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John Boehners legacy rests on immigrationPublished: Jun 24, 2013 9:00 am By: Joshua Green - The Boston Globe
"Boehner's legacy will hinge on immigration reform. It's the only accomplishment of any significance still feasible given Washington's chronic sclerosis. It serves both parties' interests, even if some Republicans object vehemently to it. Democrats need to deliver for Latinos, a vital constituency, while Republicans may not be able to win the White House without expanding their appeal to this rapidly growing community. "We're in a demographic death spiral as a party," Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina warned on Sunday. And, unlike debt reduction, which Boehner cannot achieve without the blessing of his caucus, immigration reform will probably present him with a chance to act alone. He'll be the pivotal figure."
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Michigan Mom Caught on Tape Allegedly Planning Husband's Slaying
Julia Merfeld didn't know the "hit man" was an undercover cop.
July 10, 2013 -- A Michigan woman has pleaded guilty to attempted murder for allegedly trying to order a hit on her husband, police said.
Julia Merfeld, 21, of Muskegon County, Mich., a mother of two, was arrested and charged with a felony for soliciting murder. She allegedly met twice this spring with an undercover police officer posing as a hit man.
"She had approached a co-worker about the hit idea and that co-worker felt it serious enough and contacted law enforcement," D.J. Hilson, a Muskegon County prosecutor, told ABC News in a report that aired Tuesday.
The Muskegon County Sheriff's Department says she has pleaded guilty but didn't know exactly when she was charged. The prosecutor's office hasn't returned ABCNews.com's requests for clarification.
Both meetings with the undercover officer were caught on tape, police said.
"As you watch both encounters, the first encounter and second encounter, like I said she's very calm, she laughs quite a bit, chuckles quite a bit, really, at things like whether there's an open casket or a closed casket," Hilson said.
Merfeld allegedly asked the undercover officer to make the slaying look like a robbery, giving him a key to her home. But she allegedly wanted the killing to take place somewhere else, according to the videotaped meeting.
"So you don't want it done in the house then?" the undercover officer asked.
"'Cause it would be messy in the house," Merfeld explained.
She allegedly suggested how the man should kill her husband.
"You want me to shoot him?" the undercover officer asked in the video.
"Unless you can do it painlessly, you know, breaking his neck," Merfeld replied.
Merfeld allegedly told the undercover officer that killing her husband was her easiest option.
"It's not that we weren't getting along, but, it was easier than, as terrible as it sounds, it was easier than divorcing him," she told the undercover officer.
"You know, I didn't have to worry about the judgment in my family, I didn't have to worry about breaking his heart," she continued.
Police said they believe Merfeld was after her husband's life insurance money, from which she also planned to pay for her husband's killing.
"The way she described why she wanted it done is that it was too embarrassing for her to be divorced, the true motive was probably greed for the money," Hilson said.
Merfeld is now in Muskegon County Jail, according to Sheriff Dean Roesler. She faces six or more years in prison.
"She had every opportunity to call it off," Hilson said.
Merfeld's husband, Jacob Merfeld, could not be reached for comment, but he has said he does want his wife to get jail time.
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Friday, April 27, 2007
Myleene's blog: Meeting Robert De Niro at Tribeca
Hi everyone,
I've come all the way to New York to cover the Tribeca Film Festival and it's just been the most incredible three days! I've managed to seek out so many places where they've filmed movies that it feels like I've been living on a movie set while I've been here!
One dream for me was to stand in Grand Central Station, just because it's so iconic. So many films have been shot there. I also went over Manhattan in a cable car, which brought home the power that New York has as a filming unit, and took a ride around Central Park in a horse drawn buggy, which was another dream come true. Everyone has seen a movie that featured a scene in Central Park. There's just so much energy here.
We had a great opportunity on our first day here to go on the film set of "August," Josh Hartnett's new movie. Not only is he acting in it but he's producing it as well, so it was a real treat to see the man at work and to sit on a real live movie set. It was just fascinating for an outsider – the attention to detail was phenomenal. It'll be a very interesting movie. To cover the period just weeks before 9/11 is an interesting concept.
But I know what you really want to hear about.
Today's the day that I met De Niro.
When I woke up this morning I beat the alarm clock, which is not very usual for me, but I was so excited. I mean, De Niro is king among kings and there's not one person in any demographic or generation that doesn't admire him. He's made such an impression, not just on my own life, but on a lot of people's. He is a legend, and rightly so.
A lot of people who've interviewed him or know him well say that he's actually quite a shy man; when somebody is deemed an icon, that's a lot of pressure. Well, it was incredible. He talked and talked: he was very animated. He's a lovely bloke. He gesticulated as you'd want him to in one of his gangster movies -– the "You talkin' to me" thing -– and did the New York shrug -– I liked it a lot!
He has an amazing passion for the Tribeca Film Festival. It's something of a phoenix that grew from the ashes of 9/11 not only for him but for most New Yorkers. The 9/11 aftermath was so depressing for so many, but Tribeca gave them some light and he provided that.
He has been described as peerless, and I agree: who else can rival De Niro? He provides a lot of hope for people, a lot of entertainment. He is the daddy! He was the ultimate interview for me –- so warm, so charismatic, so friendly. I've seen him in so many roles, and it was so nice just to meet him as he is -– a very charming man.
Catch my interview with Robert De Niro on CNN's The Screening Room this weekend. Hope you enjoy it -- and see you next month!
~ Myleene
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Compelling biopics usually have interesting or significant subjects whose lives and deeds are compelling enough to dramatize for an audience. Elizabeth Taylor is certainly an important part of Hollywood's history, but Liz & Dick, which originally aired on the Lifetime network, is almost exclusively about her two marriages to actor Richard Burton. Liz & Dick, with Lindsay Lohan and Grant Bowler as the squabbling celebrity couple, succeeds at very little but did a great job making me hate its subjects. Burton and Taylor, especially, are painted as shrill and childish, with little to do but prance about town drinking and gossiping. Lohan's acting is a fair shake worse than Bowler's, but it's not like the script does the young actress any favors. If Liz & Dick wasn't going to be good, the filmmakers should have embraced their Lifetime license to be trashy. Instead, Liz & Dick is just an awful bore.
Taylor, best known for her roles in Cleopatra and Giant, at first plays hard to get with the married Burton, but succumbs to his charms while filming Cleopatra. The pair begins a worldly love affair, often starring in the same film, and Burton showers Taylor with lavish gifts like diamonds and a private jet. Liz & Dick paints Taylor as a naïve, fussy actress unaccustomed to down time. Taylor struggles to entertain herself and mother her young children while taking a hiatus from film, and Burton retains at least some ties to the wife he left for Taylor.
Liz & Dick is a complete failure for many reasons, chief among them is that I couldn't care less about the happiness, tribulations and relationship of Taylor and Burton as portrayed in the film. Perhaps the Hollywood drama queen and her lover were nice people, or perhaps not. They're miserable, annoying and entitled in Liz & Dick, which goes a long way to sully Taylor's acting resume. Lohan is fairly dreadful, too. I'm not going to kick a dead horse; I think Lohan could be a decent actress if she gets her personal life under control. Lohan seems very uncomfortable throughout much of Liz & Dick, as if she is reading from cue cards. This makes her performance distracting, though there a few moments when her acting "clicks." One, not surprisingly, is a scene where Taylor awaits a day's filming while battling a nasty hangover.
