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Israel, Hamas extend cease-fire five days, allowing more time for talks
Israel and Hamas agreed late Wednesday to a five-day extension of a cease-fire to allow further talks on a longer lasting truce in Gaza, but renewed rocket fire triggered fresh Israeli airstrikes, threatening the lull.
The agreement, reached under heavy pressure from Egyptian mediators, was announced in Cairo minutes before the expiration of a 72-hour cease-fire at midnight.
"In the last minutes, agreement was reached to extend the cease-fire for another five days, beginning at midnight tonight and ending on Monday," said Azzam al-Ahmad, the head of a delegation of Palestinian factions negotiating indirectly with an Israeli team.
The Israeli military said that six rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza before midnight, and that in response it had carried out airstrikes "targeting terror sites across the Gaza Strip."
Militants in Gaza fired back, and two more rockets landed in southern Israel, the army said. No casualties were reported.
In the hours before the agreement to extend the cease-fire, President Barack Obama spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of efforts to prod both sides toward an accord.
"The president reaffirmed the United States' support for Egypt's mediation efforts and underscored the importance of achieving a sustainable outcome that ensures Israel's security and addresses Gaza's humanitarian crisis," the White House said in a statement.
Al-Ahmad, a representative of the mainstream Fatah faction, said that progress had been made in negotiations on Hamas' main demand: lifting a blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip by Israel and Egypt.
However Izzat al-Risheq, a Hamas negotiator, told the Arabic satellite channel Al Jazeera that significant gaps remained, and that delegates from the group would travel to Qatar for consultations with the political leader of Hamas, Khaled Mashal.
Hamas wants the removal of border closures that have crippled the economy of the Gaza Strip, including opening the Rafah border crossing with Egypt to movement of people and goods, construction of a seaport, and allowing Palestinians to travel between Gaza and the West Bank.
Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade on Gaza when Hamas seized control of the territory in 2007 after a brief civil war with the mainstream Fatah faction. Since then, travel out of the Gaza Strip through crossings to Egypt and Israel has been severely restricted. In recent months, Egypt shut smuggling tunnels under its border with Gaza that had served as a supply line for vital goods and a major source of tax revenue for Hamas, which controls the coastal enclave.
Hamas also seeks the release of former prisoners rearrested by Israel in a crackdown on the Islamist group in the West Bank in June after the kidnapping and slaying of three Israeli teenagers in the territory. Hamas did not claim responsibility for the abduction.
It was unclear to what extent Israel and Egypt had agreed to any of those demands, and how much progress had been made toward an accord on a durable truce. But the agreement to extend the temporary cease-fire suggested that leaders on both sides were under public pressure to maintain calm.
An Israeli offensive against Hamas, launched on July 8, has killed more than 1,900 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to the United Nations. The Israeli army lost 64 soldiers, and three civilians were killed in Israel by rocket strikes.


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CHARLOTTE � As a first-year NCAA Division I football program, the Charlotte 49ers have gained a significant amount of respect.
Still, it�s not surprising the school would schedule a NCAA Division II opponent for its inaugural homecoming opponent.
The problem with such logic?
That opponent turned out to be unbeaten and nationally-ranked UNC-Pembroke.
The Braves, who felt disrespected by being the homecoming choice, showed why they�re unbeaten and ranked No. 13 in one NCAA Division II poll with a dominating 45-22 beating of the 49ers in front of 16,630 at Jerry Richardson Stadium.
And since UNC-Pembroke had 14 players from the Charlotte area, including five from Gaston, Lincoln and Cleveland counties, one had to wonder exactly who�s homecoming it really was.
�It was great to come be a part of the first season over here,� said Jason Perry, a UNC-Pembroke senior wide receiver and 2009 East Lincoln High graduate. �The future of this program is going to be great, but we�ve got a really good team, too, and this was a really good homecoming for us.�
Five of the Braves� local products are from Charlotte, with two from Kannapolis, one each from China Grove, Mooresville and Salisbury, in addition to Jason Perry, his younger brother Preston Perry (East Lincoln Class of 2010), Gastonia�s Joshua Shanks (North Gaston 2008), Shelby�s Tommy Pettis (Crest 2012) and Ed Hopper (Kings Mountain 2012).
Since UNC-Pembroke (5-0) was idle last week, Jason Perry actually came to watch Charlotte�s 53-51 come-from-behind win over Gardner-Webb.
He left impressed with the 49ers� grit and determination but admits he was disappointed to see so much made of his school being the homecoming opponent.
�It offended us a little bit,� Jason Perry said. �It�s like being in high school all over again when people schedule their homecoming opponent because they think you�re a slouch.
�We felt like we had to show that even though we�re a Division II school, we could play with Division I teams.�
The Braves did that and then some in rolling up 503 yards total offense and limiting the 49ers to 382 yards total offense and forcing four Charlotte turnovers (three fumbles, one interception).
�They were what I thought they would be coming in,� said 49ers coach Brad Lambert, whose 4-3 team is off until Oct. 26 at Charleston Southern. �They were well-prepared, they played extremely hard and they just outplayed us today.
�We just couldn�t get into a rhythm like we�ve been doing � and a lot of that has to go to UNCP.�
Luke Charles, a redshirt senior quarterback from Murphy, directed the Braves� offense and threw for 403 yards on 43-57 accuracy with three touchdowns. Rontonio Stanley added two touchdowns rushing and UNC-Pembroke scored at least one touchdown in each quarter.
Only at 8-7 � and after Charlotte scored on a trick play on a two-point conversion � did the 49ers even hold a lead.
�It was pretty frustrating at times,� said 49ers quarterback Matt Johnson, who completed 25 of 40 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns. �Their defensive line was very, very quick off the ball.�
It made for a more comfortable homecoming for the local quintet of the Perrys, Shanks, Hopper and Pettis.
Jason Perry caught three passes for 30 yards, Preston Perry had one quarterback hurry, Hopper made one tackle and Shanks and Pettis were substitutes.
Jason Perry posed for a pregame picture with East Lincoln coach Mike Byus, who was on a recruiting visit with current Mustangs� lineman Coriyo Boyd, in addition to meeting before and after the game with fellow 2009 East Gaston graduate Brandon Strupp; Strupp is the 49ers� punter who had six kicks for a 40.3 average and was Charlotte�s designated special teams flag carrier when the team entered the field.
�It was really a lot of fun, but I still think we can get even better,� Jason Perry said. �We haven�t put together a full game this year and haven�t played at our peak. Hopefully, this will help push us to get to play 15 weeks this season and end in the D2 championship game.�
A NCAA Division II independent, UNC-Pembroke will be hoping to be an at-large pick for the postseason playoffs that begin on Nov. 23.
You can reach Richard Walker at 704-869-1841 or by twitter.com/JRWalk22
2013 Charlotte 49ers schedule
August 31 � Campbell (W 52-7)
September 7 � Chowan (W 47-7)
September 14 � N.C. Central (L 13-40)
September 21 � at James Madison (L 7-34)
September 28 � at Presbyterian (W 45-21)
October 5 � Gardner-Webb (W 53-51)
October 12 � UNC-Pembroke (L 22-45)
October 26 � at Charleston Southern, 1:30 p.m.
November 2 � at Coastal Carolina, 3 p.m.
November 9 � Wesley, noon
November 23 � at Morehead State, 1 p.m.

