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Matt Barnes
RHP / Connecticut
HOMETOWN: Bethel, Conn.
PREVIOUSLY DRAFTED: Never drafted
BIRTHDATE: June 17, 1990
SCOUTING PROFILE: Barnes has been a revelation since going undrafted in 2008 as a little-known, lightly-recruited prospect out of a Connecticut high school. He started slowly in college, but by his sophomore year with the Huskies, he had added 7-8 mph in velocity to his fastball, peaking at 97, and significantly developed his off-speed pitches. He went 8-3, 3.92 a year ago, and had a standout summer with Team USA, going 3-0, 1.42 with 26 strikeouts and five walks in 19 innings. That set the stage for 2011, and not only were Barnes and his UConn teammate George Springer, another local prep product, pegged as potential high first-round picks for this year's draft, but long-time Northeast scouts were calling the Huskies the most-talented college team ever produced in the region. The Huskies unexpectedly struggled out of the blocks to begin the 2011 season before righting the ship, but Barnes has been steady throughout and carried an 8-2, 0.92 record into late April, along with 17 walks and 69 strikeouts in 78 innings. Perhaps most impressively, he had limited hitters to a .152 average. Over his three year college career, he has seen his ERA drop from 5.43 to 3.92, to this year's sub-1.00 mark. Though Barnes was largely unheralded when he enrolled at UConn, he was on the radar of most scouts in the area all along because of his loose arm and projectable frame. Along with a significant increase in velocity, his feel for pitching has also improved by leaps and bounds. He produces a good downhill angle on his fastball, and generates more arm-side run on the pitch than sinking action, though he does get good sink on his two-seamer. Besides his above-average fastball, Barnes has a chance for three average secondary pitches. His hard, sharp 75-78 mph curve is his best off-speed pitch, though he still has a tendency to cut it off instead of snapping it off out front. His 79-80 mph slider continues to evolve, but often is flat with a slurvy-shaped rotation. He can produce the same arm speed on his changeup as his fastball, and locates it well to both sides of the plate with late sink. Though Barnes uses minimal effort in his delivery, he still struggles at times with his mechanics, particularly in identifying a consistent release point, which mildly impacts his command. It's rare when one college will produce two players in the top 10 picks of the same draft, much less 10-11 picks in the same draft. But Connecticut has a fair shot at turning both those tricks, and the only suspense might be whether Barnes or Springer goes off the board first.
Projected Draft Position: First round / top 8-15 picks.
Perfect Game Events Attended
2006 WWBA Underclass World Championship
2006 WWBA World Championship
2007 BCS 16u Northeast Regional
2007 WWBA 2007 Grads or 18u National Championship
2007 Northeast Top Prospect Showcase
2007 NE Top Prospects Games
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The Collier Township Municipal Authority (CTMA) was originally incorporated on September 18, 1949, under the Municipal Authorities Act of 1945. The Authority was created to provide sanitary sewer service to those areas that were not yet served by the Township of Collier, and to maintain those sanitary sewer lines already in service.
The Authority is managed by a five-member board. Each year one Municipal Authority board member is appointed or reappointed to a five-year term by the Township of Collier Board of Commissioners. CTMA operates as a separate entity from the Township of Collier solely for the purpose of building and maintaining sanitary sewers. The Authority is financed entirely from sanitary sewer customer's fees and grant money. No Township tax dollars are used for the operation of the Authority's sanitary sewers.
Collier Township Municipal Authority presently has a treatment agreement with Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN), which treats all of the sanitary sewage generated from within Collier Township. This agreement eliminates the need for a treatment plant in the Authority service area.
At present, the Authority has approximately 2500 customers. All of the major population areas of Collier Township are connected to sanitary sewer service, with the exception of the Cowan/Upper McMichael area, the Baldwin Road area between Ewing and McMichael, and the Ridge Road area. There are three phases to the Cowan/Upper McMichael Sewer Project, the first phase has been installed, and the second and third phases have been planned. Feasibility studies have been compiled for the Baldwin and Ridge Road areas.
Collier Township Municipal Authority (70%) and South Fayette Municipal Authority (30%) jointly own and maintain part of the Thoms Run Road sanitary sewer line, under a construction agreement entered into by both authorities in order to share the costs of providing sanitary sewer service to that watershed area.
If sewage backs up into basements or overflows from manholes or diversion chambers, call the first person on this list. If the person called is not available, please leave a message and call the next person on the list.
Jim Nordquist; NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc. (412) 262-3970 work (412) 600-9076 cell
Daniel Oberleitner; CTMA Chairman (724) 307-3004
Dan Fotovich; CTMA Member (412) 848-8827
Gerhardt Egri; CTMA Member (412) 276-4391
Rich Kuppelweiser; CTMA Member (724) 244-1979
If overflows from pump stations occur, call the first person on this list. If the person called is not available, please leave a message and call the next person on the list.
Jim Nordquist; NIRA Consulting Engineers, Inc. (412) 262-3970 work (412) 600-9076 cell
CWM Environmental; (724) 543-3011 Office
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Bachmann's surprising announcement: She's not running for re-election… And her surprising explanation: that her decision isn't impacted by doubts about being re-election (when she won in 2012 by just 4,000 votes) or an ethics investigation (when she already began airing TV ads earlier this month)… The political consequences of an improving economy… Fundraising day for the Obamas -- the president heads to Chicago, while the first lady travels to New York and Boston… Ted Cruz also visits New York, where he speaks at a GOP dinner (and his presence there has sparked some controversy)… And Joe Miller is in, while Cory Gardner is out.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., announced Wednesday morning that she will not seek a fifth term in office. NBC's Domenico Montanaro reports.
*** Bachmann's surprise: A word of warning to anyone thinking about 2016: Running for president doesn't always help your political career. After unsuccessful presidential bids in '04 and '08, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) later found himself without a congressional seat. After he finished sixth in the '08 Iowa caucuses -- after moving his family to the state -- Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) saw his popularity in his state plummet and decided not to run for re-election. And after briefly running for president in 2008, former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) lost a Senate race four years later. And now you can add Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), who like Dodd finished sixth in Iowa in 2012, to this list. "After a great deal of thought and deliberation, I have decided next year I will not seek a fifth congressional term," she said in a video message on her website. She added, "Be assured, my decision was not in any way influenced by any concerns about my being re-elected to Congress... And rest assured, this decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former presidential campaign or my former presidential staff."
