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Smooth Criminal
Time has passed, and I've had a chance to think about what happened in the Jackson case. And I still can't believe that we saw Janet's breast on national television.
I'm kidding, of course. I can believe that, she needed the publicity. What I can't believe is that Michael Jackson was cleared of all ten charges. Lousy SOB cost me $5.
My friends and I had a pool for the sentencing. Seven of us threw down $5 a piece, and decided that if no one was right, the money would go to Prevent Child Abuse America. When I lost, so did they, and they're a much worthier cause than I am so I don't feel entirely bad.
Only one of us said Jackson would be cleared of all charges. The rest of us assumed that the American justice system, albeit flawed, wasn't made up of total idiots. I understand the doubt cast on the case, but we all said the same thing - he gave the kid alcohol, we all know that. At least he'd be charged with that, right?
Sure, we've all had someone older give us alcohol at one point. My aunt switched my water for vodka when I was 12 and laughed as I took a sip of burning. But this is a man giving wine to a kid he's sleeping next to and calling it Jesus Juice. If that's not against the law, can we make sure it is from now on?
In 1987, a minor league catcher brought a potato with him to the field. With a runner on third, he threw the peeled spud into left field as if it were the ball. The runner trotted home, only to be tagged out by that same catcher, still holding the real baseball. From then on, there were strict rules about bringing foreign objects, specifically produce, onto the field.
In the same vein, a jury may have just ruled that Michael Jackson didn't break any laws. But it's our job as a country with a re-writable law-code to add a few new laws in case it happens again.
One, if a grown man who owns a monkey sleeps in the same bed as anyone not related to them or said monkey, it will be assumed the activity was not platonic. Loopholes include the monkey's trainer when the monkey is frightened during a thunderstorm.
Two, you can not have so much plastic surgery that your face no longer resembles a face. If you break this law, sentencing includes getting a tattoo of a face-looking face on your face to hide your non-face looking face.
Three, you may only have as many exotic animals as gold records. When you stop producing gold records, you must stop purchasing llamas.
Four, you may not name your land. We are each given an address by the US Postal service and that is the extent of it. It is considered first-degree naming your land when you name it after a place full of magical creatures. These names include but are not limited to "Neverland," "Narnia," and "Dennis Rodman's Bedroom."
Five, you may not call Michael Jackson "Jacko" for no reason other than the rhyming possibilities. I'm looking at you, New York Post.
Six, you may not obscure your baby's face with a mask and dangle him over a balcony, or name your baby after a household item. This law does not apply when you are saving your baby from a grease fire and he happens to be named Matt.
And seven, you may never, under any circumstances, let your kid meet Michael Jackson. You may not play Michael's music for your kids, you may not let them hear about Michael Jackson on Court TV. You may not play Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me" because Michael does the backup vocals, and you may not show them Jackson's "Captain EO" (although that'd be good advice even without this scandal). If you willingly allow your child to come into contact with anything Michael, and any laws are subsequently broken, it is your freaking fault. You can't sue, you can't take it to the media, and you can't ever visit your child again. Because if you let that happen after all this, you are celebrity crazed idiot and need to be stopped.
If you disagree with the verdict like me, which you certainly ought to, go to Preventchildabuse.org and donate that $5 you would have spent in your office pool. And I don't care how good his music is, stop listening. This whole scandal actually increased his record sales. Including albums that contain "Smooth Criminal," "You Are Not Alone," and, "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough." Ew.
I'm awfully glad that America was so outraged about half of Janet Jackson's breast exposed for two seconds on television. She's the real problem in that family.


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Bob, Try New York Wines. While many people are aware of Finger Lakes Riesling and Niagara Peninsula Ice Wine, the two regions, only about 100 miles apart, have many similarities and both grow many varieties of grapes and produce a large assortment of wines. You'll find Pinot Noir, Gamay, Cab Franc, Riesling, Chardonnay, Gewurtz, other vineferas, numerous hybrids and Labruscas. You must come East on a butterfly and bird-watching trip.Bob Parsons Alberta. wrote:Carl, I never realised that Finger Lakes could produce a chardonnay/s as you describe! Hope to see more notes and in time will do a google search for more background.
I think there must be a website out there relating to production overall??

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Simply beautiful greeting cards which don't fit into any other category.
Did you know? Artists with work featured on Moondragon receive royalties when their cards and prints are sold. All our cards and prints are produced in the UK, and in some instances we're buying directly from the artist themselves. By buying from us, not only are you helping us put food on our table, but you're putting food on the table of our artists too!


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Durham Wildlife Trust hosts a wide range of events each month catering for all ages, abilities and wildlife interests. Browse our selection of upcoming events below and get involved.
Membership is crucial to supporting the work of the Trust. Every £1 raised from membership and donations generates £5.32 for conservation and education from Tees to Tyne. Become a member and support local wildlife today.


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An Unforgettable Feast ~ A Tuscan-Inspired Holiday Menu
(Family Features) This holiday, serve an inspired meal bursting with the rich flavors of Tuscany. With these recipes — a moist and tender turkey along with savory sides — you can create an unforgettable experience with family and friends.
These Tuscan-inspired recipes from Carapelli Olive Oil will enhance and lighten up your holiday favorites with the distinctive taste of heart-healthy olive oil. Naturally cholesterol free, olive oil is a monounsaturated fat, which makes it a healthful substitute for butter, shortening and other oils.
Whether you are entertaining a large crowd or serving up a small family-style dinner, this Tuscan Roast Turkey will be the centerpiece of your holiday table. The juicy flavors and crisp, golden brown skin come from a Tuscan Herb Paste made with fresh herbs and a blend of olive oils.
After you've tried Olive Oil and Herb Mashed Potatoes, you may never want to go back to plain mashed potatoes again. The creamy texture and robust flavor are a perfect complement to the turkey.
For another amazing side dish, try sweet and salty Brussels Sprouts with Caramelized Onions and Prosciutto — it just might become the family's new favorite.
The rich taste of olive oil promises to elevate your holiday cooking to delicious works of art. For more recipes that will turn any meal into an unforgettable feast, visit www.carapelliusa.com.
Tuscan Roast Turkey
Serves 16
1 16-pound young turkey
Kosher salt, to taste
1 cup Tuscan Herb Paste
1 tsp. fennel seeds, crushed
2 tsp. celery salt
3 fennel stalks with fronds, rough chopped
3 onions, large dice
1 stalk celery, small dice
2 1/4 quarts chicken stock, divided
3 ounces all-purpose flour
Remove giblets from turkey's cavity, rinse cavity and pat dry, set aside. Season turkey inside and out with kosher salt.
Mix Tuscan Herb Paste with crushed fennel seeds and celery salt.
Starting at the neck of the bird, slip your hand between the meat and the skin to loosen.
Rub half the paste mix under skin, and rub remaining paste inside the cavity and over the rest of the turkey.
Place two-thirds of the chopped onion and fennel stalks inside cavity. Truss bird.
Place turkey in a roasting pan. Roast at 400°F for 30 minutes.
Reduce temperature to 325°F and continue cooking the turkey to an internal temperature of 160°F, approximately 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
Baste turkey often during cooking with juices from pan.
If turkey begins to overbrown, cover it loosely with aluminum foil.
As turkey roasts, simmer giblets (neck, heart and gizzard), the other one-third of the fennel stalk, onion mix and diced celery in 1 quart chicken stock until tender, approximately 1 1/2 hours.
When turkey is done, remove from roasting pan and set aside to rest.
Degrease roasting pan, reserving 3 ounces of fat to make a roux.
Deglaze pan with a small amount of chicken stock. Transfer stock to a saucepot, and add remaining stock and broth from giblets.
Bring to a simmer and degrease.
Make a blond roux with reserved fat and flour. Add roux to the liquid, whisking well to prevent lumps. Simmer 15 minutes.
Strain gravy through a fine-meshed strainer. Adjust seasoning.
Tuscan Herb Paste
Yield: 2 1/4 c.
1 Tbsp. fresh basil
2 Tbsp. fresh rosemary
1/2 packed cup fresh Italian parsley
1 Tbsp. fresh thyme
2 Tbsp. fresh sage
1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper
3/4 cup Carapelli Olive Oil
1 cup Carapelli Premium 100% Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Blend herbs and crushed red pepper with light olive oil using a blender or food processor, then stir in extra virgin olive oil.
Serving Ideas: Rub under the skin of turkey for Tuscan Roast Turkey.
Use to flavor vegetables for grilling and mushrooms for roasting.
Brussels Sprouts with Caramelized Onions and Prosciutto
Serves 12
2 pounds fresh Brussels sprouts, blanched, quartered
4 Tbsp. Carapelli Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 onion, julienned
1 1/2 ounces prosciutto, sliced into 1/2-inch strips
4 Tbsp. white balsamic vinegar
Sea salt
Fresh cracked black pepper
Trim stem end of Brussels sprouts.
Discard wilted outside leaves. Boil in salted water until cooked through (about 7 minutes) and just tender.
Shock in ice water. Quarter the cooled sprouts.
In large skillet over medium-high heat, caramelize onions in olive oil for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from pan.
Place in bowl, mix with prosciutto.
In the same skillet, over high heat, lightly brown Brussels sprouts.
Add onion-prosciutto mix, toss.
Deglaze by adding white balsamic vinegar and scraping bottom of pan. Season with salt and pepper.
Olive Oil and Herb Mashed Potatoes
Serves 12
10 8-ounce potatoes, (about 5 pounds) peeled and cut in half
3/8 tsp. white pepper
1 1/2 Tbsp. kosher salt
1/2 c. Tuscan Herb paste
1/2 c. Carapelli Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 c. heavy cream, warmed
Boil potatoes in salted water.
When cooked tender, mash potatoes.
Mix salt and pepper with Tuscan Herb Paste, olive oil and warm heavy cream. Fold into potatoes.


