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Welcome back to school! If you live in Palo Alto, and your child/ren attend a school in the Palo Alto Unified School District ( PAUSD), congrats on getting through the first two weeks of school.
Although your kids may be happily settled into their school routine, however, finding reliable after school care options remain one of the biggest challenges facing busy and working parents. Many depend on nannies to pick up their children from school, others rely on friends and neighbors and some choose to have their children enrolled in after school care programs, where the children get to be supervised, they are engaged in extra curricular activities and most importantly they are picked up from school.
If you are looking into having your child or children picked up from school and transported to a supervised facility where you can pick up later, here is a list of after school programs that cater to kids in the Palo Alto area.
Palo Alto Community Child Care PACCC
This is one of the most convenient types of after school care in Palo Alto. Since many of the childcare centers are located on elementary school campuses around Palo Alto, it simplifies the kid's experience making the transition easy. The kids are escorted by a staff of PACCC from their school to the center.
The program is identified as Kid's Club at each site. So for instance, at Hoover, the center is called the Hoover Kids Club. They are run by the City of Palo Alto, and usually due to the proximity to the schools these centers offer a seamless transition for children moving from school to after school care. The waitlist for Kid's Club is usually very long, and parents are urged to apply early in the calendar year to be able to secure a spot for their child. Kids may also be able to register in another Kids Club than their neighborhood one if they are able to provide transportation. For more information about PACCC check out their website http://paccc.org/centers/what_paccc_offers
ACME Afterschool Program
ACME offers after school childcare for children K-6, and the program also provides transportation from the various schools around Palo Alto. ACME's academic enrichment programs have a focus on Chinese immersion. The program also includes homework help, and a variety of enrichment classes like Math Olympiad, chess, drawing, etc. The center is open until 6:00 pm and located at 4000 Middlefield Road, at Cubberley, (650)565-8286. For more information check out their website http://www.acmeschool.com/
Nine Fruits
This is an academic Chinese program, where children K-6 learn Mandarin, Chinese culture, and traditions and are also exposed to some electives like chess, arts, lego and Kung fu. The program offers childcare until 6 pm. They are located 2484 Old Middlefield Way (650) 669-3515 / (650) 962-1900 For more information https://www.ninefruits.org/
Mustard Seed
Also with a focus on teaching Mandarin, the program also offers homework time and free play. Mustard seed offers after school care and transportation from K to 5 as well as Mandarin classes for middle schoolers. The program has been serving the Palo Alto community since the 1990s. They can be reached at 650-494-7389 or visit them at 2585 East Bayshore Road for more information visit them at http://www.mustardseedlearningcenter.org/after-school/
Twisters Kids Club (No longer offers transportation from Palo Alto)
Since Twisters is also a gymnastic club, it offers quite a few specialized classes like Dance, gymnastics, tae kwon do, as well as study time, movies, arts and crafts, and other fun activities. Located in Sunnyvale, twisters offers care time 6:30 pm for children K-5. Twisters pick up from various schools in Palo Alto. Contact them at (408)734-3547 1165 N Fair Oaks, Sunnyvale. http://twisterssportscenter.com/kids-club/
Club J
This after school care program is located within the facility of the Oshman Family JCC and offers quite an extensive array of enrichment programs including humanities, physical activities like swimming, literacy, other interest based enrichment classes including chess, legos etc. The program offers some of the most diverse after school activities in Palo Alto and under the umbrella of the JCC, the offerings are an extension of the variety of in-house programs they offer. After school care is offered until 6:00 pm and the children are picked up from the various schools in Palo Alto and for their Sand Hill School location, children are picked up from Nixon and Escondido. They are located at 3921 Fabian Way, and for more information visit their website at https://paloaltojcc.org/Club-J
Genius Kids
Genius Kids is located at 569 San Antonio Road offers after school care to children K-5 until 6:00 pm. They offer homework help as well as several other fun, enrichment activities all under one roof including arts and crafts, science experiments and public speaking. Their curriculum encourages their participants to become productive, engaged students. Genius Kids can be reached at (650)847-1821 or visit them on the web for more information http://www.geniuskidsonline.com/child-care-center/genius-kids-san-antonio-road-palo-alto-ca.
Please note that some of the programs may offer space to children in the Yong Fives or Transitional Kindergarten programs. Some of them pick up from schools twice daily so that your children may also enjoy afterschool enrichment program at their respective school, then transported to the after school care program. Be sure to contact the site directly to get detailed information about their programs.
Let us know if we omitted to include any other after school care programs with transportation in Palo Alto.


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENOAA 04 - R465August 9, 2004
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Grays Reef National Marine Sanctuary will sponsor the Savannah Ocean Film Festival Sept. 10-12 at the Savannah College of Art and Designs Trustees Theater and the Tybee Island Marine Science Center. The Commerce Departments National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration manages the sanctuary.
The goal of the free festival is to educate, inspire, entertain and foster a spirit of ocean stewardship through the screening of films that explore our relationship with the sea.
Film and video have been the most powerful force in revealing the complexity and beauty of our underwater world, said Sanctuary Manager Reed Bohne. From the pioneering images of Jacques Cousteau to todays IMAX and digital imagery, our generation can explore the ocean frontier as never before. Grays Reef is bringing this festival of ocean films to Savannah to celebrate the marine conservation worldwide and to encourage commitment to sustaining healthy oceans and coasts.
A highlight of the festival will be the screening of the film Proteus by David Lebrun at Trustees Theater. Proteus premiered at the 2004 Sundance film festival and was the winner of best documentary at the 2004 Philadelphia and Santa Cruz film festivals.
Two films produced by undersea explorer Jean-Michel CousteauKeiko: Born to be Wild and Keiko: The Gate to Freedomwill also be screened. Neither film, both based on the life of the killer whale of Free Willie fame, has been shown in the United States before. In addition, Bob Talbots film Oceanmen-Extreme Dive, the story of two men and their attempt to free dive deeper than anyone has ever daredmore than 500 feet on a single breath of air-- will be shown. Both Cousteau and Talbot are on the board of directors for the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.
The festival will include an entire day of free childrens programming at the Tybee Island Marine Science Center Sunday, Sept. 12, featuring educational videos about sea creatures and marine life. Popcorn will be served with the videos in the Centers upstairs classroom. Special programming related to the videos will take place throughout the day.
The Savannah College of Art and Designs Trustees Theater on Broughton Street will be the venue for most of the three-day film festival. All programs in the Grays Reef Ocean Film Festival will be free to the public.
Free tickets for all screenings at Trustees Theater may be picked up at the SCAD Box Office located at 216 East Broughton Street, Monday - Friday 10 a.m. -
5 p.m. Tickets may also be picked up on the day of the screenings at the SCAD Box Office beginning at 9 a.m. Tickets will be available beginning Sept. 1. No phone reservations will be accepted. For more information on the Ocean Film Festival, call (912) 598-2345.
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Located in the main floor food court of the Students' Union Building, at the heart of campus life., L'Express is a non-profit, SU owned and operated service. Over the years, L'Express has evolved as tastes have changed, but we continue to provide healthy alternatives & unique dining options.
Our friendly and professional staff take great pride and care in the quality and freshness of our fare. We offer a wide selection of homemade soups and salads, hearty lunch specials, fresh pastas and sauces, a variety of wraps and stuffed pitas, and an assortment of fresh baked muffins, scones, cookies and desserts.


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What is the difference between a Galvanic Isolator and an Isolation Transformer?
Apr 23, 2013
If you have shore power on your boat and use it at the marina to charge your batteries, then this article is for you. To protect against the damaging effects of galvanic corrosion between your boat, your neighbour's boat and the marina, you require some method of "isolating" your boat. Of your two choices, Galvanic Isolators are inexpensive and simple to install but could fail thus requiring regular checking. Isolation Transformers are far more expensive and very heavy but almost never fail. Let's take a look at both.


text: After nearly a year working as a developer on a few interesting projects and going through a Datastax Cassandra bootcamp, I was intrigued and in awe of the powerful possibilities offered by using best DevOps practices. One of my first tasks to enter the land of DevOps involved learning to use a new tool called to launch a small AWS (Amazon Web Services) stack in a different way, hosting a simple HTML application. By the end of this post you will learn a little more about Ansible, its building blocks, steps taken to create this stack launcher and what it is like diving into and learning how to "do" DevOps.


