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– As Congress heads into a critical week of votes on how to relieve America's home-foreclosure crisis, one of the toughest issues will be how to deal with the racial and ethnic dimensions of the problem. Minorities will be watching closely to see who gets the help.
There's broad support on Capitol Hill for shoring up government-sponsored home-mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: They're too big to fail, many say. But there's much less consensus over what to do about people who are losing their homes, especially in poor, inner-city neighborhoods – or even over how to understand their plight.
The racial overtones of the foreclosure crisis are taking on a higher profile as Congress wrestles with the shape of a fix this week.
At issue is a proposed $3.9 billion in block grants to help states or local governments buy and demolish or rehabilitate foreclosed properties to try to stem urban blight. The money is expected to flow to minority neighborhoods, in particular.
While there are big gaps in available data, industry analysts expect that black and Hispanic homeowners will bear the brunt of the foreclosure crisis. But is it because they overextended and should not have been in the housing market to begin with? Or were they the unsuspecting victims of predatory lending?
"Black and Hispanic families have gotten a disproportionate share of subprime lending, and subprime loans are the driving force behind the foreclosures," says Katheen Day, spokeswoman for the Center for Responsible Lending, a nonprofit research and policy group based in Durham, N.C. "We know that black and Hispanic communities are hardest hit."
Subprime loans – loans made to homebuyers with less-than-perfect credit – were responsible for a large share of the foreclosures that started last year. And minorities received a hefty share of those loans. Just over half of African-Americans and 4 in 10 Hispanics who got a mortgage in 2006 had a subprime loan, according to a 2007 analysis by the Center for Responsible Lending.
Also, the areas hardest hit by home-loan crisis are heavily Hispanic. In seven of the 10 metro areas with the highest foreclosure rates last month, they represent at least one-third of the population; in two of them – Merced and Salinas-Monterey, Calif. – Hispanics make up more than half of the population. Their rates of homeownership are also high: More than half of Hispanic households owned their home in eight of the top 10 foreclosure cities, according to the latest census data.
African-Americans are also hit hard by the crisis, although they aren't concentrated in cities with the highest foreclosures. In only two of the top 10 metro areas – Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Vallejo-Fairfield, Calif. – did they make up more than 10 percent of the population. Their homeownership rates also trailed those of Hispanics in all but Vallejo-Fairfield.
Still, African-Americans made up more than 20 percent of the population in metro Detroit, No. 13 on the list of top foreclosure cities by RealtyTrac, and in Miami, No. 15.
It is cities such as these – along with Cleveland, which felt the brunt of the housing crisis early – where the pressure is building for local politicians to come up with a solution.
Activist groups say this racial dimension to the problem puts a special responsibility on the federal government to relieve distress in these neighborhoods.
"The subprime lending debacle has caused the greatest loss of wealth to people of color in modern US history," says Amaad Rivera, lead author of a 2008 report by United for a Fair Economy. The Boston-based research group estimates that black/African-American borrowers will lose between $71 billion and $92 billion in the current foreclosure crisis, while Latino borrowers will lose between $75 billion and $98 billion.
"The difficulties have been concentrated in 'subprime' loans, which generally go to borrowers with limited or damaged credit, although there is evidence that some borrowers are shifted into the subprime category because they are African-American or Hispanic," said Rep. Barney Frank (D) of Massachusetts, who chairs the House Financial Services Committee, in a statement last week.
House Democrats say a new $3.9 billion federal program to help state and local governments buy up foreclosed properties would be part of the solution. The Bush administration has opposed such block grants on the grounds that "the principal beneficiaries of this type of plan would be private lenders – who are now the owners of the vacant or foreclosed properties – instead of struggling homeowners who are working hard to stay in their homes."
Still, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last week she doubts Mr. Bush will veto the housing-rescue package, which contains a separate provision he wants to strengthen the financial positions of faltering mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The disputed funds enable communities to buy up properties once on the revenue rolls that are now "taking the value of their neighbors' homes," she said.
Conservative Republicans worry that Democrats and the Bush administration are trying to resolve today's foreclosure crisis at too high a cost – now and in the future.
"Everyone realizes that it would be calamitous for Fannie and Freddie to fail, but give me a legislative package to ensure we're not here with a bigger bailout five years later, and I haven't seen that," says Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R) of Texas, who chairs the Republican Study Committee, the conservative wing of the Republican caucus.
In a bid to address the race-based fallout of the subprime mortgage crisis, the Federal Reserve Board is working with community groups to help stabilize neighborhoods where foreclosure rates are high. Home-vacancy rates increased sharply in 2006 and hit 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2008, according to the US Census Bureau, diminishing the value of nearby homes and adding to the burden of local governments dealing with the fallout.

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When you first planned your summer vacation, you didn't expect to injure yourself and spend the vacation on only one foot. Since you did injure yourself, however, you now have to deal with what that means for your vacation. You need to go back and look at your vacation in terms of how it will go with crutches. The good news is that while it will take some thought and planning, you can still enjoy your vacation, even with an injury.
Here are a few tips for a variety of travel types.
-When Taking a Vacation by Car…
If you plan to do your traveling by car, you will be better off in many ways. You can take breaks and get out and walk around and do things on your own timetable. Make sure you have others drive so you can elevate your foot and stretch your muscles.
-When Taking a Vacation by Plane…
Getting to your vacation area by plane will take less time, but it is a tricky type of travel because planes are not exactly roomy. You will have to get yourself through the small aisles with your crutches and you will have to fit in the small seat. You might not have anywhere to put your foot in an elevated position and it is harder to get up and move around. If you have planes to take a flight, make sure you call ahead and see what accommodations the airline might have available for you. You might, for example, get to switch to a different seat with more legroom or you could be allowed to board early so you don't bother others with your crutches.
-When Taking a Vacation by Bus…
When you take a bus, you will have breaks to stop and stretch, but you will not have control over those breaks. Get up and stretch when possible and be sure to ask the driver to help you with any bags you have.
-When Taking a Vacation by Train…
Most trains have handicap seating so you have extra legroom to allow you to stretch. When taking a train, you want to make sure you arrive with plenty of time so you don't have to rush. This will make the situation less stressful for you as a whole.
Once you arrive at your destination, you will want to make sure you have arranged the right type of room for your stay. Call your hotel ahead and ask that you be placed either on the ground floor or near the elevators so you do not have to walk any farther than necessary.
Even if you make all of these arrangements and look ahead, you still might not be excited about your vacation because of the way your crutches feel on your hands and armpits. They might also limit your mobility as a whole. That's where the alternatives to crutches from Goodbye Crutches might come in handy. There are three to consider:
-Hands Free Crutch
This device straps to your injured leg and allows you to walk much like normal. You even have the use of your hands.
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This option is easy to get on and off and rolls you from place to place faster than you can walk.
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And this item allows you to sit while you scoot around so you never waste any energy.
With a little extra effort and forethought, your vacation can still be fun…even with your injury. Don't forget to post a picture of your travel this summer on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ArcadiaFoot


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Are All Calcium Supplements the Same?
Betty Kovacs, MS, RD
Medical Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
A Viewer Asks: I've heard that not all calcium supplements are the same. Which over-the-counter vitamins or minerals help build bones? Which brands or types are better than others?
Expert Answer: You heard right, not all calcium supplementsare the same. The supplements will differ by the kinds of calcium that they contain, the amount that they contain, and any thing else that is added to them (other minerals or vitamins).


