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Just a quick update on me and what I've been up to. I am currently in the middle of a 2 week European tour with Grace Kelly and the 5tet. Special Guest Phil Woods will be joining us for a few of the concerts as well. We're touring in support of Grace's newest record entitled Man with the Hat, which features Phil, Monty Alexander, Bill Goodwin, and the working 5tet's bassist, Evan Gregor. The band started out in Norway and I flew out (a day earlier than scheduled, due to the predicted weather conditions in Boston) to meet the band in Barcelona. We've had wonderful concerts in Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid, Berlin, and Pforzheim so far. It's nice to be performing new material with this band as well as visiting some of the older tunes from the book. I'm starting to realize how much of a perception change occurs towards previously played material when a handful of new tunes are thrown into the mix. I've been finding myself approaching the older tunes from a different improvisational angle in an effort to really get into the character of the piece while at the same time, pay close attention to the overall theme of the sets that we've played.
I'm also prepping for my debut as a leader at Sculler's Jazz Club on March 15th!! Come out and hear some great music if you are in the Boston area!! The show will feature the fabulous singing of my wife Colleen Palmer!!
I recently recieved the news that I was named a 2011 Artist Fellow by the Massachusetts Cultural Council!! I'm really excited about this because it's going to allow me to present a special project that I've had on the backburner for some time! Stay tuned for more news on that!
I'm currently in the process of ironing out some details with my potential endorsement with P. Mauriat Trumpets. I've been trying out one of their horns recently on this tour!!!
The movie that I starred in, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench is still making the rounds at indie theatres nationwide and should be making it's release to dvd in the spring so stay tuned!
And above all, I'm having a great time teaching at Berklee this semester. It's a blessing for me to have a job going in 9-6 and coming home feeling so rewarded knowing that I've done what I can do to make the musical landscape more fertile for greatness.
Take care, and keep living in the light!!
Jason Palmer


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For much of their legal careers, David Boies and Ted Olson have represented big business, often finding themselves on opposite sides of the counsel table, as they did in the Bush v. Gore case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
In recent years, though, they've teamed up on larger causes — taking California's Proposition 8 case to the U.S. Supreme Court, for example.
Saving state courts from going over their own fiscal cliff has been another cause. In the short video below, they talk about what's at stake.
Said Boies: "The costs that are imposed on business and the rest of society, as a result of these cutbacks, are overwhelmingly larger — 10, 15, 20, 30 times more costs than you're saving. And when you're cutting a million dollars, but costing the economy fifteen or twenty-five million, everybody can see that that is not a sensible cut."

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Cleveland County Sheriff�s Office investigators recently cleared more than a dozen home break-in investigations and said the five charged with the crimes are all tied to a local gang.
Cleveland County Sheriff�s Office investigators recently cleared more than a dozen home break-in investigations and said the five charged with the crimes are all tied to a local gang.
Sheriff Alan Norman said the four men and one woman who kicked in doors and stole thousands of dollars worth of items from 14 homes are members of the Bloods gang.
Normansaid they were identified as members through intelligence gathering and interviews.
The group broke into homes in the south and southeastern parts of the county between October 2012 and March of this year, he said, targeting jewelry, electronics and weapons.
Xavier Rashawn Banner, Christopher O�Brian Moore, Helen Michelle Moss, Kenaz Montel Byers and Aaron Rashun Byers were all charged with multiple counts of breaking and entering, felony larceny and other charges.
Aaron Rashun Byers has outstanding warrants for his arrest, and law enforcement officers are still searching for the 18-year-old.
Gang problem in Cleveland County?
Although gang activity is nothing new in Cleveland County, it�s an issue law enforcement has shied away from discussing in the past. Norman said a gang is defined as �a group of three or more persons who have a common identifying sign, symbol or name and whose members individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal activity, creating an atmosphere of fear and intimidation within the community.�
�There�s been a gang problem for quite some time within Shelby and Cleveland County,� Norman said. �It was not recognized or no one wanted to acknowledge it in the past.�
He described the gangs in the county as �loose-knit criminals.�
Normansaid the issue of gangs in the county needs to be addressed before it becomes more serious.
He compared gangs to a cancer that continues to grow if left unchecked.
�This is becoming a growing problem for the greater Cleveland County area,� Norman said. �If it�s not addressed or addressed in a proper manner, we�re going to see more and more of it because of our close proximity to metropolitan areas of Charlotte and Gastonia.�
He said �thugs� have no regard for someone else�s property or for other human beings.
�These individuals are capable of doing anything,� Norman said. �Any time if you have one gang member, regardless of what gang he�s actually a member of, if they�re involved in criminal wrong-doing or misconduct, that�s one gang member too many for Cleveland County.�
Criminal activity
Normansaid the sheriff�s office dealt with members of the Bloods late last summer.
He said in both last year and this year�s case, the members were kicking in the doors of homes around the county during the daytime hours when the owners weren�t home.
He said in the most recent case, the sheriff�s office executed search warrants and were able to recover some of the stolen property.
The value of the items was estimated to be in the thousands of dollars.
Normansaid the group charged in the recent home break-ins could be prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney�s Office.
�My hat�s off to the employees here � for bringing four of these five to face justice in a rapid manner and being able to clear this many break-ins and recover some stolen property,� he said.
Education, stern law enforcement and prosecuting people to the fullest extent possible will go a long way in attempting to rid the county of gang members, he said.
�We have to deal with it and mitigate it�
Shelby Police Chief Jeff Ledford said gangs have been becoming more prevalent statewide in the past two years.
In the city of Shelby, he said, there are basically two main gangs � the Bloods and the Crips � with numerous hybrid groups springing up called �sets.�
�If we don�t get ahead of it, it�s going to pose a bigger problem,� Ledford said.
He said the Shelby Police problem-solving unit conducts gang investigations. A violent crimes coordinator tracks gang activity, crimes that may be gang-related, and validates whether a group is in fact a gang.
Ledford said there is a check sheet that helps law enforcement identify the authenticity of a gang member.
The criteria include insignias, tattoos, hand signs, self-admission and association with known gangs.
Shelby Police Capt. Steve Canipe said gangs pose a potential for violence in public places and also have to have a way to support themselves, typically through criminal activity, such as breaking into homes or businesses.
�It�s here, so now we have to deal with it and mitigate it,� Ledford said. �Everyone working together sends the message that we�re not going to have this in our city and county.�
The department also networks and shares information on gangs with other agencies outside the department�s jurisdiction.
�It�s their surrogate family�
Canipe said most of the people who are gang-affiliated in Shelby range in age from late teens to early 20s. He said, in many cases, young people get involved for the sense of belonging.
�It�s their surrogate family,� he said.
In the past few years, Ledford said, the focus of gang involvement has shifted from a specific purpose and territory to a sense of camaraderie.
He said the issue is being talked about more now and police are getting out and building relationships in the community.
�Being open to talking about it is better than turning a blind eye,� he said.
Reach reporter Rebecca Clark at 704-669-3344 or firstname.lastname@example.com or follow on Twitter @TheStarRebecca.
Aaron Rashun Byers
Address: 803 N. King St.,
Apt. 14, Kings Mountain
Age: 18
Kenaz Montel Byers
Age: 18
Address: 108 Yoda Drive, Grover
Bond: $40,000 secured bond
Xavier Rashawn Banner
Age: 18
Address: 801 Phifer Road, Kings Mountain
Bond: $50,000
Helen Michelle Moss
Address: 106 Red Oak Drive, Cherryville
Age: 20
Bond: $40,000 secured
Christopher O�Brian Moore
Address: 108 Sweetbriar Circle, Mooresboro
Age: 18
Bond: $15,000 secured


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Plaintiffs got an injunction that ordered defendants to remove defamatory content from the web that defendants had posted. When the defendants did not comply with the injunction, plaintiffs asked the court to enforce the injunction against Ripoffreport.com, the website on which some of the defamatory content appeared.
The lower court refused to extend the injunction to cover Ripoffreport. Plaintiffs sought review with the Seventh Circuit. On appeal, the court affirmed the refusal to enforce the injunction.
It held that plaintiffs had failed to show that Ripoffreport was in active concert or participation with the defendants. Absent this collaboration, the website was outside the court's ability to control.