*** And her surprising explanation: But it's hard to buy that explanation. For one thing, she BARELY won re-election last year. Per MSNBC.com's Jessica Taylor, she beat her Democratic opponent by just 4,296 votes -- even as Mitt Romney won this suburban Twin Cities seat by 15 percentage points. And that opponent, Jim Graves, had already announced he was going to challenge her again in 2014. What's more, Bachmann already began airing a TV ad THIS MONTH for her re-election -- some 17 months before Election Day 2014. Politically, Bachmann's decision not to run for re-election is bad news for Democrats. Why? She's probably the only Republican who's at risk of losing that congressional seat. MSNBC's Taylor adds that Bachmann's district was drawn to be the most Republican district in the state; in 2008, McCain got 55% percent, while Bush took 58% in 2004. Yet Bachmann consistently underperformed the top of the ticket, though Democrats were never able to topple the congresswoman.
*** The political consequences of an improving economy: When discussing the economy over the past couple of years, we've always kept this in mind: The U.S. economy is never as bad you might think it is, but it's also not as good, either. That said, the recent economic news has been surprisingly good, despite the sequester cuts. Yesterday, as NBC's John Yang reported on "Nightly News," we found out that house prices jumped to their highest level in seven years, and consumer confidence (according to the Conference Board) increased to a five-year high. The improving economy -- and improving economic confidence -- has a couple of potential political consequences. First, it changes the opposition's issue matrix. After all, the GOP's "Where are the jobs?" question has been replaced by "What did the president know about the IRS or Benghazi?" Second, it could impact the 2014 midterm environment. Remember, in the summer of 2010, the unemployment rate was at 9.5%, and that was as big of a factor in the GOP midterm gains that year as the health-care law or the cap-and-trade legislation. Of course, we have a LONG way to go until 2014, but the state of the economy is definitely something to watch.
*** Fundraising day for the Obamas: Today, both President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hit the road to raise money for Democrats. The president travels to his hometown of Chicago for a pair of fundraisers benefitting the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Meanwhile, the first lady heads to New York City (where she raises money with NBA player Jason Collins, who recently announced he's gay, at the Democratic National Committee's LGBT gala) and Boston (where she attends a fundraiser for Massachusetts Senate candidate Ed Markey). Speaking of Markey, the Republican Senate campaign committee is out with a web video this morning hitting the Democrat for 271 votes for higher taxes in Congress, picking up the message GOP opponent Gabriel Gomez has been talking about on the trail this week.
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Republican presidential candidate Congresswoman Michele Bachmann announces she is ending her presidential campaign at a news conference in West Des Moines, Iowa, in this file photo.
*** Cruz cruises to New York: In another fundraiser tonight, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is the star attraction at the New York Republican Party's annual dinner, which begins at 6:50 pm ET. But Cruz – who voted against Hurricane Sandy relief – has already sparked some controversy inside the New York GOP. "I don't think we should be acknowledging people who are voting against us in our hour of need," Rep. Peter
Steve King (R-NY) told Buzzfeed yesterday. "Once I found it was him, I decided not to go. I don't know if I would have gone or not because of scheduling things, but that made it easy once I found out it was Ted Cruz." Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) also won't be attending the dinner. But the NY GOP Chair Ed Cox defended Cruz's participation tonight, per Buzzfeed. "Ted Cruz made it absolutely clear he was all for Sandy aid but he was against the pork which was stuffed in there by the Democrats, and that's what he was voting against," Cox said. "This is very much going to be about growth and opportunity, showing the diversity that is the Republican Party here in New York State."
*** Joe Miller is in, Cory Gardner is out: Lastly a couple of other 2014 developments. First, conservative Joe Miller – who unsuccessfully ran for Alaska's Senate seat in 2010 – filed paperwork indicating that he's planning to run for the Senate again in 2014, Politico writes. And Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) announced that he won't challenge Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) next year.
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Blizzard has replaced its traditional StarCraft 2 demo with a new bundle of content it's calling the StarCraft 2 "Starter Edition." Anyone with a Battle.net account can download and play it, although you will need to be online to play. Here's what you'll get to play with before you have to pay:
- The first four missions of the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty single-player campaign, including Mar Sara 1-3 and the choice to embark on Tychus's first mission or Dr. Hansen's first mission.
- The first two Challenges: Tactical Command and Covert Ops.
- Access to the terran race in Custom Games and Single-Player vs. AI.
- Access to the following custom maps (map selection may rotate over time): Xel'Naga Caverns, Shattered Temple, Discord IV, and High Orbit
"Any campaign progress and achievements you earn while playing StarCraft II: Starter Edition are automatically saved to your Battle.net account, and will carry over should you ever upgrade from the Starter Edition to the full version of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty," Blizzard explained on the game's official page.
This is a big chunk of gameplay to give away, one that will give you a very good idea of all the different ways to play StarCraft 2. You'll even be able to play against friends who own the full version of the game, as long as they're fine playing on the maps available to you. The only downsides are the necessity of the Battle.net account and Internet connection.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The government is prosecuting only about one out of four of those charged in connection with terrorism, according to a study that suggests federal agencies don't agree on who is a terrorist.
People charged with terrorism often go free because the evidence wasn't strong enough to bring them to trial, says the study by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a data research group at Syracuse University.
Since 2002, the percentage of terrorism cases that federal prosecutors declined to pursue has grown from 31 percent to 73 percent, the TRAC study found.
Nearly 6,000 of the close to 8,900 cases referred for prosecution by federal investigators between 2004 and 2008 were closed without action. Of the remaining cases, 2,302 people were convicted and 1,245 went to prison, the study found, and just 52 were sentenced to 20 years or more.
According to the data, U.S. attorneys reported that the cases brought to them by investigators were often based on weak or insufficient admissible evidence, lacked criminal intent or did not constitute a federal offense.
The Justice Department disagrees with TRAC's analysis and conclusions and says the data omits some statistics and uses data that differs from the agency's information.
"In the eight years since the Sept. 11 attacks, the Justice Department has significantly improved its ability to identify, penetrate and dismantle terrorist plots," said spokesman Dean Boyd.
Terror charges can range from dramatic bombing plots to immigration violations or certain instances of financial fraud and identity theft.
Scores of organizations across the federal government – the FBI, IRS, Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives just to name a few – enforce laws that can be associated with terrorism. Federal prosecutors determine which cases will be brought to court.
The prosecutions are tracked by three different groups: the federal courts through the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; the National Security Division of the Justice Department; and the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, which is also part of the Justice Department and includes the offices of the 94 U.S. attorneys in the U.S. and its territories.
All three have varying ways of identifying terror-related crimes, and TRAC found that about one-third of the defendants charged in federal court with a terrorism offense were not categorized as having a connection to terrorism. The findings led TRAC to conclude that the government must better define and focus its terrorism enforcement.
"The government seems to be unable to make up its mind what is a terrorist," said David Burnham, an author of the TRAC study . "We think the data suggests that they're targeting the wrong subjects in a big way."