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Vanamo Pitsi Violet baby wrap is a combination of bold purple & calming natural white. The stylish and fresh color makes this wrap a perfect choice for any occasion! Vanamo woven wraps are ecological and ethically produced from pure natural materials.
The all cotton Pitsi woven wraps are great and careless basic baby carriers. They are easycare and durable workhorses. Suitable for babies of various ages and sizes. The Vanamo wrap is diagonally elastic, moldable and easy to wrap with. Pitsi weave gives optimum support for the baby as well as the parent. This medium thick wrap is perfect for babies and the wrap is supportive enough for toddlers as well. The cotton Pitsi wrap is quite soft from the start and over time and using it will become cuddly soft!
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I am posting this here as a C/C++ request for assistance.
Please read and reply to the questions only.
I am not interested reading about anything else.
If you think I am to obnoxious , I am having bad experience from other forums where
people just cannot stay of the subject.
This is copy from BCM2835 datasheet.
I do not understand the b) step.
There are several main registers in SPI - CS and FIFO being of my current interest.
The FIFO register has single entry and should accept it with TA enabled.
So do I write to FIFO - data in single shot ( 32 bits wide )
and then poll CS TDX ?
Or do I have to do "writing bites " - what does that really means?
It seems that "writing BYTES" is a typo anyway.
Apparently I cannot read the FIFO - data after I write it.
10.6.1 Polled
Set CS, CPOL, CPHA as required and set TA = 1.
Poll TXD writing bytes to SPI_FIFO, RXD reading bytes from
SPI_FIFO until all
data written.
Poll DONE until it goes to 1.
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Gfail! What the World Says When Gmail Goes Down
G Fail: When Gmail Goes Down
To the list of essential utilities we can't live without — electricity, gas, water — you'd better add one more: Gmail.
The free Google email service now has 350 million users in 54 languages. So when it experienced an outage that affected a small subset of users for around half an hour Tuesday, the resulting cacophony on Twitter read like the end of the world.
According to Google, the problem affected roughly 2% of all Gmail users. (Anecdotally, that sounds about right — only one user in the Mashable office was affected.)
But 2% of 350 million is still a whole lot of upset, especially when it comes to a service that seems to govern all its users' Instant Messages as well as vital email. Many services we can live without for 30 minutes of our work day; Gmail, apparently, is not one of them. (Heck, even if the electricity goes down in your building, you can still work from your 3G smartphone.)
It may not be the case that all 7 million afflicted took to Twitter to voice their concerns, their stress, their withdrawal or their amusement, but it certainly felt like it. "#Gmail" became a trending hashtag, and "#Gfail" was surely not far behind.
We've collected a somewhat random sampling of reactions to the service outage. Some put the problem in perspective; others less so. Check out the gallery above, and let us know in the comments below: Where were you when Gmail went down?