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This information was the most current on file in criminal division of Marion County District Court as of June 28. Information often is not available until more than a week after hearings. Journal entries must be checked by the defense, prosecution, and judge before they are filed.
Ervin Ray Goossen, 1463 Eagle Road, Hillsboro; pleaded not guilty June 3 to criminal damage to property and criminal trespass and requested jury trial, set for Aug. 20. Also pleaded not guilty June 3 to second charge of criminal damage to property and requested jury trial, set for Aug. 27.
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YORK, PA – The York College men's basketball team bounced back from a poor performance on Wednesday with a solid 73-56 win over Delaware Valley on Thursday afternoon in the consolation game of the 12th Annual Coaches vs. Cancer Classic in York.
The Spartans improve to 7-5 overall while Delaware Valley falls to 2-8 for the campaign.
The Green and White fell behind 6-0 early before using an 8-2 spurt to tie the game at eight. The Aggies recaptured the lead on a Nick Sullivan three-point play and Delaware Valley would eventually push the lead to five with 6:29 left in the first half.
York responded with a big 13-3 run to take a 27-22 lead with just over two minutes left in the half. However, the Aggies scored the final four points of the half to halt the Spartan momentum heading into the half.
It didn't take long for York to recapture the momentum starting the second half. The Green and White blitzed their guests 14-4 to start the second 20 minutes of play. Dalton Derr canned a three to stop the Spartan run but York quickly pushed the lead to 14 before a Jeremy Beckett three-point play trimmed the Spartan lead to nine with 11:01 left. York answered with a 7-0 spurt to increase the lead to 16.
Delaware Valley made one more run at York, cutting the Spartan advantage to 11 on a pair of Beckett free throws but York scored 12 of the final 16 points of the game to provide for the final 17-point margin of victory.
Senior Paul Kouvaris continued his outstanding play as he finished with 21 points and seven rebounds to pace the Spartans. After starting 0-for-3 from the field, Kouvaris made eight of his next nine shots from the field while he canned all five of his free throw attempts in the game. Junior Julian Watson had an outstanding game as the Spartan point guard tallied 18 points, a career-high tying seven rebounds and a season-high five assists in his 36 minutes of work. Watson converted all 12 of his free throw attempts in the win. Junior Todd Maciejewski was the third Spartan in double figures with 11 points while he also had eight boards in the game.
Senior Mo Oursler chipped in with nine points and a career-high tying six caroms.
Beckett paced the Aggies with 15 points, 10 rebounds and six blocked shots. He was 4-for-12 from the floor and 7-for-9 from the free throw line. Derr contributed 11 points while Jay Donovan was the third Aggie in double figures with 10 points.
The Spartans finished the game shooting just 37.1% from the field but they were red hot at the free throw line, canning a season-high 24-of-28 (85.7%) from the stripe. In their last two games, York has made 39-of-46 (84.7%) from the line.
The Spartan defense limited Delaware Valley to just 33.9% shooting from the field. That mark is a season-best for the York defense and marks the second time this year they have held an opponent under 40% shooting in a game.
York held a season-high 21-rebound advantage on the glass as they pulled in a season-best 52 rebounds in the win.
In the championship game, Hartwick used a 60-point second half to pull away from a pesky Penn State-Abington squad, 104-90, in the highest scoring championship game in tournament history.
Tournament MVP Jared Suderley poured in 28 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Hawks. All-Tournament selection Andres Carpio chipped in 17 points in the win.
Penn State-Abington was paced by All-Tournament team selection Mike Marvin as he tallied 23 points and pulled in 14 rebounds. Fellow All-Tournament team selection Mike Colacci contributed 19 points while Will Alton had 17 points and 11 assists in addition to notching his 1,000-career point.
The Spartans return to action on Wednesday night when they travel to nationally ranked Cabrini College. Tip time is set for 8:00 pm.


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rmsgrey wrote:Flotter wrote:Miraculously the 11:00 UTC pic hasn't been posted yet (yes, the time on the forum seems to be one hour off).
I dunno - looks right for UTC to me: BST-1
Summer messes with time offsets
It seems it can be blamed partially to me not having set summer time in the user control panel and partially to the 'e' parameter (display time zone) in the custom date/time format which says "UTC" instead of "CET".
Fixed by setting my time zone to UTC, no summer time and date format "D d M Y H:i e", thanks for your remark


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The No. 3 seed Liberty women's tennis team embarks on its quest to capture its first ever Big South title on Wednesday with a quarterfinal matchup against No. 6 seed Radford at 2:30 p.m.
Prior to departing for the site of this year's tournament, Boiling Springs, N.C., Lady Flames' head coach Jeff Maren and junior All-Conference doubles performer Brittany Yang had a chance to talk with LFSN's Nick Pierce. During the interview, Maren and Yang discuss the team's play heading into the tournament and the matchup against the Highlanders.
Liberty and Radford most recently faced off against each other on April 2, with the Lady Flames coming away with a 6-1 victory on the road. Liberty is 9-7 all-time against the Highlanders and has won each of the last five meetings between the Commonwealth schools, including a 4-0 shutout in the first round of the 2011 Big South tournament.
If the Lady Flames advance past Radford, they will face the winner of match No. 5, which features No. 2 seed Winthrop against No. 7 seed UNC Asheville. Liberty fell to the Eagles, 6-1, on March 22, before bouncing back with a 7-0 shutout of the Bulldogs in its next match on March 28.
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Penguin Place, Dunedin
A delightful nature experience on the Otago Peninsula, near Dunedin.
Just 30 minutes drive from the bustling centre of Dunedin lies a remote wilderness area filled with wonderful wildlife.
For lovers of nature, and birdlife in particular, the Otago Peninsula needs to be high on your must see list while touring the South Island of New Zealand.
Penguin Place is just one of several locations you can visit to experience nature, in a wild and natural environment. It is home to a small breeding colony of Yellow Eyed Penguins. The Hoiho, as they are known to the Maori, are the worlds most endangered Penguin and it is humbling to be allowed to see them in the wild.
I visited late in the afternoon in time to catch the sunset and the penguins as they returned to shore after feeding out at sea for the day. It is an almost amusing experience to see the small penguins ride in on the surf and stumble to their feet as they then scramble up the beach to avoid being knocked over by the incoming waves.
Once on shore individually the penguins start to make the journey back to their hides and it is then that the fun begins for us as we make our way through a complex array of covered trenches to carefully obscured viewing areas. You get so close you could almost reach out and touch the penguins as they make their way past you.
Our guide knows the individual birds and their homes so she takes us to several different locations within the colony to ensure everyone gets their share of photos, video and all the information we could want on the birds.
Our 90 minute tour was over long before we wanted to leave but darkness wasn't far off so back to the car park we returned with fond memories of our time.
Penguin Place is a privately run conservation reserve on a local farm. The project is entirely funded by the guided tours. Tours last 90 minutes and depart several times a day all year round. Advance bookings are essential.


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Settlements in the United States
By Richard Sallet
Translated by Dr. LaVern J. Rippley and Dr. Armand Bauer
Published By North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University Libraries, Fargo, ND, 1974, 206 pages, softcover.
Today's increasing interest in the rich ethnic background of the people of the United States is without a doubt a strong indicator of the attainment of a political and cultural maturity and strength in our nation. A large group of Russian-Germans and their descendants, residing in the United States for almost a century, certainly represents and impressive ethnic minority, for which their valuable contributions to the fabric of our country and for their distinctive mark made on the American scene, deserve a long neglected recognition.
Richard Sallet's book about the Russian-Germans in the United States was originally published in German in 1931 and now available in a superb English translation by Dr. LaVern J. Rippley and Dr. Armand Bauer. Available for the first time, this translation gives the general North American public a well-organized historical background and an interesting socio-political interpretation for viewing the way of life within this large group of German immigrants. As Germans from many parts of Germany, they immigrated to Russia approximately two hundred years ago, at the invitation of Russian rulers.
The German-Russians settled heavily in the southern part of this vast empire, where they established special "colonist" status (rather than citizenship) for almost a century, living peacefully and prosperously as Germans - ethically, lingusitically, and culturally. However, in the later part of the nineteenth century, their colonist privileges were revoked to ordinary citizen status on account of political repression by the Russian government which had changed its original benevolent attitude toward them. They were forced to abandon their adopted new homeland and to immigrate again to a second move to a new country. This time to the North American continent where a large percentage of them populated the open prairies of the west and gradually adopted, as their new Fatherland, the United States and Canada.
By 1920, according to the census of the United States, there were 116,539 persons here who were born in Russia but still spoke German as their mother tongue. At this time a total of 303,532 Russian-Germans living in the U.S., scattered in approximately 1500 settlements throughout the country but being especially numerous in the prairie states between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and the Rocky Mountains.
During their stay in Russia, the Russian-Germans had settled in closed colonies along the banks of the Volga river and along the northern shore of the Black Sea, some even extending their settlements into Bessarabia (Moldova), Dobrudja (Romania) and the plains south of the caucasus. Divided between Protestants and Catholics, these intensely religious people had established, in Russia clannishly separated settlements according to the church of their birth or choice. They maintained the same general religious pattern when they resettled on the North American Continent. And as was the case in Russia, so also in America, they used German, their original mother tongue.
Most of Sallet's book is a detailed picture of the geographical distribution of the Russian-Germans throughout various regions of the United States. Additional historical data and explanations provide the origin and the names of many localities which were settled by the Russian-Germans during the western frontier advances of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In Special Chapters, the author describes in interesting detail: the customs and the way of life of the immigrants, their religious institutions, their newspapers and their political and civic organizations.
One chapter also relates the rather disturbing years during the First World War which brought distress and personal tragedies to many Russian-German settlers because of their strong ethnic loyalty to their German ancestry and background. A final chapter points out the irrestible process of American assimilation among the Russian-Germans -- especially in its younger generations. And in conclusion, the author foresees, within a brief time, the distinctive Russian-Germans, as a strong ethnic component in the United States, will belong to history.
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This turned up on my doorstep mere minutes ago. Once again, neither Schnecke nor Bubo can believe how much complimentary yarn nice people will send me to play with. Perhaps "play with" isn't the best choice of phrase -- more like work with. As I have no less than two new patterns coming out in Malabrigo Book Four I will most definitely have my work cut out for me.
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We recently setup a departmental GitHub account for Hutton ICS, and one of the things we'll use this for is to showcase projects which ICS staff are contributing to - such as Biopython in my case.
To start with we have forked https://github.com/biopython/biopython as https://github.com/huttonics/biopython which we'll use as a read-only mirror - but now we want to keep it up to date with commits pushed to the upstream repository.
How can we automatically mirror the upstream repository? Enter GitHub Deploy Keys, which we can use to grant read/write access on a repository basis - which a cron job can use to push changes to our mirrored git repository.


