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An endeavor by the parish to make it more affordable for Jarvis community residents in Gibson to connect to the public sewer system was approved last week.
An endeavor by the parish to make it more affordable for Jarvis community residents in Gibson to connect to the public sewer system was approved last week.
The Terrebonne Parish Council unanimously approved a provision to waive a roughly $450 sewerage connection fee for residents of the low- to moderate-income neighborhood of Jarvis.
The waiver is in conjunction with the parish's plans to extend, by about 2,500 feet, a gravity sewerage line from an existing treatment center near the 15 odd residencies on Parish Road.
The sewer line extension will allow residents to connect to the parish's public sewerage system instead of relying on septic tanks, which can be problematic.
Necessary plumbing costs will still apply to connect to the gravity sewerage line, which will then transfer the waste to a sewerage lift station where it will be pumped into the existing waste treatment center on Jarvis Lane.
Plumbing costs will vary depending on location.
The project is still in the development stages and is being designed by the engineering firm T. Baker Smith.
Mike Ordogne, head of parish Pollution Control, said he expects to break ground by August.
The project is expected to cost about $450,00 and will come from District 2's general fund.
Connecting to the public sewerage system will provide more environmental protection and enhance the sanitary conditions of the community and surrounding neighborhoods, said Parish Manager Al Levron.
"This is definitely a positive thing," he said. "We recognize that this is a low- to moderate income area, and the people who live there are not financially capable of paying those fees. So the Parish Council basically enacted a waiver, which is a constitutional provision that we have, that we can forgo fees for the aide of the needy."
Septic tanks being used in the community are not inspected by the parish and could have corrosion and leakage issues, which could cause waste to seep into canals or bayous.
A sewerage system eliminates those issues, Ordogne said.
By connecting to the sewer system, the neighborhood will meet the requirements of the state departments of Health and Hospitals and Environmental Quality, he said.
"Instead of discharging to a canal or a roadside ditch, waste will be able to go to a collection and treatment system that meets the proper requirements, which makes it more sanitary," Ordogne said.
The sewer lift station is designed with future sewer extension in mind once more money becomes available, Ordogne said.
Future sewerage projects within the parish are on the horizon, he said
The parish has already requested a $23 million loan from the Department of Environmental Quality for future sewerage projects, he said.
"We have programs in place — it's just a matter of time before we get funding approval," Ordogne said.


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With Labor Day behind us, most people are (perhaps begrudgingly) soaking up the final days of summer… but what if your summer never really began? A recent survey from Ipswitch reveals that a majority of IT professionals really felt the heat this summer working to ensure that employees stayed connected, productive and in touch from any location.
"The summer months are a busy time for IT pros as employees expect continuous unfettered access to company networks while working from home or on vacation. A single organization can find itself with a significant bump in remote workers, all of whom may need support and assistance," said Jeff Loeb, chief marketing officer at Ipswitch. "A unified network and server performance monitoring solution will help IT pros to solve network issues before they affect employees, wherever they are working."
The report is based on a survey of 239 IT professionals in the United States. Key findings are featured in this slideshow.
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I do not drive that much anymore.
I do not drive that much anymore. I am finding out that at my age and health, a trip beyond New Bern is tiring. However, I had occasion to drive to New Bern a couple of days ago. The first thing I noticed is that the gasoline conglomerate still exists in Havelock. I found out that the price of a gallon of gasoline is up to 10 cents cheaper in the New Bern area than any of the stations in our Havelock.
Now, I am not that educated and I am not a graduate of an eminent Ivy League Business School. Moreover, I am blind in one eye. However, I can still read the prices on the gas station signs and I can see that those prices drop dramatically, as much as 10 cents a gallon, when I drive up route 70 towards New Bern.
The question that immediately comes to my mind is simply why? Is it a cabal among the gas stations in Havelock to increase their prices more or less equally to take advantage of our military and federal workers living here? Is it that the same distributor serves all the stations in our Havelock? I do not have any conclusive answers, just the facts.
All I can humbly suggest is that when you decide to have a meal or shop in the New Bern area, check your gas gauge. If you need to fill up, you might want to consider filling your tank while you are there. You might save up to 10 cents a gallon.
Now, those 10 cents are not worth driving to New Bern every time your gas gauge in your vehicle is registering low, because it probably takes more than 10 cents worth of gas these days to drive to New Bern. However, if you happen to be in the New Bern area, or other areas that you may notice are even cheaper, you might consider filling up there rather than paying the bloated gasoline prices at the gas stations in our Havelock.
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MILAN (Reuters) -- Moody's cut Fiat's rating to 'B1' from 'Ba3' on Tuesday, citing weak 2013 results and challenges it sees for the Italian carmaker in achieving its guidance this year, given eroding profitability in its Latin American market.
A 'B1' rating is four notches below investment grade, making it more expensive for Fiat to raise much-needed financing to turn around its money-losing European operations.
The ratings agency placed Fiat's rating under review for a possible downgrade in early January, just days after the company struck a $4.35 billion deal to take full control of its U.S. unit Chrysler.
"We have downgraded Fiat's ratings following its weaker-than-expected performance in fiscal year 2013 and our view that the company faces significant challenges in terms of achieving its outlook guidance for the current fiscal year," Falk Frey, Moody's lead analyst for Fiat, said in a statement.
"We are also concerned that Fiat may not be able to offset any further profitability deterioration in its Latin American operation through anticipated improvements in other regions and in its luxury and performance division," Frey added.
Despite the tie-up between Fiat and Chrysler already being completed, Moody's said it would keep its ratings on the two companies separate for the time being. The outlook on all Fiat's ratings has improved to stable from negative, it said.
Fiat has cut its 2014 profit forecast after an 80-percent slump in Latin American core earnings in the final quarter of last year. Besides Chrysler, the Latin American region -- and in particular Brazil -- was one of the group's main profit centers that helped offset continuous losses in Europe.
The group's results were hit by an end to car sales incentives in Brazil, higher input costs, currency effects and a cooling off of Latin American economies.
Brazil used to account for about one fifth of Fiat profits, and the sudden and sharp slowdown in the region has analysts worried that the decline may now be structural.
Fiat merged with Chrysler to create the world's seventh-largest auto group, also hoping to use the U.S. firm's cash pool to revamp its loss-making operations in Europe. Moody's said Fiat's access to that cash was constrained in the short term given the U.S. firm's existing credit and bond agreements.
The car group's overreliance on a weak European market, rising price pressures, an overcapacity in its home market in Italy and the lack of any major new volume model launch this year also contributed to the ratings downgrade, Moody's added.
Standard & Poor's last month confirmed its 'BB-' rating on the Italian automaker's long-term debt, keeping its outlook stable. Fitch Ratings said the Chrysler deal had no immediate impact on the automaker's ratings, but added that a full rating review would be conducted in early 2014.


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We all have foods we love and hate, but as a nation what do we collectively deem food heaven and food hell?
And what's the key to turning something you don't like into something you crave? Watch the video with John Torode to find out...
