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New polls out Saturday in two of the smaller battleground states - where the first votes of this cycle were counted last January -- show a neck-and-neck race in one state and an advantage for President Barack Obama in another.In Iowa, which has six electoral votes, Obama has an edge over GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney among likely voters, 47 percent to 42 percent, according to a Des Moines Register Iowa Poll.
The race for four electoral votes in New Hampshire is a dead heat, according to the WMUR Granite State Poll. Obama and Romney are tied at 47 percent among likely voters, the poll showed, and when asked towards whom they are leaning, the state's small number of undecided likely voters are evenly split.
A series of polls in key states has begun to trickle in over the past 24 hours, giving a view of the race just days out from Election Day on Tuesday. Polling was suspended in some states and nationwide as Superstorm Sandy tore into the East Coast on Monday and Tuesday. Two samples of Ohio, including a CNN/ORC International poll, showed Obama had an advantage in the Buckeye State. In Florida, one poll showed Romney with an advantage and another showed Obama had an edge.
Just over four in ten Iowa voters have already cast ballots, and Obama has a 22 point lead among those who have voted early. The poll also shows Romney with an eight point advantage among those who plan to cast ballots on Election Day, and that early voting has been lighter among the more Republican areas in the state's Northwest.
New Hampshire has limited absentee voting ahead of Election Day, but no early polling.
In the Granite State, this poll reflects a tightening since early October, when several polls showed Obama held a lead - 15 points by the WMUR poll's assessment -- over Romney, who was the former governor of the state's southern neighbor, Massachusetts, and who owns a home in New Hampshire.
A separate poll of Iowa likely voters, conducted Sunday and Monday, showed Obama at 50 percent and Romney at 40 percent.
In the New Hampshire gubernatorial race, the poll indicates former state Sen. Maggie Hassan, a Democrat, has a five point advantage over the Republican, lawyer Ovide Lamontagne.
The Iowa poll included 800 likely voters reached between October 30 and November 2. It had a sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 points.
The New Hampshire survey was conducted between October 31 and November 2. It included 502 likely voters and had a sampling error of plus or minus 4.4 points.


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The Humane Society of the United States celebrated the life-saving work of its Animal Rescue Programs on Friday November 15th in NYC with its "To The Rescue!" Benefit. The HSUS is responsible for saving and rehabilitating thousands of animals, and travels across the country to help animals in need from puppy mills, dog fighting, neglect and natural disasters. Thanks to the generous donators and supporters of the evening, the HSUS will have the funds to work even more of their animal saving magic.
As the nation's largest and most powerful animal protection organization, The HSUS has been saving thousands of animal lives every year since 1954. They use equipment, expertise, and financial resources to assist law enforcement with investigations, evidence and animal seizure, as well as coordinate animal care, sheltering, and final relocation. Cruelty is prevented with a multi-pronged approach, which includes advocacy, outreach, and policy reform.
The night was supported by Friends of Finn, a committee founded by Amanda Hearst, who also served as the event co-chair with Georgina Bloomberg and Kimberly Ovitz, as well as HSUS president Wayne Pacelle. Friends of Finn is made up of next-generation leaders and is dedicated to working with The HSUS to stop the inhumane treatment of dogs in puppy mills. They raise funds for educational and public awareness initiatives as well as rescue efforts.
Amanda Hearst was inspired to start Friends of Finn because with the help of the USUS she found out her dog, Finn, was from a puppy mill, and also for her general love of animals. Amanda said that if Finn were a celeb, he would be Will Ferrell because he is really funny and has same hair color! Maybe Finn will get the chance to meet his hilarious human twin someday!
Georgina Bloomberg, daughter of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, was honored to be involved with such a great cause. She explained that a lot of people don't know about the majority of animal cruelty that goes on, so she feels educating people on not only spaying and neutering animals but also to not buy pets from pet stores is very important. To be a true animal person, you have to be actively doing something to help them. Georgina has 5 rescue dogs and a smart and sweet rescue pig, Wilbur. How oink-tastic is that!?
The evening included a special live performance by singer/songwriter and The HSUS' Stop Puppy Mills Campaign spokesperson, Colbie Caillat. Colbie believes that the HUSU helps a gigantic cause. They are there to help every kind of animal species and to inform people about the torture that is going on around the world to all of these gorgeous animals. They also educate people on what changes we should make to help. She has always been a supporter of dogs and cats, and stopped eating meat 3 ½ years ago. She explained she can't even believe she ever ate meat before. She comes to these events and learns about horse slaughter, elephants being killed for their ivory tusks, and shark finn soup (just to name a few) and many other things that people are not aware of. She says people do not want to listen because they do not want to change their lifestyle. Colbie slowly started changing her lifestyle, and so can you if you truly want to be an animal supporter and advocate! This amazing animal rescue advocate (who adopted her own golden retriever from Taiwan) does the best she can to inform her family, friends, and anyone she can about these important causes. Colbie auctioned off two of her precious guitars to help support the HSUS and their animal rescue missions! How sweet is she?!
Ali Wentworth was a flawless and hilarious host for the evening's festivities. She believes if human beings treat animals better, they will ultimately treat humans better.
If you want to learn more about these issues, please visit humanesociety.org
For the Best that Pet Lifestyle and animal welfare has to offer follow Wendy Diamond on Facebook, Twitter, and right here at AnimalFair.com!
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NPR's Reporter Ari Shapiro to Give Talkby Karen Handley • October 8, 2008 Share:
Wabash College will host National Public Radio (NPR) correspondent, Ari Shapiro. He will give a talk on "Presidential Power and the War on Terror." at 8 p.m., Monday, October 13, in Salter Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
Shapiro reports on the Department of Justice and national legal affairs for all of NPR's newsmagazines, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered. His recent reporting has focused on legal controversies over national security issues, including domestic surveillance, interrogation policies, and access to federal courts by enemy combatants. Shapiro has also covered court challenges to the Bush Administration's counter-terrorism policies. Based in Washington, D.C., Shapiro travels extensively to investigate and report on legal issues across the country, ranging from jury service and attorney-client privilege to indigent defense and mental health courts. The first NPR reporter to be made a correspondent before age 30, Shapiro has received the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award for his coverage of New Orleans' disordered legal system following Hurricane Katrina and the Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize for his investigation of methamphetamine use and HIV transmission. Before he began covering the Department of Justice in 2005, Shapiro investigated abuses of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison and covered the legal proceedings against American soldiers accused of the abuses. As a regional reporter for NPR in Miami, he covered the 2004 Atlantic hurricanes and subsequent allegations of wasteful spending by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Shapiro began his journalism career in 2001 in the office of legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg. He was subsequently awarded NPR's reporter training fellowship and reported locally for member station WBUR in Boston.
Shapiro graduated in 2000 magna cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. degree in English. While at Yale, Shapiro spent time abroad researching cultural obstacles to HIV education for Ethiopian immigrants. He was also a member of Mixed Company of Yale, one of Yale University's coed a cappella groups. Shapiro was born in Fargo, North Dakota, and grew up in Portland, Oregon, where he graduated from Beaverton High School.
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pond bird wrote:I see some caches also on the Geocaching.com site. I may have found some Opencaches without realizing it. My suggestion is to log geocaches you found listed on the geocaching.com site also on this site automatically, or at least search for the listings.. or something?
TermiteHunter wrote:I too would NOT want automatic logging if it were possible.
I do as DG and log on one site and post notes on the others.
The more stunning news is that 1/3 of our active caches are cross listed on GC. Press tell me that your search included inactive and or archived caches. Then it would only be 1/4 ... still too many.
Of course this sure beats the usurper opencaching site
R of JARS wrote:For x-listed caches, a static link to the GC site would be nice.
I currently have 4 OCNA caches. One started off as an OCNA-only cache, then the spot opened up after a GC cache was archived, so I posted it on the GC site too, to get more visitors and maybe make more people aware of OCNA caches. I think it worked, the GC basic members who were looking for GCs in the area found that x-listed cache and also searched for the 3 OCNA-only caches in the conservation area.
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Breakfast Wrap Sandwich Recipe
Today's post is about one of my favorite companies, California Lavash, where the ever wonderful Lilea works. California Lavash makes healthy, preservative free breads. Their lavash works amazingly well for pizzas, desserts, and in the case of this recipe, as a breakfast wrap. Anyway, if --like me-- you're stressed in the mornings because of the holiday season, here's a recipe that'll make you look like a culinary whiz without taking eons to prepare.
Fresh fruits of your choice are layered with plain yogurt, a drizzle of honey and crunchy granola, and the whole thing is wrapped in lavash bread. It's super easy to roll out a bunch of these for all the hungry little hands in your house.
Yields: 6 wraps3 sheets whole wheat lavash bread, see tips
3 cups plain yogurt
1 cup blueberries
1 cup raspberries
½ cup strawberries, chopped
3 ripe bananas, peeled and sliced
3 tablespoons chopped mint, optional
½ cup granola
¼ cup honey, optional
Spread a layer of yogurt on the lavash bread sheets, stopping 1 inch before the edge (the filling will spread to the edges once the pinwheel is rolled). Spread 4 sections of different fruit: blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and bananas. Drizzle with honey (if using) and add a sprinkle of mint (if using). Top with granola. Roll the bread sheets up into a tight wrap.
Using a sharp knife, trim 1 inch from each end of the wraps. Slice the logs in half.
Serve at room temperature.
Bon appétit!
The yogurt acts as an adhesive and prevents the fruitsfrom sliding too much once they are wrapped.
I used California pizza lavash bread; it's also known as lahvash or cracker bread. It's a huge time saver for making quick and easy meals. It's available at Raley's, Nob Hill and Bel Air stores throughout Northern California. You could also replace it with tortilla wraps or crêpes. They are very easy to roll too.Published By: on December 17, 2012.