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In this week's issue of The New Yorker, Sam Lipsyte's "The Dungeon Master" follows a group of teenagers who roleplay with a creepy, autocratic DM. The hilarious but jarring story illustrates how totally arbitrary dungeon-mastering can ruin a game.
The piece occurs in both the teenagers' game and the real world, where things are decidedly less glamorous. It also reminds me of my own dealings with unscrupulous DMs (particularly with regards to killer magical farm animals). Here's an excerpt from the beginning:
The Dungeon Master's little brother Marco puts out corn chips and orange soda. Marco is a paladin. He fights for the glory of Christ. Marco has been many paladins since winter break. They are all named Valentine, and the Dungeon Master makes certain they die with the least possible amount of dignity.
It's painful enough when he rolls the dice, announces that a drunken orc has unspooled some Valentine's guts for sport. Worse are the silly accidents. One Valentine tripped on a floor plank and cracked his head on a mead bucket. He died of trauma in the stable.
You can read Lipsyte's piece at The New Yorker.
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Well, first pitch is just around the corner, so I'll keep this short and sweet.
First impression of the match-up against the Phillies: ugh. Obviously, the Phils are cream of the NL crop, so any of the other options would have been preferable. Given that the Giants finished at 92-70, while the Reds finished at 91-71, you could argue that the Reds decision to rest the entire starting lineup against a very weak Astro team was shortsighted. Featuring a triple-A caliber lineup, the Reds couldn't push across a single run against the Astros, ultimately losing 2-0. Still, the Reds managed to go 4-2 in the final week, so it's tough to be TOO critical. Still, it would have been nice to push past the Giants to earn the right to face the Braves, instead of the Phillies. But, we now have to play the hand we've been dealt. Unfortunately, the Phillies are currently holding 3 aces, which complicates things for the Redlegs.
Roy Halladay, Roy Oswalt, and Cole Hamels loom large, especially in such a short series. The Phils won't have to use a 4th starter, so the Reds will see nothing but this elite troika. Obviously, a big key to the series will be the Reds ability to get into the Phillies bullpen. While the high leverage relievers, Brad Lidge and Ryan Madson have been good this year, the bullpen is obviously the soft underbelly of the Phillies. This is especially true of the middle relievers. However, to get to the bullpen, the Reds have to either drive the troika from the mound or grind away ABs until their pitch count gets too high.
Unfortunately, the Reds simply don't have the type of relentless, grinding type hitters to force these pitchers to really work. I've long been a fan of late-count hitters and this is a prime example of where disciplined, patient hitters are invaluable. Given their inability to really grind ABs, the Reds lineup will likely have to scratch out some runs against the Philly starters, especially a strike-thrower like Halladay.
For me, the key player for the Reds in Game 1 will be Drew Stubbs. Joey Votto and Jay Bruce have had successful seasons and are big keys to the Reds production against righthander Roy Halladay. However, the Reds will need some production from their complimentary players and Stubbs seems a likely candidate. Stubbs hit a robust .311/.406/.578 in September, so he's bring a white hot bat to Philly. Additionally, Stubbs has the type of secondary skills that could loom large in a low scoring battle.
Stubbs has game changing speed and defensive abilities, which could pay huge dividends in high leverage situations for the Reds. Whether it's stealing a key base to get into scoring position or cutting off a ball in the gap to prevent extra bases, Stubbs could be a real asset in a game where a single play could make the difference.
A player who could play a huge role in this entire series is Aroldis Chapman, as the Phillies are a somewhat lefthanded heavy lineup, so having a 105 mph southpaw coming out of the pen could be a big deciding factor. The last time the Reds won a World Series it was on the back of the Nasty Boys, hopeful they can rekindle some of that nastiness with the presence of Chapman. If Chapman can find the strikezone, then he may be able to shutdown down the big swinging Phils in high leverage situations.
If the Reds starting pitchers can keep the games close (admittedly, a fairly large if), then the performances of Chapman and Stubbs in high leverage situations may be the key to the Reds' chances for success in this series.
Anyway, first pitch is just about here, so time to get settled in.


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Its long and illustrious history says Arsenal is a great club. Its soon-to-be eighth consecutive season without a trophy, however, says the 13-time champion of England is becoming a middling one.
If insanity is repeating the same mistakes but expecting different results each time, then Arsenal now exhibits all the symptoms. It is teetering on the brink of elimination from the Champions League because it has become a club that habitually sells off its best players and doesn't replace them with similar quality, and because its venerated coach, Arsene Wenger, increasingly looks unable or unwilling to deliver the shock treatment that is needed. He continues to see promise in a team that, except to his eyes, no longer looks worthy of such confidence.
When Arsenal lost the 2006 Champions League final to Barcelona, with bolts of lightning and pounding rain swelling the sense of drama in the Stade de France stadium in Paris, only the bold or foolish would have predicted that from there it would all be downhill for Wenger and Arsenal. Now only the bold or foolish would stick a hand in the fire and declare that Wenger will one day lead the London club to such heights again. Not with this squad and these players so thoroughly out-classed by Bayern Munich in front of their own fans Tuesday night.
There are those who argue that what Arsenal most needs is another Patrick Vieira, a match-changing leader like the France midfielder who joined Arsenal with Wenger in 1996 and whose final thunderclap as a Gunner was scoring the FA Cup-winning penalty in 2005. That was Wenger's most recent trophy. Also his last? How long ago that seems.
But in Jack Wilshere, Wenger already has a thrilling and influential midfielder. Although far smaller than Vieira and not physically intimidating like Arsenal's former captain, Wilshere has his intensity and allergy to losing, plus the creative footballing skills that could help bring trophies to the Emirates Stadium.
But the 21-year-old, the embodiment of Arsenal's future hopes, cannot succeed alone. Arsenal's 3-1 loss to Bayern in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 matchup, with only Wilshere distinguishing himself with his zeal for the Gunners, again proved that.
When Arsenal last played Bayern in the Champions League, winning 1-0 at its old Highbury Stadium in 2005, Vieira could hardly have been better surrounded. Ahead of him, he had Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Freddie Ljungberg to thread passes to. Jens Lehmann was watching his back in goal. Robert Pires, Robin van Persie and Cesc Fabregas came on as substitutes.
Henry's goal that night wasn't enough to cancel out Bayern's lead from the first leg in Munich, which also ended 3-1 for the German team. But, even today, mere mention of those fabulous footballers makes Arsenal fans nostalgic. How many of Arsenal's current players will they say that about in years to come?
When Wilshere looked upfield Tuesday at the Emirates, he could make out Theo Walcott playing in a striking role, not his best position, which is on the wing. Walcott is fast. He believes he can lead Arsenal's attack. But Walcott is no Henry and, from the evidence so far, he never will be.
Neither will Olivier Giroud, the more orthodox striker Wenger brought on in the second half against Bayern but who is proving to be no substitute for Van Persie, the goal-scorer who quit Arsenal last August for Manchester United. Van Persie has since rubbed salt in that wound by declaring how he feels "like I'm surrounded by champions" at United, with teammates who "know how to win."
As the Munich club cruised to its first ever European win in London, without ever needing to hit top gear, one simply wanted to ask Wenger where it all went wrong.
What happened to the manager who built the "Invincibles," the team unbeaten in the English league in 2003-2004, playing 49 matches and losing none?
What happened to the coach with such an eye for great talent? In Henry, Van Persie and Fabregas, to name just those three, Wenger gave the English Premier League three of its most remarkable and memorable players. So how has Arsenal's vision become so clouded that it more recently added Marouane Chamakh, Andre Santos, Park Ju-Young and other disappointments?
How did the innovator who shook up English football with his new-fangled coaching methods and nimble thinking in the 1990s get outsmarted and outmoded by the managerial brilliance of Jose Mourinho, Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola, who will take over at Bayern - God help the rest of Europe - in July?
And who was that irascible character who bit off journalists' heads this week? What happened to charming Wenger?
Losses this season to Bradford in the League Cup quarterfinals and Blackburn in the FA Cup fifth round were embarrassing because Arsenal should, on paper at least, beat such lower league opponents every time. But unexpected one-time defeats are among the vagaries of cup football and can happen to any team.
More damning for Arsenal is that it has fallen so far behind not only the Bayerns of Europe, but behind England's best teams, too. With Manchester United now 21 points ahead of the Gunners in the English league, their match at the Emirates on April 28 isn't the must-watch game it used to be when Vieira and Roy Keane were at each other like hammer and tongs.
On March 13, Bayern will finish off the job it started in London and put the Gunners out of the Champions League. Wenger and Arsenal will go back to what they now do best: licking their wounds.
John Leicester is an international sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jleicester(at)ap.org or follow him at https://twitter.com/johnleicester