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Letter, Spencer [Brown] to Kit [Kitty Cordelia Gould] Brown
Author: Brown, Spencer Kellogg
Date: April 15, 1860
This letter, written from Osawatomie by Spencer Brown, was addressed to his older sister Kitty (Cordelia Gould) Brown. He playfully berated her for sending a "microscopic" letter, and he offered her his personal opinion about her current suitor, describing this young man as a "milk-and-water infant." In general, the letter gave an intimate glimpse into this sister/brother relationship and demonstrated that even during hard times, life continued.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Orville Chester Brown Collection, #301, Box 1, Folder 11
Item Number: 101671 Number of images: 2
Keywords: Brothers and sisters; Brown, Cordelia Gould; Brown, Spencer; Courtship; Daily life; Lykins County, Kansas Territory (see also Miami County, Kansas); Miami County, Kansas (see also Lykins County, Kansas Territory); Osawatomie, Kansas Territory
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2 (19.8 ounce) packages brownie mix
½ cup instant coffee crystals
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/3 cup pareve whip
½ cup brown sugar
6 tablespoons margarine
2 tablespoons corn syrup
½ teaspoon vanilla
1 (13 ounce) jar chocolate or chocolate-nut spread
Pecan Halves for garnish, if desired
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease two 9-inch round cake pans. Prepare each brownie mix according to package direction adding the coffee crystals and cinnamon. Spoon batter into prepared pans and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely and remove from pans.
In a medium saucepan, combine pareve whip, brown sugar, margarine and corn syrup. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmer. Simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Transfer to a bowl and cool COMPLETELY.
Place one brownie layer on a cake plate. Top with chocolate spread, spreading evenly. Spoon 1/3 cup caramel over chocolate spread. Top with second brownie layer and then remaining caramel. Garnish with pecan halves, if desired.
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OWASP Season of Code 2009
|This is a DRAFT page still under review by the Global Projects Committee
- Deadline for project release applications: TBD
OWASP is now launching its Season of Code 2009 (OWASP SoC 09) with a provisional budget US$90,000, following the previous OWASP Summer of Code 2008, in which 33 projects were approved and a budget of more than US$125,000 have been made available, the OWASP Spring of Code 2007 (SpoC 07), in which 21 projects were sponsored with a budget of US$117,500, and the OWASP Autumn of Code 2006 (AoC 06), in which 9 projects were sponsored with a budget of US$20,000. The OWASP SoC 2009 is an OWASP grant program to encourage participants/developers to work together on OWASP (and web security) related projects.
Strategic Focus
OWASP SoC 2009 introduces a shift in grant structure from previous Seasons of Code. Going forward, we would like to see Season of Code grants used towards operating expenses. The driving idea behind this shift is that OWASP, as an organization, has plenty of technical talent and knowledge. As a result, our money is best spent on things that we cannot already do right now as an organization. These expenses include things like marketing our best projects, printing promotional samples of our best OWASP documents, graphic design, travel expenses to hold mini-summits, etc.
With this goal in mind, all project proposals should include a budget detailing how much money the team is expecting (up to 20k) and how they plan on using those funds. While all projects will be reviewed by the SoC Jury, preference will be given to projects that use the funds for expenses incurred outside of the OWASP community. The SoC Jury will provide feedback on proposals whose allocations and costs are deemed to be too high.
Although we welcome any project proposals (from improving Quality of existing OWASP projects to new innovative research), the areas below will be preferred:
- OWASP Education Pack - (Education Committee)
- Enterprise usability of OWASP projects - (Projects Committee)
- Additional Sources of Funding - (Membership & Chapters Committee)
- Marketing & PR - (Industry & Conferences Committee)
In particular, any projects that wishes to participate in the current SoC with the goal of improving their project quality is welcome to submit an application. Several project leaders have already indicated that they would like to do this even without SoC grant funds. For proposals that do not request SoC grant funds, we will do our best to offer alternative rewards in the form of project promotion (recognition, featured placement on the OWASP website, speaking slots to highlight projects at OWASP conferences, etc).
- On the allocated projects areas the respective committee, above pointed out, will be involved on the application selection and will act as the 2nd reviewer accordingly with the OWASP Assessment Criteria V2.
- The OWASP SoC 2009 is also an opportunity for external individual or company sponsors to challenge the participants/developers to work in areas in which they are willing to invest additional funding - see OWASP Season of Code Sponsorship for further information.
- The only requirement is that the candidate(s) show the potential to accomplish the project release's objectives/deliveries and the commitment to dedicate the time required to complete it within the SoC deadlines.
- Current active OWASP Project Contributors (including Project leaders) are encouraged to apply.
- No member of the OWASP board or OWASP Global Projects Committee is allowed to apply for a OWASP SoC 09 sponsorship.
- There are no any other restrictions on who can apply for a OWASP SoC 09 sponsorship.
- Ideas to work can be chosen from:
- The prioritized areas:
- 1. OWASP Education Pack - (Education Committee)
- 2. Enterprise usability of OWASP projects - (Projects Committee)
- 3. Additional Sources of Funding - (Membership & Chapters Committee)
- 4. Marketing & PR - (Industry & Conferences Committee)
- Participants/developers' own interest and choice, as long as the OWASP main objectives are considered;
- Existing OWASP Projects;
- The prioritized areas:
- To submit an application to develop a project release you have to copy this this form and to publish it here.
- Please see also OWASP SoC 08, OWASP SpoC 07 and OWASP AoC 06 for contents to be included in the Application.
- Note that no sensitive personal details should be posted in that page, i.e., full name, postal address, email, and so on.
- Once your application is published on the WIKI, send an email to Global Projects Committee with the following details:
- Project and release names;
- Contact details, i.e., full name, postal address and email.
- The Global Projects Committee can be contacted for further discussion on issues related to OWASP SoC 09 applications, i.e., project ideas, review of draft applications, etc..
- 13th May – OWASP SoC 09 is pre launched at OWASP AppSec Europe 2009 - Poland!
- TBD - OWASP SoC 09 is officially launched. Start date for submitting applications.
- TBD - Deadline for project release applications.
- TBD – Publishing of selected applications and start of OWASP SoC 09 project releases.
- TBD - Participants to report on project status - 50% mark.
- TBD - Project completion. Participants should deliver final project release report.
The OWASP SoC 09 jury is constituted by the OWASP Board Members (Jeff Williams, Dave Wichers, Tom Brennan, Sebastien Deleersnyder and Dinis Cruz) plus respective Committee representative.
- The participant must create a roadmap for the project release that includes technical requirements, functional requirements, and quality requirements. Preference will be given to proposals that use the existing OWASP Beta and Stable requirements for quality supplemented with their own technical and functional requirements.
- If requesting SoC grant funds, the participant must include a budget of anticipated expenses.
- There are two methods to select OWASP SoC 09 project releases:
- By direct majority vote by the Jury;
- By selection rating using the criteria defined below.
- Each project release will receive a rating from 1 to 5 on the following categories by each Jury. The final result will be the total value.
- On the Project Release:
- Complete status - What will be the final Completeness State? (According with the OWASP Assessment Criteria v2.0)
- Complexity - What is the project release Complexity and Size?
- Member Value - How big is the potential added value to OWASP Members?
- Brand Value - How big is the potential added value to the OWASP Brand?
- On the Candidate:
- Past Work - Value of past contributions to OWASP Projects;
- Deliverability - Proven capability to deliver;
- Quality of Proposal - Global quality of the proposal submitted.
- On the Project Release:
- Each project release will receive a rating from 1 to 5 on the following categories by each Jury. The final result will be the total value.
- Proposals are submitted using online form (with all details publicly posted).
- The participant should propose one reviewer (for details on the proposed reviewer responsibilities, see TDB see {assessment criteria reviewer role link}).
- Each and every project release should have its SoC Project Release page always completely updated with all information regarding the project release status.
- The SoC Project Release's final deliveries will be evaluated by the assigned reviewers. However, the Jury will provide final oversight.
- Invoicing of expenses can be done directly through Alison, our OWASP accountant. Grants amounts will be approved by the SoC Jury. Participants are expected to stay reasonably close to their line item budgets; significant deviations or re-allocations from individual line items will be approved by the respective Global Committee managing the project so long as the deviation does not result in the costs exceeding the original grant amount. Any costs above and beyond the original grant amount must be approved by the SoC Jury.
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In Democracy in America (1835) the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville interpreted American society through the lens of democratic political theory. A half-century later the Scotsman James Bryce examined "the institutions and the people of America as they are." Bryce presented his findings in The American Commonwealth, first published in London in three volumes in 1888. This new Liberty Fund two-volume edition is based on the updated third edition of 1941, which encompassed all the changes, corrections, and additions that Bryce entered into the previous editions. Its expanded appendix includes Bryce's 1887 essay, "The Predictions of Hamilton and De Tocqueville," and contemporaneous (1889) reviews of The American Commonwealth by Woodrow Wilson and Lord Acton.
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Health will be key for Dodgers to take next step
After clinching NL West, club now focused on finding success in postseason
SAN FRANCISCO -- Almost ignored in the aftermath of the Dodgers' division-clinching celebration was the bar-setting comment from the most famous voice of ownership.
"We only accomplished Goal #1," tweeted Magic Johnson. "Today we have to set our sights on goal #2 defeating whoever our opponent is in the playoffs!"
Dodger Nation: We only accomplished Goal #1. Today we have to set our sights on goal #2 defeating whoever our opponent is in the playoffs!- Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) September 20, 2013
While the media has been obsessed with the Chase Field pool party, the Dodgers had better turn the page to the next challenge. And to make sure of that, Johnson, who won five NBA titles, slapped them alongside the head with another smack of expectation.
It's the expectation that comes with a $2.15 billion purchase price and a $230 million player payroll, the expectation that comes with a starting rotation headed by a pair of Cy Young Award winners.
Manager Don Mattingly is in the final weeks of his contract, so he doesn't need to be reminded. When you play for billionaires and iconic champions, stratospheric expectations are along for the ride.
"You hear about being favored all winter, all Spring Training and as the season gets underway," said general manager Ned Colletti, who has the Dodgers in the postseason for the fourth time in his eight years in charge. "We still had to play the games. We had to push away all the noise. It's tough when you're expected to win."
It's tougher when the best players can't play. Health dictated the best and worst of times for the Dodgers this year, and it won't be any different in the postseason.
Will Andre Ethier's ankle allow him to play? Can Hanley Ramirez keep his back nerve from flaring? Can Matt Kemp, with three stints on the disabled list already, stay in one piece for another month? Will Yasiel Puig harness his instincts and not try to run through any walls? Can Carl Crawford play hard without breaking?
Who knows? Some are brittle, some play too hard, but whatever the reason, the Dodgers' postseason success probably depends on health more than any other factor. Crawford and Puig appear healthy now, but they've missed games in recent weeks too.
Only Crawford appears to be running hard since their injuries, and the big unknown is whether they can flip the switch to full speed when the playoffs start and, more important, what will be the after-effects when they do?
The Dodgers showed this year they could win without Kemp. But that was when they had Ethier to take over. The midseason turnaround that took them from worst to first was mostly tied to the June return from the disabled list of Ramirez and the promotion from Double-A Chattanooga of Puig.
"You can't say Puig without saying Hanley," said Mattingly. "Puig got a lot of attention. Hanley was the force."
Mattingly, though, goes a little deeper to pinpoint two key moments in the season.
"We really gained confidence on the [July 2-10] trip that we won two of three in Colorado, two of three in San Francisco, then swept the Diamondbacks," he said. "We were able to get to 2 1/2 back at the break, and at that point we knew we were in it. We knew we could have a bad series and still be OK.
"That trip was huge, and the trip out of the break was huge [three-game sweeps in Washington and Toronto]. That gave us a ton of confidence."
To Mattingly, health led to improved play, which led to confidence, which resulted in even better play. Everything that went wrong in the first half had reversed. And plenty had gone wrong.
The loss of Chad Billingsley and Josh Beckett, combined with repeated injuries to Chris Capuano and Ted Lilly, left a starting rotation that once had too many to suddenly have too few. Stephen Fife and Matt Magill, not even on the radar coming out of Spring Training, moved into the rotation, but short starts taxed the bullpen.
The rotation was solidified when Colletti dealt three young pitchers to Miami for Ricky Nolasco, who didn't have the marquee value of Matt Garza on the trade market, but turned into a better acquisition. He joined Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke and Hyun-Jin Ryu, while A.J. Ellis further solidified his status as starting catcher with his pitch calling and control of the running game, backed up by Tim Federowicz.
As Kemp's injuries piled up, the Dodgers asked Ethier to shift over to center field. Ethier, whose intensity was called out by the manager in May, responded with surprisingly solid defense in his new position and more consistent offense. But because of his ankle, his role is now uncertain.
The Dodgers also asked a lot, and received a lot, from bench players Nick Punto, Skip Schumaker and Jerry Hairston, but the acquisition of Michael Young appears to have put Hairston on the roster bubble.
Mattingly also has tough roster choices involving extra starter Edinson Volquez, relievers Brandon League, Chris Capuano and Carlos Marmol and youngsters Scott Van Slyke and Dee Gordon.
In addition to the impact of rookies Ryu and Puig, the Dodgers had a solid comeback season from Crawford and a surprising one from Juan Uribe, who won back the starting third-base job he lost last year and will be looking to duplicate his postseason stardom with the 2010 Giants.