A new survey by BBC Good Food has revealed what we deem as food hell and food heaven.
Chicken, pasta and cheese are the nation's favourite foods, whilst traditional food hates such as liver and Brussels sprouts continue to make it onto the food hell top ten.
But while Marmite's name is synonymous with being loved and hated in equal measures it's now curry which has stolen the spread's crown as the food we most love or hate.
In a survey of the nation's views on food by BBC Good Food, curry was named fifth in a list of food heaven but fourth in a list of food hell.
Marmite meanwhile was 7th most hated but nowhere to be seen in most loved, 74th.
But surely life is too short not to try everything, so to help John Torode shows us how we can turn our food hells into food heaven by using very simple ingredients.
Watch the video as he explains how easy it to turn a food hate such as liver into a succulent dish by simply using chilies, onions, bacon and mash. This video is sure to get you inspired to try something new in the kitchen.
Top 10 food hell
1) Liver
2) Fish
3) Brussels Sprouts
4) Curry
5) Mushrooms
6) Pasta
7) Marmite
8) Tripe
9) Celery
10) Offal
Top 10 Food heaven
1) Chicken
2) Pasta
3) Cheese
4) Pizza
5) Curry
6) Chocolate
7) Bread
8) Fish
9) Potatoes
10) Steak
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DOE Compliance Methodology and Approach RFI Published in Federal Register
On August 6, DOE published an RFI on its methodology for assessing code compliance into the Federal Register. Based on feedback received from the individual state compliance pilot studies in 2011-2012, the RFI seeks input on DOE's methodology and fundamental assumptions from the general public. This is an opportunity to provide feedback on not only DOE's compliance methodology but on approaches to compliance and general.
DOE has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice of reopening of public comment period.
The deadline for feedback was September 30, 2013. Thank you very much to those who submitted comments!
View the Federal Register RFI website, or download the RFI pdf for additional details.


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The Suncliff Hotel, part of the Oceana Collection is a 3-star hotel on the seafront overlooking Bournemouth Bay which is situated on the prestigious East Cliff of Bournemouth. Offering 103 bedrooms and 4 luxurious penthouses, many rooms have fabulous ocean views and balconies, all have en suite bathroom, LCD television, hair dryer and hot drinks refreshment tray. Located within the Oceana Resort is the Oceana Day Spa at The Ocean Beach Hotel & Spa, an Asian inspired Treatment and Beauty Spa open daily that offers wellbeing and luxury.
Also located on site at Suncliff is Indoor Heated Pool, Sauna, Mini Gym and Squash Courts. Outdoor Pools are also located within resorts along with 4 Restaurants and 4 Bars and a Costa Coffee Shop. The Suncliff's two associate hotels are directly next door. The Cumberland offers one of Bournemouth's largest outdoor pools (heated during summer months) as well as Lido Deck with loungers and 'Chill beds' whilst the Ocean Beach offers a smaller more intimate outdoor pool. Located on the seafront overlooking Bournemouth Bay which is situated on the prestigious East Cliff of Bournemouth, within easy walking distance of Bournemouth's stunning blue flag beaches, award winning gardens and vibrant town centre. Free Wi-Fi for 500MG or you can update to 5GB for an additional cost. Please note: On-Site Parking is available on a first come first serve basis and the following parking charges will apply £8. 00 per vehicle per night. Parking permits will be issued at the hotel Reception Desk during check in. Reservation is not possible and fees payable directly to the property on arrival. Please note: Oceana Hotels reserve the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival. Group Bookings of four or more bedrooms/same sex parties will be subject to the acceptance of the hotels Group Bond Policy, upon arrival you will be asked to sign a group bond agreement and each guest will be asked to provide a pre-authorisation or deposit of £100. 00 which is returnable on checking out. The hotel will contact all guests before arrival.
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Evaluating Reasoning and Proof
|Make a Lesson Plan | Summing Up the Session | Final Journal
Use the information you learned in this session to plan a lesson for one of your classes. The task or problem you choose should lend itself to a variety of forms of reasoning and types of proof. It should also offer an opportunity to help students understand some aspect of age-appropriate rigorous and formal mathematical work. You may want to modify or extend a task similar to ones we have introduced in this session.
Or you may use a task related to an area of mathematics that your class has begun to study or select one of the samples Learning Math courses.
After you have created your lesson plan, use the Classroom Checklist (an Adobe PDF document) to evaluate it.
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8 Reasons Why You Need to Have Your Own Website
I was asked to write a guest blog on the topic of why it is important to have your own website. Well for whatever reason the blog was never posted and episode two of The Music Biz Weekly podcast reminded me that I still have this blog and that I should post it. This is a topic that I am passionate about. Let me make this clear, you must have your own website. Let me say that again… you need to have your own website.
Great social networks will come and go, and they are all important. You should be active on as many as possible. They are all great places to extend your website, extend your brand and presence. But everything should come back to your website.
It's 2011 and you would think it is obvious why you need your own website. I can't tell you how many conversations I have had where the other party says "I have a MySpace page, or I have a Facebook page or I have a Reverbnation page… I don't need a website." Or how many people have their own website, but spend all their efforts driving everyone to Facebook. All they seem to care about is how many Likes they can get. You should care about how many visits you get to your website. Some people don't look at a website as a significant part of their business or brand. They may see it as a afterthought, something they guess they should do. If you were to open your own restrauant is the building and location that last thing you would think about? It is your future, everything you hope to achieve depends on it. Your website is your bit of real estate on the internet and it will be yours potentially forever. Make sure you treat your online presence with all the seriousness you can.
Here are some important items to keep in mind.
1. Own your domain and site
Easier said than done, but you should make every effort to retain ownership of your domain name and website. Don't change the Administrative Contact for your domain over to someone else unless you absolutely must. Try to avoid signing contracts that when they are terminated leave your domain and website under the ownership and control of another party. If that occurs you will have no control over what happens and you won't see any revenue from a website with your name on it. During a contract you can let someone else manage and operate your website, but do not let them own it.
2. Do not redirect your domain to MySpace or Facebook
You should be using Facebook, Twitter, Reverbnation or any of a dozen other social network sites to generate traffic to your website. To redirect your domain to a social page is to give your traffic to somebody else, for them to monetize and you to not share in the revenue. Traffic on the internet is money. When you are finally ready to launch your own website how do you plan to get everyone who is going to Facebook or MySpace back to your site? You have already conditioned them to just visit Facebook or MySpace.
3. It is your brand which you own and control.
Your domain and website is your brand and you have full control over it. You decide how you are going to be presented. Use MySpace or Facebook and you are not the brand, they are. You will never be more important than their own brand. They will always come first over your brand and your desire to promote your brand. Don't let someone else control what you can do with your brand.