Bowler is a bit better in his role, though there is absolutely no chemistry between he and Lohan. The film is bookended with strange, post-mortem interviews with Liz and Dick in which they comment about the goings-on portrayed in the film. Taylor admits she was a handful at times in what is probably the understatement of the decade. I suspect neither Taylor nor Burton would be pleased at how they are portrayed in the film. Liz & Dick is incredibly stupid, incredibly shallow, and incredibly boring tripe. Lifetime movies aren't exactly the cream of the crop, but Liz & Dick is among the worst I have had the displeasure of watching.
The 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation is fine if unremarkable. Detail is decent throughout, and it's easy to spot the fake outdoor landscapes. Colors and skin tones are good, though black levels are fairly weak. Compression noise is often quite noticeable, and I spotted some shimmering on buildings and in trees.
The 5.1 Dolby Digital soundtrack is also serviceable, though there is little surround action in this dialogue-heavy film. Dialogue is clear and balanced amid the score and light effects, which only occasionally waft to the rear speakers. An English 2.0 stereo mix is also included, as are English SDH subtitles.
The disc includes Interviews (21:25) with Lohan, Bowler and some of the filmmakers.
I suspect Liz & Dick is not the comeback Lindsay Lohan wanted or needed. This grating biopic makes Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton seem like the most annoying couple in history. Dull, poorly scripted and acted, Liz & Dick is as bad as it gets. Skip It.
William lives in Burlington, North Carolina, and looks forward to a Friday-afternoon matinee.


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'Accountability' for Gujarat riots important: EU
At a time when Narendra Modi is reaching out to cross-section of people nationally and internationally, the European Union today stressed on the "accountability" for the 2002 Gujarat riots, maintaining that the matter was of "interest" to everyone.delhi Updated: Feb 07, 2013 17:43 IST
At a time when Narendra Modi is reaching out to cross-section of people nationally and internationally, the European Union on Thursday stressed on the "accountability" for the 2002 Gujarat riots, maintaining that the matter was of "interest" to everyone.
It also said the issue of 2002 riots figured in its meeting with Modi, who had met the EU delegation last month after victory in the Gujarat assembly polls.
"Modi came to (have) lunch with us in January at our invitation to discuss what happened in 2002. To discuss issues that have risen in terms of judicial process, accountability for 2002, to also discuss the development in Gujarat and his recent electoral victory," said Joao Cravinho, ambassador of the European Union to India.
Asked if the EU, which has boycotted Modi for 10 years after the riots was softening up, he said, "The accountability of what happened in 2002, I think is the matter that is of interest to Indians and is of interest for people around the world."
He said that in India, there is a certain amount of emotion attached to what happened in 2002.
"Yesterday, I understand the chief minister went and gave his speech (at SRCC college in Delhi) which was a matter of great interest but then there were others who were very unhappy... what I know is there is a certainly a lot of emotions in this matter.
"And it is a matter that we will follow with great interest...," he said.
Referring to last year's verdict by a Gujarat court convicting BJP legislator Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi along with 30 others for their role in the Naroda Patia riots, he said, Indian justice might be slow but delivers.
"Some months ago, there was end of one part of judicial process which shows that justice in India may be slow but it produces results. And that has helped to look towards closure of what everybody agrees is very very terrible set of events," he told a select group of journalists.
Last October, Britain, a member of the EU, had ended its decade-long boycott of Gujarat when its High Commissioner to India James Bevan met Modi to mark a "cordial beginning" to fresh ties, with the two discussing opportunities for greater economic cooperation.
In the first engagement with Gujarat in 10 years after it snapped all ties with the state in the aftermath of the 2002 communal riots, the British high commissioner met Modi for about 50 minutes, discussing a range of issues, including climate change and investment.


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FOXBOROUGH - To some at George's Barber Shop, on the edge of Foxborough Common, the drawing of the proposed casino was hardly worth a look.
"It's just a picture; it's not reality,'' said Levi Bertumen, a resident for 12 years, of the artist's rendering sent to his home by a Las Vegas developer. "It looks good, but I don't like the idea of a casino in Foxborough.''
At Aubuchon Hardware, a straight shot across the snow-covered common, employee Debra Ogilvie saw promise in the picture of a sprawling, stone-and-timber structure, modeled on a luxury home in Idaho ski country.
"It looks beautiful,'' said the 55-year-old, a longtime resident who spoke for herself in an interview, not the business. "I don't know what [the opponents] are picturing.''
As residents here got their first look this weekend at the resort casino envisioned by developer Steve Wynn, in the form of an artist's rendering mailed to 7,000 households, opinion was mixed, with some recipients impressed and others dismissive. One thing, however, seemed clear: the visual aids would not bring consensus to the town of 17,000, where the casino issue has already proved deeply divisive.
In downtown Foxborough, where small businesses ring a central rotary around the town common, dozens of residents and businesspeople approached by a reporter yesterday said their minds were made up one way or the other. A dozen more declined to share their opinions, saying they did not want to alienate friends and neighbors who may feel differently. A few others said they need more information before they can decide if they support the project.
Kevin Broderick, a resident for 12 years who was in line at the barber shop yesterday morning, said he initially opposed the idea of a casino. But he has become more open to the concept recently, he said, in part because of the style of the development described by Wynn.
The artist's renderings of the project made him feel more comfortable with it, he said.
But to Kathy Daniell, 58, the picture was almost beside the point. An employee of The Sober Camel, a book and gift store for recovering addicts, she said what matters to her most is keeping the town safe for herself and the grandchildren who visit her.
"For me, it doesn't matter what the casino looks like,'' she said. "This is a really nice small town, so why bring in something that has a good possibility of detracting from it?''
Most residents interviewed yesterday said they had received the glossy drawings in the mail, but had not had time to watch the 20-minute DVD included in the mailing.
The $1 billion hotel, casino, and convention center would be built on Route 1, across from Gillette Stadium, on land owned by
Foxborough's Board of Selectmen voted narrowly to oppose the project late last year, but two board members are up for reelection this spring. Some residents expressed concern that changes on the board could bring new life to the issue.
Many residents - both for and against the casino - began their comments to a reporter by expressing appreciation for Kraft, who they said has been a good neighbor and a positive force in the community.
Dan Krantz, director of site development for The Kraft Group, praised the drawings of the resort in a statement.
"As we anticipated, the design and décor assimilates to its surroundings, and is likely in stark contrast to the Las Vegas-style high-rise that some may have envisioned,'' Krantz wrote.
Spokesman Scott Farmelant said the procasino group Jobs for Foxboro received 200 calls and e-mails Friday and yesterday from residents reacting favorably to the mailing. "It's a very positive reaction,'' he said. "I think it's a lot different than anyone imagined.''
The group, which was organized and funded by Wynn, has polled 1,513 registered voters since December and found 62 percent are undecided about the casino, said Farmelant.
An online petition addressed to Kraft urging him to "do the right thing'' has garnered 1,800 signatures, said Holly Steel, a spokeswoman for the opposition group No Foxboro Casino.
She said the group will hold a long-scheduled open house tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Union Church where undecided residents can gather information and lawn signs will be available to opponents.
In a sign of tensions running high around the issue, at least 100 signs have been stolen from opponents' yards in recent weeks, Steel said, with some homeowners seeing more than one sign disappear.
"Unfortunately, this is such a passionate subject, because people who live here love this community,'' she said. "No matter how it looks, this is a casino, and we don't really know what it will bring.''
Still, not everyone feels impassioned, pro or con.
Over coffee in a Route 1 Dunkin' Donuts a mile from the proposed casino site, Foxborough residents Janet Fallavollita and Mike Titus considered the project, and came up with no good reason to oppose it. Traffic is already bad, and new jobs would be welcome, they said.
Besides, Fallavollita said, "it's beautiful. . . . So go for it, I guess.''
