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Google will buy the popular startup Twitch for use on its video branch, YouTube, according to The Verge. Google, as well as Microsoft and others, were in talks to acquire the company which is popular with the gaming community.
The company lets users watch and streaming live video gaming and has raised $20 million from investors, but the company lacked the funding to grow as much as it wanted. The answer? It needed the cash of a larger company and apparently YouTube was the right place.
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It had plenty of offers from venture capitalists looking to give it more money, said the source, but what it needs is a partner that can help it handle massive amounts of live and user-generated video on a global scale.
Twitch's traffic is supposed to be amazing, with more traffic at its peak hours that Facebook or Amazon, and it will turn a profit this year. However, outside of gamers, few people know what it is or does. Microsoft, with a thriving gaming community on Xbox, was interested in the startup, but its founders wanted a bigger audience. That meant YouTube.
Google acknowledged that Twitch's platform was working with the gamer community and it is a good fit for YouTube, which already houses many video game walkthroughs and channels. This deal will only make that segment of its business grow. However, it may take a while to get that $1 billion price tag back in online revenue.


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MOUNT HOLLY � Five of the best girls basketball teams in Mount Holly High School history along with two former basketball standouts, including the leading scorer in East Gaston High history, a former football standout and a state champion wrestling coach comprise the 2013 Mount Holly Sports Hall of Fame class.
This year�s ceremony will be August 17 at the Mount Holly Municipal Center. Tickets are $20 apiece and can be purchased from any Hall of Fame committee member. For more information, contact Gary Neely at 704-827-4005 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mount Holly had never won a girls regular season basketball title until a group of players coached by three coaches in three years in the 1940s became the first Hawkettes� team to accomplish the feat.
First coached by L.C. Ward in the 1944-45 season, the 1945-46 team coached by Wales Sigmon shared the Little Eight title with Stanley before the 1946-47 team coached by G.D. Wilson won the school�s first outright girls title. The 1946 and 1947 teams also claimed Mount Holly�s second and third league tournament championships; The first winner came in 1937.
As good as the 1940s teams were, the 1966-67 and 1967-68 Hawkettes� were the school�s all-time winners with 17 and 18 overall wins, respectively, and each won the Little Seven regular season title. Coach Joe Spears� best Mount Holly teams of his 12-year tenure as coach, the 1967 team became the school�s first unbeaten team in league play in school history.
A pair of former basketball standouts are included among the four individuals to be inducted.
Charlie �Poss� Drumm helped Mount Holly win its first-ever Little Eight basketball tournament title in 1950 before gaining greater acclaim as a 20-year competitor in the Senior Games. Drumm, now 80 and still active in 3-on-3 basketball, won a national golf competition for his age group in 1989 and was a state champion 3-on-3 basketball player.
Shane Trull remains East Gaston High�s all-time leading basketball scorer with 1,685 points, now 25 years after his graduation in 1988. Trull also helped the Warriors to their first three N.C. Class 4A playoff berths in 1986, 1987 and 1988 before embarking on a four-year career at Belmont Abbey College. Trull remains the Crusaders� only three-time first-team All-Conference Carolinas selection and his 1,743 points at the Abbey remain among the school�s top 10 career scorers.
The other two individuals to be inducted will be former football standout James Browning �J.B.� Thompson and state championship wrestling coach Doug Smith.
Thompson, now deceased, was a star lineman for Mount Holly in the early 1930s and also was a four-year letterman at N.C. State from 1934-37 where he played for former Notre Dame player and coach Hunk Anderson and Doc Newton; Newton two years earlier had coached Gastonia Post 23 to the area�s first American Legion World Series title. Thompson later played semipro football for the Charlotte Clippers and served as a navigator aboard B29�s during World War II before becoming a businessman and public servant in Mount Holly.
Smith began the tradition of excellence for championship-winning East Gaston wrestling program. A 20-year coach at East Gaston who is now a local businessman, Smith coached several individual state champions in addition to leading the Warriors to the 1991, 1992 and 1993 N.C. Class 4A dual-match wrestling championships.
In addition to the Hall of Fame inductions, a fourth straight Mount Holly �Community Spirit Award� will be given.
This year�s recipient is former Mount Holly News columnist Sarah Nixon, whose column �Personally Mentioned� frequently highlighted local youth, recreation and school sporting events and accomplishments.
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Mount Holly Sports Hall of Fame history:
Roster of inductees:
2007 � Robert Black, Delmer Wiles
2008 � Arthur Davis, Bearl Davis, Max Davis, Wilbern Davis, Bertha Dunn, George Fincher, Neb Hollis
2009 � Vivian Laye Broome, Ray Campbell, Don Killian, Dick Thompson, Tommy Wilson, 1963 Mount Holly High School football team
2010 � John Farrar, Joe Huffstetler, Joe Spears, Johnny Wike, 1990 East Gaston High school wrestling team
2011 � Bruce Bolick, Wayne Bolick, Frank Love, Jim McManus, Samuel �Dink� McManus, T.J. McManus, Scott Stewart, Perry Toomey
2012 � Ronnie Harrison, Larry Hartsell, Dawn Moose, William �Chink� Outen, Freddy Whitt, 1967 Mount Holly High School football team
2013 � 1945, 1946 and 1947 Mount Holly High School girls basketball teams, 1967 and 1968 Mount Holly High School girls basketball teams, Charlie �Poss� Drumm, Doug Smith, James Browning �J.B.� Thompson, Shane Trull
Community Spirit Award winners:
2010 � Dwight Frady
2011 � John Lewis
2012 � Bobby John Rhyne
2013 � Sarah Nixon

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SAYREVILLE, N.J. (AP) New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie surprised some schoolchildren when he told them his favorite football team is the Dallas Cowboys.
His pronouncement Tuesday at a school in central New Jersey drew shouts, gasps and some boos.
But his love of the Cowboys is no secret. In 2010, the then-rookie governor proclaimed his favorite sports teams to be the Cowboys, the New York Mets, the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers.
Christie says those are teams he grew up rooting for.
The governor, now running for re-election, joked that being a Cowboys fan "is not the smartest thing for the governor of New Jersey to be."
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – The ninth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team earned the No. 2 seed in this week's ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. The Terps will play seventh-seeded Georgia Tech or 10th-seeded Wake Forest Friday at 6 p.m.
The game will be shown on RSN and specific television channels will be released this week.
Maryland (23-6, 14-4 ACC) earned a first round bye for the eighth time under head coachBrenda Frese. The Yellow Jackets (14-15, 7-11) and the Demon Deacons (12-18, 5-13) will play Thursday at 6 p.m., with the winner advancing to take on the Terrapins. Maryland's 14 conference wins are a school record.
Maryland is 49-25 (.662) all-time in the ACC Tournament and is 14-8 (.636) under Frese. The Terrapins are 13-6 all-time as the No. 2 seed (.684). Maryland won the program's 10th ACC title last year as the No. 3 seed with a 68-65 win over fourth-seeded Georgia Tech. ACC Tournament MVP Alyssa Thomas scored 29 points in the championship game to lift the Terps.