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Kriterion: Revista de Filosofia
versión impresa ISSN 0100-512X
PONDE, Luiz Felipe. On the ludicrousness of humanism: the critique of human perfectibility in Pascal and Luther.Traducido porCarlos Afonso Malferrari. Kriterion [online]. 2007, vol.3Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0100-512X.
The text has three levels. On the first level, we follow the semantic construction of the philosophical concept of "humanism", from the artiens in the 13 th Century up to Pico de La Mirandola and his mysticism of "human nature dignity and sufficiency" in the Renaissance. On the second level, we examine Luther's and Pascal's criticism of "humanism", showing that human behavior gives no empirical support for such abstract mysticism. Last but not least, on a third level, we argue that the Christian critics of humanism seemed to be right in doubting the viability of such "ridiculous worship of human nature".
Palabras clave : Humanism; Perfectibility; Construction; Anti-Humanism; Pascal; Lutero; Renaissance; Pico de La Mirandola; Human Nature.


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Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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In this article I will give you a description of all useful commands available with this option.
The first command you can try is the following:
java -XX:CompileCommand=help -version
CompileCommand and the CompilerOracle allows simple control over
what's allowed to be compiled. The standard supported directives
are exclude and compileonly. The exclude directive stops a method
from being compiled and compileonly excludes all methods except for
the ones mentioned by compileonly directives. The basic form of
all commands is a command name followed by the name of the method
in one of two forms: the standard class file format as in
class/name.methodName or the PrintCompilation format
class.name::methodName. The method name can optionally be followed
by a space then the signature of the method in the class file
format. Otherwise the directive applies to all methods with the
same name and class regardless of signature. Leading and trailing
*'s in the class and/or method name allows a small amount of
exclude java/lang/StringBuffer.append
compileonly java/lang/StringBuffer.toString ()Ljava/lang/String;
exclude java/lang/String*.*
exclude *.toString
java version "1.8.0_51"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_51-b16)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.51-b03, mixed mode)
This is a start. But this online help is in fact quite incomplete. There is other commands/directives than those mentioned above.
To find out the others, we have to look at the documentation page here which is complete in this case.
dontinlineThis command is useful if you want to control some behavior related to inlining. For example, JMH is using this directive through the CompilerControl annotation.
Let's take an example:
If we execute this code with the following JVM options:
-XX:UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+PrintCompilation -XX:+PrintInlining
If we add this JVM option:
-XX:CompileCommand="dontinline java.util.ArrayList::ensureCapacityInternal"
we will get:
No more inlining because disallowed by CompilerOracle where CompilerOracle is the CompileCommand JVM option.
inlineSame here with this command which try to force inlining on a specific method.
If we execute the previous code with the following JVM options:
-XX:UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+PrintCompilation -XX:+PrintInlining
We can see that grow method is not inlined in this context because considered as too big (above 35 byte codes). But if we add the CompileCommand:
-XX:CompileCommand="inline java.util.ArrayList::grow"
The result is the following:
The reason for inlining the method is now clear: force inline by CompilerOracle
The print command is in fact similar to the PrintAssembly JVM option. But the added value is the ability to specify the exact or prefix name method that we want to disassemble.
-XX:CompileCommand="print java.util.ArrayList::add"
Wildcards are also allowed like mentioned in the online help:
-XX:CompileCommand="print java.util.ArrayList::*"
By default, all methods can be compiled if the compile threshold is reached. However we can exclude one or set of methods with the exclude command. Let's try with an example:
-XX:+PrintCompilation -XX:CompileCommand="exclude java.util.ArrayList::add"
-XX:+PrintCompilation -XX:CompileCommand="exclude java.util.ArrayList::add"
The output will be:
On the opposite, compileonly command allow to compile only the method specified in argument. Example:
-XX:+PrintCompilation -XX:CompileCommand="compileonly java.util.ArrayList::add"
Native methods are printed but no special operation is performed as JIT has nothing to do with them.
By default when you are using LogCompilation to output all compilation information from JIT, all methods compiled are included in this log. If we want to only output a specified method, we can use the log command in the same way than previous one.
-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:+LogCompilation -XX:CompileCommand="log java.util.ArrayList::add"
You can use this command to enable a JVM option only for the specified method or set of methods.
For example let's print the inlining tree for the ArrayList.add method:
XX:CompileCommand="option java.util.ArrayList::add,PrintInlining"
The output will be:
Very handy to avoid to be flooded by information.
For example let's print the inlining tree for the ArrayList.add method:
XX:CompileCommand="option java.util.ArrayList::add,PrintInlining"
The output will be:
Very handy to avoid to be flooded by information.
The previous commands can be combine into a file for convenience. By default the file is read from current directory with the name .hotspot_compiler. But you can specify your own file name with:
This is an example of content:
And here is the output:
This is an example of content:
And here is the output:
In JDK 9 there will be a new mechanism: Compiler Control. Thanks Mark Price for pointing me this JEP.


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Classified as Extinct in the Wild on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, the Kihansi Spray Toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis) is the focus of conservation efforts involving the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) Amphibian Specialist Group and the IUCN SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group. Together with a collaboration of a number of partners across the world they are reintroducing the Kihansi Spray Toad back to its original habitat.
Once abundant in a tiny area, a population of around 17,000 Kihansi Spray Toads lived in vegetation that was soaked by the spray of the Kihansi falls. A serious population decline occurred after a dam was built upstream on the Kihansi River which reduced the flow of water to the gorge by 90% and altered the habitat. A sprinkler system was constructed in 2000 which restored much of the vegetation and the population of the Kihansi Spray Toad recovered. However the toad population declined dramatically in 2003 and although chytrid fungus has been implicated as a potential factor given that it was confirmed in deceased toads, the contributions of each threat factor towards this species' demise in the wild are still not fully understood.
In 2000, as part of an effort to stop the extinction of the Kihansi Spray Toad, the Tanzanian Government invited the Wildlife Conservation Society to collect some of these toads and take them to the USA where they were bred in captivity at both Bronx Zoo and Toledo Zoo. This population grew from an initial 499 toads to over 6,000 today. In 2010 a captive colony was established in Tanzania by the University of Dar Salaam and National Environmental Management Council researchers.
Also in 2010, a team of conservation experts including the IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group and the IUCN SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group came together to develop a plan to reintroduce the Kihansi Spray Toad back into its natural habitat. By this time, the sprinkler system that had been installed in 2000 to recreate the spray of the river was working properly and had helped restore the habitat to conditions suitable for the Kihansi Spray Toad. Bridges and walkways were also built to allow long term monitoring of the reintroduced species without causing further disturbance to the habitat.
Following successful trials, the first release of the Kihansi Spray Toad back into the wild took place on 29 October 2012. A total of 2,500 toads had been flown from the USA to Tanzania four months before and acclimatized to their new surroundings before being released back into their native habitat. More releases are expected in the future as researchers work towards the goal of establishing a population that is able to sustain itself.
"The success story of the small Kihansi Spray Toad can teach us big lessons for the future of biodiversity conservation," said Dr Claude Gascon, Co-Chair of the IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. "While amphibians and other species are incurring severe threats to their survival, it is never too late to use the best science and conservation action to save a species and its habitat. This success story has only been possible with the help and partnership of many organizations around the world and the leadership of the Government of Tanzania, and the belief that no species and no situation is too dire to try to save life on Earth. Extinction in the wild is not forever."


