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ASWG - Terms of Reference
- ASWG - Terms of Reference
- Objectives
- Membership
- Scope/ constraints
- Main Users/ Stakeholders
- Evaluative Research questions
- Available Knowledge
- Methodology & process
- Reporting
- Deliverables
- Success Criteria
- Assumptions
- Timelines and Key Milestones
- Governance
- Communications
1. Background and purpose
1.1. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) founded in 1998 coordinates and administers core resources of the Internet globally. Africa is one of the five regions of ICANN and Africans have been active members of constituencies in ICANN since 1998. Africa is an emerging Internet economy and has the fastest growing networks but its participation in ICANN is not commensurate where the few number of African Registries and new gTLD applications is the popular example
1.2. The ministerial meeting held alongside the ICANN Dakar meeting in October 2011 issued a communique that called on ICANN to increase its presence in Africa and to be more relevant to needs of the region.
1.3. Towards the conclusion of the tenure of the outgoing CEO of ICANN there were new hires of Vice Presidents for some regions. A group of concerned Africans suggested in a public communication to ICANN that hiring of senior staff for Africa would be better guided by a strategic plan for Africa.
1.4. At the recently held ICANN meeting in Prague a section of African participants met with members of the board and the incoming CEO together with the acting CEO. The CEO requested that the group assist in developing a 3 year strategic plan with clear goals for Africa. The CEO also asked the group to nominate a special advisor for this assignment however the group decided to form a working group instead to lead a community process to develop the strategic plan.
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ICANN Strategic Plan 2012-2015
2. Objectives
2.1. Develop a strategic plan for ICANN activities in Africa addressing the needs for presence in Africa, African participation and representation in ICANN.
2.2. Determine how best to reach out to governments, private sector, civil society, academia and others from Africa for increased participation of Africans in ICANN. Governments have a significant influence in Internet development in Africa.
2.3. Identify education and technology needs of the region that ICANN may be able to assist with.
2.4. Formulate an ICANN regionalization program to Africa and why, when and how to accomplish it.
2.5. Develop a clear 3 year strategy and a concrete plan for the first 12 months – with clearly stated objectives, timelines, roles/responsibilities, governance, and metrics by which we can measure success
3. Membership
3.1. The initial membership were Pierre Dandjinou, Tarek Kamel and Nii Quaynor however after some considerations Maimouna Diop Diagne and Palesa Legoze were added. There was also identified the need to include regional representatives to enrich the working group. Furthermore as a result of a request from the new CEO, Tarek Kamel withdrew from the working group to undertake other assignments for ICANN.
3.2. The current membership are Maimouna Diop Diagne, Palesa Legoze, Pierre Dandjinou and Nii Quaynor.
3.3. Five regional representatives will be nominated to join the working group.
3.4. Two experts from the region will be co-opted to join the working group.
4. Scope/ constraints
4.1. The working group to complete its work by the ICANN meeting in Toronto in October 2012.
4.2. Receive support of the African community in constituencies.
4.3. Work within the budget.
5. Main Users/ Stakeholders
5.1. The key stakeholders are the African community in ICANN
5.2. Constituency interests of AfrICANN
5.3. Larger public interest community in Africa particularly governments and other new entrants
6. Evaluative Research questions
6.1. What has ICANN done right in eyes of the African community in ICANN
6.2. What has ICANN not done right by the African community in ICANN
6.3. What do you wish the most for ICANN to do in interest of Africa
6.4. How can the African community in ICANN best help ICANN
6.5. What are barriers to ICANN in Africa
6.6. How best to improve African participation in ICANN
7. Available Knowledge
7.1. We will make use of the vast experience of key African participants in ICANN to gain insight on best strategy
7.2. The ICANN strategic plan will be invaluable
8. Methodology & process
8.1. Review ICANN strategic plan to identify core elements in order to pin point the elements that address developing country needs. Any deficiencies or enhancers will be examined looking to extract strategic priorities
8.2. Consult Africans in the different constituencies on their perceived needs, prioritize the needs and evaluate the resource requirements of the needs. This will assist in developing a catalog of needs and opportunities that can be pursued
8.3. Consult Africans on perceived benefits to ICANN and rank them based on potential impact. This will produce a catalog of benefits to be explored by ICANN
8.4. Analyze needs and benefits; relate the needs and benefits to develop a SWOT for ICANN in Africa
8.5. Consult ICANN on needs and benefits with a view to extract goals and objectives in interest of ICANN
8.6. Develop strategic options for consideration by ICANN
8.7. Evaluate impact assessment of options and rank these into what may be accomplished in first year action plan and what fits into a 3 year strategy
8.8. Develop recommendations to ICANN
9. Reporting
9.1. Bi-weekly email reports to the community and request for inputs and comments
9.2. Monthly teleconference call with ICANN staff
10. Deliverables
10.1. The process of the strategy working group to engage the community is an important result by itself
10.2. A three year strategic plan
10.3. Action plan for first 12 months
10.4. Success factors to evaluate the implementation of strategy
11 Success Criteria
11.1. Community engagement and support are very important for the success of developing the strategic plan
11.2. ICANN adopts key recommendations from the working group
12. Assumptions
12.1. An existing ICANN strategic plan will be made available to guide the development of the African strategy
12.2. A liaison from among staff of ICANN will be appointed
12.3. A budget for the project will be authorized by ICANN
13. Timelines and Key Milestones
13.1. July:
13.1.1. Conclude ToRs through any further discussion with ICANN and interactions with the African community
13.1.2. Email consultation with African community
13.1.3. Review ICANN's strategic Plan (2013 - 2016)
13.2. August:
13.2.1. Retreat at AfriNIC
13.2.2. develop presentation and roadmap
13.2.3. More community consultation on needs and benefits
13.2.4. Integration of regional IGFs recommendation
13.2.5. Consult ICANN for alignment
13.3. September:
13.3.1. Publish a presentation for general feedback
13.3.2. Review presentation
13.3.3. Prepare summary presentation (30min) for ICANN Toronto
13.4. October:
13.4.1. Present at ICANN Toronto (CEO, Board, African community)
13.4.2. Start draft report
14. Governance
14.1. The working group has a chairperson, a vice chairperson and a spokesperson that manage the process of developing the strategy
14.2. There is a larger African community in ICANN that are the principal stakeholders and co-owners of the strategy
15. Communications
15.1. Mailing list for working group members
15.2. Mailing list for larger community
15.3. Public website to communicate with larger community


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New! Teva Pilates Apprentice Program
February 5, 2013
By Lorraine Bradshaw, Teva Pilates & Yoga Director
A reputable Pilates Certification is a long and involved process involving one to two years of education, personal Pilates training, observation hours and student teaching. During this time the student is called an Apprentice. This lengthy time commitment lends itself to an Apprentice becoming a successful teacher. While observing a certified teacher for ours, the Apprentice gets to know how Pilates feels in their own bodies, train their eye and ear for cueing, identify incorrect movement patterns, learn how to format a class structure and understand how to pay attention to individual and group needs.
Under my support and mentoring the JCC is fortunate to have 5 Apprentice teachers presently, all who have been in a Certification program for over a year. The JCC Apprentice Program allows these teachers (who already are teachers in various other modalities such as Pilates, Yoga and dance) to continue to sharpen their knowledge of the Pilates equipment and repertoire. It offers the opportunity for clients to try Pilates at a reduced rate in either a private or group setting. It is a very exciting time for the JCC Pilates Studio as more mat classes are now being offered then ever before and more clients are walking in our doors weekly.
For more information about Teva Pilates or the Apprentice Program contact me at 414-967-8209 or email@example.com.

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Mogwai are delighted to announce that they will headline The SSE Hydro in Glasgow on 16th December 2017. Tickets on sale 9am on Friday 27th January at http://mogwaiannounce.com
We are delighted to confirm that Sacred Paws will support us at our headline show at The SSE Hydro on 16 December 2017. They join Ride on the bill. We cannot wait. Tickets on sale now at http://mogwai.co.uk/shows
Next Wednesday (30 August) at 23:59 GMT, Mary Anne Hobbs will play 'Every Country's Sun' in its entirety for the first time on BBC Radio 6 Music, a full 24 hours before its release on Friday 1 September. Listen live HERE
Berlin! We are playing a special and very exclusive concert on Saturday November 4th at SchwuZ which is for free and filmed for Arte Berlin live! Capacity is limited, first come, first served! You can register here:
We have added a new 'Atomic' live performance date to our tour. We will play Stockholm Music & Arts on 30 July in Stockholm, Sweden. Tickets on sale
Very happy to be in the running for Best Live Act at this year's AIM Independent Music Awards. Voting is now open - https://aimawards.lnk.to/bestliveact - and closes at 5pm on Tuesday 27th June. The five acts with the most votes
On Tuesday 3 October, we will play live as part of BBC Radio 6 Music Live. This performance will mark 20 years since we recorded our first Maida Vale session for John Peel back in 1996 - the first of seven sessions - the last being in 2004.
We are sorry to announce that due to ill health, Martin will be unable to join us for our BBC sessions this week and upcoming live shows until further notice. To say the least, we are all absolutely gutted but wish him a super
We are pleased to announce three 'Atomic' live performances in Japan later this year. MAY 30 - TOKYO, Ex Theater 31 - OSAKA, Big Cat JUNE 1 - HIROSHIMA, Club Quattro Ticket details will be announced very soon.