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Our video The Power of Comparative Genomics was shortlisted for an in-house production award at the National Learning on Screen Awards, which took place on the 18th April. The awards "celebrate and reward excellence in the use of moving image and related media in learning, teaching and research". Nominees in other categories included productions for the BBC and the Oscar-nominated (and multiaward winning) short Head Over Heels.
As it turns out, our category was won by the Celebrating Dickens Documentary, produced by the University of Warwick. However we didn't come away from the evening empty-handed. Our video was given a Special Commendation, an honour which includes the rather fetching green logo now sported on the right-hand side of this website (and a larger copy within this post). In making their decision, the judges praised The Power of Comparative Genomics for keeping momentum and viewer interest in a complex subject. The clarity of graphics (produced by David Wickins from Multimedia Services at the University) was also commended.
The full list of winners for 2013 can be seen here.
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[…] I was thrilled that the guys had picked up this unexpected award. Despite working with very limited resources, they have managed to produce outstanding quality films. I have had the great pleasure of working with them directly on a couple of projects, on the Use of Model Organisms in biomedical research and the Power of Comparative Genomics (the latter having picked up a Special Commendation at the 2013 Learning on Screen Awards). […]
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Since this blog will focus on OSS and device development for the Windows Azure platform, we want to develop a shared understanding of what it means to design and build applications for the cloud. To make sure that we start with that common understanding, we'll pose answers to these three questions in this post:
- What are the benefits of cloud computing?
- What are the principles of cloud computing?
- What are the challenges of cloud computing?
Clearly, we can't hope to explore possible answers to these questions in great depth in one post, so we'll attempt to answer them only at a high level here. Our focus will be on exploring answers to these questions for any cloud application (not just Windows Azure applications) with the promise of getting into the details of OSS/device development for the Azure platform in the weeks and months ahead. And, we don't expect our answers to be definitive…cloud computing is still too new and wide-open to expect that. We'd love to hear what you think about what it means to build an application for the cloud.
What are the benefits of cloud computing?
No matter how you slice it, the "benefits" of cloud computing come down to a single benefit: cost savings.
If you are considering using a cloud platform to run an application, then you are probably thinking about the availability and scalability of your application, or the cost savings of not having to maintain your own datacenter (and if you are not, then you should ask yourself why you are considering the cloud). Aside from development costs, your largest costs (or among the largest) are a data center (possibly several) capable of handling peak usage and people to manage the data center(s). By using a cloud offering instead of a traditional data center, you remove much of the effort required to manage your machines and also allow for rapid provisioning of new machines as you need them. The ability to rapidly provision/remove new machines and the decreased effort in managing machines allow you to ultimately save money. (That is, of course, over-simplifying things. Different cloud offerings offer different ways to reduce the cost of running a highly available, highly scalable application, but all are ultimately focused on reducing cost.)
The classic example is an ecommerce application that has varied use according to the time of year (e.g., high use during the winter holidays). If you are responsible for the data centers that run the application, you have to make sure you have enough capacity to handle peak traffic. Of course, this means many of your servers sit idly by for much of the year – you are paying for more than you use over the course of a year. When you run the same application in the cloud, you can match your capacity much more closely to the demand, thus paying only for what you use.
This diagram was adapted from a presentation by Josh Holmes.
The diagram above helps to illustrate the benefit. Note that with in-house servers, capacity often far exceeds actual demand (and can sometimes be less than the demand!). With servers in the cloud, you can rapidly spin up and spin down servers to closely match demand, thus paying only for what you use and always keep up with demand.
What are the principles of cloud computing?
To take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing, you need to design and build applications with the cloud in mind. The problems you will run into by simply taking an in-house application and deploying it on cloud servers will quickly demonstrate how important this point is.
The basic principles on which good cloud applications are built are the same as those for building a distributed application (with the added twist of building for elastic scalability). If you have been building applications on commodity hardware with availability and scalability in mind, you are likely already familiar with the principles of distributed computing. On the other hand, if you have been solving problems related to availability and scalability by upgrading hardware (i.e. throwing more CPUs per server and more RAM per server at the problem), then you have some work to do in understanding how to design an application for the cloud. In other words, if you understand scale out (as opposed to scale up), then you are well on your way to building applications for the cloud.
The following are the principles of distributed computing:
- Use a stateless application model. If you are used to scaling up, then you may also be used to designing applications that maintain state. In distributed computing, because you cannot know which server a request will be routed to, you cannot expect the application state to be the same from user request to user request.
- Use idempotent operations. A consequence of building stateless applications is the possibility of processing operations multiple times with adverse effects. In the e-commerce application example I used earlier, what should happen if a user mistakenly submits an order twice? In an application that maintains state, it would be easy to notify the user that his order had already been submitted and ignore the second request. In a distributed application, the second request may be sent to a server that is unaware of the first request. Unless you plan around this, the second order may mistakenly be processed.
- Use loosely coupled, highly focused modules. In other words, build with more pieces, not bigger pieces. This principle encapsulates the idea that in distributed computing, availability and scalability issues are addressed with more servers, not bigger servers (scale out vs. scale up). By building modules that are only loosely dependent on each other and that perform narrow, specialized tasks, it becomes easier to add more capacity to an application, easier to trouble shoot, and easier to recover from failures. Examining some of the logical implications of this principle will help drive this point home.
- Use asynchronous, event-driven processing. In the scale up scenario, it may have been a common practice to process an event and return immediately (which may have been practical with the right hardware). Consider again the example I used earlier of an e-commerce application. With a hefty server, it may have been possible to allow users to browse products and process orders at the same time (at least until your server reached its limitations). In distributed computing, you must use the availability of many servers (not hefty servers) to solve this problem. This means designing your application to hand off as much work as possible to background servers. In the context of the e-commerce example, it could mean loading orders into a queue and having background servers dedicated to processing the orders (asynchronously) while users continue to browse products on your main servers.
- Use parallelization of event processing. When an application is designed to process events asynchronously, it becomes logical (and relatively easy) to add capacity by processing events in parallel. In the e-commerce example, if orders start flying in, you should be able to add more machines that are dedicated to processing orders, thus increasing the application's capacity by processing orders in parallel.
- Use common, standards-based communication between modules. When you build loosely coupled modules, communication between modules becomes very important. And, given that application modules may very well be developed in different programming languages, making sure that modules speak a common tongue becomes important. The best solution here is to use a standards-based, RESTful protocol (such as JSON).
- Use a "shared nothing" architecture. A "shared nothing" architecture is (quoting Wikipedia), "a distributed computing architecture in which each node is independent and self-sufficient, and there is no single point of contentionacross the system." If you design your application such that resources are shared, you introduce bottlenecks and make it difficult (perhaps impossible) to scale an application by introducing more servers. One example stands out here…
- Use de-normalized and partitioned data (i.e. use sharding). By de-normalizing (to a certain degree) and horizontally partitioning data into smaller databases, you can promote the use of parallelized processes, increase performance, and improve the overall reliability of the application (if one DB fails, you don't bring down the entire application). In the e-commerce example, you might partition data into shards according to product category.
- Design for failure. Servers will fail. This is not a likelihood, it's a guarantee. Plan accordingly. Build in retry logic for requests. Design redundant systems and test them. This principle is essential to the success of any cloud application, but it is often the one that is most overlooked. Any good application should be designed to handle failures, but when you can physically lay your hands on your hardware, it's easy to say to yourself "I'll just replace X if it fails." You can't do this in the cloud.
The last principle I'd like to call out here (although I'm not sure this is technically a "principle") is not necessarily related to distributed computing, but it is related to the value proposition of cloud computing: Anticipate scale up and scale down needs. In order to take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing, you have to plan for scaling up and scaling down in advance. Some of your planning can be programmed into your application (i.e. when traffic hits X requests per minute, spin up Y new servers), but other planning may be "manual". In the context of the e-commerce example, you may want to adjust your programmatic scale rules for November and December (when you expect more traffic). And, in anticipation of Black Friday or Cyber Monday, you may want to spin up new servers in anticipation of more traffic (spinning up new servers isn't instantaneous, so it may be a good idea to do this in anticipation of a dramatic spike in traffic).
What are the challenges of cloud computing?
Designing according to the principles above may seem like challenge enough for building a cloud application, but there are a few other challenges worth pointing out:
- Decide whether or not you need the cloud for your app. Not all applications will benefit from being run in the cloud. If high availability and high scalability are not central to the success of your application, then you don't stand to gain anything by running your application in the cloud. Ask yourself whether your application can take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing (outlined above) before you deploy in the cloud.
- Minimize data transfer costs. Most people think about compute and storage costs when they think of running an application in the cloud. But, delivering data out of a data center costs money too and can be a hidden design decision. This means thinking carefully about caching strategies, using a content delivery network (CDN), etc.
- Simply write good, robust code. Bad programming practices (such as not designing for failure) will be amplified in a cloud environment. Being disciplined and strictly adhering to basic good coding practices can be challenging, but will go a long way to ensuring the success of your application in the cloud.
So, those are the benefits, principles, and challenges of cloud computing as we see them. As mentioned earlier, we'd love to hear your thoughts in comments. We'll use this post (and your comments) as a reference point as we write and publish content about building OSS and device applications for the Windows Azure platform.


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Clifton police arrested two uncles and a cousin of Shahrukh Jatoi, on Saturday, the prime suspect in the murder of Shahzeb Khan.
The police also recovered a vehicle which was supposedly used in the murder.
According to sources, the Clifton police apprehended Shahzad Jatoi, Mazhar Jatoi and his son in Khyaban-e-Badar in Defence Phase V, Karachi.
During the initial interrogation, Mazhar told the police that Shahrukh Jatoi had left Islamabad for Dubai on December 27.
The police also raided a house of Asif Lund in Moro and seized his vehicle.