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City manager says move at Five Points Park is not connected to a confrontation he had last week.
One day after City Manager Tom Barwin had a confrontation with a group of homeless people in Five Points Park, he asked the public works department to conduct an "evaluation" of the turf at the controversial park.
They did.
The park was closed off the next day.
The grassy areas of the park — long a source of friction between the city, police and the homeless — were roped off with orange plastic fencing and signs saying "Turf repair underway."
Public works officials say it was because the "turf needs time to rest, to let it flourish."
Barwin denied any connection between the fencing of the park and his confrontation with the homeless.
"I asked DPW to evaluate the situation with the lawn, and I have no problem with what was done, and we will continue to do that when people who live on the street do not respect the park or a neighborhood," Barwin said Tuesday. "It's a two-way street. It's time we put some responsibility back onto the very people who are creating conflicts in the community and creating quite a cost burden. In exchange, we expect civilized behavior."
According to a police report, Sarasota officer Becky Worthington and Sgt. Michael McHale were sent to the park April 30 at 9:24 p.m.
An incident report states that an anonymous caller reported a dispute in the park involving several people.
Police found one man bleeding from the nose. Worthington's report states that "several transient subjects were standing around them."
The injured man told police he had fallen off a bicycle.
A "field interview" report prepared by McHale, which police did not immediately provide along with the initial police report, identifies Barwin as the anonymous caller, and 18-year-old Richard Lee Bull as one of the homeless people involved.
Barwin told police he believed Bull had been involved in a previous battery involving a woman.
He described the fracas as a "domestic dispute, with open intoxicants, littering and a lot of yelling and foul language."
Barwin tried to record the incident on his cellphone.
"C/M Barwin had stated he attempted to video the reported battery on his cell phone however he did not believe the video was clear enough to confirm Bull as the assailant," McHale's report states.
"Once they saw me videotaping, there were verbal barbs thrown at me," Barwin said Tuesday. "It was just generally deplorable public conduct, being disorderly and littering, which had spilled into the streets."
No arrests were made.
Barwin said he was not sure whether he had reported the domestic assault to police.
"I've probably called them three or four times on different occasions, as a citizen," he said.
The day after his confrontation with the homeless people on April 30, Barwin called the city's public works department.
According to Public Works General Manager Todd Kucharski, the grass at Five Points was fenced in two phases: one side of the park was fenced off two or three weeks ago. The other side was screened May 1.
Kucharski said he was not sure whether the fencing was ordered to keep the homeless out of the park.
"I don't know if that's the issue, but it was to minimize foot traffic," he said. "People can say that as far as the homeless thing. It was not my intention. Whether they're homeless or the city at large, it's impacting the turf."
Clear intent?
A group of young homeless people at the park on Monday said the intent of the fencing was clear to them.
"They want to push us out of here," said one homeless woman who identified herself only as Jennifer. "Last summer, the people in the condos threw eggs at us. Just because we're residentially challenged doesn't make us any less of a person than them."
Michael Barfield, chairman of the legal panel of the American Civil Liberties Union's Sarasota chapter and one of the city's most active homeless advocates, said Barwin's apparent role in the park's closure was no surprise to him.
"Mr. Barwin continues to play a leading role in the City's 'War on the Homeless,' " Barfield said. "I wish he'd find better things to do, like solve the financial crisis the city is facing."


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Joan CuscóBSWW PresidentThe beach awaits… but for now our place is at home
MadjerFPF Beach Soccer CoordinatorTransversal growth to stay on top of the game
Joan CuscóBSWW President2020: Vision for a brighter beach soccer future
Joan CuscóBSWW PresidentRussia, one step beyond in excellence
Gabino RenalesBSWW Deputy Vice-presidentWorld Winners Cup: A new concept to maintain growth in the sport
Joan CuscóBSWW President2019: Fasten your seatbelts for the busiest year in beach soccer history!
Cosimo SibiliaPresident of Lega Nazionale DilettantiFifteen years of beach soccer in Italy
Dick WhalenNASSC Tournament DirectorThe North American Sand Soccer Championships turn "Silver"
Ali TargholizadehAFC Head of Futsal and Beach Soccer DevelopmentAsia has everything required for beach soccer
Roberto CarettoManager Lazio Beach SoccerIdentity is key for clubs' future
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Quartet advance as pressure mounts
Brazil, Russia, Iran, and Japan earn well-deserved spots in the quarter-finals
source: fifa.com (http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup)
The fifth matchday at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti 2013 was marked by hard-fought tight contests, as the first part of the quarter-final line-up was completed. Four-time winners Brazil, reigning champions Russia, plus Iran and Japan all advanced, although the latter pair were made to sweat through a tense evening.
Brazil progress was assured after Iran fell 3-2 to Ukraine earlier in the day, and A Seleção celebrated in style with an 8-3 win over Senegal. Iran advanced by the slenderest of margins in a three-way head-to-head after they finished on three points with Ukraine and Senegal.
The other group saw Côte d'Ivoire push Japan all the way before the East Asians prevailed in extra time. Ruy Ramos? side had to then hope Paraguay could not defeat Russia in normal time. That proved to be the case, though only by the narrowest of margins as Paraguay eventually succumbed 4-3 in extra time.
The first quarter-final matches confirmed are Brazil against Japan, while Russia will meet Iran. Argentina are the only nation to have nailed down top spot in the other side of the draw, although Spain and Tahiti have also qualified for the knockout stage.
Group C
Iran 2-3 Ukraine
Brazil 8-3 Senegal
Group D
Japan 4-3 Côte d'Ivoire aet
Russia 4-3 Paraguay aet
Memorable moments
Just one goal....
In the world of beach soccer where goals fly in at a constant rate, Ukraine can consider themselves highly unlucky to be going home after the group stage. With three minutes and 18 seconds left on the clock in their match against Iran, the East Europeans were ahead of their opponents in a three-way head-to-head but Peyman Hosseini?s strike changed everything. The fact that Hosseini is Iran?s goalkeeper and his shot travelled the length of the court will only add to Ukraine?s anguish. With three wins for Brazil as group winners, Iran edged into the knockout stage for the first time in their fifth attempt.
Dancing in synergy
Male dancers entertaining the crowd during one of the two intervals has been a new sight at this edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The female cheerleaders who feature during the other break have become renowned in many parts of the world, having appeared at numerous sporting events, including previous editions of this tournament and the Olympic Games. Perhaps there has been some friendships made back stage between the two groups over the past week with a sudden, and seemingly impromptu, shared routine today adding a new layer to what is already an event full of action and colour.
The hard way
The odds on Côte d'Ivoire claiming a win on the final matchday against an in-form Japan seemed long, with the team fielding just one substitute due to visa issues. They somehow found the stamina to stay with their opponents and force extra time, before unluckily conceding with little more than 40 seconds remaining afterJapan were awarded a penalty. The Ivorians received a hearty post-match reception from the crowd, and the players responded in kind, having clearly enjoyed their sojourn to French Polynesia.
The stat
10 ? Russia?s third successive victory at the tournament - albeit a very narrow one ? lifted the Ravenna 2011 champions to ten straight wins in the tournament, alongside France whose run concluded in 2009. They still, however, have some way to go if they are to overhaul Brazil?s remarkable record tally of 30.
The words
?After this game I feel very happy because we played well today and we can leave this World Cup with our head held high. This World Cup was very well organised, I wish it could be happen again" Côte d'Ivoirecoach Lohognon Soro
Next up (local time)
United Arab Emirates-USA (16:00)
Solomon Islands-El Salvador (17:30)
Tahiti-Spain (19:00)
Netherlands - Argentina (20:30)


