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But, then neither did Ryder Hesjedal or Sir Bradley Wiggins. The pair of erstwhile favourites didn't start today's stage of the Giro d'Italia. Each cited illness for their poor performance and DNS.
It would be easy to pick on them as quitters, to diss Hesjedal for failing to honor the jersey as last year's leader, to pile on Sir Wiggins for boasting about the best shape of his life only to quit midstream.
So, what do you do if you're in it to win it but it becomes obvious that you can't win it?
You can trudge on courageously, as defending champ Cadel Evans did in last year's Tour de France. He lost time, attacked, lost more time, suffered three flat tires in a day, lost more time and eventually finished seventh, 15 minutes behind Wiggins.
But, sometimes, discretion is the better part of valor and one must live to fight another day. Sometimes, as the Borg would say, resistance is futile.
That could be especially true of Hesjedal. With no hope of winning the Giro, he could rest up and take another stab at the Tour de France. After all, he finished fifth overall in 2010. Perhaps he's a better bet for an overall placement, and a less controversial choice, than Garmin teammates Christian Vande Velde or Tom Danielson, who recently finished suspensions for admitting to doping.
Hesjedal said in a statement that leaving the Giro was "devastating. I want to be here for my team and for all the people who have supported me to get me here to this point. I built my entire season around the Giro, and I came here feeling great but I have been suffering since the TT."
Cyclingnews reported that Wiggins appeared for a brief interview after Thursday's stage, his head wrapped in a towel.
"I've had a pretty rough 24 hours. ... I just want to try and fight through it and hope that in a few days time I'll be alright."
Sky crossed their fingers that the relative ease of a couple transition stages would allow Wiggins time to hide in the peloton and rest. Apparently, though, he couldn't answer the bell Friday.
"It's how long you can keep fighting before you say the GC has gone now," he was quoted as saying on the Team Sky web site.
Sky still is sitting pretty in Italy, with Rigoberto Uran Uran in third overall, two minutes behind Vincenzo Nibali.
His Worship's short-term future isn't quite so rosy as Hesjedal's. Sky already have announced that Chris Froome will lead the team at the Tour de France, and the roster is loaded with climbers to support him. A gloomy gus like Wiggins might not fit into the team's chemistry. This could prove a sticky wicket for Sky. He has been included in discussions of the Tour de France team, and it's nigh on to impossible to imagine that a defending champion not under a cloud of drug suspicion would skip the Tour. A strong performance in Italy would have put Sky in the driver's seat in France. Now, it appears near certain that the team will enter the Tour with last year's winner destined to serve as a water carrier. Most unusual.
In each case, it's best to go home, regroup and reassess with six weeks until the start of the Tour.


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Texas Holdem poker is played with a standard 52-card deck, and can include two to ten players. Each player will hold the "dealer chip" throughout the game. The player to the left of the "dealer" must make a small blind bet, and the person to left of the small blind must make a big blind bet. After each round the "dealer chip" will be passed in a clockwise direction, as will the compulsory small and big blind bets. It should be stated that the "dealer chip" does not mean that the player holding it is the card dealer – online casinos have automatic dealers – it is simply used as a means of rotating the small and big blinds around the table after each hand.
Each round of Texas Hold 'em can be broken down into five sections: Pre-flop, Flop, Turn, River, and Showdown.
The Pre-flop phase begins when each player is dealt two facedown cards (the first known as the pocket, the second known as the hole). No one sees another player's cards until the end of each round, or until an All-In call is made, where either one or more bettors have wagered all of their chips, and no more betting can take place that round. After the pocket and hole cards have been dealt, the first round of betting occurs. Players – including the small blind bettor – must wager at least the amount of the big blind. For example, if the small blind is set at $2, and the big blind at $4, then the small blind bettor only needs to wager another $2 to "call", whereas the other players must wager at least $4 to stay in the game.
The flop occurs after the first round of betting is complete and players have either called or folded. The dealer will place three community cards in the centre of the table, and each player can use these cards to create their best hand. After the flop, players commence a second round of betting. Unlike the first round, players have the option to "check". No more bets have to enter the pot if every player decides to "check", but as soon as someone makes a bet, everyone else must "call", "raise", or "fold".
The dealer will then play the next community card, the Turn (also known as Fourth Street). Once again betting resumes after the fourth card has been revealed.
The River (or Fifth Street) is the fifth and final card the dealer will play each round. Unless everyone has folded, in which case the last player standing receives the contents of the pot, betting will continue for the final time before cards are revealed.
The Showdown occurs when betting is complete. All players still in the game will then, in order of whoever bet first, reveal their two cards. Whichever player has the best five-card poker hand, from all seven cards, wins the pot. If two or more players have the same highest hand then it is called a split-pot and each player receives an equal fraction of the pot. Also, if at any point a player calls All-In while other players still have chips to bet, then a second pot is created, called a side pot. The first player is then only allowed win the first pot, as they have not placed any chips into the second pot. If another player wins the round, however, they will take both pots, and the first player will have lost the game.
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Model making is what we do. In fact we belong to the Association of Professional Model Makers (APMM) www.modelmakers.org . There was a time not too long ago when people would hear that term "model maker" and know exactly what it is we do. Those days are no longer. For awhile my shop also did computer graphic work and the word "model" became a much different thing. A model – all of a sudden – was a 3D form built in computer space. I had to distinguish between virtual models and physical models. I closed the department that built virtual models a few years ago. We now build only physical models yet many conversations with clients must still start with a definition of terms.