Senior Tianna Hawkins has led the ACC in scoring all season long. She averages 18.5 points per game, which is the most any Terrapin has averaged in a single season since Deanna Tate averaged 19.8 in 1988-89. Hawkins is second in the league rebounding with 9.4 per contest. The senior recently broke the 1,000-rebound mark and is third on Maryland's all-time list. She currently has 1,518 career points.
Thomas, the 2012 ACC Player of the Year, leads the league in rebounding with 10.3 per game and is third in scoring (17.9) and second in assists (5.2). The junior leads the league with 17 double-doubles this year, including 12 in ACC play.
For game times and the latest on the ACC Tournament, log on to http://www.theacc.com/championships/acc-womens-basketball-tournament.html. All rounds will be televised.
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The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to conduct such fishing explorations and such necessary related work as oceanographical, biological, technological, statistical, and economic studies to insure maximum development and utilization of the high seas fishery resources of the United States and its island possessions in the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean and intervening areas as may be consistent with developing and sustaining such fishery resources at maximum levels of production in perpetuity and to provide for the best possible utilization thereof.
16 U.S. Code § 758a. Conduct of explorations and related work in Pacific Ocean
1960—Pub. L. 86–624 substituted "the United States and its island possessions" for "the Territories and island possessions of the United States".
"Secretary of Commerce" substituted for "Secretary of the Interior, through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior," in view of: creation of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Department of Commerce and Office of Administrator of such Administration; abolition of Bureau of Commercial Fisheries in Department of the Interior and Office of Director of such Bureau; transfers of functions, including functions formerly vested by law in Secretary of the Interior or Department of the Interior which were administered through Bureau of Commercial Fisheries or were primarily related to such Bureau, exclusive of certain enumerated functions with respect to Great Lakes fishery research, Missouri River Reservoir research, Gulf Breeze Biological Laboratory, and Trans-Alaska pipeline investigations; and transfer of marine sport fish program of Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, consisting of Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, succeeded and replaced Fish and Wildlife Service of Department of the Interior under provisions of Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, as originally provided in section 742b(a) and (d) of this title.
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The non-use of Billy stings today after the ground ball, but it was a sound non-move.
To answer the post before yours' I don't see any risk. He has been perfect this month stealing bases and it's not been close. Also the batter will see 1 if not 2 fastballs in a row...not to mention the pitcher will be trying to "hurry" his stretch to the plate...
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To me the Reds are very lucky to be 1-1 after these two games. Honestly, they probably should be 0-2.
They have simply been outplayed so far. Hopefully that changes tomorrow. I was really looking for either Bailey or Latos to give a classic dominate performance. I have been pretty disappointed in both of their performances.
How they pitched does put a thought into the back of my head about Cueto starting that wildcard game if he can get his pitch count up. I just have more faith in Cueto as a big game pitcher right now.
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Tough loss but they didn't play very well either.
I wish after Votto's error Hanigan would've visited Homer to keep things in perspective....next pitch, tie game. Joey lost focus and Homer matched it.
I know that Dusty is Dusty and DRob and the bottom bench guys are gonna get at bats.....but I just don't believe DRob is going to be any kind of asset in the playoffs and you lose a big game and your lightning bolt never sniffs the field. Quit finding reasons not to play him and find a reason to play him. For 3 seasons we watched Drew Stubbs swing not match up well with anyone....but we needed his speed in CF...
Oh well...go get me tomorrow.
Votto's WAR this series is 0.0
Just back from PNC. They put on a good concert and fireworks display ("Skyblast") on Saturdays. My first visit there. Definitely a nice place to watch baseball. Not many other Reds fans in the lower level where we were.
Bummer of a game. Can't win 'em all and all that. JV can't be perfectly error-free at 1B and tonight that just cost us more than most might. No different really from what victimised the Bucs last night. Likewise at the plate where both JV and JB hit into DPs at crucial times to end threats. All gonna happen at times.
My disappointment sitting there watching wasn't about the pitching either. Homer pitched well. Not his best but certainly not terribly. Likewise the pen with the exception of Duke, who I'm not sure I want to see in whatever post-season game(s) we play.
From before first pitch (Burnett was dealing after giving up the early two) until Grilli came out to a standing O and summarily ended the game, my concern was about the night's roster. I'm sure it was much discussed on the thread tonight; too late for me to read 'em all.
Choo: out with a thumb issue that I sure hope isn't serious enough to impact more than another game or two. Nothing could be done about that.
But, Robinson in CF instead of Billy? I don't see it. He looked positively overmatched by Burnett and never got on base.
Hanny at 3rd instead of Frazier? Didn't get that either. As much as Todd cooled this year after a good start, I'd have trusted his bat more and, of course, Hanny was another ofer and one of the 4 or so in tonight's lineup treading water around .200. Tood came out on deck at one point but, when the 2nd out was made in front of him, Dusty pulled him in favor of HRod for his 6th ML AB. Wasn't sure how hard we were trying to win with that move. His AB and quick K was the biggest mismatch of the night.
Hanigan catching instead of Meso? Long game last night I guess? Devin did a great job with his stellar AB. Maybe he was tired? Not sure but the team could have used his bat too.
I'll be perfectly happy if we win tomorrow and take the series. We'll be there for that one too before heading back to Washington. Just felt like today's game was predictable to some extent and a bit confounding. I'd have like the fireworks and Neon Trees much better had we won.
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Reds & Nats, 2013 LCS. Take2 (9/13) Reds but no Nats
A few final thoughts. Read maybe 1/3 of the posts. Couldn't help myself. But, since we were there with some good sight lines just behind Joey:
- The consensus upthread on Duke is right. He struggled mightily in DC. He's struggling mightily for us. Conclusion: he's not a very good pitcher and you can't trust him. Whether the one poster who opined he wouldn't pitch in tight situation again is right is a totally different question i wouldn't be as sure about.
- Defense and 4 clear holes in the lineup. Simple really. Why we lost.
- I agree about using Billy when he's the tying or winning run but also just cringe when the energy level seems near comatose and he stays on the bench. Think he's starting tomorrow. I hope to see him, Meso and Frazier back in to support Bronson.
- Whoever upthread wrote 'we played with one hand behind our backs' gets a "+1" from me. That works to aptly describe the bat anemia and ham-fisted D.
REally hope we win tomorrow. I'll be pretty disappointed after making a weekend here if we don't see a REds win for our trouble.
Reds & Nats, 2013 LCS. Take2 (9/13) Reds but no Nats
Hanigan (unless he's injured) catches Bailey.Hanigan catching instead of Meso? Long game last night I guess? Devin did a great job with his stellar AB. Maybe he was tired? Not sure but the team could have used his bat too.
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Overwhelming Fearfulness
Don't quit before the miracle happens—AA Slogan
You know my troubles like no other,
And You understand my adversities.