As a result, Burnham said, the growing number of those who are arrested but never charged signals a civil liberties problem, since many may have been detained erroneously or had to retain lawyers.
"Good targeting is great," he said. "But if there are also a lot of people being falsely targeted or not being identified because of a failure to figure out a specific, clear definition of what (federal officials) are trying to do, then that's dangerous for the country."


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EMERALD ISLE � One person was in the audience at Friday�s change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Station Emerald Isle who might not have been.
EMERALD ISLE � One person was in the audience at Friday�s change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Station Emerald Isle who might not have been.
Mark Lancaster�s was one of the 66 lives saved during the 144 search and rescue cases conducted during the three years that Chief Warrant Officer Robert Lepere served as officer in charge at Station Emerald Isle.
During Friday�s ceremony, Lepere recalled meeting Lancaster after he had recovered from the heart attack he had while relaxing with his wife aboard their boat off Bogue Sound.
Lancaster thanked him for saving his life.
�It put things in perspective for me,� Lepere said.
There were many involved in that day�s rescue, including the Coast Guard auxiliary, Emerald Isle EMS, and Carteret General Hospital.
Lepere and Capt. Sean Murtagh, who recently was sworn in as the new commander for Coast Guard Sector North Carolina, noted Station Emerald Isle�s strong community ties.
�We also work in the community and we are a part of it,� Murtagh said.
Earlier this year, the town worked with Station Emerald Isle to rename a portion of Station Street in honor of Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III, who died in the line of duty off the California coast. Horne had been executive petty officer at Emerald Isle before serving in California.
Through it all, Lepere said he was fortunate to build strong relationships while in Emerald Isle and to work with a well-trained, dedicated crew.
"This has been an amazing three years for me," he said. "I have been blessed with a top-notch crew of professionals and all-around great people. The partnerships and friendships we have with other agencies and town government within the local community are truly what make Station Emerald Isle unique. My family and I will truly miss it here and we hope to be back someday."
During the change of command ceremony, Lepere turned his duties over to Chief Petty Officer Matthew Wolanzyk. His previous assignment was the Response Boat-Medium school chief at Training Center Yorktown, Va.
Wolanzyk said he�s seen the dedication and work ethic of the Emerald Isle crew in the short time he�s been in town.
�It says a lot about how Chief Lepere has run the station,� he said.
Lepere�s next assignment will be as the commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Gloucester in Gloucester, Mass.
Station Emerald Isle�s missions include: search and rescue, recreational boating safety, law enforcement and marine environmental protection. The station is home to 24 active-duty members and 11 reserve members.
Contact Daily News reporter Jannette Pippin at 910-382-2557 or email@example.com. Visit JDNews.com to comment.


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Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 8:30AM Gilad Atzmon The previously secretive campaign to halt Press TV Ltd, the British production company, from making programs critical of Western Imperialism, is finally out in the open.Thanks to Wikileaks.
Let me explain. Ever since it first began making programs some four years ago, Press TV Ltd (the British company, who sells documentaries and series to the Iranian channel of the same name), has been under pressure from what Princess Diana would have known as 'dark Forces.'
Pressure had taken the form, until recently, of the usual nonsense from Zionist organizations. Letter writers, linked to the Israeli Embassy in London and its web of supporters, have been trying to use Ofcom as some kind of offshoot Hasbara body. Endless letters of complaint were sent to the broadcasting monitor, whenever Press TV, broadcast a news items shedding light on the thuggery, blackmail and racism inherent in Israeli government policy. Thus, faux 'shock, horror' objections to shows like the one I present, 'Remember Palestine' pushed Ofcom to uphold minor criticisms. And have led to negative headlines in the ridiculous Jewish Chronicle against an otherwise excellent UK bureau. Happily, the most recent attempt to besmirch the veracity of Remember Palestine, was so feeble, that Ofcom dug its heels in. Here's part of the complaint;
Here is a summary paragraph from Ofcom's response:
"In this instance, while the subject of the Patria was raised, it was contributor Trevor Mostyn who said the ship had been deliberately sunk by a hard-line Jewish terrorist group. Lauren Booth clarified Mr Mostyn's position with him and what the motivations for such action would have been, before asking him "Weren't the British accused of blowing-up that boat?"
Programmes such as Remember Palestine are able to examine subjects from a particular perspective. The comments about the sinking of the Patria may contrast with the individual who has claimed responsibility for planting the bomb and said it was a miscalculation rather than a deliberate attempt to sink the vessel, Mr Mostyn's comments were aired from a contributor who had his own personal perspective on events. Viewers would frame his opinions in the context of his personal background as a partial contributor on a channel known for taking a stance on subjects relating to the Middle East. We are also mindful, while you disagree with the view offered, Mr Mostyn did not make any derogatory or offensive comments about his subject or Jewish people".
And it goes on:
"With regard to your wider comments about Press TV, Ofcom is an evidence-based regulator and we need to view specific content to determine whether material has breached our regulations."
Remember Palestine and 'Comment', hosted by the legendary George Galloway (another target) have publicly exposed Israeli war crimes. Our shows, meet UK standards, they just go farther into the truth than other broadcasters (namely the BBC) dare.
As the malign letter writing campaign against Press TV has had only limited success to date. Next came the hacking of emails, facebook accounts and mobile phones that have tried and failed (laughably so) to cause tensions between colleagues. Clearly whoever, runs such things was now looking for a more covert way to try and upset a legally run, British company. Those, darker forces: Zionist funds, fuelling US policy pressurising British Government to stifle debate. All working again behind the scenes of British life.
What is fascinating is that now we have Wikileaks, such campaigns of business 'terrorism' are increasinglymade visible to the untrained eye.
With this in mind, last month, Press TV executives in London were interested to note the wikileaks release of cables between the US embassy in London and the US State Department. And between an official named 'Poloff' from the London embassy and Jaime Turner at the FCO.
The cables were dated the 2nd of Feb 2010. Here is the relevant part.
' HMG is exploring ways to limit the operations of the IRIB's Press TV service, which operates a large bureau (over 80 staff) in London. However, UK law sets a very high standard for denying licenses to broadcasters. Licenses can only be denied in cases where national security is threatened, or if granting a license would be contrary to Britain's obligations under international law. Currently, neither of these standards can be met with respect to Press TV, but if further sanctions are imposed on Iran in the coming months, a case may be able to be made on the second criterion'.
'Denying licenses to broadcasters' would the motivation for doing that, having anything to do with the fact that Press TV has more Gazan correspondents on-the-ground than any other rolling news channel?That 'second criterion' of sanctions against the Iranian government, by the way, should not apply to a TV Channel in Iran. Much less a production company in the UK that merely sends it product. Press TV Ltd is subject to UK Law, is registered in England & Wales at Companies House, is run by a British Chief Executive. It generates tax revenue for Britain and provides work opportunities for people at a time when unemployment is high.