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Closing Streets to Cars - for Good
March 12, 2013
The neverending story of car dependency:
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. This is the general feeling when drivers know that the street they usually drive on, may soon be closed to vehicular traffic. This feeling has, to some degree, been used by those who decide to build new roads. In other words, we still live according to Henry Ford's motto, "With mobility comes freedom and progress". As someone who works with urban planning this can be viewed as when the ends actually justify the means – cities scratched by black tar marks, roads planned and built with eyes closed.
Now, the results of unconsidered planning are here - we feel these impacts on a daily basis.
Currently, that paradigm is slowly shifting to a new one. In a rather considerable number of cities, city centres, as well as many other streets, are being closed to cars.
Nevertheless, there remains constant misconception about closing streets to cars: chaos and congestion are imminent. All those cars will just end up somewhere else. On other streets, in other neighbourhoods. Although considering that some cities have already implemented car-free streets for quite a while now, it's possible to observe the impacts.
The Braess's Paradox is a statistical theorem that determines that when a road network is already jammed with vehicles, adding new streets can make traffic flow even worse. Overall, it encompasses the (wrong) idea that more roads will improve traffic. According to this paradox, extending a road network may result in even longer commuting times.
"Ok, but that's on paper. Usually it doesn't happen in real life." You might say.
In New York, when the City's Transportation Commissioner decided to close 42nd Street during the Earth Day celebration, a "doomsday" was predicted due to the expected generated traffic chaos. We're not talking about any street – it's the same 42nd street that intersects Time Square and runs past Grand Central Station. This anticipated doomsday couldn't be further from what really happened: traffic flow actually improved. A real world example of the Braess's paradox.
|Calming Times Square.
But let's look at a few other examples. In Kajani, Finland, a proposal to close traffic through the main square was brought to the table when the daily traffic was 13,000 vehicles per day. After the authorities closed it to car traffic, the streets nearby had a slight increase right after the closing and, after that, the overall traffic had decreased with hints of "evaporation".
|Post-pedestrianisation in Copenhagen's City Centre.
In Wolverhampton, UK, the "evaporation" of traffic also happened - after closing down the city centre to cars, 14% of the overall traffic was reduced in the nearby streets. Also in the UK, in Vauxhall Cross, a simulation predicted an increase of 267% in traffic queueing. The results, of course, were quite different: traffic queues were shorter than before and there was an overall reduction of 2-8% of traffic. Ugh, talk about cities ruled by computers instead of people.
In Strasbourg, right before the decision to close down streets to cars in the city centre, the daily traffic was 240,000 vehicles/day. Ten years later, instead of having the same amount of traffic in nearby streets, the volume fell by 16%. Predictions were that if this implementation was not considered, there would have been a traffic increase of 25% in the city centre by the year 2000. You can check more of these facts here.
|Nørrebrogade at rush hour.
- 20% increase in cyclists,
- decrease of 45% in accidents,
- 60% increase in pedestrians,
|San Francisco Streets.
Ok, now that we demystified the expected chaos of closing streets to cars, let's see what happens when the opposite occurs, i.e. creating more traffic lanes (or more infrastructure) to deal with congestion problems.
For decades, roadways have been expanded with the idea that it could solve problems. This is also a common misconception. Rather than in writing, Todd Litman explains this in a beautiful way:
|(c) Todd Litman, 2009. "Generated Traffic and Induced Traffic". Victoria Transport Policy Institute.
|Traditional Traffic Planning in Tokyo.
Additional benefits can come from closing streets to cars. For instance, street life. Every summer, for three straight days, approximately 11 km of New York's city streets are closed to cars and open for everything else. In 2012, 250,000+ people enjoyed car-free streets under that initiative.
Thus it's possible to conclude that immediately after closing the streets to cars, there is a slight increase of traffic in the nearby streets. I guess that's expected. But traffic adapts and the overall number of cars decreases. After a few years, people just choose public transportation and/or non-motorised vehicles. The number of non-essential trips also declines – yes, it may even reduce drivers' laziness.
Overall, two main points can be extracted from this article: 1) building more roads doesn't mean alleviating traffic flow but instead could even make congestion worse; 2) closing a street down to cars improves pedestrian and cycling share and the overall number of cars will be reduced, thus less congestion throughout the city.
Mathematicians first said that it's alright to close streets. Reality proved they were right.


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Splinter Cell Trilogy
Ubisoft patches inverted aim support into Splinter Cell Trilogy on PSN
Ubisoft has patched the Splinter Cell Trilogy HD on PS3 to add inverted aim support after enough players informed the developer that it would be nice to have options pertaining to y-axis alignment. The firm has told Eurogamer the patch is only available for the PSN version at the moment, but one for the retail […]
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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy HD gets US launch trailer
Ubisoft has released the launch trailer for Splinter Cell Trilogy HD to coincide with the game's US release today. The collection features Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory on one single disc for PS3. It's been out in the UK since August. Thanks, TheKawabonka.
Splinter Cell Trilogy US release delayed into June, UK launch within first-half 2011
Ubisoft's delayed the release of the Splinter Cell Trilogy in the US. As per IGN, Originally due to release yesterday, it'll now launch on June 21 for PS3.
Rumor - Splinter Cell and PoP Trilogies in HD hitting PS3 by year's end
Amazon France has listings on its site for a Splinter Cell Trilogy and a Prince of Persia Trilogy, and it has both slated to hit PS3 in November in full HD glory.
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Item: Heartbleed (yes, I know this has been overdone, but don't stop reading yet)
What is (or was) it? A vulnerability in OpenSSL that left servers (and clients) open to data exposure.
Why it's significant? The Heartbleed bug was huge - I know because it passed the "Jake's mom test." What's that you ask? I can always tell when the media hype surrounding a security vulnerability is truly huge, because my mom calls. She's a nurse and doesn't work in infosec, so the only reason she calls is that she's heard about it in the media and is alarmed enough to ask for more information. This happened three times in 2014, more than any time previously. This means that national coverage of infosec happenings is improving.
CloudFlare issued a challenge, under the notion that private keys could not be reliably recovered. They were wrong. Servers can and did lose private keys to theft. At Rendition Infosec, we found hat most of our clients are not familiar with the purpose of key reissue. Some issued new keys, but kept the original information in the key intact (so customers could not tell the keys had been replaced). Some patched the vulnerable libraries but did not restart the software using those libraries. Most businesses have never reissued their keys en-masse before. Additionally, CRL's were never really designed to handle revoking everyone's keys.
Could it have been prevented? Yes, Ray Charles could have seen this coming. Maybe not the specific vulnerability, but the OpenSSL code was a train wreck. Here we were all using the code (myself included) and assuming it must be relatively secure because someone else must be looking at it.
Two specific preventive measures come to mind. The first is the use of the custom memory allocator. Developers - stop doing this unless you really need it. OpenSSL did not need a custom memory allocator. One comment in the code suggests that malloc is slow on some platforms and this is the reason OpenSSL manages its own free lists. OpenSSL even acknowledges the criticism on its own wiki. If malloc and free had been used, my mom would never have heard about heartbleed. The headline would have been "almost certain DoS with extremely unlikely data disclosure found in OpensSSL." In the SANS Advanced Exploit Development course (where I'm a contributing author), we cover mitigations for heap overflows. There are many and they make exploitation much harder. But by using a custom allocator, OpenSSL removed the possibility of using any of these mitigations.
The second preventive measure is code review of critical open source software. Again, this code was a train wreck. @ErrataRob did a great job already reviewing some critical errors in the code. One of the most glaring of these is actually an old programming joke.
{ s2n(strlen(s->ctx->psk_identity_hint), p); strncpy((char *)p, s->ctx->psk_identity_hint, strlen(s->ctx->psk_identity_hint));The joke is:
strncpy(dst,src,strlen(src));This just gets rid of the compiler warning without actually providing any additional security. The length field should never be blindly set to the size of the source string. Anyone with a college background in programming knows this is insecure, yet it was in the OpenSSL code (and interestingly did not cause Heartbleed). We need better security audits around out open source software, just trusting that someone else is doing it won't work.
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In the near future, humanity has two major challenges in front – meeting the
global energy need and finding the perfect solution to global warming. An investment
in solar power sector is certainly the best possible alternative in this shifting
time. With the global economic equation fast changing and put to it the booming
world population, the demand for alternative source of energy and particularly "solar
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Teken Media necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 107 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Teken Media
First of all... if you participate in this contest you WILL receive some sort of feedback on a daily basis... either through ratings or posted remarks.
Teken Media is an upstart company that will primarily promote and distribute a long term life cycle outdoor sign product. Our company name "Teken" is a Dutch word meaning "sign" or "symbol." (Not that is necessarily maters for the contest... but it is pronounced "taken.")
The signs sold by our company will last forever in even the harshest outdoor environments. They're non-porous, water proof, and UV stable. They won't chip, crack, peel or degrade in response to their environment. Even if graffiti artists or birds have their way with our signs there is no permanent damage and clean up is quick and easy. These signs are also environmentally friendly.
The product we sell is "high end" in the signage world.... we want our stationary to portray a high end image.
We will primarily be targeting municipalities, county and state government, school boards, universities, golf courses, housing and commercial building developers, hotels, resorts, etc. Our target markets is businesses or government agencies that purchase signs that need to last a LONG time in potentially harsh environments.
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A school in Florida has been turned over to an organization representing some strange hybrid of the Nation of Islam and the Church of Scientology. At least that's the way the story below reads to me.
(DailyKos) — At a Christmas party for students held in a Scientology church, "children were fed candy and pizza, given Scientology books and DVDs, and shown a performance of a play written by Scientology's late founder, L. Ron Hubbard." Islam, whose supposed academic credentials come from a school known as a diploma mill and an "institute" that the Tampa Bay Times couldn't confirm exists, appointed a Nation of Islam student minister as chairman of the school's board and had the Rev. Alfreddie Johnson, who "was called 'the liaison between the Church of Scientology and the Nation of Islam' last October by the Nation's official newspaper, The Final Call," give a speech at a school fundraiser.
I'm surprised the Christian right hasn't gotten wind of this. They can usually be counted on to go apeshit whenever other religions, especially Islam (Let alone Scientology) get their hooks into state or quasi-state tax payer gravy or anywhere near kids. Won't someone please think of the children? In this case, if the info above is accurate, I wouldn't mind if they did step in and shut it down. More on this strange story at the Tampa Bay Times.