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The Phils gets off to a bad start as they lose a close one to the Pirates, 3-2.
The Phils starts off their four-games set with the Bucos on a bad note as they lose a close one to the Pirates, 3-2.
The Pirates took the lead in the second as, with two men on base, and with one man out, Bobby Crosby hits an RBI single, scoring Lastings Milledge, who had earlier singled, and then moved up to second on Ryan Doumit's walk, giving the Pirates a 1-0 lead, while sending Doumit, who had just walked, on to third. The Phils tied it up at one-all in the third as Wilson Valdez hits a lead-off home run, his fourth home run of the season. The Pirates regain the lead in their half of the third as, with one man on, and with nobody out, Pedro Alvarez hits an RBI double, scoring Jose Tabata, who had just walked, to give the Pirates a 2-1 lead. The Pirates then added to their lead in the fourth as, with a runner on second, and with two men out, Tabata hits an RBI single, knocking in Andy LaRoche, who had earlier singled, and then went to second base on Daniel McCutchen's sacrifice bunt, 2-4, making it a 4-1 Pirates' lead. The Phils cut down the Pirates' lead in the fifth as, with a runner on base, and with two men out, Shane Victorino, who had earlier singled and then stole second base, scores on a LaRoche's throwing error of Greg Dobbs' infield single, beating the throw to the plate, making it a 3-2 Pirates' lead. But that would end up being the final score as the Phils would be unable to mound up any offense for the rest of the game, before Victorino ended it in the ninth as, with a man on third, Dane Sardinha, who had come into the game earlier to replace Brian Schneider, who was taken out after his thumb got hit by a foul tip, and in the inning had singled, moved up to second on Valdez's sacrifice bunt, 1-4, then went to third on pinch hitter Ross Gload's ground out, 4-3, and with two outs, he struck out looking for the final out.
Cole Hamels took the lost, being hurt early by walks, as he pitched seven innings, giving up three runs on five hits and two walks, while striking out eight. His record is now 6-7 with an ERA of 4.07. Jose Contreras pitches a 1-2-3 inning, striking out a batter. Daniel McCutchen gets the win as he pitches five and a third inning, giving up two runs, one of which was earned, on six hits, while he strikes out four. His record is now 1-3 with an 8.87 ERA. Javier Lopez receives his fourth hold as he pitches a third of an inning, getting out the only man he would face. D.J. Carrasco also picks up his fourth hold as he also pitches a third of an inning, getting out the only batter he would face. Evan Meek collects his fifth hold as he pitches two scoreless inning, as he gives up only one hit and one walk, while striking out a batter. Octavio Dotel gets his seventeenth save of the year as he pitches a scoreless inning, giving up a hit, while striking out a batter.
The Phils had eight hits in the game, with Greg Dobbs leading the team with two hits, both singles. Shane Victorino, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard, Wilson Valdez, Dane Sardinha and Cole Hamels had the other six Phils' hits, with Victorino, Howard, Sardinha and Hamel's hits being singles, Rollins' hit being a double and Valdez's hit being a solo home run, knocking in the Phils' only RBI. An error allowed the other Phil run to score. The top part of the Phil's batting order is once again being its own worst enemy, trying a bit too hard to make things happen, while major parts of the machine are still on the disabled list. Come on guys, just calm down, and try to relax. Else, you're going to end up looking at the Washington Nationals' rear end. That's right, I went there!!!
The Phils (41-36, 3rd NL East) continue their four-game series with the Pirates (28-51, 6th NL Central) with a night game. The game will be played at PNC Park and will begin at 7:10 pm Eastern. The Phils will send to the mound Jamie Moyer (9-6, 4.30), who is coming off a win against the Blue Jays on June 27, as he went seven innings, giving up just two runs on six hits, as he strikes out seven, in the Phils' 11-2 rout. In his last three starts, he is 3-0, pitching twenty-three innings, giving up just five runs (all on home runs) and two walks, while striking out seventeen. He will go for both his fourth win in a row and his fourth straight quality start since getting shell at Boston for nine runs in one plus innings of work on June 11. Against the Pirates he is 2-1 with an ERA of 4.30. The Pirates will counter with Ross Ohlendorf (0-6, 4.90), who is coming off a no-decision against the A's on June 27, as he went six innings, giving up two unearned runs on two hits and four walks, while striking out three, in the Pirates' 3-2 lost. In his last three starts, he is 0-2 with a no-decision, as he pitched seventeen innings, giving up eleven runs, nine of which were earned, on sixteen hits and two walks, while striking out eight. He is 0-0 against the Phils with a 3.75 ERA. He will be looking for his first win of the season. The Phils' offense will be trying to overcome the loss of both Chase Utley, who will be out for at least eight weeks, as he had his thumb operated on yesterday, and Placido Polanco, who may not be back until after the All-Star break, as they continue to play the lowly Pirates. Come on, guys, concentrate. This is no time for the June Swoon to became a July Funk.


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Stainless Steel
Stainless steel has been around for many years. Harry Brearley of England is credited as being the inventor of stainless steel when working on an erosion resistant alloy for gun barrels. Stainless steel is a metal composed of iron alloy and a minimum of 10.5% chromium. The addition of chromium makes the metal resistant to staining, corroding or oxidation. Stainless steel is a relatively hard, durable and affordable metal that's typically light grey in color.
Caring for your stainless steel jewelry is easy. In fact, you can ensure that your metal stays in peak condition by bringing it to your local Helzberg Diamonds store for a complimentary cleaning and inspection, or at home by using a solution of warm water and detergent-free soap with a soft bristled toothbrush.