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We're probably not too far away from the launch of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 now. Most people have been talking about a November release date for a while, and I've heard rumors that it could be even sooner. And of course we've got Microsoft Exchange Connections upcoming November 9–12 in Las Vegas as the perfect venue for a grand coming out party for Exchange 2010.
By all accounts, Exchange 2010 is a solid evolution of Microsoft's messaging platform, albeit not without some expected growing pains. Still, I'm left wondering what the upgrade or migration picture really looks like: Are businesses ready for a major Exchange Server move, and does Exchange 2010 have what it takes to convince the fence-sitters the time is right?
I recently spoke with Robert Haaverson, CEO and CTO of Imanami. "Email is ubiquitous. It's important to the organization, but ultimately it's plumbing," Haaverson said. "Plumbing is important, right? But who cares what pipes are doing it? And is it really worth it to keep ripping out the old pipes and putting in the new pipes every time there's a new version?" In other words, if what you have works, why change? This argument might well be echoed by others, particularly if budgets remain tight.
On top of that, even organizations wanting to upgrade have to consider both new hardware and OS requirements. Like Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010 is available only for 64-bit systems, and additionally, it requires Windows Server 2008. Haaverson sees these requirements as another barrier to upgrade to the latest release when it becomes available.
I also spoke with Scott Gode, vice president of product management and marketing, and Lee Dumas, director of architecture, both of Azaleos, about possible upgrade scenarios to Exchange 2010. "The companies that are the ones that are going to be the early adopters of Exchange 2010 might be different early adopters than were early adopters of Exchange 2007," Gode said. "These are going to be people that, for various reasons, stayed on Exchange 2003, and are now more ready to move quickly to 2010." Not coincidentally, this is the same group of people who are likely to have the biggest need for both hardware and software upgrades before transitioning to Exchange 2010.
Another point Haaverson raised was the difficulty of getting your third-party add-ons to work with the upgraded Exchange version. These can be anything from email archiving software, your antivirus or antispam program, or custom line-of-business apps that need to integrate with the mail system. "Every new version of Exchange requires a new version of all these third-party tools. I know \[Microsoft's\] not setting out to do that; they're trying to make things better. But that becomes another barrier," Haaverson said.
And considering Microsoft has dropped WebDAV and other development APIs from Exchange 2010 in favor of Exchange Web Services, it might not be an easy process for those third-party vendors to simply update their software, as you would typically expect from one version to the next. Many vendors could wait to see if there's demand for their product on Exchange 2010 before expending development time; meanwhile, some companies will wait to see if the add-on apps they need will be updated before making the move to Exchange 2010—puts both sides in a bit of a pickle, actually.
So clearly there will be some legitimate barriers to moving to Exchange 2010, even for organizations that have it in the budget. Are there compelling reasons to upgrade nonetheless?
You've no doubt heard about the various new features that Exchange 2010 has in store. Probably the most eagerly anticipated feature is the new high availability architecture through the Database Availability Group (DAG). Basically, this feature lets you build high availability into your Exchange organization with multiple copies of each database through log shipping replication. (Look for a feature article from Tony Redmond on DAG architecture and how it works coming in the December 2009 issue of Windows IT Pro.)
Exchange 2010 has many other new features that might get you excited: built-in email archiving, role-based access control (RBAC), text preview for voicemail, Message Waiting Indicator (MWI), MailTips. You can probably think of others. In addition to the features themselves, there are some other reasons Exchange 2010 should be ready out of the gate for companies to make the move.
"It's also just a natural maturation factor of the Exchange dev team and the way that they've approached the product," Gode said. "They're living more with the enterprise type customers, understanding those pain points, and just applying that a little bit more directly, a little bit more actively to the product. So by its very nature, what they come out with is going to be more market-ready."
Exchange 2010 received extensive early testing through Microsoft's Exchange Labs even before the beta was available. As a result of this large number of live mailboxes running, "the level of testing is just much more intense than it has been in previous versions," Dumas said. "Waiting for Service Pack 1 may not be a requirement like it has been with previous Microsoft products. A lot of companies will wait that six or eight months for Service Pack 1 to come out, and that's not necessarily something we think we're going to push real hard with this release."
Another thing to consider is the improvements to Outlook Web Access (OWA) in Exchange 2010: multi-browser support, integrated IM, conversation view. You're getting just about everything you've come to expect from the desktop Outlook. As Gode said, "Because OWA is going to be so feature-rich this time around, and because budgets are going to continue to be an issue, a lot of admins and IT directors may decide to say, 'Listen, it's OWA for everybody. We don't need and aren't going to purchase the fat client because OWA's good enough.'" Then add to OWA improvements the fact that Outlook 2010—required to take advantage of many of Exchange 2010's new features—won't initially be available when Exchange 2010 is. Makes Gode's suggestion seem quite reasonable.
A recent nonscientific poll we ran on the Exchange & Outlook Articles page about what features of Exchange 2010 seemed most compelling yielded the result that 44 percent of respondents weren't even evaluating Exchange 2010 yet. With Exchange 2010 coming out amid the hoopla for Windows 7 and the flood of other Microsoft releases coming in 2010, I'm left wondering if this Exchange release might be somewhat overshadowed. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts or plans for moving to Exchange 2010—send me an email or leave a comment below to let us know.
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Last week I was nominated for two super-awesome blogging awards, by two of the super-awesomest blogging Mamas I've ever had the pleasure of "meeting" and reading. I'm gobsmacked, and it's not very often I have trouble coming up with words… I've even resorted to making them up!
Thank you Laments and Lullabies and Meizac for the Inspiring Blogger and Versatile Blogger Awards. You ladies managed to bring me to (happy) tears, render me speechless, and fill me with the warmest of fuzzies. Thank you
from the bottom of my little, black heart so much!
Once again, I feel like Roberto Benigni… I want to kiss everybody!
There are rules to these awards, and I'm happy to oblige:
1. Thank the award givers and link back: Laments and Lullabies and Meizac, Thank you! *squishy hugs*
2. Share 7 things about myself. Squeep!
- I used to live in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brasil. I learned Portuguese by
submersionimmersion. The only words I knew were: yes, no, and I love you. Terrible words for a young girl to know in a South American country. I still speak some, but not as well as I did when I was there and going to school.
- I had a purple and blue mohawk in High School.
- My nickname in High School was "Mouldylocks."
- I wear a studded-belt and the buckle says: "DORK."
- I used to only wear Doc Martens, but since becoming Vegan I only wear Converse. They are black and yellow, like Wolverine.
- My favorite X-man is Wolverine.
- I have a minimalist wardrobe: jeans; t-shirt; black, cotton cardigan; studded-belt; fuzzy socks. Simple.
3. Pass it on to 15 bloggers. Now is the fun part! *happy dancing* Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order:
- Sophie's Foodie Files – Versatile ~ The photos are gorgeous, and her passion for life and food is absolutely wonderful.
- An Unrefined Vegan – Versatile and Inspiring ~ Love! I am in awe of this wonderful woman, she has so much joie de vivre and wisdom. Her words, her recipes… I'm definitely learning lots. (I know you have these, but I love your blog!)
- La Tête de Légumes – Versatile and Inspiring ~ An unabashed love letter to food. It'll catch your eye with the gorgeous photos of edible fare, and keep you around with the wit and conversation. Something for everyone here.
- Jiontari – Versatile and Inspiring ~ Strength was the first word that came to my mind when I found this blog; compassionate, bright, courageous, acceptance and honest quickly followed.
- Domestic Diva, M.D. – Versatile and Inspiring ~ She's a Medical Student and still finds time to cook amazing dishes (better than Martha Stewart!).
- Robotic Rhetoric – Versatile and Inspiring ~ He writes about everything: creative writing; day-to-day life; social media; his distaste for filling-out online forms… His posts are written with honesty and humour.
- Miss Apis Mellifera – Versatile and Inspiring ~ She's an aromatherapist, Trekker and beekeeper. Her posts are beautifully written, and her passion for good health springs from the computer screen.
- The Vegan Cookbook Aficionado – Versatile ~ A fellow-Canadian (she lives in the same province as me!), Vegan and lover-of-all-things-to-cook Vegan-wise! A feast for the eyes!
- Offmotorway – Versatile and Inspiring ~ Beautiful photography of awesome locations and sumptuous foods. My wanderlust is piqued for exploration and new foodie-fares to try.
- Homestead Emporium – Versatile and Inspiring ~ She's a Canadian, Homeschooling Mama, and maker of the finest reusable cloth items for women. She writes with honesty, humour and passion.
- The Harvest Gypsies – Versatile and Inspiring ~ Activists for change in the current food system. This blog is written with a powerful passion and peace that leaps from the screen.
- Luminous Vegans – Versatile and Inspiring ~ Liberal, nerd, knitter, vegan… Awesomesauce! Gorgeous photos and wonderfully written.
- The Hungry Irishman – Versatile and Inspiring ~ He loves good food, good company and great tattoo art! He's an Irishman who can cook. That's reason enough to visit his blog. It's real!
- Cauldrons and Cupcakes – Versatile and Inspiring ~ She's a psychic, organic farmer, teacher, writer and lover-of-life! Her compassion and wisdom comes through like a warm, enveloping breeze. Wonderful!
- toxicvegan – Inspiring and Versatile ~ She's sweet, quirky, smart and courageous. Gorgeous photos of her veggie-fare! She writes with honesty and humour.
That's my Fab 15. There are so many wonderful blogs that I follow! I literally agonized over this list. My veggie-brain was already exploding! If I've missed you, it's because the Fab 15 was a pretty Titanic task. I really DO love you, and devour your posts. Keep them coming. You ALL inspire me!