"I am building a development and would like a model" says a client. I say "Great, I am sure we can help you with that". Then he says "I need to be able to fly over the site and then swoop down through a window to pan the interior". "Ah, I guess you are looking for a virtual model, We build physical models". "Physical models?" Yes" I say, "Scale models that you put in your showroom to allow people to see your project in miniature". "Oh, you mean like a diorama?"
Diorama? Now we have a problem. I refuse to substitute the word diorama for the word model. The actual history of the word diorama is interesting as it started as an elaborate theatrical experience invented by Daguerre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorama. but the modern version of the word conjures up, in my mind, shoe boxes with dirt inside and a few army men to represent a civil war battle done in elementary school. (No offense to all the elaborate dioramas built for fun and competition by exceptional model makers – it's just, the ones I built were done with Nuns watching over my work). A diorama often recreates a scene, usually it's the model makers interpretation of a historical event, or an imaginative snapshot from the model builders imagination. I mainly build models that represent the future, a development that has not been built yet or an industrial design that is only a dream. I have built historical models for museums including the historical water drainages in Yellowstone National park and the Historical Camino Real Trail. But even these models cannot be defined as Dioramas.
The Yellowstone model being built and details of Yellowstone park and the Tetons
The Camino Real trail model as a topo and painted with labeling (this model also had an interactive LED system.)
I am a model maker. My company is listed under "Model Maker" in the phone book. There was a time when most people would be able to read that and understand what I do for a living. Of course then as now I still get the occasional young, sweet voice on the phone asking "Can you make me into a model?" Sure, honey, come on by and I'll see what I can do.
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Mayoral candidate vows to ban trucks from city
Colorful Auckland mayoral candidate John Tamihere has vowed, if elected, to ban trucks from the city of Auckland during the day and sell the Ports of Auckland.
Auckland, New Zealand, has a population of about 1.6 million and covers an area of 425.8 square miles. Ports of Auckland is located on the waterfront in the heart of the city. FreightWaves was told by the multi-cargo Ports of Auckland that there are approximately 24,000 truck movements per month through each of the two main terminals at the port. One is a container terminal the other is a general cargo terminal.
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That data indicated that about 576,000 trucking movements take place annually in the city as trucks access and leave the port. In the 2017-2018 financial year the port handled 973,722 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers, 6.77 million tons of cargo and 300,000 vehicles.
Tamihere has vowed to restrict trucking operations so heavy freight vehicles cannot enter the central city area between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. He is reportedly undecided whether the truck exclusion zone should be 5 kilometers (3 miles) or 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the center of the city. A failure to negotiate a daytime exclusion zone for trucks within a year would see Tamihere impose a congestion tax.
Sale of the port
Tamihere has also said he will sell the Ports of Auckland, one of New Zealand's two leading ports, but retain the 77 hectares of land that the port sits upon for redevelopment.
Auckland is built on an isthmus and the port is built right on the waterfront of the central business district. As such the port is encroached upon by the city on all sides except for the marine-side. Land currently used for port facilities, if released for development, would be very valuable.
Suggestions to move the port reappear in New Zealand's political scene from time to time as it is widely recognized that the port, as it is currently located, will not be able to cope with long-term trade growth. A Port Future Study in 2016 investigated a variety of options including constraining the port, downsizing the port, relocating trade, growing the port or building a new port.
Industry response was scathing
Local trucking industry representative, the Road Transport Forum, was not in favor of restrictions on trucking or on Tamihere's plans for moving the port. The Forum is an association-of-associations and, via its member associations, represents 3,000 road transport companies in New Zealand operating 16,000 to 18,000 trucks.
Road Transport Forum CEO Nick Leggett was scathing of Tamihere's truck and port policy announcement.
"This proposal announced today by mayoral candidate John Tamihere has consequences that have not been thought through and the policy is frankly, lacking in strategy and planning and is ridiculous… Why would you increase the costs of transporting goods in and out of New Zealand's major city? This proposal would definitely add costs to all the goods in people's lives that are transported by trucks – which is pretty much everything," Leggett says.
He points out that Tamihere has not said where the port should move to, and has not said what the truck exclusion would include. He also queried the effect of night-time work on transport workers, the costs to be borne by end-consumers and the costs imposed on New Zealand's export goods. "What we see is a policy without a strategy or a plan," Leggett says.
History of controversies
Former shock-jock radio host Tamihere is no stranger to New Zealand politics; he was formerly a member of Parliament from 1999 to 2005. He also served as a Cabinet Minister (a member of the executive branch of government) from August 2002 to early November 2004.
Tamihere has proven controversial previously. He has made outspoken and derogatory comments about gay people, Jewish people, women, feminists and, while working as a radio show host, inappropriate comments to a female guest in the wake of a national scandal involving rape allegations and underage teenagers.
He was also officially warned in 2015 by the country's official animal protection agency, the SPCA, after he abandoned two of his cats while he was moving from one house to another. The cats were without food or water for 11 days and were rescued after a complaint was made to the SPCA.