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Elevated CA125 Level and Tamoxifen
I am a 48-year-old ovarian cancer survivor. It is my fifth year of no recurrences. I have been having elevated CA 125 results. All diagnostic imaging comes back negative. My doctor wants me to start taking Tamoxifen, to lower the CA 125. I am worried that it is too risky and has too many side effects. Please help me. I am feeling to good to go through all of that again.
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Stephen C. Rubin, MD, Professor and Chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, responds:
In your situation, a persistently elevated CA 125, there may be a chance that the cancer has begun to become active, regardless of the results of your diagnostic imaging. Tamoxifen is sometimes used in this setting in patients who are feeling well, as it may possibly delay tumor progression and the onset of symptoms. Other management options could include further observation without treatment, exploratory surgery to assess tumor status, or going back on to chemotherapy. Tamoxifen is generally a very well tolerated drug (especially compared to chemotherapy), and is certainly a reasonable option.


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Calling all golden retrievers.
If you've got one, your dog could help find a cure for cancer. The veterinary school at Colorado State University is looking for healthy retrievers under age 2 with a proven three-generation pedigree.
Pet owners must agree to regular visits with their veterinarian and complete online questionnaires about lifestyle, diet, reproductive history, environment, exercise, medications and other health concerns throughout the dog's life.
The study is expected to help not only dogs with cancer, but people too, said CSU veterinary oncologists. It's called the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study, and it will span 10 to 15 years.
The study — by Dr. Rodney Page, director of the Flint Animal Cancer Center, and a team at the Denver-based Morris Animal Foundation — will be the largest and longest observational study ever undertaken to improve the health of dogs.
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Obviously I haven't been able to post as much as I like to for a couple of weeks, for a variety of reasons I won't go in to here. It seems the biggest news, other than Dwight Gooden being pulled over for driving under the influence, is Joe Mauer's 8 year, $184 million dollar contract. That contract has implications for all high end players (read: Albert Pujols), but it really goes beyond that. Minnesota is a small market franchise; if they can spend that kind of money on a marquee player it puts pressure on other small market franchises to do the same for their marquee players.
Which brings us to Adrian Gonzalez. Gonzo has a lot of similarities with Mauer - hometown guy, best player on the team, cornerstone in the lineup, plus defender on the field. There are some significant differences, though. Mauer plays a more demanding position than Gonzo does. Mauer's won an MVP and 3 batting titles; Gonzo led the NL in walks last season and hasn't finished higher than 12th in the MVP voting. Gonzo thinks he's worth $18-20 million a year. Is that reasonable?
Two graphs for your consideration are presented below. The first is Gonzo's WAR as compared with Mauer, the second their games played.
Gonzo's been more durable, but Mauer has been significantly more valuable as a player. The year Gonzo graded out better in WAR he played 52 more games (or 30% more) but only had a 0.4 better WAR score (or about 12%). Mauer's better than Gonzo, at least historically going into this season.
So with that background, here's something to chew on. Looking at their 3 highest WAR seasons, Mauer averages 6.63 WAR per year, Gonzalez 4.6. Using Mauer's $23 million per year contract, Mauer's getting paid about $3.46 million per historical WAR. Setting that as the metric, Gonzo would be worth $15.95 million max.
There is no true statistical rigor to that above paragraph. I know Mauer's 2009 season was 35% better than his previous high WAR season (Gonzo's, by comparison, was 64% better), so including 2009 skews the average high. Contracts are written based on what teams believe a player's future contribution will be, not based solely on what they've done so far (at least, that's how I would approach negotiations). However, I do think it's fair to say Mauer's contract could drive Gonzo's market value down. No one's going to pay Adrian Gonzalez $20 million a season now that Mauer's signed for $23 mil - he's just not worth that much.
For the first time there might be a small glimmer the Padres can keep Adrian Gonzalez in the fold.
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Cornelius Cornelisz van Haarlem
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Feast of the Gods, c. 1600
ink, wash, oil on paper
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Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with the National Trust Company Fund No. 1
This drawing is attributed to Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem (called Cornelis van Haarlem) who studied in Haarlem under Pieter Pietersz, and then later in Antwerp under Gillis Congnet. Van Haarlem's drawing oeuvre is very small, with only a handful of sheets solidly confirmed to be by his hand. However, several engravings were made after his drawings, providing a record of his graphic output. He focused primarily on religious and mythological subjects, and secured several major commissions in royal residences and churches, including the interior decoration of the Prinsenhof in Haarlem, a residence for the Princes of Orange. Evident in the WAG drawing, which depicts the feast of the gods, is the merging of Mannerist and classical tendencies in van Haarlem's figural work. While the nudes still exhibit slightly elongated limbs and torsos, their musculature and poses are more aligned with a classical aesthetic.
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The survivors return to their camp and no one seems mad about the blindsiding of LJ until they started talking about who's in and who's out. Jefra starts to wonder if she's on the bottom and they all realize that every time there is an alliance of six, it never lasts.
The next morning, Tony rushes out to build a surveillance shack near the water well. And it immediately pays off when Jefra and Trisha amble by, chatting about not really trusting Tony. Trisha is impressed by how Tony lied to them about the plan to vote out LJ, saying he deserves and Academy Award. Jefra is OK with voting out LJ, but she's upset about how Tony went about it.
Tony says that he trusts Woo and Kass, but now that he knows Jefra doesn't trust him, he doesn't trust her. Oh my.
Reward challenge
Before Tony learns any more, it's time for the reward challenge. Two teams of four will paddle fairly large boats out and on the way back, they have to collect paddles that are tied onto floating boxes. Once all of the paddles are retrieved, they must row back and use the paddles, which have letters on them, to solve a three-word puzzle. Winners get to have a feast.
The teams are Woo, Tony, Trish and Kass for orange; Jeremiah, Spencer, Jefra and Tasha for purple. It's neck-and-neck, but purple wins the reward. Jeremiah apologizes for head-butting someone, and Tony is upset that his team was trying to spell "fight" with a Y. The solution, by the way, was one of the five Jeff Probst trademarked phrases, "Worth playing for."
Tony tells the camera that now they are in trouble because Jefra, who doesn't trust him any more and doesn't think she fits in with the alliance any more, is headed off on a reward with the outcast players. Of course, if Jefra's team would have lost, she still would have been spending the afternoon with the outcasts, and perhaps feeling even more alienated.
Kass is tired of losing, but if she's going to win the game she needs to stick with her alliance. She thinks that they need to keep the annoying people and get rid of the threats. If Spencer doesn't win immunity, he's gone.
Tony keeps saying things like this could be the end and a disaster is brewing, talking about Jefra dining with the loser winners. He wants to talk strategy, but Trish wants to collect the limes and papayas she just found. She enlists Woo's help because he can climb trees, which he does and shakes down some that Trish describes as being the size of the departed Morgan's breasts. On his way down, the branch he was holding onto breaks and he falls to the ground. He's broken his behind, but he's Woo, so he says he'll be fine.
Meanwhile, Tony is strategizing with himself and challenge winners are hiking through an amazing cave to their barbecue feast. Chicken, ribs, potato salad, iced tea, and a lot of bitter feelings from Jefra.
They all quickly agree that Tony needs to go. Spencer asks Jefra about working with them and she says she needs another rib before she can decide. But before she can eat the rib of decision, the waiter gives them letters from home. Jefra starts crying before she even opens the letter from her mom, which turned out to be prophetic in that Mom urges her not to let her heart rule her head. Jefra jumps ship and climbs on board with Spencer, Tasha and Jeremiah. Good thing that Tony is now spending his afternoon looking for the idol with "special powers."
Immunity challenge
And it's time for the immunity challenge. Today's test involves balancing on a slanted and graduated beam while balancing a ball on a flat plate attached to a pole. They will move down the beam at regular intervals, moving onto narrower sections. They also will have to move their hands down the post. Three minutes in and four people are out. Spencer, Woo, Jeremiah and Tasha make it through the first round and move down to the next level.
In the second round, Jeremiah falls out. Spencer, Tasha and Woo are on to round three, standing on the narrowest part of the beam and holding the pole near the very bottom, making balancing their bodies and the balls very difficult. Woo is the first to go, leaving Tasha and Spencer to battle it out, but it is Tasha winning immunity for the second time in a row.
When they get back to camp, Tony makes a beeline for a funky looking tree where he thinks the idol may be hidden. Trisha talks to Jefra and senses that something is wrong. Jefra says she's had it with Tony.
The crazy tree doesn't have anything, so Tony checks the tree that looks like a rocket ship. Sure enough, he finds the special idol. He almost cries. Turns out the power of the idol is that unlike other hidden immunity idols, it can be played after the votes have been read. It also can't be played for another person, only the holder.
A euphoric Tony rushes off to hide the idol and wash up, where he takes a soak with Trish, Kass, Woo and Jefra. Tony swears on all of his family members and body parts that he's loyal to them. Discussion turns to hidden idols. Kass thinks Spencer has one; if he does, Woo says, they are screwed.
All the soaking and swearing gets to Jefra, who tells Jeremiah that she's going back into her alliance. Sorry.
The alliance of outcasts then have their water meeting. Jeremiah confesses that he is a fashion model and Spencer admits he has an idol. They decide to vote for Woo instead of Tony.
Tribal council
Spencer tells Probst that the three of them know where they stand, at the bottom. Jefra admits that she was bitter and upset, but she's now back in the fold. Spencer is disgusted. He says Tony has made all of these promises that he has broken. Trish says they called Tony out and he's agreed to fall into line. Spencer tries to throw more dirt on Tony.
Jeremiah says that Spencer is a bigger threat, and Spencer says he doesn't blame him, but that Jeremiah is the most likable guy around, so he's the bigger threat. Tony once again says he has a bag of tricks that he just might play. Spencer scoffs, and it's time to vote.
When Probst asks for hidden idols, Spencer plays his. When he sees Tony pull something out of his bag, he almost gives his idol to Jeremiah, but instead plays it for himself. Tony calls Spencer an unschooled boy and tosses away the fake idol he was holding. Probst and the rest of the world is confused.
The votes are for Woo and Jeremiah, and the fashion model takes a stroll down the runway to Loser Lodge.
Next time: Spencer plots to make Tony even more paranoia than he is, and Tony promises chaos at the next tribal council.


