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GAINESVILLE, Fla. * University of Florida head men's swimming and diving coach Gregg Troy announced Monday that Joey Pedraza (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Pine Crest Prep), Bobby Walsh (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) and Grayson Patten (West Palm Beach, Fla./Benjamin) have joined the Gators' 2007-08 signing class and will begin competing for UF next season.
One of the most sought after swimmers in his class, Pedraza was a two-time South Florida Sun-Sentinel Swimmer of the Year selection while at Pine Crest Prep, where he won seven high school state titles (four individual events and three relays). As a senior, he broke former UF standout Matt Cetlinski's record in the 500 free, which was the oldest on the Florida high school books, with a state championship-winning time of 4:23.48. He also captured the state's 200 individual medley crown in his final prep campaign.
At the 2007 U.S. Spring Nationals in Long Island, N.Y., Pedraza finished sixth and eighth, respectively, in the 400-meter free (3:58.80) and the 1,500-meter free (15:43.65), earning Olympic Trials cuts in both events. He also swam to a 12th-place showing in the 800-meter free (8:21.19), while helping Pine Crest take third in the 800-meter FR with a second-leg split of 1:54.78. Pedraza, who won the 2005 International Swimming Hall of Fame Ocean Mile in his first attempt at open water swimming, has also been a top-eight finisher at the U.S. Open Water Nationals twice. He will be reunited on the Florida roster with former club teammate Bradley Ally (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), a rising junior with 12 All-America honors to his credit.
"Signing Joey was a really big move for our team because he is one of the top-five distance swimmers in his class," Troy said. "He's a heard worker with a great attitude, and his accomplishments speak for themselves. I don't expect anything less than a full effort out of him from the moment he steps into our program. Joey is going to be a factor for us right away."
A high school All-American in the 200 IM, the versatile Walsh won four district and regional championships in the event during his prep career at Ocean Lakes. He is a Junior National qualifier in both the 200-meter and 400-meter IM, and placed seventh in the 200-meter race at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. Walsh was also a member of the Philippines' squad at the first-ever FINA Youth World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August of 2006. He will join his brother, rising senior J.B. Walsh, on the Gators' roster next season.
"Bobby has a lot of untapped talent," Troy said. "He's got a great work ethic, and he has the potential to step in right away for us in the 200 IM. With his brother on the team, he knows what it takes to be a Gator, and he's excited about the opportunity."
Patten, a 2006 Palm Beach Post second-team all-area selection, brings a wealth of success to the Florida diving team. He qualified for the state diving championships in each of his four high school seasons, and finished fourth at the state meet in 2006. He placed in the top-four at high school regionals four years in a row, and earned runner-up honors at the Florida County meet in both 2005 and 2006. He also qualified for the Junior Olympic East National meet in 2004.
"Grayson really wanted to come to Florida, and we were happy to make that happen," UF diving coach Donnie Craine said. "He's a talented and energetic kid who comes with high praise from his coaches. He's got a desire and willingness to learn and get better that will serve him well on the college level."
The Gators' most recent trio of signees will join a signing class that already included standouts Michael Joyce (Sewell, N.J./St. Augustine Prep), Mathew Norton (Port Orange, Fla./Spruce Creek) and Logan Storie (Corvallis, Ore./Corvallis), who all signed National Letters of Intent last fall.
Joyce owns high school All-America honors in the 100 back, 200 individual medley, 400 free relay and 200 medley relay, in addition to earning USA Swimming Scholastic All-America recognition. He is a 2006 Junior National qualifier in the 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM and 400 IM, and also qualified for the 2006 U.S. Senior Nationals. Joyce led St. Augustine Prep to back-to-back state championships and captured a state title in the 200 medley relay en route to being named 2006 South Jersey High School Swimmer of the Year and garnering All-South Jersey accolades. He has also been a qualifier for the IM Xtreme Challenge in Colorado Springs, Colo.
"Michael is a little bit of a sleeper," Troy said. "He's got a lot of raw talent and comes highly recommended from his coaches in New Jersey. He's got great ability in the 400 IM that will be a benefit for our team."
Norton will come to Gainesville from Spruce Creek High School, the same school as current UF sophomore Rex Tullius (Port Orange, Fla.), where he won state championships in the 200 free, 500 free and 200 IM. At the 2006 Speedo Southern Sectional meet, he placed 12th in the 100-meter fly (58.13), and added a 17th-place showing in the 100-meter free (54.02). Norton swam for former Florida standout Ryan Lochte's father, Steve Lochte, on the Daytona Beach Speed club.
"Mathew comes with great praise from Ryan Lochte's father," Troy said. "He stands about 6-7, so he's a really big kid on the blocks. One of the best things about Mathew is that he is a very versatile athlete who can help us out in a lot of different areas."
A member of the 2006 National Junior Team and a 2008 Olympic Trials qualifier in the 200-meter, 400-meter and 1,500-meter free, Storie finished his high school career with two Oregon state titles in the 500 free and one in the 200 free. In 2006, Storie took sixth in the 1,500-meter free, eighth in the 800-meter free and 11th in the 400-meter free at the USS Spring Nationals, while also placing ninth in the 5K swim at the Open Water Nationals and 14th in the 1,500-meter race at the U.S. Summer Nationals. He also owns a 10th-place finish in the 1,500-meter free at the 2005 U.S. Nationals. In addition to his exploits in the water, Storie also served as Oregon's athlete representative to the USS National Convention twice and was a state qualifier in cross country.
"Logan is one of the best high-school distance freestylers in the country," Troy said. "He's extremely versatile, and his background in track and cross country shows that he is a really good athlete. His level of versatility coming out of high school reminds me of Ryan Lochte when he came to Florida."
Women's Swimming And Diving Signs Two More For 2007-08
GAINESVILLE, Fla. * University of Florida head women's swimming and diving coach Gregg Troy announced on Monday that Rebekah Epley (Russellville, Ky./The Bolles School) and Madison Parker (Biloxi, Miss./The Education Center School) have signed agreements to join the Gators for the 2007-08 campaign.