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Back to business: New Mexico must tap solar, wind energy – Las Cruces Sun
June 8, 2014 by Jeff
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LAS CRUCES – Hanging out atop the third-floor rooftop of the Regency Pointe Apartments Wednesday, sweat dripping off my forehead and eyeballing a newly-installed solar array that will power the common areas of the complex while I gazed out over the city of Las Cruces and the Mesilla Valley, I was reminded of two things.
First, we have an abundance of sun and wind. Second, we are not doing enough, as business owners and as individuals, to harness that power.
It's pretty simple math, if you think about it. I know businesses, including the Sun-News, are trimming energy costs by installing solar arrays. I have friends across the city and state who are powering their homes with solar energy and even making a few bucks on occasion by putting green energy back into the grid.
Seems like a no-brainer, right?
But here's the rub. We don't have the transmission capability to harvest all of the lovely sun and wind that make our state a potential green energy hub. Nor are we currently able to get it to the larger markets and our neighbors to the west — namely Arizona and California. We have made great strides with the recent resolution reached between the Department Of Defense and the Bureau of Land Management that would require the private company, SunZia, to bury five miles of its proposed transmission line underground. That would eliminate conflicts with military training and weapons testing that is conducted in White Sands Missile Range's northern extension area.
This move has been a missing piece of the puzzle in getting central New Mexico wind farms to ramp up development. The same holds true for larger-scale solar developments.
The timing is good, given President Barack Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will force reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide. Currently, New Mexico gets most of its electricity from coal-fired power plants. The new federal guidelines call for cutting those power plant emissions nationally by nearly one third over the next 15 years.
The EPA wants our state to reduce those emissions by 33 percent of the 2012 levels, when we spewed some 16 million metric tons of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.
But that, too, comes at a cost. Gov. Susana Martinez has brokered a deal with the state's largest utility to phase out two units at the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station in northwestern New Mexico.
Now, we must, all of us — from homeowners and business owners to our elected officials — turn our thoughts to fostering the green-energy revolution and ensure that our fellow New Mexicans are well-trained and properly equipped to step in and fill that void. To paraphrase my friend, Carrie Hamblen of the Las Cruces Green Chamber of Commerce, it is the right thing to do, both economically and for the environment.


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An adult understands the lifelong emotional consequences of giving up a child, while the child's first experiences are merely of waking up to an unfamiliar world. All children have the experience of discovering things about themselves as they age, and though the pain of being abandoned might strike them deeply when they are old enough to understand it, many adopted children don't feel that they are "missing" anything because their home lives are perfectly fulfilling. The parent who gives up their child will always remember the choices that led to their decision, and those choices may continue to be a source of pain for the rest of their life.
Children who are adopted have no idea who their biological families are. This is especially true for children of closed adoptions. Not knowing who else in the family has one's eyes, ones mannerisms, etc., would be very difficult. In addition the adopted child must constantly struggle with the question of why his or her parents gave him or her up for adoption.


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Once upon a time, a governor of Massachusetts ran for president, proudly proclaiming that he was "a card-carrying member of the American Civil Liberties Union."
Michael Dukakis badly lost that 1988 race to George H.W. Bush, who gleefully seized on his opponent's ACLU membership. The ACLU card may have been the least of Dukakis' problems, but ... it didn't help.
Now the ACLU has begun a modest campaign to persuade Mitt Romney that he really ought to get a card. The organization announced Tuesday that it had placed billboard trucks outside each of Romney's three homes (in Boston, Wolfeboro, N.H., and La Jolla) and in Washington, proclaiming: "Governor Romney, your membership card is waiting. Come back home to civil liberties."
The gist of the campaign is that Romney once held views in line with the ACLU's on three core issues: rights for gays and lesbians, abortion and immigration. "Since then, his views have changed dramatically," the organization said in its announcement.


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2013 was the year stand your ground law became a major hot-button issue. After the George Zimmerman trial for the shooting of Trayvon Martin, civil rights groups, activists, elected officials, and news media outlets across America began calling for a repeal or changes in Florida's stand your ground laws, causing several major events:
Until the shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, few people had ever even heard of a stand your ground law. While Zimmerman never claimed stand your ground immunity, language from Florida's notorious statute was used in the jury instructions, and news that he was acquitted resulted in a public perception that stand your ground played a role in the outcome.
After the Zimmerman trial, a group of Florida college students got together to form a coalition that quickly gained support and built momentum against stand your ground law in Florida. The Dream Defenders became unofficial leaders of a movement to change or repeal the law in Florida, pushing for lawmakers to hold a hearing.
A Florida woman who fired a warning shot toward an abusive husband became major news after the Zimmerman trial, and a symbol of women's rights against domestic violence and everything that's wrong with the state's justice system when she was denied stand your ground immunity, then subsequently sentenced to a mandatory 20 years in prison.
A judge later granted her a new trial based on faulty jury instructions, and she is free on bond pending the new trial. The case helped force the state to make changes to the law regarding warning shots, at a Florida Senate hearing held preceding the state's stand your ground hearing.
4. US Senate Hearing
For the first time, the federal government held a hearing on stand your ground laws in America. The U.S. Senate hearing, originally scheduled for September 17 in Washington, D.C., was postponed due to news of a mass shooting the day before at a nearby Navy Yard. The majority of a nine-member panel testified against the laws.
5. Florida Rejects Repeal
Florida finally held a much-anticipated hearing on a bill to repeal stand your ground law, and as also anticipated – (especially since the chairman of the committee had said he wouldn't change "one damn comma" of the law) – the repeal was rejected. Other efforts are underway to change stand your ground law in Florida, where it all started.
The Zimmerman trial, other incidents, and legislative actions in city halls and state capitols since that trial have ensured that until major concessions take place to close loopholes existing within stand your ground laws, they will continue to be controversial.
Related articles
- Most Shocking Stand Your Ground Incidents Of 2013 (endstandyourground.wordpress.com)
- Protesters crowd governor's office, demand an end to Stand Your Ground law (miamiherald.typepad.com)
- Acquittal of Zimmerman is Fla.'s top story (miamiherald.com)
- From Arizona To Florida, Stand Your Ground Ends In Manslaughter (theobamacrat.com)


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An Earthy Table Setting: Styled x3
I love entertaining and hosting gatherings. The temptation is sometimes to think you have to spend a fortune decor. Today's post shoots down that theory and gives you a little peek makes the new dining area in the #staggreno. My sweet friend, Stacy Read More


text: NYPD Red is based on the popular books by James Patterson and Marshall Karp, centers on the eponymous special division of NYPD tasked with investigating Manhattan's highest profile crimes. The unit's top detective, Kylie McDonald, puts professionalism above all else. She will find her greatest challenge in navigating the tempestuous relationship with her new partner, Zach Jordan, street-smart and rough around the edges. Together, they will fight to bring justice to New York City's most famous addresses.


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Warning: features disembowelment, pantslessness, and Kanye West's "drunk voice." Also, it's 11 minutes long. Is that his real drunk voice, or his hey-I'm-acting drunk voice? What the hell is going on here? And is this any way to start off our week? (Possible explanation here. And "Moonlight Sonata"? Really?)
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Why You NEED to Know Some HTML & CSS!
Coding is Scary!!!
I agree! Coding is not for everyone, but if you are a freelancer or SMB & you are DIYing your WordPress site, you need to know some HTML & CSS basics!Just the word "coding" can make the most seasoned web site owner tremble…
Compare this to driving a car, or using a computer: you need to know something about cars or computers, just to know how to evaluate properly should (when?) a problem arises…
- Is it the alternator or the battery?
- Did my hard drive crash or do I have a virus?
"Coding" Can Be Intimidating!
Just the word "coding" can make the most seasoned web site owner tremble…but I'm here to explain some of the basics to try to allay some of those fears.
If you can relate all too well, you probably have quite a few questions:
- What is HTML?
- Why do I need it?
- What is CSS & how is it related to HTML?
- "HTML-&- CSS" seems to be a single entity? How are they different?
- Can I have HTML without CSS?
- Why do I need both?
I address all these questions and more. This is a very basic introduction…just for Beginners. I answer the most common questions beginners have, and also have some "tips" for modifying your own CSS, plus discuss when it might make more sense to outsource that task, and also provide steps for working with your theme's technical support staff in the following presentation.
Modifying your theme's CSS is directly related to your specific theme. For an introduction to WordPress Themes, check out this article and slides.
What are your biggest HTML & CSS challenges? Let me know in the Feedback section below!