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1. Re: Dynamic Enrichment Policy not workingNiranjan Panigrahi Aug 9, 2012 9:17 AM (in response to Jayesh Panchal)
Hello Jayesh,
It could be possible that the CRITICAL event that you see is a upgraded event i.e. the previous seveiry was MINOR or MAJOR and later the severity was upgraded to CRITICAL.
In that case the policy won't fire.
You can check if that is a upgraded event by check the value of the slot "Orignal_Severity"
In that case you can follow the steps below to workaround the same
1. On BPPM Admin Console, go to the policy tab, find out the propagation policy you're currently using. Click menu File->Export to export the policy to a BAROC format file c:\temp\output.baroc,
2. Open the output.baroc file, modify the last 3 lines before "END" to following:
4. Save the file and use following command line to execute the modification:
mposter -n cellname -d c:\temp\output.baroc
Now it will consider both the MINOR AND CRITICAL events
2. Re: Dynamic Enrichment Policy not workingJayesh Panchal Aug 9, 2012 10:55 PM (in response to Niranjan Panigrahi)
Hello Niranjan,
Thanks for the valuable info.
But we are not upgrading any event.These events come from TM ART directly.
So what is your thought on this.Why its not happening for CRITICAL.
3. Re: Dynamic Enrichment Policy not workingNiranjan Panigrahi Aug 10, 2012 9:02 AM (in response to Jayesh Panchal)
Hi Jayesh,
Can you send me the event (in baroc format) which you think is not working.
Also a copy of the selector and entichment policy that you are using.
To copy it you need to select the selectory\policy in the admin console and click on the copy icon at the top
4. Re: Dynamic Enrichment Policy not workingJayesh Panchal Aug 16, 2012 1:47 AM (in response to Niranjan Panigrahi)
Hi Niranjan,
We are not using propagation policy...we are using dynamic enrichment policy.
and when i tried to execute mposter commant..it gives me error that slot "when_slot" is undefined.
Please guide me whats wrong in this.
5. Re: Dynamic Enrichment Policy not workingJayesh Panchal Aug 16, 2012 2:58 AM (in response to Jayesh Panchal)
I have attached baroc file above.
6. Re: Dynamic Enrichment Policy not workingNiranjan Panigrahi Aug 16, 2012 2:19 PM (in response to Jayesh Panchal)
Hello Jayesh,
Yeah I haven't mentioned anything about the propagation policy in this discussion. we are taking about the enrichment policy from the very begenning.
I looked into the baroc file and thats exactly what I was pointing in my first note. Your dynamic enrichment policy is not working because the event severity has been upgraded. initally it was MINOR then it was upgraded to CRITICAL.
The following slots in the event details says it all
Can you also attach the file that you are trying to mposter.
7. Re: Dynamic Enrichment Policy not workingJayesh Panchal Aug 16, 2012 10:57 PM (in response to Niranjan Panigrahi)
I have attached the baroc file I am trying to mposter.
You mentioned propagation policy in your first reply in 1st point thats why I asked.
Are you confirm that those above slots will recognize for dynamic enichment policy because I see those slots only in propagation and notification policy only.
You just try adding those slots and mposter it and let me know if it executes successfully.
8. Re: Dynamic Enrichment Policy not workingNiranjan Panigrahi Aug 19, 2012 8:49 AM (in response to Jayesh Panchal)
Hello Jayesh,
My bad, you can import the policy by making certain changes to the "im_policies.baroc" file but still only that change won't work because the way the DDEN policy is defined in the im_internal.mrl rule. Basically dden_policy_rure is a refine rule and we cannot use the WHEN clause. So the workaround it to convert the DDEN_POLICY from a refine to execute rule.
So here are the steps you need to follow:
NOTE: Make necessary backup of the files that you need to modify in the steps below
1) Modify the "im_policies.baroc" file located in the classes directory.
There should be a section for the IM_DDEN_POLICY "MC_DATA_CLASS: IM_DDEN_POLICY ISA IM_POLICY" Mody this section to include the when slots as given below:
execution_order : INTEGER, default=1;
event_class : STRING;
lookup_table : STRING;
lookup_table_tag : STRING;
match_fields : LIST_OF STRING;
output_fields : LIST_OF STRING;
trace : MC_YESNO, default=NO;
data_file : STRING;
data_file_separator : STRING;
pmep_file : STRING;
last_import_time : STRING;
last_import_type : STRING;
num_of_total_records : INTEGER;
num_of_failed_records : INTEGER;
when_slot : STRING, default=status;
when_operator : STRING;
when_value : STRING;
2) Modify the im-internal.mrl rule located in the rules directory
Here you need modify the DDEN_POLICY from a refine to execute rule.
There should be a section for the DDEN_POPLICY like this
# Data Driven Enrichment rule
# Uses IM_DDEN_POLICY entries to control dynamic data enrichment
The modified rule should look like this
execute dden_policy_rule:
using_policy ALL
index dden_index [] ($POL) where
[ ($POL.enabled == 1) AND $POL.during_schedule == YES ]
sort [ ordinal ASC ]
$POL.selector_ecf ($EV) where [ $EV.status != CLOSED AND $EV.status != BLACKOUT ]
when(EV, $POL.when_slot, $POL.when_operator, $POL.when_value)
$L = get_list_slotvalues( [$EV], $POL.match_fields );
find_match_entry( "DDEN_MATCH_TABLE", $POL.lookup_table_tag,
apply_match_entry($MATCH, $L, [ $EV ], $L_OUT);
set_list_slotvalues( [$EV], $POL.output_fields, $L_OUT );
opadd($EV, $POL.name, "Dynamic Data Enrichment", "");
if ($POL.trace == YES) then
ntadd($EV, concat(["DDEN policy: ", $POL.name,
" matching: ", $MATCH.name, " in ", $MATCH.tag]));
3) Recompile the Cell.
4) Restart the cell
Now you will be able to impost the policy sucecssfully.
The changes that I have made to the default file are underlined
9. Re: Dynamic Enrichment Policy not workingJayesh Panchal Sep 5, 2012 5:41 AM (in response to Niranjan Panigrahi)
Hi Niranjan,
I have made changes as per your suggestion.
But It didnt affect.I dont know why.
Cell compilation done successfully.
I got below output after mposter.tell me if its right.
BMC Impact Poster 8.6.02 (Build 221113668
- 6-Mar-2012)
Copyright 1998-2011 BMC Software, Inc.
as an unpublished work. All rights reserved.
It didnt show me that command executed successfully.
Do we need to restart server inorder to affact?
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10. Re: Dynamic Enrichment Policy not workingAshroba Ujagare Sep 24, 2018 4:26 AM (in response to Jayesh Panchal)
Hi Jayesh,
was your issue solved? I have performed above step but didn't had expected results.
As I am also enriching CRITICAL events(originally MAJOR).
Please let us know if any have solution on this.