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Accenture worked closely with the company to provide SAP consulting and technology services to design, build and test a financial services platform as well as deploy and support it. The platform now serves as the foundation for a high-performing finance service center, which provides accurate and transparent financial reporting across the enterprise.
With deep SAP knowledge as well as extensive experience integrating finance transactions from numerous, separate systems to one platform, Accenture worked closely with the company to design, build, test, deploy and provide support for a financial services platform built on SAP ECC 6.0.
The solution is providing more cost effective and better quality financial services across the organization. And, as a result of the savings generated from this project, the total investment could be paid back within two years. Furthermore, the company also expects decreased system maintenance costs.


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...they're taking it to a new level with Vista and Office 2007:
1) Unactivated Vista, after 30 days, will run in "reduced functionality mode" until activated. One hour of web browsing and then you're disabled.
2) Microsoft will continue to check if Vista was legitimately acquired, even after activation. Should a license key be deemed illegitimate, the user will be given another 30-day grace period to acquire a legitimate license key, Microsoft said.
3) As part of the effort to fight piracy, Microsoft is changing the way businesses license its software. New licensing systems will replace the current volume license keys, which have been widely abused. Starting with Vista, Microsoft will offer two different types of keys and offer three different ways to distribute them within an organization. In all cases, some more work will be required on the part of the technology department at a company.
4) Additionally, the functionality of Windows Defender will be crippled, and optional downloads from Windows Update would be unavailable to the unlicensed user (already the norm, isn't it?). Microsoft would also place a watermark on the desktop at all times that reads "This copy of Windows is not genuine."
5) Vista activation won't be permanent. If Microsoft discovers that the user has used a product key without authorization, it will force the user to reactivate his or her copy of Windows. Product keys may be blocked for a number of reasons, Microsoft says, including for abuse, stolen or pirate keys, or if the key was seized due to anti-piracy efforts.
Sounds like a nightmare. I certainly hope they've worked thru all the validation issues the had with their "Genuine Advantage" program.


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To use computers efficiently, consumers are accustomed to adapting to the layouts and functions of interfaces that are thought to work well for average users. For those with disabilities, the approach has generally been to supplement their abilities such that they are able to better navigate the interfaces used by the rest of the population. New research from a team at the University of Washington takes the opposite approach: tailor the interface so that specific disabilities no longer limit a user's navigation.
Quite a few systems exist for disabilities like vision impairments, but not many options are accessible for people with motor impairments. The few systems that are available suffer from design flaws; most are still created based on the principle that the standard user interface is the best, so people with impairments must utilize specialized equipment to help them achieve an "average" level of usage. Other systems adjust the interfaces to a degree, but they are unable to change the overall organization of the user-software interactions.
Krzysztof Gajos, Jacob Wobbrock, and Daniel Weld from the University of Washington have been designing software systems that addresses the user-software interface problem. They presented their latest work at the 2008 conference of the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, where they described Supple++, their most promising system.
Supple++ builds an explicit model of the user's motor capabilities based on a one-time motor performance test. The test includes pointing, dragging, list selection, and multiple clicking tasks. Supple++ then uses this motor ability model to generate an interface that optimizes efficiency and accuracy for the user. For example, if a participant has trouble moving the cursor quickly across the screen, Supple++ can compress the layout to shorten distances between buttons.
Usability tweaks, Mac OS X style
Gajos, Wobbrock, and Weld tested Supple++ on 17 participants. 11 participants had some form of motor impairments, and the rest were able-bodied. With Supple++, the difference in accurate and efficient computer use between the two groups of participants was narrowed by an average of 62%. Overall, the participants with motor impairments experienced a 26.4% increase in speed and made 73% fewer errors. But it wasn't just the disabled that benefit from an interface customized to their skills—the able-bodied participants also experienced improvements in speed, accuracy, and ease of use.
The authors surveyed their users afterward and determined that they felt there was no difference in the mental challenge involved with navigating the Supple++ interface. Despite the improvements it made to their performance, however, most of them found it somewhat more physically challenging.
These results show that an ability-based interface can significantly help users with computer software applications. The researchers are working on making the deployment of Supple++ style systems more practical, which would enable them to conduct a long-term field study to see if users will adopt these skill-based interfaces.
ACM: Proceeding of the twenty-sixth annual SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems. DOI: 10.1145/1357054.1357250


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The Beer Garden is a local bar in the Westerleigh section of Staten Island, NY. It was opened in 2002 and originally owned and operated by a Staten Island native, Jerry Poyntz
His version of a beer garden came from his Aunt Lil. When Jerry was in his early teens, he would call looking for his cousin, Sean. He was told he wasn't home and that he was probably at the beer garden. Jerry was a mere fifteen years old, and didn't have even the slightest idea what a beer garden could have meant. When his Aunt's laughter ceased, she then explained that it was the local bar down the street.
Although his aunt's version of a beer garden was different from that of an authentic bier garten, her version was the one engrained in him, and therefore what he would name his bar should his dream of ownership become a reality. As fate would have it, Jerry's dream came true and The Beer Garden opened its doors in 2002. Although you will not find any open-air areas to drink in, you will certainly find a very comfortable environment to dine, drink and watch your favorite sports team.
In June of 2012, ownership was changed to a long time bartender, close friend, and prodigy of Jerry's, Andrew. Andrew shared the same passion as Jerry, to own a sports bar and provide the perfect experience for any sports fan. Keeping with that theme, we've enhanced it by adding six high definition flat screen TV's, bringing the total to ten, and a 100″ high definition projector to watch any of your favorite sporting events. Our DirecTV sports packages ensure that you can watch any of your favorite Baseball, Football, Basketball and Hockey teams perform. Whether your loyalty lies with a local team or a team two thousand miles away, you can be sure to catch it at The Beer Garden.
We offer daily happy hour specials, food and beverage specials during specific sporting events and feature live entertainment on weekends. Our events and specials can be found on our calendar page!
You can choose from the 18 different beers on tap – mostly craft, one of over 25 bottled beers, or a variety of mixed drinks from the bar including some of our signature specialty drinks. The diverse food menu will appeal to anyone, and features appetizers, fresh salads and homemade soups, over 15 types of burgers, specialty pizzas, pastas, open faced platters, a wide variety of sandwiches and wraps….and even a kids menu! You can dine in, pick it up or have it delivered.
We invite you to experience the environment we've created, as it is sure to please any sports fan. Let us know what you think!


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Girolamo Cardano
1501 - 1576
Girolamo Cardan or Cardano was an Italian doctor and mathematician who is famed for his work Ars Magna which was the first Latin treatise devoted solely to algebra. In it he gave the methods of solution of the cubic and quartic equations which he had learnt from Tartaglia.
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Between Taco Bell's "Fourthmeal" advertisements and Jack in the Box commercials featuring slow-talking stoners, it's hardly a secret anymore that fast-food companies are shamelessly targeting potheads with their ads. But have they crossed a line?
Once considered a taboo marketing approach, the fast-food industry today appears to have brazenly embraced the late-night munchies, according to The Fix. Although advertisements never blatantly refer to pot smoking, subliminal messaging has become more obvious.
Take, for instance, this recent Jack in the Box advertisement. And Taco Bell has created a jingle to go with its latest string of advertisements, which sings of the "late-night munchies." Of course, drive-thru windows open well into the morning hours also cater to the average midnight snacker, but there's little denying who the real target is given the choice of terminology.
"If you're targeting that heavy fast-food user, you need to speak their language," said Denise Yohn, a brand consultant who's worked with restaurants for 25 years, to The Fix. "One way to do that is to talk about partying and munchies. To the mainstream audience it may just sound like late nights and drinking, but to a certain audience they're talking about getting stoned."
It's not the same thing as flagrantly endorsing the use of marijuana, of course. But the fast-food industry no longer appears to think the pothead subculture is off limits either. Perhaps they're just embracing a market force, but the strategy also runs perilously close to catering directly to a drug-induced appetite that drives people to consume their product.
Of course, this wouldn't be the first time that the fast-food industry was accused of catering to addiction. Not only has fast food been proven to be highly addictive, but the industry actually hires scientists to design its food for exactly that purpose.
Whether marketing to stoners crosses an ethical line or not, it certainly seems to be working. Taco Bell has seen its sales spike by 6 percent since launching its "late-night munchies" advertisements. The marketing has been so successful that at least one new upstart fast-food enterprise has decided to sell its line of frozen burritos directly to potheads. Drive-thrus of nearly every major fast-food chain now typically stay open past midnight, undoubtedly due to a steady profit margin.
So long as it works, it's not likely to change. In fact, without any backlash, it may not be long before advertisers compete explicitly for the stoner demographic.
"A lot of companies are skipping the innuendo," said Yohn. "They think it's more effective to be overt. It creates more buzz. I think that's why you see a lot of advertising that seems unapologetically targeted to pot smokers."