Mark Arsenault of the Globe staff contributed to this report. Jenna Russell can be reached at email@example.com.


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Construction is progressing rapidly on downtown Escondido's first major condominium complex, with developer Lyon Homes predicting the first phase of units will be completed by late June.
The 102-unit project, at Second Avenue and Centre City Parkway, is expected to increase momentum behind Escondido's goal of revitalizing its downtown, city officials said last week.
"Upscale housing will make downtown more vibrant," Mayor Sam Abed said. "People can walk to the restaurants, the arts center and the shops."
New housing, especially condos instead of apartments, typically bolsters urban areas by providing businesses new customers with relatively high incomes. It also creates demand for additional businesses, especially restaurants and entertainment venues, Abed said.
City officials said they hope the process feeds on itself, with those added attractions increasing demand for even more nearby housing.
Units in the new project, called Contempo, will be priced in the high $200,000s to low $300,000s, Lyon marketing officials said this week.
They will range in size from 1,100 to 1,600 square feet and have two-car garages, Lyon Vice President Janet Kemmerer said.
The smallest units will have two bedrooms, and the largest units will have three bedrooms plus a den, she said. Homeowners fees will be relatively low because the project doesn't have a pool, spa or fitness area, she said.
Latitude 33, a 198-unit upscale apartment complex at Centre City Parkway and Washington Avenue, filled up quickly when it opened in June 2012.
That project has provided some new customers for downtown businesses. But Dan Forster, a member of the Downtown Business Association board, said last week that more downtown housing will accelerate that effect.
"I would expect we'll start seeing more and more of these downtown residents as customers," he said. "It's a great thing. I really like the city's idea of gentrifying the area."
Lyon Homes, of Orange County, also built Latitude 33, and Kemmerer said it's no coincidence the developer chose to build a second project in Escondido.
"There is a unique, charming quality to Escondido," she said. "It feels small town and the downtown has one-of-a-kind retailers. But it's also close to two freeways and a light-rail line."
Abed said he was pleased the new project will be condos instead of apartments.
"This will fulfill the city's goal of having homeownership in the downtown," he said. "People who want to live there will now have a choice between buying and renting."
Abed also said people who own their homes typically stay in an area longer, take greater pride in their homes and have more disposable income when their property starts to increase in value.
Abed said the timing of the project was ideal, with the local real estate market sharply rebounding.
Former City Councilman Dick Daniels, who now works in real estate, agreed.
"The chief reason the project will be successful is the critical shortage of for-sale housing on the market today throughout the region, but especially in North County," Daniels said. "Estimates are there are 30 to 40 percent fewer homes on the market today than just 12 months ago."
Daniels said another reason for optimism was strong sales of a similar condo complex in the San Elijo Hills neighborhood of San Marcos.
Nearly 1,000 condos were planned for downtown Escondido during the real estate bubble that spanned from 2002 to 2006, with banks eager to finance the projects and the City Council eager to enliven downtown.
But the only project completed was 15 townhouses east of City Hall on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Eighteen of the 102 units at Contempo were built before the crash by a different developer. Lyon bought the project last year and plans to complete the remaining 84 units in phases.


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drupa Continues 4-Year Cycle – Length Shortened to 11 Days: 31 May to 10 June 2016
Claus Bolza-Schünemann New drupa Chairman
drupa is to maintain its Olympic 4-year cycle. This decision was taken by the 20-member drupa committee at its constitutive session held on 2 November 2012. A key factor in this decision was the international trade fair calendar that is built around the four-yearly cycle of drupa as the world's most important trade fair for the print and media industry. "Many innovative exhibitors and their successful customers would very much like a more frequent event. However, the supplier industry plans its entire trade fair marketing activities within a global concept. Dependable planning is of the utmost importance here in view of the current economic climate and the situation in international sales markets," explains Kai Büntemeyer, Chairman of the Printing and Paper Technology Association (Fachverband Druck- und Papiertechnik) within the VDMA (German Engineering Federation) and President of Global Print. Founded in 2008, the international association Global Print promotes the global exchange of information on developments in the print and paper industries. In addition to those from Germany, Global Print includes print and paper associations from the USA, China, Japan, India, France, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and Switzerland, who together make up nearly a quarter of the world market for printed products.
At the same time, the drupa committee decided to shorten the length of the fair to eleven days – i.e. from 31 May to 10 June 2016. "Visitor structure at drupa has changed. While in the past large groups travelled to the fair – preferably at the weekend – drupa is now increasingly developing into a B2B fair with a high proportion of top decision-makers," said Werner Matthias Dornscheidt, CEO at Messe Düsseldorf, explaining the decision. "At this year's drupa 78% of the international visitors and 52% of German visitors came from top management; respectively this is 4 and 5 percentage points more than in 2008. This makes running over two weekends unnecessary. With eleven days – i.e. one weekend and nine working days – we perfectly cater to the needs of both supply and demand."
The second major item on the agenda of the constitutive session concerned personnel. The body unanimously appointed Dipl.-Ing. Claus Bolza-Schünemann, CEO of Koenig & Bauer AG, as the Chairman of drupa 2016. As in 1995, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Koenig & Bauer will once again be providing drupa's Chairman in the form of Claus Bolza-Schünemann, now aged 56. "I am delighted to assume the Presidency at such an exciting time. Our sector is developing at a rapid pace and drupa 2016 will represent a key milestone on the path into the future," explained Claus Bolza-Schünemann.
Dr. Jürgen Vutz, CEO at Windmöller & Hölscher KG was confirmed as Vice Chairman and thus Chairman of the Admissions Committee and Rolf Schwarz, President of the German Printing and Media Industries Federation (Bundesverband Druck und Medien e.V.) was confirmed as the Second Vice Chairman of drupa 2016.


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From wine bottles reclaimed, cut and fired in our own unique process! Beautiful open glass rings measure approx. 1" around and hang from 1/2" sterling hoop and sterling ear wires. Lightweight, and durable.
Every piece of Bottled Up Designs comes with "The Story of the Glass" detailing what the glass was originally and the age of the piece in an effort to preserve the history of the glass while helping the environment.


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What does that mean for you, the car shopper? Well, if you are from Macon GA, Warner Robins, Milledgeville, Byron, GA or Perry, GA, the scope of your car search just got a lot more compact. We have tons of new 2019-2020 Volkswagen models, including the Volkswagen Atlas, Passat, Jetta, Beetle, Tiguan, Golf, Atlas Cross Sport & more, not to mention a thoroughly-inspected selection of excellent used cars as well. Here at Volkswagen of Macon, we know it is our job to help you take home the new car of YOUR dreams.
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Let your kids have a ball of fun in their fingo playset! The addition of a lower level ballpit transforms the Fingo Fun Fiesta Playset into a bouncing, rolling, jumping, tossing entertainment center.
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Datacenters today are distributed across the globe, yet they need to share data with other datacenters as well as their clients. This paper from Microsoft Research presents a heuristic strategy for data placement to these geo-distributed datacenters. While there has been previous work on data placement in LANs and WSNs, Volley is the first heuristic for data placement strategies for WANs.
A simple heuristic is to place each data to the datacenter closest to the client of that data. But things are not that simple, there are several additional constraints to be considered, including business constraints, WAN bandwidth costs, datacenter capacity limits, data interdependencies, user-perceived latency, etc. For example, it makes more sense to collocate data that are tightly-coupled/interdependent, such as two friends in Facebook that update each other walls. As another example, the frequency of the clients accessing the data needs to be taken in to account as well. As live mesh and live messenger traces show, there is significant data sharing across clients (Figure 5), there can be significant benefits to placing data closest to those who use it most heavily, rather than just placing it close to some particular client that accesses the data. Finally, the live mesh and messenger traces also show that a significant portion of the clients move and change locations (Figure 7), so the ideal placement of data needs to be changed adaptively as well.Algorithm
Volley takes as input the request logs for data in the system, analyzes them, and outputs the results on where to best place the data. Volley is not concerned with the actual migration, that should be handled by other applications.