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Whither lunch?
Once a hallmark of the working day, the proverbial "lunch hour" has taken an extended leave, probably never to return.
These days, about the closest most American workers come to enjoying a regular lunch hour is watching others experience them on AMC's Mad Men. The secretarial staff covers their electric typewriters to signal "out to lunch." Executives claim "I'm going to lunch" when they slip out for a rendezvous.
It was the heyday of the three-martini lunch — long, expensive, boozy business meals that executives enjoyed and companies deducted from their taxes as a business expense (which prompted a change to the tax code).
In 1978, President Gerald Ford defended the practice before the National Restaurant Association Convention, calling the three-martini lunch an epitome of American efficiency. "Where else can you get an earful, a bellyful and snootful at the same time?" Ford cracked.
Efficient or not, at one time nearly every place of employment was expected to provide workers with an hour around noon to take a break from work, take a walk, get some air, run an errand, de-stress, think and, most important, enjoy a meal with co-workers, business contacts, friends, family or alone.
Now it's nostalgia, although not everywhere as a recent trip to southern France confirmed.
A 2012 survey of North American workers by Right Management, a workforce solutions company, found lunch hours have become a casualty of modern working life. Only one in five workers reported taking a real break for lunch. The plurality, 39 percent, said they have lunch at their desks.
The fast food giant, KFC Corp., did a similar study in 2006 and found that more than 60 percent of America's office workers consider the 60-minute lunch to be the biggest myth in office life.
Why? Workplace expectations have changed. There is more work per person, office workers don't have union contracts protecting break times, and everyone's afraid to appear to be the one slacking off.
Maybe Americans don't need a lunch hour to the same extent they once did. No longer is it essential to rush to the bank before 3 p.m. (remember "bankers' hours"?) Even going to the post office to buy stamps is an anachronism. Everything is available online. Errands can be attended to from one's desk or mobile device. "All the modern inconveniences," to quote Mark Twain in another context.
But then there is France.
My husband and I were there for a week this summer visiting the Languedoc-Roussillon region. We traveled with friends by self-piloted canal boat along the Canal du Midi.
There, lunch is life.
Rule No. 1 of canal travel: The lock-keeper's lunch is from 12:30 to 1:30. Then, all passage through the locks, of which there are many, will cease, so plan around it.
It was the same story visiting the winery at the Chateau de Paraza located in the tiny village of Paraza, and at the Bemberg Foundation art gallery in the bustling city of Toulouse. Sights were closed to visitors one to two hours a day so workers could enjoy their lunch. The idea was for you to do the same.
Restaurants located in the canal-side villages were largely alfresco affairs with awnings for shade from the intense afternoon sun. Despite the heat, people lingered over beautifully prepared, simple food. Servers were in no rush to bring a check. (This is what happens when restaurant staff is paid a living wage and doesn't have to hurriedly flip tables for tips.) It appeared that locals and visitors were on the same languid timetable.
A culture of lunch, daily lunch, where one socializes and eats real food, not some McMeal, is a staple of a good life that Americans have lost to job stress, overwork and tight family budgets.
Maybe that's why the Paris tourism board recently told restaurants in France to be nice to Americans even though they are always glued to their personal devices.
The world knows we've forgotten how to take time to dine.


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The government of Ontario is reminding those looking to purchase their first home that the maximum Land Transfer Tax refund has been doubled to $4,000 for eligible first-time homebuyers as of as of January 1, 2017.
The First-Time Homebuyers Refund enhancement means that no Land Transfer Tax will be payable on the first $368,000 of the cost of a first home, and more than half of first-time eligible homebuyers across the province will pay no Land Transfer Tax.
Ontario is making changes to the Land Transfer Tax to reflect the current real estate market, including increasing rates on one or two single-family residences over $2 million. Based on the 2015 data, the rate increase impacts less than one per cent of home purchases in Ontario. Changing the Land Transfer Tax rates aims to help eligible first-time buyers enter the market by doubling the First-Time Homebuyers Refund.
Ontario also aims to protect renters by freezing the municipal property tax on apartment buildings while reviewing how the high property tax burden for these buildings affects rental market affordability.


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Calculate the mass of the deck of cards instead of numbers (sort of natural psi)
Standard 52-card deck:
The most common sizes for playing cards are poker size (2½in × 3½in; 63 mm × 88 mm, or B8 size according to ISO 216) and bridge size (2¼in × 3½in, approx. 56 mm × 88 mm), the latter being narrower, and thus more suitable for games such as bridge in which a large number of cards must be held concealed in a player's hand. Interestingly, in most casino poker games, the bridge-sized card is used; the use of less material means that a bridge deck is slightly cheaper to make, and a casino may use many thousands of decks per day so the minute per-deck savings add up. Other sizes are also available, such as a smaller size (usually 1¾in × 2⅝in, approx. 44 mm × 66 mm) for solitaire, tall narrow designs (usually 1¼in × 3in) for travel and larger ones for card tricks. The weight of an average B8-sized playing card is 0.063 oz (1.8g), a deck 3.3 oz (94g).
The primary deck of fifty-two playing cards in use today, usually known as the French deck, includes thirteen ranks of each of the four French suits, clubs (♣), diamonds (♦), hearts (♥) and spades (♠), with reversible Rouennais "court" or face cards.
Now with this in mind, try to mix a new deck and pull one card for any opponenet (two players). When pulling the card do not think about numbers, only about the positioon of the card you like to pull. Personally I always pull the first on top, or in th emiddle, and always win to any opponent who is pulling against me.
Anyway, when playing with friends I always win, adding five other mind techniques.
Unfortunately it is not easy for me to play Black Jack with this system, because:
1 - You don't have to think about money in order to have a completely clear mind.
2 - You have to mix it by yourself, in order to always be touching the cards deck.
3 - Always look at the deck in your hands, and not at the card you're pulling out of it.
4 - Before touching the deck, relax and concentrate on what are you doing physically.
5 - The ace must be the lowest card and equal to one, the highst logically the king.