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Port Authority Public Meetings on Proposed $32.2 Billion 10-Year Capital Plan to Begin Next Week
The Port Authority will host the first of two public meetings on its largest ever $32.2 billion proposed 2017-2026 Capital Plan on Tuesday, January 31, from 5-8 pm, at 4 World Trade Center.
The meeting, will be attended by Board commissioners as well as the executive director and chief financial officer. A second meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 7, from 5-8 pm, at Port Authority offices, 2 Montgomery Street in Jersey City.
To speak at either of the two meetings, members of the public can register in advance at the Port Authority website. Registrations also will be available at the door beginning at 4:30 pm on both dates.
The meetings are just one component of the Port Authority's month-long public review and comment period on the proposed 10-year plan. The plan is posted on the Port Authority's web site and comments on the document can be submitted through February 15 by emailing publiccomments(at)panynj.gov. The Board is scheduled to take action on the plan at its February 16 meeting. Prior to that action, the Board will consider public comments received in order to determine if any modifications to the draft plan are warranted.
The proposed plan outlines new major capital projects the agency will invest in over the next 10 years. All projects remain subject to Board authorization processes, and are subject to a rigorous "gates" review process before they proceed that looks at agency revenue and the ability to finance them.
The significant projects include:
- A new Port Authority Bus Terminal
- The redevelopment of John F. Kennedy International Airport and a new AirTrain system to serve LaGuardia Airport
- The redevelopment of Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport
- The redevelopment of LaGuardia Airport's Terminals C and D
- The extension of the PATH system to the rail link station at Newark Liberty International Airport
The proposed plan also includes $8.8 billion – or 30 percent of the total 10-year spending – for critical renewal projects at the agency's transportation facilities, including nearly $2 billion to restore the George Washington Bridge, $1.4 billion to replace the Lincoln Tunnel Helix and $550 million to replace wharves and piers. The proposed Capital Plan also follows the Special Panel's recommendation to redeploy $600 million in regional development funds previously allocated to both states.
The proposed Capital Plan includes a commitment to pay debt service on up to $2.7 billion of expected borrowing by the Gateway Program Development Corporation from low-interest federal Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loans for the critical trans-Hudson rail tunnel link between New York and New Jersey and Portal Bridge North projects.
The plan also includes $7.6 billion to finish projects currently in construction, such as LaGuardia Airport's ongoing Terminal B redevelopment project, the Bayonne Bridge, Goethals Bridge, PATH's signal replacement program, upgrades to the Harrison and Grove Street PATH stations and the port and rail cargo facility at Greenville Yard.
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Sri Lanka doesn't often sort to the top of the list of outsourcing hot spots, but I have been lucky enough to work with several dozen very bright, dedicated, excellent engineers who work for a great OPD company with a center in Colombo. And I've visited Colombo twice, and enjoyed my visit both times in spite of the then heavy military presence. So I've always had a bit of a personal interest in the multi-year civil war there.
As anyone who follows global news knows, fighting between Sri Lanka's government and the LTTE (the Tamil Tigers) has been on a steady rise over the last several months. The LTTE have been fighting and occupying an ever decreasing territory in the North-East of the country. There has been a lot of international pressure on the SL government over the question of civilian fatalities and displacement due to the fighting.
Apparently the military capability of the LTTE was eradicated this week, facilitating a significant move toward peace.
Earlier this week, on May 19 2009, the President of Sri Lanka declared a national holiday in celebration of the end of the 25 year-old Civil War. Sri Lankan army troops have allegedly killed the leader of the LTTE, and the current leadership of the Tamil separatists have agreed to lay down arms and begin peace talks.
While it seems premature to declare a single-day victory in a 25 year insurgency, such are the events on the ground in Colombo this week.
Apparently the general mood in the country is one of elation to finally be leaving a bad chapter in the past. There's a good article on this here, at Financial Times.
I wish the country luck in its peace, and in its rebuilding and relocation of displaced Tamil citizens.


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Background: Our university IT department has authentication setup on a different domain than the Exchange server runs. That prevents a quick setup. Here is how I solved it.
Android 2.0 OS (on a Droid 1) – now a Droid 4
Settings setup (little tool icon)
* Tab 1: Account *
ActiveSync Only
Login ID: <name>@ads.tamu.edu
This is my email address: UNCHECK
Email Address: @exchange.tamu.edu
Password: <xxxxx>
Folder Language: English
Save: press this
* Tab 2 :Connection *
Server Name: exchange.tamu.edu
Uses SSL: Check
Fetch and trust certificate: UNCHECK
Save: press this
* Tab3: Advanced *
All personal preference but here are some notes.
Down towards the bottom is "Selected Email Folders", followed by "Choose Folders" button.
Select the folders you want for immediate, local, access on your Droid.
It may take more than a few synchronizations to setup a full mailbox on the Droid, even if you are only set for 1-3 days. I have noticed a tendency with older builds of the application to not sync the Inbox…. So be sure to get the latest update from the Marketplace and to set AutoUpdate to ON.
Another caveat is to use the "Backup Settings" button on this screen when you've got it all working. This makes a copy of the settings to a local file store outside of the application. This can help if you have the following issue:
For reasons I don't understand, I ended up with duplicate folders… So I wacked all the data (that's under the DROID – Phone Settings button, Applications) then loaded the backed up Touchdown settings and then was able to select from a single set of folders and sync after a few iterations.
At this point my system is running fine, is pushing email, tasks, notes, appointments, and contacts back and forth seamlessly.
Now for my wish list… but that's another post 🙂


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Blake Lively: Feminine in Florals For 'Le Grand Journal'
Blake Lively wears a stunning flowered dress for a taping of Le Grand Journal in Cannes, France on Thursday afternoon (May 15).
The 26-year-old actress was joined by her fellow L'Oreal brand ambassador Zoe Saldana after walking the red carpet at the premiere of Mr. Turner earlier in the day during the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Blake Lively
Just the day before, Blake attended the opening ceremonies and Grace of Monaco premiere in a showstopping Gucci Premiere gown.
FYI: Blake is wearing a Giambattista Valli Haute Couture dress with Stuart Weitzman sandals.
10+ pics inside of Blake Lively…


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Our day started at the Port in Wellington. One could choose about a 30 minute walk to get downtown, or one had the option of taking a round trip shuttle ticket for $15. Of course, if you booked a shore excursion from the boat, the transportation left directly from the dock. We booked an independent tour this time as it was much cheaper, and the hours still worked with the cruise ship's itinerary. By this day we were awfully exhausted of all the tours, so we chose a half day tour and decided not to stay in New Zealand for more sight seeing after the tour. As we had booked a tour, we did not have to take a shuttle, but we did have to take a "security transport" vehicle off the dock area, where we waited for our tour bus to arrive.
The tour was pretty good (minus the fact that the movie sets weren't still there - we knew that in advance). What I liked most is that they showed clips from the movies of the places that we were going to, and also clips from the extras on the DVDs. Sometimes it was difficult to imagine the scenes had taken place at those places, but they did also bring some still pictures to help us out. They even brought props so tour members could pose if they chose to. I also learned a lot of interesting information about Viggo Mortensen. It sounds like he is a very admirable individual.
Instead of explaining where each of the pictures are taken, we'll play a guessing game. Guess which LOTR movie site or sequence was filmed at each location
|1. A Quarry outside of Wellington. Which 2 Lord of the Rings locations were filmed at this Quarry
|3. At the same city park as the picture above - What scene of the movie was filmed in this part of the park. HINT: notice the two individuals in the picture. They are re-enacting the scene. Look closely at their props.
|4. The individual in the picture is posing to give you a clue. Also, there is a hint in the text of the blog post.
|5. This is not an actual scene from the movie, but it is a scene related to the movie. The girl in the picture is playing the role of Legolas.
|6. I'm giving you a big hint by telling you that this picture was taken at Kaitoke Regional Park in New Zealand. Which city from Lord of the Rings was recreated here?


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3 Star River Lodge
There are 4 double story large stone and thatch river lodges that have 4 bedrooms each and can accommodate up to 8 people. The lodges are located on a Scenic riverbank within the national park about 1 km from the main lodge. The lodges are self catering and come with fully equipped kitchens.
Rates valid until 31 October 2018(Exclusive of Meals)
(A breakage fee deposit of R500 cash will be charged when guests check-in. A refund will be processed upon the guest's departure.)
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* Minimum 2 Night Stay Mandatory from 16/12/2017- 02/01/2018 and 14/04/2018 – 17/04/2018
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I have been a bankruptcy attorney for over a decade and I have seen many angry creditors. Some rightfully so because they were being denied payment and needed that money for their own business. Others have launched into a tirade attacking our clients on a personal level which even then I am pretty much immune. However yesterday was the worst example of a collection creditor that I have EVER seen in my entire career.
My office was contacted by an auto creditor demanding to know if the car that our Chapter 13 client was driving was totaled and if so where was it located. She also informed us that there was a fatality in the accident and wanted to know if our client was the fatality! My entire office was astounded by the rudeness and complete disregard for someone's life. Not to mention that this is a Chapter 13 case and this creditor already had the insurance information.
Making that phone call to my client was one of the hardest calls I have ever had to make because my client also has a young daughter who could have been the causality. Luckily for our client she was injured but alive but the other driver who hit her was not so lucky.
This was a good reminder to me as a bankruptcy attorney of what our clients face on a daily basis before they come to see us. Time and time again we see clients literally on the edge because of harassing calls and threats. Although this is illegal it still happens every day and many people commit suicide or worse, harm others due to overwhelming debt.
At least our client was shielded from this harassment by the bankruptcy code but many people are not so lucky.