Having failed then to find a legitimate problem with the quality or content of programs being produced. The wiki leaked memo makes it clear that other methods, are being sought by the British government, (as a lap dog to US masters), to shut this company down. But what would the FCO wonks come up with? Who are the big buddies of this coalition government? Those in a potentially useful position to cripple legitimate, yet outspoken, companies lethally and (they presumed) silently?
Step forward the good old British Bank. Yes folks, our very own subsidized, tax revenue bailed out fat cats, spring into action!
Last month, suddenly and without any warning, the National Westminster Bank, Commercial Banking office, froze Press TV Ltd's business account.
By 'froze', I mean it sealed off the main trading account for the production company, in which lies more the 100,000 pounds sterling. This money is now unable to be accessed by the British companies executives for trading purposes.
Bizarre, no?
Was any warning given of this action? No. Executives received a letter saying the account was frozen. Done and dusted. No debate, no argument, no professional meetings, no bad business history, not even a feeble attempt at an excuse for this commercial terrorism. Nada. Indeed, so confident were Nat West executives of a silence from the authorities, that a month on, they have yet to bother offering confounded executives at the channel a reason for such punitive, draconian, theft.
For if you or I couldn't get to a hundred k of our own money, isn't that what we'd rightfully call it?
And there's more, the bank has stated it will close the accounts permanently in February 2011. Potentially leaving British staff unpaid and ending the companies ability to trade completely.
The freezing of Press TV Ltd business account by Nat West Bank, is a politically motivated act. Intended to cripple a thriving British company, whose programs and news bulletins shed light on areas of policy which certain agencies would sooner keep in the dark.
Perhaps Nick Clegg would like to take a look at protecting British jobs here at Press TV Ltd.
We knew that free speech was never a favourite with the Blair machine, the anti terror laws are still used to lock up those who take to the streets to question government policy. But this action against a legally operating UK production company should send a shiver down the back of all who those who speak out; about government policy, American imperialism and yes, the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
The bank accounts of those companies who bring uncomfortable truths into the public domain, can now be closed as part of a political agenda, eliciting from the USA. Supported by the Nat West and Her Majesty's Government.
Two years ago, the Palestinian charity Interpal suffered almost precisely just such a business attack. Interpal still has major banking problems because their account with Islamic Bank of Britain has no external clearing facilities. Basically, banks can pick and choose who they hold accounts for, and can close accounts without any reasons being given and with no right of appeal.
Although the government has a charter, to make sure that every individual has access to banking facilities, this doesn't apply to companies and corporate bodies like Muslim charities.
Or Press TV.
So with these cards on the table. The question I'd like to pose to all those in the charitable or the activism world.
What are we going to do about it?
A first step may be to ask Vince Cable what he intends to do to protect the British jobs at risk due to Nat West's actions; http://www.bis.gov.uk/contact/ministers-business.
The next is to contact the Nat West Bank directly and demand an explanation.
Thanks again to Wikileaks for making public the dark ops increasingly being used by governments to silence critics.
The irony that the British government now appears to be part of a larger attempt to stifle free speech in a company that sells prograns to Iran. Has not passed anyone here at Press TV by.
Lauren Booth, Journalist and Broadcaster


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On April 22, 2005, Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) will become a tobacco and smoke-free campus. Believing that any use of tobacco is harmful to children, ACH joins a growing number of organizations that have eliminated tobacco and smoking on their campuses. Through programs designed to help adhere to the hospital's commitment to become tobacco and smoke-free, ACH will make every effort to support patients, families and staff with the implementation of this new policy.
This decision was made in support of ACH's mission to enhance, sustain and restore the health and development of children and to create and maintain a healthy environment for employees, physicians, families and visitors. "It's the right thing to do for our kids. We are a children's hospital and we want to demonstrate healthy lifestyles and support the many patients, families, and staff who are sensitive to second-hand smoke. We want to make this a properly healthy place for kids who come here," stated Jonathan Bates, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of ACH.
Many parents of patients at ACH are also very happy about the decision to become a smoke-free campus. "We have been so blessed to have ACH to take care of our medically fragile 18-year-old son. For years, ACH has been the leader in the state on child health issues. From advocacy, medical policy and health legislation, to research, internationally renowned health care professionals and emerging medical technology, ACH shines as the place we want our children to be if they are sick. It is wonderful to hear that ACH will once again take the lead in children's health and promote a smoke-free facility. ACH will set an example that smoke-free is the best for the children of Arkansas. Our family does not smoke and now my children will not have to observe people at ACH smoking and will only see ACH as a place of care, love and hope," says Jennifer Cavnor, parent of an ACH patient.
On November 18, 2004, ACH became tobacco and smoke-free for its employees. This was a step towards becoming an entirely tobacco and smoke-free campus. Recently, the 85th General Assembly passed Act 134 which prohibits the smoking of tobacco in and on the grounds of all medical facilities. This act will become effective on October 1, 2005.
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Mass Effect 2: The Arrival
Mass Effect 2 Arrival DLC gets launch trailer
EA has released a trailer for Mass Effect 2's next and final piece of DLC, Arrival, which is due today. You want Reapers? We got Reapers.
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Mass Effect comics to return to series timeline
Mass Effect lead writer Mac Walters has dropped a few hints regarding an upcoming comic series.
Dragon Age II leaflet teases Mass Effect 2 DLC
A video has appeared of someone unboxing their copies of Dragon Age II, which contains a teaser to the final piece of DLC for Mass Effect 2.