4. What is the future of MySpace, Facebook?
Ok this will date myself, but I remember when AOL was "it". When everyone was trying to establish their business on AOL. Everyone was advertising their AOL Keyword. Where is AOL now? Ok, how about Geocities? Everyone was building their website on Geocities for free. Nobody wants to invest any money in their website and Geocities let them get online for free. Where is Geocities now? And just how good were all those free websites? Or what about MySpace? Everyone knows about MySpace. Just five years ago they were "it". Everyone had to be one MySpace. Everyone was growing their friends list on MySpace. We were all spending time customizing our MySpace page, blogging on MySpace. Where is MySpace now? MySpace recently announced a partnership with Facebook in hopes of breathing some life into the ghost town. What is the point of all this you ask? Do you know where Facebook is going to be in five years? I don't think they will disappear, but they sure could change. Don't put your future, your brand, your money into the hands of another website. Tomorrow they could be the latest fade or worse sold to someone who has different plans. In the case of Facebook, why would you send your traffic to a website that requires registration for any sort of interaction. You don't get to gather that registration information, Facebook owns it. You are sending your fans to Facebook, for Facebook to market and make money from.
5. TOS, Terms of Service – you want to define them, not the lawyer from another website.
This is directly related to #4. Don't set yourself up on a site that the Terms of Service, TOS, clearly state they do not support content you might wish to post. Anything of a adult or sexual nature is going to get deleted by Facebook. Nikki Sixx recently tried to post a image from the new Sixx AM album and Facebook kept deleting it. Even in rock n roll you might have something that Facebook feels is too sexual. MySpace and Facebook are clear examples. You spend your time and money establishing yourself and sending your traffic to Facebook or MySpace and then one day you log in and your account is deleted. What happened? Your content was most likely reported by someone and without any notice your account and work is gone. Build a website where you decide what is appropriate and what is not. Don't let the lawyer at some other company decide if they like what you are doing. I am not saying to not use Facebook or MySpace, I am saying DO NOT make them your primary website. Use them as traffic sources to your website.
6. Sales – you can keep a bigger piece of the pie.
You want your own website so you can sell whatever you want, and keep a bigger piece of the pie. Although selling on other sites is possible there are usually hoops you need to jump through, and back to #5, what you are selling might be against the TOS and be cause for your account to be deleted.
Good luck trying to manage the SEO on a Facebook or MySpace page. If you have your own website you have full control over your SEO, over how the search engines will see you and what your target keywords are for your brand. If you have a strong presence on the various social network sites with links back to your website, Google will see those links and give you some SEO juice.
8. Stay on the cutting edge
With your own website you can experiment with all of the new internet technologies and tools when they are released. You are not at the mercy of a corporate giant who will decided when and if they want to adopt a new technology. If you build a WordPress based website you can play around with 1000s of plugins that add new functionality to your website. One click and you are streaming audio, one click you have a podcast being served through Apple iTunes. One click you have a events calendar.
Your website should be the center of your online universe, with all the various social networks revolving around it. Use the social networks to send traffic to your official website. Use them to be social, to interact with your fans and customers. Don't spend your time and money to build up another website, spend it on your brand… spend it on yourself!
Posted By: Michael Brandvold (Michael is a 20 year music marketing veteran who has worked with unsigned indie bands and international superstars. Michael owns Michael Brandvold Marketing a site dedicated to providing tips and advice for musicians.)


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American audiences have had their fair share of laughs at the expense of M Night Shyamalan and his latest dud, The Last Airbender. Be it the badly rendered 3D, the horrible acting or poorly written dialogue, there was plenty for the crowds to laugh mockingly at. The British, as it turns out, have yet another.
British audiences have been getting a kick from the film and its over use of the word "bender." Why? Because "bender" is British slang for "homosexual." From The Guardian's review:
At the cinema showing I attended, the British crowd reacted derisively at key dialogue moments. One wise old lady says solemnly to a young man: "I could tell at once that you were a bender, and that you would realise your destiny." One character tells another wonderingly: "There are some really powerful benders in the Northern Water Zone."... And so on, for almost two hours. Each time, the response from the auditorium was deafeningly immature, and brought many of us to a state of nervous collapse.
Making the situation even funnier is that one of the film's principal actors, Dev Patel, is British, but didn't tell Shyamalan about the double meaning because the word was "too integral to the movie" (Digital Spy)
Perhaps I am taking a bit too much joy in this, but one also has to realize that egomaniac Shyamalan recently made a big deal about his "European sensibility." The real question is why anybody is still taking him seriously.


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coat + shoes: ZARA / playsuit: ROOM8008 / hat + bag: HM
HELLO EVERYONE! February is finally here, how have you been doing for the first month of the new year? For me it was really rather
an unexpected one, well you know what they say, "Anything could happen." And really, Something DID happen, LOL, I like this half-way
story-telling that I'm giving away right now. all these lingering mystery vibes in the air...lol SS, But anyways, February is the month of
LURVEEEE (haha wtf I sound so cheesy), But yeah, everyone knows that Valentine's is here, and I guess Valentines is the one holiday (is it
a holiday in Malaysia?) where every singletons feel sad for themselves, LOL. I can't remember the last time I celebrated valentines day,
it probably was 3 years ago, my boyfriend at that time got me some roses, we went out for dinner, you know those cheesy stuffs, but I am
addicted to cheese –so I don't mind LOL. But besides the love for your partners, it also could be the love for yourself, for your friends, and
for me especially for family since Chinese new year is coming up after Valentines day, and hello love for BA-KWA (delicious pork jerkey)
Okay, now OOTD
I love how the way this whole outfit turned out to be – playful, easy going, and just casual chic. Something that I would grab
out of my wardrobe during busy rush hours of the day and still look pretty presentable with. Something that you could wear for
a date and probably an interview too, heh, try it! But now let's let the pictures do the talkin...
How cute is this playsuit!? I absolutely love clothing that has pockets in them! Where else should I put my awkward hands in?
LOL But to be honest, I'm a buyers for clothes with pockets, my fingers are usually abnormally cold so I like to keep them snugged
safe underneath these extra layers of comfort. Those fruity patterns on this playsuit also makes it looks so fun! PLUS! This playsuit
is also ZARA inspired from ROOM 8008. I decided to be daring and paired this patterned playsuit with even more patterns! I got my
tribal print coat from ZARA, my gold belt, and some funky leopard shoes, adding on my banana printed clutch to this look, I think
after all those patterns it was only right to balance it with a big black hat – one of my outfit necessities nowadays...
Overall, I'm really loving how easy it is to look chic and slip into this playsuit. Just zip it up with a zip on the back!
You can get it too and check out a lot of other chic stuffs at ROOM8008 ! If you're Malaysian and active on social media,
then I'm assuming you've heard of this well-known local brand before... To be honest I've heard of them since 3 years ago!
Here's a lil look at their shop:
Look at their shop... So impressed with the detailed set ups here and there, from the bulbs in the dressing room, to the wallpaper!
They carry a wide range of variety from girly floral maxi dresses, to rocker chic edgy style, to red hot Herve Leger inspired dresses
Oh that one is my absolutely fav! And plus they stocked in A LOT of amazing pieces for CNY so you guys should check them out!