You know that sometimes I become
So fearful my skin grows cold,
And it feels like I can hardly breathe.
My countenance shrinks and I feel helpless.
I'm afraid of so many things.
I'm afraid of people and of being alone,
Of never experiencing happiness again,
Of not having enough income to survive.
Father, it seems like the list never ends,
And I lack the power and strength to move forward.
I need You now—more than ever.
Help me. Be my strength, when I am weak.
Be my fortress, when my life crumbles around me.
You know I can't rely on anybody but You.
At times I'm fearful that You don't really care—
That You are not interested in helping me.
I want to be strong and confident,
But I am not, and I know that I'm not.
I acknowledge this as a shortcoming.
Give me Your strength and Your confidence.
Help me put one foot in front of the other—one day at a time.
I have nothing to sustain me but my trust in You,
Which I admit is tenuous and often very fragile,
For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually before me. For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin. But my enemies are vigorous and strong; and many are those who hate me wrongfully, and those who repay evil for good. Do not forsake me, O Lord, O my God, do not be far from me! Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. (Psalm 38:17-22)


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The EIB is financing the construction of two sections of dual two lane motorway and associated access roads in Southern Poland (A1 and A4 Motorways). The realization of such large-scale infrastructure projects has a significant impact on the environment. It becomes thus essential for the motorway providers, to pay close attention to both assessing and minimizing the resulting impact.
EUROSENSE provided several EO based monitoring services which can support the management of EIBs projects. For instance, a wide range of environmental information can be extracted from EO data, this way mitigation measures and construction works can be monitored using EO data.
Two different services were delivered. A first service focused on quantifying the impact of the motorways on the Natura 2000 and shadow sites, assessing changes in land cover between a time before the construction and a most recent reference year. A second service aimed at the monitoring of the progress in (i) construction works of the A1 & A4 motorways and (ii) environmental mitigation measures. The technical progress monitoring is required to enable the comparison of the performance of different companies working on the different sections.
Following EO based products were delivered: (i) Ortho-rectified satellite imagery (SPOT-5, 2,5m resolution) (before and after the construction) (ii) Land Cover map, change map and statistics (before and after the construction) and (iii) Infrastructure construction change map and statistics.
Land cover map, related to the Motorway A4, from Wieliczka to Brzesko (Poland)
Infrastructure construction monitoring and Progress statistics for Section 1, Motorway A1: Sosnica interchange (Poland)
The project showed to be a good starting point, especially to demonstrate to EIB what is/is not possible to monitor with EO data. In general, the EO based products form a uniform, standardized database, easy to update and allows easy comparison. The land cover and infrastructure construction maps can be used to calculate statistics and make queries with other digital geospatial vector in a GIS environment. Especially for remote, inaccessible areas where distances to the site are greater and more follow-up is needed, the EO based products contain valuable input for EIB.
The project was financed by ESA. ARCADIS Belgium was partner in the project.
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Make your own shoe-stretcher spray
Dear Sara:
There is a spray that is used with shoe stretchers. Do you know what is in that formula? — Carol W., email
Dear Carol:
You can use equal parts water and rubbing alcohol on the inside of the shoe where you want it stretched (using a cotton ball to apply it). Then use your shoe stretcher and a hair dryer to stretch the shoes. Repeat until you have the desired results.
Dear Sara:
I have saved two dozen Del Monte red grapefruit slices pint jars. I often give my jellies and pickles away, and I thought these jars would be great for that, but the labels just won't come off. I have tried soaking, and they have been in the dishwasher several times, but I still cannot remove the labels. I called the company and a young man only suggested what I have already tried. Can you help me? — Donyta, email
Dear Donyta:
Soak the jars in hot water. If there's still some glue residue, use vinegar, nail polish remover, baby or vegetable oil and a plastic or green Scotch-Brite scrubbie to remove it. Label removal is easier if you score the label first. You might have luck with Goo Gone, WD-40 or Pledge furniture polish, too. Run them through your dishwasher afterward.
Dear Sara:
I sometimes forget to marinate. Is there anything wrong with just pouring marinade onto the meat/poultry and cooking it? — Pauline, Ohio
Dear Pauline:
Marinade is pretty strong because it's concentrated, so using too much directly can result in a flavor that is overpowering. If you're short on time, you can brush the marinade onto the meat/poultry toward the end of the cooking process. The idea is to enhance the flavor of your meat, so soaking your meat in it overnight isn't absolutely necessary.
Dear Sara:
We rarely drink hot chocolate, but happen to have tons of mix. What can I do with it besides make hot chocolate? — Dob, email
Dear Dob:
Give some to friends or family, or donate it. You can make chocolate pudding or a chocolate shake, or add it to coffee, pancake batter or oatmeal. You can use it in baked goods such as cakes and muffins, too. Here's an easy microwave cake-in-a-mug recipe: howto.wired.com/wiki/Make_Cake_in_a_Mug.
Dear Sara:
I'm making a breakfast sausage casserole, but I grabbed the regular Jimmy Dean sausage instead of the sage flavor. I have some sage; how much do you think I should mix in with the sausage to flavor it? — S.S., California
Dear S.S.:
I wouldn't add more than 1 tablespoon of sage per pound.
Dear Sara:
Can I freeze leftover cooked rice? — Jennifer C., North Carolina
Dear Jennifer:
You can freeze cooked rice. Let it cool, then package it in freezer storage bags. Flatten the bag (leaving rice in a layer about 3/4-inch thick) and squeeze out any air, or you can even roll the rice into a ball and wrap with plastic wrap. To reheat, microwave on high for 1-2 minutes or until fully reheated, or use a frying pan or small saucepan. Add a bit of water if needed.


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Its name may sound silly, but the bobolink is a serious songster—and a world-class traveler. These dark birds sail the night skies, migrating to grasslands, hayfields and meadows in North and South America—a round trip that's about 12,500 miles long.
For generations, their jubilant songs have stirred mixed reactions. Poets such as Emily Dickenson and William Cullen Bryant drew inspiration from the songbird's crooning call. But farmers know bobolinks as "rice-birds" for the damage a hungry flock can inflict on crops.
The bobolink reached its heyday back when people still drove horse-powered buggies, expanding its range westward as forests fell to make room for more pastures and hayfields. But today, the bobolink's population is shrinking.
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But all is not lost for these blackbirds yet. Farmers are starting to realize that bobolinks can be good guests, since they also feed on crop-eating pests.
So perhaps one day soon, both the farmers and poets will hear music in the bobolink's tune.
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Eric and Charlotte Kaufman walked down a Navy gangway onto dry land Wednesday morning in Coronado, with no comment about their odyssey on the Pacific or in the rough seas of public opinion.
But more details emerged about the San Diego family's condition and the state of their 36-foot sailboat when California Air National Guard pararescuers arrived Thursday evening about 900 miles off Cabo San Lucas.
The Guard had flown down from the Bay Area in response to a distress call the Kaufmans made that day. The couple were attempting an around-the-world sailing trip with their two daughters, ages 1 and 3.