Volley is an iterative algorithm. In phase 1, Volley computes an initial placement based on client IPs. In phase 2, Volley iteratively moves data to reduce latency. Finally in phase 3, Volley iteratively map data items into datacenters taking into account the datacenter capacities. In order
The live mesh and live messenger traces are used to evaluate Volley via emulations. In these emulations, 12 DCs are assumed. Volley is compared with the commonIP protocol (which places data as close as possible to the IP address that most commonly accesses it), hashing protocol (which randomly places data to one the 12 DCs to optimize for load-balancing), and oneDataCenter (which places all the data in one datacenter).
Among these protocolsVolley is the one with lowest latency, and hash is unsurprisingly the one with the highest latency. Hash protocol leads to a lot of inter-datacenter traffic as it frequently places interdependent data in different datacenters. Volley has the least inter-datacenter traffic, of course excluding the oneDC protocol which obviously has no inter-datacenter traffic.
The evaluations show that Volley converged after a small number of iterations, and reduced skew by 2x, inter-datacenter traffic by 1.8x, and latency by 30%. The paper does not make any optimality claims for Volley, as it just uses heuristics. The real contribution of Volley is reported as automating the data placement process.


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American Airlines Logo Must be Pretty Big to See From the Ground
- The new American Airlines logo is great and all but could people really see it from the ground?
- The One Club's Annual Creative Hall of Fame event that is taking place in NYC this coming Tuesday night. This year, Advertising Legends Steve Hayden, Martin Puris, Jim Riswold and John Webster are being honored for their lifetime of achievements in the industry.
- BBDO New York has, for the sixth time, placed number one on The Directory Big Won, a directory of most awarded agencies
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Where Does True Blood Stand on the Notorious HBO Party Scale?
December 4, 2014
True Blood's Ryan Kwanten Spills the Beans on HBO's Biggest Party:
For fans of HBO shows, it has long been known that besides the fact they make excellent shows such as True Blood, The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire and their current juggernaut, Game of Thrones, they are also known for throwing awesome wrap parties. Recently Ryan Kwanten (who played Jason Stackhouse) spilled the beans on where theTrue Blood parties fell on the HBO party scale when it came to the wrap of their successful vampire series:
HBO is notorious for throwing the industry's biggest parties. And our show was notorious for drinking three times the amount of any other show. So they threw a very lavish, True Blood-style wrap party for us.
And considering Ryan is an Aussie – who are considered right up their with countries such as Germany when it comes to enjoying the consumption of alcoholic beverages – then you can consider this as an endorsement of what a great wrap party it really was!
Once prompted, he let slip with more information about these riotous parties to The Age journalist, Kate Waterhouse:
[The] whole sort of entertainment bonanza. There were dances, there was DJs, there was a live band, there was more alcohol than you want to deal with, food. It was ridiculous.
Being back on home soil, Ryan revealed his love for Australia, but why he won't be returning there to live in the near future:
Looking for the near future I have to be placed in the [United] States, just for little things that I've set up. It's so hard for me when I do come back because I know that my heart belongs here. So leaving just rips my little heart out. But it just makes me want to come back more.
You can read the full interview Ryan Kwanten did with Kate Waterhouse by clicking here.
Source: The Age – Date with Kate: Ryan Kwanten
(Photo Credit: HBO Inc.)
Janina Gavankar Gets Geeky After True Blood
December 2, 2014
From Shapeshifter to Far Cry 4:
Fans of HBO's True Blood will remember Janina Gavankar as Sam Merlotte's (Sam Trammell) shapeshifting girlfriend, Luna Garza. Since she left the show at the start of Season 6, she has appeared on TV shows such as The League and The Vampire Diaries. More recently she has taken on the role of Meredith Bose in the new series, The Mysteries of Laura.
Besides her passion for acting, Janina is an avid gamer. As a result, she is currently working on the video game, Far Cry 4. it is a game which she is very excited to be involved with:
I play Amita in the game and I cannot believe that this happened to me. It is an incredible video game; it's badass. If you have a gamer friend on your Christmas list this is the game for him/her. I think I would say that even if I weren't in the game.
And – because her life isn't hectic enough as it is – she is also launching a new website for the older generation geeks. The website is called AltFound.com and Janina had this to say about it:
You can sign up now to be one of the first people to know about it. It is basically a website for grown geeks who are not childish or nostalgic, we all have grown and have diverse interests.
Recently Janina got to sit down with Chelsea Lewis from The Celebrity Cafe and chat about all things geeky in her life. If you want to find out more about what she had to say about Far Cry 4, AltFound.com and what it was like working on a show such as True Blood, then please click here.
Source: The Celebrity Cafe – Janina Gavankar opens up about video games, acting and co-stars
(Photo Credit: HBO Inc.)
VIDEO: Ryan Kwanten Has No Qualms About Nudity
November 26, 2014
Ryan Kwanten Discusses, True Blood, Nudity and What's Next for the Aussie Actor:
Aussie actor, Ryan Kwanten, has headed back to Australia for a long earned rest after his seven year stint as Jason Stackhouse in HBO's True Blood. First, however, he stopped in at Sydney's Confidential to chat to Ant Sharwood about being a True Blood star, the obligatory nudity that goes with the territory and what is next in line for Ryan. After a little ribbing between the two, Ryan soon got down to business and had much to say about his time on the hit HBO show:
Whether it's turning up to work and laying out the tears or taking off the clothes … I feel protected on a show like True Blood because it's, you know, obviously written by an Academy Award-winner so I feel like I'm in good hands there. So, look, so long as the script warrants it and I feel like it warrants it, then I'll do it.
Ryan then followed on to say he is prepared to do pretty much anything on screen.
In the video interview Ryan discusses:
- What it's like to talk in the key of Blinky Bill
- Why he parked his bike in Steven Spielberg's parking spot
- What it was like to read each Jason Stackhouse script and how it was to play such a rambunctious character
- Whether he will be catching up with his old friends now he has returned to Australia
- Who keeps his ego in check
There is plenty more to glean from this video interview (clicking on the image below will take you directly to the video interview):
Let us know your thoughts on Ryan's interview with Sydney Confidential by commenting below!
Source: The Daily Telegraph – Ryan Kwanten has done all the blood, sweat and tears: Nude scenes all in a day's work
(Photo Credit: HBO Inc.)
Happy Birthday Kristin Bauer van Straten!
November 26, 2014
TrueBloodNet.com would like to wish Kristin a very happy birthday! May all your wishes come true!
(Photo Credit: HBO Inc.)
VIDEO: Sneak Peek Into Evan Rachel Wood's Strange Magic
November 25, 2014
True Blood's Evan Rachel Wood Stars in the Animated Movie, Strange Magic:
We have the first movie trailer for Evan Rachel Wood's latest foray into animated movies, Strange Magic. As well as this extended trailer, there are some new movie stills to see in the gallery below.