Epley is a nine-time All-American who helped lead Bolles to its 16th-consecutive team state championship in 2006. She was a member of the school's 200 FR squad that posted a state-record time of 1:34.53 en route to claiming the FHSAA crown, while also claiming individual runner-up honors in the 100 fly at the state meet. In 2005, Epley won the Kentucky state title in the 100 fly. She finished 27th in the 100-meter fly (1:03.83) at the U.S. Spring Nationals in Long Island, N.Y., where she also competed in the 100-meter back, 200-meter back and 100-meter fly.
"Rebekah has some good natural speed that will help us in the sprint fly and back events," Troy said. "It's always nice to bring someone from Bolles into your program, because they know the meaning of hard work and dedication. Rebekah should be able to step in and help us right away in the shorter stroke events."
A Top 16 performer in both the 800-meter free and the 1,500-meter free in 2006, Parker has a history of success on both the national and state levels. A member of Bolles' 2004 and 2005 state championship teams, she helped the team to a third-place finish in the 800-meter FR at the 2006 Summer Junior Nationals. She also produced a ninth-place showing in the 800-free at that meet, clocking in at 8:53.96. She competed in the 200-meter, 400-meter and 800-meter free at the U.S. Spring Nationals, and owns Senior National Cuts in the 400-meter, 800-meter and 1,500-meter free events.
"Madison is one of the best distance freestylers in her class, and we're extremely excited that she chose to attend Florida," Troy said. "She'll step in right away and provide us with another weapon in the distance events. She's a pleasure in and out of the water, and our entire staff is looking forward to working with her in the years to come."
The duo of Epley and Parker join a recruiting class that already includes three swimmers and a diver who signed National Letters of Intent during the fall. Florida products Julianne Lago (Miami, Fla./Gulliver Prep) and Sarah Sykes (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School), as well as Monica Dodson (Franklin, Ind./Whiteland Community) and Molly Houlton (Tuscon, Ariz./Catalina Foothills), highlighted the early signing class.
A senior at Gulliver Prep High School, Lago holds four individual state titles, including two in the 100-yard butterfly and two in the 100-yard backstroke. Her time of 54.51 in the 100 fly stands as a state record in Florida, and she is also the Southern Zone record holder in the 100-meter fly. A four-time All-American, Lago has earned All-Dade honors for five-straight years, claimed the Junior National Championship in the 50-yard and 100-yard fly, and holds the junior national record in the 50 fly with a time of 24.50. Lago will join her older sister, Jenny, on next year's squad.
"Julianne has a tremendous amount of natural speed. She will fill a large gap for us next year," Troy said.
Sykes, a two-time Olympic Trial qualifier and two-time sectional champion, has earned both short and long-course Florida Swimming Swimmer of the Year honors during her high school career at The Bolles School, where Troy made a coaching stop from 1977-97. A National High School All-American, Sykes has been named to the Florida High School All-State, All-District and All-Regional teams. In addition, she earned The Bolles School Van Etten Bent Award for outstanding contribution to athletics, and is an 11-time National Qualifier.
"Sarah is hands-down one of the best distance freestylers in the state of Florida," Troy said. "She has wanted to be a Gator for quite some time, and we've been watching her. She's going to make an excellent addition to next year's lineup."
A native of Franklin, Ind., native Dodson brings experience in all three diving events to Florida's diving squad. She has also been a member of a synchronized diving team that qualified for Olympic Trials.
"Monica is an excellent diver, and even though she's been out for a little while due to a lower back injury, I expect her to make a full recovery and become a vital asset to our team. I think she may end up being one of the best diving recruits we've ever had at Florida," Florida diving coach Donnie Craine said.
Houlton, a Junior National Champion in the 400-yard individual medley, is expected to be a versatile swimmer for the Gators with her successes in the backstroke and freestyle events.
"Molly is going to add a lot to this team. She is going to help strengthen us in a lot of areas because she is so versatile with her skills in all of the strokes," Troy said.
Courtesy UF Sports Info.


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Google Voice Now On the iPhone with HTML5
Jan 28th
I've talked about using Google Voice in your daily life before, but Tuesday Google quietly released a new version web based version based on HTML5.
I've already been using a gVoice program for my Palm Pre (gDial if you were wondering…and yes it's updated with this release), but iPhone users were stuck in limbo without an app that Apple would approve. So, the Big G has basically gone around Apple's app store and created a web based version that iPhone 3.0 users can take advantage of (accessible at m.google.com/voice).
Users get the ability to make calls from their gVoice number at Google's rates as well as text message for free.
If you haven't tried Google Voice yet you need to find someone with an invite for you and get on it.
The really interesting subtext to this is Google avoiding the Apple app store and the power of HTML5. If Google can put together as robust a web app as this then there are going to be a lot of people that will opt for HTML5 rather than jumping through Apple's hoops. HTML5 provides excellent power and is OS agnostic so developers won't need to develop for Android, WebOS and iPhone. They'll be able to work in HTML5 and deliver their product to multiple platforms much more easily.
via [Google Voice Blog]
Keep Personal Errands and Work Projects on Track With the Right Tool
Jan 27th
Everyday people have tasks they need to complete. Be it at work, at home or somewhere in between there are chores, tasks, issues, assignments, to-do's, … on and on. There are basically as many ways to track and organize all of these from the always classic Franklin-Covey planner to a well organized spreadsheet to enterprise level project management platforms (and yes, in the end, I believe all of these serve the same purpose). Most of them have individual pros and cons and it's up to the user to choose the right one.
Today we'll talk about solutions for different applications ranging from managing daily errands to project management for medium to large-ish projects. There is a lot out there, but we'll focus on the ones I've had the best experiences with while trying to keep my life and projects organized over the last decade.