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Decision : CONF 203 VII.16
SOC: Angkor (Cambodia)
VII.16 Angkor (Cambodia)
The Director of UNESCO's Division of Cultural Heritage, reported on progress made in the safeguarding of the site of Angkor which was inscribed on the World Heritage List and simultaneously on the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1992. He recalled that international assistance for Angkor is coordinated by an International Co-ordinating Committee cochaired by the Ambassadors of Japan and France in Phnom Penh, with a Secretariat provided by UNESCO. The International Coordinating Committee for Angkor meets periodically to set priorities and monitor the conservation work on the site as well as to mobilize the necessary funds. He commented that through the international efforts to safeguard Angkor, the site is now the largest conservation workshop in the world.
Among the 1998 priorities decided upon by the International Coordinating Committee and supported by the Cambodian Minister of State and the Minister for Culture, were hydrological studies of the moats of Angkor financed under Emergency Assistance approved by the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee in June 1998. The Director reported that the operational projects being financed by UNESCO funds-in-trust and managed by the different international teams progress normally. Phase II of the restoration project for the Pre Rup Temple, financed by the Government of Italy through its UNESCO funds-in-trust, will commence in November 1998. A digital imagery department is also being set up at the photographic laboratory at the Angkor Conservation Office, with international assistance through UNESCO.
In additional, he reported that a bilaterally-financed project to restore the Preah Ko Temple will recommence in November 1998.
Commenting on the Secretariat's report, the Delegate of Japan announced that the "First Phase of Safeguarding Angkor" activities will be concluded in the spring of 1999 and financed by the Japanese Government with a US$ 10 million contribution to UNESCO funds-in-trust. A "Second Phase" will commence in June 1999 with an additional commitment of Japan to contribute a further US$ 10 million over the course of the next six years, also through UNESCO funds-in-trust. The Delegate of Japan requested closer co-ordination between the Centre and the Cultural Heritage Division, in the implementation of international assistance activities at Angkor.
The Rapporteur, speaking in his capacity as the Delegate of Hungary, requested that the documentation of activities undertaken with international assistance which is routinely prepared for the Angkor International Co-ordinating Committee be made available to the Committee. He commented that documentation of this type - especially topographic data - is also important for periodic reporting.
The Delegate of France commented that the assistance to Angkor is internationally-co-ordinated assistance, contributed to by many donor countries, including France, and that this important fact should not be overlooked by the Committee.
The Delegate of the Republic of Korea commented that in spite of the considerable resources which are being committed by the international community to Angkor, this will not have the desired effect in safeguarding the site unless the Government of Cambodia and the international community increase their diligence in preventing the theft and traffic in cultural property from Angkor. He also inquired as to the guarantees of transparency and effective use of the considerable funds contributed to Angkor.
Italy supported the need for vigilance in preventing illicit traffic in cultural property, recalling the provisions of the UNIDROIT Convention in this respect.
Thailand explained the successful measures that have been taken to cut down on illicit cross-border trafficking in cultural property from Cambodia to Thailand.
The Director of the Division of Cultural Heritage explained UNESCO's support for action to combat illicit traffic in cultural property from Cambodia. He also clarified that funds-in-trust with UNESCO are subject to both internal and external audits.
The Rapporteur, speaking in his capacity as the Delegate of Hungary, also commented that the UNIDROIT Convention was starting to work in the market states as well as in the source states, pointing specifically to the return of suspected stolen works of art by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The Committee noted the report of the Secretariat concerning Angkor and commended the continued efforts of the International Co-ordinating Committee in mobilizing international support for Angkor. The Committee expressed appreciation for the progress made in the implementation of the various restoration and training projects. The Committee requested the State Party and the Secretariat to continue its work in promoting measures to prevent the illicit traffic of cultural properties and to keep the Committee informed on developments in this regard.
The Committee decided to retain Angkor on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Dissecting the BRC report, Part I: Where they got it right
To start things on a positive note, there were many helpful observations made in the report about the over geologic repository siting process (as well as the overall process of waste management policy) which should be highlighted. (To emphasize: even under advanced recycle scenarios, where long-lived actinides are recycled as fuel, some geologic repository will be necessary to handle fission product wastes; however, the engineering requirements would be substantially relaxed, given the shorter time periods for decay.) Thus, this post will focus on some of the highlights where the commission hit upon important, constructive ideas for waste management policy. Future posts in this series will look at where the report fell short.
As an additional aside: ANS is actively soliciting public comments on the entire BRC report for compilation.
A consent-based process
One place where I am happy to eat (some of) my prior criticisms is in the report's overall emphasis upon a consent-based process for locating a permanent repository site. In fact, much of the analysis in revising the repository siting process focused on a means of engineering a consent-based process, similar to that achieved in Sweeden with the SKB repository; the report also repeatedly emphasized the success of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP, a salt-dome repository for defense waste in southern New Mexico). In particular, the BRC report identifies the importance of state-level cooperation in the waste management process.
The peculiar case of "Salt Vault"
An instructive historical example mentioned in the report is the case of "Project Salt Vault" in Lyons, Kansas in the 1960's. Much of the report's analysis points to the ultimate failure of Salt Vault, due to broad state opposition. However, focusing merely upon the terminal failure misses the greater part of the lesson, namely that community consent is not simply a random force of nature to be contended with, but rather something which can be cultivated with careful work and planning - and very quickly destroyed.
Initially, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was tasked to investigate disposal options for used nuclear fuel. Salt domes offer an attractive geologic disposal option because the existence of salt domes typically belies an area which has been relatively impermeable to water for long periods of time on a geologic scale (e.g., otherwise the salt would simply dissolve into brine). In addition, the heat of spent fuel causes salt to "plastically deform" around the spent fuel casks - in other words, the caverns "heal" around the shape of the container, thus sealing the chamber naturally. Ergo, burying fuel in salt dome formations offers a promising pathway for permanent disposal of intact fuel and long-lived nuclear wastes, as there is reasonable evidence that the formation will be isolated from groundwater, thus securely immobilizing and isolating nuclear waste from the environment.
The story of Salt Vault can be roughly be summed up in two stages. In the initial test phases, the AEC placed great emphasis upon public engagement and consent, contacting local leaders and emphasizing transparency and openness in its operations. During the spent fuel storage test, local citizens were invited to inspect the process and ask questions. Further, and perhaps most importantly, the nature of the test was inherently time-limited. When the experiment was concluded, the AEC removed all nuclear materials from the site, as promised.
The second part of the story picks up in 1970, after fire at the Rocky Flats plutonium facility in Colorado, which set about a chain of events which required the rapid development of a permanent repository for defense waste materials from the nuclear weapons complex. In 1970, the AEC announced - much to the surprise of local leaders - that pending further geological surveys, the Lyons site would be selected as a permanent repository. Unlike the earlier process, local residents and political leaders dug in their heels, and eventually the site was declared to be unfeasible on technical grounds.
What is unmistakable in this example is the impact an open, consent-based process can make. Projects such as SKB and WIPP have been successful precisely because they occurred in a manner which is predicated upon the consent of the local population. In this sense, the BRC report offers helpful analysis for a matter which unfortunately should have been obvious long before now.
Under new management
Likewise, the BRC's recommendations for a federally-chartered corporation (similar to the Tennessee Valley Authority) with dedicated access to the Nuclear Waste Fund also promises to solve other inherent problems which have stymied waste management policy in the U.S. Namely, as of now, waste management operations are a line item in the annual budget; in other words, despite the fact that nuclear operators (and thus ultimately you, the consumer) pay for the cost of disposal in the form of a $0.001/kWh tax on production, the DOE must specifically request funds to manage operations from Congress each year. Which of course means that waste management operations are subject to the whims of politicians, each and every year - including stunts like "defunding" projects mandated by law such as Yucca Mountain and attempting to hijack the repository licensing process through attrition. (Whether one approves of Yucca Mountain as a geologic repository or not - and I think there are better options available - it is still the existing law of the land, per the 1987 amendments to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, and thus what the administration has done is clearly illegal.)
The net result has three decades wasted for a $13 billion hole in the ground, in addition to the approximately $20 billion (with interest) that has been collected by Congress but not allocated. Thus, a clear case can be made for a greater degree of overall independence in nuclear waste management operations.
Flexibility in the process
A particular point of emphasis throughout the BRC report is in maintaining a flexible, staged process which easily lends itself to adaptations due to unforeseen circumstances, in marked contrast to the current policy which committed to Yucca Mountain as the nation's sole geologic repository site early on (for reasons of perceived political expediency). A blistering criticism of the current Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) in the report is in the inflexibility and relative prescriptiveness of the current policy, "locking in" a single solution to nuclear waste management with little flexibility to adapt to new technologies and developments (including both political developments - such as widespread local opposition - and technical developments, such as unexpected revelations in site characteristics). Specifically, the report criticizes the 1987 amendments to the NWPA for failing to account for the contingency that Yucca Mountain should prove untenable.
By contrast, the report's conclusions emphasize the need for a process which avoids "lock-in" - both in terms of policy and technology. Rather, they highlight the need for a phased process which affords maximum flexibility. It should thus come as no surprise, given this perspective, that the report focuses chiefly upon centralized interim storage for fuel (i.e., storing spent fuel in concrete casks in a centralized location) as a medium-term solution for waste management, while options for a geologic repository or other alternatives (such as reprocessing) are evaluated.
Such a strategy bears remarkable similarity to the original NWPA framework (prior to the 1987 amendments), where a second site was to be designated for "monitored retrievable storage" (MRS). The goal of MRS was to provide a medium-term storage location for fuel where it could later be easily retrieved, either for purposes of recovery or for final treatment and disposal elsewhere. In the original framework, an MRS site was not scheduled to be opened until a permanent repository had been located, as to avoid the perception that an MRS site could become a "de facto" permanent repository.
Likewise, the original provisions for the geologic repository prescribed a fixed period of retrievability. However, these provisions were less for purposes of alternative strategies (e.g., reprocessing) as much as the ability to respond to unforeseen technical problems, i.e., should the repository not perform as expected.
Summing it up
Much of the BRC's focus on the process of waste management is important, echoing many of the criticisms waste management experts have made for some time. In particular, nuclear waste management has long been a political problem more than a technical one in the United States (which is not to understate the gravity of the technical challenge). In this sense, the BRC report offers a useful blueprint for the repository process for any future geologic repository process.
Unfortunately, as will be laid out in following posts, this provides little in the means of immediate solutions for nuclear waste management. In particular, the Commission was extremely reluctant to endorse any of the plethora of technical options available for waste management and disposal, instead preferring to outline a strategy for starting over while buying breathing room for the federal government. Most of the practical, immediate solutions for managing spent fuel in the U.S. rely on the concept of centralized interim storage - which while perhaps better than the status quo, is not without its own problems, as will be discussed in the following posts.
Ultimately, a credible strategy for the entire fuel cycle is necessary for the continued overall acceptance of nuclear energy. While considerations such as economics and safety will always be at the forefront, it is my belief that a credible and technically sound solution for managing spent fuel remains as the last true barrier to widespread public acceptance of nuclear energy, namely because of its current perceive intractability (unlike safety and economics).
Hence there is a need not only to establish a sound process (which the BRC does a reasonably good job with), but also to begin a process of laying out a commitment to credible solutions - something both the BRC and the federal government have been less forthcoming with.
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- AnonymousSeptember 19, 2011 at 6:30 PM
What is being done in other countries, most specifically in France? Did the BRC look abroad to see what might be useful in the USA?ReplyDelete
Good questions. To your first, yes they did look abroad - this is where they came up both with the assessment of what is being done as SKB (in Sweeden) as well as evaluating reprocessing, as is done in France.ReplyDelete
France uses the PUREX process, which has been known for about half a century, to extract uranium and plutonium from spent fuel for recycling into mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel, which can be re-burned in reactors.
The remaining fission products are stored in a vault in a single building - in other words, the volume reduction in waste is significant.
The BRC considered this as well as other technological alternatives, but declined to endorse any - this will be the subject of the next post in the series...