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Exelon Generation Company, LLC announced today that it has commenced an exchange offer
CHICAGO - Exelon Generation Company, LLC announced today that it has commenced an exchange offer (the Exchange Offer) to exchange (i) up to $523,303,000 of its outstanding unregistered 4.25 percent Senior Notes due 2022 (outstanding 2022 notes) for a new series of its 4.25percent Senior Notes due 2022 (new 2022 notes) and (ii) up to $788,203,000 of its outstanding unregistered 5.60percent Senior Notes due 2042 (outstanding 2042 notes, and collectively with the outstanding 2022 notes, the outstanding notes) for a new series of its 5.60percent Senior Notes due 2042 (new 2042 notes, and collectively with the new 2022 notes, the new notes).
The new notes will have substantially the same terms as the outstanding notes, except that the new notes will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933. The outstanding notes were issued in a private placement in compliance with Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The Exchange Offer will expire at 5 p.m. New York City time on Feb. 6, 2013, unless extended. The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum principal amount of outstanding notes being tendered for exchange. U.S. Bank National Association is the exchange agent for the Exchange Offer.
A registration statement describing the Exchange Offer has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the new notes or any other security, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which or to any persons to whom such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.


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Singer Natalie Cole died on Thursday at the age of 65 from health-related complications, according to family members.
"I had to hold back the tears. I know how hard she fought," said singing legend Aretha Franklin in a statement. "She fought for so long. She was one of the greatest singers of our time."
Other celebrities honored the memory of the Grammy-winning daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole on social media, posting messages of condolences to the family and sharing personal stories.
Tony Bennett and Patti LaBelle were among some of the musical icons who shared their thoughts on Cole's death. Bennett posted a photo of Cole on his Instagram page, saying he "cherished the long friendship" he had with her father in the caption. LaBelle expressed her condolences to Cole's family on Twitter, noting that "her light will shine forever!"
Arsenio Hall said he opened up for the singer as a young comic. Pam Grier called Cole a "gracious songbird," while Marlee Matlin tweeted about the singer's death, saying "she is now singing in heaven."
Rapper Nas evoked Cole's infleuence in a tweet, telling the singer to "Rest in power," while actress Rita Wilson spoke of her "ardent support 4our (sic) charity Womens Cancer Research Foundation."
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Bravesteel wrote:I was thinking about this earlier today. It would be great if we could have a theme other than the current "white-space" one. I may be alone in this, but I absolutely dislike reading through websites with tons of white space. If this isn't feasible it isn't a big deal, but I thought I'd bring it up!
merias wrote:I'm not averse to changing the theme, but I assume you mean the desktop site theme? Do you have a phpbb3 theme in mind, or do you mean to just tweak the existing theme's CSS? It would have to be friendly on my aging eyes (and, let's face it, a lot of us who started gaming in the 70s and 80s are in that same boat), usually white-space helps in that regard . The mobile theme is quite different, I find it very nice for mobile devices or tablets.
Bravesteel wrote:I think something like this: http://www.phpbb3styles.net/db/style/DVGFX2 would do the job!
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A Syrian couple mourning in front of bodies wrapped in shrouds ahead of funerals following a toxic gas attack by unconfirmed forces in eastern Ghouta.
Amman – Opposition activists again accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of using poison gas in Syria's civil war on Thursday, and said victims had been discovered with swollen limbs and foaming at the mouth.
The activists told Reuters two shells loaded with gas hit a rebel-held area in the town of Nabak, 68km northeast of Damascus, on a major highway in the Qalamoun region. They reported seven casualties.
Separately, the Syrian Revolution Coordinators Union also accused Assad's forces of using poison gas.
"We have documented nine casualties from poison gas used by the regime in neighbourhoods of Nabak," it said on its Facebook page.
A nerve gas attack killed hundreds of people in rebel-held neighbourhoods on the edge of Damascus on 21 August. Each side blamed the other.
Assad subsequently agreed to give up his chemical weapons arsenal under a deal struck between Moscow and Washington that averted a US attack on Damascus, and international inspectors have begun work on dismantling Syria's chemical weapons facilities.
Opposition groups have accused Assad's forces of using chemical weapons several times before and since the 21 August incident.
Reuters cannot verify reports in Syria due to reporting restrictions. It was not clear what kind of gas, if any, might have been used in Nabak and there was no immediate comment from Syrian authorities.
"Seven men are reported ill so far. They have swollen limbs and foam coming out of their mouths," said an activist calling himself Amer al-Qalamouni.
"No doctors have got to them yet because Nabak is under ferocious bombardment and there are very few medical staff left."
Amir Kazk, another activist in Nabak, said the two shells were part of a heavy barrage that hit the Tariq al-Mashfa district near the centre of the town. The source of the fire, he added, appeared to be an army barracks on a hill in the nearby Deir Attiya area.
Video footage posted on YouTube by activists showed a man who said he had seen white smoke from the shelling, inhaled it and then passed out. Reuters cannot confirm its authenticity.
Syrian forces have used a range of weapons in the civil war, including cluster bombs, incendiary bombs and improvised explosives. Rebels have also made their own weaponry.
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Thirty-six students from Syracuse University, Cornell University and the University of Rochester will come together Nov. 13-15 for a charrette to address and work on creative solutions to one of the toughest problems facing Upstate New York: retaining smart, hard-working young people post-graduation.
The Friday through Sunday charrette, titled "Work/Play/Stay," will take place on the fourth floor of The Warehouse, 350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse, culminating with a presentation of ideas after a 1 p.m. reception on Sunday, Nov. 15.
A charrettesometimes called a design charretteis an intense, design-based collaborative project. Charrettes serve as a way of quickly generating a design solution through collaborative work, integrating the aptitudes and interests of a diverse group of people. For the upcoming "Work/Play/Stay" charrette, each university selected 12 students from a variety of disciplines and schools.
The idea for an entrepreneurial collaboration of the three universities came from Neil Tarallo, assistant professor of clinical entrepreneurship at SU's Whitman School of Management, who had once been an entrepreneur in the Ithaca area.
"Typically, it's industry leaders and government officials that talk about this issue, but as entrepreneurs we know that customers' opinions are very important, so it seems logical that we should ask the students what they think," says Tarallo.
To get the idea in motion, Tarallo worked with Enitiative, the collaborative partnership based at SU that provides contacts, resources and funding support for entrepreneurial projects, while uniting faculty and students of local academic institutions and members of the community. Enitiative is funded by a $3 million, five-year grant from the Kauffman Foundation. Enitiative provided the funding and became the initial bridge for the three universities to get the "Work/Play/Stay" charrette underway.
COLAB the interdisciplinary initiative based in SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) that encourages students and faculty to use their diverse skills and perspectives to solve complex, real-world problems creatively and collaborativelytook on the duty of facilitating and hosting the charrette at its headquarters at The Warehouse. Established in 2008, COLAB has facilitated several charrettes, including one leading to the successful installation of light prisms along a section of East Genesee Street on the Connective Corridor.
"The entrepreneurship programs at these three institutions were looking for a way to partner on an initiative of common interest," says Bruce Kingma, associate provost for entrepreneurship and innovation at SU, whose office facilitates the Enitiative program. "We anticipate this being a first step in an upstate entrepreneurship partnership that will impact the Upstate New York economy."
Recent statistics show that only 10 percent of SU graduates stay in the region, with Cornell University and University of Rochester facing similar problems, says Kingma. The University of Rochester reports that about 13 percent of the Class of 2008 remained in the region, while so far 26 percent of the Class of 2009 have reported remaining. Other local higher ed institutions show significantly higher retention rates: Monroe Community College75 percent; SUNY College at Brockport90 percent; SUNY Geneseo42 percent; and Wells College75 percent. These numbers are taken from data collected over the past few years.
"I am looking forward to assisting where possible," says Bob Tobin, associate director of the University of Rochester Center for Entrepreneurship, entrepreneur-in-residence, and lecturer in the Simon Graduate School of Business. "Since the students involved in the charrette have been selected based on a number of positive attributes, the presentations should be interesting, creative and beneficial to the upstate area."
The 36 students will be split into six interdisciplinary groups. COLAB staff and faculty from each of the universities will be on hand to assist as needed. "We're making a conscious effort to go right for the students who are our target as they are probably best positioned to identify any obstacles to retention we are facing," says Chris McCray, director of COLAB and associate professor of design at VPA. "Whatever comes out of this charrette, we hope to help move it forward by securing funding to support the students' final ideas."
In between the work sessions, the students will have the opportunity to hear guest lectures from various leaders across the Upstate New York region, including alumni from their universities, both those who stayed and those who left after graduation. Speakers include Dominic Robinson, chairman of 40 Below, and Jeremy Cooney, former chairman of ROC City Coalition, whose mission is focused on attracting, retaining and empowering the young adults of greater Rochester.
The Sunday presentation is free and open to the public. Several members of the Upstate New York community who are invested in solving the retention problem will be in attendance. Guests include Nasir Ali, the Tech Garden; Ann Clarke, dean of VPA; Bea Gonzalez, dean of University College and chair of the Syracuse Common Council; Kristen Heath, Upstate Senate Democratic Caucus; Marilyn Higgins, SU vice president for community engagement and economic development and board chair of the Near Westside Initiative; Elizabeth Liddy, dean of SU's School of Information Studies; Eric Rogers, SCORE, "Counselors to Americas Small Businesses"; Elle Stasz, Metropolitan Development Association; Eric Spina, SU vice chancellor and provost; and Laura Steinberg, dean of SU's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science. Other guests include representatives from the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce; the Central New York Community Foundation; CNYWorks; F.O.C.U.S.; local, county, and state officials; and local business owners.
"So many of us know there are numerous assets that contribute to a high quality of life in this region. One of this region's greatest assets is its 138,000 college students," says Elle Stasz, director of marketing at the Central Upstate Regional Alliance. "This population provides vibrancy to our communities and is an essential element to our regional revitalization. Through this charrete we are engaging their perspective and working to create opportunities with their specific interests and needs in mind."