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Chief: Sandy Hook 1st responders 'overwhelmed'
HARTFORD -- Newtown Police Chief Michael K. Kehoe said this morning that dispatchers "were quickly overwhelmed" by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and the quick flood of parents and the news media made it even harder for first responders at the scene.
Kehoe, appearing before the governor's Sandy Hook Advisory Commission with Brookfield Police Chief Robin Montgomery, said that another problem in the early minutes of the school attack, was the flood of ambulances from throughout the region.
"All the ambulances showed up, but they should have been managed better," Kehoe said. "In the first hour it was very difficult to get control of that."
Twenty first-graders and six adults in the school were murdered in a five-minute rampage that culminated with the suicide of Adam Lanza, 20, a former pupil there whose crimes are being reviewed to create a better statewide response mechanism.
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Red light cameras are installed at many Region of Peel intersections in Mississauga.
Red light cameras are a traffic safety initiative operated by the Region of Peel and supported by the City of Mississauga.
The cameras photograph vehicles that enter the intersection after the traffic signal turns red. The camera only captures the vehicle and not the driver. The fine for running a red light is $325. A violation notice is mailed to the address of the owner of the vehicle captured by the camera. If a driver is already within the intersection to complete a left turn and the signal turns red before the driver can clear the intersection, this is not considered running a red light.
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Gamix began in 2005 as a concept for promoting an open videogame platform specification.
Open to anyone and everyone, Gamix attempts to offer a superior gaming platform without restrictive licensing costs.
Based on a passionate belief that by giving developers and hardware manufacturers a completely open market, creativity and innovation will thrive. The business model of large companies with proprietary systems controlling the profitability of independent game developers will not be able to compete.
So what exactly is Gamix? Gamix is simply the technical specifications for an open videogame system based on standard components, and a well-established universe of nearly limitless development tools. Gamix endeavored to capitalize on the appeal of an open platform and offer a common branding for developers, publishers, and hardware manufactures to promote the concept.
With insufficient time and resources, Gamix has languished and is in need of an update. While the concept remains relevant the original specifications may not.
I hope that by visiting the Gamix web page, you begin to see the possibilities we see. The hope is that some collective enthusiasm for this project will help make this vision a reality.
Please do not hesitate to call or e-mail for more information. Awareness is the first step towards a better tomorrow.
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Bristol Proms: the final three concerts
Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Handel round off the first season
Breaking down the barriers (whether wrongly or rightly perceived) to enjoying classical music was one of the aims of the first Bristol Proms. And, sometimes in rather unexpected ways, it proved to be a thread that ran through the final three concerts of the series.
In an unadvertised prelude to the Sacconi Quartet and Guy Johnston's performance of Schubert's String Quintet, Bristol Old Vic director Tom Morris joined the musicians on stage to embark on a 'listening improvisation'. Perhaps taking a cue from Derren Brown or a stage hypnotist, Morris invited us to close our eyes and imagine a time in our life when we were on the threshold of change. Based on our facial expressions and verbal responses, the musicians tested out musical ideas to then use in a short improvisation. On hearing the results, I think I can reasonably say it's not how Schubert went about creating his String Quintet masterpiece.
The 1828 chamber work filled the second half of the concert, with cameras filming the facial expressions of the audience – some of whom were on stage with the musicians, with two people even sitting in the middle of the group. It'll all be made into a film. I've no idea what we looked like listening to Schubert, but if it's anything like the fascinating 'listening portraits' seen in John Bridcut's Elgar documentary The Man Behind the Mask it might well be worth a watch. All sorts of thoughts (inspired and otherwise) came to mind – Can it really be that comfortable for the audience sitting on the floor of the stage? It's hard to beat Schubert for a sublime melody that goes straight to the heart; Don't the musicians look exhausted now, and so on – but I imagine feelings are what register on our faces rather than thoughts. And there are plenty of those to be evoked by this work. The Sacconis and guest cellist Guy Johnston gave an utterly committed, gutsy performance, though perhaps the sense of battle (with the dry acoustic?) was more Beethovenian than Schubertian. But there was tenderness and poignancy too, and it touched on the profundity of this ineffable music. It wasn't hard to mistake the audience's reaction from the lengthy applause at the end.
The audience involvement in Friday's concert, titled 'Vibrations', wasn't planned. Nicola Benedetti and her trio – cellist Leonard Elschenbroich and pianist Alexei Grynyuk – were most of the way through a heart-on-sleeve performance of Tchaikovksy's Piano Trio in A minor when Elschenbroich's A string snapped. Nipping off stage to change it, he left Benedetti to entertain the audience, chatting to us about the music and answering questions from the Prommers in the pit about her violin (a 1717 Stradivarius). She soon headed off stage with the pianist to find out what was happening with the cello, leaving the page-turner in the spotlight. As the audience chuckled, he shimmied over to the piano and began a witty rendition of the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Would it happen at the Wigmore? The lighthearted and chatty atmosphere was working its magic.
The digital twist for this concert was 'danceroom Spectroscopy', a means of translating the movement of the musicians into 'an atomic simulation'. A large screen at the back of the stage danced with images, from monochrome tadpole-like figures in Benedetti's solo Bach to blood-red spots at the end of the Tchaikovsky. Even after an explanation from its engaging creator Dr David Glowacki, it was hard to know what we were looking at, but they were distracting and mesmerising too. After a slightly skittish, rushed feel in her Bach D minor Chaconne, Benedetti seemed spurred on by the flashier fireworks of Paganini's Caprices No. 16 and No. 24, and reached a more settled place for the solo Ysaÿe Sonata No. 5. And, in the second half, the Tchaikovsky Trio in A minor, Benedetti seemed most at home. Her trio makes a rich, warm sound, with arresting playing from Grynyuk and Elschenbroich that relished both the intensity and delicacy of the music. Perhaps more obvious communication between the string players and pianist might have lifted it to another level.
A 'semi-staged' or, as Morris explained, 'stage-managed' version of Handel's Messiah was the culmination of the Bristol Proms, the first time the work had been performed at the Bristol Old Vic since 1782. Performed with cuts, Morris asked the audience to 'pretend they had nodded off' if they had been hoping to hear a complete performance. Musically it was a mixed bag: while the Southbank Sinfonia seemed scrappy, even more so than the orchestra being divided across the stage should warrant, the year-old Erebus Ensemble's fulsome and fresh voices brought polished fervor to Handel. Of the soloists, bass Neal Davies stole the stage, particularly thrilling in his aria 'The Trumpet Shall Sound', making tenor Andrew Tortise and soprano Caroline MacPhie seem rather pale in comparison, and alto Catherine Wyn-Rogers rather too bold in her acting at times, for instance in her air 'He is despised'.
Prepared, after Morris's comments, for a work-in-progress feel to the staging and perhaps mishaps, the theatrical element was a welcome surprise. An actor, Tristan Sturrock, playing Christ, but described as 'The Teacher' in the programme, was present on stage from the start: we saw him dead, alive, washing feet, whipped, crucified, all brought off with a dramatic lightness of touch that nevertheless never underplayed the shocking nature of the story. The musicians essentially acting their roles, and singing from memory, seemed to add a level of directness to the story, reminding me of Peter Sellars's intensely moving 'ritualisation' of Bach's St Matthew Passion with the Berlin Philharmonic. Perhaps this indeed was a work-in-progress: it would be interesting to see what Morris would do with the Berlin band. And the theatre was used to full effect, the choir standing right at the front of the stage to sing the Hallelujah Chorus, for instance, while boy soprano Toby Yapp made his entrance in the middle of the theatre and was carried through the pit to the stage.
The pit was the scene for one of the concert's stranger moments. An enthusiastic audience member took Morris's rules to heart, and was clearly enjoying the Hallelujah Chorus – arms in the air, clapping and whooping. People seemed to be smiling at him until he was escorted out, not by members of staff, but by two other Prommers in the pit, begging the question, who is it that enforces the so-called conventions of classical concerts? The venues or the concert-goers? It'll be interesting to see how this thought-provoking and ultimately hugely enjoyable festival answers that question next year.
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Sharon drew this herself and had it tattooed at Fat Cat Tattoo in Sacramento, California.
I'd love to tell you more about this tattoo, but Sharon never e-mailed me to give me more details. Nonetheless, it's some nice work.
Thanks to Sharon for sharing her bird with us here on Tattoosday!