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30 Dec 2013 13:02:39 PM
The 39 Most Incredible MMA Photos We Posted on Facebook This Year [GALLERY]
(MMA face-swap of the century: Tito and Jenna at the Grammys, via JCSUPERMAN on the UG)
CagePotato isn't just an outdated MMA blog featuring incredibly biased articles and a non-functional comment section. The truth is, CP is an online media empire, which includes our daily complaints and arguments on Twitter, MMA GIFs and videos on our Tumblr page, and the amazing/ridiculous photographs and memes we post on Facebook.
We spent all morning combing our Facebook photo gallery and hand-picked 39 of the most memorable images that we posted in 2013, which we've laid out below along with their original descriptions. Enjoy, and if you're not following us yet, get with the damn program.
January 8th: Chael Sonnen before he was a superstar heel, and Jeff Monson before he was a walking art gallery. #oldschool #mma
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January 9th: Photo of the day: Ed O'Neill chokes out Royce Gracie on the set of Modern Family.


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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — You don't have to be a child to draw pleasure from the children's garden at the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park here. As my husband and I entered the park, we were drawn by the sight of a child-size iron-grate door in a wall through which small children were delightedly emerging. Intrigued, we headed into the nearby entryway and found ourselves in the Lena Meijer Children's Garden.
Just inside, we encountered a group of sculpted children in playful poses, elevated a few feet on their pedestals, with a low fountain flowing at their feet. A few real children were splashing their feet in the water.
Nearby, in a section called the Kid-Sense Garden, metal depictions of a nose, hand, ear, mouth and eye clued children in to different ways of experiencing the displays. In Treehouse Village, I climbed to the second story and joined a young boy in peering down at the shaded interior. He confided that there was a monster inside: "I heard it go down there."
In the Great Lakes Garden, a series of small, low pools shaped like said lakes beckoned hot children and their frazzled parents in the summer heat. Overlooking it was a human sundial, where you stand on the spot marked for the current time of year and raise your right hand to see the time. It seemed about an hour off; then again, the dial probably doesn't take Eastern Daylight Time into account.
As in much of the 132-acre park, sculpture is an integral part of the children's garden. A topiary dude wearing sunglasses surveys the scene, water bottle in hand; an old man sits at ground level, his right hand grasping the hand of a small girl who listens to him intently, her doll languishing, forgotten, in her other hand ("Grandpa, the Storyteller," by Victor Issa, bronze); a clown juggles three balls ("Juggler Clown," by Marshall Fredericks, bronze); and a colorful wolf family nestles close in their den as their leader stands watch ("Family of Wolves," by Leonard Streckfus, steel and other materials).
Other sections of the children's garden include a log cabin, a labyrinth, a rock quarry where kids can dig for buried fossils, and a storytelling garden, complete with a performance hut and amphitheater seats.
The garden is named for Frederik Meijer, the late owner of the grocery store chain that bears his family name, who died in November at age 91. Meijer and his wife, Lena, donated the land for the garden, gave a sculpture collection to it, and continued to give financial support as the garden developed. The children's garden is named for Lena.
Among all the children's garden's charms — its whimsical sculptures and clever teaching moments — I think I liked best the one thing I couldn't experience: the child-size door at the entrance. More than anything else we saw there, it reminded me of that time when all the world was bigger than I, when countertops, sinks and doorknobs were too high to reach, but delightful little playhouses with their kid-size doors and windows were a perfect, cozy fit.
If you go
The Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is open year-round and offers children's activities in all seasons, inside the children's garden and elsewhere in the park. Special fall children's activities include:
Tree-mendous Kids' Tram Tours: A tram travels throughout the park with stops along the way for tree-related lessons, such as learning which trees are used to make baseball bats, musical instruments and Popsicle sticks, and using puppets to find out about tree-living animals. Through Oct. 27; extra fees.
Giant Pumpkins at Michigan's Farm Garden: Pumpkins weighing hundreds of pounds will be on view, and cooking demonstrations will be held at this replica modeled roughly on a 1930s family farm (except for the 1880s farmhouse). Oct. 20-21; fee included with park admission.
Hallowee-ones: Children can come in costume, join a costume parade and hear Halloween stories. Oct. 26; fee included with park admission.
General park information: 888-957-1580, meijergardens.org; 1000 E. Beltline Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids is about 180 miles from Chicago, an easy drive of three to four hours. The park is north of Interstate Highway 96 on East Beltline Avenue, between Bradford and Leonard streets, about a 15-minute drive from downtown Grand Rapids.


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It would be great if ScummVM would be ported to the Jolla's new MeeGO based Sailfish OS. I would do it myself, but since I can't I can only ask for someone to port it to be available in Jolla's appstore from "day one", or atleast ASAP. I'm willing to donate that project and I believe that I'm not the only one.
For the moment, the device is not available and you can only pre-book, and the device is expensive (400eur). I think you're a bit early in the process. First let us see when it's available and if there's an active community.