Once the four pararescuers reached their destination, they administered oxygen to the Kaufmans' infant, Lyra, who was suffering infections that hadn't yielded to antibiotics.
The entire family was wet because of the five- to eight-foot waves, said Capt. Lejon Boudreaux, a spokesman for the Guard's 129th Air Rescue Wing. "It definitely was urgent. (Lyra) definitely needed immediate medical attention," he recalled on Wednesday afternoon.
The family's sailboat, named Rebel Heart, had only 10 or 11 hours of fuel left. And whenever the Kaufmans would run the engine, the boat would start taking on water, Boudreaux said. "They were essentially dead in the water and at the mercy of the seas," he added.
The Guard team stabilized Lyra's condition, then stayed on scene with the Kaufmans until the San Diego-based frigate Vandegrift could pick up everyone Sunday. Although the pararescuers became seasick amid the bobbing waves, they enjoyed the pancakes that the Kaufmans served, Boudreaux said.
On Wednesday, the Vandegrift dropped off the family and the pararescuers at North Island Naval Air Station. Then it went to its home pier across the bay — where the crew was met by at least three dozen media outlets.
The Kaufmans' story has become international news largely because of the debate about whether Lyra and her sister, Cora, were too young to sail the oceans.
Many commenters on utsandiego.com and elsewhere have opined that it was irresponsible parenting to take the children on a prolonged voyage far away from any coastline in a small sailboat.
"Hope (Child Protective Services) was there to greet them" at North Island, one commenter wrote online Wednesday.
Charlotte and Eric Kaufman have addressed the public once since their crisis began. In a statement Sunday, the couple said they were "proud of our choices and our preparation" for the sailing trip and asked for understanding about their seafaring way of life.
On Wednesday, the family checked into a Navy Lodge hotel on North Island for what was believed to be an overnight stay. Then they quickly left the base for a doctor's appointment, a Navy official said.
At the San Diego Naval Base pier, crew members of the Vandegrift said they were pleased to have completed the rescue successfully.
When the ship reached the Rebel Heart overnight between Saturday and Sunday, the sailors were prepared to conduct a challenging nighttime rescue. The mission would have consisted of using a basket device to raise the sailboat's occupants into a hovering helicopter.
But based on Lyra's improved medical condition, the crew decided to wait until Sunday morning.
"We were in the right place at the right time," said the ship's commanding officer, Cmdr. Luis Alva.
The Vandegrift was homeward bound after four days of exercises off San Diego when it got the rescue request. After fueling up, the frigate sped off at up to 25 knots to cover the 1,200 miles between it and the Rebel Heart.
The expense of that round-trip mission was at least $216,000, based on the daily operating cost of an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate.
The operating cost of the Guard's MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft and two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters that flew from the Bay Area was still unavailable Wednesday. A spokesman for the California Air National Guard said the figures may be released today.
Despite many calls from the public for the Kaufmans to pay the rescue expenses, the agencies involved have said that's not their policy.


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Adobe Tops 4Q Expectations as Cloud Service Grows
Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter profit and sales late Thursday as its new cloud service and subscription model continued to gain traction.
The San Jose, Calif.-based software maker posted net income of $222.3 million, or 44 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of $173.7 million, or 35 cents.
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Revenue for the three-month period ended Nov. 30 was $1.15 billion, virtually flat from a year ago but beating the Street's view of $1.1 billion.
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen touted the company's success with its entry into the cloud, noting that Adobe surpassed its Creative Cloud subscription goals.
"In fiscal 2013 we intend to accelerate our pace of innovation, and drive integration between Creative Cloud and Adobe Marketing Cloud," Narayen said
The company added about 10,000 Creative Cloud subscriptions per week during the quarter, compared with an average of just 8,000 weekly in the third quarter, with Adobe Marketing Cloud revenues reaching a record $220.4 million, a 32% increase year-over-year.
At the same time, Adobe said it was driving migration to a subscription model in its creative business faster than it predicted a year ago.
"We are confident fiscal 2013 will be the pivotal year for the transition," Adobe CFO Mark Garrett said. "This will yield a stronger, more predictable recurring revenue model with higher long-term revenue growth."


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**Where's Ruben? Phillies GM will be heading for Phoenix early next week to catch the Phillies prospects in the Arizona Fall League. Next month also includes the GM meetings in Milwaukee, 15-17.
**Shane Victorino will receive the prestigious Branch Rickey Award from the Rotary Club of Denver for his contributions in the community. Ruben will attend the Nov. 12 event. Where ever he is, a cell phone will be attached to Ruben's ear.
**Young shortstop Freddy Galvis missed a little more than week of winter ball in his native Venezuela after having a cyst on his right wrist drained. He's expected back in the lineup any day.
**Note from the Phillies Communications Department: "If you are a DirecTV subscriber, please be aware that the Phillies episode of "On Deck with Jamie and Mike" will air on Saturday, 10/29 at 7:30pm (ET) on DirecTV's Audience Network (Channel 101) or in 3D on N3D. The show highlights the Phillies and Citizens Bank Park as well as the city of Philadelphia."
**Citizens Bank Park events next week:
*Sunday night, Eagles VIP Tailgate Party (Hall of Fame Club/Diamond Club).
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Blatah has reached a 100, 000 hits, and on Feb. 10th shall have it's first anniversary.
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fireflyit necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 127 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
We are a young start up software and consultant company - average age is about 30 years - located in Germany with an industrial background.
Our software regulates everything in and around industrial production. We are focussing on On-Demand software,
easily and intuitvely to handle, user-optimized and with an innovative, young interface.
This is also our intention in consulting. We are a young team, and we make a point in beeing different from usual consultants.
We've got a hands-on mentality. Rather than producing lots of paperwork, we help companies in an unbureaucratic and practical
way to optimise their processes in and around production. Whenever it is possible, we try to simplify complicated things,
leaving everything which is unneccessary.
We want to force the branch to open itself to do things in different ways.
Our clientel are small and medium-sized companies, mostly male persons.
It's as well the middle and upper management which has to buy the software, as the simple workman which has to use it every day.
We need a logo, which representates our young, different company.
It has to tell the management that this company is reliable, capable to undertsand the complicated connections and situations in a
producing company, and with this saoftware there is a lot of money to save.
So it has to look high quality, respectable and reliable.
But it also has to tell the worker and every-day-user, that this software is what he has waited for. It is intuitively to use,
it makes his every-day business a lot easier to organise, and it is really cool, because it has a complete different look-a-like
than all other software which is usually used in the production periphery.
So it has to look cool and simple.
And it has to represent us, so it has to look young, a little bit of a rebel, very clear and straight.
We thougt about the colours black and limegreen. We'd lve to have a green logo on a black background.
The logo should include the writing "firefly" and something of an icon of a firefly, maybe in a comic-style. Just keep it simple.
This is the ICON that will go on all of our products, sticker decals, T-shirts, etc.
Some sort of ICON that once you see it, you know that it's "firefly".