ONLINE and OFFLINE, you can find them at:
No. 52 Level 7, Berjaya Times Square.
or FACEBOOK!
The owner is super friendly too, and I hear sometimes they serve tea / coffee in their shop too, isn't that sweet?!
BTW check out my latest video on YOUTUBE about JANUARY FAVOURITES 2015 if you haven't!
Hope you've liked some of the things that I've tried out last month! SEE YOU AGAIN SOON! XX


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Details have been released along with the identification of a 6-year-old who was struck and killed by a school bus in the village of Kiryas Joel in the town of Monroe in Orange County.
The girl was hit around 11:15 a.m. Friday by the bus near Acres Road, New York State Police said.
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This week Senior Editor Jodie Wehrspann and I got the chance to sit down with a major farm equipment maker to discuss new tech and the future of some of its products. We'll be reporting on what we saw in the near future, but during our conversation an interesting concept popped up - the need for better rural broadband access.
Every major equipment manufacturer, and for that matter most seed companies, are doing more with data and information every day. So are we here at Farm Industry News and we're counting on you having a better Web connection every year. As your need for information and data management grow, this piece of rural infrastructure gains value, and importance.
Yet, if your farm is working with the electronic equivalent of two Campbell's Soup cans and some kite string to communicate, this'll break down pretty fast. USDA Rural Development has been investing in this infrastructure since the Bush 2 administration and the work continues, the challenge is that while AT&T and Verizon push hard for 4G LTE wireless service (which can offer very fast speeds) they're looking at number of subscribers, not acres covered. That can leave you behind.
Many of you reading this may have a DSL - digital subscriber line - or some other wireline service to your farm, but it may be first generation stuff. We're talking the need for cable-modem speeds of 40 megabytes per second or faster to keep up with growing data needs. Right now a lot of the rural "broadband" you may have access to, won't be fast enough either.
As more tractors log on to talk to each other; as more farmers pass more information from agronomist to seed dealer and more, that's a lot of bits floating around out there. The data pipeline you use will need to be big enough to allow those bits to flow, and they aren't.
Usually I recommend farmers reevaluate their Web connection once every five years to see what high-speed options may have popped up while you were busy doing other things - like farm. Now may be the time to see how much faster your data can flow before future bottlenecks occur. It's worth checking out. And if you find your options low and slow, perhaps a call to your Congressman is in order. I'm not kidding.
The rural broadband issue is important and you want to raise attention to it BEFORE it's a problem for your farm. If you wait until you're hitting data bottlenecks, you'll be waiting for some time. Something to consider.
When I write about tech, it's easy to get excited about what's new and shiny, but if that new and shiny product has to work on an antiquated infrastructure it'll lose its luster pretty quickly.
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Wondering what caused the dramatic plunge in gold and silver earlier?
Wonder no more: the CME's counterpart in China, the Shanghai Gold Exchange, decided to follow through with an identical, if more substantial, action to that undertaken by the CME on Friday, and announced an increase in the Silver T+D contract margin from 15% to 18%, a 20% bump; the SGE also noted an increase in the price range limit from 12% to 15%, which will be promptly fulfilled, as margin hikes traditionally tend to lead to a sudden spike in vol, contrary to well-meaning expectations.
There was a second announcement, slightly more cryptic one, noting that if volatility were to persist, the SGE would outright halt silver trading (although the Google Translation of this previously unseen form announcement is a little sketchy).
Expect to see more exchange intervention in precious metals today. Regardless, those who bought silver 15% lower a whopping, oh, two hours ago, courtesy of the out and out sheer panic, are quite grateful to the Chinese.
The Margin hike announcement - link:
Member Unit: silver Ag (T + D) contract Sept 23 close to seal the lower limit. According to "Shanghai Gold Exchange Risk Control Measures" of the relevant provisions, such as Ag (T + D) contract on Sept 26 (Monday) close to limit the same direction (ie, a second consecutive unilateral City), end of the day from the date of liquidation from the Ag ( T + D ) contract margin increased from 15% adjusted to 18% , the next trading day Ag ( T + D ) contract price limits range limit from 12% adjusted to 15% .
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Silver Ag (T + D) contract Sept 23 close to seal the lower limit. If Sept 26, Sept 27 days Baiyin Yan swap transactions to limit the same direction, namely to reach the daily limit for three consecutive days, there will be the third consecutive unilateral City. According to "Shanghai Gold Exchange Risk Control Measures," the relevant provisions of Chapter II, once the third consecutive unilateral City, Spet 28 Exchange will suspension of silver Ag ( T + D ) the contract day, and the implementation of the following two measures to resolve any of the market risk.
Measures one: 9 months 28 days to decide whether to take unilateral exchange or bilateral, in the same proportion or in different proportions, some members or all members to improve trading margins, some members or all members suspended new positions, adjust the up (down) circuit breakers rate to restrict some or all members of the withdrawal of funds, the deadline open, forced open, suspension and other measures to resolve in one or more of the market risk. Exchange of relevant measures will be Sept 28 12 -point first through the exchange website, Spet 28 at end of day settlement will go into effect.
Measures II: Setp 28, the Exchange's trading positions held by members of Baiyin Yan period open for an agreement. Specific methods are: Exchange of the Sept 27 (third unilateral City) daily limit price at closing time to declare the transaction Baiyin Yan swap transactions did not open declaration to Sept 26 (second unilateral City) settlement The contract price and the net profit of customers by profitability position to match the size of the transaction, not in Sept 27 to declare open daily limit price does not enter the agreement positions open range. Recommended to prepare closing out of long positions will, in Sept 27 prior to the closing price to sell positions to declare the daily limit, once the exchange using measures two positions will serve as a basis for agreement. Positions held by the same customer-way, the first level their positions, then the method open.
City in the event of three consecutive cases of unilateral, which measures the specific use, the exchange will be based on market conditions, in the Sept 28 12 -point first through the exchange website, please access the Member in a timely manner, and to prepare preparations.
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Talladega Superspeedway
Right place, right time: Matt Kenseth was practically the only driver who completely � no sliding, no slowing, no crumpled car � avoided a 20-car crash on the final turn of the final lap, and that made him both the winner and the survivor.
Unheralded whiz: Kenseth isn�t often cited as a restrictor-plate-racing wizard, but both his victories this year have been at so-called �plate tracks.� The Daytona 500 victory was his second, but this was his first victory at Talladega.
Notable numbers
14 � The edge Brad Keselowski now holds in the Chase standings.
17 � Kenseth�s car number and number of top-10 finishes this year.
18 � Drivers who led at least a lap.
54 � Lead changes.
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�I guess I�ve got to look at the bright side. I finally finished a plate race.� � Jimmie Johnson
�The �14� (Tony Stewart) tried to block the �55,� got turned and wrecked us all.� � Clint Bowyer
�That was Talladega on steroids. That was just crazy.� � Jeff Gordon
�I couldn�t see. I was just riding along, and everybody crashed. The whole field.� � Dale Earnhardt Jr.