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Tough times no match for Titans
Toll Gate navigates road blocks for Senior Night win over Vets
They hadn't practiced since Thursday, and water damage in their gym forced them to celebrate Senior Night on their rival's home court.
But the Toll Gate boys' basketball team had no complaints when all was said and done Tuesday night.
The Titans raced out of the gates against Warwick Vets, got a dagger of a three-pointer from Kyle Toolin at the halftime buzzer and rolled from there to a 70-42 victory. The Titans improved to 10-6 while Vets dropped to 4-12.
In imperfect circumstances, it was a perfect night for Toll Gate.
"We haven't practiced since last Thursday," said Toll Gate senior John Murphy. "We had to have Senior Night on Vets' court. It's been dilemma after dilemma. You just have to get through the obstacles. We came to play."
Murphy scored 22 to lead four players in double figures, and the Titans shot 50 percent from the field. The 70 points are a season high.
Head coach Tom Rayko didn't see it coming.
"Honestly, I was scared," Rayko said. "This was the third time we were going to play them, it's our Senior Night in their gym, and I'm just sitting there saying, 'Man, I don't want to play this game.' I could see it going one of two ways – it could have gone the way it went, or it could have gone the complete reverse and they could have blown us out."
The Titans have had to shuffle their schedule since a leak damaged the Toll Gate gym a few weeks ago. They initially moved their Senior Night to CCRI, but the snowstorm altered those plans and the game was shifted to Vets. Toll Gate also hadn't played since Feb. 4 and hadn't practiced in four days.
Ultimately, none of it mattered.
"That might have been one of the best offensive games we've had," Rayko said. "All around – passing, shooting, scoring – we just played really well. Maybe the rest was good."
After honoring their eight seniors before the game, the Titans sprinted to a 5-0 lead in the first 25 seconds of the game. Murphy hit a layup off a pass from Ben Mann after the opening tip and buried a three on Toll Gate's next possession.
After Vets scored four straight on a Will Remak three and a Carter Thomas free throw, Murphy scored in the post and converted a three-point play. Mann then drove for a layup to make it 12-4 with 11:46 left.
"We had to bring the intensity right from the start," Murphy said. "Some games, we've lacked that. Tonight, being Senior Night, we had that goal. We just brought it."
The 'Canes got back within three at 12-9, but Murphy answered with another three-pointer, which gave him 13 of the team's 16 points. That three also touched off a 9-0 run. John Coleman scored inside, Zach Mitchell hit a layup and Derryck Anderson made two free throws to power it.
The 'Canes stayed within striking distance over the next few minutes and seemed primed to get closer before halftime. When Tim Hogan scored inside with 2:28 left, it was a 10-point game.
Instead, the Titans surged.
Two free throws and a putback by Coleman plus a bucket in the post by Tyler Inkley pushed the lead to 14. Thomas cut it to 13 with a free throw with 23 seconds left, and he then stole the ball on the press. But he missed a pull-up jumper and left Toll Gate with some time.
The Titans seized it.
Toolin dribbled into the front-court, and with two defenders on him, he rose for a step-back three and watched it swish through the net at the halftime buzzer.
"You talk about a Senior Night memory," Rayko said. "That was a bomb, two guys on him, step-back, buzzer going off – all net. You can't ask for a better moment."
And it was a big moment. The Titans never looked back after the break, out-scoring Vets 20-8 in the first 10 minutes of the second half.
"I think maybe that three by Toolin at the half fired them up," said Vets head coach Chris LeBlanc. "That's a big difference between down 13 and down 16. That was a big shot. I think a couple of our guys just kind of got down on themselves a little bit after that. We couldn't catch up."
Toolin scored four quick points to start the second half. Later, the Titans put together a 10-0 run, with Inkley scoring six of the points. The lead grew to as much as 31 when Toolin hit a three at the 3:53 mark.
"We just shot really well," Rayko said. "We were in a very good groove and I thought we passed the ball really well."
In addition to Murphy's 22, Toolin scored 14, Coleman tallied 12 and Inkley finished with 11. Each of the team's eight seniors got into the scoring column, with Mann, Anderson, Mitchell and Evan Stamps scoring two points apiece.
"All the seniors played great," Rayko said.
Thomas led Vets with 10 points, Hogan scored seven and Remak had five.
"We were cold tonight, and we don't match up with that team," LeBlanc said. "They're big inside and they took advantage of some of their mismatches."
The loss was the third straight for the 'Canes. They were scheduled to play Pilgrim on Wednesday, with results unavailable at press time. They'll close out their season on Friday at 5 p.m. when they host Juanita Sanchez.
There have been bright spots in recent weeks, especially a 30-point performance by Remak in a loss to undefeated North Smithfield, but overall, it's been tough going.
"We can play with anybody," LeBlanc said. "We're going to keep working at it."
As for the Titans, they're hoping the victory can be a springboard for the rest of the regular season and the upcoming Division III playoffs. Toll Gate is still in the mix for the regular season division title.
"This is a good start – hopefully we win out, get a banner and see what we can do in the playoffs," Murphy said. "If we play like this every night, we're going to be hard to beat."
Whatever happens, it's been a fun year for the Titans and their seniors, most of whom didn't see significant action until this season. Tuesday was a fitting send-off.
"They've really come together and done a great job," Rayko said. "Summer league was rough for us. Fall league was rough for us. But the season has been great. I'm very proud of all the seniors. We have a chance, if we win out, to put up another banner. Just to have that chance is awesome. I'm very proud of them."
The Titans were scheduled to play Juanita Sanchez on Wednesday, with results unavailable at press time. The regular season finale will be today at 4:45 p.m. at Pilgrim.


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The Jetty project provides an implementation of the Next Protocol Negotiation TLS Extension (NPN) for OpenJDK 7 or greater.
Jetty's NPN implementation, although hosted under the umbrella of the Jetty project, is independent of Jetty (the Servlet Container), and can be reused in any other Java network server.
JVM Startup Usage
In order to enable NPN support, you need to start the JVM with:
java -Xbootclasspath/p:<path_to_npn_boot_jar> ...
path_to_npn_boot_jar is the path on file system for the NPN Boot jar file, for example one at the following Maven coordinates org.mortbay.jetty.npn:npn-boot.
API Usage
Applications needs to interact with the negotiation of the next protocol performed by the NPN TLS extension. For example, server applications need to know whether the client supports NPN, and client applications needs to know the list of protocols supported by the server, and so on.
In order to provide this interaction, Jetty's NPN implementation provides an API to applications, hosted at Maven coordinates
This dependency needs to be declared as "provided", because it is already included in the
npn-boot jar (see section above) and therefore will be available in the boot classpath.
The API is composed of a single class,
org.eclipse.jetty.npn.NextProtoNego, and applications need to register instances of
SSLSocket or
SSLEngine with a
ClientProvider or
ServerProvider (depending on whether the application is a client or server application).
Refer to
NextProtoNego javadocs and to the examples below for further details about client and server provider methods.
Client Example
SSLContext sslContext = ...; SSLSocket sslSocket = (SSLSocket)context.getSocketFactory() .createSocket("localhost", server.getLocalPort()); NextProtoNego.put(sslSocket, new NextProtoNego.ClientProvider() { @Override public boolean supports() { return true; } @Override public void unsupported() { } @Override public String selectProtocol(List<String> protocols) { return protocols.get(0); } });
NextProtoNego.ClientProvider methods
unsupported() and
selectProtocol(List<String>) will be called by the NPN implementation, so that the client application can, respectively, decide whether to support NPN, whether the server supports NPN, and select one of the protocols supported by the server.
The example for
SSLEngine is identical, and you just need to replace the
SSLSocket instance with a
SSLEngine instance.
Server Example
SSLSocket sslSocket = ...; NextProtoNego.put(sslSocket, new NextProtoNego.ServerProvider() { @Override public void unsupported() { } @Override public List<String> protocols() { return Arrays.asList("http/1.1"); } @Override public void protocolSelected(String protocol) { System.out.println("Protocol Selected is: " + protocol); } });
NextProtoNego.ServerProvider methods
protocols() and
protocolSelected(String) will be called by the NPN implementation, so that the server application can, respectively, know whether the client supports NPN, provide the list of protocols supported by the server, and know what is the protocol chosen by the client.
Implementation Details
The NPN implementation relies on modification of few OpenJDK classes and on few new classes that needs to live in the
sun.security.ssl package.
These classes are released under the same GPLv2+exception license of OpenJDK.
NextProtoNego class is released under same license as the classes of the Jetty project.
Usage in Unit Tests
It is possible to write and run unit tests that make use of the NPN implementation. The solution that we used with Maven is to specify an additional command line argument to the Surefire plugin:
<project ...> <properties> <npn-version>7.6.2.v20120308</npn-version> </properties> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <configuration> <argLine>-Xbootclasspath/p:${settings.localRepository}/org/mortbay/jetty/npn/npn-boot/${npn-version}/npn-boot-${npn-version}.jar</argLine> </configuration> </plugin> ... </plugins> </build> ... </project>


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Scenes from the John Wayne Walding 400 at the Brickyard
This past weekend we were invited by Crown Royal to attend their NASCAR race in Indianapolis for the 2nd straight year. When given a Hot Pass and a Media Credential for one of the biggest races of the year, we're going to make damn sure we bring along a camera to share the experience with our readers. The race was officially called Crown Royal Presents the John Wayne Walding 400 at the Brickyard Powered by BigMachineRecords.com, and it was won for the record fifth time by Jeff Gordon. It was the 20th Anniversary of the Brickyard, and Jeff Gordon also won the inaugural running back in 1994.
Our 60 image gallery below contains photos of the full behind the scenes NASCAR race experience, from the garage to the checkered flag. There are many moving parts to race day, and so many integral members of the team that help the driver reach the finish line first. We grouped some of our favorites in sequence here below in the first 20 photos, but definitely check out the other two pages of the gallery for many more from our awesome day at the race. We admit some of the images are blurry, but those cars are going awfully fast!


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With a January 30th release date just over a month away, screenshots and photos of BlackBerry's new OS 10 software, including a variety of device photos, are making their way to the web, giving us a preview of what RIM will be hoping to sell by the end of January. The BlackBerry N-Series, which has a QWERTY keyboard, hasn't gotten much attention from the leaked images department, but it looks like the N-Series has got a shot. In these shots, found by CrackBerry, it looks like a taller, more handsome BlackBerry Bold with a larger display, full QWERTY keyboard, and front camera.
The N-Series, possible known as the BlackBerry X10, was also seen in a lineup alongside the BlackBerry Z-10, and another unknown QWERTY BlackBerry device. As per BlackBerry OS 10's claims, all the new devices will feature a new sensual UI, powerful messaging features, and supposedly up to 30,000 apps on launch day. One things for sure: From now until January 30th, all eyes in the mobile world will be on RIM's last ditch effort to amaze us with BlackBerry OS 10. Does anyone think Obama will upgrade?