A quick talk about my organizational philosophy… For a tracking system to work, first and foremost, it has to fit with what you are trying to accomplish. A 1,000 line project plan and gantt chart aren't necessary to get your grocery shopping done and your dry cleaning picked up, but a checklist isn't going to get you through a a significant development project either. Next most important is that the tools fit the process. A person without a smartphone is probably not a prime candidate for an online task list and you can't use MS Project with anything agile project management. In the end, I like a solution that is just barely powerful enough to support what you need. This usually helps keep things streamlined and prevents the tool from becoming a crutch (this is obviously a fine line, but is something to always watch out for).
So, without further ado…
The Spreadsheet
The simple spreadsheet is a category unto itself… The beauty of the spreadsheet is that it can be as simple or complicated as you need/want. When you think about it, all the other tools you might use are really just pretty front-ends on some really complicated spreadsheets (I may have just oversimplified the concept of a database, but I'm going with it).
For most people just writing down the things they need to get done for the day, a party, or even a research project is an extreme improvement in productivity. Create a spreadsheet with columns for a task name, task description, priority and due date and you've got a powerful little method for keeping track of your tasks. For example, input the list of chores for the day and rank them as 1s, 2s, or 3s (don't agonize over it, you can change it later) and set the due date for all the tasks to today. Now you can use the sort function of your spreadsheet app (I recommend Google Documents) to sort everything into a prioritized list of tasks. Review your tasks, rework your numbers, sort again and keep crossing things off the list until it's all done.
Maybe you need something a bit more complicated to keep track of tasks at work? Add 'last action', comments, and 'assigned to' columns and now you're ready to track yourself and other across a broader range of tasks. If you want to get fancy learn a little bit about conditional formatting to highlight what is late, who is assigned to what or what is the highest priority. In no time you have a quick, reasonably powerful, and well organized document you can use for yourself or share with others to keep you and/or your team on track.
I've gone as far as using spreadsheets to run small projects with great success. The point is, the spreadsheet is the most flexible of the options because, small or large, it is what you make it.
Personal Use, Get your errands done or your party planned
RemembertheMilk.com is basically a project management platform for your life. It offers organizable lists with due dates and priorities in a simple web interface with a great deal of integration and power behind the scenes. You can setup different lists to group tasks, prioritize the tasks within that group then schedule all manner of updates to be sent to you through e-mail, sms, etc. There are iPhone and Android apps (where are my WebOS apps!) as well as a number of ways to integrate RTM into your life. It's an excellent platform for people serious about using an application to stay organized. Jump into the the RTM Tour and signup for an account (it takes about 15 seconds) or hope over to Lifehacker's extensive rundown of the features.
A far less powerful, but still very useful tool is Google Tasks. Integrated into gMail it offers a simple way to create and manage lists. For now it's about as simple as can be and due dates don't show up on your gCal, but it's Google and you can expect gTasks to grow like any other Google product. If you want a quick and simple task list accessible on almost any platform, Google Tasks is a great option.
Small to Medium Project, Getting things done with other people
Redmine is my personal favorite for a project where I get to choose the tracking platform. It's open source, easy to setup and offers the flexibility necessary to work on many different types of projects. It's simple to keep multiple projects going on the same installation of Redmine while limiting access across projects to only those people that need it. In particular I like the ways that Redmine manages tasks across users and projects in summary views while also allowing for very granular resource and activity tracking. Checkout Redmines site and demo to get a feel for the application.
Redmine is not a hosted solution and requires installation on a web host. Anyone that has ever FTP'd a file to a webhost can get this setup in about 10 minutes and any SysAdmin worth his salt should be able to do it in 5 (if yours can't then I suggest you find a new one). This done mean there is a little bit of effort upfront to setup the site, but it also means no monthly fees (beyond your hosting) and unlimited accounts.
For a hosted solution ProjectOffice.net offers an excellent feature set at a reasonable per user price. I always prefer to host my own apps, but not everyone can do that. Project Office is clean and simple without a lot of overhead or clutter. In addition to the basic project management features there are some gantt charting abilities and Blackberry integration too.
Both in your personal life and in business the key to the right tool is to choose one that fits what you're trying to accomplish. There are literally hundreds of solutions out there and I've tried A LOT of them. I've touched on my favorites here, but what works for me might not work for you (heck, what works for me on one project might not work for me on the next) so it's up to you to try things out and tweak them until they do what you need (which is why I love spreadsheets so much). The key is that you try different solutions and continuously improve on your methods as you gain experience.
No matter what the venue or goal following the basic best practices of writing things down, assigning tasks and setting due dates will always lead the charge. Start there and add-on accordingly until you've found the limit of what you need to track to be effective. Follow that method and, at the least, you'll always end up with an efficient system for your needs.
6 Very Cool Uses for Google Spreadsheets
Dec 24th
In case you don't know, Google Spreadsheets is basically an online version of Microsoft's Excel. It's got most of the basic functionality and a few of the advanced features with the added benefit of being hosted online and accessible to/editable by multiple users at the same time. If you need super hardcore analysis features, Excel is still your best option (though I've been known to start a document online then export to Excel at the end for the one feature I needed).
I've used Google Spreadsheets for everything from making to do lists and managing projects to collecting information from friends. Today I'm going to talk about a handful of features that can be used in fairly powerful ways (some of these features are things you could also do with Excel and some are not) to make you and your business more efficient.
List view is a very simple, clean and fast way to interact with a spreadsheet. It keeps the formatting of the spreadsheet and functions more as a static page with filters and basic add, edit and delete functionality. This makes for a nice way to present a table to end users while the administrator of the spreadsheet can use the standard view for easier/quicker updating and changes.
You can read a bit more about this feature here.
Use Live Google Search Results in your Spreadsheet
The GoogleLookup function has got to be one of the most under discussed but potentially powerful features in all of the Google arsenal. Using a simple 2 argument function call in a cell will return data from a Google search. For example, let's say you need to get the distance from the Sun of all the planets into a spreadsheet. You could quickly search this information and type it into a spreadsheet OR you could use the GoogleLookup Function. All you would need to do is type the planet names into columnA and in columnB type '=googlelookup("A1″,"distance from sun")'. Bada-bing Bada-boom you've got your data. For anyone that uses spreadsheets a lot or had to do lots of data lookup there are an almost infinite number of uses for this feature. It is worth noting that you can use the function GoogleFinance in basically the same way to get live stock prices into your spreadsheet quickly.