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A Bohemian Garden Wedding at the Gardens at Peacock Farms in Arroyo Grande, California
Jenna Mae Gibson (26 and an employee of Wonderful Pistachios and Almonds) was working as a host at a sushi restaurant when she met Doug Hidinger (33 and an assistant winemaker at Just In Vineyards), who was a sushi chef at the time. "Doug began training me to be a sushi chef, and we've spent every day together, since" Jenna Mae says. "We dated for almost seven years while we finished college and traveled to different places." Jenna Mae and Doug wanted their wedding to be relaxed and set in a naturally beautiful location. The Gardens at Peacock Farms in Arroyo Grande, California, was their ideal combination of elegance and bohemian beauty. "The venue was perfect for us because it was a one-stop place for everything, and it was gorgeous," Jenna Mae says. "We didn't have to decorate much since most of the plants were in bloom." After a ceremony under a luscious flower arch in the venue's garden, guests kicked back at the on-site reception—signing a pair of cornhole boards (in lieu of a guest book) and perusing a large table of desserts. In another departure from tradition, Jenna Mae and Doug skipped wedding favors and instead donated $2 per guest to their local animal shelter. "Our advice to future couples would be to make sure your guests have a good time. If they're feeling good, a lot of pressure is taken off when it's time to start the party," Jenna Mae says. "Also, take care of the major bookings well in advance, and a day-of coordinator is a life saver." —Carolyn Meers
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It's easy to get burned when buying firewood, so make sure you work with reputable companies. Here are some tips for buying firewood: -- Confusion can be avoided by purchasing wood by the cord, half-cord or quarter-cord. A cord is 128 cubic feet. When a cord is properly stacked, it should be as large as a stack that is 8 feet long by 4 feet high and 4 feet wide. Consumers should contact the seller immediately if they do not receive the quantity purchased. -- Buyers should understand basic firewood terms and rules to ensure they receive what was advertised. If firewood is sold as "seasoned," then it must have moisture content less than 50 percent. Unseasoned wood produces only two-thirds of the heat of seasoned wood. In addition, if a seller claims the wood is a specific type, the delivered load must contain at least 90 percent of that species. Canton Repository


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Sprint contest hints at Galaxy Nexus launch in April?
Sprint announced they would carry the Galaxy Nexus earlier this year and customers have been eagerly waiting ever since. We know it's coming in the first-half of 2012 and people can register for updates, but we have yet to hear about the official release date. Today Sprint shared two hints that suggest their Galaxy Nexus could arrive sooner than we think.
First Sprint started a new contest called the Data Storm Sweepstakes, where they are giving away 30 free Galaxy Nexus smartphones. Sprint is accepting entries to the contest through April 5, and then they will announce the winners on or about April 16. It doesn't say when the prizes will be shipped out, but one could assume it might happen as soon as next month.
Next Sprint uploaded a new video to YouTube that demonstrates the benefits of the Galaxy Nexus and Google Wallet. Once again no release date is mentioned, but Sprint says they are reading their 4G LTE network and the device is coming soon.
Sprint's 4G LTE network will only be available in a handful of cities when it launches in the coming months. Initial markets include Dallas, Atlanta, Houston and San Antonio and we recently learned that Baltimore and Kansas City would be next on the list to get LTE by mid-2012. Sprint has already rolled out their first LTE cluster in Kankakee, Illinois late last year, so I think they can meet their goal of a small launch by next quarter.
The Galaxy Nexus is still expected to become Sprint's first LTE smartphone, so we anticipate a simultaneous launch of the device and new network at the same time. It's always possible that Sprint could start selling the Galaxy Nexus before LTE is widely available (similar to the EVO 4G and their early WiMAX network), so be on the lookout for a surprise announcement as early as next month.


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One of Oakland Mayor Jean Quan's first promises on taking office in January 2011 was to post her schedule online, giving residents a peek at how she manages the public's business.
It is a commitment she has had trouble keeping.
During the past eight months, Quan has not posted a single calendar entry. Before that, her posts were intermittent. All told, the calendar she has made available to the public covers less than 30 percent of the time she has been in office.
An aide attributed the lapse to understaffing in the mayor's office.
"It is being done, it just doesn't get done right away, obviously," said Jay Allen, the mayor's interim communications manager. "The mayor wants to be transparent, but she also wants to be frugal. This is one of those areas where good intentions come to cross-purposes."
The mayor did not return calls requesting comment.
Quan's difficulty in fulfilling this high-profile yet modest campaign promise reflects the problems she has had in addressing the financial challenges, crime and social upheaval facing the city.
Last year, the city attorney and police chief quit, and voters rejected her parcel tax proposal that would have helped close the city's budget deficit. Her handling of Occupy Oakland protests threw the city into turmoil and helped spawn two unsuccessful attempts to recall her from office. And in June, she acknowledged that her plan to deploy police officers in violent neighborhoods was based on erroneous crime data.
On the city's website, Quan touts transparency in government as one of her chief policy objectives. "As Mayor, I pledged to: ... Be transparent. I promised no back-room deals. I post my schedule on line so people can see what I'm working on."
She elaborated on this pledge in a campaign video in November 2010, where she explained that posting her schedule online would allow people to "see how I'm using my time, who I'm meeting with, what are the main issues I'm taking up. I plan to make sure I have an ethical government, you know, that we have no cronyism, we have no corruption, that access to the mayor is based on important issues and not who gave me campaign contributions."
At the beginning of her term, the mayor posted weekly calendars covering her first two months in office. After that, however, she began posting fragments of her schedule seemingly at random. The last time a calendar entry was posted was January. All told, her calendar is available for 26 of the nearly 90 weeks she has been in office – and even for the posted weeks some days are missing.
One of Quan's rivals in the 2010 mayoral race says the public deserves to know which contractors gain access to city leaders and how much time Quan spends at policy and budget meetings.
"I think it's ridiculous," said Joe Tuman, a former mayoral candidate who serves as chairman of the communications department at San Francisco State University. "Voters have an expectation to know what you are doing and who you are meeting with. Instead she is keeping people in the dark."
Allen, Quan's spokesman, defended the mayor, saying the past eight months of her calendar are not yet online because the job of posting it falls to the mayor's scheduler and herexecutive assistant, who are busy juggling other demands.
"They are also manning the front desk, scheduling her appointments, fielding public records requests, providing the mayor with briefing books and accompanying the mayor to and from places when she doesn't drive herself, which she often does," Allen said.
"She was very committed and still is committed to putting her schedule online given her small staff," he added.
The Bay Citizen requested 15 months worth of Quan's calendar entries on June 28. The mayor's office promised to provide the documents by July 23 but then missed that deadline. On Aug. 30, after repeated requests, the mayor's office promised to "post the calendar online soon."
Bay Citizen reporter Shoshana Walter contributed to this report.
This story was produced by The Bay Citizen, a nonprofit, investigative news sources in the Bay Area and a part of the Center for Investigative Reporting. Learn more at www.baycitizen.org.


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It should be noted, that there is Family Tree Maker information on this Blog. Eventually they all will be moved to a Family Tree Maker User's Blog. When that is complete, those entries will be removed from this Blog.
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Brent Musburger, one of the most recognized and prominent voices in sports television, will call his final game Jan. 31 on ESPN as the Kentucky Wildcats host the Georgia Bulldogs at Rupp Arena.
And amid the host of farewells the veteran sportscaster is receiving, one in particular is standing out. It's from Katherine Webb, the woman who's career was sparked by Musburger's off the cuff comment about her physical appearance. Webb was in the stands of an Alabama and Notre Dame game in 2013, on hand to support her then beau, now husband, AJ McCarron. McCarron is now a backup QB with the Cincinnati Bengals. Musburger took notice.