When questioned about previous controversies during the announcement of his candidacy for mayor, Tamihere was widely reported as saying, "Here's the thing, my name is JT not JC. I'm not totally in control of the whole shooting match all the time, I make mistakes. I've indicated I own them. What do you want me to do? Jump off the Harbour Bridge?"
Colorful election
Auckland's mayoral race is proving to be quite colorful. There are 18 candidates including a professional wrestler, a transparency campaigner who refuses to pay her local taxes until the city reveals the destination of every cent of taxpayer money, a communist, an anti-fluoride campaigner, and a man who vows not to "do a single thing as mayor if elected."
The candidate pool also includes Phil Goff, the current mayor, along with candidates from traditional sectors such as business, former mayoral candidates, the various political parties and special interest groups.
Auckland's mayoral election will be held on October 12, 2019.


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The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday agreed to accept about $340,000 in state and federal grants that will help the Gwinnett County Police Department improve its ability to deal with natural and manmade disasters.
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· $98,000 to the Hazardous Device Unit for two side-by-side utility vehicles and trailers for special events, plus new x-ray generators, upgrades to older x-ray machines, and two upgraded portable radios to replace dated radios;
· $52,000 to upgrade the Uniform Division Operations Center, which is used during critical incidents like terrorism, search and rescues, responding to explosive devices, civil unrest, SWAT responses, special events, hazardous material incidents and natural disasters. The Operations Center allows command staff to make quick and effective decisions based on real-time information from multiple sources;
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· $12,000 to acquire a new Explosive Detection K-9 to replace an aging, bomb-sniffing dog who will retire soon;
· $6,000 awarded to the Hazardous Devices Unit for equipment, supplies, health check-ups and care for the department's Explosive Detection K-9s.
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March 13, 2017 –
Kingston Hydro customers in the areas listed below will be affected by planned power outages on Saturday, March 18.
Queen's University and area:
Customers in these areas will experience a seven-hour outage starting at 9 a.m.:
- Collingwood Street between Queen's University and King
- King Street West between Beverley and Lower University
- St. Lawrence Avenue
- Stuart Street between Albert and Lower University
- Lower University Avenue
Williamsville and Queen's University area:
Customers in these areas will experience a 30-minute outage starting at 9 a.m., and second 30- minute outage starting at 3:30 p.m.:
- Union Street between College and Collingwood
- College Street between Union and Earl
- Traymoor Street
- Hill Street between College and Willingdon
- Centre Street between Union and Edgehill
- Kensington Avenue
- Edgehill Street between Centre and Kensington
- Collingwood Street between Queen's and Union
- Alfred Street between Johnson and Union
- Victoria Street between Johnson and Union
- Churchill Crescent
For a more detailed map of the affected areas, please visit www.UtilitiesKingston.com.
These power outages are necessary to remove vegetation near electrical infrastructure in the area, on behalf of your electrical distributor Kingston Hydro. To reduce outages that can occur from weather events, ensure worker and public health and safety, and to meet regulatory requirements, we trim the trees in the entire distribution area over a three-year period.
We apologize for any inconvenience. This work helps to ensure a reliable source of electricity to you, our customers. For more information, please visit www.UtilitiesKingston.com or call the Customer Service Centre at 613-546-0000.
Media contact: For more information contact 613-546-4291, ext. 2300.


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Executive Education – ManagementGlobal Leadership and Public Policy Harvard Kennedy School (2010)
Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University (2011)
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They promised if we registered our purchase we would get our gift cards, if they weren't ready for the influx , then they should of had the product. The employees sticked, maybe the consumer should, Walmart relies on customers , so they better follow through with their deal!
I am very upset, I should of had it by now, i would like to know what they plan to do to rectify this problem. Thank you
Product or Service Mentioned: Walmart Gift Card.
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I haven't received my gift card either... It would help if I knew who it was coming from, as I only have about a million emails in my inbox right now tho...
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Cinema Arts Alumnus is Art Director for 'The Umbrella Man' Monday, November 19, 2012
Shawn D. Bronson, a 2008 graduate of Point Park University's cinema arts program, recently returned to Pittsburgh to work as the art director for the independent feature film project, The Umbrella Man. Point Park cinema students and alumni were also involved in all aspects of the film.
Meet Shawn D. Bronson
Job title: Art Director for The Umbrella Man
Now working as: Freelance Art Director/Production Designer
Degrees earned: Master of Fine Arts in production design, American Film Institute; Bachelor of Arts in cinema arts with a concentration in directing, Point Park University
Graduation years: 2011, 2008
Hometown: Indiana, Pa.
Now living in: Los Angeles, Calif.
Why did you choose to attend Point Park?
I transferred to Point Park because of the newly started, at that time, cinema arts program. Film is what I wanted to be doing with my life and the program seemed like the perfect catalyst to assist me. It was through that major that I was introduced to art direction and decided to further my education and skills at American Film Institute.
How did you get the job as art director for The Umbrella Man?
I had worked with the production designer, Merissa Lombardo, one summer on a commercial in Pittsburgh and we kept in touch. When she got the design job, she called me to art direct for her and I have been very anxious to come back to Pittsburgh and work for a little while.
What were some of your key responsibilities as art director for this film?
Some of my key responsibilities included the following: art department workflow, scheduling, budgeting, conceptual renderings, technical drawings, graphics, and coordinating with production and locations as per location/set needs.