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Kerr: Don't call Durant "villain" | Gores: Pistons are in a good place | Cuban behind Bogut's Olympic run | Ray Allen may not be finished yet
No. 1: Kerr: Don't call Durant "villain" — The Golden State Warriors clearly hit the jackpot in free agency this summer, bringing in Kevin Durant from the Oklahoma City Thunder in a move that not only made the Warriors stronger but also weakened the rival Thunder. But according to Warriors coach Steve Kerr, in an appearance on ESPN Radio, calling Durant (or any of the Warriors, for that matter) villains would be "absurd.":
"To think of Kevin Durant or Steph Curry or any of our guys as villains, it's kind of absurd. Especially Kevin," Kerr said Sunday in an interview on ESPN Radio's TMI with Michelle Beadle and Ramona Shelburne. "This is one of the most likeable people in this league. He's just an awesome human being. What he did in Oklahoma City was just amazing for that community.
Kerr added: "Circumstances kind of dictate, I guess, that some people are going to see him as a villain. But it's only because he decided to go elsewhere to play. He wanted to change his scenery, he wanted a new challenge. More than anything he wanted to play with our guys. He loves Draymond [Green] and Steph and Klay [Thompson] and Andre [Iguodala]. Seeing those guys in New York, he loved seeing the chemistry that exists and he wanted to be a part of it."
Durant said last month that he didn't leave the house he'd rented in the Hamptons for 48 hours after he announced his decision because he knew how strongly fans would react to him leaving.
"For a few days after, I didn't leave my bed, because I was like, 'If I walk outside somebody might just hit me with their car, or say anything negative to me,'" Durant said last month at Team USA training camp in Las Vegas.
"I mean, I've been somewhere for so long, and then to make a change like that, [which] nobody knew was coming, that nobody didn't think I would do, of course I didn't know how it would be received afterward. But at some point, I just said, 'Look, man, life goes on. Life moves on, and I can't hide forever,' so I just had to face it."
No. 2: Gores: Pistons are in a good place — The Detroit Pistons won an NBA title in 2004, but rebuilding following that title run proved to be a tough task. But since becoming owner of the Pistons in 2011, Tom Gores has presided over a building project that finally has the Pistons a perennial postseason contender, with aspirations of much more. As Vince Ellis from the Detroit Free Press discovered in a wide-ranging Q&A with Gores, despite the solid foundation finally in place, Gores isn't satisfied with just being a playoff team and talks about that, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's future and more:
Q: The Pistons appear to be on the rise. With downtown Detroit becoming more of a destination, it appears the time could be ripe for a move. You've never closed the door, but can you quantify the importance of the next year for the franchise?
Gores: "I think last year was the beginning of the important years. I think we began to set the course last year. We proved a point. We got into the playoffs. I really like the way we finished with the roster with (forward Tobias Harris) coming in. This year, everybody's a year older, we've got the core set with our folks, so it's an important year that we prove that we are making progress. I've always said patience with progress, so this is an important year because they really just jelled last year, if you think about it. Tobias was new, what a steal with (forward Marcus Morris), (point guard Reggie Jackson) as a true starter in his first year. (Shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope) is still a young man. (Forward Stanley Johnson) just turned 20. This a very young team and very, very talented. … It's an important year for everybody to keep developing, and that's what Stan's been focused on, not sitting still to make sure everybody's got a place to improve. … We have a very focused group. There's nobody in the locker room that's a problem for us. These are good guys."
Q: What can you say right now on the potential to move downtown?
Gores: "We've always been open-minded. I've always respected (Mike and Marian Ilitch) in terms of what they're doing. We do have an understanding of some of the things they're developing down there. There's a lot going on downtown. …"
Q: Dan Gilbert is doing a lot of business there.
Gores: "Dan (Gilbert), as well. Dan and I have been talking about the soccer team. Whatever we do, I'd like to be that third piece of the triangle between Dan and the Ilitches and then myself to really finish bringing the city together. I think we can do that. I think we have a lot of value to add. Not just the basketball team, but our business expertise. There's a ton going on and Detroit is getting close to being in the red zone. I don't know if we're there quite yet, in terms of the city coming back, but we're not on the other 20. (Detroit is) getting close, and I think I can be helpful there. We're staying open-minded and I've always said in terms of the Ilitches and what they've meant to the city, I think definitely we could be good partners for each other. So we're evaluating everything and I think we should. I've been paying attention to a lot going on in downtown Detroit."
Q: With a possible KCP extension, you could threaten the luxury tax line (an NBA mechanism to curtail teams' spending). Thoughts on being a luxury taxpayer?
Gores: "Look, if we weren't building a core, there's really no point in paying the luxury tax. Because we are building a core, would I do it? Yeah, absolutely. This is a tremendous team. If you go down the line, player by player, and especially our young folks, these are real players. You look at KCP as a very diverse player. He keeps working at his game and you look at his improvement and just like anybody else, he will improve in other areas. Part of Stan [Van Gundy]'s coaching philosophy obviously is defense. So you say go into the luxury tax for nothing, then that would be silly because then we're putting the franchise behind. But given that we have such a good core, if that's what it took, and we feel we've made such progress this year, I wouldn't hesitate to do it because we want to keep getting better."
No. 3: Cuban behind Bogut's Olympic run — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has historically been critical of NBA players playing in the Olympics, rightfully reasoning that NBA teams have huge financial investments with little upside from Olympic success. But in the case of newly signed Mavs center Andrew Bogut, Cuban signed off on Bogut's appearance with the Australian National Team, telling the AP that they view Bogut's Olympic appearance as an important part of his comeback from the injury he suffered in the 2016 Finals:
Mark Cuban has been opposed to NBA players competing in the Olympics, but the Dallas Mavericks owner gave Andrew Bogut the clearance he needed to play for Australia after injuring his left knee in the NBA Finals.
And Cuban is pulling for his new center, who scored 18 points to lead the Aussies to an 87-66 victory over France on Saturday in the opening game of the tournament.
"We obviously were nervous and I'm still not a fan of NBA players in the Olympics, but Andrew was going to have to go through a process to get back on the court anyway," Cuban wrote Sunday in an email to The Associated Press. "Our staff has communicated with him and we knew he would be cautious in his approach to returning."
Bogut suffered bone bruises in Game 5 while playing for Golden State. Players need a release from their NBA teams to compete internationally if they have a pre-existing injury, and Bogut said he was a little worried he might not get it from the Mavs, who acquired him last month in a trade.
"They were very, very nervous obviously because my prognosis was six to eight weeks and this is right on six weeks right now, but I was open with them and honest," Bogut said. "I said, 'Look, if I know I'm not ready and the knee's swelling up, I'm pulling the pin.' And they said fine, we trust you."
Bogut said he even received an email from Cuban before the Olympic opener.
"I told him make sure he has his green-and-gold jersey on watching the game, and he threw a couple of other words I can't repeat and said let's go," Bogut said. "So it's been a good relationship by email so far."
No. 4: Ray Allen may not be finished yet — Sharpshooting guard Ray Allen hasn't played in the NBA since the Miami Heat lost to the Spurs in the 2014 NBA Finals. But speaking to the Hartford Courant at a basketball camp this weekend, Allen said he may still be interested in playing if the situation was right:
"I worked out the other day in New York with a friend of mine," Allen said Saturday, during a break from his annual instructional camp at East Granby High. "I was shooting, I was going through my routine just like I'd always done. Yeah, I was a little winded, but I was able to go through my routine like I'd always gone though my routine and I didn't feel like I'd missed any time in doing what I was doing. For me, it's not 'Can I do it anymore?' It's how I feel after I do it. And yesterday, I felt great.
"I could not have learned all that I've learned in 20 years of my life, dealing with coach [Jim] Calhoun, and how to sleep right, eat right, and then go to the NBA and do what I've done there and then afterwards just drop the ball and let everything go. I still weigh the same I weighed in college."
Allen, 41, the former UConn star who won two championships and was a 10-time NBA All-Star, is gearing up or a comeback after two seasons out of the league. While he is not certain he will suit up again, he made it clear that this is not just idle chatter.
"My decision is predicated on what is available," he said. "I said that I was interested because I never retired for a reason. I've been watching, seeing what teams have been doing and I've been waiting to see if the opportunity presented itself where I think I could fit."
It has been assumed that Allen, who last played for the Heat in 2014, would be most likely to join the champion Cavaliers, reuniting in Cleveland with LeBron James, or the runner-up Warriors, who have added Kevin Durant to the team that went 73-9 in the regular season.
The Spurs and Clippers have been mentioned, also, but Allen said he has spoken with the Celtics, with whom he won a championship in 2008, and the Bucks, his first NBA stop.
"I would love going back to those places if it worked out," Allen said, "because both teams are good, too. It doesn't necessarily have to be championship-or-bust for me to go back to the NBA.
"I want to be in a situation where I thought I could help, play a little bit and help where they have good young talent."
Allen, who lives much of the time in Miami, has opened a restaurant called Grown, said he is not yet sure what direction the Heat are taking. How about the Knicks? "Spike Lee has been trying to recruit me," Allen said. "We've been texting."
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: Paul George is trying to set up a meeting with the French gymnast who suffered a broken leg in the opening days of Rio 2016 … Nick Anderson made it out of the violence in Chicago, and wants to help bring it to an end … Joel Embiid was excited by the game-sealing block in Croatia's win over Spain from his potential 76ers teammate Dario Saric …