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MrRoot necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 145 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
We are a consulting firm in Austin, TX providing expert system administration and software development services.
Our expertise domains include:
- Unix systems support
- Web application development
- Database management
- Network design and management
- Hardware design and management
- Systems security
- Virtualization solutions
Our services are globally available to any business looking for Master-level Geeks in various Information Technologies.
Our target audience generally consists of:
- Small businesses in need of part time information technology support
- Any businesses looking for technology experts to help design and guide projects utilizing the latest and greatest technologies
- First and foremost: have fun and be creative!
- See attached logo.png - ***Ignore the icon***, focus on the font/colors
- Not wanting lots of boxes/bubbles in design, like in logo.png - want something new
- The font is called "House Movements - Runway" from House Industries
About the font:
I have the font used in logo.png, but it was purchased from a design house. I really want to incorporate this font in the logo, though, so if you need it, contact me through 99designs and I will email it to you. All I ask is that you remove the font from your systems after the project is over. House Industries is a group of extremely talented designers like all of you, so please be respectful. =)
- I would like a simple/clean logo
- Perhaps a couple versions? Suitable for various advertising mediums - say a simple one for shirts/hats/pens and a more complex one for web/print? Up to you, Right-Brainers! =D
- Obviously, a theme along the lines of a cloud would make sense, but I'm honestly open to anything. Surprise me!
- Need layered RGB file in Photoshop PSD format
- Also need CMYK image in AI format
I came to 99designs to find creativity and different styles. I've been extremely impressed with the designs submitted on other projects, so I'm hoping to get a lot of options from you.
I will be very active with the project, submitting feedback and ratings at least a couple of times a day ( probably a lot more! )
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Dakar Rally
For the 10th consecutive year, Sodexo demonstrates its Quality of Life Services leadership as the official food supplier for the Dakar Rally, January 6th – 20th, 2018. Serving over 2,000 people in 14 days, Sodexo teams proudly take on another major logistics, service and environmental challenge.
Ensuring 24-hour service under extreme conditions
The 40th edition of the Dakar posed one of the most complex logistic tests to date, since it covers nearly 9,000 km of extreme tracks through Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. Sodexo is deploying a team of 64 employees specially trained for adverse conditions. The fleet of kitchen trucks are constantly on the move ahead of the race. At each campsite, the Sodexo team quickly set up to deliver the first-rate quality of life services upon which the organizer, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), depends.
That means 26,000 breakfasts, 15,000 lunch packs and 25,000 dinners, all served with a smile in adverse conditions. Although the race covers 3 countries, the food is prepared centrally in Argentina and transported to relevant points on the route. High standards of innocuity and quality are followed to ensure the food maintained its attributes. This allowed us to reduce the organic wastes that occur in the process while guaranteeing a balanced and healthy nutrition to drivers and their teams.