Provide a brief synopsis of the film.
Pittsburgh, 1983 - A man's 8-year-old son dies in a tragic hunting accident and to cope with the grief, and his down spiraling of his marriage, he becomes associated with a group of conspirators regarding the 20th anniversary of the John F. Kennedy assassination.
What was it like working with fellow Point Park alumni on this film?
It was a treat to be able to work with some former classmates and also some more recent graduates. It's always a good time reminiscing about a former time in your life and seeing where you've changed as a person and developed professionally.
What advice do you have for a prospective student considering the cinema arts program?
I think the program is a great start to introduce yourself to and try out the many different areas that a career in film has to offer. In addition to that, with the continual professional filming that has been occurring in the Pittsburgh area, I think the program lends you the opportunities for internships and post-graduation entry-level positions to gain experience and build your network that will help you get to where you want to be someday.
What's next for you?
I am lucky enough to say that I have been working fairly consistently since I graduated and look forward to whatever that next production is, though for right now I am enjoying some time off at home in Los Angeles getting little projects done around the house and spending time with my partner and our dogs preparing for the holidays.
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by Br. Dominic Smith, O.S.A.
Students from John Paul the Great Catholic University traveled to Taylor Guitar's 145,000 square foot manufacturing facility in El Cajon last Thursday for a lesson in business planning. After studying various business models in the classroom, Professor Culbertson and his students visited one of the top manufacturers of acoustic guitars in the United States.
Students were given safety glasses and headphones as they began their tour through the noisy factory floor. The guide, Ryan, who could pass for a Kurt Cobain look-alike, explained the production process through a microphone. Participants could hear with headphones as they walked through the din of the plant. Ryan instructed the group to stay within the yellow safety lines marked on the floor and he stressed, "Do not touch the wood!" Oils from hands can be transferred onto the wood and ruin the product, he explained.
Early in the tour, students were surprised to learn that Taylor Guitar was started by two twenty-one year olds in 1974: Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug. Tour participant, Michael Beal, said, "From the start, the partners understood their individual responsibilities. One created the best acoustic guitars [Bob Taylor], and the other sold them to the best of his ability [Kurt Listug]."
According to the guide, what separated Taylor Guitars from other guitars was their narrow necks, making it easier to play, superb action and great sound. Today, 44 years later, Taylor Guitar is still revolutionizing the acoustic guitar industry. Earlier this year, it released the V-class bracing system which offers more volume, longer sustain, and better intonation. With this new model of acoustic guitar, production can't keep up with sales. Alfredo Martinez said, "I think it's really cool that they are not only concerned with making the guitar look good, but also with making the instrument sound better. The V-blocking system was really impressive." The current six month waiting list for purchases of the new V-class guitar are a drastic change from when the men were struggling to sell their products at the start of their career.
At the end of the tour, Ryan pulled off one of the new V-class guitars hanging on the walls and played a few melodies. The sound of the instrument, complemented by Ryan's musical abilities, demonstrated Taylor Guitar's continuous innovation in the quality of their product, and why they sell guitars faster than they can make them. Their success in business is a great model for any future business endeavor.


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Has anyone tried this product with the 850mAh Li-Ion battery with success?
We've got the fun, but the spark went missing.
The Microchip eval board runs at ~$170.....
So I can't speak for Sparkfun, but just from my own experience with pcb purchases, 25 bucks for the board isn't to terrible considering that they only made ~200. Also take into account that they need to pay someone to design the board, and that cost is also most likely incorporated into a run of ~200 and Sparkfun is a business, so they at least need to make some amount of profit on the boards......I don't have their cost break downs, but you are paying for having a lot of information all in one place to help you get up and running, personally, I think its a bit of a steal at $50.....
It's all in the wrists
What's the matter, kid? You never had Lily Pads?
Just curious folks, but is there any interest in a similar Arduino shield for Single Wire CAN which is usually used by General Motors for GMLAN?
Guys if you are interested in what I modified to get the IOIO to work with the Thunderbolt go to the google group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?pli=1#!topic/ioio-users/pW0wlUQnlUI
Also, If someone else with a different HTC that can't get it to work with the IOIO could try these changes and see if it works that would be great!
Ok guys, so after about a month of monkeying around with my Thunderbolt and losing count of how many times I factory reset the stupid phone I got it working with bluetooth and the IOIO. I've hacked my way through Ytai's code to get this working so it isn't pretty but I will post once I clean it up so that others can use it.
I was able to get a basic app working on the Thunderbolt, I haven't actually plugged in the IOIO yet.
EDIT - So I did some searching after reading this post. Looks like you can't connect via USB to the Thunderbolt, however Bluetooth should work fine, I'm getting to the point that I'll test it, just busy with the real world....


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It's been a while since I ate some pizza myself. My fave is beef tenderloin, béarnaise sauce, agaricus bisporus, and the self-explanatory cheese and tomato sauce.
Last time; A slight remodel of the house, Bronson and Astrotrain became adults, Mytilus became a teenager and Ham was too cool for school (bus).
A black goldfish Ham caught. In the pool. I don't even…
Tenderloin: I think I'd like another child. But a son this time.
No way, José!
Tenderloin: Hello, non-existent boss of mine. I'd like to quit my job.