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Maisie Dobbs
Author: Jacqueline Winspear
Series: #1 in the Maisie Dobbs series
Narrator: Rita Barrington
Run Time: 10 hrs
Producer: AudioGO
Maisie Dobbs isn't just any young housemaid. Through her own natural intelligence–and the patronage of her benevolent employers–she works her way into college at Cambridge. When World War I breaks out, Maisie goes to the front as a nurse. It is there that she learns that coincidences are meaningful and the truth elusive. After the War, Maisie sets up on her own as a private investigator. But her very first assignment, seemingly an ordinary infidelity case, soon reveals a much deeper, darker web of secrets, which will force Maisie to revisit the horrors of the Great War and the love she left behind.
I had heard about this series through several of my online reading buddies who loved it – so when it was selected as a group read, I figured that it must have been a sign (since I didn't really have any interest in either of the other books selected). I was looking forward to a lite mystery after reading a lot of dark, completely jacked up Nordic Noir mysteries and this was a great palate cleanser.
I loved the character of Maisie – she just seemed so unique in the current fiction world as it stands right now. And the time period is one of interest to me since there aren't a lot of books written in the time period between WW1 and WW2 (that I have found). The mystery wasn't so much of a mystery as a plot leading to a realization – or at least, that is how i saw it – while I didn't know all the details that were revealed at the end, I had a 95% idea of what the result was going to be. But I honestly didn't mind – for me, the best part of the book was seeing how Maisie Dobbs became Maisie Dobbs. The biggest surprise for me in the story was what happened to the love of her life during the war (but don't worry, I try to keep my reviews spoiler free – so as not to ruin the book). It wasn't what I was expecting and totally made me tear up.
However, one of my complaints was that while I liked that flashbacks were used – they were a bit chunky – I think the first flashback actually lasted a significant portion of the book – so when it jumped back to the present day I was a bit surprised/confused. I think it either would have been better to have broken the flash-backs up into some smaller portions – almost like an appetizer, rather than a whole entree – or write the first part of the book as her history up until when the mystery began. I think the former probably would have worked the best.
Unfortunately, my experience with the audiobook didn't live up to the book itself and if I had had time, I might have stopped listening and read instead. I know that I nearly considered doing that with the rest of the series – because someone told me that the other books are narrated by someone else. I just did not enjoy the narrators voice. While I found that her female voices were passable – her male ones were like torture – I think I would have preferred a recitation rather than hearing her try to do male voices. It just didn't work for me – which is unfortunately, because I think if done properly, this could have been a great audiobook (and the second one – review to follow in the future), was much improved. This is the first time that I have listened to anything by this narrator and it likely will be the last. I don't think that I can fairly judge her on any other narrations after my feelings towards this one.
Overall, I'd give the book a solid 4 stars, but the narration only 1.5 – however, I do think that the book overall balanced out the mess of the narration – so 3.5 overall.


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Classes are designed to suit everyone, from the serious student to those who just want to dance. L'Academie is the parent school of Sugarplums Preschool Dance Classes.
Lead by principal Kristyn Tindall ARAD Solo Seal PDTD (Dip.), L'Academie offers a space where students can come and enjoy creative and inspirational dance. Teachers aspire to pass on their passion, philosophy and experience, in a professional and positive environment whilst developing excellent technique and confidence.
Ballet classes are based on the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus, and cover all grades.
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The first question my well-meaning acquaintances ask is, "Do you take that thing on the freeway?"
Since that thing is a 1.2-liter engine on two wheels and a 600-pound body, that's actually a rather silly question.
But I know it's only a warm-up for what's really on their minds:
"Are you one of those who cut in between cars?"
Yes, I am.
And I'm aware — even without the disapproving tone of the question — of the emotions I raise when you see me in the rear view mirror, or worse, become aware of my presence as I cross the plane of your windshield: momentary panic, then relief, and last, outrage.
Also, let's not forget jealousy. Once I pass, I know you continue watching me move inexorably out of sight while you wait for the car in front of you to move another few feet.
So why do I do it when I know it scares and angers you?
I won't argue, as many of my motorcycle comrades do, that the practice we call lane splitting is for our safety. Helmets and headlights are for safety. Lane splitting is for beating traffic.
I base my defense on social and philosophical arguments which I'll get to shortly.
First I'd like to reassure you that, no matter how much you may fear it, you will not swerve your car sideways and hit me. By the time I invade your space, I've been studying your driving from four cars back. I know if you're on your cellphone or putting on your makeup. I know if you're following too close or lagging behind. I know if you hug to the left or right, or weave.
If you're the worst kind of driver, the one who trudges along at your own slow pace locked mirror-to-mirror with the car beside you, I've been cursing you for as long as it takes you to wake from your reverie and hit the gas, giving me the few feet of separation I need to tip my handlebars around your side view mirror.
It takes me about a half second to make my move. Once I do, you can't react fast enough to hit me.
You might argue that I'm an outlaw at heart. In fact, unlike the rest of the 50 states, California does not prohibit lane splitting, making our state more aligned with most of the Third World — don't groan — and also the premier cities of Europe.
On its website, the California Highway Patrol states that lane splitting is not illegal but must be practiced safely — use the space between the one and two lanes, keep speed below 30 mph, and so forth.
Every motorcyclist, the CHP adds, has "ultimate responsibility" for his or her own safety. That's a precept I can embrace wholeheartedly: As long as I'm riding between you I'm totally in command of my own destiny. In contrast, following in line behind you leaves me at the mercy of the unknown motorist behind me.
And between lanes, I see the L.A. freeways as no car-bound motorist can. I see space everywhere.
There are actually two independent freeway systems occupying the same roadway. One is filled by cars and the other is entirely empty. No matter how dense the traffic, morning or night, most of the freeway remains free for the taking to those whose vehicles are small enough to ply the creases between cars.
Am I wrong to take that space?
I would argue that I am serving all commuters — and consequently all society — by using the pavement that automobiles can't. I'm subtracting one 4,000-pound box from the endless line of boxes keeping each other from getting where they are going.
The small price in psychic discomfort less fortunate four-wheeled commuters pay for my service could easily be palliated by a road trip to say, Paris, where the culture of the super freeway has evolved to afford the motorcycle an exalted place.
On Boulevard Périphérique, the perpetually gridlocked 22-mile loop that circumnavigates the city, motorcycles own the space between the number one and number two lanes. If my sudden appearance in your mirror rattles you, you have no idea how panicked you'd feel on seeing a phalanx of 20 or 30 Ducatis, BMWs, Yamahas and Hondas charging from the rear at twice your speed. So many commuters ride rather than drive that they create their own traffic pattern, bunching up in formations that whoosh by slower moving cars every 30 seconds or so.
Etiquette known only to the French requires motorists in the number one lane to stay left — keeping their mirrors inches from the concrete divider — and those in the number two lane to stay right. Ignorant Americans, who by habit aim for the center of the lane, soon learn of their impropriety from a barrage of gestures that can be understood in any language.
I know it's unmanly, at best, to hold up the French as a model for how Americans should act. But I'll stick my neck out and say Los Angeles would be a better city if a thousand, or ten thousand, commuters gave up their cars for motorcycles.
Given my belief that we are a city of uncommonly polite drivers, I'll part with this advice:
When you see me drawing near, don't jerk your steering wheel to get out of my way. You'll only scare everyone around you unnecessarily.
If you want to show solidarity, just hold your course and be sure you're a little in front or a little behind the car beside you.
I'll be gone before you know it.