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HTML is for humans. With the number of internet connected devices increasing rapidly it's important to make sure that your content, and your business, can be read and understood by machines. Creating an Application Programmer Interface, or API that exposes your content in machine readable formats like JSON or XML is one of the best ways to accomplish this. Drupal core itself, with its concepts of content types and fields, does an amazing job of allowing us to store our content in structured chunks but it needs a little extra help to expose that data. Thankfully the Services module lets us do just that through a nice user interface right inside our Drupal configuration that doesn't require us to get into the code.
In this webinar Drupalize.Me's Joe Shindelar will take a look at building APIs on top of Drupal with the powerful Services module and the mini ecosphere of other modules that have been built up around it. We'll look at the various request and response formats that the Services module understands, and the various tools available to us for testing them. You will also learn about:
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For many recent graduates, the decision to leave their first post-college job is happening earlier and earlier in their careers. In fact, according to a recent study, 55 percent of college graduates only expect to stay at their first jobs for 1-3 years.
Some say the reason is because GenY gets bored easily, while others speculate that we're eager to get as much as experience as possible. Regardless of the reason, young professionals are moving on from their first jobs, and since it's their first time making this transition, many have no idea how to go about it the right way.
I'm the first person to raise my hand and admit that I had absolutely NO idea how to leave my first job gracefully. When I accepted an awesome new job in November, turning to Google proved futile in finding the answers to questions like, "How do I give two weeks notice?" and "How do I write a resignation letter?" I quickly turned to a few trusted mentors for tips and relied on my professional instincts to get me through the dreaded day when I had to break the news to my boss and colleagues.
While I'm sure I could have done some things differently, here are six tips I found particularly useful for leaving a job gracefully and with your network intact:
1. Your immediate supervisor should always be the first to know. Out of respect, be sure to break the news to your immediate supervisor first, and preferably in person. Depending on the type of office environment you work in, you may need to request a meeting or simply ask if they have a moment to talk in private.
I'd recommend giving notice in the morning, to give your supervisor the chance to absorb the news and get the ball rolling on the resignation process. Also, have your resignation letter drafted and ready to submit.
2. Break the news to the rest of your colleagues in person, if possible. In person is always better. Avoid sharing the news of a new job in an email. You'll find that most people will be happy and excited for you, and will appreciate the fact that you took the time to tell them personally.
3. Create a "how to be me" document. My first order of business once I gave two weeks notice was to create a master document of every single project I was working on, outlining point people, processes and deadlines. This document ended up being close to 10 pages long and extremely detailed, but it was worth spending the time; I wanted to offer a resource for whoever would take over my responsibilities.
4. Do what you can to make the transition as smooth as possible. After creating the "how to be me" document, I set up a meeting to review the document and allow my colleagues to ask questions and get clarification about all of my duties. I purposely scheduled the meeting mid-way through my final two weeks to ensure there was time to schedule a second transition meeting, if needed.
Additionally, if your supervisor is looking to fill your position quickly, do everything you can to help replace yourself. Spread the word on Twitter and LinkedIn, help review resumes, recommend people you think could be a good fit. After you leave the job, let your supervisor and colleagues know that you're still happy to answer any lingering questions they may have about your responsibilities.
5. Show your gratitude. Buy a big box of thank you notes. And prepare to have your wrist hurt after handwriting multiple notes of appreciation for colleagues.
After spending a year and a half at my company, I knew I couldn't leave without showing my supervisor and colleagues how much I appreciated that they took a chance on a fresh-out-of-college new professional, and most importantly, for their mentorship and friendship.
6. Keep in touch. This is perhaps the most difficult tip to follow, and one I'm still trying to figure out. We all know that staying in touch is key to creating a lasting connection and maintaining your network.
If you aren't already, connect with your former colleagues on LinkedIn. Ask for a recommendation while your skills are still fresh in their minds – and be sure to return the favor! Stay in touch via email; share useful articles or send a note to say hi and ask how they're doing every once in awhile. You don't want to be a pest, but you also don't want to be easily forgotten.
What other tips do you have for leaving a job gracefully?
Jessica Lawlor is a public relations professional in Philadelphia. In her free time, she manages a book review and writing blog and is currently writing a novel.
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Aoki walks on 4 straight.....not a good start.
Aoki walks on 4 straight.....not a good start.
Alvarez with a HR for PIT, now 3-1 Cubs, bot 4
EDIT: Inside the Park HR
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Bucs with back to back HR's, now 3-2 Cubs, bot 4
EDIT....Bucs with back to back to back HR's, now 3-3
par for the course for Ludwick.....nothing suprising.
isn't this a wonderful start?
The older I get - the better I was
and yes - I hate the Cardinals (Reds fan since 1958)
I miss Raisor
Latos in trouble...Lucroy's double put men on 2nd and 3rd for the Brewers, 1 out
Ramirez's hands are almost in the strike zone on that pitch.
Rounding third and heading for home...
Wow, Ludwick.
GOD I hate Carlos Gomez.....Latos shoulda plunked him instead.
That was a terrible pitch call by Mes....
The Reds offense better be on tonight.
Carlos Gomez has always been a sucker for the slider down and away. I don't understand throwing him an 0-2 fastball.
Lucky hit though.
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|Dev: Irrational Games, 2K Games
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|Release: November 12, 2013
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|Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, Mild Sexual Themes, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco
You don't get to take any of your upgrades into the DLC from the main game. Ammo and Salts (sorry, "Eve") are less plentiful in Rapture than they are in Columbia, but this is evened out by a lower enemy count overall. It feels like this was an attempt to make the game feel more like a survival horror or stealth game, but it really misses its mark. The combat still feels like a slog, just a different type of slog. In the end, lack of ammo is really nothing more than a minor annoyance, as splicers are easily dispatched with melee, and Elizabeth is always handy with her tears. Despite the game's best efforts, you still feel like a golden god of gun and genetics by the end of the game, which punches the noir atmosphere right in the gut.
The final bits of Burial at Sea do redeem it in some small way. You get to fight a Big Daddy again, which is one of the highlights of the experience. The final few story revelations are also quite interesting, though they don't really deliver on the payoff we were promised. Perhaps we will find out more about Rapture's inevitable downfall in Episode 2, where we get to play as Elizabeth.
Overall, BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode 1 is solidly OK. In the end, it's much more of what we have come to expect from BioShock Infinite, awesome pieces of story broken up by uninteresting sections of combat. It's not a reimagining of the series. It's not a grand departure that examines BioShock's past. It's really not much more than some more BioShock Infinite with a Rapture coat of paint slapped over it. If that's what you are looking for, then the 15-dollar price of entry isn't bad. For everyone else, there is always BioShock 4.
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Sportsmen got caught up in a blazing battle between police agencies and civil libertarians at the legislature this year. The result requires anyone putting a camera on private land to have the landowner's written permission or a warrant issued by a Judge.
The Maine Civil Liberties Union had much success in the past legislative session, aggressively fighting for our rights of privacy. Restrictions were achieved on a variety of spying methods, from drones to cameras.
Initially the MCLU won a unanimous vote of the Judiciary Committee for their camera bill, sponsored by Senator Doug Thomas, but after the Maine Warden Service protested, the committee reconsidered the issue and voted against the bill. A minority of committee members stuck with their initial votes, and with a strong lobbying effort by MCLU, the Maine Farm Bureau, and the Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine, overcame the opposition and got the bill through the House and Senate. It became law without the Governor's signature. Here's what it requires.
A person may not place a camera or electronic surveillance equipment that records images or data of any kind while unattended outside on the private property of another without the written consent of the landowners. Without that consent, you will be committing a civil violation for which a fine of $100 can be levied for every day that your camera was in place.
Those who do place cameras on private property with permission or a warrant must label the camera or electronic surveillance equipment with their names and contact information. Violation of this provision is also a civil violation with a maximum fine of $500. Landowners are also permitted to remove or disable a camera placed on their property without permission.
This new law will have a major impact on hunters who place trail cameras before and during hunting seasons. It isn't always easy to find owners of some of the private property we hunt, and, at least in my experience, private landowners are very reluctant to give written permission to access and use their property. Typically, I hear, "Sure, you can hunt on my land, but I'm not signing anything."
No word yet on how aggressive the Maine Warden Service intends to be with this new law. Hopefully, they will focus any law enforcement activity on landowner complaints, and not spend their time hunting for cameras on private land.


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1953 Studebaker - Dream Car Of The Month
After falling for the slippery lines of the '53 Studebaker, Clare Morrison, wife of Craig Morrison of Art Morrison Enterprises Inc., was able to find one of these classics not too far from their Puyallup, Washington, home. Electric Blue Metallic paint subdued with a satin clear finish, "Tommy the Greek" style pinstripes, and a choice of steelies and whitewalls or Salt Flats-style wheels will round out the exterior. Blending technology with nostalgia, a hopped-up, hot rod-themed ZZ4 will provide the power while the Art Morrison Enterprises Inc. chassis (what else would you expect?) with a triangulated four-bar rear and independent front suspension will stick the car to the pavement ... or the Salt. When the Blue Suede Stude is completed, plans call for Clare to pilot it at Bonneville, competing in the 130-mph street class during the Utah Salt Flats Racing Association's annual September meet.
Could this be a recently discovered, long-lost Studebaker Torpedo concept straight from the Raymond Loewy design studio? Maybe! Lines borrowed from a '51 Chevy Fleetline Torpedo back come together with the aerodynamic lines of the Studebaker to create a sleek fastback. To really pull this off, about 2 inches of height should be whacked from the roofline to which the fabricated Torpedo back sheetmetal would be added. A little '71 Riviera influence was added as well with the wrap-down rear glass and rear deck vents. Paint it as black as you can get it and set it off with a few bits of chrome. Of course it needs a ground-scraping stance with some big, deep 22s stuffed under the rear quarter and some 19s under the front.
What goes under the hood? Let's look beyond the obvious choices and dream a little bigger and a little more exotic. Find yourself a wrecked Ferrari 360 (sadly, they are out there) and cram that 3.6L, 400hp V-8 with the paddle shift six-speed tranny between the front sheetmetal. Now it really is a torpedo!
We'll keep the interior somewhat vintage '50s, but update with some bucket seats from an old Ferrari. No swoopy armrests and center consoles here, let's keep it minimal like a true sports car.
So there you have it-a wicked American boulevard cruiser on the outside with an unexpected European twist. Dare to dream big!


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By Staff Writer | June 1, 2008
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UHF emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) transmitting at 406 MHz have been in use for years.
In 2003, Transport Canada proposed amending its rules to bring operators in compliance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) operating rules on ELTs.
The ICAO policy was that as of January 2005, all ELTs should have the capability to operate at 406 MHz and 121.5 MHz simultaneously.
At the same time, Transport Canada proposed the introduction of a requirement that Canadian aircraft used in international air transport services should be equipped with 406 MHz ELTs.
Transport Canada did not mandate the use of 406 MHz ELTs for domestic operations. But, on Feb. 1, 2009, the Cospas-Sarsat satellite monitoring of the frequency 121.5 MHz is going to be discontinued.
According to the Web site of Cospas-Sarsat, the international satellite system for search and rescue, "With a 121.5/243 MHz beacon, only one alert out of every 50 alerts is a genuine distress situation. This has a significant effect on the resources of search and rescue (SAR) services.
"With 406 MHz beacons," the organization said, "false alerts have been considerably reduced (about one alert in 17 is genuine)."
When these ELTs are properly registered, alerts from them "can normally be resolved with a telephone call to the beacon owner using the encoded beacon identification. Consequently, real alerts can receive the attention they deserve."
Older VHF ELTs will not be acceptable under the new requirements. Transport Canada anticipates the compliance window for changing equipment to be two years from the date of the final rule, but is subject to certain caveats.
Coincidently, Kitchener Aero said it had been appointed as the Eastern Canada service center and distributor for the Artex line of ELTs. Artex is a leader in the manufacture of UHF ELT systems, and its products are in use in all segments of aviation, from light general aviation to heavy air transport.