Tenderloin: Well, now that I have dramatically extended my lifespan with the power of vampirism, I want to try my hands at other things, ya get me?
Cop cars! One is Bronson's and the other belonged to the long dead Shark.
Tenderloin: Oh, bother. How long can it take to steal three things. *Yawn*
Well, ovens tend to be quite heavy. But then again, why question the logic where you can have unlimited amounts of fish in your pocket.
Ham: Ouch, this is getting old…
Hey there, Mytilus. That painting is looking a bit too bright, don't ya think?
Mytilus: It's meant to be this way, I'm breaking boundaries.
Sigh, if I had the awesome painting mod I wouldn't get these "personal effects".
Another skill unintentionally maxed. I wonder if mods might fix that later.
Clearly she inherited her mixology skills from her mother, or it's just because she's a vampire.
Ham: Man, after all that drink testing I need a seriously strong cup of coffee to kill the spinning and the visions.
Astro: Amen to that, sis.
Ham: Hey yo! Tubby face one! You can't deny me drinks! I'm a teenage celebrity vampire!
Ham: Hey man, can you buy me some drinks? The badly dressed bartender won't serve me.
Matthew: *thinking* Now that is something I'd like to tap (dry of blood).
Reason number 56 of why I want mods: Adults fornicating with teenagers.
Forgotten caption number 361.
I got a nice Fast Lane car for dear Ham, 'cause she deserves it.
Elvira: Pfft, amateur.
Fun fact: Renee (Bronson's mother) is not a vampire at the beginning of the game. Elvira has been for a long time.
Welcome to the brain game of the week! This time, count the decapitated people in the frame!
Oh, and Bala's birthday.
Bala: No worries, sir, I'm friendlier now.
Since Jupiter, the boy who I thought was a girl, is a spouse option I thought he deserved something to distinguish him from the rest.
Turns out, he has blue hair! xD But I barely gave a damn with his makeover, might as well give him a better one if he joins the household later on.
Bala: Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick! That guy has blue hair!
Bala: How about you and me become BFFs?
Bala: But you don't have to move in right now, because I'm not queen of the house yet.
The first girl I've seen who can rock the jacket.
Inventions made by Ham that I have screenshots of: 4
Where's Balaenoptera?
Ham: Chaaaaaarge!!!
Ham: Whoa! Goodness gracious!
Ham: Wee! I wanna go again!
Bronson: Little whale, I know you look exactly like me. And therefore you are my personal favourite for heiress.
Mytilus: I heard that, father.
Astro: We will talk about this later, police dude.
Bala: Cool, dad. Now let's talk disco!
Bronson: I love you whale, despite your apparent insanity.
Bala: Love you too daddy. *crosses eyes*
Ham: Yaaaaaaawn… Maybe I shouldn't time travel on school nights.
Bronson: I can has hug?
Astro: I can't be mad at you, my dude.
At rehearsal…
Vic: Let's rock and roooll!
Tenderloin: Take it easy, babe.
Vic: Fine. Then I'll just go to work. As a mayor… or something.
Mytilus: Why do I have to keep up with this torture?
Mytilus: Music. Is what calms my soul.
Remember Rochelle? Every time Astro comes over to steal from her place, she's always glued to the shuffle board.
Astro: I worry for dear mother bitch.
In the next chapter… young adults! So until next time…


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By: Alicia Emili
Blog Category: Immigration Reform
With more than 11 million individuals living illegally within US borders, it is clear our immigration system is in need of reform. The US is currently faced with this enormous task and the only way to ensure a proper execution of such expansive reform is for Congress to carefully address each part of the plan before unleashing it.
The highly complex comprehensive set of reforms supported by President Obama focus on strengthening border security, strengthening enforcement, streamlining legal immigration, and creating an earned path to citizenship. Core pieces of the comprehensive bill include things such as: improving infrastructure at ports of entry, improving partnerships with border communities and law enforcement, stepping up surveillance, cracking down on employers who hire undocumented workers, phasing in electronic employment verification, deporting convicted criminals, creating a "startup visa" for entrepreneurs, and launching a Citizenship Resource Center to centralize the information and tools needed for the entire process. The reform also requires illegal immigrants to pass national security and criminal background checks, learn the English language, and pay taxes with penalties before they can earn their citizenship.
While President Obama originally pushed his set of reform acts through the Senate as a single, comprehensive bill, it does not appear that the bill will survive the House in the same comprehensive form. President Obama has said that he will now accept a piecemeal version of the plan with the stipulation that the main values remain. The possibility of carving out the simple issues and leaving the complex issues on the back burner is one, he stated, that he will not support.
House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) has said that immigration reform is "absolutely not" a dead issue, but has not offered a time table for a scheduled vote. Advocates remain concerned as the passing of an immigration bill in 2014 with midterm elections on the horizon is complicated at best. However, Boehner insists on addressing the intricacies of the reform one step at a time to ensure that the issues are being dealt with in a calculated manner. Boehner is encouraged by President Obama's recent decision to support a piecemeal approach to the reform, especially since the American people have become skeptical of large, comprehensive bills.
Overall, this gives confidence to the American people that the House is making a valiant effort to produce the most efficient reform possible, especially with the financial implications the reform could have on the blight economy. Executives of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council believe immigration reform will provide "an instant jolt to the U.S. economy," and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that a reform would increase the revenue of the Unites States by roughly $700 billion within 10 years. With the American people's best interest in mind, and a strict step-by-step approach to reforming the system, the US appears to be on a bright path to an effective and efficient immigration reform system.