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Saving Energy
I'm Professor Questor, inviting you to join me on an «Energy Quest.» How many ways can you think of to save energy around your house?
California's electricity problems taught us all to think about the energy we use everyday. There's never enough energy to waste!
Many Californians learned to use their energy more efficiently. We also learned how to conserve energy — how to make thoughtful choices about ways we can use less. We learned how important it is to not waste energy, so there is enough for everyone.
Californians «Flexed Their Power » by using energy at different times of the day, by turning lights and machines off when not being used.
If you want to find out why California had its «Energy Crisis,» the U.S. Department of Energy has a good background page at:
Are YOU and your family having an energy crisis? You may be if you're wasting energy. How many of these ways to save energy around the house do YOU know?
Change a Light, Change the World
- 1 Change a Light, Change the World
- 2 Fight the Light!
- 3 Don't Leave Things Turned On
- 4 It's a Matter of Degrees!
- 5 Don't Heat — or Cool — the Great Outdoors!
- 6 In the Bedroom
- 7 In the Bathroom
- 8 In the Kitchen
- 9 Shocking News About Batteries
- 10 Outside the House
- 11 Think About What Your Family Buys
- 12 Other Recycling Tips
- 13 In Your School
- 14 Links to Other Websites About Saving Energy
We really can «Change the World » with just one light bulb. The key is that the more people that take this step, the more we can change the world.
Fight the Light!
Don't leave lights on when no one is in the room. If you are going to be out of the room for more than five minutes, turn off the light.
If you know of a light that everyone forgets to turn off, make a sticker or a sign to hang next to the switch that says «Lights Out!» or «Don't Forget!»
Where possible, use compact fluorescent light bulbs. Those funny-looking bulbs produce the same amount of light by using 1/4 of the electricity. Plus, they last for years and years without burning out.
There's one light bulb that firefighters in Livermore, California, never turn off. It uses very little energy and has been burning for 101 years! Find out more about the Centennial Bulb ,
Don't Leave Things Turned On
Turn off the TV when no one is watching it. The same goes for computers, radios and stereos — if no one using it, turn it off. Turn off all the appliances at the surge protector/control strip — that four- or six-plug extension chord that you plug all your computer things into. Some devices, like modems or other networking boxes are drawing small amounts of power all the time. Check with your folks first, but the best thing to do is turn them ALL off at the surge protector.
It's a Matter of Degrees!
In warm weather, the thermostat at home should be set at 78 degrees. (Don't do this, of course, if it will cause health problems for anyone in your family.) When no one is home, set the thermostat at 85 degrees. That way, you'll reduce the need for air conditioning and you will save energy. If you have ceiling fans or other fans, turn them on. The blowing air can make you feel 5 degrees cooler, without running the family's air conditioner. Fans use a lot less electricity than air conditioners!
In cold weather, wear warm clothing and have your thermostat set to 68 degrees or lower during the day and evening, health permitting. When you go to sleep at night, set the thermostat back to either 55 degrees, or turn it off. When you leave home for an extended time, set the thermostat at 55 degrees or turn it off, too. That way, your family can save from 5 percent to 20 percent on your heating costs. (Don't do this, of course, if it will cause health problems for anyone in your family.)
Don't Heat — or Cool — the Great Outdoors!
Americans use twice as much energy as necessary to heat their homes. That accounts for a lot of wasted energy!
If you have a fireplace, close the damper when you don't have a fire burning. An open fireplace damper can let 8 percent of heat from your furnace escape through the chimney! In the summer, an open fireplace damper can let cool air escape. It's like having a window open!
Make a map of your home, and mark all the windows, heating vents, and outside doors. Take a ribbon and hold it up to the edges of the doors and windows. If the ribbon blows, you've found a leak! Ask Mom or Dad to seal the leak with caulk or weatherstripping.
Think about your curtains. Keeping the curtains closed on cold, cloudy days helps block the cold outside air from getting inside. Also, keeping the curtains closed on very hot days keeps the hot air out!
In the Bedroom
Turn off your electric blanket when you aren't in bed.
Don't leave on your computer, TVs, radios or games that use electricity when you're not using them.
In the Bathroom
Wasting water wastes electricity. Why? Because the biggest use of electricity in most cities is supplying water and cleaning it up after it's been used!
About 75 percent of the water we use in our homes is used in the bathroom. Unless you have a low flush toilet, for example, you use about five gallons to seven gallons of water with every flush! A leaky toilet can waste more than 10,000 gallons of water a year. Wow!
Drippy faucets are bad, too. A faucet that leaks enough water to fill a soda bottle every 30 minutes will waste 2,192 gallons of water a year.
Another simple way to save water AND energy is to take shorter showers. You'll use less hot water — and water heaters account for nearly 1/4 of your home's energy use.
In the Kitchen
According to researchers who are paid to study such things, a load of dishes cleaned in a dishwasher uses 37 percent less water than washing dishes by hand! However, if you fill up one side of the sink with soapy water and the other side with rinse water — and if you don't let the faucet run — you'll use half as much water as a dishwasher does. Doing the dishes this way can save enough water for a five-minute shower!
If you need to warm up or defrost small amounts of food, use a microwave instead of the stove to save energy. Microwave ovens use around 50 percent less energy than conventional ovens do. For large meals, however, the stove is usually more efficient. In the summer, using a microwave causes less heat in the kitchen, which saves money on air conditioning.
Don't keep the refrigerator door open any longer than you need to. Close it to keep the cold air inside! Also, make sure the door closes securely. There is a rubber-like seal around the door that you can test. Just close the door on a dollar bill, and then see how easy it is to pull out. If the dollar slides out easily, the door is probably leaking cold air from inside.
Is there an old refrigerator sitting in the garage or someplace else at home? Old refrigerators are real energy hogs! An old refrigerator could be costing your family as much as $120 a year to operate. Urge your parents to replace it if they don't need it, and remind them that one large refrigerator is cheaper to run than two smaller ones.
Shocking News About Batteries
Did you know that Americans use an average of about eight batteries a year per person? Wow!
Batteries that are thrown away produce most of the heavy metals — dangerous substances like lead, arsenic, zinc, cadmium, copper, and mercury — that are found in household trash. These metals are toxic. They can be harmful to humans and wildlife. When discarded batteries from our trash wind up in landfills, these dangerous metals can seep into the ground water and eventually into the food chain. So, instead of throwing batteries in the trash, we should all take them to a toxic waste disposal area, if at all possible.
Turn off the toys and games (like GameBoys TM) that use batteries when you are not playing with them. That makes the batteries last longer, and you won't need as many of them.
Forty percent of all battery sales are made during the holiday season. Ask for holiday gifts that do not require batteries.
Ask your parents to buy rechargeable batteries and a recharger.
Outside the House
Remember how saving water saves energy? Use a broom instead of a hose to clean off the driveway, patio or deck — this will save hundreds of gallons of water each year.
If you only have a small lawn, consider getting a manual push mower. It doesn't use any energy except your own. Pushing the mower spins the rotating wheels, which spins the cutter. Consider it good exercise!