Strange Magic is Disney's latest offering and tells the tale of goblins, fairies and imps meeting for the first time and the consequent confusions and conflicts the culture clash causes. Evan Rachel Wood (who starred as the vampire queen of Louisiana, Sophie Anne Leclerq in HBO's True Blood) stars as Marianne. Also joining the cast are Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Maya Rudolph, Sam Palladio, Alfred Molina, Elijah Kelley, Bob Einstein, Peter Stormare and Meredith Anne Bull. The movie is due for release on the 11th of February 2015. Lucasfilms are at the helm of this Disney movie directed by Gary Rydstrom. Writing credits go to David Berenbaum, George Lucas, Irene Mecchi and Gary Rydstrom.
Let us know what you think of this movie trailer and whether you will be watching Strange Magic when it is realeased in February by commenting below!
Source: Flickering Myth – First trailer for Lucasfilm's animated musical Strange Magic
(Photo Credits: HBO Inc., Disney, Lucasfilms)
Happy Birthday Charlaine Harris!
November 25, 2014
TrueBloodNet.com would like to wish Charlaine a very happy birthday! May all your wishes come true!
(Photo Credit: HBO Inc.)
VIDEO: Sneak Peak at Anna Camp's Pitch Perfect 2
November 24, 2014
True Blood's Anna Camp Returns for Pitch Perfect 2:
Well, here it is – the first sneak peek trailer for Pitch Perfect 2! Anna Camp returns to the cult classic in the making to play the uptight Aubrey. In Pitch Perfect 2, we find the a cappella group the Barden Bellas entering into an international competition that no American team has ever won. Will they succeed where so many others have failed?
Returning alongside Anna Camp (who played Sarah Newlin in HBO's True Blood) will be Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Hana Mae Lee, Skylar Astin, Elizabeth Banks and Adam DeVine. The movie is slated for release on May 15th 2014. The Universal Pictures movie is from a screenplay written by Kay Cannon and Mickey Rapkin. Actor Elizabeth Banks not only stars in the show as Gail, but will be directing as well.
It will be very interesting to see whether Pitch Perfect 2 will live up to the high expectations of the first movie – or will it go the way of most sequels and be a flop? Judging by the video below however, I am guessing we just may have a winner on our hands.
Let us know what you think of the video clip and whether you will be checking out Pitch Perfect 2 by commenting below!
Source: YouTube – PITCH PERFECT 2 Trailer #1 (2015) Anna Kendrick Musical Comedy HD
(Photo Credit: Universal Pictures)
Happy Birthday Brandon Molale!
November 24, 2014
TrueBloodNet.com would like to wish Brandon a very happy birthday! May all your wishes come true!
(Photo Credit: HBO Inc.)
First Image of True Blood's Alexandra Breckenridge on the Set of The Walking Dead…
November 23, 2014
… Or Is It? You Decide!
In Season 4 of HBO's True Blood, we were introduced to the recurring character of Katerina Pellham (played by Alexandra Breckenridge), the undercover agent, wiccan, and former member of Marnie Stonebrook's (Fiona Shaw) coven. It is Katerina's job to ascertain if Marnie's coven poses a threat to vampires or not. Her role, unfortunately, was short lived after she was killed by Luis Patiño (Peter Macdissi).
However, actress Alexandra Breckenridge went on to bigger and better things after True Blood. And many fans of FX's American Horror Story franchise will remember Alexandra from Season 1 when she played the younger version of Moira. She also appeared in Season 3 as the witch Kaylee.
Now, it seems, Alexandra has joined the cast of AMC's juggernaut, The Walking Dead. Her role has been bathed in mystery with the only information on her character being as such:
"Samantha" [is] an attractive, strong, smart, charming and articulate woman with a vulnerable side. She's a mother with a bohemian spirit, and a talented artist.
It is not even sure yet if the character name of Samantha is correct or merely a placeholder name in order to keep spoilers at bay.
Recently though, the following image was released on Instagram, sending Walking Dead fans into a frenzy of conjecture over the character of Beth (played by Emily Kinney) in Season 5. While the image does bear a striking resemblance to Kinney, it semes this may actually be the first on set picture of Alexandra Breckenridge! Truebies and Walking fans alike can make up their own minds:
What do you think? Beth or Samantha? Honestly, that looks like Emily Kinney to me, but let us know your thoughts by commenting below!
Sources: WetPaint – The Walking Dead Season 5 Spoilers: Emily Kinney Seen on Finale Set? Not So Fast! Rumor Patrol
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True Blood's Lara Pulver Joins Cast Line Up for a Movie Version of 'Spooks'
November 22, 2014
Before True Blood, Lara Pulver Was Known For Her Role on the BBC TV Series, Spooks:
Truebies will remember Lara Pulver as the fairy, Claudine Crane. But before Lara joined the cast of the HBO vampire series, she was known for her role as Erin Watts, the head of the counter-terrorism division for MI5 in the long running BBC TV series, Spooks. This TV series was so loved in the UK that it will now be bought to the big screen via a movie adaptation of the TV series.
Spooks: The Greater Good will also star Peter Firth who will be reprising his role of Harry Pearce, the head of MI5. Kit Harrington (of Game of Thrones fame) will join the cast as Will Holloway, a former agent who is brought back to London from Moscow. The storyline (according to Radio Times) is as follows:
Firth played MI5 head Harry Pearce in every single episode of the drama. We won't be finding Harry in an especially happy place, though. He is "disgraced and forced to resign" after a terrorist escapes from MI5 custody and "disappears one night off a bridge into the Thames" … Will [Holloway] must decide whether to help Harry or turn his rogue ex-boss in…
Alongside Lara Pulver, Tim McInnerny will reprise his role as the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee. Also starring will be David Harewood, Jennifer Ehle, Tuppence Middleton and Elyes Gabel.
Spooks: The Greater Good was shot earlier this year and will hit UK cinemas on 8th May 2015. Let us know if you plan on seeing this by commenting below!
Source: Radio Times – Spooks the film: what we know so far about the spy spin-off
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Girgensons impressive, but Amerks get swept from playoffs
2 мая 2013 года. Vogl, John. McClatchy - Tribune Business News
May 02--ROCHESTER -- Zemgus Girgensons has built a reputation by going all-out all the time. His motor never stops.
The Buffalo Sabres' prospect proved he has brakes, too.
Girgensons completed his rookie season Wednesday with a highlight-reel goal during Rochester's 3-2 overtime loss to Toronto, a setback that resulted in a playoff sweep. The Amerks scored five times in the three-game series, and Girgensons had three of them.
"Best player on the team," Amerks forward Cody McCormick said. "Best player on the ice."
Girgensons, who turned 19 in January, began this season as the second-youngest player in the American Hockey League. The youth showed at times as he put up six goals and 17 points in 61 games while missing time with a concussion.
He really had a coming-out party during the playoffs. The native of Latvia, picked 14th overall by the Sabres in last year's draft, lived up to his reputation of being a hard hitter and aggressive penalty killer while adding timely offense.
"I just gave my best, that's all," Girgensons said in Blue Cross Arena. "If you give everything you've got, you're going to get lucky bounces. You're going to work hard, you're going to get some bounces. I got some luck in the playoffs.
"I worked my [butt] off all season and maybe my luck wasn't there, but in the playoffs it came."
Girgensons pulled the Amerks into their first tie, 1-1, with a dynamic goal late in the second period. The left winger sped to an open area in the slot and took a pass from Johan Larsson. Girgensons spotted Greg Ross coming to disrupt the play, so he abruptly stopped, let the forward slide by and unleashed a pinpoint shot into the top corner.
"He's really come a long way this year," Amerks coach Chadd Cassidy said. "More than anything from what I've seen is just his confidence with the puck has been through the roof. He always plays hard, always plays through people. He's tough to play against, but you can see that confidence when he has the puck.
"He knows that he can make that extra move and he can make a play with it as opposed to early in the season I think the game was going so fast in his mind all the time because of the level and the pace of play. His development, to me, has just been off the charts with what he's been able to do this year."