I've only recently stumbled across this feature, but you can sure bet I'll be looking out for a good ways to put it to use.
For now, you can read more about these functions here and here.
If you've ever needed to collect data from a group of people be it administering a survey or collecting t-shirt orders for your kickball team then these features are for you! Using a Google Spreadsheet as the back-end you can create a custom form with custom fields including drop-downs, radio buttons, calendar pop-ups, and more. All you have to do is share the form with anyone you need answers from (or just make it public for the whole world) and sit back. You can even go as far as requiring login and having the users information automatically captured (along with date and time). All of the data will show-up nicely in your spreadsheet ready to be analyzed, downloaded, edited, etc
You can read a bit more about this feature here.
What can you do with all this newly collected information? More on that coming up!
The Google Visualizations API allows developers to create gadgets and visualizations using Google Spreadsheets as the data source. Basically Google has made it easy for people to create ways to display data. There are obvious options like gantt charts and pie charts but there are also much cooler options like the geographic heatmap and the piles of money. The visualizations are basically Google Gadgets and can be embedded in your spreadsheet or directly in a web page or Google Site.
Google already has a substantial library of visualizations, but you can also create your own.
I'm thinking that when combined with the GoogleLookup Function and embedded somewhere useful the visualization API could be used to create some powerful and meaningful dashboard and tracking widgets.
Embed Spreadsheets and Charts Almost Anywhere
Pretty much all of the Google Apps provide you with code to embed that app (or some piece of it's functionality) almost anywhere you can post HTML. This is useful when you want to create a form (as described above) because you can use the same form on a website as in an e-mail. Calendars can be created under your account but embedded in your blog. Of particular interest is the ability to embed a spreadsheet (including list view) anywhere you might need it allowing you to create a simple to manage and update (and potentially dynamically updated) table or chart that you can place anywhere.
Like I said, all the Google Apps have ways you can embed elements in your website or blog, but for more thoughts on ways you can use this feature check out this list of 20 ideas for embedding a Google Spreadsheet.
Seriously… Through a combination of Google Checkout, the Google Checkout Store Gadget and the Google Spreadsheets API you can create a simple online store that supports all the basics including inventory updates, product sizes, and, most importantly, secure credit card transactions.
You can read about the specifics of the implementation here, but the fact is that now anyone with a basic website can sell through their site. This lowers the barrier to entry for a 'mom and pop' online retailer to the point of having something up and running in under an hour. I'm sure there are other simple solutions for setting up a store, but I've never seen one that requires as little effort, but still provides as useful a feature set.
I hold this as one of the best examples of Google's ability to combine seemingly simple features to create something that is greater than the sum of the individual parts.
Well folks, that's all I got for today. 6 features that range from super basic to setting up an online store, but are all backed by Google Spreadsheets.
If you have any examples of how you're using these or other features please post them in the comments. I'm very interested in how other people are putting Google Apps to work.
Google Apps = Awesome
Dec 22nd
Hey Everybody! [Pause for Simpsons Fans]
Today's topic, and a personal favorite is Google Apps. In case you're unaware, Google Apps is a suite of applications that enable users to collaborate through e-mail, calendars, documents and customized sites. Businesses small and large can use a combination of Google Apps and Microsoft Office to keep themselves organized and productive.
Most people are familiar with gmail and google docs, etc, but Google Apps Standard Edition allows you to setup these and other applications on your own customized domain (e.g. docs.yourdomain.com). This allows for companies, teams, organizations, etc to create their own set of hosted apps and intranet to keep everyone organized and facilitate communication.
I'll get into more details of Google Sites in another post, but for now you can see some examples from Google here. The sites are simple to setup, easy to customize and support integration with numerous widgets that extend the functionality and crossover to other companies (like Salesforce.com). I've used Google Apps as both a company's intranet as well as a customer facing dashboard and CMS.
Anyway, enough on what it is and on to why you should care…
- Google Apps is well known and easy to use. New employees and customers will probably already be familiar with the applications and how to use them. And in many cases they can integrate multiple Google accounts.
- All the basics are there from document creation, to chatting and collaboration to Exchange-like features (available in the Premier Edition, more on that later) to excellent mobile access.
- It's freakin' Google! They are constantly rolling out improvements, better cross platform integration, mobile access, etc and it's all backed by one of the world's biggest internet leaders. Generally the upgrades you see public versions of gMail, Google Docs, and gCal are the same you see in your Google Apps setup.
- Low overhead. No hosting on your side (!!!) and if you hire a new employee there is no need to set them up with MS Office, just create an account for them and they'll automatically have a calendar, document repository, and web based e-mail access (plus all Gmail's bells and whistles).
- Most importantly… Google Apps integrates with everything. Whatever other decisions you make or platforms you choose in the future Google Apps API and open nature will support, integrate or export to make a transition simple.
These are just some of the reasons that you should check out Google Apps both for apps you use for personal reasons (like I do with jeffshariat.com) and for businesses. It's definitely not as powerful as Microsoft Office, but it IS easier to use and still provides the majority of functionality that most people need (and who needs MORE Microsoft in there lives?).
So, to recap, Google Apps = awesome.
In future installments I'll cover Google Apps Premier Edition ($50/user/year gets you actual real live phone support), Google Sites, Google Labs, and some of the really cool features that Google has recently rolled out in response to customer feedback and need.


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With tens of thousands of trees split in two, broken at the top or blown over entirely, Hood River County Forestry is assessing the extent of the damage to acreage caused by recent snow and ice storms. HRCF staff took an aerial survey of its forests Thursday to get an idea of what areas were damaged most and where to focus efforts first.
Although not specifically good news, County Forest Manager Doug Thiesies said, "It wasn't worse than we feared. The damage is pretty patchy. There are areas that were hit pretty extensively, particularly on the west side in the Riordan Hill area."