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What WSJ Canada Is Reading Monday
By Karen Johnson
Here are a few of the stories we are reading early Monday.
The oil patch is alive with activists. But even Gordon Gekko might blanch at going up against the Kremlin—more's the pity.
From Bangladesh to shopping mall: A look inside the complex global garment supply chain.
The once-thriving European pollution trade has turned into a carbon bust, darkening the outlook for a greener future.
Canada natural resources minister blasts Al Gore for describing the oil sands as an open sewer. He says the comments from the former U.S. vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner were "off the mark."
A British Columbia lawmaker whose private member's bill on banning the importation of shark fins was defeated in March said he will continue to press the issue.


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pingdom necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 95 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
Pingdom - http://www.pingdom.com
Pingdom is a website monitoring service which lets customers monitor the uptime and response time of their website and servers.
By signing up for Pingdom the user gets access to our web based control panel where the user can configure all website and servers that they would like to monitor.
It's also possible to set alerts for downtime through email, sms, twitter and as push notifications through the iPhone app.
Pingdom offers a free account and has a high volume of customers, many which are using the iPhone application to see statistics and get alerts.
Website owners, e-commerce, bloggers, network administrators, small and medium size businesses
Our current application icon is dull and boring, so what we are looking for is something that's more playful, powerful and which stands out when seen among the other icons on a user's phone.
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- A 512x512 pixels version of the icon for use in AppStore
- Preferably a vector original that can be re-scaled
For inspiration regarding Pingdoms current look and feel you can visit our website at http://www.pingdom.com and also look at the current version of our iPhone application. Link to application in app store: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/…55896&mt=8
The icon should somehow represent what Pingdom and the Pingdom iPhone application does. We are not interested in an icon that just includes our logo or similar.


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SKU:10912Artist:Compatible Figures:Michael 4, Michael 4 Elite, Hiro 4, The Freak 4Compatible Software:Poser, DAZ StudioRequired Products:Install Types:
SKU:10912Artist:Compatible Figures:Michael 4, Michael 4 Elite, Hiro 4, The Freak 4Compatible Software:Poser, DAZ StudioRequired Products:Install Types:
- Daz Connect
- Install Manager
- Manual Install
- Daz Connect
- Install Manager
- Manual Install
DetailsHumVee, the Get-Around Vehicle of Modern Warfare
Now you can transport your virtual soldiers to the battle front with the utmost speed. HumVee Combat consists of 20 action poses for Michael 4, including 8 for a driver, front and back riding and shooting passengers, 4 top-gunner poses at the .50 caliber gun, plus 8 shooter poses in and around the HV. There are 2 partial poses for front seat driver and passenger for converting other poses to HV driver and passenger positions, plus 2 loader poses for the 5.56mm assault rifle and 9mm pistol.
There are also 11 poses for the Hummer, several that open various hatches and doors, plus 4 directional poses for the top gun turret. All HV poses include 110% up-scaling to fit M4 to the vehicle. There are 22 soldier poses and 11 for the vehicle, 33 in all.
Included is a MAT pose and Material setting to make the Hummer transparent. A see-through vehicle allows for easier insertion and modification of the poses. Simply re-apply a regular Hummer MAT when you are ready to render.
There is a simple box prop for the turret gunner to stand on. At both the default and up-scaled Hummer size, the turret gunner cannot be properly fitted to the gun without a stand. The gunner's stand is a smart prop and will position along with the 4 gunner poses. You can use the gunner poses without the stand for those renders that show interiors.
What's Included and FeaturesFeatures
- 12 Poses for the M1025 HMMWV: (.PZ2)
- 110%
- Driver Door Open
- Hatchback Open
- Open 4 Hatches
- Tailgate and Hatch Open
- Top Open
- Top-Hatch-Tailgate Open
- Turret 0
- Turret 180
- Turret 270
- Turret 90
- Transparent Material Preset for the M1025 HMMWV (.MC6, .PZ2 and .DS)
- 24 Poses for Michael 4: (.PZ2)
- Loader-9mm Pistol
- Loader-M4A1
- 0 Driver
- 00 Driver-Hip
- Driver Shooting 9mm
- Driver Shooting M4A1
- Gunner-180
- Gunner-270
- Gunner-90
- Gunner-Top
- Passenger- Ft Rt Hip
- Passenger-Bk-Lf-Shooting
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- Shooter-01
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- Shooter-Load Mag
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Back to the destroyed roadcut near Susanville, CA. The original roadcut, seen above in a picture taken by Alaska Al on one of his many travels here and there, inside and outside Alaska, can be viewed presently in Google Street View, but don't count on that lasting.Here's a composite view of much of the outcrop taken on June 3, 2008.
This composite view, nearly matching the above view, was taken July 29, 2009, not long after the SanFran geoblogger meetup-tweetup.
As you can see, in this more complete composite view, there isn't nearly as much to see as there was prior to massive digging, dozing, and scraping of the formerly fine roadcut. :(


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Election Day begins with rain; sun by afternoon
Tuesday shaping up to be the wettest Election Day since 1992
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Umbrellas and ballots. That's two key items that will be in high demand across Northeast Florida through the first part of Election Day 2012.
As of 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, an upper-level disturbance is moving through northeast Florida. Rainfall has been light to moderate in many locations including southeast Georgia and areas just west of Jacksonville. The Weather Authority is expecting rainfall for the entire viewing area by noon before skies begin to break up and the rainfall ceases later in the day.
Rain chances stand at 90 percent for just about everybody through the noon hour, with rainfall accumulations could total a quarter inch in some locations.
Meteorologist Richard Nunn says that rays of sunshine may be spotted as early as noon across portions of the western viewing area with more sun and blue skies in and around Jacksonville by the afternoon.
Tuesday is shaping up to be the wettest Election Day since 1992 when Jacksonville officially picked up .27 inches of rain at the airport. The year 2000 also offered cloudy skies but only managed to pick up a trace of rain that year.
In Election Day's past, temperatures have usually been fairly mild with highs in the mid to upper 70s and lows in the 50s. This year however will be one of the coolest in many years. Tuesday's forecast high of 66 degrees will be the coolest observed on Election Day since the election of 1976 when Jacksonville recorded a high of only 68 degrees.
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1 killed in Mahoning Township crash
Car found in wooded area near Mohawk School Road
A woman was found dead Tuesday afternoon, hours after a car went off a road and down an 80-foot ravine in Lawrence County.
Neighbors say they heard a crash around noon, but it wasn't until four hours later that Lloyd Weisz made the deadly discovery.
"I come out to mow my lawn, I pull to the end of the bank over there and saw a car sitting down over the hill," Weisz said. "I knew right away there was something the matter, so I have my wife call 911 right away."
Sky 4 flew over the crash near Mohawk School Road, where a maroon car sat heavily damaged in a wooded area.
"When I arrived on scene, the vehicle was over an embankment and it was hard to reach," Mahoning Township police Sgt. Brian Magliocca said. "Myself and a fireman went down there, observed an elderly woman who was deceased in the driver's seat of the vehicle."
"It wound up being a recovery, so we wound up getting the victim out of the car and then we had to build a rope system to raise the victim up," Mahoning Township Fire Chief Francis Exposito said.
Emergency responders from three volunteer fire departments scaled the steep drop, lowered a Stokes basket and recovered the woman's body, then secured the car with chains and pulled the vehicle up.
The victim has not been identified yet.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.


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Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Spirit of the West Toastmasters Club. Want to become more confident in your personal life and in your work? We help each other develop oral communication and leadership skills by providing instant feedback. Guests are always welcome. We meet every Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, 1130 Idydwyld Drive, room number 129-C or 150.


