry. By that very nature, it serves in an umbrella or big tent role and all participants may not support an aggressive stance against actions taken by the Federal Government that impact our industry.
From the perspective of a medium or small manufacturer a significant concern would be to make sure Danny was mentoring a replacement as he gets closer to a time he may choose to retire.
Recent defensive stances taken by Danny include opposition to unwarranted increased regulatory monitoring activities (implemented by HUD) by the PIAs, exposure of inaccurate fire safety reports by NFPA, and presenting strong arguments for repositioning 3285 installation regulations into 3280 standards to allow for pre-emption of installation guidelines. Would Danny have been free to raise and argue these issues (just to name a few) as an employee of MHI?
The two individuals suggested certainly have the qualifications to share running a newly configured MHI. But:
- Could MHARR member manufacturers have confidence in such a proposed restructure?
- Could retailers and others have confidence in a proposed restructure where they are not even mentioned?
As a manufacturer, I would want to have a membership in both MHI and MHARR. I would look to MHI to continue to serve in the broad role as the industry's trade organization. I would look to MHARR to continue to monitor government actions that are an overreach with negative impacts on affordability for our customer base. # #
by Doug Gorman,
MH Retailer
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