Girgensons clicked really well with Larsson, who joined the organization last month as part of the trade that sent Jason Pominville to Minnesota.
"He's not a typical Europe guy," Larsson, who's Swedish, said of Girgensons. "Kind of me, too, works hard, goes in corners, battles hard and has a good nose for the net. That's good."
Larsson led the Amerks with three assists.
"Those two guys were probably our best forwards from start to finish in this series," Cassidy said.
Although the Amerks' postseason lasted just three games, Cassidy feels the experience was good for the Sabres' prospects.
Girgensons killed penalties, while Larsson, Mikhail Grigorenko, Brian Flynn and Mark Pysyk skated together on a power-play unit.
"It's huge for them," said Cassidy, who noted that Toronto defensemen Mike Komisarek, Paul Ranger and Mike Mottau have combined for 1,102 NHL games. "That just shows you how difficult the game is going to be even at this level, then when you get up to that level it's going to be even more difficult.
"For guys like Girgensons, Larsson, Grigorenko, Flynn, these are the kind of nights they're going to face all the time in the National Hockey League, playoff intensity and big strong, defensemen who aren't going to give you easy offense. It's a great opportunity for them to get used to that."
The youngsters also learned what it takes to compete for a trophy. They have the scars to prove it. Girgensons departed with one across his nose. Grigorenko had a bloody upper lip.
"It's really physical hockey," Grigorenko said, "and I think this is what I need right now."
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John Cena has filed for divorce.
Sadly, divorce is not the way Liz thought her perfect love story would end
The World Wrestling Entertainment star wed his high school sweetheart Liz Huberdeau in 2009, but Cena has now moved to end their marriage, calling their union "irretrievably broken".
According to TMZ.com, the 12 Rounds star filed the legal papers in Florida on Thursday (10May12) - and the news has come as a shock for his wife.
Huberdeau's attorney, Raymond Rafool, says, "Although it is indeed unfortunate that John Cena decided to divorce his high school sweetheart Liz Cena; particularly, after they have come so far in their lives and in hiscareer together, Liz will and really has no choice but to pursue all of her rights and entitlements.
"Although Mr Cena pushes a prenuptial agreement and that the parties have only been married for approximately 3 years, Liz Cena has always supported John Cena, even when no one else did, and stood behind him and pushed him forward to achieve their goals for the last 14 years.
"Sadly, divorce is not the way Liz thought her perfect love story would end".
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Bad Tiger! Bad Dragon! No sequel for you!
In the world of kung-fu, your skill and the art in which you display your martial style is a direct reflection of your worth as an honorable warrior. To show poor skill when facing a greater fighter is to give him no "face" – although simply kicking a lot of ass tends to speak volumes no matter how you slice it.
Unfortunately, Ubisoft's third-person action hack n' slash Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon does none of the above.
is the video game adaptation of Ang Lee's hit movie of the same name. The movie
was adapted from part of the fourth book in a five-book
series collectively titled The Crane – Iron Pentology written by
acclaimed wuxia
novelist Wang Du Lu. With that long-winded history, you'd think Ubisoft would
have taken great steps to properly honor the since deceased novelist. But right
from the beginning, this shameless offering does nothing of the sort.
Seasoned kung-fu practitioners can usually spot great form by observing an
opponent's strong stance. However, CTHD's stance is weak and
watery, opting to rehash the exact same plot seen in the movie. This is often
the hallmark of simplicity and lack of creativity. To the game's credit, you
will at least get to see video clips of the movie's best scenes, but don't expect
anything new from the story.
As the plot progresses you will play as each of the movie's four main characters
– the legendary wuxia Li Mu Bai, his friend Shu Lien, the young upstart Jen
and her forbidden lover, the nomadic Dark Cloud. In between cinemas, the game
plops you down in an area where you will fight several swarms of relatively
mindless lackeys armed with swords, staves, throwing darts, sabers and so on.
Fallen foes will drop health potions and weapons to keep you going. After you
repeatedly beat the tar out everyone in a given area, you must follow the blue
torches and proceed to the next.
The fighting is one part innovation to 99 parts repetition. All you do on
every single level is button-mash with your prosaic list of combos and strikes.
You'll be bored before your character can work up a virtual sweat.
Controlling your avatar is simple enough. You have four attacks: unarmed light,
unarmed heavy, armed light and armed heavy. Tap different attack types and you
can perform a combo (ex: unarmed light, light, heavy). As you can imagine there
are not many variations and you will have seen nearly every attack in about
an hour.
combat feature is worthy of a brow-raise. Combo blocks allow you to combo your
defensive moves and parries by consecutively pressing the block button at the
appropriate times. When it works (which isn't often), it can look pretty cool.
But even here you will have seen all the block combos before long and your enemies
aren't putting up enough of a fight to warrant learning the frolicsome skill.
Also, the camera is less than friendly. It can be controlled with the right analog stick but it is a lunky, tiresome affair that further impedes any intended fun-factor.
The movie and even the comic book show high production values. Sadly, the
game's engine does not. Easily on par with a first-generation PS2 game, CTHD
looks bland and featureless. Textures shows little detail and colors are few
and simple. The characters models are comprised of minimal polygons, leaving
them bulky and lifeless. The animations are the one highlight, but even they
earn the game no bragging rights.
There are a couple things that are done well, though these have nothing to
do with gameplay. One is the music, which is taken note-for-note right out of
the movie. But that begs the question, "Why not just watch the movie?" The other
is the impressive comic book images from ComicsOne's
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon graphic novel by Hong Kong comic creator
Andy Seto. These can be unlocked as you play through the game. Yet again this
begs the question,"Why not buy the comic?" Both the DVD and the graphic novel
are a fraction of what it costs to buy the game.
And make no mistake – the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
game is just not any fun at all. It's grossly repetitive, strictly linear and
painfully boring. For a young audience of primates with low expectation and
few brain cells, this might pass as a one-time rental. All other fans of anything
kung-fu, don't lose face; show the late Wang Du Lu some respect and avoid this
one like a kung-fu fighting leper.


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Hello fellow foodies! I hope you are having a great week! It's been an eventful week for me. I threw out my back three days ago and I have been hobbling around like a little old lady, at least that's what my husband said. I injured my back when I was 23 working as a biological contractor. It was a physically demanding job as we were testing chemicals on aquatic plants. In all my years of higher learning, it apparently never sunk in that I should lift with my legs and not my back. As a result, I had a bunch of physical therapy and now, once every year, my back goes crazy and reminds me of the recklessness of my youth.
Luckily, I have a wonderful family that is very compassionate and really helps me. They bend down and empty the dishwasher and reload it and they help me with the laundry. They would do all of my chores if I asked but I don't want to wear them out. Today, was the first day of school so I wanted the kiddos to be their best as we started our new schedules.
On that note, I decided to make a new recipe for a new school year. I have been thinking a bunch about taking out some of the flour out of recipes and subbing with almond flour. This really reduces the amount of carbohydrates but I still leave part of the flour in for consistency. Texture makes a huge difference in baked goods and I still want a good mouth feel when I have a lower carb item.
Thus, I created a pound cake that I like to think of as "lower carb" versus "low carb". I subbed out the sugar for no calorie sweetener and I traded milk for heavy cream. Lastly, I traded 1 cup of flour for almond flour. The end result was a raspberry pound cake that had 7.7 grams of carbohydrates (net) per serving. Not too shabby!!
It was super tasty and it really satisfied that fresh baked goods craving. I think it would also be very tasty with blueberries instead of raspberries.