We need vector files for the logo.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on last month's Reacting to the Past (RTTP) conference at Barnard. A teaching method developed by Barnard history professor. Mark Carnes, RTTP consists of elaborate games, set in the past, in which students are assigned roles informed by classic texts in the history of ideas. The pedagogy has been adopted by about 300 colleges and universities around the country, many of which were represented by students and faculty at this recent event.
"My guess is that over the next few years, clusters of Reacting games will function as alternatives to the menu system of general education at more and more colleges and universities," Prof. Carnes told the Chronicle. A faculty member from Indiana University at South Bend who attended the conference said, "It revitalized my career ... Reacting's not going to solve every problem in the classroom, but it'll help a lot of students."
Read the full article. For more information on RTTP, visit the program's website.


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I live in Massachusetts as well as my 3 other sisters and our parents who are in their 80s live in Florida. My father's only brother from South Carolina passed away 3 years ago (they were very close) We recently learned from a friend in SC of a CD in the amount of 67k that was my uncle's. This CD was in a bank in Connecticut. We assumed this money belonged to my father being the only immediate family (next of kin). However since we did not have a will (the Will is lost) my father was not able to directly receive the money. So one of my sisters took it upon herself to take some legal action and moved that money into "an estate" checking account. She is the "owner" of this estate. I don't have all the details from her as she is being very secret about it. I do know that she said she has to go to "probate court"? My dad is a vulnerable and passive type of person and unfortunately my dad and I are not fully clear on how this works and having a hard time understanding the process that my sister is doing. My dad being elderly is confused (I'm confused a little too) yet wants to trust my sister that she is doing the right thing and not spending that money. Based on what you've outlined here, it sounds like your sister petitioned the probate court in South Carolina to be named the administrator of your uncle's estate. (That's like being the executor, but when there's no Will; also called the Personal Representative). And that would make sense, because you'd need a probate to transfer an asset that large. If that's what she did, and the court did appoint her administrator, she could take the paperwork issued by the court, and use it to open an estate account. But she's NOT the owner of the money, she's in charge of safeguarding it until the probate process is completed. That process requires that all creditors be notified, all assets identified, all heirs be notified, and all debts paid. At that point, the court will issue an order distributing that money to the appropriate people under that state's law of intestacy. What's confusing is that your father, as the only living heir, should have received notice from the court of your sister's petition to be named administrator. To find out what's actually happened, you should call the probate court in the county where your uncle died to find out about any proceedings there under his name. Here's a helpful article on settling an estate in South Carolina as well.
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The Ivymount Social Cognition Instructional Package (IvySCIP) was one of eight innovative education assessment projects recently singled out for attention by the White House.
Designed in partnership with award-winning research and development company 3C Institute and funded by the Small Business Innovation Research program at the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, IvySCIP has been created to address President Obama's call to overhaul the testing and assessment of students.
IvySCIP is a comprehensive tool for enabling practitioners to assess the social and emotional learning needs of elementary students diagnosed with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder. IvySCIP assesses five key social competencies: self-knowledge and self-advocacy, social interaction, emotional regulation, executive skills and problem solving, and self-care.
Described by the White House as the "next generation of assessments in education," IvySCIP has been piloted by more than 50 teachers and related service providers and has received overwhelmingly positive feedback. Reports generated from IvySCIP help educators prioritize instruction, develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), and track student growth and progress toward meeting goals.
IvySCIP co-author, Eve Müller, explains that IvySCIP is the first product of its kind to support teachers through all aspects of social learning instruction for students with higher functioning autism. "Social learning is an area where teachers often don't know where to begin," says Müller. "IvySCIP addresses this need head on, starting with assessing the strengths and needs of students."
As the emphasis on the importance of children's social and emotional learning (SEL) in education increases, IvySCIP has enabled Ivymount staff to share their wealth of autism expertise with the field more broadly.
"Eve Müller, Lynn Cannon, and Melissa Cherry have taken some of the best Ivymount SEL programming and assessments, and designed the IvySCIP in response to that need," says Jan Wintrol, CEO, Ivymount Corporation. "It is an outstanding achievement that the IvySCIP was recognized as worthy of a Federal Grant from the Department of Education to develop this product for educators nationally. Hats off to these women."
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A Fayette teacher is on administrative leave pending the investigation of charges of sexual conduct with a student.
Physical education and health teacher Tabatha Fidler was placed on leave in January when school officials learned of the accusations against her.
She was indicted last week by a Williams County grand jury on one count of sexual battery involving a 16-year-old boy. The incident is alleged to have occurred at her Montpelier home last summer.
Under Ohio law, sexual battery includes engaging in sexual conduct when the offender is a teacher and the other person is a minor. The charge is a third-degree felony.
Fidler joined the district in the 2005-06 school year.
Gorham Fayette Superintendent of Schools Russell Griggs issued a press release about the matter March 27.
"The Board of Education views any allegations of inappropriate conduct very seriously and believed it was in the best interest of all involved if the teacher was removed from the school building during the investigation period," Griggs wrote.
Now that Fidler has been indicted, the board will make a decision regarding additional action about her employment.
"The Gorham Fayette Board of Education prides itself on providing a first class education to its students," Griggs wrote, "and this situation should not in any way diminish the hard work of all the employees in providing that education or become a distraction or hindrance to providing that education to its students."
He expressed the desire for community members to allow the board to continue with its main focus: the education of the district's children.


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At Crown Carveries we do our traditional roast dinner proud, with a great choice of tender, slow-cooked joints every day of the week. We also serve up cracking pub-food classics with unlimited veg and sides, so whatever you fancy, you won't go hungry.
You'll find our family-friendly restaurants all over the country. So for a tasty, affordable feast, just drop by your nearest Crown carvery and tuck in.


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Lions' Bush to start Sunday
Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) - Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush is expected to start Sunday's game against Dallas despite missing practice on Friday with a knee injury.
Bush was not listed on the injury report the first two days, but had his knee wrapped on Friday.
Offensive tackle Riley Reiff was listed as questionable Friday because of a hamstring injury that kept him limited in practice. He is active and slated to start Sunday.


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Several communities in Onslow and Carteret counties celebrate the holidays by gathering on the waterfront to watch another gathering on the water.
Several communities in Onslow and Carteret counties celebrate the holidays by gathering on the waterfront to watch another gathering on the water.
Christmas flotillas, organizers say, are a holiday tradition and a chance to foster community spirit.
David Zelinski is the chairman of the Jacksonville Christmas Flotilla organized by the Jacksonville Breakfast Rotary Club and now in its 26th year.
�The purpose of the flotilla is simply to give back to the community and to celebrate the holidays,� said Zelinski, who has been helping with the parade for 12 years and who is serving his second year as chairman.
Boats will start out in Wilson Bay and proceed up New River underneath the Old Bridge and circle around in front of the USO at New River Waterfront Park. He said Santa�s boat is the last in the parade. Santa departs at the docks by the USO and hands out candy to the kids.