The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Widener Journal of Law, Economics & Race.
David Nakamura, Boehner: Immigration reform 'absolutely not' dead in House, Washington Post (Nov. 21, 2013), available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/11/21/boehner-immigration-reform-absolutely-not-dead-in-house/.
Obama would accept piecemeal immigration reform, UPI (Nov. 22, 2013), available at http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/11/20/Obama-would-accept-piecemeal-immigration-reform/UPI-43991384929000/.
Immigration, The White House (Nov. 23, 2013), available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration.


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Guinness World Records has officially recognized Barcelona football star, Lionel Messi, as the player to have scored the most goals in a calendar year after netting his 86th goal of 2012. Messi clinched the record after hitting the target twice in Barca's 2-1 win over Real Betis on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Argentine edged past Gerd Mueller's long-standing record of 85 – set in 1972 – to set a new benchmark, which includes goals for club and country.
This is coming against the backdrop of fresh claims by the Zambian FA that the record was never Muller's to be broken, but was rather Kabwe Warriors striker Godfrey Chitalu who scored 107 goals, also in 1972. The five-time Zambian player of the year's feat was never officially recognised by FIFA, but Zambian officials have approached football's governing body to have the goals officially recorded.
Apart from that, there have been claims from Brazilian club, Flamengo, that Messi is still one goal shy of the record set by Brazilian Zico, who the club say scored 89 goals in 1979. The midfielder, who played in three World Cup campaigns for the South Americans between 1978 and 1986, scored 81 goals for the Rio-based club, seven with Brazil and one in a friendly. "Messi has not bettered the record," said Bruno Lucena, a club historian.


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Confused with Carp
In the Baseline Knowledge Survey for Ontario, it was discovered that 26% of Ontarians believe that they can identify an Asian carp. While only 3% of Ontarians know that there are four species of Asian carp. As such, there are many incorrect reports of Asian carps directed to the Invading Species Hotline. This implies that the public, while receiving the message about the risks of Asian carp, are still unable to properly differentiate Asian carps from native lookalikes. Here are a few of the main lookalikes that often get confused with carp!
If you are ever unsure of what you catch and you think it might be invasive, report it to the Invading Species Hotline at 1-800-563-7711.
Buffalo species tend to be dull brownish olive colour with dusky fins and can reach sizes upward of one metre long. They are not common in Ontario and should be returned to the water whenever caught. The main way to differentiate a Bigmouth Buffalo from a Grass Carp is the distinctive sickle shaped dorsal fin that is tall at the front and tapers down right before the caudal fin, most comparable to the dorsal fin on a Common Carp.
Range Map for Bigmouth Buffalo
(modified from https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=362)
Although they are not native, Common Carp have been established in North America for over 100 years and do not need to be removed or reported if seen. They are deep-bodied and vary in colour from silver to olive-green with brass or grey on the back and sides. The belly is yellowish and lower fins are reddish-orange. Two features that differentiate the Common Carp from the Grass Carp are the presence of whisker-like appendages called barbels near the corners of its mouth and a long dorsal fin that runs down the back half of their body.
Common Carp will often break water during spawning in the spring and less frequently throughout the summer. Sometimes, if they are feeding along shore, their tails may stick out of the water. These traits can be confused as a Silver Carp "jumping" however they do not fully come out of the water like Silver Carp.
Range Map for Common Carp
(modified from https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?speciesID=4)
Creek Chub are olive brown with a whitish belly and a dark, pronounced line on its side. On average they are 10 to 15 cm long. Compared to a Grass Carp, the Creek Chub has a more flattened snout and has small barbels in either corner of its mouth. Creek Chub have a blackish stripe along its back with a prominent black dot at the front base of the dorsal fin. Breeding males become an orange hue and gain four to eight large, thorn-like tubercles on their body and fins.
Range Map for Creek Chub
(modified from https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=649)
Range Map for Fallfish
(modified from USGS Species Profile)
Gizzard Shad are silver blue on the back and silver white underneath and on average are between 28 to 40 cm but can reach up to 50 cm long. The last segment on the Gizzard Shad dorsal fin is long and whip-like, extending past all other dorsal segments, where the carp's dorsal fins do not. Also, the eye of a Gizzard Shad is above the mouth and lateral line where on a Bighead/Silver carp, the eye is located below the midline and mouth of the fish.
Range Map for Gizzard Shad
(modified from http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=492)
There are a few species of shiners that get reported as Grass Carp, including Golden Shiner, Striped Shiner, and Common Shiner. All three species are similar in appearance with silver, olive, or golden colourations and are usually between 7 to 15 cm. The key characteristic to differentiate shiners from Grass Carp is that the anal fin of shiners is long and curves inwards where the Grass Carp has a shorter anal fin that has a flat edge. Shiners have reddish fins, deep bodies, and have a distinctive 'hump' on its back.
Range Map for Common Shiner
(modified from https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.aspx?speciesID=563)
Mooneye tend to have a silvery body with darker fins; on average they are 30 cm long, but can reach lengths of 45 cm. The best way to tell a Mooneye from a Silver Carp is to look at its eye. Mooneye, as the name suggests, has a very large eye that takes up the majority of its face, and is located above the mouth opening. Silver Carp's eyes are below the mouth opening. Also, Silver Carp have a distinctively curved lateral line where a Mooneye has a straight lateral line.