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To my mind, the best episodes of a big-deal, all-hands-on-deck superhero crossover event are the ones that focus on the ground-level repercussions of the world-threatening chaos. I remember reading a great issue of Gotham Central when DC's Infinite Crisis event was happening that showed riots and madness in the streets of Batman's hometown and how the police characters reacted to all of that.
I only have this exclusive cover reveal to go by but I'm hoping that Brian Bendis brings the same kind of focus to New Avengers #30 which ties into the Avengers vs. X-Men event. Bendis' best work tends to be on more grounded superheroes and this issue has him revisiting Luke Cage and Daredevil, characters that he's done really strong work on. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of chemistry sparks in this issue, which hits later this summer. Here's Marvel's official description:
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) * MIKE DEODATO (a/C)
* New York is burning, the world is ending…but the heroes on the street
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(PLEASE NOTE: This material is incredibly out of date, and does not apply at all to the new production model on quandu, i.e. "THL 1.0".)
Contributor(s): Travis McCauley
A THL web page has three distinct parts:
The simplest way to get started making THL web pages is to make a copy of the single-column template. Replace the content inside of the
 tag with your own xhtml markup. To learn more about the features of this template view an annotated example. View the source to read descriptions of the elements of the template.
If you're creating a portal page, use the three-column layout. Replace the content inside of the tags
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 with your own xhtml markup. Or download this easy-to-use template.
If you're creating pages below the portal and you want to keep a sidebar on the left, use the two-column layout. Replace the content inside of the tags
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 with your own xhtml markup. Or download this easy-to-use template.
The header, not to be confused with the html document  element, contains the logo, top-level page header, breadcrumbs and menubar. The Banner
The banner is contained in the
 element. It contains the logo, the top-level page header, and the breadcrumbs. The only bits you should change in here are the top-level page header text in the
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The menus use three separate files, a menu engine file, a menu configuration file, and a menu variables file. In the templates, these are respectively:
When making new pages, be sure to follow the templates and use the new menu engine at /tibet/scripts/new/menu9_com.js. Since the THL uses so many different menus in its various pages, we have separated the menu configuration variables and the universal THL menu into the file /tibet/scripts/new/thdl-menu-config.js. Do not modify this file.
So the only file you will change is the menu variables file. This file is where you configure the names and URLs for your menu options. When creating new menu variables files, use the /tibet/scripts/new/menu_community.js file as a template. The key to understanding the parameters in each new menu item Array is written in comments at the top of the file. Remember Menu1 is already declared in /tibet/scripts/new/thdl-menu-config.js so do not declare it in your new file.
The menus are contained within the
. The only thing to change inside this div is the value of the src attribute in the tag: . This should be changed from menu_community.js to menu_YOUR-DOMAIN.js. Currently, top-level menu variable files that work with the new engine (version 9.1) are available for all five THL domains in the /tibet/scripts/new/ directory.
The menu code is currently at version 9.10 and is made freely available by the author Ger Versluis.
To ensure accessibilty to the widest range of browsers (not just visual web browsers), stick to simple W3C-compliant semantic markup and use CSS for text formatting and page layout. This is called separation of structure and presentation. Here are some simple guidelines:
Never use the  tag. All font-family, color, decoration, etc. can be done more easily using CSS
Use lists,
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 and
 to represent lists of things like navigation links, outlines, and term/definition pairs, etc.
When creating classes of elements use names that describe the content not the desired look of the content. For example, use  instead of
The steps necessary on any of the THL pages to get this working are:
If you really want the search to search title, caption, description, workflow notes, keywords, credits, and situation background then change the value of searchType in your forms to "keywords".
THL pages should be marked up in valid Xhtml. To be valid means that your markup uses all tags correctly as defined in the W3C's DTD for Xhtml. To check your document's validity, paste the URL into the W3C markup validator form field. If you have also added any CSS rules, validate your CSS too.
Here are some simple rules to follow to ensure valid xhtml markup:
All tags must have close tags. If you are writing an empty tag like
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Shorthand attributes are not allowed. So use <option selected="selected"> instead of <option selected>
All tags must be properly nested with no overlapping. Don't do this: <form>
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You must include the xhtml doctype: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
All  tags must have an alt attribute describing the image to non-visual browsers
To use an ampersand, as in "Tibetan & Himalayan…", you must use the html entity, & or the page will not validate. To see other examples of html entities such as em dashes (-), follow this link Coding by Hand
Hand-coding your html documents with a simple text-editor is the best way to produce clean, readable markup that validates. Sticking to simple structural markup makes it easy to hand-code because you won't have confusing nested tables, and bloated presentation code inside your tags. Another advantage of hand-coding is easier management of nested elements.
If you prefer to use a WYSIWIG html editor like Dreamweaver, use the most recent version (as of 4-22-03 Dreamweaver MX is the current version ) since it has the most support for W3C Standards-compliant code. Many of the older versions of editors could not output xhtml, external stylesheets, or even well-formed html. Here are some editors which exist in free versions that you may wish to consider:
THL web pages will always have multiple authors, so following our naming conventions will make it much easier for others to find what they are looking for when they need to edit. So here are some proposed naming-guidelines.
Name your html files with full words that are descriptive of the page. File names should be lowercase and words separated with hyphens. Adhering to this standard will make filenames more readable and easier to identify in a long directory list. This will also reduce broken link mistakes in your code's href and src attributes since people can more easily remember and sight read full words.
HTML and XHTML files should always end with a ".html" extension. We must avoid codenames and abbreviations that only make sense to the original author. While we're talking about files, please be mindful to keep directories tidy and free of clutter. Keep old versions and test versions of pages out of the main directory. Stick these files in a directory named "old" if you feel they must be kept for an important reason.
Westciv Self-paced courses and learning resources
Westciv provides excellent self-paced courses that teach the appropriate use html markup and how to style it using CSS. They always have one free teaser course running at a gradual weekly pace.
ALA: A List Apart
This is one of the better sites for practical articles discussing web standards and how to use them.
Street Level: Editors vs. Authoring Tools
Anyone who has taught HTML and web development has heard the question: "Why bother learning all these tags and attributes if you can use a WYSIWYG editor?" It's a fair question, so we asked some web developers who hand-code HTML why they do it.
Chunky Soup
This is a nice blog/web-design repository.
MACCAWS: Making A Commercial Case for Adopting Web Standards
MACCAWS' mission is to provide Web authors with the resources necessary to promote Web standards as a commercially desirable choice for clients.
Blue Robot
This is another great repository for CSS layout tips and techniques
Hex Color Chart
This is a local copy of the Visibone Color Popup Chart. Just a handy color picker.
HTML Tidy
When editing HTML it's easy to make mistakes. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a simple way to fix these mistakes automatically and tidy up sloppy editing into nicely layed out markup? Well now there is! Dave Raggett's HTML TIDY is a free utility for doing just that. It also works great on the atrociously hard to read markup generated by specialized HTML editors and conversion tools, and can help you identify where you need to pay further attention on making your pages more accessible to people with disabilities.
XHTML/HTML Compatibility Guide
This W3C page discusses techniques for creating xhtml pages that are backwards compatible with HTML4 browsers.
CSS accessibility problems: is markup dead?
This article talks about the use and misuse of CSS as it pertains to accessibility
Accessibility Features of CSS
CSS benefits accessibility primarily by separating document structure from presentation. Style sheets were designed to allow precise control - outside of markup - of character spacing, text alignment, object position on the page, audio and speech output, font characteristics, etc. By separating style from markup, authors can simplify and clean up the HTML in their documents, making the documents more accessible at the same time.
CSS Layout Techniques: for Fun and Profit
If you are looking for help making the transition to CSS layout (that's Cascading Style Sheets), you've come to the right place. I am cataloging here as many useful cross-browser CSS layout techniques as I can find....
Give Me Pixels or Give Me Death
Here is a nice piece of persuasive literature promoting the use of pixels over anything else (ems, percentages, points ) for text sizing in CSS. THL currently uses ems for text sizing
Book: Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation
Suitable for Web designers and developers alike, Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation provides an extremely approachable guide to some of the latest thinking on cascading style sheets for separating out content from presentation.