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I got MyGUI running so far. But getting a crash in MyGUI when trying to use PbsMaterialsWorkspace for my scene, like the following (taken from examples):
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Ogre::CompositorManager2* compositorManager = Core::getSingletonPtr()->getOgreRoot()->getCompositorManager2();
const Ogre::IdString workspaceName(definitionName);
if (!compositorManager->hasWorkspaceDefinition(definitionName))
compositorManager->createBasicWorkspaceDef(definitionName, color, Ogre::IdString());
this->workspace = compositorManager->addWorkspace(this->sceneManager, Core::getSingletonPtr()->getOgreRenderWindow(), this->camera, definitionName, true);
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OGRE EXCEPTION(5:ItemIdentityException): Can't find texture with name: '2048' If it's a global texture, trying to use it in the output channel will fail. in CompositorNodeDef::getTextureSource at D:\Ogre\GameEngineDevelopment\external\Ogre2.1SDK\OgreMain\src\Compositor\OgreTextureDefinition.cpp (line 212)
I'm using the lastest commit, so has it something todo with that?If you updated your Ogre to the latest commit, which contains the new shadow system, you need to modify MyGUI, (the constructor of PassDef and PassProvider has changed a bit), but it's trivial.


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Also, this first episode can feel more like a teaser than like a meaty chunk of the story. We hardly see George Washington at all; instead, the plot focuses on Connor's effort to drink a tea that gives him wolf powers, and then on Israel Putnam and Benedict Arnold. I really hope the next two installments are bigger in every sense of the word. The ending here doesn't give many hints—as we leave Connor, he's heading to a completely new territory, and anything could happen there.
Meanwhile, as is standard for DLC, the basics haven't changed. The wolf powers are simply integrated into the preexisting control scheme, the graphics still look fantastic, and the voice acting and music are up to the series' standards. Playing on the PC, I didn't notice any obvious lack of polish—Ubisoft treated this release with the care it deserves.
Bottom line: The Tyranny of King Washington's first episode will set you back $10, it lasts only a couple of hours, and it provides an interesting twist on the Assassin's Creed III experience. There are new mechanics and a storyline unlike anything the series has done before—but the game also lacks some basic Assassin's Creed features, most importantly the experience of taking over a gigantic territory. Whether the first episode is a good buy will depend on where the next two go—if this installment sets up a fantastic tale, it's easily worth it, but if the next two sections are similarly slight, it could be a bust.
And so, we wait.
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Five Absolutely Essential Utilities that make Windows better
Yes, I know I'm late in updating my Tools List. I know. Maybe this weekend.
Let me tell you about five tools that are so useful, so compelling and so "should have been built into Windows" that I now think of them as part of Windows. They are that useful to me. They make Windows better. They improve my workflow and then fade into the background. They are so stable and integrated that they have melted away and now feel as if they are part of Windows itself.
Bins by 1UP Industries
Bins was actually written by the same author as Fences, below, so you know it's awesome.
It's actually ridiculously awesome. For example, I've got four browsers pinned to my Windows 7 Taskbar, which is kind of silly. Now, with bins, I can make a, *ahem*, "bin" and put four browser shortcuts in the space of just one regular icon. Then I make can choose a default program for the bin when I just click, or hover to get my others. All this functionality for $4.99, and he takes PayPal. Sold. Bins almost makes Windows 7 feel like Windows 7.1.
Fences by Stardock
I mentioned Fences here almost two years ago to the day and it's been running happily on all my Windows PCs ever since. I realize that some folks like a clean desktop but if you'd like to get those pixels working for you then I think you gotta put some icons on your desk. When they get out of hand, put a fence around them.
One of the best parts about Fences is that it's pretty smart about changing resolutions. Some people don't like a lot of icons because they fear the inevitable "give a presentation, change resolutions and lose all my icon positions" day. With Fences, this is not a problem. All your icons stay in their little boxes. They'll even rearrange magically if you change icon sizes.
Fences is truly a fantastic application and one that should be built in. The author of Fences and Bin is a programming god amongst men and I salute you, sir. The next taco is on me.
Window Pad by Lexikos in AutoHotkey
Here's a great graphic from Jim Priest's review of Window Pad that says what it does more clearly than I could. It's a multi-monitor aware window-moving tool. You use the Window Key along with the Number Pad to move windows around. Rather than spending time moving your windows with a mouse, you use the positions of the numbers on the number pad to move them.
It's Aero Snap taken to the next level. Rather than just left and right, there's nine positions per monitor that your windows can go, but because the positions correspond to the number pad you already know there's virtually no learning curve. WindowPad is brilliant and deserves to be in your Startup Folder.
UltraMon Multi-Monitor Taskbar by Realtime Soft
I've used UltraMon as my Windows multi-monitor taskbar utility FOREVER. I purchased it in 2002 (that's a decade, kids) and it's been rock solid ever since.
There are a few other multi-monitor task bar utilities with Aero Peek and some other functions, but UltraMon is fast fast fast and I never think about it. It's never let me down for ten years.
Some real contenders are DisplayFusion from Binary Fortress and Actual Multiple Monitors. They are both actively developed and have more features and polish than UltraMon. I continue to use UltraMon because it's rock solid.
If you're serious about multiple monitors give them both a week of your time and pick one. You won't regret it.
DeskSpace by Otaku Software
I blogged about DeskSpace almost four years ago. I revisited it recently and it's not only in active development but it's gorgeous. Sure, there are other free Virtual Desktop managers out there but I challenge you to find one this polished, this gorgeous and this cleanly baked into Windows itself. It tends to use a bit of memory, but I'm willing to take the hit for the experience. DeskSpace is a beautiful, wonderfully functional piece of software and a fun and productive way to add multiple desktops to Windows.
P.S. One thing, Fences and virtual desktop systems don't always work well together so I keep the same desktop icons on each virtual desktop and change only the wallpaper. The Windows you choose to keep on different desktops stay there.
These five utilities should be built into Windows. But even though they aren't, they feel baked in and that's what really counts. Thanks you all, for making my daily Windows experience even better.
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My name is Sarah, and I'm a PhD student at the University of Southampton. I would love to be able to tell you I'm scrambling around in the dirt playing with some real archaeology, but right now I'm sat at my desk reading about how other people played around in the dirt and feeling a little envious. I'm actually reading excavation reports and articles about Neanderthal remains from across the world, from the famous La Chapelle-aux-Saints in France to Kebara in Israel.
My PhD project focuses on Neanderthal funerary practices – which, in short, is anything and everything that Neanderthals could have done with their dead. (This is normally the point where the entire dinner table goes quiet and I'm left trying to decipher whether the faces staring back at me are confused, intrigued, or terrified). I'm looking for evidence of any and all types of funerary practices, such as burial/inhumation; funerary caching, curation, defleshing and disarticulation. This involves me going through every record I can possibly find of every scrap of Neanderthal remains across the world and examining each individual for characteristic signs of each type of funerary practice – for example, a pit feature for a burial or cut marks for defleshing.
But why is that important? The treatment and honour of the dead through funerary practices and rituals is a key part of our society, and although a culturally sensitive issue it's something every society does in some way. It is a key emotional display of our humanity, and the cognitive ability to understand the concept of death and being aware of one's own mortality is quite a realisation. The ability to be able to understand that death will come to us all one day, and to understand that intervention in the lives of others can at least stave off the inevitable for a little longer is an obvious conclusion for us – but it is clear in the Neanderthal world too. For example, the 'Old Man' of Shanidar (Shanidar 1, Iraq) was an elderly individual with several traumatic injuries and deformities, which could have required the assistance of others to survive, shows that Neanderthals had this understanding. And understanding how this evolved in Neanderthals helps us understand how the same characteristics, emotions, and rituals evolved in modern humans.
What struck me was how easily the concept of a Neanderthal burying a relative or friend could be so easily dismissed, and how the idea that Neanderthals were a bit brutish and slow still seems to be the popular stereotype for this species. The idea that Neanderthals were a bit daft and weren't capable of the same things as modern humans also frustrates me – just because we haven't dug up a Neanderthal who died in middle of updating his Facebook status on his iPad, it doesn't mean they were stupid. On the contrary, Neanderthals appear to have been routinely honouring their deceased loved ones well before Homo sapiens ever decided to join them in Europe.
Although I'm still in the early stages of my PhD, so far the pattern emerging appears to be that the early Neanderthals began by defleshing and disarticulating individuals (I am deliberately avoiding the use of the term 'cannibalism' because I cannot conclusively prove they were routinely consuming the remains), and from around 115,000 years BP the later Neanderthals begin burying them. And it doesn't matter if they're male or female, old or young, everyone is treated in the same way across the Neanderthal world. What a lovely thought.
I still have a lot of work to do on my research, so hopefully by next year's Day of Archaeology I will have more to tell you. But in the mean time I'm sure my cheery topic will continue to destroy dinner party conversations for some time to come, and maybe, I will be on my way to mastering the art of discussing taboo subjects without scaring the general population.
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VANCOUVER — If there was any doubt about the megawatt electricity of a Canada-Russia Olympic quarter-final, Vladislav Tretiak re-confirmed it Tuesday.
Tretiak, the legendary goaltender for the Soviet Union's Big Red Machine in the 1970s and '80s and Team Russia's general manager for these Olympics, said he looked forward to a matchup with Canada — although it's bittersweet that it should happen so early in the competition.
"In our opinion (Canada) is one of the best teams in the tournament and we really respect these guys," Tretiak, 57, said through the translation of Russian journalist Sergey Averiyanov.
"It's a pity that one of these great teams can't get a medal. It's not very good that teams like this should meet each other at this stage. Just imagine that one of these teams will go home (after Wednesday)."
Tretiak, the president of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, said there is always something special about playing the Canadians.
"It doesn't depend on the level, it's been a rivalry since 1972," he said. "It doesn't even depend on the role of the team in the tournament, if one is favoured or not. Even if Russia doesn't have a chance to win a medal, a game against Canada is special."
While Canada hasn't played up to expectations, the Russians won their pool — their only hiccup a shootout loss to Slovakia. Team Canada coach Mike Babcock, on the other hand, was forced to change goaltenders midway through the tourney — replacing Martin Brodeur with Roberto Luongo.
Tretiak said he didn't see the goalie change as a concern — although he's not the one doing it.
"It's not a big deal to change the goalie for a game versus Germany, but it's still a question who will play against Russia," he shrugged. "Brodeur is still a very experienced goalie. They are both very good goalies. They play with different styles but both are very good."
Tretiak confirmed that Evgeni Nabokov will start against Canada, although that's seems a little strange. Nabokov, who plays in San Jose, has two starts to Ilya Bryzgalov's one, but has inferior numbers (2.00 to 1.85 goals-against average and .911 to .939 save percentage.
Tretiak's team is filled with game-breaking forwards, but he knows that winger Alex Ovechkin, generally considered to be the best player in the world, can be a difference-maker against Canada. But he also knows that Canada's Sidney Crosby can play the same role for his country.
His interesting view of the two is that Crosby plays more like a Russian than Ovechkin.
"In terms of style, Crosby is a more European player and Ovechkin is more North American," he said. "Ovechkin resembles (Eric) Lindros. He doesn't play a pure Russian style. Why does he play like this? It's very difficult to say because we don't have an example like with Russian players, especially veterans. He's a unique player. Maybe he took something from North Americans."
Tretiak was also asked if he'd heard that Paul Henderson — who scored against him with 34 seconds to play to win the Summit Series in what's regarded as Canada's greatest sporting moment — has been diagnosed with leukemia.
Tretiak nodded slowly as the question was asked in English. "I would wish for Paul to be healthy," he said.