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2011 Temperature Watch
Halfway through 2011, the year-to-date (January-June) average temperature for the United States is just 0.15°F above the long-term (20th century) average. Although it is certainly too soon to say for sure (especially considering that a good portion of the country has been stuck in an extended heat wave), there is a good case to be made that when the final numbers are in at the end of December, that 2011 will go down as another in a recent string (which now stands at three years and counting) of rather unremarkable years when it comes to the national annual average temperature. The current run of near-normal years is growing evidence that the collection of relatively warm years experienced in the U.S. from 1998-2007 neither represented a new climate state in the U.S. nor a sustained uptick in the rate of warming which could be reliably extrapolated into the future.
Over at MasterResource.org, Chip Knappenberger elucidates why this is the case—catching us up on the temperatures thus far in 2011 and reviewing the recent behavior of the U.S. annual average temperature record.
The bottom line is presented in Figure 1 (below). Figure 1 includes a projection of the 2011 final end-of-the-year temperature placed in the context of the full U.S. temperature history from 1895-2010, and shows that the warm period from 1998-2007 in the United States appears to be over.
Figure 1. Projected value for the U.S. annual temperature for 2011 based on data for the first six months of the year. The blue dot at the end is the current year-to-date (January through June) temperature anomaly. The grey bar represents the region where there is about a 2/3rds chance that the 2011 annual temperature will end up being. The hash marks above and below the grey bar indicate the region where there is about a 95% chance the 2011 annual temperature will ultimately fall, and the vertical line represent the limits of the 2011 annual temperature, based on observations from 1895-2010. The elevated temperatures from 1998-2007 are circled—this warm period now seems to be over. (Data source: U.S. National Climatic Data Center)
Knappenberger concludes:
"If 2011 ultimately turns out to come in in-line with the central projections in Figure [1], it will strengthen the suggestion that the unusually high temperature that characterized the 10-yr period from 1998-2007, were just that, unusual, and do not best represent either the expected trend or the climate state of the U.S. for the next several decades to come."


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Chemical New York Corp.
List of Deals
- 1971 Chemical New York Corporation: $50,000,000 principal amount 5 1/2% convertible subordinated debentures due 1996
- 1972 Chemical New York Corporation: $75,000,000 principal amount 6 5/8% notes due 1980
- 1974 Chemical New York Corporation: $50,000,000 principal amount of 8.40% debentures due 1999; $50,000,000 principal amount of 7.80% notes due 1982
- 1977 Chemical New York Corporation: $100,000,000 8 1/4% debentures due 2002
The Chemical New York Corporation began as the New York Chemical Manufacturing Company. The company was established in 1823 by Baldhead P. Melick, Mark Spenser, and Geradus Post. These founders originally wanted to form a bank; however, due to laws governing banks at that time, it was easier to start a company for other purposes and then add banking activities to the company's chartered activities. The founders followed precisely that formula and in 1824 established Chemical Bank as a division of New York Chemical Manufacturing Company.
The bank thrived through the following decades. In 1884, when New York Chemical Manufacturing Company's charter expired, the chemical company was liquidated and the company was reincorporated as a bank only. In 1853 the bank became a founding member of the New York Clearing House, an association of banks formed to help members clear banking transactions. During the recession of 1857 many new banks experienced a great deal of financial difficulty. Despite the condition of the economy, Chemical Bank redeemed bank notes in specie after other banks had started issuing paper loan certificates. Chemical Bank weathered the crisis and remained stable through the Civil War.
In 1865 the bank acquired a national charter as the Chemical National Bank of New York and began issuing government-backed national bank notes, the predecessor of paper money. The bank also became a depository of federal funds and the required reserves of other national banks. Chemical Bank's reputation for stability was enhanced by the higher liquidity and solvency requirements set by the federal government. Through the end of the nineteenth century the bank was a major correspondence banker and one of the largest and strongest banks in North America.
At the turn of the century the bank's leadership changed hands. The bank began to falter under the direction of Joseph B. Martindale. By 1917 it was no longer among the top 100 banks in the country. The bank rebounded after Martindale's death, and by 1919 its stock had increased to almost $200 a share. In 1923 Chemical Bank established its first branch bank.
The company was reincorporated as a state bank in 1929 under the name Chemical Bank & Trust Company. That same year, the company merged with the United States Mortgage & Trust Company. Also in 1929, Chemical established two affiliates, Chemical National Company, Inc., to buy, sell, and underwrite securities, and Chemical National Association, Inc., to act as a holding company. The two affiliates were merged into the bank during the Depression.
During the post-World War II years the company participated in a series of mergers, which ultimately increased the bank's assets from $1.35 billion in 1946 to $15 billion by 1972. In 1947 the company merged with Continental Bank and Trust Company. In 1954 Chemical merged with the Corn Exchange Bank Trust Company to form Chemical Corn Exchange Bank. This merger brought Chemical ninety-eight additional branches throughout New York City. In 1959 the company merged with New York Trust Company, which had a large trust and wholesale-banking business. In 1968 the company formed a bank-holding company, Chemical New York Corporation.
Through the 1960s and 1970s, the company continued to expand, and its international operations grew significantly. By 1977 Chemical had added branches and/or offices in the Bahamas, Frankfurt, Brussels, Zurich, Paris, Tokyo, Singapore, Milan, London, and Taiwan. Chemical also continued to acquire other companies during this time. It also formed a real estate financing subsidiary, Chemical Realty Company. One of the company's most popular innovations at that time was "ChemLink," a computerized system that enabled corporations to transfer funds anywhere and to have instant access to their funds worldwide.


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One of my readers recently asked me for a good Meat Sauce recipe. This is a loyal one that I have been making for years. You can have it on the table ready to eat in about an hour and fancy ingredients aren't necessary. Chances are you have everything to make this in your fridge right now. It's a real hearty and satisfying sauce flavored with green peppers, onions, garlic and plenty of dried herbs.
You might be tempted to call this Bolognese but fuhgettaboutit! For it to be a true Bolognese wine is a requirement. It's just Meat Sauce. I don't like carrot in my sauce. I thought you should know. Time and again I see carrot in authentic Italian Sauce recipes. It made me think I was missing out on something. I tried it. Once. I shouldn't have. My Grandma didn't use carrot in hers and neither does my Ma. Now I know why. This is best served with Pasta that has nooks and crannies for all the tasty little tidbits to hide in: Penne, Farfalle, Campanelle, Cavatappi, Fusilli, Rigatoni, Rotini, Orechhiette. Will work with long, skinny noodles, too.
Someday I'll give you a fancy Bolognese but for now I give you this. I'm even giving away my secret ingredient. Can you guess what it is?