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"You quarterbacks, you get all the good looking women, what a beautiful woman, wow!" Musburger said in the midst of the broadcast as the camera panned to Webb for a lingering look.
Musburger took some heat for the comment at the time. Some went as far as to call him a dirty old man for making the remarks about Webb. For her part, Webb said the comment didn't bother her and once the clip when viral, her career took off.
Among those taking notice was Donald Trump, who owned the USA Pageant at the time and offered Webb a position as a Miss USA judge. She also accepted an offer from Inside Edition to cover Super Bowl XLVII and landed a spot as a contestant on "Splash," formerly known as "Celebrity Diving." Webb also appeared as a model in the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
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We Chat with John Stage About Trial and Error Barbecue and His New Brooklyn Restaurant
"Now barbecue is everywhere; back then it was shrouded in mystery. It was a world I didn't know about and I kind of became obsessed."
If you've moved to New York rather recently, it's hard to imagine a time when brisket was served only at Shabbat dinner and a killer pulled pork was a hard thing to find. With some solid contenders from our fair city representing alongside pit masters from around the country at this weekend's Big Apple Barbecue (hosted by Blue Smoke), those days are definitely far behind us, and we've embraced the southern tradition as our own.
John Stage walks the north-south line in the barbecue world. He was slinging sausage, peppers, and onions around to festivals with his signature barbecue sauce when he crossed the Mason Dixon line and had his ego bruised with the discovery that his was not barbecue. So like a typical New Yorker, he set out to learn all he could and then took his findings upstate, where Dinosaur Bar-B-Cue was born. Now he's got six restaurants in the tri-state area, with our local home in Harlem and a new location opening this month in Brooklyn.
So, what does it take to stand up to Texas, Tennessee, Memphis and the Carolinas at the pit? We headed to Harlem on a Thursday morning to find out. And in case you're wondering, brisket and ribs make a pretty darn good breakfast at the Dinosaur.
You're Italian American from the north... I am a Yankee, yes...
And you were slinging sausage and peppers before you converted your focus completely to barbecue. Do you remember what inspired you to do so? I started this in 1983 doing biker events, fairs, and festivals. I did not grow up in a barbecue culture. The fairs headed down the eastern seaboard, and once I crossed the Mason Dixon line I was told what I was doing was not barbecue. I made my own sauce! I was like, "What do you mean? It's barbecue." I had no idea about pits in the ground and slow smoking.
How did you educate yourself? I got on my bike and took a very long trip through the south and just tasted everything until I got to what was the Shangri-La of barbecue, Memphis. This was in '85 or '86, and I opened up the restaurant in '88.
Why commit? Because I got the bug of it—there was a whole new world that I didn't know about. Now barbecue is everywhere; back then it was shrouded in mystery. It was a world I didn't know about and I kind of became obsessed.
I love a quote from Kenny Callahan's interview last year at this time about pit masters: "They will give you the shirts off their backs. They will lie to you through their teeth if you try to ask them any secrets, but they will do it in the most hospitable manner possible." Without the resources we have today, how did you break in? You know, it really became trial and error. It's the same four things in barbecue: there's meat, there's spice, there's smoke, there's sauce. I had the sauce developed and felt pretty good about that. So it was about learning the technique. And everyone was really gracious—every time I asked a question it got a response. And then it became trial and error, without a doubt.
How has your focus changed over the years? Even with the amount of restaurants it became a never-ending pursuit to get better. You can never take your eye off that. There's so much competition, once you do you're fucked.
What does "better" mean to you? With six restaurants it's always about the people, and getting the people and the processes in line with what we're trying to do. Monitoring and training is the hard part.
And I assume training a pit boss is very different than a line cook. It ain't easy at all. Barbecue is very physical, and you're predicting the future. A lot of what we train is looking at what we've cooked before. There are so many variables in barbecue, and it's the judgment calls. If you have 40 briskets coming out, every one of those briskets has to be poked, prodded, and felt. So you have to train judgment in that long cooking process, and all those steps along the way.
There are so many people going into culinary school to be chefs, but barbecue is a different beast with, I assume, a smaller pool of serious contenders and greater variables? That's the hardest part. You have your pit bosses that have been around a long time take the pit guys under your wing. For a long time they'll do the seasoning, loading and building of fires. And then judgment becomes the job of the older pit boss. And that becomes the learning experience, every time you're taking meat out. And, again, I've been doing it 25 years and I still like to think I'm never going to stop learning about barbecue because there are so many curve balls and variables. Every piece of meat is different. You're taking this hunk of rough, tough meat and you're losing 50% of it. And what you end up with is hopefully something great. But there's a lot of judgment.
I'd bet mistakes are expensive, too. Yes they are, yes they are.
How does this fit into New York? Why did you feel you could succeed particularly in Harlem, a freestanding restaurant by the river under a highway bridge? Well, good question. If I did demographic studies and all that shit back in 2002, I probably wouldn't have chosen this. It was a different world in 2002 here, but I just loved the area. Number one, it was all auto-body shops, so I knew no one was going to complain about my smoke over here. But number two, this is where my family's from—Washington Heights—so I've always been familiar with this area. And I fell in love with this bridge—I love being under this bridge. There is so much energy, it just felt good here. I can't explain it, and everyone thought I was out of my mind, but it was a gut thing.
You've got six large restaurants, with another Dinosaur coming to Park Slope soon? June 19th.
In my reading Dinosaur was referred to as a "chain restaurant" a few times, which I was sorta surprised at. How do you keep each personal and unique to their neighborhoods? That was my fear when I opened this restaurant and it became my number one mission—to make each Dinosaur unique. I'm not trying to cookie cutter this. All six of these restaurants have a different vibe and feel. We just did the menu for Brooklyn, so that's got some new twists to it. So that gets me into the kitchen, to develop some new recipes. So that's just our mission, right there. I'm not going to let this suck or feel like a... I don't like the word "chain." Let's call it a "cartel" of restaurants.
I would imagine it's a little hard in Brooklyn to open up a big restaurant... I'm in Gowanus, and when I negotiated this lease a few years ago it was pretty cheap. We took over an old tool and die shop, and Gowanus has that very industrial feel, so again it felt like a Dinosaur. If I were on Fifth or Seventh Avenue it would be different.
Are you keeping the tool and die feel? It's got a lot of elements of that. It's pretty badass in there.
This Saturday and Sunday we've got the 11th Big Apple Barbecue Block Party in Madison Square Park, with teams coming in from as far as your beloved Memphis. How are you feeling about how New York represents? I think we've got a really good barbecue scene in this city. I really do. Like with anything you need new guys coming in, and then you have the old guys like me. I think barbecue is coming into its own, and it's a good thing.