Don't use an electric or gasoline leaf blower. Instead, use a rake.
If you need to leave a security light on over night, change the incandescent bulb to a compact fluorescent. It will last months and maybe years and save you energy and money. Some compact fluorescent bulbs even come in yellow so they won't attract bugs.
Think About What Your Family Buys
If you buy things that can be used over and over instead of buying disposable items that are used once and then thrown away, you will save precious natural resources. You'll also save energy used to make them, and you'll reduce the amount of landfill space we need when they are thrown away.
Those same savings happen you buy things that will last instead of breaking right away. Well-made items may cost a little more to begin with, but they are usually worth the money because they last for a long time, and you don't have to replace them.
When your family goes shopping, think about taking bags with you. Only about 700 paper bags can be made from one 15-year-old tree. A large grocery store can use that many bags before lunch! Plastic bags start out as either oil or natural gas. Oil and natural gas are non-renewable resources. This means they can't be reused, and when they are all gone, they are gone forever. And throw-away bags add a lot of pollution to the environment. If plastic and paper bags are used once and go to landfills, they stay there for hundreds of years Some stores offer discounts for people who use their own bags. For every bag reused, they give money back — usually about five cents for each bag.
With your parents, pick a spot in your house to store bags that you get from the grocery store. These bags can be used to carry things to friends' houses or for trash linings. After bags wear out, recycle them.
Other Recycling Tips
Make a scrap-paper pad. Gather pieces of used paper the same size with the blank side up. Find a piece of cardboard the same size as the paper and put it at the back. Staple the whole thing together, and use it as a place to write down grocery lists or things to do.
If every American recycled his or her newspaper just one day a week, we would save about 36 million trees a year. You can save a tree for every four feet of paper you recycle. It takes half as much energy to make recycled newspaper as it takes to make fresh newsprint from trees.
Recycle your newspapers. (Check to see if recycling centers want them tied together or in bags.) Anything that comes with the newspaper can also be recycled (except magazines, which must be recycled separately).
* Recycle your old notebook paper. It is considered «white paper,» and makes better recycled paper. «White paper» is writing paper, notebook paper, white envelopes, typing paper, index cards, computer paper, and white stationary.
Cereal boxes, egg cartons, wrapping paper are called «mixed paper.» All these things can be recycled. Mixed paper can be made into paperboard, the paper that is used on roofs.
For something fun, download the Recycle Rex Recycling Facts, Games and Crafts Booklet (Acrobat PDF file, 26 pages, 1.9 megabytes )
In Your School
The energy-saving ideas you used at home can also be used in school. Consider creating a weekly «energy monitor» — someone who's job it is to make sure lights are out when there's no one in a room. He or she can also make sure that machines are turned off when not being used. Have your teacher or principal check with the California Energy Commission to see if you school can become a «Bright School .»


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Is your tractor cab showing the years of wear and tear it has endured? Instead of spending money on a new tractor, why not simply replace the cab interior?
Doug Haas, of Haas Equipment, near Madison, MN, has been buying used tractors and reconditioning them for farmers for more than 20 years. In that time, he has given a new look to about 250 to 300 cab interiors. Haas has some tips when it comes to re-foaming your cab.
Remodeling process
Before beginning work on a cab interior, Haas first identifies the make, model number and cab serial number of the tractor cab. He needs to know this information so he can order the correct cab interior kit from K&M Manufacturing, a company specializing in original equipment manufacturer (OEM)-quality cab interior kits. Haas uses the company's pre-cut kits, making installation of new foam simpler.
To remake the interior of a John Deere 4430 with a 30 series early cab, he first consults his K&M Product Catalog to order the correct kits.
He will use the seven-piece kit, "30 Cab Foam Kit-Early," because it has a 7-in. seat cavity. K&M's price for this kit is $170. He needs two more pieces to complete this cab: the "30-40 Headliner Filter Door Panel," $31, and the "30-40 Headliner Front Panel," $86.
Once he receives the kits, he lays everything out next to the tractor so all his supplies are handy. Other supplies he says are needed include 3M Spray adhesive, about $20, a putty knife to use as an edge to shove and tuck foam into place, and a pair of scissors. Supplies to clean the cab also will be needed during the project.
Haas recommends removing the seat inside the cab for ease of putting in interiors, but it may not have to be done in all cases. In the case of this tractor, it is not needed.
First, Haas rips out all of the old foam he is replacing, then scrapes away old glue and foam bits still stuck to the metal interior. Then he uses an air hose to blow all the dirt and excess material out of the cab before washing and drying areas from where foam was torn out.
This tractor does not have any livestock odors or buildup, so the cab will not take as much time to clean out. But if it did, Haas recommends a steam wash. He says that to rebuild a nice cab interior, it's best to start laying new foam in a clean tractor.
After the cab has dried out and is ready for new foam, he lays out all of the foam pieces he will be using and begins to pre-fit them into the tractor without using glue. The purpose of this step is to prevent errors and make sure all the foam fits accurately in its right place.
After laying out the sequence of the foam, Haas sets to work spraying glue on the foam and the cab steel of the area he is replacing. He precisely places the foam piece in the cab, using his putty knife to carefully fit the foam edges into tight spaces. His tip for spraying on the adhesive is to spray carefully around the edges of the foam first, and then evenly coat the middle.
He places the first piece of foam on the lower right section of the cab. Once this piece of foam is laid, Haas works his way around the seat bottom. The reasoning for this method is to have carefully fit pieces that match up nicely and make the cab interior look sleek.
Haas places the headliner front panel and filter door panel last. He glues on the flat foam piece of the filter door. Then he removes the headliner front panel and reassembles it with the new piece that clips into place.
Fresh look
For the finishing touch, Haas washes up the foam in case it has come in contact with any dirt or dust. In a total of about 2½ hrs. and a cost of $307 (not including labor), Haas has given the interior of his 30 series tractor a fresh, clean look.
Haas chooses to order his kits directly from K&M Manufacturing because he likes that the company is "a local business with good prices, fantastic service and a personal touch." He also prefers its method of cutting out a groove in the foam where it needs to be bent, creating a neater and original-looking corner surface.
Haas points out that making over the interior of a tractor increases its value. And, he says, "when sitting in the tractor cab for many hours a day, it is nicer to see a clean-looking and unworn interior."
Contact Haas Equipment, Box 115A, Madison, MN 56256, 320/598-7604. See a Farm Industry News video of the K&M factory and its tractor cab replacement parts.
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But the point is, people with kite low were not lofted. If you are being pulled with kite low it's time to release it, and you have plenty of time.
My experience dealing with squalls like this has been to stay off shore and put the kite in the water. When it's not flying it's not generating apparent wind, thus far less power. Worst case, put the wing tip in the water to prevent you from getting lofted, and now you will have time to find the quick release and get your hand on it because you are not moving. Your kite is in the water everyone knows you are in trouble. You are not going to get lofted. Speaking from experience, ridden out some bad squalls this way with no issues.