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The Cats of Craig Mhor, 1
It's not easy being among wild cat shifters when you're simply human. Especially when you're trying to keep your supposed mate at arm's length. Catlin Creamer isn't buying into this destiny nonsense. What does that even mean? Dylan MacSween might be her every fantasy on legs, but she will not be subjugated by any man, let alone an Alpha like him.
Give him a pack to rule any time. Wooing a female like Cat is a complete step into the unknown. However, this Alpha knows what he wants, and he wants his mate. Persuading her might take some time, but when his leadership is challenged, Cat proves herself more than worthy as his life partner.
The cat next to her smiled—if that's what you called the baring of canines—shook and morphed into a hot as hades male. One she'd sworn off ages ago.
He was bad enough as a cat. As a human, a naked human, he was ten times worse.
Dylan MacSween stretched and her mouth went dry.
God, he was magnificent. Long tawny tresses with those gold and dark streaks in them, just like his fur when he'd shifted. A torso sprinkled with short strands of gold and black, which arrowed downward to where dark, wiry, hair made a nest for his, she had to admit, rather magnificent cock. To say she drooled was an understatement.
Her mouth went dry as she thought of what he could do with that appendage…if she agreed to mate with him.
Unfortunately for her, he was her designated mate and she was having none of it. No way would she be told to mate, or subjugate herself to anyone. Even if it did mean she stayed single forever.
"You'd hate it." Dylan shook his head and let his hair spin around and settle on his shoulders. "Being single for ever."
"Dammit, keep out of my thoughts. It's rude to listen in," she said indignantly. "Mine all mine."
"You forget as my life partner to be, I can read you without consciously trying. Hear you automatically," Dylan said as he finger combed his hair and plaited it loosely. "Sod it, this needs cutting. Have you got an elastic handy? Nowhere to hide one like this." He regarded his naked body unselfconsciously.
Catlin rummaged in her pocket and brought out a pink scrunchy. "Only this." She waited to see what he'd say as she dangled it from one finger and whirled it around in a circle.
"Thanks, that's fine." Dylan took it from her mid-swing, and secured the end of his plait. "Right, any clues where my jeans are?"
"Where you left them maybe?" Catlin said sweetly. Something in his tone annoyed her. "I'm not your servant. I have no idea where you dump stuff, because I have no need to."
Dylan gave her a black look. His eyes glowed yellow and dangerous before he blinked and sheathed his inner cat. She shivered. Why, oh why did she insist on challenging him?
Because he's too big for his paws that's why. But was he? Or was he merely fulfilling his role in the Dowt—their group of Scottish Wild Cats that lived and worked as humans part of the time and shifted into their wild forms at others.
"Never said you were my servant, sweet Cat. I don't want a servant. I want a partner."
Posted by Knotty Girl Reviews on 27th Jun 2017
This is a fairly quick, but steamy read from Raven McAllan. Dylan wants Caitlyn for his mate, but she is rather resistant to it. Part of the reason? She can't shift. But Dylan loves her for who she is, and that's pretty much the point of this Reading on The Go tale.
I enjoyed this book, though I would have preferred it to have been a whole lot longer. It was a sweet and simple story with some very hot love making in it. The message I believe? Accept others for who they are. Sometimes It's hard to tell with the scottish lingo. *grin*


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Hello I'm Shannon, Ive been doing Radionics for a few years. I was bored and was sitting there thinking, "There has got to be a way for computer to help cast spells." Pagan back then. Searched found Cybershaman which lead to Uncle Chuckie. Thank the Universe for Uncle Chuckie. Read one book after another. Never Looked back.
I Drive delivery for 7 days a week, I use my Psionics everyday. I do most of my stuff on the move, rarely will I have a proper Meditation session. The Road is my Center.
I create Thoughtforms every day and charge them all the time. Most Thoughtforms are pre-made factory blanks, yes i have a factory for making my thoughtforms, get your own.
New skill I have been working on: Holding visualizations on Auto control. My "Mind Lab" If you will is set up with video screens and I treat most stuff like a computer program. Hold the visual, hit teh auto button and moves to teh back of my mind, sorta like the task bar. I did find out though that when running more than one, i've gotten to 3 so far, you are still running mental energy. A LOT of energy, It took a couple days to figure out why I was so tired. Work sleep work sleep. suck. Same day I figure that out I was experimenting with putting timers on the programs like 10 minutes, 20 and so forth. That was the key, so I run one or two at a time now with timers. Works well so far.
Here's a Video about a Soul reading I had a couple years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFEpojn_o9E I am Billions of years old A Child aspect of an already Enlightened Being. Thoughtforms being a specialty.
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The Black Diamond Momentum is a very affordable harness that provides nearly the same performance as the Black Diamond Chaos, a top of the line harness that costs over twice as much. While it wasn't one of the highest scorers in our comparative rankings, it works just fine for clipping bolts and training in the gym, and can even be a serviceable trad climbing harness if need be. It was far more comfortable and easy to use than the other super affordable harnesses that we tested, and in our opinion presents the best value of any contender in this review. Offering top of the line performance at a bargain bin price, we couldn't help but call it our Best Bang for the Buck award winner. If you need a new harness, but would prefer to make your hard earned cash go as far as possible, this is the harness we recommend for you.
Black Diamond Momentum Review
Compare prices at 4 resellers Pros: Very affordable, the most easily adjustable leg loops, reasonably comfortable
Cons: Hip belt rides up a bit when hanging, padding is on the bulky side, gear loops smaller than desired
Manufacturer: Black Diamond
The Skinny
Compare to Similar Products
Our Analysis and Test Results
For a retail price of only $55, the BD Momentum is a pretty impressive harness. It uses what BD calls Dual Core Construction for its waist belt, which means that it has two strips of webbing, running across the top and bottom of the waist belt to help disperse the load of the climber, which are then padded heavily with foam. While it is a bit on the bulkier side, comparable to the heavily padded Petzl Sama, we were surprised to find that it is the second lightest harness that we reviewed, weighing in at a mere 12.1 ounces. This was virtually the same weight as the much less padded Black Diamond Solution, our Best Overall Sport and Gym Climbing harness. Without a doubt, its best feature is the trakFit adjustable leg loops that we found to be by far the quickest and simplest leg loops to adjust that we tested. We can honestly say that we wish every single harness had this style of adjustable buckles. One last thing to note is that there are some customer reviews online claiming that this harness fits small. We would have to agree, and we encourage readers who find themselves on the edges of the fit guide to size up.
Performance Comparison
Hanging Comfort
When it comes to hanging comfort, we find that around 60% of a climber's weight will rest on their leg loops, and roughly 40% of their weight will be supported by the waist belt as it wraps around the lower back. We found that this harness was a bit below average when we hung in it for long periods of time, roughly comparable to the BD Chaos.
The legs loops are made up of a single, massively padded strap that was reasonably comfortable, and which we couldn't complain about. On the other hand, the waist belt proved to be one of the least comfortable in this test. We didn't have any issue with the way it dispersed our weight, but instead, we found that it would ride up drastically as we hung, putting a fair amount of pressure on our kidneys. While this also happened slightly with the Petzl Sama and Petzl Corax, it was a much bigger problem with this harness. We point this out mostly to differentiate the performance of different contenders, and not to scare people away. While there are more comfortable harnesses to hang in, this one worked just fine. 6 out of 10 points.
Standing Comfort and Mobility
When it comes to standing comfort, the Momentum sits on the body pretty nicely. As we mentioned, it runs a bit tight in the waist belt, so size up. The heavily padded nature of this harness means that it is a noticeable presence when being worn, in contrast to the thinner BD Solution or Arc'teryx AR-395a. It holds the weight of a rack very nicely on the hips, without much hint of sagging or undue pressure. Like most of the harnesses we tried, we thought it was perhaps even more comfortable when wearing heavier clothing, and the super easily adjustable leg loops helped with this feeling a lot. On the other hand, its fat and bulky waist belt meant that it wasn't at all our top choice for wearing in conjunction with a pack, and we wouldn't choose it for alpine climbing or mountaineering for that reason.
Speaking strictly from a mobility standpoint, we felt that this harness was perhaps a hair more mobile than either the Chaos or Sama, two harnesses with a similarly padded design, but with fixed leg loops. Taking everything into consideration, we gave it 7 out of 10 points.
We found the Momentum to have a fairly simple and pared down feature set, which mostly worked great. While the single, auto-locking waist buckle worked fantastically, we were most impressed by the trakFit adjustable leg loops. This system used sliding plastic adjusters instead of buckles, which never needed to be threaded, and couldn't come undone. Sliding the slider one way tightened the legs up while more fully activating a strip of elastic similar to those found on fixed leg loops. Sliding the slider the other way loosened up the fit in the legs, with the stress taken off the elastic and taken up by the webbing. Adjusting the fit of the leg loops took no more than one second per leg, no joke, and was dead easy. That's what we call an awesome design!
We also liked the large, easy to clip haul loop, as well as the flat, rigid gear loops laminated in plastic. They were super easy to clip and unclip biners from, and their flat orientation meant that all the biners didn't condense into one bundle. However, they were a bit small for our taste while trad climbing, and we wish that Black Diamond had chosen to use the larger gear loops that are found on the front of the Chaos harness.
Likewise, for an all-around harness, we think it would have been cool if they had ice clipper attachment points, like those found on the Sama or Petzl Aquila. With minimal features that performed nearly flawlessly, we gave this harness 8 out of 10 points.
Belaying Comfort
When tested exclusively for belaying comfort, we found that the Momentum performed adequately, though not as awesome as the most comfortable harness to belay in, the Black Diamond Solution.
Holding a climber while standing upright on the ground focuses most of the forces on the leg loops where they wrap around the inside of the legs. The padded webbing used on this area of this harness did an alright job, although the straps did gouge us a little bit. This sensation was not nearly as bad as we found when belaying with the AR-395a or the Edelrid Zack, but it wasn't what we would describe as comfortable. Oddly, we found that once again the waist belt tended to get pulled upward into the kidneys, something that didn't happen while belaying in any other harness. This metric was the one area that we felt that the BD Chaos performed definitively better than the Momentum, and we awarded it 6 out of 10 points.
Despite winning our Best Bang for the Buck award, this harness was one of the least versatile in our review. While we appreciated how easy it was to adjust the legs, the fact that it had relatively small gear loops and a fat waist belt limited some of the climbing disciplines we would use it for.
With its larger gear loops, we found the BD Chaos to be a bit more versatile for longer free routes. And since the Momentum had a relatively fat and heavily padded waist belt, we felt that either the BD Solution or Arc'teryx AR-395a made for a better match for alpine climbing and mountaineering with a pack on. We gave this harness 5 out of 10 points for versatility.
Best Applications
The Momentum is an awesome entry level harness, and will work great even for experienced climbers at the sport crag or in the gym. With smaller than average gear loops, it can carry a rack needed for trad cragging, but things will get pretty tight if you want to carry all the necessary items for long free routes. Without ice clipper slots, it also wouldn't be our first choice for leading ice, although it will top-rope just fine.
This harness retails for $55, making it the second most affordable harness in our review. Seeing as how it ranks almost equally with the Black Diamond Chaos, which retails for $125, we think you are getting great value for your money with this purchase. That's why we are calling it the Best Bang for the Buck!
The Black Diamond Momentum is a minimally featured harness that is comfortable, has super adjustable leg loops, and is very light. It is also significantly less expensive than harnesses that performed roughly the same, inspiring us to award it our Best Bang for the Buck. It is an awesome choice for any entry-level climber or just someone who needs a comfortable new harness and doesn't want to break the bank.
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The 76ers' practices should be especially competitive this season, which can only help coach Brett Brown's team.
Assuming Markelle Fultz, JJ Redick, Robert Covington, Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid are the starters for the 2017-18 Sixers, intrasquad scrimmages could find those five going against a second group of T.J. McConnell, Jerryd Bayless, Justin Anderson, Dario Saric and Richaun Holmes.
Those matchups would be highlighted by McConnell hounding rookie No. 1 overall pick Fultz, Bayless facing Redick and Saric taking on Simmons. Some stronger individual battles should help better prepare the players for the regular season.
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It was recently announced that a lightsaber peripheral would be coming for Star Wars Kinect, which slightly goes against the whole 'body-only' ethos of Kinect, but then again playing the game without one pretty much makes you feel like an absolute idiot. I had hopes (I'd be lying to suggest that said hopes were 'high', but there were hopes) for Star Wars Kinect. After all, manipulating the Force with motion control is something that Star Wars fans such as I have been dreaming of since this obsession with waving one's limbs to control things took off.
Sadly, and although I'm loathe to use sweeping generalisations I have to say this outcome was somewhat predictable, Star Wars Kinect manages to take a bunch of nice ideas and ruins most of them. It'll probably sell well, in spite of the last fifteen years' dubious output, the Star Wars franchise is still a highly lucrative one and some fans will purchase anything with the logo on the box indiscriminately. But that doesn't mean it's good.
Such is the problem with hype: it raises expectations. We come to expect certain things from our consoles and our games. When George Lucas reinvented lightsaber combat to be fluid, balletic and acrobatic, millions of hopeful Jedi-wannabes dreamt of doing the same.
They'll be pretty disappointed by this, then.Find out why after the jump...