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What's the buzz? The Bees are out, replaced by the Louisiana state bird as the mascot for Louisiana's NBA franchise.
What's the buzz? The Bees are out, replaced by the Louisiana state bird as the mascot for Louisiana's NBA franchise.
On Thursday, Hornets owner Tom Benson announced that at the conclusion of the 2012-2013 season, the name of the team will become the New Orleans Pelicans.
"When we purchased the basketball team, it was a priority to change the name to reflect our culture, our community and our resolve. The Pelican does that," said Benson. "Our region has been hard hit in recent years and the one thing that stands out is the resiliency and determination to comeback, to fight and overcome. The Pelican symbolizes that."
Brown pelicans once faced a major threat from hunters who prized their feathers. The bird also suffered tremendous losses as a result of the pesticide DDT which weakened pelican eggs so that they cracked prematurely.
Its comeback was also imperiled when Hurricane Katrina damaged and destroyed pelican breeding grounds off the Louisiana coast in 2005. Federal officials removed the pelican from the endangered species list in 2009.
"The synergy of this name, this bird and the future of our state and region are intertwined and in three, five, ten years from now, it will be not only be a name of a sports franchise but it will also be the face of the continued recovery of our region," said Benson. "We will promote healthy habitats, not only for our youth but for our community, our coast and our wildlife. The Pelican name will do that. It is more than a name. It represents our way of life."
The Pelicans team colors will be blue, gold and red. Blue is taken from Louisiana's state flag. The team will share the color gold with the New Orleans Saints also owned by Benson. Red represents fraternity and the vibrant color underneath the pelican's beak.
All three colors are also on City of New Orleans flag.
"This identity change was an investment we had to commit to, in order to provide a fresh beginning for our fans," said Hornets Owner/Vice Chairman of the Board Rita Benson Leblanc. "Forging a new and bright future for the Pelicans will bring awareness to the best of New
Orleans, the Gulf South, and provide our fans with a team that they can identify as their own."
The Benson family purchased the Hornets from the NBA last April. The league bought the club from the financially troubled team founder George Shinn in December 2010.
"The city is one of the country's treasures and we really have found the perfect owner," Commissioner David Stern said at the time. "Our goal all along has been to get the Hornets bought by somebody whose commitment to New Orleans would be unrivaled."
Benson hinted from day one that he wanted to rename and rebrand the team. The Hornets name is a holdover from when the team moved from Charlotte, North Carolina to New Orleans in 2002.
Benson introduced the team's new logos, as well as color scheme, Thursday afternoon. A limited supply of Pelican merchandise will be available exclusively in the team store at the New Orleans Arena.
The Hornets have 14 wins and 28 losses so far this season.