From the flyover, Thiesies estimated about 600 acres of county forest land sustained 10 percent or more stand damage.
From a timber standpoint, HRCF is assessing what salvage opportunities are feasible and where priorities should be set. Roads in the upper hills still have enough snow to be largely impassable, so getting on-the-ground assessments will take a while.
"Our roads and trails are going to be significantly impacted for a while," Thiesies said. "For now, the weather is going to affect what and how much we can get done out there. It's going to take us a little while to assess the whole situation and figure out our best plan of attack."
Thiesies said he expects the county will be able to make significant progress on clearing roads and trails from downed trees before summer, but that forest users will need to be patient for a while. For hikers, mountain bikers and motorcycle/ATV users who utilize the popular trails in the Post Canyon and Riordan Hill areas, that means many trails are going to be in rough shape for a while.
"We want to get the word out for people to please not go out and start cutting downed trees," he said, explaining that to be salvaged, downed trees need to be cut to certain lengths. "We really don't want people out there trying to clear roads and trails on their own without permission."
Thiesies acknowledged the importance of the area's recreational trails and said HRCF staff will work with local trail builders and the county forest recreational trails committee to get things cleaned up as soon as possible.
"We want to make sure things are safe for people out there, and right now that's not the case," Thiesies said. "There's a lot of stuff on the ground and it's going to take a little while to get things corrected."
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Please don't compare us with The Beatles, say Irish music group The Strypes.
The group of four school friends from County Cavan - Evan Walsh, Pete O'Hanlon, Ross Farrelly, Josh McClorey - started touring the Irish festival circuit just last summer at the age of 15 and quickly garnered attention from music critics, who declared the group the new Beatles. However, the group, although they've performed at Abbey Road and are now working with the man who produced the White Album, are not comfortable with the comparison.
"To be honest we think it's quite a lazy comparison," said drummer Evan Walsh.
"We love the Beatles and it's the most flattering compliment you can get, but sonically we're nothing like them.
"We got a much heavier sound. They touched on every genre of music, while we are very much rhythm and blues. It's just inaccurate more than anything else."
According to the BBC, the group's sound pre-dates the Beatles, "taking inspiration from iconic blues artists like Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry."
The Strypes say they started playing together five years ago when they were only 11 and still in primary school.
"Our parents were all in bands or roadies at some stage, so we grew up listening to their record collections and we always played instruments," said Evan.
"A couple of the lads in the band left, and we didn't have a singer. So we asked Ross to join and his voice has kind of grown into that role naturally over the years."
They are unapologetic for keeping their sound old school.
"We think it's hugely important that young people are exposed to music like that," says Evan.
"People forget that back in the 50s rock and roll was being played by teenagers for teenagers to rebel and express themselves.
"That energy and sense of youth and excitement has been completely lost on the current generation of young people, who seem to take all the gutless pop trash that is shoved down their throat.
Their first EP topped the iTunes blues chart and they are currently working on their first album, due out in September.
"At the minute we've been out in the English countryside putting the finishing touches to our album," Evan says.
"We're working with Chris Thomas, who has produced for the Sex Pistols and worked on the White Album. He's interested in making the best record he can.
"We might miss a trick, and he'll say 'arrange it like that instead'. Just little bits and pieces.
"It's funny because you meet these amazing people and they're totally normal. We're always surprised by how nice they are.
"They just have the unusual job of being Chris Thomas or Paul Weller or Elton John."
"We think it's about time teenagers woke up and reclaimed rock 'n' roll.


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Pistons Host The New York Knicks At The O2 Arena In London, England On January 17
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – The Detroit Pistons announced today a special contest where one lucky winner and a guest will have the opportunity to travel with the team and watch the Pistons take on the New York Knicks in London, England as part of NBA London Live 2013 on January 17.
By joining the Hardwood Club, the Pistons fan affinity club tailored for men, or Pistons Playmakers, the fan affinity club tailored for women, fans will be automatically entered into a contest to win tickets and a travel package to see Greg Monroe, Brandon Knight, Andre Drummond and the rest of the Pistons battle Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks in London.
The winner of this exciting contest will receive:
· Round-trip airfare to London, England for the winner and one guest
· Hotel accommodations
· Two tickets to see the Pistons play the Knicks at The O2 Arena
· A London public transportation card to see the sights during a three-day stay
· Pistons merchandise and a meet & greet with Pistons Entertainment Teams in London
Fans signing up for this special contest from now until January 1, 2013 can visit www.pistons.com/london to fill out an exclusive entry form. A background check and valid passport proof will be required for the winner and guest, and in addition, the winner and guest must be 18 years or older.