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We have posted on Wheres My Phone in the past and it has just been updated to version 3, adding some nice enhancements. The application is used to send remote commands to your BlackBerry for such tasks as triggering an audible alarm, battery level check, and GPS location request. New features in this build include remote contacts download, SMS integration, and remote disabling of the device. The other nice thing about this app is that you pay a one time fee, no monthly or annual service fees. You can pick up Where's My Phone in the CrackBerry App Store for $3.99 for all devices on OS 4.2.1 and up.
Contest: We have 100 copies of Wheres My Phone to give away. Just leave a comment on this post to enter. Contest ends this Sunday at Midnight PST. Please only leave one comment, multiple entries wont count.


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Program Features:
1) Track real time departures for LA Metro Transit agency.
2) Set up reminders for the earliest next departure for any stop, any route.
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3) Add or delete any locations of interest to you. User has full control over managing locations of interest.
5) Get a full map view of your saved locations.
6) Get Route Schedule Calendar on any route served by LA Metro Transit.
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Roofing Companies in Denny
List of Denny based roofing contractors and suppliers offering installation, repairs and maintenance services.
Business Listings
At Direct Slating Supplies Ltd we specialise in the supply of new and second hand slates. We are especially proud of our range from China, Spain and Wales most notably, however we can supply a wide range from various countries in many styles and colours.
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I absolutely love ONE PAN dishes! All the spices used in this dish are such a delicious compliment to the apples! This recipe uses coconut milk to keep it dairy-free and at ALL Diet Levels. However, if you are on Diet Level 6, then you may substitute half and half or heavy cream. Serve this dish with cauliflower rice or red potatoes and a salad and you'll have an economical and quick meal on the table in no time!!
|Prep Time
|5 Minutes
|Cook Time
|20 Minutes
- 3-4 large chicken breasts or can use thighs
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp olive oil divided
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 2 large apples peeled and diced into ½ inch chunks
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cups coconut milk full-fat
- 1 tbsp arrowroot starch
- 1 tbsp water
- Begin by heating a large skillet to medium high heat.
- Prepare your chicken breasts (or thighs) by pounding them to be thinner, and possibly cutting (breasts) in half (if they are HUGE).
- In a small bowl stir together the cumin, cinnamon, cardamom and salt. Coat or rub the chicken with spices.
- Add 2 tbsp olive oil to your pan once hot, and begin to cook the chicken or thighs. Sear on each side for 2-3 minutes (depending on thickness of chicken). Chicken does not need to be fully cooked, but almost cooked. Set aside and cover with foil.
- Place remaining olive oil in the skillet and add garlic, apples, and pecans. Cook for 3-4 minutes or until apples soften and pecans are fragrant. Continue to scrape the bottom of the pan to collect spices from the chicken.
- Pour in coconut milk, and scrape the bottom of the pan to flavor the sauce. Add chicken back to the skillet.
- In a small bowl, mix together arrowroot starch and water. Pour into the pan.
- Cover with a lid and let the mixture cook for another 3-5 minutes, or until the mixture is thickened and chicken is cooked through.
- Serve immediately over rice, greens, or vegetable noodles.