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Shanghai Cocktail
2 Dashes Grenadine. (5ml Small Hand Foods Grenadine)
3/8 Lemon Juice. (3/4 oz Lemon Juice)
1/8 Anisette. (1/4 oz Anis del Mono Dulce a.k.a. Devil Juice)
1/2 Jamaica Rum. (1 oz Smith & Cross Jamaican Rum)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Annoying measures, to be sure. I think I got it mostly right, though every time I look at it, I think it is wrong.
Amusingly, when Mrs. Flannestad was in High School, she traveled to France for an exchange trip. Probably one of the formative experiences of her life, as she met some of her best friends to this day. But anyway, for some reason, she took to swigging Marie Brizard Anisette, so much so, that some of her schoolmates started calling her "Marie Brizard".
Sadly, the Brizard products seem to have evaporated from many of the local liquor stores. Not sure what is up with that, as I always meant to get some of their White Creme de Cacao. Anyone have a suggestion for another decent White Creme de Cacao brand? I haven't been much impressed with any I have tried so far.
This is a very odd drink, a combination I would never make if it weren't for the Savoy Cocktail Book Project, to be sure. A Jamaican Rum Sour sweetened with Grenadine and Anisette. I was drinking it, and thinking, "this is weird, but I sort of like it." Fairly tart and with an interesting light sweetness from the anise, it is oddly refreshing. So odd, that I thought I should try and get a second opinion, so I ran it past Mrs. Flannestad. She also was of the not entirely unguarded opinion, "I kind of like it."
Not a lost classic, by any means, but a pretty interesting flavor combination, and not entirely unlikeable.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Hope Solo and Jerramy Stevens got married Tuesday night in Washington, just two days after he was arrested for allegedly assaulting her over where they should live.
Solo, the US National team goalie, and Stevens, a former NFL tight end with a rich criminal history, have been dating for two months.
A Seattle radio show tweeted about the wedding this morning, but the only confirmation we've seen is from US National soccer team keeper Jillian Loyden, who apparently attended the shitshow. And yes, I'm comfortable calling a mid-week wedding between these two, who have been dating for eight weeks and just had a physical altercation 48 hours ago, a shitshow.
That being said, I wish them the best. [Loyden tweets via Jay Patterson]
Related: Jerramy Stevens and Hope Solo Allegedly Fought Over Whether to Live in Washington or Florida
Related: Hope Solo and Jerramy Stevens Are Dating? Maybe
Related: Jerramy Stevens Arrested for Alleged Domestic Violence, Reportedly Against His Fiancee Hope Solo [UPDATE]


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Major Section: NOTE-2-6
We modified the tracking of
skip-proofs events and the use of
state global
ld-skip-proofsp in order to avoid some soundness
issues. For example,
skip-proofs events buried in locally-included
books are now tracked. The ``Essay on Skip-proofs'' in source file
axioms.lisp gives several examples of dicey behavior that is no
longer supported.
We fixed a problem with some of the makefiles, so that recursive invocations
make now use the version of
make specified on the command line.
Files were fixed to help non-Unix/Linux users with book
certification. Thanks to John Cowles for finding some problems
and suggesting fixes to
books/arithmetic/certify.lsp, and
We thank Scott Burson for noticing and fixing some other such
problems. Moreover, a bdd test was being ignored entirely in
Version 2.5; this problem has been fixed as well.
A minor change in system function save-acl2-in-allegro will allow this function to continue to work in Allegro CL versions starting (someday) with 10.0. Thanks to Art Flatau for suggesting such a fix.
books/case-studies/ directory has been removed. These books are
in support of the first (1998) ACL2 workshop, and are accessible via the
ACL2 home page on the Web at
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moore/acl2/. Also, the
books/cli-misc directory has been renamed
books/misc, and the
books/nqthm directory has been removed.
The notion of ACL2 version has been slightly modified to catch
unsoundness due to implementation dependencies. See version.
Another change to eliminate such unsoundness is that built-in
symbols now have a
symbol-package-name of
"COMMON-LISP"; formerly,
this string was
"LISP" for ACL2 images built on GCL.
See symbol-package-name. At a low level, the (undocumented) constant
*main-lisp-package-name* is now
"COMMON-LISP"; before, it was
"LISP" for GCL.


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MECHANICSBURG, PA — On the occasion of its second annual "Birthday Bash," Momentum Female Fitness Center (MFFC) announced that it would increase studio size, cardio equipment and group exercise offerings.
"The popularity of our group exercise classes such as BodyPUMP, BodyCOMBAT, and other Momentum-specific classes has fueled the need to expand both our main studio and our Mind & Body studio," Leighann Moll, owner and COO of MFFC stated. "We also plan to add treadmills and ellipticals to our cardiovascular equipment offerings as part of the expansion, making Momentum the largest women's-only facility in Pennsylvania."
In addition to the added facilities and equipment, MFFC presented to its members a group exercise schedule that now exceeds 100 classes per week encompassing several tracks.
"Our goal is to address the fitness needs of all women, regardless of age, exercise experience or physical condition Moll added. "Under the direction of our fitness coaches, we help design a program that will meet the objectives of our members — the reasons why they joined Momentum in the first place."