Have a great week!
😃 Jennifer
3/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
1 1/2 cups no calorie granulated sweetener (sucralose/maltodextrin blend)
3 eggs
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup fine almond flour
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup raspberries fresh or frozen (I used frozen)
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Cream butter and sweetener together in a stand mixer on low speed. Add eggs, cream, and vanilla and continue to mix on low until incorporated.
3. In a medium bowl, combine flours, baking powder, and salt. Stir until combined. Pour into stand mixer and mix on low until combined and creamy and smooth.
4. Stir in raspberries. Use a spatula to scrape down the sides. Spoon mixture into a 9 x 5 loaf pan sprayed with non-stick baking spray. Spread with a spatula to create a flat top.
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"I was only contemplating driving one more year," explained Bernstein, "but when Tommy became available at the end of the '07 season, we started to give the situation a lot of thought. We've been fortunate to win six championships, 69 races, and we have some milestone performance marks, chief among them, becoming the first to crack the 300 miles-per-hour barrier.
"I guess we can always look to win one more race or one more championship, but in reality, I've had a great career and many talented crew members who have helped mold my success through the years. For me at this stage of my life, the right decision is to step away from the cockpit.
"We chose Tommy because he is a quality driver, likeable person, and he understands the corporate nature of our business. He also has ties to Lucas Oil and Mac Tools which certainly fit right into our sponsor alignment."
"I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to be on the track next year, especially with the caliber of Funny Car team Kenny fields with Monster Energy/Lucas Oil, " said Johnson, Jr. "Kenny runs a professional operation and is an icon of our sport. It's an honor to be named as his successor and the first full-time driver he's named outside the family.
"We do have a bit of a history, though, "continued Johnson, Jr. "I did some pre-season testing for him in 2000 when he was recuperating from shoulder surgery. Kenny and I have been friends for a number of years.
"I am definitely excited about the season to come, but I want to thank Don Prudhomme for the opportunities he gave me the past seven years."
"We're excited to welcome Tommy to our team," said Bernstein. "And I want to also thank Don (Prudhomme) for working with us to release Tommy to drive for KBR.
"We know with Tommy on board, we won't miss a beat. We plan to do a lot of testing in January at Phoenix, and we'll be ready to attack the '08 season with a virtually seasoned team.
"Jimmy Walsh and Danny DeGennaro will continue to lead the tune-up team for the Monster Energy/Lucas Oil Funny Car, and I will continue to travel to the races and oversee not only our Monster Energy/Lucas Oil Funny Car operation, but also the Budweiser/Lucas Oil Top Fuel team. We have multiple seasons left on sponsorship contracts with both teams."
With 9 professional career victories, Johnson, Jr. has won events in both Top Fuel and Funny Car. He scored his first professional victory in Seattle in 1993, and his most recent victory at Englishtown, N.J. last season.
Bernstein's combination of professionalism, commitment and competitiveness has made him a motorsports icon. He holds the unique distinction of being the first and only race team owner to have collected wins in each of America's three major motorsports series: NHRA drag racing, NASCAR and CART. As a driver, Bernstein became the first to win NHRA championships in both Funny Car
(1985-1988) and Top Fuel (1996, 2001). He was nominated for the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association Newsmaker of the Half-Century award and was voted in the top 10 on NHRA's 50 Greatest Drivers list. He has been inducted into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame and the Don Garlits International Drag Racing Hall of Fame.
"We've enjoyed a lot of accolades in our career," summarized Bernstein. "Now it's time for me to take a step back, continue to guide Brandon's career, and be there to help and support Tommy.
"It's been a good ride and we owe a debt of gratitude to numerous people who have contributed to our success through the years. Perhaps I can repay that debt and contribute to the success of others."
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Check out our Saab 9-2X Aero photo gallery
with 19 HQ pics.
Last update in 9-2X Aero gallery was at Friday, 01 Aug 2003 with 19 new photos.
Saab, the Swedish producer keeps returning back from the dead.
NEVS is going to turnoff almost 200 workmen at SAAB's Trollhattan plant in Sweden.
The vehicle will be produced in Sweden and petrol versions will be substituted with all-electric variants in 2014. Production will go on without a rush, informs the automaker.
In a little less than 2 years since it filed for bankruptcy, Swedish company Saab is getting back to business, planning to renew production later this year.
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Avilan limping, but hopes to avoid trip to DL
ATLANTA -- It appeared Luis Avilan was destined for a trip to the disabled list when he fell to the ground in pain before throwing a pitch in the ninth inning of Tuesday night's 6-3 win over the Royals. But the Braves opted to delay a decision after re-evaluating the left-handed reliever before Wednesday afternoon's series finale at Turner Field.
"I hope I don't have to go to the DL, because it's better now, it's way better now," Avilan said. "Probably in two days, I'll be fine."
Avilan was walking with a very noticeable limp when he arrived at Turner Field early Wednesday morning. But he was able to get around on his own power and his mobility seemed to improve slightly after he was evaluated by the Braves' medical staff.
Avilan has been diagnosed with a slight strain and cramping in his left hamstring, but the strength he showed during some tests that were conducted Wednesday morning was encouraging.
"It feels tight, but nothing serious like yesterday," said Avilan, who has a 2.01 ERA in 36 appearances since making his Major League debut after last year's All-Star break.
The Braves will have dodged a bullet if Avilan is able to avoid a trip to the DL. Avilan's presence has helped compensate for the absence of left-handed reliever Jonny Venters, who will likely be sidelined until at least late May with a left elbow sprain.
Avilan said it felt like he "had been hit with a ball" when he stopped his delivery and fell on the mound before throwing a pitch to Billy Butler in the ninth inning Tuesday. He needed assistance to get to a golf cart that transported him to the Braves' clubhouse to be evaluated.
Members of the Braves' medical staff informed Avilan that the cramping might have been a product of him consuming a highly-caffeinated energy drink before Tuesday's game. Avilan said he will attempt to stay away from drinking Red Bull in the future.


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Take Our Breath Away...Please! The Top 5 'Top Gun' Scenes We Can't Wait To See In 3D
Oh, Top Gun. The Sullivan to Rambo's Gilbert, it cemented pop-culture love for Reagan's aggressive foreign policy, established the late lamented Tony Scott as a successful director, and catapulted Tom Cruise to A-list status, where he has remained ever since. Now, 26 years after its initial theatrical run, Top Gun's barely stifled masculine angst and jingoistic pro-military message (wait, isn't that the same thing?) feel more relevant than they did in 1986. (I blame Dr Pepper Ten for that.) What the world clearly needs is a chance to experience the film's many delights with fresh eyes. more »


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I can't tell you how many times a faculty member has sent me a reference from Amazon asking if we could get a certain book. Often we already have the book in our collection, but the go-to source for many for finding books is Amazon, not the OPAC. This new NBER Working Paper talks about the online tools consumers use to find books of interest.
Searching for Physical and Digital Media: The Evolution of
Platforms for Finding Books
by Michael R. Baye, Babur De los Santos, Matthijs R. Wildenbeest – #19519 (IO PR)
This paper provides a data-driven overview of the different online
platforms that consumers use to search for books and booksellers, and
documents how the use of these platforms is shifting over time. Our
data suggest that, as a result of digitization, consumers are
increasingly conducting searches for books at retailer sites and
closed systems (e.g., the Kindle and Nook) rather than at general
search engines (e.g., Google or Bing). We also highlight a number of
challenges that will make it difficult for researchers to accurately
measure internet-based search behavior in the years to come.