Range Map for Mooneye
(modified from http://www.roughfish.com/mooneye)
White Sucker are dark green, grey, brown, or black with a light underbelly. They can grow up to 30 to 50 cm long. White Sucker have a straight lateral line running from gills to tail, where a Grass Carp has a curved line. They also have a distinctive sucker mouth that protrudes downwards and has eyes very close to the top of its head, unlike that of the Grass Carp.
Range Map for White Sucker
(modified from http://www.roughfish.com/sites/default/files/suk_whs.png)
Asian Carp Canada is your resource for information and news regarding Asian carp developments in Canada. This site connects visitors to the most recent prevention technologies, early warning measures, response efforts, and the overall threat of Asian carps to the Great Lakes and beyond.
Invasive Species Centre
705 541 5790
1219 Queen Street East
Sault Ste. Marie Ontario
©2011-2016 Invasive Species Centre


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Presentation: Solar Panel Installation
September 14, 2016 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm| $10 – $20
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of a 4kw Solar Panel Installation
Join USGBC-Illinois and the North/Northwest Branch for The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of a 4 kW Solar Installation.
"I should have installed more panels!" laments Ted Krasnesky two years after installing a 4 kW array on his home in Barrington. Find out why as Ted shares the Good, Bad and Ugly parts of his 2014-2016 journey from installation, to net metering, to grant processing, to SREC bidding. Other experts will join Ted to share how technology, incentives, utilities and SRECs are changing to encourage onsite renewable energy and help us build a sustainable future.
Before the presentations begin, view Ted's solar installation and prairie restoration.
Notes: This will be an "open air" presentation with"Ravinia" type seating. Attendees please bring blankets and chairs.
Venue is 1/2 mile West of Rand Road on North side of West Miller Road. Address is on mail box. Granite paver driveway approach to 700′ gravel and concrete strip driveway. Click here for a map
5:30 – 6:30 PM Refreshments, networking and tours of the solar installation and the surrounding prairie restoration.
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6:45 – 7:00 PM Doug Snower presents the current costs associated with a solar panel installation and associate incentives.
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- Ted Krasnesky, Owner, Shooting Star Prairie
- Doug Snower, Founder, Windfree Solar
USGBC-Illinois Members: $10.00
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This program will qualify for 1.0 AIA and GBCI CE hours.
We are looking for sponsors to support this event and initiative. Please contact Joan Martin at (312) 245-8300 x205 for more details.
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British, Americans, Canadians, Russian and Chinese couples make the top five of grooms and spouses coming to Italy get married, an habit that is further stimulating tourism as most of these couples usually come back to Italy to celebrate some of their anniversaries.
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As more San Jose residents struggle to cope with the city's astronomical housing prices, one councilwoman wants the city to help moderate-income families buy their first homes by assisting them with a down payment.
In a new memo, Councilwoman Pam Foley — who owns a family mortgage company — urges the city to explore everything from an equity sharing model to second mortgages with flexible pay-back options.
"Today, many middle-income, first-time homebuyers searching in the San Jose market find themselves capable of making a mortgage payment, but struggling to save enough funds for a downpayment," Foley wrote. "Now on a regular basis, we see much of San Jose's middle-class emigrating from Silicon Valley into less expensive regions of California or to entire states altogether."
In San Jose, a family of four living on around $150,000 would qualify as moderate income, as would an individual making up to about $105,000. While that might not sound too bad, single-family homes in the nation's 10th largest city now average more than $1 million, while condos run nearly $800,000. In other words, saving up a down payment on a moderate income has become impossible for many people.
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More than 65,000 households — about 20 percent — in San Jose qualify as moderate income, including people who work as teachers, accountants, registered nurses and even some computer hardware engineers. But since 2014, developers have pulled building permits for only around 1,585 homes for moderate income residents — less than half of the production level the city aimed to achieve by the end of 2018.
"There are very few housing tools currently to meet the needs of these residents," Morales-Ferrand wrote bluntly.
In her report, Morales-Ferrand noted that the council approved $10 million for acquiring and rehabbing housing for moderate-income families and said her department will return later in the year with potential ways to do that. She also noted that the number of permits for accessory dwelling units, which are generally affordable for moderate-income families, has gone up since the city made it easier to build them. In 2014, San Jose issued just 21 permits. In 2018, the city issued nearly 200. The department is also exploring a range of other options for adding more affordable housing, from redeveloping city-owned sites to public-private partnerships.
Still, Foley wants the city to take another look at downpayment assistance programs, which the city used to offer to teachers and credentialed staff. At the county level, 2016's Measure A allocated $25 million for first-time buyer assistance.
"The fact that average wages in San Jose have simply not kept up with rising housing costs, along with other economic factors such as rising interest rates, higher financial lending thresholds, and decreased federal property tax deductions only serve as additional obstacles for first-time home buyers," Foley wrote. "Once again, the City of San Jose must undertake a more concerted and collaborative effort to make our region a more affordable place for moderate income individuals."