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Party Basics: Things to Remember When Hosting a Holiday Party
Now that some major Holidays are on the horizon, it's time to begin planning for the years most festive celebrations. Whether you are having an intimate romantic dinner for two — or a 20 person cocktail party — it's always nice to be prepared.
Even if you must prepare a checklist to ensure you have everything you need...it will be more than helpful.
• Guest list with rsvp's
• Grocery list and recipes
• Beverages for all ages
• The right playlist on your iPod
• well groomed space to host in.
1. Gather together your flatware, linens, candlesticks and place settings. Make sure you have everything washed, cleaned — and most of all — the right amount for all your guests (don't forget some extras for multiple courses or dropped spoons!).
2. Place cards should always be considered when you're hosting a large dinner party of mixed crowds. You would hate for your Aunt Helen to mistake your Boss for your best friend's husband, right? It's a subtle way to introduce yourself and often make good conversation starters.
3. A centerpiece to any table should be full of color, grab the attention of the room and most of all should be festive. I love this squash centerpiece above, with the clean white dishes and linens. Very elegant, classic and will warm up the table immediately!
4. When considering which beverages to serve, consider that not everyone prefers wine with dinner. Whether you're serving a cabernet or a pinot grigio, it might be helpful to have champagne, a bottle of vodka or gin and some beer handy. For the underage , make sure you to supply sodas, juices, and when I was a kid I always did love a fancy Shirley Temple. Bottled water both flat and sparkling go nicely with orange and lime slices. Also consider these few things when preparing your menu; are there any vegetarian or vegan guests? Do any of your guest have food allergies? Will anyone need a kosher prepared meal? We don't want anyone left offended, sick or starving at your party.
5. Breaking out a nice dinner set for special occasions always feels a bit more formal. It doesn't have to be your great grandparents' china, but splurging on some "special" plates and glasses is worth it. Plus, do you want to serve your special holiday roast on the same plate you cook Monday's spaghetti on every week?
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Part Qualified Auditor - Insurance Brokers - London
- Recruiter
- Real Staffing
- Location
- England
- Salary
- £38000 - £44000 per annum + ££££
- Posted
- 22 Jan 2013
- Closes
- 19 Feb 2013
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- Joseph Reeves
- Sector
- Banking, Finance & Insurance
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
This Global Insurance brokers have a massive geographical coverage and offer services to a range of industries, whilst covering a large range of risks. This organisation has grown over the last couple of years, and have now positioned themselves in an area to cope with an increased demand of business. Due to this positive restructure, a requirement has now arisen for a part qualified Audit Senior to join the established and well-respected team.
The successful candidate will have responsibility for managing and supervising all aspects of the operational and financial audit portfolio across the business. You will also be involved with future audit methodology developments for these specific areas along with their implementation.
Within this position you will work alongside the Audit Manager and Head of Audit and use your knowledge to help build on existing relations with Senior stakeholder whilst working on audits from cradle to grave. This established company will provide you with the opportunity to expand on your existing career achievements, manage your own audits and get exposure across the business.
This is an excellent opportunity within an organisation that is focused on expansion in 2010, the successful individual must have an understanding of the insurance industry, and be ACA/ ACCA part qualified.
Travel is up to 40% and is toNew York.
To have an impartial discussion regarding this opportunity, please send an updated copy of your CV to Joseph Reeves.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday launched a new legal assault on North Carolina's constitutional ban on recognizing same-sex marriage, urging a federal judge to quickly negate it to help children and gay couples suffering from urgent health problems.
The civil rights group said it was seeking to speed up a decision in lawsuit filed in 2012 by citing the urgent health needs of a child who suffers from cerebral palsy who was adopted by one of the lesbian couples involved in the case. The ACLU also filed a new lawsuit on behalf of three other lesbian couples struggling with health conditions made more difficult because they lack legal recognition of their marriages performed in other states, said ACLU staff attorney Elizabeth Gill.
The ACLU and the same-sex couples they represent argue a judge should act quickly to suspend North Carolina's marriage ban because they are suffering immediate and irreparable harm.
"The plaintiffs that we're representing and talking about today really have urgent harms," Gill said.
Wednesday's action is patterned in part on an Ohio case that sought to force the state's recognition on death certificates of out-of-state gay marriages, Gill said. The judge ruled in December that Ohio should recognize gay spouses on death certificates. The same judge then said earlier this month he will rule that Ohio must recognize out-of-state gay marriages
Seventeen states allow gay marriage and federal judges have struck down bans in Michigan, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma and Virginia.
NC Values Coalition executive director Tami Fitzgerald, who helped lead a coalition of Christian and conservative groups supporting the state's 2012 constitutional amendment, said the ACLU's moves attempt to void the will of voters who backed traditional marriage. Six in 10 voters backed changing North Carolina's constitution.
"While we sympathize with these individuals about their poor health, that is not a reason to re-define marriage," Fitzgerald said in a statement.
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I'm sorry you're feeling so stressed out about all of this! I wonder if you could try another visit with a different lactation consultant? Or maybe call up your local La Leche League Leader? I understand why you would be worried about your baby with the early issues, but it really sounds like your supply might be on target right now. If I understand what you are saying, though, about the other day - you nursed her for 24 hours, and she got two 3 ounce bottles - one of which you pumped that same day? So you only supplemented her with 3 ounces on top of what you actually produced that day? And in all that time she acted normal, had normal diaper output?
My first daughter nursed pretty much around the clock for months. She would nurse 2.5 out of every 3 hours. She would nurse and sleep on the boppy, latched on or just next to the breast. I sat on the couch for the first four months of her life, at which time I had to go back to work.
Also... about your husband being in the middle. He should not be "in the middle." When you guys got married, you formed a new family unit. You and him. And now you have your baby. His loyalty should be to you and your baby and the way that you two want to handle parenting. His mother does not get a say.


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20 U.S. Code § 1081 - Insurance fund
There is hereby established a student loan insurance fund (hereinafter in this section called the "fund") which shall be available without fiscal year limitation to the Secretary for making payments in connection with the default of loans insured by the Secretary under this part, or in connection with payments under a guaranty agreement under section 1078(c) of this title. All amounts received by the Secretary as premium charges for insurance and as receipts, earnings, or proceeds derived from any claim or other assets acquired by the Secretary in connection with operations under this part, any excess advances under section 1072 of this title, and any other moneys, property, or assets derived by the Secretary from operations in connection with this section, shall be deposited in the fund. All payments in connection with the default of loans insured by the Secretary under this part, or in connection with such guaranty agreements shall be paid from the fund. Moneys in the fund not needed for current operations under this section may be invested in bonds or other obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States.
If at any time the moneys in the fund are insufficient to make payments in connection with the default of any loan insured by the Secretary under this part, or in connection with any guaranty agreement made under section 1078(c) of this title, the Secretary is authorized, to the extent provided in advance by appropriations Acts, to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such forms and denominations, bearing such maturities, and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Such notes or other obligations shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities during the month preceding the issuance of the notes or other obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations issued hereunder and for that purpose is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under chapter 31 of title 31, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under that chapter, are extended to include any purchase of such notes and obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury may at any time sell any of the notes or other obligations acquired under this subsection. All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States. Sums borrowed under the subsection shall be deposited in the fund and redemption of such notes and obligations shall be made by the Secretary from such fund.
In subsec. (b), "chapter 31 of title 31" and "that chapter" substituted for "the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended" and "that Act, as amended", respectively, on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
A prior section 1081, Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 431, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1245; Pub. L. 90–460, § 3(c), Aug. 3, 1968, 82 Stat. 638; Pub. L. 94–482, title I, § 127(a), Oct. 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 2126; Pub. L. 96–374, title XIII, § 1391(a)(1), Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1503, related to a student loan insurance fund, prior to the general revision of this part by Pub. L. 99–498.
1987—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–50 substituted "section 1072 of this title" for "section 1072(a)(4)(C) of this title".
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–50 effective as if enacted as part of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986, Pub. L. 99–498, see section 27 of Pub. L. 100–50, set out as a note under section 1001 of this title.
Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 434, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1711, provided that:
All assets and liabilities of the vocational student loan insurance fund transferred to the student loan insurance fund, see section 116(c)(2) of Pub. L. 90–575, set out as a note under former section 981 et seq. of this title.
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Though he is hospitalized with mental health problems and declined to campaign, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., claimed victory Tuesday in his re-election bid to the House of Representatives.
Jackson was leading with 64 percent of the vote in the 2nd Congressional District, based on unofficial returns with 66 percent of precincts counted.
Jackson, 47, a 17-year veteran of Congress who has bipolar disorder, issued a statement Tuesday from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., thanking voters.
"Once the doctors approve my return to work, I will continue to be the progressive fighter you have known for years," Jackson said. "My family and I are grateful for your many...