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Free Lecture: Building the Impossible
Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 12 - 2pm
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Architects are exploring forms and aesthetics that were impossible to realize as recently as ten years ago. From the swoopy curves of Frank Gehry's Experience Music Project to the crisp angularity of the Rem Koolhaus Seattle Central Library, architects are truly exploring the boundaries of what modern building technologies can support.
Seattle Central Library; Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus, architects
This presentation by Jon Magnusson, a civil engineer and Senior Principal at Magnusson Klemencic Associates, will explore the way many "impossible dreams" were conceptualized, designed, and built. Projects to be examined include the Seattle Central Library, the San Jose International Airport designed by Fentress Architects and CenturyLink Field in Seattle, designed by Ellerbe Becket in association with Loschky Marquardt & Nesholm Architects. Each of these projects succeeded by creating a different set of engineering solutions ranging from inventing new structural systems to advanced construction methodology to seismic isolation. The presentation will finish with a look to the future with another generation of exotic architecture pushing technology forward.
Jon Magnusson is Senior Principal at Magnusson Klemencic Associates consulting structural/civil engineers with offices in Seattle, Chicago, Shanghai, and Riyadh. The 175-person firm has provided engineering services for projects in 47 states and 51 countries. Mr. Magnusson is a licensed professional engineer in 24 states. He is a Fellow in IStructE, an Honorary Member of the national American Institute of Architects, a Distinguished Member of ASCE, and was recently honored by the American Institute of Steel Construction with a Designer Lifetime Achievement Award.
This lecture, organized by the Civil Engineering Department of the Albert Nerken School of Engineering, has been generously funded by the Steel Institute of New York.
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Police say a fire at the Yallourn power station in Gippsland in June last year was caused by an act of sabotage.
The blaze shut down the power station.
Three generators were knocked out at the plant which supplies a quarter of Victoria's energy.
It came in the middle of a bitter industrial dispute between the power station operator Energy Australia and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU).
The fire coincided with Energy Australia's decision to lock CFMEU members out of the site indefinitely.
Detective Sergeant Alan Rumble says police are asking anyone with information about the fire to come forward.
"As a result of our enquiries we've been able to determine in fact the fire was a direct cause of a sabotage incident," he said.
"It was an extremely dangerous incident, potentially fatal for the person who conducted the offence.
"We are aware that people out there in the community know, have knowledge in relation to this incident, and we're keen for those people to come forward and contact Crime Stoppers."
The Victorian Energy Minister Nicholas Kotsiras has issued a statement saying he is very concerned to read about the allegations.
"No group or individual should be able to threaten the safety of workers and critical infrastructure which all Victorians rely on," he said.
"These matters are being investigated and if found true, should be dealt with by the full weight of the law."
The power station's operator says it will not comment while the investigation is underway.
The union says it is gravely concerned about the revelations.
In a statement, the CFMEU says it does not condone sabotage and it expects police will act if they have credible evidence..
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 1, 2013) – Matt Fuerbringer has joined the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team staff as an assistant coach, as announced by new head coach John Speraw.
| U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team Head Coach John Speraw,
left, poses with Matt Fuerbringer on March 26.
Fuerbringer, 39, has almost 10 years of experience coaching junior club volleyball and has spent the last year as the volunteer assistant coach under Speraw at UCLA. He is well-known for being a pro beach volleyball player and came close to making the 2012 U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball Team. He played indoor volleyball for Stanford University and also professionally overseas.
"I was honored and humbled to be asked to be an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team," Fuerbringer said. "Coaching is what I have always wanted to do and working with John at UCLA has helped me realize I'm ready to take my coaching career to the next level."
"Matt is an absolutely outstanding coach even though he doesn't have much formal experience," Speraw said. "He's been a professional on the beach and an excellent player on the beach for a long time. He's got great presence. He's articulate and intelligent. His professional experience gives him empathy with the players and their situation. I'm excited about him joining our staff and know he'll be a great coach for Team USA."
Fuerbringer has already begun work at the USA Volleyball offices at the American Sports Centers in Anaheim, Calif. The U.S. Men's National Team moved to Anaheim in 2006 and it is now the Official Host City for both the U.S. Men's and Women's National Volleyball Teams.
Speraw, who was named the U.S. Men's National Team head coach on March 25, has known Fuerbringer since the two played against each other in college. Speraw was a middle blocker at UCLA and Fuerbringer played outside hitter at Stanford.
Prior to working with Speraw at UCLA, Fuerbringer coached at Mizuno Long Beach, a program directed by his wife Joy McKienzie-Fuerbringer, and founded Team Rockstar three years ago.
Fuerbringer grew up in Costa Mesa, Calif., and played volleyball and basketball at Estancia High School. At Stanford, Fuerbringer was a four-time AVCA All-American and a member of the 1997 NCAA National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship team. His final block sealed the first NCAA men's volleyball title for Stanford.
After Stanford, Fuerbringer played professional indoor volleyball from 1999-2003.
Fuerbringer has played pro beach volleyball since 2003. In 2012, he and partner Nick Lucena were edged out for the United States' final Olympic Games berth in a battle that came down to the final qualification tournament. Fuerbringer and Lucena finished fifth in the FIVB Olympic rankings and were the highest ranked team not to go to London because the United States was limited to two teams per gender.
Matt Fuerbringer and Joy Fuerbringer-McKienzie have two children, Charlie and Mateo.
Speraw will complete his staff in the coming days, including a second full-time assistant coach and a technical coordinator.


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With 31 NFL stadiums and the useful life of each one in the range of 20 to 30 years, it's safe to say that at any given moment at least one NFL team will be jockeying for a new venue.
Most of them do their jockeying atop a horse named Taxpayer's Money.
The Rams are among the current crop of franchises that officially are in the jockeying business. Their lease at the Edward Jones Dome, which became effective in 1995, officially has converted to a 20-year contract that, after the 2014 season, continues on a year-to-year basis.
This means that, after the next two seasons and any season thereafter, the Rams can leave St. Louis.
It's unclear where they would go. It has long been assumed that the Rams would go back to Los Angeles. But the process of finding a suitable location is going nowhere, in part because those who would build a stadium would like to own at least one of the teams that would play there.
Last year, the Rams announced that they would play one home game per year for three straight years in London, in a clear effort to begin building a fan base in England. The Rams reduced that plan to one game after the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission objected.
A permanent move to London now becomes a strong possibility, as does finagling a new stadium elsewhere in the St. Louis area, thanks to the extreme leverage that comes from an expiring lease.
There's another potential plan, which could be the only way to make a London franchise logistically viable in the short term. The Rams could play some games each year in London, and some in St. Louis. They'd still be the "St. Louis Rams," and any home playoff games would be played in St. Louis.
Having one or two teams play a split schedule with anywhere from two to four home games played each year in London could be the best way to lay the foundation for the eventual permanent relocation of a team to London. While the logistical challenges would remain, it would be easier to get the average NFL fan to accept the change if it occurs as part of a gradual, inevitable process.
Regardless, the NFL seems to be determined to expand dramatically its current flirtation with London. The Rams are now in position to allow the NFL move things to a new level.


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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Tenses: They Work Well in Groups
By Ela Newman
Instructor in Developmental Writing and in ESL
University of Texas at Brownsville
Timelines and lists of time adverbials commonly used with specific tenses definitely cleared up some of my confusion. Still, differentiating between the two Present Perfect tenses, for example, was a Herculean task. Can I blame my puzzlement on, as Ralph Walker points out, "the nature of these two tenses, which are neither wholly present nor wholly past, but paradoxically both present and past"? (http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/33/e5/f1.pdf )
Going Beyond Tense Pairs
Teachers often use activities which contrast two related tenses, but it seems that tasks requiring students to use three, four, or even five tenses can do the trick more effectively. Students not only practice the forms and demonstrate an understanding of the meaning of each tense, but, by having to switch tenses, they learn when each is appropriately used.
Five Tenses: Sample Activity
One of my favorite "tense-decision" exercises is based on an information gap activity created by Nick Hall and John Shepheard more than fifteen years ago. In this activity, called "Ups and Downs," students work with four tenses. In my slightly modified version of the task, students practice five tenses: Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous, Present Continuous, Simple Past, and Future Perfect.
Students work in pairs and are given two versions of a line graph presenting one trend, such as a trend in DVD sales, inflation rates, road accidents, crime rate, or online shopping, but each version is missing some information. (Here is an example: tenses.chart.pdf) The students' task is to complete both versions of the graph so that each is identical to the other and so that it is clear what trend the chart represents. While working on the task, students need to decide which tense they should use when asking their partner questions about the missing information. Here are a few sample questions and answers.
Q: What happened to the crime rate between 2007 and 2008?
A: It rose dramatically.
Q: What has happened to it since 2008?
A: It has changed since 2008. It has been falling steadily.
Q: What is happening this year?
A: It is continuing to fall.
Q. What will have happened to it by 2010?
A. They predict it will have decreased slightly by 2010.
Do you think we could include more tenses in this exercise? Do you know of other activities which combine more than, let's say, three tenses?
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