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August 4, 2015: Dr. Gregory Sivakoff (U. of Alberta) has requested optical monitoring of the galactic microquasar V4641 Sgr beginning immediately, and continuing for the next 120 days, or until it is no longer observable from your location.
December 4, 2010: Further to AAVSO Alert Notice 428, the star FS Aurigae appears to be entering outburst. The star was in quiescence on 2010 December 3.22 (JD 2455533.72; V = 16.3, G. Lubcke) but had risen to V=14.9 on 2010 December 4.23 (JD 2455534.73; R. Campbell). Subsequent observations by H. McGee and A. Novichonok have confirmed that FS Aur is rising. Time series observations of FS Aurigae are encouraged at this time; any and all filters may be used including clear, but V filter is preferred.


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Wind, the 'workhorse' of renewable energy
When it comes to renewable energy, Californians hear a lot about solar power. Massive solar power plants are under construction in the desert and will soon be online. Solar panels adorn the roofs of a growing number of homes and commercial buildings. PG&E alone has 90,000 solar customers. Gov. Jerry Brown recently spoke at Intersolar, the solar trade show that met in San Francisco this month, and the state's solar industry lobby is increasingly influential.
Wind, on the other hand, has a much quieter presence in the Golden State. But it's not a small one: large wind farms in the Altamont Pass between Livermore and Tracy, Tehachapi near Bakersfield and the San Gorgonio Pass near Palm Springs make California one of the strongest wind markets in the nation. Wind energy projects totaling roughly 5,549 megawatts of capacity are operating in California today, providing enough electricity to power roughly 2 million California households, according to the California Wind Energy Association.
Among the reasons wind is often overlooked is that wind technology is relatively mature, so there aren't many wind-energy startups attracting investments from Silicon Valley venture capital firms. But while wind doesn't draw a lot of attention, advocates celebrate it as the "workhorse" of renewable power.
"There are currently 60,000 megawatts of wind capacity installed in the United States, compared to 10,000 megawatts of solar," said Peter Kelley of the American Wind Energy Association. "There are 45,000 wind turbines installed; one in four of them is in Texas."
The wind industry spent most of 2012 begging Congress to extend the production tax credit for utility-scale wind turbines. As part of the tax package passed in the drama surrounding the "fiscal cliff," Congress extended the 2.2 cent per kilowatt tax credit for one more year. Previously, the tax credit applied only to wind projects that were fully built and producing electricity. Now it goes to any wind farm that is "under construction" by the end of 2013. The wind industry is hoping for another extension.
"The PTC has provided a window of opportunity to capitalize on advanced developments and repowers because the lead time for these developments fit in the extension window," said Steven Stengel of NextEra, which has been replacing aging turbines in the Altamont Pass with newer, taller ones. "Our current California pipeline emphasizes 160 megawatts of existing projects in the Altamont Pass that we would like to repower. The earliest any of these megawatts could come online is 2015."
Google (GOOG) has invested over $1 billion in renewable energy projects, including several wind projects. Among them: the Spinning Spur Wind Farm in West Texas, the Rippey Wind Farm in Iowa and Alta Wind Energy Center near the Tehachapi Mountains. Google also has a 37.5 percent equity stake in the Atlantic Wind Connection, a transmission project designed to spur offshore wind energy industry off the mid-Atlantic coast.
"Once completed, the AWC backbone will stretch 250 miles along the coast from New Jersey to Virginia, enabling the connection of up to 7,000 MW of offshore wind power, which could provide the energy equivalent of that used in 1.9 million households," says Google in its blog about clean energy investments. "In addition to providing abundant clean energy to the region, the project can help create thousands of jobs and increase the reliability of one of the most heavily congested grids in the country."
Private investors also are showing an interest in wind power, which has come down in cost thanks to American manufacturing advances and taller, larger turbines that help with economies of scale. Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy, based in Des Moines, Iowa, plans to spend $1.9 billion to install hundreds of wind turbines in Iowa by the end of 2015.
Billionaire Philip Anschutz, whose vast fortune largely comes from oil, railroads, sports and entertainment, plans to build the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project on an Anschutz-owned ranch in south central Wyoming. With 1,000 turbines, it would be the largest wind farm in the United States; permitting is underway and construction is expected to begin in 2014. Sparsely-populated Wyoming exports most of the electricity that it produces, and Anschutz's Power Company of Wyoming hopes to export its wind power to energy-hungry markets in the Southwest, including California.
California's aggressive "Renewable Portfolio Standard" law requires utilities to purchase 33 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020. Bioenergy, geothermal, solar, wind, wave and tidal power and small hydroelectric dams -- which cause less harm to the environment than large hydro dams -- all count toward meeting the law. Typically those renewable sources are located within California's borders, but it can count as in-state if the electricity generated in Wyoming directly connects to the California grid.
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.