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When time stopped 25 years ago, where were you?
At 8:37 p.m. on Oct. 15, 1988, Kirk Gibson reached out across the plate from the left-handed batters box at Dodger Stadium.
He flipped his bat awkwardly with as much arm strength as he could generate since his legs were of little use at that point.
The result was a fly ball that kept going and going and going, and the back-door slider from future Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley landed in the right-field pavilion.
On the replays, maybe you see the red tail lights from people hitting the breaks on their cars as they're leaving the stadium parking lot, convinced the game was over.
Anyone else who stayed in the park for that moment wasn't going anywhere.
Gibson's two-run, pinch-hit home run wasn't just one for the ages but for the rages. The only thing missing were sparks flying out of the Dodger Stadium light standards, and Robert Redford greeting Gibson at home plate.
The Dodgers' heart-stopping, 5-4 comeback win over the Oakland Athletics with two out in the bottom of the ninth in Game 1 of the World Series was the launching point to an improbable 4-1 series victory capped five days later in Oakland.
Or, as Vin Scully described it on the NBC telecast: "In the year of the improbable, the impossible has happened."
In author Josh Suchon's recently published book, "Miracle Men," recapping that season, Scully admitted: "My only thought when he came up to hit was, 'Please God, don't let him strike out.' My thought was only being this is the national stage. This guy has been absolutely inspirational all year long, spurring on the team."
Scully then admitted later, like most, he couldn't sit down.
"I kept walking and walking, trying to burn off whatever energy this was, that was manufactured by the home run."
Suchon, the former KABC (710) DodgerTalk co-host currently calling games for the team's Triple-A affiliate in Albuquerque, was a huge A's fan living in the Bay Area.
He devoted 37 pages in his 330-page book to that game, "but I could have done another 37 pages just on people's memories."
One of those he included were a father and son, Bob and Sean Mercer, who watched together at the park.
Bob stayed and saw it. Sean left early and hasn't stopped hearing about it.
"I thought I had all the answers," said Sean, a Valencia resident playing baseball at College of the Canyons. "I wanted to beat the traffic. I was probably halfway through the parking lot and I heard the roar of the crowd. It was nothing I ever heard before. I couldn't believe I missed one of the greatest moments in baseball history."
Suchon recalled future Dodgers right fielder Shawn Green admitted he and his family also left early. So did Steve Edwards, the co-host of KTTV's"Good Day L.A." His wife made him a jacket that read, "Left Early."
"During book signings, I've heard from hundreds more people about that game," Suchon said. "It's one of those moments in life where you don't just remember exactly where you were, you remember the most finite details, too. It's uncanny.
"Not only that, but people feel compelled to tell you their story. It's like they have to tell you exactly where they were, exactly what they were doing, exactly what they felt and exactly the impact that game had on them as fans of the Dodgers and baseball.
"Even talking to the other Dodgers players, you could hear in their voice how giddy they were. They all turned into schoolyard kids, acting deliriously then and recalling the memory 25 years later with a similar level of child-like wonder. Nobody was too cool for school when discussing that game. In fact, they couldn't stop talking about the game."
OK, Josh, where were you and what do you remember?
"I watched the whole game at home in Pleasanton with my dad," said Suchon, 15 at the time. "In the ninth inning, he was in the kitchen. I'm pretty sure dad was doing the dishes from dinner. I was off the couch, just a couple steps from the TV, either on my knees or bent over at the waist. I distinctly recall that after one of the foul balls, I channeled the line from the Sensei at the end of 'Karate Kid' and yelled at the TV, 'Finish him, Eck!'
"When the ball went over the fence, I dropped my head between my legs in disbelief. I couldn't look at the TV. I didn't move for a minute or two. Finally, I got up. I didn't even look at my dad or say a word. I just walked upstairs and went to bed. I don't remember anything about the rest of the night. I didn't see any of the replays until sitting down to watch Game 2 the next night."
The Los Angeles Sports Council still lists Gibson's home run as the city's greatest sports moment. It was voted as such in 1995, but hardly could be supplanted by anything else in the years since.
The ball Gibson hit? It hasn't officially been identified as belonging to anyone, but stories exist of those who claim to have it.
Gibson recently sold via auction his bat, helmet and jersey used from that game to a Southern California collector who has yet to put it on public display.
Replays of the NBC telecast with Scully's call are on YouTube. So are calls of the play made by CBS Radio's Joe Buck ("I can't believe what I just saw") and Dodgers radio broadcaster Don Drysdale (with his voice cracking "Way back! It's back! It's gone!")
Drysdale's call is the one heard on the car radio by those who decided to leave early. Wonder how many had to take their cars into the shop the next day to have their brakes repaired.?


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A SELECT tag is what a DropDowList in Asp.Net renders to in HTML and it's a standard web control.
If you ever had to pop up a DIV over it (a menu in most cases) then you know that in IE6 and below and FireFox 1.x
the select tag showed over the div tag. This was/is annoying as hell.
There was a hack for this by putting an IFrame into a DIV but this introduced problems with linking etc...
Now FINALLY this is fixed in IE7 and FireFox 2.x.
I'm glad! Aren't you? :)
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The service will cost $12.95 a month and gives viewers access to about 100 movies. Movies can be viewed an unlimited number of times while they are part of Starz's current roster of films, but the movie is then deleted from the hard drive when the company no longer carries it.
The service has been launched 18 months after it was originally announced, the delay due to the availability and adoption of high speed connections, plus the fact that the market is more ripe now for such an undertaking.
Similar services are already on offer from other companies such as Movielink and CinemaNow.


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BOSTON -- On Sunday, congregants from dozens of Boston-area churches and synagogues marched to the site in Mattapan where a two-year-old boy and his mother were murdered in September. Two others were also killed in what police described as the worst shooting rampage in Boston since 2005.
These homicides, as well as other murders in recent months have largely taken place in urban neighborhoods abutting Blue Hill Avenue, the street that connects Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan and Milton. Violence has given this street a tragic notoriety, but it's also a place with a deep history, and a present filled with complexity and alive with growth.
This week, we will take a closer look at Blue Hill Avenue.
Part One: Blue Hill Avenue, In Truth And Memory
During the last 50 years, this avenue has undergone dramatic changes: From Jewish neighborhoods to African American, Caribbean and Latino communities; from synagogues to churches; from kosher restaurants to those that specialize in jerked chicken. And -- unfairly, many believe -- from having a reputation for commerce to one associated with crime.
Part Two: Crime -- And Solutions -- On Blue Hill Avenue
Relative to other issues, crime ranks low for many Massachusetts residents in this election year, according to recent surveys. But it is a defining issue for thousands of Boston residents of three neighborhoods -- Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan -- where the vast majority of the city's violence occurs.
Part Three: On Blue Hill Avenue, Community Abounds
The horrific murder in Mattapan last month, which took the lives of a four people, including a mother and her two-year-old child, has touched off a wave of religious vigils and protests in Mattapan. But a great deal of community organizing up and down Blue Hill Avenue takes place unseen and out of the glare of cameras.
>> Photoessay: Community, From Roxbury To Milton
Part Four: Blue Hill Avenue Looks Foward
Many residents who live on and near Blue Hill Avenue argue that the corridor is unfairly tainted with a reputation for crime. They point to a thriving commercial sector and new projects on the way as evidence of the community's revitalization.
>> Photoessay: Faces Of Blue Hill Avenue
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A chemist at a Massachusetts drug lab accused of faking test results in criminal cases has been sentenced to three to five years in prison.
Annie Dookhan, of Franklin, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, perjury and tampering with evidence. Friday in Suffolk Superior Court.
She'll also be on probation for two years when she gets out of prison.
Dookhan sent the state's criminal justice system into a tailspin last year when state police shut down the state Department of Public Health lab she worked at after discovering the extent of her misconduct.
Since the lab closed in August 2012, at least 1,100 criminal cases have been dismissed or not prosecuted because of tainted evidence or other fallout from the lab's shutdown.