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By J. Wayne Fears
You, too, can put together a special rifle for the area you hunt. Photo: The author's Cumberland Deerslayer was designed for tough mountain hunting in the Southeast. It was the hike from hell. To get into the mountainous fold of land so the wind would be in my favor required me to go straight up a bluff thick with cedar and limestone boulders... READ MORE
By Ron Spomer
Bullet placement is far more important in the field than bullet theory. Photo: Although black bears are usually not as large as grizzlies, they can be just as dangerous, so it's best to knock them down. The author prefers a deep-penetrating bullet that will exit, leaving two holes for trailing. There's an old joke about the hunter who k... READ MORE
Dozens of rounds have been carved from H&H's magnum opus. Photo: The .375 H&H and its .300 H&H offspring (far left) were too long to function well in standard-length action. Brass was shortened to make the .264 Win Mag, 7mm Rem Mag, .300 Win Mag, .350 Norma Mag and .458 Win Mag. No centerfire rifle cartridge has spawned a la... READ MORE
Good glass and proper technique are the keys to locating game. Photo: A straight eyepiece is not comfortable for use over long periods. It forces one to bend the neck and shoulders to see through it. Every serious hunter has a binocular. Quite a few hunters understand the immeasurable value of a spotting scope. And nearly all hunters know you are s... READ MORE
By Jon R. Sundra
Planning for the next hunting gun never gets old. Photo: The 7mm WSM from Montana Rifle Co., a near clone of the Model 70, represents the author's current ideal hunting rifle. Jon also has a nearly identical model and two other similar guns stocked in wood laminates. Does it exist? The perfect rifle, I mean. The answer is yes, but only for ea... READ MORE
The .257 Weatherby is a good alternative to the hard-thumping .30-cal. magnums. Photo: Long, sleek bullets are pushed to top velocities by the .257 Weatherby Magnum, making it effective for everything from varmints to moose. It's often said but seldom appreciated that quarter bores are America's finest deer cartridges. And the finest of... READ MORE
The stout .45-70 cartridge is bad medicine for big pigs. Photo: Winchester recently reintroduced the modern .45-70 Model 1886. It's a dandy. Few calibers available to the wild hog hunter have a more colorful history than the .45-70 Government. Popular among settlers, buffalo hunters, cowboys, lawmen and others, the cartridge was with Gen. Geo... READ MORE
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Gun cleaning considerations and tricks beyond the norm. Photo: Complete cleaning kits like this one from Hoppes come with everything you need to keep your guns in top shape. Note the Bore Snake, for one-pass field cleaning If you are one of those rare individuals who enjoys cleaning guns, then drop me an e-mail, I've got a pile of fun waiting... READ MORE
This 5.5-pound rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor handles beautifully and was exceptionally accurate in our tests. Over the last 15 years, Savage has been dead serious about making great rifles — so serious that I've wished they'd lighten up. They have. New on dealer's shelves this year is Savage's second true lightweight rifle,... READ MORE
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Granddad's ammo saves bucks and still brings home the bucks. Photo: A 150-grain Core-Lokt pointed soft point instantly dropped this 9-point Kansas whitetail. The Marlin XL7S rifle with a stainless action and barrel is new this year. Let's say it didn't already exist, and you wanted to develop a good-performing, inexpensive deer ca... READ MORE
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Don't attempt a shot in the field you haven't practiced at the range. Photo: Life-size targets are a good alternative to 5-gallon buckets for determining maximum effective range. A small herd of elk was feeding along a logging road winding up a ridgeline more than a half-mile distant. In the bunch was a raghorn bull surrounded by a half... READ MORE
By Dave Henderson
The author travels to Wyoming to push the envelope of slug gun performance. Photo: An unlikely pairing: the Burris Eliminator Laserscope mounted on a Savage 220F shotgun for hunting open-country game. For a slug shooter, these are uncharted waters. Most folks don't bring a shotgun into the potentially long-range scenario of pronghorn hunting ... READ MORE
Fluting makes a barrel distinctive, but there are other benefits, too. Photo: Fluting usually does not extend the entire length of the barrel. One of the most distinctive options available to anyone contemplating the purchase of a rifle is a fluted barrel. It can be a sporter-weight hunting rifle or a varminter. It doesn't matter. Fluting set... READ MORE
Turn your big-game rifle into a jack of all trades with light and heavy loads. Photo: How versatile can a cartridge be? The .260 Rem pushing a tough, deep-penetrating bullet can be deadly on moose and eland. You invest $1,000 in a fancy new deer rifle, $1,000 in a scope and perhaps shoot your rig 10 times a year — three to sight-in, six to pr... READ MORE
By John Haviland
It's hard not to like cartridges with names like Swift, Hornet and Fireball. Here's what they do best in the field. Photo: The .22-250 Rem and .220 Swift have the reach when shots are long. There really are only a few popular .22-caliber centerfire cartridges, and each one covers only a certain range of bullet velocities. That makes try... READ MORE
There is no magic in a spotting scope; it just looks that way. Photo: Spotting scopes are ideal for open-country hunting, but they also can be used to spy on isolated fields in the east and Midwest, often from miles away. There were nine of us sharing the alpine tundra just below the snow line in Alaska's gorgeous Chugach Range. It was early ... READ MORE
Many variables can affect velocity readings. Here's how to set up for best results. Photo: Setting up a chronograph so bullets pass straight and about 6 inches over the top of the photo sensors helps produce precise readings. A chronograph reveals a lot about rifle and pistol cartridges, from velocity to consistency. But how do you know wheth... READ MORE
Can you think of any 19th century product still being made and used today? Such is the genius of Peter Paul Mauser's M98. Photo: One of the finest examples of the Mauser '98 was the 1909 contract built at the DWM factory for the Argentine government. The machining and smoothness of the action have never been surpassed in any commercial ... READ MORE
Turnbolt shotguns are the hottest tickets in slug gun shooting today. Photo: Savage bolt actions have a reputation for outstanding accuracy. Among deer hunters in the shotguns-only environs of rural New York a half-century ago, it was common knowledge that Ithaca Gun and Remington Arms made shotguns, and every other company just tried real hard. Th... READ MORE
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- Colorado Family Care Act To Go Into Effect
- June 13, 2013
- Law Firm: Fisher Phillips LLP - Atlanta Office
On May 3, 2013, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law the new Family Care Act (FCA). The law attempts to broaden the qualifying reasons for employee leave under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Specifically, the FCA provides that, in addition to the leave that an employee is entitled to the under the FMLA, an eligible Colorado employee is now also entitled to up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period to care for a person with a serious health condition who is the employee's partner via a civil union under Colorado's newly-enacted civil union law, or the employee's domestic partner as registered in the employee's residential municipality or as recognized by the employer.
The law will go into effect on August 7, 2013 (90 days after the General Assembly adjourned on May 8), unless a referendum petition is filed before that date. If such a petition is filed, the law will be placed on the November, 2014 general election ballot.
What's In The Bill
At first glance, this law seems to be fairly straightforward, a rational attempt by the General Assembly to extend FMLA leave to Colorado's same-sex couples united by Colorado's civil union or domestic partnership laws. But a deeper look into some technical aspects of the law's language exposes problems for employers.