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The European Union and Singapore agreed terms of a free trade deal on Sunday, a move that should further open the Asian country's markets for financial services and make it easier for European automakers to export there.
"We have finalised the negotiations, and I'm very pleased with the result," EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht told Reuters by telephone from Singapore.
After the completion of negotiations by the European Commission, the EU executive, member states and the European Parliament need to sign off for the agreement to come into force.
Though EU countries have in the past sometimes rejected such deals for political reasons, this is unlikely to happen with Singapore, as EU leaders in October called for a swift conclusion of negotiations.
"I don't expect that many problems," De Gucht said, adding he hoped for finalisation by the end of 2013.
The bloc hopes the agreement will give it better access to Singapore, one of Asia's richest countries per head of population, where currently the United States enjoys preferential access.
Singapore has a population of only 5 million, but it is also a gateway to the 600 million people in the fast-growing economies of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The EU is the city state's second biggest trade partner after neighbouring Malaysia, with bilateral trade in goods amounting to 46 billion euros (S$74 billion) in 2011. The EU had a trade surplus of 8 billion euros, with cars making up a large chunk of its exports.
Singapore's import tariffs are low. The deal will remove non-tariff barriers such as the double testing of cars, as Singapore would start to recognise EU standards, EU officials say.
Other key benefits would be the further opening of Singapore's banking and financial services sector, as well as better access to its public procurement markets.
The push for free trade agreements comes as the EU struggles with a sovereign debt crisis and tries to supplement stagnant domestic consumer demand with free trade pacts with major economies.
A deal with South Korea came into effect last year and one with Canada is near completion. EU trade ministers agreed in November to start negotiations with Japan, while preliminary talks are underway for an agreement with the United States.
EU trade officials want the Singapore deal to set a precedent for trade deals with other countries in ASEAN. The EU is currently negotiating free trade pacts with Malaysia and Vietnam, a nd hopes one day to forge a region-to-region trade agreement.
"What I think is more important" than just trade with Singapore, said De Gucht, is "setting a number of standards in services that we will try to enlarge to the whole region".


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Prospect Adam earns promotion to Triple-A
BOSTON -- Right-hander pitcher Jason Adam, just after being named Texas League Pitcher of the Week, has been promoted to the Pacific Coast League by the Royals.
Adam's award-winning performance was seven shutout, five-hit innings in a win for Double-A Northwest Arkansas at Springfield on July 11. But he didn't allow a run in his last 14 innings for the Naturals before his promotion to Triple-A Omaha.
A product of Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas, Adam was 4-8 with a 5.03 ERA in 19 games for Northwest Arkansas. He's ranked as the No. 8 Royals prospect by MLB.com.
Third baseman-designated hitter Wander Franco of Idaho Falls was named Pioneer League Player of the Week after his .579 (11-for-19) spurt. Overall, Franco is batting .433 (26-for-60) in 16 games with 12 extra-base hits and 10 RBIs.


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Financial Policy Version 1.1 Available – Suggested Reading
To the Populous of Rowany,
We tend to have quite a lot of activities in the Barony. Many of these involve money as not much comes for free and people / organisations expect to get paid for things like venue hire.
Anyone dealing with money in relation to any kind of activity within the Barony should be aware of and adhere to our financial policy. This will ensure you understand how things work, things run smoothly, and everyone is happy (especially our Reeve whose job is difficult enough, the tax man, our B&B, my mum… you get the picture).
Version 1.1 of our Financial Policy can be found at the following link:
Thanks to our Reeve, Jean-Christophe le Saussier, for creating this document.
P.S. All finance related posts (including those with other documents such as templates) can be found by using this site's category Barony – Finances


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Alessandro Matri admits he is "dreaming of a decisive goal in Naples. Juventus give their best under pressure."
The striker is fighting with Mirko Vucinic and Sebastian Giovinco for a starting spot at the Stadio San Paolo on Friday evening.
"We did not let ourselves get intimidated by the cauldron of Celtic Park, so I don't see why it should affect us on Friday," Matri told Il Messaggero newspaper.
"Juventus give their best under pressure. We are going to play as if we were joint leaders with Napoli rather than six points in front.
"A victory there would not lock down the Scudetto, but a nine-point gap would be a lot. We are just focused on winning and won't make calculations."
Matri has been repeatedly linked with a move away from Turin, especially as Fernando Llorente will arrive from Athletic Bilbao in June.
"I have a four-year contract. I am happy here and have matured, so I want to continue winning here. I convinced Antonio Conte with hard work in training and by scoring, which is crucial for a striker.
"I feel that I am an important player and want to play my cards. It's better to be one of five forwards at Juventus than a first choice elsewhere.
"You cannot understand what it means until you pull on the Juventus jersey. I was at Cagliari before, but that was different."
The Bianconeri are Serie A leaders and in good stead to reach the Champions League quarter-finals.
"The Final at Wembley would be a dream," added Matri. "The goal I'd love to score would be in that Champions League Final, but I'd be happy with the decisive goal against Napoli. I'd do anything to find the net there."
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SENTINEL-3 Synergy Introduction
The SENTINEL-3 SYN User Guide provides a high level description of the SYN product which relies on the combination of the products of OLCI and SLSTR instruments. It also covers an introduction to relevant application areas, information on data distribution, product formatting and software tools available from ESA.
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For an in-depth description of the mission's products and algorithms as well as details on the SAR instrument and its performance, please refer to the SENTINEL-3 SYN Technical Guide. The detailed information available in the Technical Guide is intended for users such as academics and industrial software engineers who have previous experience of similar EO missions, and in-depth experience of data manipulation and management.