I agree RickI's advice is barely adequate. I am not defending Rick.
BUT that doesn't mean the accident was a completely unavoidable incident of bad luck either.
The guy made a ton of mistakes. 1) Being out there 2) coming into shore during squall 3) not crashing kite in the water 4) leaving kite high 5) not releasing the kite off shore and swimiming in when he realized he was getting over powered.
All of this before the first lofting, no luck required. After the initial lofting he's pretty much screwed.
Been there done that, in a very similar situation, and thats when I analyzed what I did wrong and how to avoid it in the future.
As soon as you see a column of rain like that coming (everyone admitted they saw it), the kite should have been in the water (or on the ground) and hand on the quick release, period.
Coming into shore is something you want to avoid at all costs.


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An exploration into making the world work better
Consider the advances of the past century. The way science has improved our daily lives. The possibilities unleashed by technology. The things we can do today that earlier generations could not even imagine.
Yes, this is about better information, tools, algorithmsbut that's not all. It's about the deeply human quest to make the world more livable, safer, more efficient, more sustainable. Our enduring drive for progress has given us the capacity to see the world with greater clarity... to map what we see... to understand its dynamics. All of which builds shared belief... in a better future, and in the way each of us can act to make it so.
Inside the 2011 NYC THINK exhibit, visitors were immersed in a film and interactive
experience across 40 oversized digital screens that displayed how technology can improve
our daily lives and transform the way we live.
Located on Jaffe Drive at Lincoln Center in New York, the THINK exhibit
combined three unique experiences to engage visitors in a conversation about
how we can improve the way we live and work.
Inside THINK presented by IBM in INNOVENTIONS at Epcot® at the Walt Disney World® Resort.
IBM THINK, a free app for iPad and 10" Android tablets that celebrates centuries of science and tech innovations.
An approach to making the world work better
While each leap of progress requires its own intelligence, work, and courage, many of them are the result of a distinct, repeatable pattern. The THINK exhibit app and THINK film explore how progress is shaped through a common and systematic approach.
For much of human history, we had just five senses to measure the world around us. As our curiosity grew, we built measurement tools, from clocks and scales to microscopes and telescopes. Now, billions of technological sensors and sophisticated imaging devices are capturing massive amounts of data about every imaginable phenomenon. For the first time ever, we can see in great detail into the natural and manmade systems that make up our world.
All the information we're collecting becomes much more effective when it's organized. We've used maps to organize data for millennia. Throughout history, maps have revealed patterns in what appeared to be chaos, inspired explorers, and guided development and innovation. Now, our maps are more powerful and insightful than ever. They're dynamic, multi-dimensional, and collaborative. Today's mapping platforms give us the ability to organize and express information about any facet from every perspectivein real time.
To improve the world's systems, we must first understand why they behave the way they do. That means untangling the actions of thousands of component parts. It's not possible to do this on brainpower alone. Which is why we always built modelsfrom physical prototypes to mathematical calculations. Now we have new tools to see into the future in a less risky manner. Supercomputers, analytics software, and networking technologies allow us to simulate the behavior and interactions of vast systems. We can now virtually explore ideas and hypotheses that were too dangerous or even impossible to test until now.
Change is easy. It happens by itself. Progress, on the other hand, is deliberate. It won't take root until someone believes it's possible and convinces others that action will be worth the effort. This takes perseverance and the ability to convince skeptics to overcome the status quo. Conviction and willpower are necessary to foster belief. But technology has a role as well. Reliable data, timely maps and effective simulations can all help reveal the path to progress.
Sustainable progress requires massive coordination, cooperation, perpetual monitoring and automation. It takes teamwork and technology to manage complexity. Acting is never over, because our systems are alive. But when we wrangle one, we learn about the others. Making progress is extraordinarily difficult, but the more we do it, the more we learn, and the easier it becomes.
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Jr takes the renovation seriously and tears down the doors at Shamrock while customers are ordering. Meanwhile, Mike is at home working on a new strategy for delivering online customers the San Pedro Fish Market experience.
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It's no surprise that we love food over here. This channel will show you all the ridiculously flagrant and insanely delicious recipes we and the Foodbeast family come up with. Try not to drool all over your keyboard too much.
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For ease and convenience, it is best to store all the images that are to be uploaded in a common folder, preferably on the computer's main drive, before getting started.
All images will be checked for the proper dimensions and file type as they are received. The maximum allowable horizontal dimension (width) is 1024 pixels; the maximum allowable vertical dimension (height) is 768 pixels. The image files must be in "jpeg" format. Any file that does not meet these criteria will be automatically rejected.
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1) New Sis Boom Pattern!
YCMT has an awesome treat for you! Go on over and download Festive Vests and Fancy Filled Tutus for FREE until 10/31!
I had the honor of sewing up a couple of the vests for a segment on Studio 5 on KSL-TV in Utah. The little boys who modeled them were very composed and handsome, and their tutu-wearing little sisters were completely adorable! Kim did a great job demonstrating the steps of making the tutu, too!!! You can watch the segment here on the YCMT blog!
3) More patterns in the works!
The grown-up version of the Emily Bell-Sleeved Tunic is with the testers as we speak! Jennifer's stylish mom was the inspiration for this beautiful, flattering top. The round neckline is so divine, and the tunic is just incredibly comfortable and easy to wear. You can see the original design here on Jennifer's blog...soon I'll be sharing pics of my lovely mom modeling as well :) !
I'm also working on a much requested Scientific Seamstress eBook...it is the grown-up version of one of my most popular patterns for girls and boys. I've already made a few prototypes for myself and my hubby, and lets just say we are enjoying "lounging" around in them ;)!
4) Another princess tutorial is coming SOON - (I'm hoping to finish up and get some pictures early next week)!
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An Overnight Sensation
Darnell McDonald likes to joke that if he had accepted a scholarship offer to play running back at the University of Texas, football fans would have never heard of Cedric Benson.
After rushing for 6,121 yards and 83 touchdowns at Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, McDonald was recruited to be the heir apparent to Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams at Texas. If Darnell had suited up for the Longhorns, Benson probably would have gone to Texas Tech and McDonald might be in the NFL.
But after being a first round draft pick by the Baltimore Orioles in 1997, Darnell chose to play baseball instead of football.
Red Sox nation is grateful.
(photos courtesy of Kelly O'Connor)
After McDonald's dramatic pinch-hit home run and game-winning single for Boston on Tuesday night, the overwhelming sentiment in the PawSox clubhouse was that it couldn't have happened to a nicer or more-deserving guy. I was among a handful of players and coaches who watched the video of Darnell's game-winning hit streaming live on Torey Lovullo's laptop, and the celebration in the drab visiting manager's office in Rochester was nearly as raucous as the pandemonium at Fenway Park.
Darnell's coaches and teammates appreciate his arduous journey to the big leagues. This is the 10th straight year that McDonald has spent at least part of the season in the International League and Pawtucket is his 7th I.L. team.