The best places for viewing are the Kerr Street Marina, the New River Waterfront Park, or on Old Bridge itself, Zelinski said.
Attendees can expect live music and a continuation of festivities at Winterfest. The Jacksonville festival will be from 2 to 8 p.m. in Riverwalk Crossing Park downtown and will include carolers, ice sculptures, arts and crafts, sledding, and more.
Bill Tarplee, owner of Tideline Marine, said he has been involved in all of the Jacksonville flotillas. He initially got involved because of his membership in the Jacksonville Breakfast Rotary Club, but now he helps out because he said he thinks it�s a good event for the public, for Rotary and for the boaters.
�It�s fun and it�s a free event for the community,� said Tarplee, who helps make a route for the boats and also helps put on a fish fry for all the boaters each year.
Tarplee said come rain or shine, they put on the event � in windy conditions, the extreme cold, and even sleet and snow.
�We figure if the spectators would come out in that kind of weather, the boaters should hang in there with them,� he said.
Tarplee said a flotilla takes �a fair amount of effort� to put on, including getting permits with local agencies � the police department and city to block off Old Bridge Street and the Coastguard. They set up a sound system on the waterfront and get an emcee to talk about the floats as they sail by.
Zelinski said it doesn�t end there: they also pay for liability insurance, and they have permits with the city, county, homeland security, and coordinate with several law enforcement agencies.
In Swansboro, a flotilla has been a tradition for more than 20 years.
Judy Hailey, director of the Swansboro Festivals Committee for 10 years, said in the downtown area alone, they get 5,000 to 6,000 visitors for the flotilla, which makes public safety logistics very important. Organizers coordinate with local law enforcement on parking, traffic control, setting up barricades and more so visitors stay safe.
She said they also ask for Coastguard assistance to bring the flotilla down the waterway, and set up non-profits to sell hot chocolate and cider to patrons the night of the event.
�Water is our mainstay in Swansboro, and the flotilla is our version of a Christmas parade,� Hailey said. �Everybody loves Christmas parades, ours just happens to be wet.�
Participating floats will begin at the Emerald Isle Bridge in the Intracoastal Waterway and make their way down the waterfront to Swansboro, ending in the White Oak River. Hailey said folks can view the flotilla from the waterfront in Cedar Point and homes all along the route, but the official viewing spot is in downtown Swansboro. Organizers do not encourage viewing on the bridge for safety reasons.
Carl Rauschenberg is in his sixth year floating a boat in Swansboro flotilla with the Coastguard Auxiliary�s Emerald Isle flotilla. Rauschenberg said the program saves lives through patrolling and helping people on the water, public education and safety inspections.
Rauschenberg�s theme is an old fashioned Christmas said the boat will be decked out with a fireplace, presents, a large tree up on the bow, two dolphins on the side of the bow, and a dolphin following behind.
Rauschenberg said the auxiliary participates in the flotilla because it is a part of their community involvement in their patrol area. In addition, he said they enjoy the event, competition, decorating and simply participating.
�We have a computerized system that synchronizes music and the lights,� he said. Something they�ve added this year that is totally new are three local high school students to dance to the Christmas music.
Tom Crawford works for the Departmentof Defense on base supporting the command with visual aids. A native of the area, an artist, and the owner of a 16-foot skiff, Crawford has been competing in the Swansboro flotilla for approximately 10 years.
�I�ve been in the red since I started,� Crawford laughed, explaining that he�s spent more money on decorations than he�s ever made on the prize money. He also said he�s encountered numerous problems, such as engine and generator malfunctions, losing parts of his decorations in strong currents, and more.
Yet he continues to enter his float � which he calls Swannyclause because it is designed to look like a giant 3D swan wearing a Santa hat � because he thinks the parade is a great way to show off all the town has to offer.
�And if somebody doesn�t go out and do it, we won�t have one,� he said. �It wouldn�t be much of a parade if we only had four or five boats.�
Crawford also enjoys the competition, something made clear by the fact that he�s won first place more than eight times.
He also said the swan has become somewhat of a staple in the flotilla and people expect to see it.
This year though, audiences can expect an upgrade.
�I�m giving it a facelift this year,� Crawford said, referencing how the Santa hat needs to be repaired, and how he hopes to add some color with a scarf.
Crawford said he was originally inspired by Disney, which makes 3D objects.
�I try to animate it like a real swan, making it go in circles and stuff like that,� Crawford said.
Usually, he drags the float out the week of Thanksgiving to perform touch-ups and get it ready. This year, he has started weeks ahead of time to upgrade his float made of chicken wire, wood, house wrap, and lights.
The Len Furtner Memorial Flotilla in Pine Knoll Shores was named for Len Furtner, a community activist who kept the flotilla afloat for years, according to Bill Keefe, one of the flotilla organizers and a Pine Knoll Shores Parks and Recreation Board member.
�He was just a volunteer who thought it was a great idea and didn�t want to let it die,� Keefe said of Furtner, who managed to salvage the flotilla when no one else would. Furtner passed away three years ago, and Keefe said they now dedicate the flotilla to him, �a good Samaritan and good soul.�
Three years ago, the city took over the flotilla, according to Keefe, and it has been improving � last year they had 16 to 18 boats participate.
Furtner�s widow Kathy Furtner, said her husband kept the flotilla going for their kids, then later the children in the neighborhoods and town, and then the Furtner�s grandchildren.
�He did it for them, the kids,� she said, adding that he even dressed up as Santa and threw candy to the children from the bridge. When he passed away in 2010, she said she believed the town took it up to honor his memory.
The flotilla this year will include a party after with a burn barrel and marshmallow roasting at McNeil Park. Boats will start at Brock Basin and proceed down the boat sound to McNeil Inlet, and travel through the canal which runs through town, ending up back at Brock Basin.
The best viewing will be at McNeil Inlet at 5 p.m., according to Keefe.
On Topsail Island, Sharon Luther and her husband own The Belle of Topsail and the Raven, a riverboat and a pirate ship at Pirate�s Cove in Surf City. Luther said the annual flotilla on the island is not so much an organized event with a contest, but an open celebration for any local boat owner to decorate his or her vessel and join in the festivities.
The Topsail Island flotilla will start around 5:30 p.m. at Banks Channel in Surf City the Friday after Thanksgiving, and participants will head south from there. Luther said those who want to join in are welcome.
Luther started decorating The Belle of Topsail last week, preparing it for the dinner cruise which they will host the night of the flotilla.
�That way people can actually participate in the flotilla, not just watch it,� she said.
David Cartier works public relations for the NC Maritime Museum system for Beaufort, Hatteras, and Southport, and this year is his first time working on the Crystal Coast Christmas Flotilla, which will grace both Morehead City and Beaufort�s waterfronts on Dec. 7, and which started approximately 15 years ago, according to Cartier.
Approximately 15 to 20 boats of all sizes and �decked out in holiday cheer� participate on a regular basis, according to Cartier.