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Holden NZ is preparing to add the hatch version of its popular Cruze to the model range and has announced updated pricing and features for both hatch and sedan variants.
Holden will introduce Bluetooth as standard for all models of the Australian-built Cruze sedan and hatch broadening the vehicle's appeal.
The integrated feature, will now be standard as part of the 2012 Cruze, on sale from early next year. Holden General Manager of Marketing, Matt Woodley, said the addition of the technology was in response to consumer demand.
"I think it's clear that Bluetooth has become an increasingly important feature for many motorists so it made sense to make it standard on Holden's best-selling small passenger car," said Woodley. "Bluetooth is now standard across a number of Holden's most popular carlines including Commodore, the all-new Barina and now we are happy to announce, Cruze."
Two new colours will be introduced in the model upgrade and will be available on all Commodore and Cruze. Perfect Blue, a bright solid blue based on Peter Brock's Formula Blue, will replace Voodoo, and Chlorophyll, a metallic teal, will replace Poison Ivy. Continue reading "Holden NZ announces new features and pricing for Cruze range" »


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President Barack Obama lashed out a "modern slavery" during his speech to the Clinton Global Initiative Tuesday, announcing a new executive order expressly banning U.S. government contractors from engaging in human trafficking.
The contrast with Mitt Romney's speech earlier in the day was notable.
Where Romney stuck to the broad outlines of his plan for foreign policy, Obama came to the podium with a very specific policy announcement. It's even got its own fact sheet. No doubt this was intentional — we were meant to notice. (More:Hillary Clinton: Raise Taxes on the Rich Everywhere)
But one of the problems with coming to the table with specifics is that this tactic opens you up to criticism. Obama's executive order, for example, seems to overreach. It creates a bunch of new requirements for U.S. companies doing business with the government, requirements they will have to fulfill even in circumstances far removed from human trafficking.
As I read the executive order, for example, it requires government contractors to pay for the return trip when work is done internationally. For many types of expatriate work for government contractors, I would think the arrangement about who pays for transportation should be a matter of negotiation rather than regulation. Now it seems, at the very least, employees who don't want their employer picking up the return ticket home will probably have to sign some kind of official waiver. (More:The UN's Idea of Freedom, and Ours)
This isn't fatal to Obama's program. A bit more bureaucracy and paperwork may just be the price we need to pay for making progress against human trafficking. But it is worth our attention to notice that yet again our well-meaning policy goals come festooned with trails of red tape.
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PHILADELPHIA—Brandon Jennings bobbled the ball once, twice, then let it fly.
His shaky ballhandling was erased by the steady aim of his 3-point shot. Jennings hit the go-ahead 3 late in the fourth quarter and finished with 33 points, eight assists, and four steals to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 105-96 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.
"It was actually a big shot for us because they had the momentum," Jennings said. "It just gave us back the momentum."
Monta Ellis scored 18 points and had seven assists, and Mike Dunleavy had 13 to help the Bucks improve to 3-0 on the road for the first time since they won their first four in 2001-02. Jennings and Ellis combined to make 20 of 41 shots with 10 rebounds and 15 assists. Mike Dunleavy scored 13 points and the Bucks shot around 60 percent most of the game.
After Jennings' 3 put the Bucks up 92-89, Dunleavy buried a 3 with 2:44 left to stretch Milwaukee's lead to 10. Led by Dorell Wright, the Sixers sizzled from 3-point range until the end, but they simply didn't have long-range makes left in them to make this one a game.
They also couldn't stop Jennings' drives to the basket off the pick and roll. He also hit four 3-pointers and was 5 of 5 from the free-throw line.
Jennings made a nice recovery on the winning 3 after nearly losing the ball and adding to Milwaukee's total of 23 turnovers.
"He kept his poise there and put it in," coach Scott Skiles said.
Jrue Holiday had 25 points and a whopping eight turnovers for the Sixers. Jason Richardson scored 20 points and Wright had 14. The Sixers made 10 of 24 3-pointers.
The Sixers were rolling coming off their first 3-0 road trip since 2003. But they received a dose of bad news earlier in the day when they learned center Andrew Bynum will miss at least five more weeks because of a bone bruise in his right knee and may not play in a game until early January. The Sixers said the new goal was for Bynum to resume "normal basketball activity" around Dec. 10. He would then need 1-4 weeks of conditioning and practice before he can play in his first game for the 76ers. He has yet to even practice with them this season.
Holiday was rewarded with a $41 million, four-year contract at the start of the season and might be feeling a dose of pressure trying to run the offense without his big man. He had his fourth straight game of at least seven turnovers, a big no-no if he wants to become an elite point guard.
"I think I'm trying to make something happen," Holiday said. "Sometimes you just have to be patient. I'm learning, I'm watching film every day and trying to learn from my mistakes."
For all the hype surrounding Bynum, he was far from the only big piece acquired in the offseason. Richardson, picked up in the same four-team deal that landed Bynum, Young and Wright all were expected to bolster a team fresh off a surprising run to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Trailing by as many as 14 points in the first half, Richardson, Young and Wright got to work to rally Philadelphia in the third. The Sixers went on a 16-3 run to pull within three. Young and Richardson hit consecutive 3s to make it a two-point game and Holiday sank a pull-up jumper to close the quarter and tie the game at 83.
Richardson missed the last four games with a sprained left ankle. No rust here. Richardson scored 10 points in the first, including a highlight-reel worth 360 dunk off a fastbreak to send the crowd into a frenzy. His scoring boost wasn't enough early.
"I think we hadn't focused like we had the past three games," Richardson said. "I think we kind of felt like it was going to be an easy win, like they were going to lie down."
Nope. Keyed by six straight points from Jennings, the Bucks snapped a tie game with a 14-0 run in the second quarter. The Bucks were only shooting 45 percent from the floor over the first five games, but blew that number away in the first half, shooting 64 percent (23 of 36) to lead 62-50 at the break.
Jennings' 19 points by halftime were well above his season average of 13.8 a game.
"In the first half, he was just spreading the ball around nicely and getting the guys involved," Skiles said. "When it came time for him to score some points, he did that as well."
NOTES: Jennings leads the NBA with 3.4 steals a game. He's had seven straight multiple-steal games. … The Sixers play seven of their next eight games at home. … The Sixers scored only 13 points in the fourth quarter. … The Bucks went 16 of 18 from the FT line while the Sixers were 12 of 16. … The Bucks outscored the Sixers 42-24 in the paint. … Larry Sanders had nine rebounds to give the Bucks a 48-31 edge on the boards.
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Astrology is very helpful that makes every person to do come out from the troubles. There are many such people who get tangled in their problems and they never know what to do. In that situation astrology is very helpful. Muslim astrologer in Surat is an expert who helps most of the people by suggesting them possible remedies.
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Muslim astrologer in Surat is famous for his remedies those are very effective. Till now who has used it they have seen the results in their life. This astrology is always considered as the PAK (Pure). Any person who once use the astrology they can see the result. The usage of Muslim astrology can bring a person out from any severe situation. A person who has once used the Muslim astrology any problem will go far away from them. People are living better life by accepting it as the solution and this solution has improved lives of many people. Those who come to him they have seen change in their life. The astrology is made for the betterment of every person.
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हर समस्या का समाधान । हर तरफ से निराश -हताश हो चुके एक बार हमारे से जरूर संपर्क करे हमारा वादा है अब से आप निराश नही होंगें । हमारी एक छोटी सी सलाह आप के जीवन की दिशा व दशा बदल सकती है ।
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The SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund awards over $120,000 - the most in its 22-year history
The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Memorial ScholarshipFund awarded a record $120,000 in scholarship to students workingtowards careers in the automotive industry earlier this year. Seventy-two young adults were awarded scholarships between $1,000 and $3,000.
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"SEMA has been fueling the future of the specialty equipment industryfor more than 20 years now and we are very proud of our awards, as wellas these students who have received them," said Mike Spagnola, SEMAscholarship committee chairman and president of Street Scene Equipment.
Established in 1984, the SEMA Memorial Scholarship Fund has suppliedmore than $500,000 in scholarship awards over the past two decades. Students from 37 states have benefited this year, with academic coursework ranging from international studies and marketing, to auto dieseland high performance technology.
The program rewards only the best and brightest students engaged instudies leading to a career in the automotive specialty equipmentindustry or a related field. Sophomores in 2-year universities orcolleges, and students in vocational or technical schools received$1,000. Graduates and undergraduates with at least a junior standing ata 4-year school received $2,000 to $3,000. All students must have aminimum 2.5 grade-point average and be enrolled in an accrediteduniversity, college or proprietary program.
In addition, fourteen scholarships were awarded to relatives andemployees of SEMA member companies, including: Olea Exhibits & Displays;First Generation Camaros; Grrreat Creations G.C.I. Inc.; SmittybiltAutomotive Group; Felt Automotive; Tial Products; Access RPM YellowPages; Reliable Automotive; Spirit Industries; Marketing Matters;Keystone Automotive; Grant Products; and Considine Sales & Marketing.
For the second year in a row, SEMA awarded the Loan ForgivenessScholarship Award to qualified graduates with outstanding student loanswho have worked at a SEMA member company for at least one year. Thisprogram was developed as further incentive for students to seekemployment in the automotive specialty equipment industry upongraduation. Eight employees of SEMA member companies received $1,000paid directly to their loan company to satisfy outstanding studentloans. Those member companies include: Shur-Co; ANSA Automotive PartsDistributors; Skyjacker Suspensions; Summit Racing Equipment; DirectLine; ProMedia publishing; Competition Cams, Inc.; MB Marketing &Manufacturing; Automotive Manufacturing Group; TransamericanWholesale-Dealer Services; and Sullivana Tire & Auto Service.
For more information on the SEMA Scholarship or to download anapplication visit our website www.sema.org/scholarships or contact SEMA 909-396-0289 ext. 137.
SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association founded in 1963,represents the $31 billion specialty automotive industry of 6,466member-companies. It is the authoritative source for research, data,trends and market growth information for the specialty auto partsindustry. The industry provides appearance, performance, comfort,convenience and technology products for passenger and recreationalvehicles. For more information, contact SEMA at 1575 S. Valley VistaDr., Diamond Bar, CA 91765, tel: 909/396-0289 or visit www.sema.org and www.enjoythedrive.com.