Is there anything you look forward to particularly? I know a lot of these old boys so it's good to see everyone roll in. We get all liquored up and have a good time.
Are barbecuers competitive at this? Oh, hell yeah.
Last year I learned a lot about different styles of barbecue nationally. Do you think yours has a locale stamp? When I first started this I was obsessed with Memphis, so I modeled the pulled pork and ribs after the Memphis style. But it was never completely Memphis, it was just the inspiration. My brisket is inspired by Texas. Our sauces were different, our rubs were different, our side dishes were definitely different than any other barbecue restaurant back in the day—you were lucky to get anything other than beans and coleslaw then. And we always did chicken wings as a salute to upstate. We always reflected the sensibilities of who we are. Everything is from an inspiration, then shook up into a glorious mess.
So this is your New York barbecue? What is New York? It's a melting pot of everything, and I think barbecue is the same, because I took inspiration from all over the country and all over New York State and I don't know... it's just a big jumble!
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Thwe strip's really great, and your art doesn't suck that much. If you need plotline ideas, why don't you just have the fictional integrity drive come back and then you can go visit Fela, Fry, Leela, and the other charicters in your fanscripts. Then, you could have it go like Sliders and visit any comic you want.
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· Thursday: Kristen Turner, Glitter 'n Glue. Get the scoop on how to make a faux fur collar.
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"Style is the way you speak to the world without words," said Bobbie Thomas, TODAY style editor. "This modern view of self-expression encourages everyone to not only be unique, but resourceful. The mantra, rethink, reuse, and reinventis great not only for the environment, but your bank account. Why wouldn't you want to DIY?"
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jamesgray necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 58 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for a modern web 2.0 style with clean, simple and fun vibe. We'd like to see rich colors that complement our logo. This contest is just for one page and a wireframe is available here: http://www.4shared.com/file/7255647…Page2.html
A large jpg of the logo is here:
You guys are awesome. I've run 7 contests and awarded over $2750 so far, and am amazed by the great stuff you create. I've given 83% feedback overall, and gave over 100% feedback for the last 3 contests.
This contest will be guaranteed and THE FIRST 5 DESIGNERS WHO POST AN ENTRY WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN EXTRA $50 IF THEY ARE THE WINNING DESIGNER. Let's get this party started!
We are looking for a fun, modern and visually inviting home page for a website that is in the cell phone/text messaging industry. We ran a similar contest previously, but our vision has changed a little since then and we are looking for some great new graphical ideas. (Here's a link to the previous contest that Dawson won: http://99designs.com/contests/12359) Feel free to experiment a little with placement. The 'Join Now' button must be the primary call-to-action and the video should be the second call to action. We are open to your ideas for layout as long as your design achieves those goals.
We are looking for something very fun and light-hearted. Some sites to look at for inspiration are:
Think about ways to create more graphic impact. I think that the use oficons or other types of images would be great. The 3 bottom boxes arecold and boring in the wireframe, but there's a lot of potential to addinteresting images in those spaces. I like the large icon graphics andminimal text combinations on the following sites:
Target demographic: 18-30 years old, male/female. Most of our customers will be on the younger end of that range.
Here's what we need from the top down:1.) (Header) Logo section upper left2.) (Header) Login area in upper right3.) (Body) Slick web 2.0 looking glossy "download it now button"4.) (Body) An embedded video space4.) (Body) 3 major content areas that are links to portions of the site, titled:- Mobile, Web and Beyond
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4.) (Footer) links include: Home, About Us, FAQ, Tour, Blog, Advertisers, Contact, Terms And Conditions, and Privacy Policy.
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- A FUN, happy style!
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- Simple, clean, user friendly design
- Bright colors that appeal to both men and women
- Reflections are a plus
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So the story is still playing out. Starting in December, there was an unproven claim that demand for the iPhone 5 had taken a nosedive. Why? Because of one unconfirmed report claiming that Apple had cut back on orders for the latest iPhone's displays. Apple's stock price took a dip, but things got real bad in January when no less than the Wall Street Journal published a similar report evidently based on the same unproven claim.
Even though Apple reported record sales for the December quarter, which lasted a week less than the December quarter for 2011, Apple couldn't catch a break. Profits were flat, even though, after introducing so many new products in the previous few months, you'd expect exactly that result. And don't forget Apple did caution against lower profits for the quarter.
Despite the flat profits, they still totaled over 50% more than Samsung, and many times more than Amazon, which seldom reports much of a profit. The stock market responded by tanking Apple's stock price, but keeping Amazon relatively high. Does that make sense? Well, I suppose it does if profits aren't important.
Consider, also, that Apple managed to sell 47.8 million iPhones, despite the fact that the newest model was in short supply for much of the quarter. And, once again, it was a 13 week quarter, compared to 14 weeks last year. Had there been another week, assuming the same sales rate for that extra seven days, Apple would have sold nearly 3.68 million more iPhones, a total that would have comfortably exceeded analyst estimates. And don't forget the impact to profit margins.
While it's true that you can get an iPhone 5 without waiting nowadays, the same isn't true for the iPad mini, where the backlog has been reduced to one to three days as of this week. For the iMac, prepare to wait several weeks for the configuration of your choice, though standard models are more readily found at dealers if you shop around. The point is that there doesn't seem to be any evidence at hand that demand for Apple products has suddenly taken a turn for the worse, other than normal seasonal trends. That Maps for iOS 6 was seriously flawed out of the starting gate isn't enough to render Apple impotent, and the same is true for an unconfirmed report about a supply chain cutback.
It's curious that the media didn't make much of a deal about Tim Cook's statement, during the quarterly call with financial analysts, that a single supply chain metric, such as a possible reduction of orders for one part from one supplier, can't be used to judge the entire supply and demand situation. So even if Apple did reduce orders for iPhone 5 displays, there might be different reasons for the decision. One is simply to allocate supplies among different suppliers. Another is that manufacturing yields are higher, hence fewer parts are needed, and the third is the normal seasonal downturn in sales.
On last week's episode of The Tech Night Owl LIVE, I asked industry analyst Stephen Baker, of the NPD Group, about Apple, and he said he felt the company was in fine shape. Of course, he's not a financial analyst, so I wouldn't expect him to understand the nuts and bolts of Wall Street, nor why stocks rise and fall with neither rhyme nor reason.
But Tim Cook still has to rise to a higher standard, and I expect that industry watchers will be paying close attention to how Apple fares this quarter, when no new products are expected, and the next. If Apple continues to do well, and there are no serious constraints to new product shipments beyond the current backlogs, I wonder how Wall Street is going to react.