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4. Raw materials are imported from Japan with all plastic PVC
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4: Strong power suction cups are power tools attached using vacuum. If the air come into, it is easy to pull off. If it is used for long time, its suction performance degradation occurs, leading to its easy to drop.
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2. In the strong absorption occasions, as hard to remove it, open one end, let few air coming in, you can remove it.
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Republicans introduce eight bills to wind down Fannie and Freddie
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee unveiled their plans to reform the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Tuesday with eight bills aimed at ending taxpayer bailouts, adding transparency and reducing costs. "Today marks the start of a process — a process to begin winding down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac," said Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.), who serves as chairman of a House Financial Services subcommittee. "Beginning today, and over the course of the next few months, my colleagues and I on the Financial Services Committee will introduce multiple rounds of very specific, very targeted bills to end the bailouts, protect the taxpayers and get private capital off the sidelines." Tuesday's proposed legislation is as follows: The Equity in Government Compensation Act suspends the current compensation packages for all employees at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and establishes a compensation system that is consistent with other senior executives in the federal government. "The failures of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac helped precipitate the deepest economic decline since World War II," the bill reads. It then lists all the financial bailouts the GSEs received from the government. "The director shall suspend the compensation packages approved for 2011 for the executive officers of an enterprise," it continues. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, sponsored the bill. The GSE Mission Improvement Act, introduced by Rep. Ed Royce (R-Cali.), aims to end all affordable housing goals set by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. "The passage of legislation in the early '90s required the government-sponsored enterprises to devote a significant portion of their business to specific affordable housing goals," Royce said. "To meet these goals, the GSEs purchased more than $1 trillion in junk loans. These loans accounted for a large portion of the mortgage giants' losses – losses that were later loaded onto the backs of American taxpayers." This bill would essentially repeal The Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992. The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Accountability and Transparency for Taxpayers Act, formally known H.R. 31, further regulates Fannie and Freddie by requiring the GSE Inspector General to report to Congress on a regular basis. Reports will include the dollar amount of current liabilities with a detailed breakdown of potential risk level, a compensation breakdown for GSE executives including bonuses, details on GSE foreclosure mitigation efforts, mortgage fraud prevention activities, a description of investments and holdings and an analysis of capital levels and portfolio size of each agency, among other things. The first reporting period would cover from the time Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac went into conservatorship until the bill is implemented. After that, reports would be done on a quarterly basis. Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) introduced the act. She is chairman of a House Financial Services subcommittee. Under the GSE Subsidy Elimination Act, the guarantee fee or g-fee would steadily increase over the course of two years in order to "to eliminate (Fannie and Freddie's) embedded subsidies" and "finally bring pricing parity between the private market and the GSEs," said Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas). He is the lead sponsor of this bill. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), vice chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is sponsoring a bill called the GSE Portfolio Risk Reduction Act, to cap the current portfolios of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and increase their annual attrition rate. Hensarling's bill accelerates and formalizes the reductions in the size of the GSEs' portfolios by setting annual limits on the maximum size of each GSE's retained portfolio. In the first year, the GSEs would have their portfolios capped at no more than $700 billion, declining to $600 billion for year two, $475 billion for year three, $350 billion for year four, and finally $250 billion in year five. Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), vice chairman of a House Financial Servicess subcommittee, is sponsoring the GSE Risk and Activities Limitation Act to prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from engaging in any new activities or businesses. "This bill will put restrictions on where GSEs can invest their money and thus protect American taxpayers from future failed bailouts, unsuccessful government programs, and wasteful spending," he said. The GSE Debt Issuance Approval Act sponsored by Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) requires formal approval by the Treasury for any new debt issuance by the GSEs. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, is sponsoring the GSE Credit Risk Equitable Treatment Act of 2011 to prohibit the exemption of GSE securities from the risk-retention requirements of Dodd-Frank. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be held to the same standards as any other secondary mortgage market participants. Under Dodd-Frank, Fannie and Freddie could still be able to purchase a mortgage from a financial institution that falls outside of the qualified residential mortgage definition and issue asset-backed securities backed by non-QRM assets. Garrett's bill would clarify that a GSE loan purchase or asset-backed security issuance would not affect the status of the underlying assets. If the GSEs purchase a non-QRM loan, all lender risk-retention requirements will still apply, and if the GSEs issue a non-QRM security, all securitization risk retention rules will still apply. Write to Christine Ricciardi and Kerry Curry. Follow them on Twitter @HWnewbieCR and @CommunicatorKLC.


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Quote from Americana Decor Style for Country Look House Design :
Americana Decor becomes the part of primitive decoration that shows country and vintage decoration for the room. However if you want to make American theme of decoration, you could make it by yourself. It is easy to make decoration with American concept of decoration. You could have it by creating easy projects to furnish your old furniture with the new American furniture concept. You could also choose accessories with American theme to make it much more emphasizing.
You could create your own Americana Decor using your old furniture that you give new finish. American decoration of furniture can be got if you use chalky finish in your old furniture. You could use the chalky finish with easy steps you did not even need to have training to apply the finish. You could apply this finish in your cupboard, chair, table and other small accessories such as wall clock and mirror. The chalky look of the furniture will bring the sense of classic and old in the decoration that is why it is very suitable for American decoration.
Besides chalky finish, you could use Rustic country decor to create Americana decoration. Rustic design of furniture with rough surface will help you create Americana Decor that more bold and visible. Rustic furniture represents the look of country life that is very refreshing and good to be combined with Americana decoration. The rustic and rough surface of the furniture will remind you with outback country life. Wooden furniture is suitable to be used in Americana decoration because wood looks very natural appealing.
If you want to find the suitable decoration for Americana Decor, you could take a look at home depot catalog that have collections of primitive decoration. Primitive home decor catalog will provide country decoration and American decoration accessories that will be suitable for American house decoration. Besides this, you could also buy accessories in flea market that have antique and classic look. The design of European furniture will be suitable to be used in this decoration.
So, if you want to create a classic yet simple design of room, you could choose Americana Decor. This decoration represents Primitive decoration that is vintage and classic in design. You could have this decoration by applying chalky finish in your furniture as well as having rustic decoration in the accessories or furniture. You could create refreshing space and appealing look with this Americana home decoration.
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Northwest Florida State women�s basketball coach Patrick Harrington admits it�s a decision not always well received by fans.
Northwest Florida State women�s basketball coach Patrick Harrington admits it�s a decision not always well received by fans.
But, nonetheless, the decision to bring Tavarsha Scott, a 5-foot-11 sophomore forward averaging a team-best 13.4 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, off the bench is a decision he makes with confidence every game.
�Some people would call me a bad coach, saying I should start her,� Harrington said. �But I like her in the role she plays, and she�s embraced that role.�
That role, of course, is referred to as the essential sixth-man � or in this case woman. The first player off the bench, Scott is the sparkplug for the sixth-ranked, 24-3 Raiders, who last week wrapped up a share of the Panhandle Conference title for the first time in 17 years with a 9-3 mark.
Her effort, and more specifically last week � hasn�t gone unnoticed on the national landscape.
First piling up Region 8 Player of the Week honors for the Feb. 11-17 period, Scott was then eligible for the NJCAA D-I Women�s Player of the Week. And judging by her banner days against sixth-ranked Chipola and defending Region 8 champion Pensacola, she was the clear-cut choice.
The week started strong for Scott, who delivered a 20-point, 16-rebound double-double in a 74-73 win over Chipola. But the numbers extended beyond just a monster double-double. Nine of the 16 boards came on the offensive glass, she shot 8 of 11 from the floor and 2 for 2 from beyond the arc, and she shined defensively with four steals and two blocks.
But the week was just getting started for the sophomore, who lit up the stat sheet in a 67-62 overtime victory over Pensacola. To wit: Securing career-highs in points and rebounds, Scott delivered a stat line of 30 points on 11 of 23 shooting from the floor and 8 of 11 from the foul line, 19 rebounds (14 offensive) and two steals.
So how does an undersized, 5-11 forward garner numbers typically relegated to centers 6-3 and above? Harrington said it has a lot to do with the intangibles few players possess.
�It�s not the size of the dog in the fight, it�s the size of the fight in the dog,� said Harrington, drawing from the famous Mark Twain quote. �You can�t measure a player�s will and determination and effort by inches or pounds. A player has to be willing to compete and do the little things � and the numbers are indicative of Tavarsha and her dedication to compete at her best ability.
�I�m just very excited that her hard work and dedication is being recognized in her being named national player of the week.�
So how did Scott, who is shooting an efficient 55 percent from the floor, 47 percent from 3-point land and 74 percent from the charity stripe, take the news?
Harrington, who left the team after Tuesday�s regular-season finale (a 68-62 conference-clinching win at Tallahassee) for a recruiting trip to Alabama and Tennessee, didn�t even tell her she was Region 8 Player of the Week and thus eligible for the accolade. So the two had a good laugh about the unlikely news over a phone call Thursday.
News of the accolade extended to former recruiter in the University of Texas at El Paso, which sent a congratulatory fax.
So with the Region 8 seedings planning to be released Sunday, does Harrington have any plans of slotting Scott into the starting lineup?
Not a chance.
�I�m happy with my lineup,� he said.