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What's the big deal about dried mushrooms? If you've never used dried mushrooms, you probably don't know just how good and how versatile they can be.Morels, Chanterelles, Porcini, Black Trumpets, Shiitake, Oyster - they all sound so interesting. How do you know which ones you'll like the best? Wouldn't it be great to be able to try just a little and see which are your favorites? Here's your chance to try 6 of our most popular mushrooms - morels, chanterelles, porcini, shiitake, black trumpets & oyster mushrooms - in an attractively packaged sampler. Get one for yourself, and send one to that mushroom lover in your life. The Earthy Delights Dried Mushroom Sampler includes 1/2 ounce of dried morels and one ounce each of all the other varieties of mushrooms, plus recipes and instructions for reconstituting and use. (cute little red basket not included)
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Nikita Koloff Book: Wrestling with Success
Hardback edition: 213 pages
Nikita Koloff and Jeffrey Gitomer present "Wrestling with Success: Developing a Championship Mentality."
Who is your most dangerous opponent in the quest for success? You. But don't worry, former World Heavyweight Champion, Nikita Koloff is in your corner. He's here to coach you, hold-by-hold, through the toughest match of your life, and make sure that you come out on top.
You don't have to be a wrestler to succeed, but you do have to wrestle- with your self-discipline and desires, with your passions and attitude, with your beliefs and spirituallity. Nikita shows you how.
This book is not about professional wrestling- it's way better than that! Sure, there are plenty of behind-the-scenes stories, but Nikita shows you how you can learn from these stories and examples and use them to build your own success. He shows you how to:
- Set goals you can achieve
- Develop mental toughness
- Use your emotional sensitivity the right way
- Take smart risks
- Make your success a predetermined outcome
- and a whole lot more
In case your not willing to take just his word for it, Nikita presents the personal stories of other high achievers to help you attain your ultimate success, no matter how you define it. He shares the ring with his good friend Jeffrey Gitomer, who gives you the benefit of the insight and principles that have made him on of the worlds top salesmen.
Make no mistake, your life is a championship match, and you are both the challenger and the challenged. But here's the cool part: If you work hard, follow the step-by-step lessons you'll learn in Wrestling With Success and keep your eyes on the prize- you'll win!
Nikita Koloff is a retired former World Heavyweight Champion of wrestling and motivational speaker who delivers hundreds of professional addresses to companies and individuals annually.
Jeffrey H. Gitomer is a leading authority on sales and customer service whose clients include IBM, AT&T, Coca-Cola, and Hilton Hotels, among others. He is also the author of the syndicated weekly newspaper column "Sales Moves," and of the best-selling book The Sales Bible.
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So you have likely seen the commercials on television about the new skillet cookie at Denny's. Our Review Crew stopped by a local Aurora, IL shop for a few of their selections and we have to say it was all disappointment!
We ordered Turtle Cheesecake… instead of the traditional pecan meats that resemble the shell of a turtle they used peanuts. Not only is this borderline false advertising as it is not a turtle anything, peanuts are a big allergy alert for a lot of customers. So the idea that they would order a turtle sunday knowing pecans are in it and get something with peanuts is a bit scary.
Then we get to the french silk pie that we also ordered. Aside from being frozen and tasting slightly of freezer burn it had potential. I think the issue was poor quality control more than a bad national product. Fair is fair.
Unfortunately I can not say the same for the Denny's Skillet Cookie. The skillet was cold although it had an oven mitt. The cookie was also cold and tasted terrible. In fact the only thing good about it was the vanilla ice cream.
This experience was probably the worst desert experience we have had in five years. So caution to those of you ordering at Denny's most of their food is great but don't be afraid to speak up! On a side note the service was great an the manager on duty did appologize and took the price of the cookie, the pie and the cheesecake off our bill.


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LETTERS: Reader doubtful about fracking
To the editor:
I seriously question the validity of the statement in the Jan. 9, 2013, Marion County Record that the first well in Marion County to use hydraulic fracturing was just approved.
Hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas formations has been used extensively and safely throughout the world since it was pioneered by Halliburton Co. in the early 1950s. It is an essential technique to extract petroleum products from the earth. I would be astonished if many (probably most) of the existing oil and gas wells completed in Marion County over the last 60 years have not been fracked.
Fracking is not new, yet for some reason some people now want to demonize it rather than embrace it as proven technology to help make the US energy independent.
I did appreciate your listing of the chemicals used in modern fracking: everyday sorts of things that we have in our homes, are commonly used, are ingested, or are smeared on our bodies.
Steve Schmidt, McPherson
Editor's note: Marion County Appraiser Cindy Magill reaffirmed Monday that the well northwest of Hillsboro was the first new well planned from the beginning to use hydraulic fracturing in the county in years.
Magill said fracking fell out of common use in the area because of the expense of all the water needed, but it has become more efficient and more economical again in recent years.
Magill also said that there may be existing wells that are being refitted to use fracking.
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Tour 4, 2019 The Game Changers
Sep. 8, 2019 @ Elder Hall, University of AdelaideProgram Information Time & Venue Other Locations & Dates
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Exploring composers whose influence made a significant impact upon the world of classical music is the premise behind this extraordinary program of sonatas and trios by Kats-Chernin, Ravel, Britten and Dvorak. Thrill to the virtuosic performances of brilliant Australian violinist Susie Park and cellist Julian Smiles with Artistic Director Kathryn Selby in a moving homage to those whose vision was far ahead of their time.
- Elena Kats-Chernin - Blue Silence for piano trio
- Maurice Ravel - Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, M.77
- Benjamin Britten - Cello Sonata in C major, Op.65
- Antonín Dvořák - Piano trio in F minor Op. 65
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Early Start on the Violin, Volume 3
By Egon Sassmannshaus, Kurt Sassmannshaus
2 violins
Elementary duets: Dances and other pieces in various keys. Composed by Egon Sassmannshaus, Kurt Sassmannshaus. Stapled. Barenreiter's Sassmannshaus. Instructional. Method book. With Text language: English. 71 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA09678. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA09678).
Item Number: BA.BA09678
ISBN 9790006536429. 30 x 23 cm inches. Text Language: English. Illustrations: Charlotte Panowsky.
Original German title: Fruher Anfang auf der Geige - Band 3; Fruhes Duospiel - Tanze und Spielstucke in verschiedenen Tonarten. The third volume emphasizes duet playing in a great variety of keys and rhythms and musical styles. Different finger patterns and strokes are thoroughly practiced.
About Baerenreiter's Sassmannshaus
Children playfully learn reliable technique at the earliest age. For more than three decades the Sassmannshaus Tradition has been the household name for excellence in beginner methods in German-speaking countries. More than half a million students have successfully learned to play using this publication.
This tried and tested German method is now available in English! The best-selling method that gave generations of European musicians their foundation is now available in English, with content and songs newly adapted for today's English speaking children.
What makes this method so special?
- The child-friendly and age-appropriate text underlying the music enables children to perceive melodies as a whole and to understand their singable qualities.
- Songs and scales in different positions are easily explained and mastered within the first year. This is an important advantage over methods that confine children to the first position for many years.
- Note reading is emphasized from the first lesson - children are brought up to become proficient sight-readers and play in chamber music ensembles as early as possible.
- In contrast to other beginner methods, The Sassmannshaus Tradition progresses swiftly by introducing advanced techniques in rudimentary form, such as shifting and varied bow strokes.
- Ensemble playing is encouraged from the very beginning.
- The method is suitable for single instruction as well as for group and class lessons.
- The large print notes and text as well as many colorful illustrations are particularly child-friendly and very attractive to pre-school children and school children alike.
- The substantial volumes contain comprehensive material and carefully calibrated learning curves. They keep children curious and interested for many months and years.