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- Above are the top 10 moments from last night's WWE SmackDown.
- The LAD Bible posted this video of The Rock and Kevin Hart impersonating each other to promote their new "Central Intelligence" movie:
We got @KevinHart4real and @TheRock to impersonate each other and it's bloody hilarious! #CentralIntelligencehttps://t.co/iuUmn3KoWN� TheLADbible (@TheLadBible) June 30, 2016
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Windows 7: The PerfMon System and Security Test
While you may get an erroneous warning message regarding the absence of an antivirus solution, you can adjust PerfMon to report accurately.
Fisnik Hasani
The Reliability and Performance Monitor (PerfMon) was first introduced in Windows Vista. This was one of the new Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in components that was truly helpful. This snap-in is still present in Windows 7 in a slightly modified version, yet its primary function remains the same.
During my time on the Microsoft Answers Forum, there were many posts that dealt with the PerfMon health report generator issue, especially when the report stated that the Security Center had not recorded an antivirus product. In this article, I'll analyze and explain this issue and help you with a resolution.
The PerfMon System Health Report
PerfMon generates a complete system health report by collecting a lot of system information (see Figure 1), including:
- Software Configuration, which checks on the OS, Security Center, system services and data on start-up programs.
- Hardware Configuration, which checks on the disks, system, desktop rating (Windows Experience Index), BIOS, devices, interactive session processes, logged on users and user accounts.
- CPU, which includes checks and information on processor, CPU unit type, CPU interrupts, services and system.
- Network, which includes checks and information on outbound and inbound traffic, TCP version, interface, IP and User Datagram Protocol (UDP).
- Disk, which includes checks and information on hot files (those causing the most disk IOs), disk breakdown, physical disk and NTFS performance.
- Memory, which includes checks and information on process and counters.
Figure 1 The Reliability and Performance Monitor in Windows 7 collects data and generates reports.
PerfMon gathers and checks the collected information and generates a report. Then you can analyze the report and determine whether or not your system has any issues—and, if so, what the possible solutions are. Built-in tools like this help a lot in the long run. Pay particular attention to whether or not the Security Center records an antivirus product.
There's a small (and sometimes very common) issue that appears in the report that can sometimes be misleading. Action Center in Windows 7 sometimes reports that the antivirus is found and up-to-date, but the health report states the Security Center has not recorded the antivirus product (see Figure 2).
Figure 2 APerfMon report stating that Security Center could not record an antivirus product.
How does this discrepancy occur? There are two different factors at work. These two factors are simple to explain. It has to do with how PerfMon collects the Security Center data.
PerfMon collects information about the system with help from Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and some Registry data. The report it generates will clearly state that the Security Center hasn't recorded an antivirus product, because it often checks the wrong WMI-root path.
There are two WMI-root paths available in Windows Vista and Windows 7. Some of the API changes in the Windows Security Center in Windows 7 (which has, in fact, become the Action Center) have affected the WMI queries and root paths.
Here's the old WMI-root path (as it appeared in Windows XP):
Here's the new WMI-root path:
If PerfMon checks the wrong WMI-root path in Windows Vista and Windows 7, this can result in program code exception or NULL object property value. That causes PerfMon to state that Security Center has not recorded an antivirus product.
A quick way to verify this is to use some C# code and the System.Management references from the Microsoft .NET Framework. These include some useful classes to access WMI. The picture becomes brighter when you can select between two WMI-root paths. Then you can also see what's causing this false information to appear in the PerfMon health report.
Before moving on to the second factor, look at the two different property dialogs that represent the AntivirusProduct data in the ROOT\SecurityCenter & ROOT\SecurityCenter2 (see Figure 3).
Figure 3 The first AntivirusProduct Properties dialog includes properties actually stored under the old WMI-root path.
Antivirus Issues
The second factor isn't really caused by PerfMon checking in the wrong WMI-root path. It actually deals with both third-party and Microsoft's own antivirus products. Many antivirus programs don't use WMI to store details about their antivirus. However, some do.
Due to the API changes in the Security Center, many antivirus companies started storing their WMI data in the new path. It's better if they store data in the both paths—then you can avoid the false error message: "The Security Center has not recorded an antivirus product."
This issue can be relatively easy to fix. However, there are a couple of things you have to do. The first solution is to ask that your third-party antivirus company writes to the new WMI-root path only. The second solution is to send feedback to Microsoft and ask the company to ship a patch for Windows that removes the old WMI-root path and overwrites the old copy of the perfmon.exe in the %SYSTEMROOT%\System32 directory.
There's another possible solution, as well. Antivirus companies can store data under both WMI-root paths, to avoid the false information issue in the PerfMon health report (see Figure 4).
Figure 4 The first WMI-root path is the old one, and the second is the new one.
After saving the newly created object in the old WMI-root path, the false reporting from the PerfMon health report is gone (see Figure 5), which means the issue is resolved.
Figure 5 After creating a new object under the old WMI-root path, PerfMon found the information and reported accurately.
As you can see, this is a simple issue, but can be complex to fix. Users manually create objects under the old WMI-root path. Addressing this can require that users have good computer skills and be intimately familiar with Windows. You also have to ensure that your antivirus companies are taking action and modifying their software to use both WMI-root paths.
**Fisnik Hasani**is the founder of ITknowledge24.com, a resource for IT professionals, and Microsoft MVP 2011 - Consumer Security, Microsoft Community Contributor. Visit his Web site at itknowledge24.com and follow him on Twitter at Twitter.com/ITknowledge24.


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previous post on entertaining house guests, we are welcoming Mom and Pop Roy up to Spokane for a long weekend visit. We are so excited - taking them to our favorite spots, going on scenic walks through the park, introducing them to drinking chocolate (!!!) - it's going to be a blast. In preparation for this visit, it was of paramount importance to get the guest room in order. I should say that the guest room is really Matthew's office, but we've adjusted and made room for a nice comfy bed. After hunting down acceptable mattress and boxspring, it was on to the bed frame. Normally this wouldn't be hard for us - the frames at Ikea are pretty good, affordable, and they've got some great designs out right now.
Then it hit us: we're not in
Kansas Sacramento anymore. Long gone are the days when we could spend a Sunday afternoon leisurely strolling the halls of Ikea....we're in Spokane now. And the nearest Ikea is 5+ hours to the West. (Yet another reason to LOVE Seattle.)
Plan B: Craigslist. I'm almost as happy hunting down treasures on Craigslist than trolling through Ikea - I've found some amazing pieces...and a lot of them in the FREE section. One man's trash is another man's....well, I was hoping for bed frame. No luck. But I did find one for $20. Success!
Or so I thought.
It broke. I could tell the story...but I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate the use of that many expletives.
Back to Craigslist - this time we found an even better frame - solid oak, that once I paint white will be splendid! I get it home, drag it into the office, set it up with Matthew, and realize..........WHAT THE?!?!
The bed frame is long. Too long. Like fall-into-the-dark-pit-at-the-end-of-the-bed kind of long.
At this point I almost cried. But lately our motto has been "You just have to laugh." So we did just that. We laid on our backs and just laughed. After some careful maneuvering, we've got it to where we won't lose the in-laws in the dark pit of despair, and with some cute sheets and pillows - I actually quite like it.
Moral of the story: never underestimate the insanity that is the Guest Bed!
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WARRENBRUG, Mo. -- Central Missouri Speedway in Warrensburg, Missouri, the fastest high-banked clay oval in the Midwest, is just over a month away from launching its grand reopening in April. Over the years, promoters Earl and Susan Walls, who are entering their 19th year at the track, have held court over 390 nights of competition.
For the 2014 season 21 race nights are planned featuring four weekly race divisions and visiting car classes each week. A whopping $357,770 in purse money is up for grabs throughout the year to drivers competing in various events.
Despite sitting idle for the past two seasons, over 60 drivers recently pre-registered to race at the track this year. Drivers and fans spoke and CMS listened, marking a welcome return of fast, fair, efficient, and family fun to area racing.
Drivers competing at CMS expect fair competition, a knowledgeable and friendly staff, and most importantly, cash payouts without waiting in line for a check after a hard night of racing. Fans making their way through the admission gates will enjoy competition from the absolute best dirt-track drivers.
Weekly classes include Modifieds, B-Modifieds, Street Stocks, and the new Pure Stock division. This season's visiting classes include WAR Sprint Car Series, ULMA Late Models, Allstar Midget Series, Show-Me Vintage Racing Series, Midwest Lightning Sprints, Grand Nationals, Mid-America Lightning Sprints, and Mod Lites.
CMS is putting the call out to volunteers to help with sprucing up the grounds in preparation for the first night of racing in late April. Volunteers are needed to assist with the spring cleaning event, scheduled for Saturday, March 29 at 9 a.m. (rain date is the following Saturday, April 5).
Volunteers are encouraged to bring rakes and work gloves. A free lunch will be served at Noon for all volunteer workers. Items on the to-do list include trimming, painting, raking, and general cleanup of the speedway grounds. Volunteers will meet on the pit side of the speedway at the large outbuilding.
Two open Test & Tune practice sessions follow the cleanup weekend. The first, a day practice, takes place on Saturday, April 12 with gates opening at 10 a.m. Cars practicing will hit the track by 11 a.m. with the session lasting until 3 p.m.
The second practice takes place during the evening on the following Saturday, April 19, with gates opening at 4 p.m. Cars are expected to hit the track by 5 p.m. The session is expected to last until approximately 8 p.m.
Very limited concessions will be available during the practice sessions on the pit side of the speedway. Grandstand admission is absolutely free to fans, pit passes are $20 for anyone entering the pits.
Season passes for race fans are now on sale. Passes include ALL 21 scheduled race events at the track throughout the year. Adult passes $215, Military and Senior Citizens 65+ $160, and Kids passes for those aged six to twelve $100.
CMS business partners thus far include Cliff Harris car dealerships of Warrensburg, KOKO AM 1450, Midwest Coating, 610 Sports Radio, Better Country KIX 105.7, Comfort Inn of Warrensburg, KMMO 102.9 FM, and 98.5 FM The Bar. Track, presenting, car class, banner ads, website ads, and sign ad sponsorships are open to those businesses looking to become involved in racing.
Several new pieces of heavy equipment have recently been acquired for use at the track and all new communication radios are ordered and on their way for speedway officials. The track also plans to utilize the popular Speednet website to post results and standings.
In 2011, an independent study regarding the track's effect on the local economy was conducted. Some of the findings revealed details on surveyed drivers and fans and their spending habits in the Warrensburg community. CMS is proud to be a part of the community and to be an economic contributor for the economy and by providing work opportunities in over 30 positions at the track.
The average amount spent by drivers in each car class was as follows: Modified drivers $96, B-Modified drivers $88, Late Model drivers $87, and Street Stock drivers $76. The average casual fan spent $56.
The most popular destinations were along the main Hwy 13 corridor in and around the intersection with Hwy 50 and included five established filling stations/quick shops, retail and grocery stores, fast-food restaurants, family style sit-down restaurants, parts stores, and miscellaneous businesses such as car washes and specialized race shops.
In 2011, there were 22 race night/events held. The average car count in 2011 all classes were 72 (max 98/min 58). Car class averages were: Modifieds 27, Late Models 12, B-Modifieds 16, and Street Stocks 15.
Using a sample of one-third of the car counts, total average spent, and total number of race nights, simple and ultra-conservative math sampling reveals that Modified drivers spent an average of $864 per race night for a yearly total of $19,008. Late Model drivers spent $348 per race night for a yearly total of $7,656. B-Modified drivers spent an average $484 per race night for a yearly total of $10,648, while Street Stock drivers spent $380 per race night for an average of $8,360 per race night.
A sampling of casual fans/pit members spent an average of $14,000 per race night over the season for a yearly total of $308,000. On average, $16,076 was spent on race day/night with a conservative estimate of $353,672 spent in the community for the five-month long season.
CMS is located 3.5-miles north of Warrensburg, MO from the junction of Highways 50 and 13 in Warrensburg just north of the new by-pass round-a-bout or from the Higginsville exit off I-70, south on Highway 13 for twelve and half miles.