"I tell people that I'm tired of that league," Darnell said with a laugh when I profiled him in January (here's a link to the story). "I know all of the clubhouse guys, a lot of the fans that you see every year, and that's a good thing that baseball has done for me – it's allowed me to establish a lot of friendships all over the world. It doesn't hurt to see familiar faces in different places that you go, but hopefully I won't spend too much time in the International League this year."
One night after going 0-for-5 with three strikeouts at a mostly-empty minor league ballpark, McDonald etched his name into Boston's sports history with one of the greatest debuts in Red Sox history. Imagine how it will be remembered if Tuesday's win helps to reverse the Red Sox sinking fortunes.
His wife Cynara was there to see it, and Darnell now has a great story to share with his two daughters – 4-year-old Jiana and 10-week-old Zuri.
It's the story of how it took their dad 12 years to become an overnight sensation.
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The PawSox wasted a great pitching performance by Adam Mills in a 4-3 loss at Rochester on Tuesday.
After Mills walked the first batter he faced, he proceeded to retire 14 batters in a row and left the game with a 3-0 lead after five innings.
Unfortunately for Pawtucket, Kris Johnson promptly allowed 3 runs in the 6th, and Ramon Ramirez gave up the game-winning run in the 8th. Johnson's ERA swelled to 10.57.
The PawSox 9-day road trip moves to Lehigh Valley for the final two games. Daisuke Matsuzaka is scheduled to make his third and final rehab start for Pawtucket on Wednesday night at 7:05. In his first two outings, Daisuke has pitched 11 scoreless innings while only walking one batter.
I hope you'll join us for the radio call beginning with the pre-game show at 6:50 on the PawSox radio network and pawsox.com.
I'd love to hear from you. The address is email@example.com.
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On his Sirius-XM show last Monday, Howard Stern called Lena Dunham "a little fat girl who kind of looks like Jonah Hill."
But it didn't stop there, Stern continued: "I learned that this little fat chick writes the show and directs the show, and that makes sense to me because she's such a camera hog that the other characters barely are on."
But following "Girls" winning Best TV Comedy and Dunham taking home Best Actress in a TV Comedy during Sunday's Golden Globe awards, Stern is already apologizing for his rude remarks.
"I felt bad," Stern said Monday on the air, "because I really do love the show 'Girls' and enjoy it, and I admire the girl who writes it...So I said to [producer Gary Dell'Abate], would you please contact Lena Dunham and please tell her that I would like to explain myself to her on the air and apologize to her because I do love the show and it makes me feel bad that she is getting the impression that I somehow think she's just a talentless little fat chick."
"It took me a while to get there," Stern added, "and all of the sudden I went, 'This show's really really funny. I like it.' I kind of just started liking the show. And I've done a whole 360 on the show and I really admire the girl who writes it, and I actually like when she comes on camera ... I'm a superfan now. I really love it. I almost went to the premiere the other night."
Stern, who is infamous for his criticism of overweight women, told his audience that he experienced an epiphany while recently watching Dunham on "Girls":
"After I got up to the fifth episode everything kind of clicked and I was like: 'Wow, this is getting really good.' And she's kind of like a little Woody Allen in the sense that Woody Allen used to cast himself with really hot chicks and you'd go: 'What the heck is THAT about?'…Like, it was bothering me that this girl who's not a sex symbol is with these hot guys, and then I said well how is that different from Woody Allen?"
Dunham, meanwhile, says she was not offended by Stern's initial harsh comments about her weight.
"I did find out that Howard Stern really hates [the show]," Dunham said on the "Late Show With David Letterman" last week. "I'm a Howard Stern fan and I really think that he has earned the right to free speech and he should just go for it."
"But he did say something that I thought was so funny that I want to get on my gravestone," Dunham continued, "Where he said, 'Congrats to her, it's so hard for little fat chicks get anything going these days.' And it put me in the best mood!"
"I just wanted to be like, my gravestone says, 'She was a little fat chick, but she got it goin'."
"Girls"producer Judd Apatow, who's often a guest on Stern's show, also tried to put the snarky comments in perspective, telling the LA Times, "I think [his crack] was taken out of context. I don't think it wasn't his intention the way it came out."
Watch Stern apologize to Dunham and express his love for "Girls" in his own words below:
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Research suggests chronic wasting disease not a factor in deer's decline
Re: "Deer declining across Colorado and West," July 14 news story.
While it is unfortunate to read that wild deer populations are currently declining in Colorado, it is inaccurate to point to chronic wasting disease (CWD) as a significant factor in the drop.
In 2010, researchers at Colorado State University estimated CWD effects on mule deer population between 2006 and 2008. They concluded that CWD's effects "seem to be sufficiently small that they can be omitted in estimating the influences of CWD on population growth rate."
Further, testimony offered by the Colorado Division of the Wildlife Research Center stated that "at a population level it's been difficult to demonstrate any effect."
CWD is often used as a political and PR weapon against private deer farms, but it's important to understand that the disease is rare, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data, and that there are many other factors behind the decline in deer populations, such as weather and predation.
James C. Kroll, Nacogdoches, Texas
The writer is a professor at Stephen F. Austin State University's College of Forestry and Agriculture.
This letter was published in the July 20 edition.
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When it comes to jewelry, I am not hard to please. I love simple and dainty pieces and would never feel comfortable in lots of expensive bling. I personally love pieces that represent special things in my life and characteristics of myself. I seldom purchase or ask for random pieces just because they're pretty. Most often, they have to mean something.
I usually gravitate towards pieces that represent peace, tranquility, and courage… all traits that I believe are vital to raising self and children. Being a mom is so important to me and with the birth of Jaxon, I realized that I am lacking jewelry that represents my role as a mom. I only have a mother heart necklace Greg bought me over 4 years ago.
I was given the opportunity to design a piece of jewelry from Jewlr. They offer just the types of jewelry I love, lots of sterling silver and white gold which are my favs, but they also have yellow and rose gold available too.
I chose the "Cherish" MOM Cut-out Ring. It's just as beautiful in the stock photo as it is in person. I chose sterling silver with 3 birthstones; one for Jaxon, one for me, and one for Jayden… in that order :-).
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Chuck Neely
Nice post Val :) I much prefer CSS animations to JS and use them wherever possible for progressive enhancement. I tend to build something as cleanly as possible first and then look back over it and ask "where can I improve the experience for users on modern browsers?" Subtlety is the key when taking advantage of animation, at least in my experience.
Separating your CSS into multiple files is an excellent idea, especially in larger projects and also in cases where you'll have multiple devs working on the code. You can get around the issue of additional http requests by using a pre-compiler like LESS or SASS to compile many files into one, or a few, and minify them while you're at it. This can also help you construct your animation rules with the use of dynamic mixins.
I haven't yet found the need to create new files specifically for animation rules alone, but I like the idea of it as the code structure (@keyframe) is pretty different than the norm and often looks out of place/untidy. It can also be a little frustrating when a keyframe block lives a few hundred lines away from the animation declaration itself!