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SendGrid's API Workshop – Interactive API DocumentationSendGrid Team
We have updated this system and moved it, please check out our Code Workshop here.
Sometimes it's easier to understand how something works by seeing it in action rather than by reading about it. To make it easier to explore what our API is capable of and let customers try out API calls without having to write code, we've created our API Workshop.
Ready to take it for a spin? Start by putting in your SendGrid credentials:
Then choose your API endpoint and method and fill in the parameters you would like to pass to that method. In the screenshot below, you can see the Get method for the Invalid Emails endpoint.
Once you've got your parameters set, click the "Try it!" button and you'll be able to see the call that was made, the request headers, and the response headers.
That's all there is to it! Feel free to mess around and make API calls. Keep in mind that these API calls are live, so if you make a call to delete something from a list, you'll actually be deleting it. If you use the Mail.send endpoint, any messages sent will use credits from your account. We currently do not have API Workshop endpoints implemented for our Reseller and Subuser APIs, but we'll be adding them soon.
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|The big picture!
|The view when you walk in, to the left.
|Left side of the room from the front
|View from the front of the room
|My work area, a little different than I am used to because of the shape of the room.
|What is at the end of each group (same as before, just added a new group sign)
|New bulletin board, to post anchor charts or use when I am meeting small group
|Found a use for a bucket! Hung three of them that contain manipulatives they will use for different games.
|Because I am a firm believer in putting all my furniture up against walls, I don't have much wall space for vocabulary walls...so use whatcha got!
|NEW to this room! I am starting Daily Math, therefore had to have another place to list groups, where else but under the board!
|My library, A little more consolidated than before.
|My behavior chart, and Center or Daily 5 group rotation (the circles are just die cut and a magnet on the back, don't know why I didn't think of that before!). To the left, my listening center, squeezed in there!
|Outside wall...took the leaf idea from a co-worker at my old school...I think hers look better, see below!
|My sign I made with my Cricut!


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I'll keep you updated with pics as we progress.
So to start.
Yesterday, 27/6/15 - my MOT man gave the car a clean bill of health. No rust, no worries.
Today, saw my body shop man. The quote to remove all the pin striping and hood bird and then apply a new graphics kit that I will provide, was acceptable. Have already ordered the new kit with all that
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Peter Reinhart's Multigrain Struan & more desserts
Struan is the bread that truly launched his bread baking career, Reinhart says (p. 102). In Gaelic, struan means "the convergence or confluence of streams," a good description for multigrain breads where all kinds of grains and seeds are coming together (the combinations are, of course, endless).
Because I love breads full of grains and seeds, I have bought Peter Reinhart's book "Whole Grain Breads." Most of the recipes in there consist of three parts: a soaker (part of the flour, the seeds and grains and part of the salt are soaked in water or often in milk, buttermilk or yoghurt for 12-24 hours), a biga (to be refrigerated for at least 8 hours or up to three days) and the final dough.
The flour for this multigrain Struan is whole wheat (67%) and to it I added in about equal parts: sesame, pumpkin, sunflower and flax seeds, and millet (seeds and grains 33%). Reinhart says that he prefers to cook the millet, but it can also be added to the soaker uncooked. I prefer it that way since it gives a beautiful crunch to the bread that we like very much.
I made a school lunch with this bread for my 15 year-old son and thought he'd tell me upon his return to never use such a seedy bread again. To my big surprise he announced that this was the best sandwich ever.
For guests I made one of my favorite desserts. It's a Swiss recipe called "Quarktorte" which in English gets translated as cheese cake. Most cheese cakes in the US are made with cream cheese as you all know, in Switzerland however we use a product called "Quark" which is a type of fresh cheese, much lighter than cream cheese (kind of like a firm yoghurt) and very tasty. It comes in plain form (which is needed for this dessert) or in many fruit styles. It is available in the US in some specialty stores, at about 10 times the Swiss price. To substitute I use sour cream light. I had to get used to the different taste, but it works very well. Only the base gets baked, the rest is a mixture of egg yolks, sugar, vanilla, stiff egg whites, sour cream, whipped cream and gelatin. I always import my yearly supply of gelatin leaves from Europe whenever I go there, thus I have never had to get used to gelatin in powder form, the only one readily available here, as far as I know.
It's an elegant, fresh dessert that has a somewhat airy texture and the appearance of being very light.
I also made this typical, very common and simple French summer dessert: a clafoutis with apricots and blueberries. It is a very easy and tasty way to use up fresh fruit. The most common version is with cherries.
And finally for brunch at our neighbors this past Sunday I baked these cinnamon rolls (I myself don't like cinnamon in sweets much, I prefer it in savory dishes). They came out very light and fluffy. I used a recipe from the King Arthur site and substituted the potato flakes (which I don't have) with a freshly cooked potato (before cooking it was around 120g) that I mashed finely with a little water. This ingredient, I read, makes cinnamon rolls very soft, and it's true, as several people commented on how fluffy and light they were.


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Volatility Framework
|AAron Walters
|Memory Analysis,Memory Imaging
The Volatility Framework is a completely open collection of tools, implemented in Python under the GNU General Public License, for the extraction of digital artifacts from volatile memory (RAM) samples. The extraction techniques are performed completely independent of the system being investigated but offer unprecedented visibility into the runtime state of the system. The framework is intended to introduce people to the techniques and complexities associated with extracting digital artifacts from volatile memory samples and provide a platform for further work into this exciting area of research.
The project was originally developed by and is now headed up by AAron Walters of Volatile Systems.
See: List of Volatility Plugins
Memory acquisition drivers
In 2012 Michael Cohen contributed both a Linux and a Windows Open Source memory (acquisition) driver to the volatility project.
These drivers are currently available in the volatility scudette branch and soon to be released as a separate download. To obtain this branch run:
svn checkout http://volatility.googlecode.com/svn/branches/scudette/ volatility
In the scudette branch the drivers can be found under:
volatility/tools/linux volatility/tools/windows
To build the kernel module for the current kernel version, make sure you have a working build environment and the kernel headers installed. Change into this directory and run make:
cd volatility/tools/linux/ make
The acquisition driver is named pmem.ko.
To load the driver:
sudo insmod pmem.ko
To check if the driver is running:
sudo lsmod
The driver create a device file named:
To unload the driver:
sudo rmmod pmem
To read acquire the memory just read from the device file. e.g.
dd if=/dev/pmem of=image.raw
For more information see:
Mac OS X
A Mac OS X driver is currently being worked on.
Since recent versions of 64 bit Windows require a signed driver the volatility scudette branch comes with both pre-built (binary) and source versions of the driver. The prebuilt binary is signed.
Both the i386 and amd64 binary version of the driver can be found on the downloads part of the Volatility code repository as winpmem or in the scudette branch under:
A standalone tool for imaging memory that uses an embedded copy of the pmem driver can be found as winpmem.exe in:
To load the driver:
winpmem.exe -l
The device filename is (This can not be changed without recompiling):
To read and acquire the physical memory and write it to image.raw:
winpmem.exe image.raw
To unload the driver:
winpmem.exe -u
For more information see:
See Also
External Links
- Official web site
- Code repository, direct link to source
- Volatility Documentation