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Site revealed: 'blog calendar 24 Nov, 2002
I read a lot of blogs, and I do like the wee calendar one often sees to navigate around particular blog entries. I wondered about having such a thing in Domino for a bit, then put it to the back of my mind.
However, one day I was reading a blog over at Codestore. Jake said something like
… Having seen them [blog calendars] on other blogs I've always wanted one and now I have. Thanks, that is, to the site that I borrowed it from…
Always wanted one? Well why not do one? Jake did his in PHP, and you can see it at his PHP-based blog, but I wanted something in Domino.
So here's how it works…
Code to generate a calendar
First of all, you need some code to generate a calendar. The attachment named libBlogCalendar.lss is yer badger. It's a load of Lotusscript exported from a script library with the same name. Put succinctly (always best I think), this code takes a date, checks whether a calendar document for the relevant month exists or not (if it does, removes it first), then generates a new calendar document for that month.
The clever bit is that for each day that a document exists, a link to that document is generated. Now, on this site, I simply generate a link to the relevant day's blog, but you could tweak this to whatever you required. Note: this is only geared up to deal with one link : one date. If you have multiple documents with the same date, the code will always take the first document as it appears in the look-up view. The script library routines are:
- initCalendar
- The starting point. This takes one argument which is a date value as a variant, and gets everything going. It instantiates a calendar document, and sets it up for population. The date has to include a day, month and year, and the actual calendar population is performed by…
- generateLSCalendar
- The calendar generator routine. This takes the date, works out what the day is, when to start the various weeks of the month, and so on. A tabular format calendar is generated as pure HTML, but the day / link aspect is covered by…
- populateInserted
- This function takes the date being passed to it, and looks to see if a document for that date exists or not. In my specific case, it looks up to a view called "vwCalendarLookup" which lists all published blogs in the format dd-mm-yyyy (no leading zeroes on days or months though).
- Blog form Postsave routine
- This checks whether blog has been published and whether a calendar has been generated or not from it. If published, and a calendar hasn't been generated, then the code assumes the calendar will now be out of date (i.e. doesn't detail this blog under the relevant day), so generates a new one. Otherwise, leaves well alone.
The calendar
The calendar is now generated. So linking to it from my website's main page is easy. In the case of this very website, I just added some computed text to the subform containing the search and calendar data (to your right), which looks something like this:
strMo := @Text(@Month(@Today));
strMonth := @If(@Length(strMo)=2; strMo; "0" + strMo);
strThisKey := strMonth + "-" + @Text(@Year(@Today));
strURL := @RightBack(Query_String; "&Blog=");
strKey := @If(strURL = "" | @IsUnavailable(Query_String); strThisKey; strURL);
strLookup := @DbLookup("Notes" : "NoCache"; ""; "vwCalPicker"; strKey; 2);
@If(@IsError(strLookup) | strLookup=""; "No calendar available
"; strLookup)
So what's this all about then? Well, my front page works out what blog calendar it should be showing by reference to the
Query_String, specifically the
&Blog=… parameter. As you can see from the code above, if this parameter / value pair doesn't exist, then it assume we're at our entry page, and shows the current calendar. Anyway, the code extracts the relevant blog month and year, and uses this value as a key to look up that month's calendar code in the "vwCalPicker" view. Calendar code is stored in a field called "txtCalendar" within our "frmCal" form, if you look at the script library. So it's pretty easy to just have a view sorted by mm-yyyy which exposes this calendar code in one of its columns (in this case, the second column).
I'm not going to bore you / insult your intelligence with the other bits of code I have scattered about allowing calendar navigation and so forth — I'm sure you get the idea.
What's key to this implementation, at least for me, is that the calendar is generated in the background. I don't rely on user agents having to make several round-trips to the server simply to generate a dynamic calendar of document links (e.g. using multiple database look-ups). The stuff's all prepared earlier, just like Blue Peter's best sticky back plastic creations.


text: In a real estate broker commission dispute, the arbitrator had granted injunctive relief in favor of the plaintiff broker, ordering a percentage of the sale of certain real estate to be placed in an escrow account pending the outcome of the arbitration. The arbitrator had also suggested in an email to the parties, his belief that the arbitration proceeding was binding. The plaintiff then sought to confirm these two "awards." Regarding the award of injunctive relief, the defendants contended that the arbitrator committed a manifest disregard of the law by misconstruing the legal standard for entry of an injunction. The court, however, confirmed the injunction award, finding that there was no record of the basis for the arbitrator's injunction, and therefore the court could find no manifest disregard of the law. Regarding the arbitrator's email stating that the arbitration would be binding, the court refused to confirm, holding that there were no formal orders or opinions memorializing that ruling. Bowers v. Northern Two Cayes Co. Ltd. Lighthouse Reef Resort Ltd., Case No. 1:15-cv-00029-MR-DLH (USDC W.D.N.C. July 7, 2016).


text: I just noticed on my main boot drive, in the sharing and permissions section. Their is a user named ''unknown'' This unkown user has read only permissions, and is grayed out. I have tried removing this user by clicking the minus sign. It has no effect. I cant change their privilege level either. I can do this with the other users listed. The ones that aren't grayed out. This (unknown) user is not listed with the rest of the users. Found in the sharing options, under system preferences. In fact all sharing options are turned off. I don't have a wireless network, nor do I run time machine. Even when I click on info, for general files and folders. This unknown user is not present. I can only find this user on the main hd. I have ran permission fix, from disk utility. I even logged in as the root user. To try and change or delete this mystery user, to no avail. Has any one else experienced or seen any issue like this? Should I worry or be concerned?


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Song Saa should be up to winning the 2.00 at Lingfield on Tuesday. After just two starts over fences, the seven-year-old has plenty more to offer over the larger obstacles.
In fact, Tom George's useful mare showed enough at Cheltenham last time to suggest she is capable of landing a handicap at this level. After losing a shoe and making her effort sooner than was necessary, Song Saa faded badly from contention three out on that inauspicious occasion but clearly fared better than the final result. Perhaps she can put it all together today with Paddy Brennan in the saddle.


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10 U.S. Code § 742 - Rank: warrant officers
§ 742.
Rank: warrant officers
Among warrant officer grades, warrant officer grades of a higher numerical designation are senior to warrant officer grades of a lower numerical designation.
Rank among warrant officers of the same grade, and date of rank of warrant officers, is determined in the same manner as prescribed in section 741 of this title for officers in grades above warrant officer grades.
(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1114(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1502.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 742, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 34, related to rank of regular officers and reserve officers, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 85–861, § 36B(4), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1570.
Effective Date
Section effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 1132 of Pub. L. 102–190, set out as an Effective Date of 1991 Amendment note under section 521 of this title.
LII has no control over and does not endorse any external Internet site that contains links to or references LII.