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For fifteen years, I have dreamed of having a New Year's Eve all by myself. It is the introvert in me. Each year, I get invited to some damn thing, usually by my lovely family, and it would be rude not to say yes. (Despite my grumblings about awful enforced jollity on the stroke of midnight, I usually end up having a delightful time.)
This year, at last, at last, I am having my enchanted solo evening. Would I watch re-runs of Kauto Star's Gold Cups, or dust off my Desert Orchid video (an actual video tape, it is so old), or get out the Frankel DVD, or find an epic movie? I have the Director's Cut of Lawrence of Arabia, calling to me, in honour of the late, great Peter O'Toole.
Then, I stumbled upon The Choir, on the miracle that is the BBC iPlayer. It was about to expire, so I thought I should have a quick look. I am now as hooked as if I were half way through a box set of The West Wing.
All human life is there. On the face of it, it is just people singing. Singing is such a benign and usual thing. And yet, under the usual, The Choir is about the profound and the fundamental: the universal hopes and fears and dreams. What I find so touching is that it is really about humans trying really, really hard. I am endlessly moved by trying. It is not the success, it is the attempt. That is what counts.
I've just got to the episode about the Cheshire Fire Service. I've already been in tears in three previous programmes, but this lot have me in pieces. They are singing a song written by Bruce Springsteen in honour of the men and women who went into the stricken buildings on 9/11, and did not come out again. The pride and fellowship for everyone who does this extraordinary job, all around the world, is shining out of them. Hard men are moved to silence. Cheerful women are turned solemn and reflective.
You can see the knowledge of what really happens, of what is called on, of the hard realities, written in all their faces, from the operatives who take the emergency calls in the back rooms to the toughened fighters on the front line.
I don't know about you, but I think I've always taken firefighters a tiny bit for granted. They are so much part of everyday life. Unlike soldiers and sailors and special services, who serve in distant lands, they are a very familiar sight. There is a fire station in every town; the big red engines are not only ubiquitous but also a favourite toy of small children. Of course I have always thought of the courage and the skill, but this programme, ostensibly about music, has driven home the great heights of courage and determination that perfectly ordinary people can rise to. All my hats are off in awe.
I think about courage a lot. I grew up surrounded by the courage of men who rode fast racing horses. My dad had incredible physical bravery, defying doctor's orders to carry on riding over fences after breaking his back and his neck for the second time. If you fall off again, the docs told him sternly, you will die. He ignored them.
I see gallantry, as I do my work at HorseBack, pretty much every week. I hear stories that my brain cannot quite process, from the dusty valleys of Afghanistan and the sands of Iraq.
I see smaller, unsung acts of courage, in ordinary life, the ones that come from facing pain and adversity. There are many kinds of bravery, most of them never making headline news, but real and true, all the same.
As I watch the men and women of Cheshire, I think: I would never have the moxy to run into a burning building. That takes a very special kind of fighting heart.
So, rather unexpectedly, my gentle, solitary New Year's Eve has turned into a meditation on the undaunted human spirit. Even more unexpectedly, it has been brought to me by the loveliness that is Gareth Malone. What a fellow he is.
And now I am going to raise my first glass of New Year's champagne. I know I bang on about equines all the time, and they too have a bravery that makes shivers run up my spine. But I raise this glass to the brave humans.


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LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Senate on Monday unanimously passed a bill that would eliminate mandatory parole requirements for sex offenders and the House endorsed legislation requiring a study of school readiness to address acts of violence.
The sex offender measure, Senate Bill 150 by Sen. Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, passed the Senate 35-0 and goes to the House.
It would amend current law that gives the board the discretion to deny parole only to sex offenders convicted of first-degree sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault or rape.
Dismang later told reporters that a financial-impact analysis of the bill found that it would cost the state Department of Correction about $2 million annually.
Dismang proposed similar legislation last year, which did not get considered during the 2012 fiscal session, in response to the parole of David Pierce, former music minister at a Benton church. Pierce was convicted of four counts of sexual indecency with a child and sentenced to 10 years in prison but served about two years before his parole.
In the House, SB 93 by Sen. Linda Chesterfield, D-Little Rock, passed in an 83-6 vote. The bill would require a legislative study of the readiness and capabilities of public schools to prevent and respond to acts of violence at school and would require legislators to recommend best practices for schools to follow.
Rep. Debra Hobbs, R-Rogers, voiced reservations about the bill.
"Do you have a concern that if there is a public discussion about school safety plans, that if the public knows about it perpetrators will also be aware of what those practices are?" she asked Rep. Mark Lowery, R-Maumelle, who ran the bill in the House.
Lowery said the discussion would be about general practices, not specific practices at individual buildings. He also said that schools have safety plans now and the plans are approved in public meetings by school boards, so presumably the plans are already accessible to the public.
The bill, which passed previously in the Senate, goes back to the Senate for concurrence in a House amendment.
Also Monday, the Senate passed SB 217 by Sen. Missy Irvin, R-Mountain View, which would allow a municipal governing body to cease paying the salary of an elected city official whose professional license required for the job is suspended. The governing body would be required to resume the official's salary when his or her license is restored.
Opponents of the bill said it targeted the city attorney, the only elected official required to have a specific license.
"We don't give the city attorney the right to suspend if the mayor becomes impaired," said
Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson, R-Little Rock, a practicing lawyer.
Sen. David Burnett, D-Osceola, a retired circuit judge, said he was concerned about "the rule of law" because city councils already have the ability to go to court to address the issue.
The bill passed 18-8 and goes to the House.
The House voted 90-1 to approve HB 1110 by Rep. Mary Broadaway, D-Paragould. The bill would give enforcement powers to the deputy director of education of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Administration, allowing him or her to enter and search a licensed premises, inspect records and seize contraband.
The bill goes to the Senate.


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In a motor home outside Daytona International Speedway, a Pen Argyl man died in the homestretch of his dream.
In a motor home outside Daytona International Speedway, a Pen Argyl man died in the homestretch of his dream.
Mitch R. Zanette, 50, died Thursday, just three days short of seeing the Daytona 500, the goal of a bucket-list-inspired trip with family and friends.
He'd been battling cancer for 16 months, and after it went into remission and returned, Zanette took action, said longtime friend, Ralph Cianci.
"When they told him this is it, you're going to punch out, he said, 'This is what I'm going to do,'" Cianci said. "He just wasn't going to sit still."
Zanette left an Allentown hospice about a week before the trip and made his own funeral arrangements, said his brother Joe Zanette. Doctors gave him three days to a week to live about three weeks ago, Joe Zanette said, but his brother was determined to follow the NASCAR tour, his first stop being Daytona.
They acquired a few weeks' worth of pain medicine, rented a motor home and set out Feb. 14 with his son, Mitchell Anthony Zanette; his companion, Tammy Bloodworth; and friends to see the race.
"He was just so strong and determined to fight this," he said. "He wanted to follow the whole NASCAR circuit. Unfortunately, that got cut short."
Though he didn't get to see the race, Zanette got to see a lot of practice at the racetrack, his brother said. They also brought the motor home to the beach, where Zanette grilled and drank Budweisers with his friends and family near.
Those who knew Zanette describe him as a dedicated volunteer, a loyal friend and a longtime racing fan. He was a fixture at Pocono Raceway for more than 20 years and a big fan of the late Dale Earnhardt Sr., friends said.
Friends said they were trying to get Dale Earnhardt Jr. to put Zanette's name on his dashboard for Sunday's race.
For more than 20 years, he was a volunteer firefighter with Lookout Fire Co. in Pen Argyl, which is where Cianci met him in 1994, while he volunteered for the Wind Gap Fire Department. He said Zanette also was captain of a local billiards team.
Zanette worked as a union laborer for TWK Construction for 15 years, said his boss, Toby Klump, who has known Zanette for 42 years, since they grew up together in Pen Argyl. He said that before Zanette volunteered at the Pen Argyl department, he worked as a junior firefighter with Plainfield Township Fire Department.
"He was a great, fun guy, who would give anybody the shirt off his back," he said.
Zanette was first diagnosed with throat cancer, an illness that befell his father, his brother said. After treatment and remission, doctors found that the cancer had spread to his bones. His brother said that Zanette decided not to allow the cancer to keep him from living as he liked — he even went hunting in October.
His family and friends fulfilled the top wish on his bucket list on his behalf Sunday by remaining in Daytona for the race. Zanette wouldn't have wanted them to turn back, his brother said.
"My brother has the best seat in the house," he said. "He's up there with his buddy Dale Earnhardt Sr."