Finally, we highlight a number of open agenda items related to the
pricing of books and other digital media, as well as consumer search


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MELBOURNE: Fresh electricity statistics reveal that South Australia is still leading the clean revolution, with even more of the state's energy coming from renewable energy sources in 2011 despite record economic growth.
The report from EnergyQuest shows that 26% of South Australia's electricity came from wind in 2011, with an estimated 2.5% from solar. This leaves 49% of the state's energy which was generated by gas, and the rest by coal.
Graeme Bethune, Chief Executive, EnergyQuest said: "There's been an extraordinary growth in wind power in South Australia over the last five years. Five years ago it was less than 1%, in 2011 it hit 26% of power generation."
Despite only introducing wind farms in the last ten years, South Australia also lays claim to the highest wind generation in the country - its 26% compares with 3% nationally.
The increase in wind farms is helping the state achieve its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. Between 2005 and 2011, which saw South Australia's strongest ever employment and economic growth, there was a more than 15% drop in CO2 emissions.
Caroline Bayliss, Australia Director, The Climate Group says: "By going from 0% wind power to 26% in only ten years, South Australia has shown just how rapidly clean technology can be scaled-up when backed by political commitment. The South Australian Government provided the regulatory certainty that investors needed, and the State has been rewarded with its lowest wholesale electricity prices since the start of the National Electricity Market as a result. The rest of Australia needs to catch up if it is to remain competitive with the rest of the world."


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MorphOS Developers Unpaid? MorphOS New Version Delayed
Submitted by JE 2004-11-15 Morphos 99 Comments
The Genesi-owned/sponsored Morphos.net website (Google cache) has been taken down and instead, a page, that reminds us a lot of the Amiga situation up to a few months ago, is described there. It claims that no new version of MorphOS will be released until payments are made to developers. The latest version of MorphOS is almost a year old already, while releases used to happen every few months in the past, usually.


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One of the most innovative and exciting sections of the new Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act") creates a new "crowdfunding" exemption from state and federal securities law registration. Through this new exemption, issuers and investors may communicate by way of the Internet in connection with the issuance of new securities. This aspect of the JOBS Act has the potential to create new funding opportunities for companies from an extremely broad pool of investors, including even unsophisticated investors.
The primary benefit of this new exemption is that companies will be able to obtain small investments from an unlimited number of investors, whether accredited or not, provided certain conditions are met. The conditions include:
Brokers and funding portals will serve a "gatekeeper" function in that they are required to positively affirm that each investor understands the risks of the investment, can bear the loss of the entire investment, and is otherwise educated in similar investment transactions. In addition, before a broker or funding portal is permitted to sell securities under the crowdfunding exemption, the broker or funding portal must first conduct a background and securities enforcement regulatory history check on each officer and director of the issuer, as well as each holder of more than 20 percent of the company's shares. The broker or funding portal must also ensure that the proceeds from the offering are not sent to the issuer until the target offering amount has been reached.
Although this new crowdfunding exemption has already become law, companies will not have the ability to rely on this exemption until the SEC promulgates the implementing rules. The JOBS Act gives the SEC 270 days from the date the JOBS Act was passed in order to complete the SEC's relevant rulemaking. So, companies should be able to start conducting crowdfunding offerings in early 2013.
In addition to expanding the number of stockholders that a private company may have before the company is required to register with the SEC under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the JOBS Act specifically exempts from the calculation all stockholders who acquired their securities through crowdfunding.
We expect the crowdfunding exemption will be particularly attractive to start-up and emerging growth companies since it allows for an entirely new method of fundraising, and also allows issuers to obtain funds outside of the traditional angel or institutional sources.
We will provide further analysis and comment after these new SEC rules are promulgated.
If you have any questions about this topic, please contact a member of our Venture Capital/Emerging Company or Securities/Capital Markets practice groups.
For a printable version of the alert, click on the PDF linked below.
PDF - Jobs Act - Crowdfunding.pdf
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Undergraduate research is an excellent way to get some hands-on chemistry experience and see if it's right for you. Often, you can get course credit or a small stipend for hours spent working in the research lab. Several faculty members in the Chemistry Department at CSUB conduct research with undergraduate students. To apply for a position, complete the application for undergraduate student researchers and submit it (along with your resume) to the faculty member you are interested in working with.
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The Center for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis (CENTC) is a NSF Center for Chemical Innovation that focuses on the use of catalysis to develop new chemical processes that will have significant societal impact. Research projects include devising new ways to produce clean, efficient fuels and ways to convert renewable resources to fuels and useful chemicals. Applications for CENTC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowships from undergraduates at all levels are welcome, with preference given to rising juniors and seniors. No previous research experience is required.
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The Chem-SURF Program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), provides a 10-week summer research opportunity for undergraduates to become fully immersed in challenging, cutting-edge, exciting, and transformative interdisciplinary research projects in the fields of chemical biology, chemical physics, computer science, molecular biology, nanoscience, pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacology, and analytical, atmospheric, biochemistry, bioinorganic, bioorganic, computational, environmental, inorganic, materials, organic, physical, polymer, surface and theoretical chemistry.
DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sponsors a 10-week summer internship program for rising juniors and seniors majoring in homeland security related science, technology, engineering and mathematics (HS-STEM) disciplines. The DHS HS-STEM Summer Internship Program provides students with the opportunity to conduct research in DHS mission-relevant research areas at federal research facilities located across the country.
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The program is a joint effort of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) America International Group, the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and was developed to introduce chemistry and chemical engineering students to careers in the chemical industry. Exceptional sophomores and juniors with a GPA of at least 3.5 and who are majoring in chemistry or chemical engineering are encouraged to apply. SCI Scholars receive $6,000-$10,000+ for a ten-week internship. Students will be awarded a certificate and an additional $1,000, which can be used for any purpose, such as participation at an ACS or AIChE meeting.
UC Davis Health System Department of Surgery Pre-Medical Surgical Internship & Mentorship Program
In this program, you will be interacting with physicians in the Department of Surgery and observing them through every step of patient care: from the chance to see patient-physician interactions in the clinics, pre and post-operative bays, operating rooms, bedside, and to intensive care units, as well as observing teaching conferences, journal clubs, and rounds. You will experience what surgeons do on a daily basis as you shadow them through all aspects of patient care and learning.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Student Internship Program (SIP)
Student employees in the USDA SIP gain valuable professional experience as an assistant in scientific, professional, technical, and/or administrative areas. The internship opportunity could be a paid or unpaid internship and gives students insight into considering a future career with USDA. Annually USDA employs thousands of students nationwide throughout our 7 Mission Areas, 17 agencies and 14 offices.
CSUB undergraduate chemistry researchers are strongly encouraged to talk to your research advisor about attending the conferences listed below. These conferences are great opportunities to network with other chemistry students and talk to potential employers and graduate programs.
American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meetings
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American Chemical Society (ACS) Regional Meetings
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This is another photo sent to me by Nelda Clontz Lemburg, whose mother is a Sharp. This is a better copy of the photo than the one I had.
I have previously written of "Uncle Ed" and included this photo.
This is Lillie Elva East Sharp with her son, Dean Sharp, and grandson, Gary Eugene Blanch.
Lillie Elva East was born 16 February 1888 in Warren, Weber, Utah to Louisa Calder East and Joseph Uriah East.
She and Edward William Sharp married 19 May 1909 in Plain City, Weber, Utah.
As I mentioned in the article about Uncle Ed, together they had 10 children, nine of which lived to adulthood.
Grandpa, Milo James Ross, said that his Aunt Lillie, who quintessentially became his mother, was a beautiful woman. He loved her but his life was dominated enough by Uncle Ed that he did not get to spend as much time with her as he wished.