This is very much a situation of the media talking down Apple without any logical reason. Some alleged journalists continue to blindly accept the rumor of an alleged falloff in demand for the iPhone 5. And that's just a single example. There have been all those wacky articles suggesting that Tim Cook must be a failure because Apple doesn't turn a market upside down every six months, and that Mapgate demonstrated a serious misfire that never would have happened under the watch of Steve Jobs, even though Jobs had his own notable failures over the years.
I suppose one real question is how Mac demand will shape up once the iMac backlogs are resolved. Is there going to be enough pent-up demand this quarter to really produce a huge sales increase? I do expect most people who want a new iMac are simply waiting for delivery, or holding off ordering anything until the model they want is in stock. It's also possible that interest in the Mac will grow once the next version of OS X is announced.
If Apple is truly on an annual schedule for a while, you should expect word of OS 10.9 later this month. Some are already giving it the name "Lynx," suggesting it'll debut this summer, perhaps along with a few Mac refreshes, and a brand new Mac Pro.
Meantime, predicting Apple's future sales is a waste of time, since getting it right is a crap shoot. It's more fun, and more productive, to predict future product directions. You may be wrong most of the time, but it helps keep the gray matter healthy.


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Thoughtfully laid out, the airfield could be seen as an etching of the mythical Anasazi Thunderbird from the air. The control tower formed the head of the bird, the administration buildings and barracks its body, the hangers its wings, and the gardens its feathered tail.
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Measure your chest over a T-shirt; it is helpful to get someone to do this for you. Do not inflate your lungs, just relax and stand with your arms out. The tape measure should be run around your chest right up under your arms and held snug, but not tight - this is your chest measurement.
Measure the circumference of your hand around your 4 knuckles (obviously do not include your thumb). Correlate this measurement with size chart below to assess your glove size.
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Senate passes $1 trillion spending bill
Susan Davis, USA TODAY6:24 p.m. EST January 16, 2014
The $1.012 trillion bill heads to President Obama for his signature.
(Photo: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)
- The $1.012 trillion spending package funds the federal government until Sept. 30
- The U.S. House approved the bipartisan measure Wednesday
- The measure defuses the threat of another government shutdown
WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate approved on a bipartisan 72-26 vote a sweeping spending bill to fund the government through September and eliminate the threat of another government shutdown during that time.
The $1.012 trillion spending package, approved overwhelmingly Wednesday by the U.S. House, heads to President Obama, who will sign it before the current stopgap funding expires on Saturday.
The measure passed with bipartisan support in both chambers, despite opposition from outside conservative groups and chiding from lawmakers for moving a massive "omnibus" spending bill through Congress just four days after it was released.
The nearly 1,600-page package includes all 12 of the individual annual spending bills that cover all of the discretionary spending of the federal government except what it is mandated to spend on permanent programs like Social Security and Medicare.
STORY: House passes $1 trillion spending bill
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., voted against it and said the bill was a "shameful way to do business."
"We cannot continue this process where massive, un-amendable, thousand-plus page spending bills totaling trillions of dollars are voted on two days after being made available to members of this body," he said.
The spending package is the result of the two-year budget deal reached in December that set top-line spending figures for the next two years at $1.012 trillion for fiscal 2014 and $1.015 trillion for fiscal 2015.
Lawmakers had only weeks to complete the spending bills for this fiscal year because stopgap funding expires this week. However, House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., said Wednesday that he intends to return to regular order this year, with a goal of approving the 12 bills individually and by the Sept. 30 deadline.
Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, echoed Rogers, saying Thursday that passage of the measure will "move this body one step closer to being the place we would all like it to be."


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See how Toyota vehicles compare against the competition. Start by choosing your Toyota vehicle and a competitor to learn more on how they stack up.
The 2018 Toyota Land Cruiser offers a powerful 381-hp V8, along with some serious off-road capabilities, to help you tackle some of the toughest terrain. But even though it's rugged on the outside, inside is all luxury, with spacious heated and ventilated semi-aniline perforated leather-trimmed front seats, plus a cooler box mounted in the center console to keep everyone's refreshments even more refreshing.
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The Georgetown Hoyas and Butler Bulldogs each have a pair of adorable bulldog mascots. Today, Georgetown Jack and Georgetown Jack Jr. welcomed Butler Blue 2 and Bulter Blue 3 (Butler Blue 1 is apparently
dead retired. Sad face.) to their campus for a summit of adorability. That's how we got the picture above, which is just oozing with a dangerous amount of cuteness. This is like when the Ghostbusters decided to cross the streams, but with big fat bulldogs.
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text: Whether it's a first house, or a fifth, it's always special and feels good to move into a new home and make it your own. Throwing a housewarming party can be a lot of fun, and an occasion to receive decorative gifts, housewares, and other comfort items (like wine) for your new place. But we don't need a special occasion to shop for housewarming gifts when a loved one moves into a new home. Warm their heart and their home with gifts from our "Housewarming Gift Guide." DEMDACO offers the best celebratory gifts that can help to make a house a home. From festive decorations to functional kitchen items with style. Browse through our suggested gifts, and you'll be sure to find something the new homeowner in your life will treasure!


text: I never had an experience writing a program that uses network. So I'm hear asking if there are any tutorials out there that focus on lan network games like a chess. Can you please give me a book or maybe a site on how to create a network or let say a lan game in chess. Is it hard? By the way, I'm using OpenGL and C++.


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Andrea Smith tied a career-high with 35 points and South Florida upset No. 12 Louisville 73-62 Wednesday night.
Smith made 11 of 16 shots, including 5 of 6 3-pointers, for USF, which avenged a 78-75 loss on Jan. 30 to the Cardinals.
Inga Orekhova added 13 points and Akila McDonald pulled down 10 rebounds to help the Bulls build a 43-34 edge on the boards.
USF (18-7, 7-5) led 24-22 at the break and scored the first six points of the second half. Louisville (21-6, 9-4) cut it to 30-27 on an Antonita Slaughter three-point play, but Smith and Orekhova answered with back-to-back jumpers and the Cardinals would get no closer from there.
USF shot 47 percent (25 of 53), including a 60 percent (15 of 25) clip in the second half.
Shoni Schimmel scored 16 for Louisville, which shot a season-low 30 percent (19 of 62)


text: The Charleston Carnegie Public Library is one of the 1,689 libraries that Andrew Carnegie funded across the United States with his vast income obtained in the steel industry in the early 19th century. Carnegie's funds helped to open the building near the courthouse square on January 15, 1904. North & South additions were constructed in the 1960s and in 2008, a two-story addition to the west of the existing building. The 2008 $7 million addition matches the Carnegie style. Following the expansion, the 1904 building was renovated while retaining many original features, including wood trim, coffered ceilings, and fireplaces.