Over the years, through sponsorship and participation fees, the flotilla has raised around $20,000 for the Junior Sailing Program for the North Carolina Maritime Museum, which runs in the summer and teaches children 8 years and older to sail.
Want to go?
- Topsail Island flotilla begin at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at Banks Channel and will head south from there. Any boat is welcome to join. Anyone who wishes to coordinate with a group can call Sharon Luther to follow under the Surf City Swing Bridge at 910-328-1621.
- Swansboro Christmas Flotilla � 6 p.m. Nov. 29 in historic downtown Swansboro. Applications to participate as a float can be downloaded at www.swansborofestivals.com.
- Len Furtner Memorial Flotilla in Pine Knoll Shores� 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 7 at McNeil Park. Participating boats should be at Brock Basin at 4:30 p.m.
- Jacksonville Christmas Flotilla � 6 p.m. Dec. 7 at New River Waterfront Park. Organizer David Zelinski said they are still looking for participants for this year�s flotilla. To sign up to participate, call Zelinski at 340-2284 or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com. There is no application fee and boats of all sizes are welcome.
- Crystal Coast Flotilla � 5:30 p.m., Dec. 7 on the Morehead City waterfront; 6:15 p.m. at the Beaufort waterfront. David Cartier said people who want to participate in the Crystal Coast Christmas Flotilla must register before Nov. 27 by calling 252-728-2762, and pay a $25 entry fee.
- N.C. Holiday Flotilla. begins at 6 p.m., Nov. 30 in Wrightsville Beach, and immediately following fireworks will shower the waterway during a stunning 21-minute pyrotechnic show orchestrated by the famous Zambelli International. A suggested point for viewing the flotilla and its grand finale is from the Blockade Runner Beach Resort's Banks Channel waterfront, site of the official judge's tent. Entertainment can be found at Wrightsville Beach Park during the festival's Day in the Park, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Nov. 30. Admission is free for the entire family. Weekend activities begin with the launch party and silent auction at Blockade Runner Beach Resort at 7 p.m. Nov. 29. Sponsored by Atlantic Marine, tickets are $25 and include heavy hors d'oeuvres, cash bar and dancing to featured entertainer The Craig Woolard Band, from 8-11 p.m.


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GENOA – After a jury acquitted him this week of domestic battery and assaulting a police officer, a 41-year-old Genoa man is pursuing an excessive force lawsuit against Genoa police.
Charles Cravatta, of the 100 block of North State Road, alleges Genoa police officer Ed Lopez inappropriately punched him twice in the face and kneed him in the thigh about 12:30 a.m. July 23, 2011.
Weeks later, Cravatta was flown to a Chicago hospital with a blood clot in his head that he says is related to the punches Lopez delivered, Cravatta's attorney Nicholas Cronauer said.
Cravatta's lawsuit also faults Genoa officials for hiring Lopez after he was suspended for 30 days from the Hanover Park Police Department for a similar incident involving a 17-year-old. Alison Harrington, a Naperville attorney representing Lopez and Genoa officials, said the 30-day suspension happened more than a decade ago. She denies Genoa officials made a bad hire.
Lopez remains a full-time officer in Hanover Park and a part-time Genoa police officer, Harrington said. She said Lopez was acting within his discretion as a police officer and had probable cause to arrest Cravatta.
The legal issues in the civil lawsuit are separate from the legal issues in the criminal case, she said.
"The issue of liability will certainly be strongly contested," Harrington said. "From our standpoint, we believe that the officers involved acted appropriately in the circumstances involved."
The early morning incident started with an anonymous 911 call about a domestic disturbance from the Mobil gas station near Washington and Main streets in Genoa, according to Cravatta's federal lawsuit. Cravatta was trying to get his son-in-law, Marco Mariazzi, back to Cravatta's house. Mariazzi was intoxicated at the time, Cronauer said. Police suspected Cravatta of pushing Mariazzi to the ground and choking him.
Before Cravatta was arrested, he refused to answer Lopez's questions and turned his back on the officer, who told him "not to walk away while we are investigating this incident," according to Cravatta's lawsuit. Lopez then walked toward Cravatta, grabbed him by the right arm and spun him around.
As Cravatta was spinning around, Lopez and three other Genoa police officers said Cravatta raised his arms in an aggressive matter, Cronauer said. Lopez then punched Cravatta twice in the face, which pushed Cravatta's head into a brick wall and caused him to fall to the ground, according to Cravatta's lawsuit.
Lopez then picked Cravatta up, placed him against the squad car and kneed him in the thigh while handcuffing him, according to Cravatta's lawsuit. Genoa police officers denied Lopez kneed Cravatta during the criminal trial this week, Cronauer said.
Jurors found Cravatta not guilty of domestic battery and aggravated assault after a two-day trial in DeKalb County court.


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The battle over the fate of Vermont Yankee
BRATTLEBORO -- For supporters of Vermont Yankee, 2012 started off on a bright note when a federal district judge ruled the Vermont Legislature acted outside of its own authority when in 2011 it forbade the continued operation nuclear power plant in Vernon past March 21, 2012.
The judge's decision came down in favor of Entergy, owner and operator of the plant, which contended that the Legislature had considered the safety of the power plant when it drafted legislation giving itself power over the fate of Yankee. The judge ruled safety is under the sole purview of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, however, he also concluded that the Vermont Public Service Board still has the authority to review whether the power plant should receive a certificate of public good for continued operation. So while the plant received a new license from the NRC in March 2011, it still needs a CPG from the state to replace the one that expired in March 2012.
The PSB told Entergy it could continue to operate on the old CPG, and reopened its review of the application for a new certificate. At the same time, the board informed Entergy that it is operating in violation of board orders that require a current CPG. The board's schedule calls for a decision sometime after August 2013.
Meanwhile, the state appealed the district court's decision and oral arguments are due to commence later this month. Following the federal court's decision, Entergy filed with the court, asking it to force Vermont to reimburse Entergy more than $4.62 million for its legal expenses. That petition is on hold while the appellate court reviews the district court's decision. (A little-known fact: Kathleen Sullivan, who is representing Entergy, is also representing Shell Petroleum before the U.S. Supreme Court. Shell Oil is being sued under the Alien Torte Statute by 12 Nigerians, accused of conspiring with the Nigerian government in the torture and killing of people who were opposed to the exploitation of their land for oil exploration.)
In addition, the New England Coalition filed a petition with the Vermont Supreme Court asking it to force the plant to shut down because Entergy is in violation of Condition 8 of the sale agreement that was approved in 2002 when Entergy purchased the plant. The condition says Entergy must have in hand a new CPG to continue operating the plant and NEC is contending the sale agreement is separate from the order that issued the now-expired certificate, therefore, Entergy is in violation of a state order, which means the plant should not be operating. The Supreme Court is expected to take testimony on NEC's petition later this month.
In response, Entergy filed a complaint with the federal appeals court asking it to toss NEC's petition. Several weeks later it also filed a similar motion with the Vermont Supreme Court.