First, the law's preamble, stating that it is "concerning the expansion of the group of family members for whom Colorado employees are entitled to take leave from work under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993," indicates it is attempting to expand federal FMLA leave. This conclusion is supported by the provision stating, "in addition to the leave to which an employee is entitled under the FMLA, an employee in this state is entitled to FMLA leave to care for a person who has a serious health condition . . . ."
Colorado does not otherwise have a state Family and Medical Leave Act that such leave could be tacked on to. This leaves readers to conclude that the FCA is meant to expand the federal FMLA. Of course, under the principles of federalism and supremacy, Colorado cannot amend the federal FMLA. But even more than that, as explained below, Colorado cannot create leave based on qualifications not present in the FMLA and then legislate that such leave will run concurrent with the federal law.
The federal FMLA allows employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period for a number of qualifying reasons. One of those qualifying reasons is "in order to care for [the employee's] spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent . . . if such spouse, son, daughter, or parent has a serious health condition."
But when a state enacts leave laws that provide qualifying reasons beyond those of the FMLA, such as allowing a state's employees to take leave to care for relatives other than a spouse, son, daughter, or parent, Labor Department regulations state that "nothing in FMLA supersedes any provision of state or local law that provides greater family or medical leave rights than those provided by FMLA."
Thus, an employee's state-law-leave based on a qualifying reason not allowed for under the FMLA is taken in addition to FMLA leave. Putting it another way, a Colorado employee who takes leave to care for a same-sex partner under the FCA takes that leave in addition to any leave allowed under the FMLA, giving that employee the potential to "double dip," and take up to 24 weeks of unpaid leave to care for relatives with serious health conditions.
The Source Of Confusion
In the wake of the FCA's enactment, some legal commentators have noted that the "double dip" potential only exists if FCA leave is taken first. They argue that if FMLA leave is taken first, the FCA leave will run concurrently with the FMLA leave, and double-dipping will not be possible. This argument seems to be based on the law's "concurrent" language, plus the provision that states, "this section does not increase the total amount of leave to which an employee is entitled during a twelve-month period under the FMLA, this section, or both."
Yet, the Labor Department's regulations tell us that FMLA leave and broader state leave cannot run concurrently regardless of the order in which leave is taken. In the provided examples, the DOL regulations state:
If State law provides six weeks of leave, which may include leave to care for a seriously-ill grandparent or a "spouse equivalent," and leave was used for that purpose, the employee is still entitled to his or her full FMLA leave entitlement, as the leave used was provided for a purpose not covered by FMLA. If FMLA leave is used first for a purpose also provided under State law, and State leave has thereby been exhausted, the employer would not be required to provide additional leave to care for the grandparent or "spouse equivalent."
Accordingly, if FMLA leave is used first for a purpose not provided under state law, state leave is not exhausted. The only way state leave and federal FMLA leave run concurrently is if the leave qualifies under both laws. FCA leave cannot run concurrently with FMLA leave in any circumstance; the qualifying reasons do not overlap. Consequently, the FCA creates an additional 12 weeks of leave per 12-month period, no matter the order in which leave is taken.
Our Advice
Because the Colorado General Assembly does not have the authority to expand the FMLA and because the leave provided under each statute cannot run concurrently, the FCA functions as a narrow, specific leave entitlement under Colorado law. In administering such leave, employers should utilize the following practical points:
- Do not count FCA leave against an employee's FMLA leave entitlement, or vice versa.
- Do not call the leave "FMLA leave." Modify your documents to show the leave is under the Colorado FCA. This will keep the types of leave separate and avoid confusion.
- Require the documents allowed under the state law to confirm that your employee is in a civil union or domestic partnership with the person for whose care the leave is taken. This will help prevent fraudulent use of FCA leave.
- Remember: while you can pay an exempt employee who takes intermittent/reduced schedule FMLA leave on an hourly basis without jeopardizing the exemption, doing so under the FCA will jeopardize the exemption.


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Re^2: (Not Quite Perl) Running Scripts from Right-Click Context Menu in Windowsby Anonymous Monk
|on Dec 11, 2004 at 18:07 UTC ( #414128=note: print w/replies, xml )
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>>Does anyone know how to do this in context menu in a (any) browser?
This might help...
1. Write a script that you want to execute.
2. Point to the script from your IE Menu Extensions. Here's an example of a generic installer (leveraging the excellent example from svsingh):
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Ireland Baldwin, the 17-year-old daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger, just landed her first magazine cover.
Wearing a white bikini on the cover of Beach magazine's July issue, the young model told the magazine that she loves surfing, paddle-boarding and Vine.
She also said she has one thing in common with Lindsay Lohan:
"I lived in Africa for a little while so I was a real-life Cady Heron."
Baldwin recently told Access Hollywood that she's still getting her modeling career off the ground.
"Slowly, surely," she said. "It's still gonna take thousands more jobs 'til I finally settle in… but it's fun."
In the meantime, she can always turn to her famous mom for advice.
My mom taught me to go on and have fun and avoid everyone else's comments and avoid what people are going to say about you. As long as you're the one that's smiling and having a good time then you're the one that's gonna be successful.


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Your child comes home from school, convinced that his teacher hates him. He tells you he's never going back. What do you do?
Your child comes home from school, convinced that his teacher hates him. He tells you he's never going back. What do you do?
According to experts, communication is key — both with your child and the teacher.
What you need to do, says educational author and speaker Cynthia Ulrich Tobias, is understand what's really going on.
She suggests posing open-ended questions to a younger child: "What would make you like school?" Your child's answers will likely point you toward the real problem, which may be that his learning style is different than her teaching style. Perhaps your restless child is being forced to stay in a chair all day. Perhaps your talk-the-problem-out child is being told to stay quiet.
As founder of Apple St. — Applied Learning Styles and Learning Styles Unlimited Inc., Tobias has written several books, including "I Hate School!" A former teacher, she also regularly lectures on childhood development and learning styles.
For an older child, Tobias says the key is to ask the right questions and not to blame.