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NetApp becomes Quantum reseller
For StorNext
NetApp has signed up to resell Quantum's StorNext software, opening the way for it to sell hybrid disk and tape systems.
StorNext is a virtualised file system manager that provides both SAN and LAN access to a shared set of files with automated data tiering across fast disk, capacity disk and tape libraries, plus deduplication and data protection. There are more than 6,000 installations and it has found favour in the media industry.
NetApp use with StorNext (NetApp)
NetApp will provide FAS arrays as a single disk array storage platform behind StorNext. This will enable NetApp arrays to be sold into existing and new StorNext accounts, with the StorNext software providing seamless and transparent access to the NetApp storage alongside the existing storage.
File deduplication could use Quantum's DXi technology in StorNext or the A-SIS technology in ONTAP, NetApp's array operating system. NetApp is already reselling Fujitsu's CentricStor VTL, which contains DXi deduplication technology, in Europe.
This Quantum NetApp deal is a coup for Quantum, adding huge credibility to StorNext as a substantial virtualised file system manager product. Fascinating prospects are now opened up for the company.
Rich media companies are all suffering or entering big data syndrome with large and growing file estates, and archives of files are often held on tape libraries. There is no alternative. Disk arrays are too expensive, take up too much data centre space, and are energy-intensive. The various optical formats – CD, DVD and Blu-ray – hold too little and don't form a homogenous large market, as is the case with LTO tape library suppliers and the capacious LTO-5 format.
There is also a reassuring roadmap out to LTO-8. Could NetApp end up reselling Quantum Scalar tape libraries? Such an about-turn would terminate the tape-is-dead argument at a stroke.
Is there a Bycast object storage angle with Bycast object stores incorporated into StorNext? This is may be off the wall, but could NetApp be thinking about an even closer business relationship with Quantum? ®


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Kind of the same stuff. If consciousness, then afterlife. But this person wants to know what atheists think, and asserts nobody has offered a satisfactory answer. I will fully admit I may be pleasantly surprised, but up to now what this usually translates to is "I don't understand/accept the findings of neuro scientists, and potentially have some misconceptions regarding things I've read about popular physics." Genuinely hoping I'm wrong, I leave you with this…
Dear atheists,
I have a question for you on some of your world views that I cannot find good answer from any atheist. First I would introduce myself if its any matter of interest to you. Im 28 years old guy from Scandinavia, I used to be a believer to age 18 or something but never went to church or anything and constantly doubted my faith along the way because the lack of evidence. To some point I stopped believing when I realized there just isnt enough evidence to continue belief but still maintained some kind of agnostic view on world but I wont bore you to death on the matter why I became agnostic and not full atheist. I have academic, financial and technical background. I have always been somehow interested to find "truth" about this reality and spent alot of time in my freetime to find at least some answers. Last two years I have been really active in this matter and when I actually took true, dedicated dive in this world Ill have to say that everything is even more confusing to rational mind that I could have ever thought. Now I finally know truly that I know nothing.
In this journey I have found a philosofical and mathematical problem on life ending after death. As some hardcore atheists claim to "know" or at least to some degree as certainty that life ends when our physical body dies I beg to differ solely based on probability. Ok, heres the problem that you have been waiting for if ever read it this far.
1. Lets say we have one life in this universe and our consciousness dies permanently, what is the probablity you living right at this moment in an universe that has sustained life at least last few billion years your appr. 75 year long lasting life?
1.1 Ill add more to this. When something is, the potential of it has to be and at least the potential of it cant be destroyd, so lets say matter comes quantum fluctuation, it has been always this way and will be so there have been infinite number of universes before this and still exists. In an infinite amount of time you living your only life at this very moment is practicly 0 when you divide 75/infinite. Ok, there is a probability this isnt true, but its the most likely theory that you cannot destroy a potential of what can be proven to exist.
2. You say you have no spirit or I would call this consciousness if you will since its something that is not our physical body. Spirit as a term can be misleading here because I understand you point of view but try to go beoynd it. You can prove to yourself that you exist at this very moment since you can experience, vision, smell, touch, thought etc.. You probably have no clue how you can even exist "to yourself" and still you are. So at least you have to exist as a potential in this infinite universe even if your consciousness stops experiencing or shuts down as your physical body dies. I dont think consciousness cannot be in a state of not experiencing but that would go extremely deep to philosofical matters so I wont bore you with that at this moment.
2.2. You might think you are "illusion" to yourself but that is the most ridiculous explanation I have heard by atheists (or theists doesnt matter what you believe if you can do this) and requires very cunning trick of mind to do that since you can only prove that you exist at some form this moment. You might not be anything more than just an observer but go figure it out. Just wanted to point this out that you dont give me lazy ass asnwer to this question but think it through.
2.3 Defining consciousness as your body is extremely hard since your body changes every single cell many times in its lifetime and still you dont cease to exist as an "observer". If you go deep enough you would need to define yourself as electricity since you cannot find consciousness in matter. Electricity is movement of electrons so you are experiencing movement of electrons and nothing more. There are many, many problems theorising that you are the atoms and/or electricity in your body but wont go to details here. Basicly this theory would suggest that any electric movement would experience something, no matter if it can recognize itself or have any "intellect", this doesnt matter. Intelligence is just subproduct of our physical manifestation, perhaps.
3. Nothing can exist outside consciousness. There cannot be anything without consciousness since it doesnt exist to anyone. This is a philosofical matter at least at this point but there is truth to it. You have universe that exists to no-one can we say it exists? If it even exists in our mind in any way we can already say it exists. This goes really deep in to philosofical thinking but is a sort of a conclusion I have come to. Everything is consciousness, nothing "real" can exist beoynd it and everything that exists to consciousness is in a way real. Theres no laws that govern what is real or not but the law of consciouss observer that defines it.
I recognize I could be wrong in every single statement I have made above and this can be extremely hard to rationalize with our monkey brains but also there is deep logic to every single statement there is.
Since Iv been watching your show for entertaining purposes mostly Iv seen that you are rather intelligent but step to the same traps as religious people do like in this matter, what happens after we die, making assumptions without going beoynd them. Im hoping to get feedback from you guys as these are matters that not many want to go in to or give only lazy thoughtless answers. Also I would like to hear more insightful arguments why you believe we cease to exist after physical death. Im always glad to hear opposing arguments.
As last words I want to say these thought are anything but calming to me and are not wishfull thinking but more of a rationalizing with open mind and accepting the "truth" as it reveals itself. Consciousness seems to me seems to be indestructible and we have come infinite way to this point and continue to exist. There are lots of topics to be discussed in this matter but I dont expect them to discussed with you. I only want the answers to these few claims that you make and present in your show.
Best regards,
Another pseudorationalizing Stardust Space Monkey


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munroburton wrote:It seems to me that both sides are ultimately in a stalemate, which can only break if Arcana adopts technology for offensive use or if Sharona steals magic. Otherwise, neither of them can ever effectively threaten the other's heartlands.
Complicating the issue further is that both of them may have to develop their new sources away from their heartlands.
Or if either side finds a way to impose their physics upon the other's universe. Not sure how that would work, but any way to expedite the shift from one set of physics to the other would break the stalemate.