Also, in early 2012, Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power filed suit against Entergy seeking to recover costs resulting from cooling tower failures that occurred at Yankee in 2007 and 2008. Discovery is still being taken in that case.
The state received a major blow in July 2012 when a federal court in Washington, D.C., threw out its suit against the NRC, in which Vermont contended the license application approved by the NRC was incomplete because it didn't include a current water quality certificate as mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency. The court ruled the state had a number of opportunities prior to the relicensing approval to raise its concerns about the water quality certificate. Because it did not "exhaust its administrative remedies" prior to filing suit, the state had no standing to bring a complaint, ruled the court.
In another legal battle, Entergy has filed a federal lawsuit against the state contending the state violated the U.S. Constitution when legislation was passed that increased the revenue generation tax that Entergy pays from $5 million to $12.5 million a year.
Protests against Yankee's continued operation were held at the plant and at Entergy's headquarters on Ferry Road in Brattleboro. On March 21, about 65 people, including about one dozen Buddhist monks, protested at the gates of the plant in Vernon. The next day, more than 1,000 people marched from the Brattleboro Common to the Ferry Road location, calling for the plant's closure. About 130 of them were arrested for trespassing. Two days after that, another 80 people, members of Nuke Free Monadnock, protested at the gates of the plant.
In September, a "flotilla" on the Connecticut River was organized, with about 125 anti-nuclear activists taking to various forms of watercraft to protest the plant's thermal discharge.
A number of women who have regularly protested at the gates and been arrested a number of times finally had their day in court in November. After a trial that took one day, the six women were found guilty by a jury and were fined $350 each for trespassing. The women said they won't be paying the fine and that they would soon once again protest at the gates of the plant.
The Connecticut River Watershed Council issued a new report that concluded the formula Entergy uses to determine the impact on aquatic life by Yankee's thermal discharge into the river is inadequate.
The plant is currently operating under a discharge permit that expired in 2001. The state's review of the permit has been held up by court proceedings and by the EPA, which has been updating its rules related to water quality permits and the utilization of the best available technology to minimize the impact on the environment. It's unknown when the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources will rule on whether Entergy should receive a new permit or what conditions might be attached to any new permit.
In June, long-time Yankee spokesman Larry Smith retired from his position and moved to Florida.
In October, Entergy wrapped up its testing of groundwater at the plant that was initiated after a discovery of a leak of tritiated water in January 2010.
The Red Cross chapter responsible for organizing the relocation of people out of the 10-mile evacuation zone in case of an accident told Vermont Emergency Management it needs more than $700,000 to update its plan.
In November, the Public Service Board took testimony on the plant's continued operation. The majority of the crowd was there to voice support for Yankee.
On tap for 2013: The federal appeals court in New York City will take oral arguments on Jan. 14 on Vermont's appeal of the district court's ruling; the Vermont Supreme Court will discuss on Jan. 16 NEC's request for a shutdown; the next day, the Public Service Board will start its hearings on whether Entergy should be allowed to install a new diesel generator for back-up power at the plant; and the board will also continue to take testimony and evidence in its review of Entergy's CPG application.
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Today, at 15.52BST to be precise, marks the 70th Anniversary of the famous 'So Few' speech from Sir Winston Churchill as he paid tribute to the RAF as they threw everything they had against the mighty Luftwaffe in The Battle of Britain.
To commemorate this anniversary, the speech will be replayed outside Churchill's war-time bunker in Whitehall, at 1552 BST – precisely 70 years since Churchill stood up to give the address in Parliament. It will be followed shortly afterwards by a Spitfire and Hurricane fly-past over Whitehall.
In his speech that day, Churchill encapsulated the heroism of the RAF Fighter Command and the gratitude of a nation in one memorable, succinct sentence…
Never in the field of human conflict, was so much owed by so many to so few.
Victory in The Battle of Britain almost definitely put pay to a Nazi invasion of our island, without air superiority such an invasion would never have been successful. So, today, 70 years on from that remarkable speech, let us quietly say thank you to those 3000 or so RAF boys (and girls)who did so much for us…there are not many of them left now, they are fading quickly, but let us make sure that their memories and their brave deeds live on.
They should not be forgotten.
A full transcript of Churchill's famous speech can be seen here. Also, the BBC has a wonderful microsite dedicated to all things Battle of Britain.


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FreeBSD 7.0 manual page repository
FreeBSD is a free computer operating system based on BSD UNIX originally. Many IT companies, like DeployIS is using it to provide an up-to-date, stable operating system.
ieee80211_encap, ieee80211_add_rates, ieee80211_add_xrates,
ieee80211_encap, ieee80211_add_rates, ieee80211_add_xrates, ieee80211_send_mgmt - software 802.11 stack output functions
#include <net80211/ieee80211_var.h> #include <net80211/ieee80211_proto.h> struct mbuf * ieee80211_encap(struct ifnet *ifp, struct mbuf *m, struct ieee80211_node **pni); u_int8_t * ieee80211_add_rates(u_int8_t *frm, const struct ieee80211_rateset *rs); u_int8_t * ieee80211_add_xrates(u_int8_t *frm, const struct ieee80211_rateset *rs); int ieee80211_send_mgmt(struct ieee80211com *ic, struct ieee80211_node *ni, int type, int arg);
These functions handle the encapsulation and transmission of 802.11 frames within the software 802.11 stack. The ieee80211_encap() function encapsulates an outbound data frame con‐ tained within the mbuf chain m from the interface ifp. The argument *pni is a reference to the destination node. If the function is successful, the mbuf chain is updated with the 802.11 frame header prepended, and a pointer to the head of the chain is returned. If an error occurs, NULL will be returned, and *pni is also set to NULL. The caller is responsible for freeing the node reference if *pni is non-NULL on return. The convention is that ic_bss is not refer‐ ence counted; the caller is responsible for maintaining this reference count. The ieee80211_add_rates() utility function is used to add the rate set element *rs to the frame frm. A pointer to the location in the buffer after the addition of the rate set is returned. It is typically used when constructing management frames from within the software 802.11 stack. The ieee80211_add_xrates() utility function is used to add the extended rate set element *rs to the frame frm. A pointer to the location in the buffer after the addition of the rate set is returned. It is typically used when constructing management frames from within the software 802.11 stack in 802.11g mode. The ieee80211_send_mgmt() function transmits a management frame on the interface ic to the destination node ni of type type. The argument arg specifies either a sequence number for authentication operations, a status code for [re]association operations, or a reason for deauthentication and deassociation operations. Nodes other than ic_bss have their reference count incremented to reflect their use for an indeterminate amount of time. This reference is freed when the function returns. The function returns 0 if successful; if temporary buffer space is not available, the function returns ENOMEM. ieee80211(9), ifnet(9)
The ieee80211 series of functions first appeared in NetBSD 1.5, and were later ported to FreeBSD 4.6.
This manual page was written by Bruce M. Simpson 〈email@example.com〉 and Darron Broad 〈firstname.lastname@example.com〉.