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Imhotep Panthers Ready to Growl in New Orleans park
This is the second in a 16-day installment of previews featuring the 16 teams participating in the Allstate Sugar Bowl National Prep Basketball Classic January 6 through January 8 at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner as well as at Country Day and Archbishop Rummel High Schools. NewOrleans.Com/Sports is an official sponsor of the event.
Allstate Sugar Bowl Basketball Page
With excellent players comes lofty goals and expectations. Both are welcome to IMHOTEP Charter School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Panthers won the 2A state championship in Pennsylvania in 2009 and reached the state semifinals in 2010. With a host of Division one star players returning this season, the sky is the limit for IMHOTEP.
Andre Noble is the only coach the Panthers have ever had. The young school is its 13th year of operation and its 10th in boys basketball. Noble built the program from scratch and the itch for opponents has grown annually as IMHOTEP has become a state power bordering on national stardom. Noble is humbled by the success.
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This is the time of year when donations to food banks spike. But, some food banks are getting pickier about what they'll accept.
Earlier this year the Capital Area Food Bank announced it would "dramatically" cut back on junk food it receives and distributes. This means saying "no" to donations such as sheet cakes, holiday candy, sugary sodas and other processed, bakery items.
"Our core business — in helping those most in need — needs to be not only getting people food, but getting them the right food," says Nancy Roman, the CEO of the Capital Area Food Bank.
Roman says about half of the people that the CAFB serves have high blood pressure or other cardiovascular conditions, and about one in four clients have diabetes in their households. Given the epidemic of lifestyle and diet-related diseases, "we have a moral obligation to get our act together," Roman says.
Other food pantries are following a similar strategy. At the Share food pantry in McLean, Virginia, there's an effort to limit how many donations of sugary calories it accepts from donors such as supermarkets and restaurants.
"We've gotten calls from grocery stores saying, we have one-hundred cupcakes or sheet cakes, will you take them?" Therese Dyer-Caplan of Share told us. "The answer is no."
Share accepts pies during the holidays, since families enjoy a treat. Dyer-Caplan says she also accepts breads and a limited number of baked goods, but she tries to shift the overall balance towards healthier items.
So, where does Share find the kind of donations they're looking for? It turns out, the elementary school across the street has become a key partner, giving the food pantry about a hundred pounds of foods each week.
The donations are unopened leftovers from the cafeteria that would otherwise be tossed out. "Everything from cheese sticks, yogurts, and milks," gets donated says David Duggal, a 6th grader at Franklin Sherman Elementary. There's also hummus and fresh fruit, including apples and bananas. "It's a lot of food!"
"It's a win-win," says Josh DeSmyter, Assistant Principal at the school. He says the food no longer goes to waste, and the students learn the value of helping others.
Student Nicola Hopper says he thinks this is a big improvement. He says he felt guilty before they started donating their leftovers. "All of it just got wasted."
There are lots of reasons kids don't eat everything on their trays. They either pack too much, don't like what the cafeteria is serving, or they don't have time to eat everything.
The idea to recover unused food from elementary schools is the brainchild of a mom in this school district. When she visited her kids' own school several years ago, she was shocked by how much food was wasted.
"It was a mountain of food and it had to be tossed out. That was the regulation," says Kathleen Dietrich, founder of Food Bus. For food safety reasons, Dietrich explains, most school cafeterias don't allow food that's been purchased to be returned to the line. This means, in most cases, once a food is on a student's tray, it must be eaten or tossed.
At Franklin Sherman elementary alone, there's more than 3,000 pounds of food that is now salvaged during the school year. And when you consider that there's thousands of schools around the country, many of which are also tossing away food, "It's a lot of waste," Dietrich says.
Dietrich was determined to help solve the problem. She arranged to have the students start collecting their unopened leftovers instead of throwing them away. She also arranged to purchase extra refrigerators to store the perishable items. Once a week the students haul all the food they've collected over to the food pantry to be distributed.
At the Share food pantry, Therese Dyer-Caplan says the donations from the students are a godsend. "We're so grateful, and our clients are so grateful."
The model is spreading. Dietrich started the program in her own children's school. Now, it's up and running in more more than 40 schools across the country.
Dietrich has developed a toolkit to help schools get started. Each school must have refrigerators to store the food, and they need to find a local food pantry that can accept the donations.
Nancy Roman, at the CAFB, says she's thrilled to see more organizations popping up around the country that are focused on recovering nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste. Food Bus's mission fits nicely with the goal of the food pantry community - which is to provide healthier food. "Everybody understands we need to eat better," Roman says. And the foods that Food Bus schools are distributing - everything from fruit to cheese -to hummus -are exactly what many food banks are looking for.
"I'll take hummus over sheet cake any day," Roman says.
The holidays can feel like the time to donate to a food bank. You want to help, of course. But here's the reality - some food pantries don't want the foods people are giving. Here's NPR's Allison Aubrey
ALLISON AUBREY, BYLINE: Every Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m., Therese Dyer-Caplan opens the doors of the McLean Baptist Church in Fairfax County, Va., and welcomes in a line of hungry people. The bright sun shone through the stained glass that lit up the sanctuary. Therese ushered us down a flight of stairs into the food pantry.
THERESE DYER-CAPLAN: We're just like a little mini grocery store. When you come in, these are very nice quality items. And, of course, everything here is donated.
AUBREY: There's a spread of fresh fruits, meats, cheeses, yogurts and a whole table filled with loaves of whole grain bread.
DYER-CAPLAN: And they're fresh. I mean, if you feel them, they're perfectly fresh.
AUBREY: Now, it hasn't always been this way. Food pantries used to be thought of as a repository for things nobody else wanted. So when grocery stores had a glut of sweets they could not sell they'd call Dyer-Caplan to take it.
DYER-CAPLAN: We've gotten calls from grocery stores saying, we have 100 cupcakes and sheet cakes; will you take them? The answer is no.
AUBREY: Dyer-Caplan says she realized several years ago that if she filled the whole food pantry with these kinds of empty calories full of sugar nobody needs, it would be a disservice, especially given the shift she's seen over the years in the families who come here.
DYER-CAPLAN: Well, you can see it firsthand. You can see that children are heavier. They're hungry, but they're heavy.
AUBREY: With this in mind, Dyer-Caplan started looking for new kinds of donations. Who had nutritious foods they'd be willing to donate? It turns out the answer was almost staring her in the face. Right across the street at the Franklin Sherman Elementary School, lots of perfectly good food was being tossed out.
DAVID DUGGAL: We have, like, bananas, yogurt, apple, one milk carton, a peanut butter sandwich and a cheese stick.
AUBREY: That's sixth grader David Duggal listing all of the foods that the kids at his lunch table leave on their trays and don't eat.
NICOLA HOPPER: All of it got thrown in the trash.
LEXI RETTY: So it honestly all just got piled up in a garbage dump.
NICOLA: That's Nicola hopper and Lexi Retty (ph). They say there are lots of reasons the kids don't eat everything on their trays. They either pack too much, don't like what the cafeteria serves or this excuse...
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD #1: I didn't have time to eat.
AUBREY: When the school tallied up all of the unopened, uneaten food in the cafeteria, turns out to be about a hundred pounds every week. That's more than 3,000 pounds a year.
DAVID: I thought, wow, that is a lot of food we didn't eat.
AUBREY: Now, at the same time that the food pantry was seeking out more nutritious foods, a mom in the Fairfax County school district named Kathleen Dietrich decided to do something about all this waste in schools.
KATHLEEN DIETRICH: It was a mountain of food, and it had to be tossed out. That was the regulation.
AUBREY: Dietrich says, for food safety reasons, most school cafeterias don't allow food that's been purchased to be returned to the line. So in order to salvage all of it, Dietrich arranged to buy extra refrigerators and store it. Now, every Friday, the kids at Franklin Sherman hall everything they've collected over to the food pantry.
UNIDENTIFIED CHILD #2: I feel like I'm helping people who really, really need it.
AUBREY: Dyer-Caplan at the food pantry says the donations are a godsend.
DYER-CAPLAN: Oh, my goodness. We're so grateful, and the clients are so grateful.
AUBREY: And the model is spreading. Kathleen Dietrich founded an organization called Food Bus that now salvages the wasted bounty from school cafeterias in more than 40 schools across the country. Allison Aubrey, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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After three straight losses to regional foes, the University of Redlands softball team bounced back with a doubleheader sweep against the visiting Sagehens of Pomona-Pitzer Colleges in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) action on Saturday. The Bulldogs relied on solid pitching and late-game rallies to take down the Sagehens by scores of 6-0 and 8-0, respectively.
In the opener, the Bulldogs gave up a run in the top of the fourth inning on an errant throw to home with the bases loaded. Redlands quickly made up for it with two quick outs to end the inning, as the defense tagged out a runner in a pickle play and then junior catcher Nicky Neumann (Fremont, CA) picked off another at third.
The Maroon and Gray then equalized the score with a run of its own in the bottom of the inning. Freshman third baseman Lindsay Henry (Lake Elsinore, CA) led off with a single down the right field line and then scored on a single by junior designated player Amanda Doeppel (Monrovia, CA).
Tied at one apiece, Redlands broke it open in the sixth inning with a five-run explosion. Doeppel led off with a double to right center. With freshman Molly Duran (Corona, CA) pinch running, freshman right fielder Jen Boschken (Davis, CA) connected on a single down the right field line to score Duran. The team then strung together four hits and took advantage of aggressive base-running with steals, wild pitches, and passed balls, to score four more runs. Freshman short stop Kai Masutani (Honolulu, HI), junior center fielder Kayla Peterson (San Jose, CA), sophomore first baseman Lizett Casillas (Pomona, CA), and senior second baseman Dory Baga (Aiea, HI) each recorded RBI-singles for the Bulldogs.
Junior pitcher Olivia Ellis (Colfax, CA) scattered three hits and struck out seven batters in seven innings of work, earning her 11th win and second shutout of the season.
During the nightcap, Redlands tallied 10 hits and scored eight runs in six innings while holding the Sagehens to just three hits and no runs.
The Bulldogs initiated the scoring in the bottom of the first inning as Baga provided a sacrifice fly to score Neumann, who was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.
During the third inning, the Maroon and Gray added two runs and then followed that up with three more in the fifth. Redlands solidified its lead with two runs in the sixth, gaining the win by the eight-run-rule.
Doeppel pitched for the Bulldogs, striking out three batters and scattering three hits. She also went 3-for-3 from the plate with one RBI and one run scored.
With a 10-2 SCIAC record, Redlands (13-8, 10-2) sits atop the conference standings. The Bulldogs welcome non-conference opponent Williams College (MA) to the "Field of Dreams" on Thursday for a 2 p.m. doubleheader.