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Banks Push Hadoop Envelope to Open Big Data's Secrets
Given the promise of new analytics technologies, becoming more data-driven is on the minds of most IT decision makers these days. In a recent report on the impact of big data on analytics, "More than half of the organizations polled identified analytics as among their top five IT priorities," says Julie Lockner senior analyst and VP of data at the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), an IT strategic advisory firm based in Milford, Mass.
"With the promise big data is poised to bring," says Lockner, "organizations are exploring their options for solving business challenges with emerging [data] technologies. It's just not practical or cost-effective to use traditional [database] platforms and technologies that were designed before the big-data era."
Enter Apache's Hadoop, the open-source software framework named by its creator after his son's toy elephant. According to Lockner, the highly scalable Hadoop permits running analytics on massive data sets effectively and efficiently, whether that data is structured or unstructured.
"Where traditional databases hit their limits, Hadoop starts to emerge as a much better fit for solving unique analytics challenges," Lockner says. "Because data can be incorporated from multiple sources with varying types of data structures, Hadoop enables more analysis across multiple data feeds in a single platform -- solving some of the toughest data integration challenges commonly associated with relational data warehouse architecture."
The Outer Limits of Data Warehouse Technology
For the security team at Salt Lake City-based Zions Bancorporation ($51.5 billion in total assets), it was just such challenges that kicked off a pioneering journey into the world of Hadoop. "By mid-2008 we were reaching the limits of our traditional data warehouse technology," recalls Preston Wood, chief security officer for Zions' converged security organization, which is responsible for mitigating threats across eight branded banking operations and 500 physical locations throughout the Western United States.
The quest for a solution began in 2009 with an investigation of Zion's existing Microsoft (Redmond, Wash.) and Oracle (Redwood Shores, Calif.) technologies, as well as other technologies within the firm and new solutions on the market, Wood relates. After developing a list of six potential vendors, he says, he and his team quickly focused on two Hadoop-based solutions. The team, Wood explains, recognized the potential in Hadoop for "making security decisions proactively rather than reactively, based on mining business intelligence and combining it with event data from security devices."
Of the Hadoop offerings, Mountain View, Calif.-based Zettaset's Security Data Warehouse (SDW) provided the most mature enterprise solution, Wood says. At the time, "The Hadoop space was even smaller and more immature than it is now," he comments. "Since we didn't want to become Hadoop experts ourselves, it was important that our partner offer an enterprise-class solution along with a road map to continue evolving its platform."
Adopting SDW, however, wasn't about abandoning all traditional technologies, such as security information and event management (SIEM) tools, Wood adds. "It doesn't replace a traditional SIEM; it augments it," he says. "SIEM becomes one main feed into the Security Data Warehouse."
An integrated approach is key, notes ESG's Lockner. "Hadoop isn't intended to replace current transaction processing systems or mature data warehouses," she says. "Rather, it's a platform that enables the data processing tasks to be moved to a more cost-effective alternative."
Zions finalized a deal with Zettaset in late 2010, with deployment occurring at the start of 2011. Although Zettaset now provides its SDW as either a turn-key or software-only solution, at the time an infrastructure investment by Zions was required. With Zettaset's assistance, the bank's Wood reports, Zions selected a heterogeneous mixture of high-performance servers and switches to form a 30-node, Linux-based Hadoop ecosystem capable of storing hundreds of terabytes and scaling to multiple petabytes.
After SDW was installed on the new hardware, migration to the new system began. "It only took about 30 days to install the hardware and software infrastructure," notes Wood. "Then we migrated over a period of months, starting with our lowest-risk decisioning and reporting processes and working our way up the list."
Be Prepared for a Hadoop Deployment
Wood credits his team's advance preparations for the swift rollout. "They did their homework and educated themselves," he says. "So we had no organizational change issues. And for the minimal ingestion and operationalization challenges we experienced, Zettaset ensured processes were modified appropriately."
Indeed, taking the initiative to learn about Hadoop in advance is vital to a deployment's success or failure, experts emphasize. "It's important to dedicate a small, technically skilled team to start learning about Hadoop," says ESG's Lockner. "All too often, Hadoop projects fail because a team deployed it in advance of truly knowing its capabilities ... and lacked the business case that justified not using solutions already licensed and installed in the data center."
While Lockner notes that there are few documented Hadoop use cases in banking, Zions views its exploration of the unknown as a success. "We're adding data sources to our analytics that we wouldn't even have considered before," Zion's Wood reports. "In some cases, it takes just days to implement where it otherwise would have taken months."
He adds, "Adopting big data is really going to be a game changer. Our Hadoop deployment is allowing us to explore opportunities around data and even around non-obvious data. It's also giving us the capability to scale quickly and cost-effectively, whether it's double, triple or even quadrupling in size."
Anne Rawland Gabriel is a technology writer and marketing communications consultant based in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. Among other projects, she's a regular contributor to UBM Tech's Bank Systems & Technology, Insurance & Technology and Wall Street & Technology ... View Full Bio


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Suppose there's a 4-digit combination padlock and you're asked to open it.
But this lock has an unique defect in a way that the four digits need not be in the correct order for it to open. For example, if the right key is
0-1-2-3, combinations such as
2-0-1-3 or any other orderings of 0, 1, 2, 3 are sufficient to crack it open.
- How many tries does it take to open this lock with brute force?
- What is the best strategy to ensure the least number of tries?
(edit) Yes, let's assume repetition of digits is allowed.


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The Alpha Alpha Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma organization will award a $300 scholarship to a female college sophomore or above with a career goal in education.
The recipient will be selected by May 1, 2014.
The scholarship will be awarded directly to the student upon proof of registration at an accredited institution of higher learning.
A letter of application should include:
Educational and career goals
Why teaching was chosen as a profession
Current level of college-at least sophomore level or above is required.
Letters should be postmarked by April 15, 2014 and mailed to Peggy Bland, 30400 County Road GG, Holly, Colo. 81047.
The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.


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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug - Images & Information
PLEASE NOTE: If you believe you have brown marmorated stink bug, please contact your county Michigan State University Extension office for sample submission guidelines.
What is the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug?*
The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), is an exotic insect new to North America. Large numbers of adult BMSB were first identified in fall 2001 in Allentown, PA; however, undetermined sightings likely date as far back as 1996. This Asian native, sometimes called the yellow-
brown or East Asian stink bug, has since been found in several Pennsylvania counties, in New Jersey on plant material and in blacklight traps, and in western Maryland on buildings in 2003. In 2004, BMSB also was detected in West Virginia. The list of positive states will continue to expand as awareness increases. (Source - Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Fact Sheet - North Central IPM)
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Adult female Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug - Aggregation on Crab Apple Leaf
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A "hipsterbilly" is a sub-category of a traditional "hipster". A hipsterbilly adopts styles from the American "hillbilly" style. They can commonly be seen wearing hillbilly inspired styles such as flannel, overalls, hiking boots, etc. They are also likely to grow unruly beards, as to appear more rugged or outdoorsy. Although they appear to have a hillbilly "look", they have never grown up in the boondocks or possess any outdoors-man skills, such as starting a fire, chopping wood, hunting, farming, fishing, etc. Some famous hipsterbillies include members of the band Mumford and Sons and Fleet Foxes; just to name a few.
Look at that guy with the overgrown beard and ironic flannel! Looks like he couldn't start a fire with a blow torch; he must be a hipsterbilly!
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Young Money is what is known as the collective group of artists currently signed to Young Money Entertainment; a hip-hop record label founded in 2005 by Lil' Wayne. Young Money released their debut album, We Are Young Money, in 2009. The first Young Money album reached No. 1 on the U.S. Rap charts, No. 3 on the U.S. R & B Charts, and ninth overall in the U.S. Today's line-up of Young Money artists includes Lil Wayne, Drake, Jae Millz, and over a dozen artists collectively.
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88-year-old fired from Walmart after turkey incident lands new gig
An 88-year-old man who was fired from his job at a greeter at Walmart after an incident with a wild turkey inside the store has landed a new job.
Bob Tallinger is now a greeter at the St. Vincent De Paul store on Sunset Drive.
"He is very grateful to work for an organization that is so giving to our community. Please visit his smiling face," his granddaughter, Jessica, wrote on Facebook.
"To his old coworkers -- he wants to let you know how much your support means to him and that he will miss you everyday," her note said.
Tallinger was working the door at the Walmart store on West Avenue on March 27 when a turkey wandered inside. He lost his job of eight years just a few days later. He said management told him that he should have alerted a superior when he first encountered the bird.
"He was hired to be a greeter and that's what he did. He never saw a book of rules that said if a wild turkey comes in here you better run and get management," Janet Tallinger said in defending her husband.


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