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Grassy Slough WMA covers 1,016 acres and is located in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. The WMA is 7 miles south of Idabel on highway 259. Habitat consists of a 120 acre Moist Soil Unit divided into three compartments. The area is mostly old farm fields with some areas replanted to hardwoods. The variety of trees include six species of oak as well as ash, hickory, pine, river birch, willow, as well as sand plum, holly, sumac, and a great variety of grasses and legumes. Soil types vary from deep sand to sandy loam. The average annual precipitation for the area is 53 inches.
Driving Directions:
11 miles south of Idabel on U.S. Hwy 259 to the green trash dumpsters on east side of highway.
Game Species of Interest:
- Quail: Bobwhite quail are present but in very low numbers.
- Bear: Archery season only.
- Turkey: Eastern wild turkeys are present in low numbers.
- Deer: Whitetail deer are present but in low numbers.
- Rabbit: Both cottontails and swamp rabbits are present with cottontails being more common.
- Furbearers: Coyote, bobcat, beaver, mink, and raccoon are available.
- Dove: Very limited opportunity.
- Waterfowl: Goose numbers are usually low but ducks may be present in fair numbers at times.
- River Otter
Nongame Species of Interest:
- Bald Eagle: Eagles winter at Pine Creek Lake and travel the Little River Basin.
Description of Fish and Wildlife Management Practices:
Management practices such as burning, plowing, and bush hogging are used to provide quality native plant food resources and to maintain habitat diversity. Grassy Slough WMA has plenty of water sources for all game and non-game species.
Camping and Facilities:
Camping is not available. Food and lodging is also available in Idabel, Oklahoma. No rifle range facilities exist at this project.
Fishing Opportunities:
There is no fishing at Grassy Slough.
For additional information and area attractions:
Kiamichi Country Tourism
Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce
1134 W Martin Luther King Jr, Broken Bow 74728
(580) 584-3393 or (800) 528-7337
Idabel Chamber of Commerce
13 North Central, Idabel 74745
(580) 286-3305
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
Post Office Box 52002
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-2002
(800) 652-6552 or (405) 521-2409


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YOU CAN discover the amazing medieval cities of the Mediterranean on a new escorted tour organised by The Senior and Travelrite International.
The fully inclusive 19-day cruise takes you on an unforgettable journey across the Mediterranean sea aboard the luxurious MS Koningsdam.
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Then it's time to board Holland America's first-class MS Koningsdam and explore her fabulous facilities before arriving in Dubrovnik.
Known as the jewel of the Adriatic, the beautiful Croatian city has served as a backdrop for many films and television shows including Game of Thrones and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The group will be treated to a tour of the city including the impressive Fort of St John and the Sponza Palace, built in the 14th century as the city's mint.
It's then on to Kotor in Montenegro. Founded by the Romans in 168BC, then conquered by the Venetians in the 15th century, the port is home to many beautiful buildings and impressive city walls. The group will sail up the Bay of Kotor to see the overhanging limestone cliffs of Orjen and Lovecen.
Then it's back to Croatia's second-largest city, Split, and a sightseeing tour that takes in the Baptistry of St John and the Renaissance Town Hall on People's Square.
Returning to Italy, the tour stops in Ravenna, famous for its mosaics, described as a symphony of colour in Dante's Divine Comedy and some of the finest remaining in the Western world.
Next comes the north-eastern Italian city of Trieste with a visit to the castle of Miramare, the residence of Maximilian from Hapsburg and his wife Charlotte from Belgium. Surrounded by a 22-hectare park with rare botanical species, the castle is an example of a noble residence of the mid-17th century.
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Signs that attempt to make phrases from ESPN are rarely clever (even when they're awesome) but this one, yet another reminder that LSU enjoys smoking fake weed, breaches the threshold.
But damn whoever dares make fun of beloved Uncle Verne. He's not fat, he's jolly. And fat.
See the full-size image here. Check back later for more screencaps from Tuscaloosa under the "BIGGEST GAME EVAR" tag.


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Guy Edwards necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 18 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
Movement Performance Academy
We are the Movement Performance Academy, we require and upto date design for our new DVD product, KettleBell Dynamite.
It is an explosive fun look at entry level Kettlebell training covering the basics for fitness enthusiasts and new learners.
Males and females 20-50.
Important to appeal to both sexes, not simply powerlifter sorts. So no grunting aggressive pictures
Fun, explosive, fit, new, fresh.
We will post some stills and kettlebell shots, feel free to experiment.
We would like our cover writing to Be Red, with blue background or outline, though that is not essential, perhaps some reference to a dynamite visual.
Not stuck in our ways, so try something funky
Blue and red are predominant colours
Grey or off white background.
We need a small write up on the back, which will be attached.
Perhaps, still of kettlebell and 1 or two action shots in thumbnail
With some credits and our website and our sponsor. Each place on the bottom. Small MPA Logo on the back, attached
For a wrap round standard DVD case insert into plastic sleeve. 23cm x 18cm


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B.S. in Applied Engineering
Applied Engineering Major, B.A.S.
Delivery: Online
Academic Advisor: Dr. Jim McCracken
(Tel) 218-755-2954
(Email) firstname.lastname@example.com
Click here to apply to the program:
The Applied Engineering Program is designed to prepare individuals to work in a variety of applied engineering career paths in business or industry. The program is designed specifically for individuals who typically possess a two-year technical degree and are interested in advancing their professional career. The program is a "2+2" degree that permits students to apply their 2 year technical degree credits toward a baccalaureate degree. Coupled with a two-year technical degree providing a focused foundation, students will complete junior- and senior-level courses covering a broad range of applied engineering concepts and applications. This breadth will provide maximum flexibility for graduates to pursue diverse employment opportunities. Completion of the degree is available through a web-based distance delivery format. Students should work closely with an advisor to obtain program and course selection information.
Note: Transfer students must take a minimum of 30 semester credits from Bemidji State University. Forty (40) upper division semester credits are also required for graduation.
Note: Asterisked (*) courses have prerequisites not included in this major. It is expected that these prerequisites will have been covered in the Required Technical Core transferred in.
I. Required Technical Core
Requires 26 technical credits transferred from an A.S. or A.A.S. degree, or a diploma (e.g., Manufacturing Technology, Automation Technology)
Subtotal 26 Credits
II. Required Applied Engineering Technology Core
IT 3100 Principles and Practices of Professional Development (2 credits)
IT 3267 Engineering Cost Analysis (3 credits)
*IT 3460 Parametric 3-D Modeling (3 credits)
*IT 3700 Production Planning and Control (3 credits)
IT 3877 Engineering Problem Solving (3 credits)
IT 4460 Design for Manufacturability (3 credits)
IT 4878 Quality Assurance (3 credits)
*IT 4879 Service Process Design and Improvement (3 credits)
IT 4897 Project Management (3 credits)
Subtotal 26 Credits
III. Applied Engineering Technology Electives
Select 14 credits from the following with assistance from a faculty advisor:
BUAD 3281 Advanced Spreadsheet Systems (3 credits)**
BUAD 3361 Marketing (3 credits)**
BUAD 3381 Management Information Systems (3 credits)**
BUAD 3771 Financial Management (3 credits)**
ENGL 3155 Professional Writing (3 credits)
IT 3217 Materials Science and Metallurgy (3 credits)
IT 3870 Technical Sales/Presentations (2 credits)
IT 3879 Performance Measurement (3 credits)
IT 3880 Human Resource Development (2 credits)
*IT 4537 Industrial Design (3 credits)
IT 4777 Advanced Topics in Quality (3 credits)
IT 4877 Industrial Maintenance and Safety (3 credits)
IT 4880 Total Quality Management (3 credits)
IT 4970 Internship (3 credits)
** require prerequisites, or junior or senior status and consent of instructor
Subtotal 14 Credits
IV. Required Engineering Capstone
IT 4820 Engineering Case Study (3 credits)
Subtotal 3 Credits
Total Semester Credits Required for Major 69 Credits
A Total of 128 Semester Credits is Required for a Bachelor's Degree
Degree Summary
Required Technical Core (26 credits)
Required Applied Engineering Technology Core (26 credits)***
Applied Engineering Technology Electives (14 credits)***
Required Engineering Capstone (3 credits)
Liberal Education (42 credits)
Free Electives (17 credits)
Total = 128 credits
***Applied Engineering Technology Core credits (26) plus Applied Engineering Technology Electives credits (14) = 40 upper division credit requirement.
Note: Upon approval of the Technological Studies staff, certain major courses may be substituted in the Applied Engineering Technology Core and/or Applied Engineering Technology Electives from related Technical and Community College Programs.