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Pair of earrings
1. Cut 4 in. (10 cm) of 20-gauge wire, and make a right-angle bend about 3⁄8 in. (1 cm) from one end. Following the template, use chainnose and roundnose pliers and your fingers to bend the wire into a bird shape (photo a).
2. Wrap the long wire tail around the 3⁄8-in. (1 cm) stem, and trim (photo b).
3. Make a plain loop with the 3⁄8-in. (1 cm) stem (photo c).
4. Cut 3 in. (7.6 cm) of 22-gauge wire, and make the first half of a wrapped loop at one end. Slide the loop into the loop on the bird charm, and complete the wraps. String a 4–6 mm bead, and make a wrapped loop (photo d).
5. Open the loop of an earring finding and attach the wrapped loop above the bead (photo e).
6. Make a second earring.


text: Please pray for the family and loved ones of Jerri Savuto. Jerri passed away Friday, September 30. She and her husband Bill were long time missionaries in Maua, Kenya. They have set the Celebration of Jerri's Life service for Saturday, October 8, 2016, at 2:00 pm CDT. It will be held at 1st UMC, McKinney, 315 N. Church St., McKinney, TX 75069. The church telephone number is 972-562-8556. Bill has requested that rather than sending flowers, if you would like, send donations in Jerri's name made to Maua Hospital Service Fund Advance #09613A as that is what Jerri wanted.


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· Importance of Yoga in Life and Benefits
International Yoga day is celebrated on June 21 and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested United Nation to do that in 2014. Yoga is very important for everyone. Yoga in daily life is a system of practice in the development of physical, mental, social and spiritual health. After yoga every people get mentally and physically fresh and ready for his work and make stress under control. Yoga refreshes our mind and makes new thought and action in our mind. Morning is the best time for doing yoga for every person in the airy atmosphere it also gives u the fresh air of morning that is very good for health.
importance of yoga
Yoga is not a religion; it is the way of living that aim 'a healthy mind in a healthy body'. Yoga helps a balanced development in our body. It brings disciplines in person's life. It helps in increasing your energy, flexibility, muscle strength and body tone. It always feels you in confidence of doing anything in your daily life. Regular practice of yoga can help lose weight, improve immunity and maintain your lifestyle.
Yoga comes from Hinduism long years ago and is being practiced worldwide today. Yoga teaches us the knowledge of how to lead a healthy living. It improves our concentration creativity and sharpens our memory. Yoga makes our blood circulation normal and makes breathing clear.
Ø Benefits of Yoga:
1. Helps in blood circulation.
2. Refresh mind and improves concentration.
3. Helps in releasing stress.
4. Useful for weight loss and makes you fit.
5. Yoga cures diabetes and asthma.
6. Helps in our skin glow.
7. Protects from injury.
8. Helps in our digestion.
9. Improves flexibility of muscles.
10. Yoga helps in heart related problem.
11. Yoga increased metabolism.
12. Keeps diseases away from us.
13. Helps you sleep better.
14. Improved respiration, energy, and vitality.
Improves concentration:
The art of practicing yoga help's in controlling every person's mind, body and soul. Yoga improves our concentration and helps to focused on individual's work. In recent times, we get to know that regular yoga improves our memory and IQ level also. In modern time people are getting bored of using mobile phones, laptop and social media so doctor advises to do workout in going to Gym regularly at a specific time.
Yoga helps to build strength:
Yoga plays very important role to give strength in our body. In modern days Doctors suggests their patient to do yoga regularly in their life. Yoga involves a lot of stretching exercises. If we do not do yoga in our life daily than we get weaker and lose health. By doing yoga we make our muscles strong and makes our body to control weight. In our busy life we have too much stress and our energy level down at a specific time but after doing yoga daily we must get these problems less in our life.
Types of yoga:
There are many types of yoga. Every people need different types of yoga according to their needs and sometimes doctor advises different type of yoga for different people.
Some types of yoga are following:
1. Hatha yoga
2. Vinyasa yoga
3. Ashtanga yoga
4. Iyengar yoga
5. Viniyoga
6. Yin yoga
7. Kundalini yoga
8. Sivananda yoga
Finally the conclusion of practicing yoga is that if people want to get always fit and free from stress than he must give one hour for yoga at a specific time. It also works as medicine for some people.


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The logistics of splitting up your marriage can get complicated, and some decisions simply must be made quickly. You don't have time to wait. The divorce case itself could run on for a few months. Some complex cases could take over a year.
Imagine that you have two young children. They didn't decide to get divorced and they need a place to live. They need money for necessary items, like food and clothing. You can't put them in limbo for three months while the case proceeds. Temporary support and custody orders may then be used to ensure that they get what they need until another, permanent order can be issued.
If the temporary order comes out and you don't like what it says -- maybe it gives your spouse full custody, for instance, when you were hoping for joint custody -- don't panic. Again, this is not a permanent order and it will eventually expire or be replaced.
The problem is that the court may not have time to really examine all of the little details. The speed of the decision is key so that the children have some structure in their lives. After the court comes back and looks at all of those details in depth, it may change the decision so that it's more in line with what you think it should be.
Of course, seeing that temporary order come out can be a bit stressful when you don't agree with it. At times like these, it's especially important to know all of the legal options that you have and how you should proceed.
Source: FindLaw, "Family Court Decisions: Temporary Orders," accessed April 04, 2017