"Don't ask any questions with 'why' and 'you' in the same sentence, like, 'Why aren't you doing your homework?'" These sentences raise the child's defenses, and you won't get a straight answer — if you get one at all. Instead, ask, "Do you think she may have been having a bad day? What would make her have a bad day?"
"Parents know their children best," says Ginger Chelik, guidance counselor at Clear Run Intermediate School in Tobyhanna. "We encourage parental involvement throughout the school year. It is especially important for a parent to get involved if they are seeing signs of stress in their child for any reason," she said.
If this is early in the school year, then perhaps your child just needs time to adjust, suggests Nicole Pfleger, the American School Counselor Association's 2012 School Counselor of the Year.
"During this period, the parent can support their child by remaining positive and focusing on the importance of going to school each day and giving their best effort," said Pfleger, a school counselor at Nickajack Elementary School in Smyrna, Ga.
She suggests a strategy: "In order to help children get over the initial hurdle during a transition period, it may help to set up visual routines and schedules for home in the morning tied with an incentive to independently getting ready for school each day. Start the conversations early with the teacher and the school counselor to discuss your concerns and develop a plan to meet the student's needs throughout the transition process."
If this is the first time your child has commented about the teacher, it may be an isolated incident. Tobias suggests diffusing the situation with a comment such as, "I remember when I thought my teacher hated me," and share your experience. Finish up with a topic-changer such as "How about a snack?"
On the other hand, if your child has said something along those lines several times, ask your child if she wants to talk, Tobias says. Ask questions; once your child answers, usually, she'll realize that it probably isn't about her at all.
You can approach the teacher when you have a better idea of what's really going on.
"Communication is key to forming a relationship between school and home," Pfleger says. "Request a conference with the classroom teacher and the school counselor to look at why the child is feeling that way and what the team can do to make school a more positive experience for the child."
Whatever you do, "don't blame the teacher for your child's behavior. It won't end well," Tobias says. Instead, she suggests that you have a conversation armed with what you know about your child. After all, you know his strengths and weaknesses best.
"Say to the teacher, 'Michael doesn't understand the lesson. What can I do to help him?'" she says. "This approach tells the teacher that you are willing to participate in your child's education and that you are paying attention to what is going on. I've had really good success with this approach because you are making allies with the teacher, not assigning blame."
Chelik says that Clear Run encourages parents "to be part of their child's school team, which includes teachers, administrators, guidance counselors and, at times, the school nurse. The best advice we have for parents is to stay involved and schedule parent/teacher/administrator/guidance team meetings at any point they feel something is not right."
Clear Run, which houses grades three through six, also has student mentoring programs, such as Check In/Check Out and Host Mentoring, where teachers are assigned to work one-on-one with students.
As your child's education progresses, demands get greater and he'll have more responsibilities and accountability, Chelik says. "This can lead to certain stressors, which may, at times, alter a student's attitude about school or a certain teacher. In my experience, this is usually not a long-term change in attitude."
If there are problems with an older child, Tobias suggests including him in all discussions. "There is a lot more emphasis today on having the child involved so that everyone hears what is being discussed," she says. If you have a developmentally handicapped child, though, it is best to keep him out of the conferences, especially if he won't grasp the context.
"I think it's healthy to have the student's involvement," she says. "The student has to take responsibility and not let the parents solve the issue."
She says that the best (i.e. wisest) teachers know how to diffuse a situation. A teacher may say to a mouthy kid, "Are you trying to get in trouble?" while maintaining a smile. This teacher won't jump to anger or punishment immediately, but will give the child an out.
Pfleger adds that "teachers can build relationships with students who are slow to warm up to them by taking time to get to know them and make them feel like important members of the classroom. This can be accomplished by eating lunch with the student, giving them special jobs to do, reinforcing positive behavior, focusing on the child's strengths, talking about their interests, and building a partnership between home and school."
Pocono Mountain exposes its students to many teachers and different teaching styles at a very early age, says Chelik. "We do not have students who 'hate' their teachers. At times, a student may not agree with or like a requirement or assignment, etc., or even a certain teaching style, but this does not constitute hate. From third grade on, they switch classes for different subjects. This helps prepare our students for the demands of school, and also exposes them to a diverse population of teachers and teaching styles."
If you've talked with your child and the teacher and still have concerns, "it is important that the parent maintain an open line of communication with the classroom teacher and the school counselor," Pfleger advises. "Ask the teacher for his/her observations and for the school counselor to intervene with the student to identify the cause of the child's feelings."
She suggests asking to observe or volunteer in the classroom and getting to know classmates. "This will help you to form a better picture as to whether it is a legitimate issue or the child is overreacting," she says.
"Our parents do a great job of getting involved with our schools and with our students," Chelik says. "It is important to keep the lines of communication open with the school. Parents should utilize their child's guidance counselor as a liaison between the home and school. All guidance counselors have voicemail and email and are available to talk to parents or students at any time."
Tobias stresses that it's important that your child realize that sometimes people just don't get along, and he needs to accept that. "It will serve him well later when he's working," she says. "After all, we don't get along with all our co-workers. But by being able to handle these situations as children, they are better prepared as adults."


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Effortless and effervescent, Frances Ha is a small miracle of a movie - honest and funny with an aim that is true. It's a timeless story of the joys and sorrows of youth, and a dead-on portrait of how things are for one particular New York woman who - try as she might, can't quite get her life together.
Effortless and effervescent, Frances Ha is a small miracle of a movie � honest and funny with an aim that is true.
It�s a timeless story of the joys and sorrows of youth, and a dead-on portrait of how things are for one particular New York woman who � try as she might, can�t quite get her life together.
That would be the Frances of the title � a joint creation of and career high point for star Greta Gerwig and director Noah Baumbach, who met while working on Greenberg and who co-wrote the script.
Together they have created an American independent film (shot in luminous black and white by Sam Levy) that is made by a director in total control of his resources.
Frances, a 27-year-old apprentice dancer, is feckless and rootless, gawky and graceful, analytic and uncertain, always apologizing yet often oblivious.
Frances is making a hash out of her life because she doesn�t know any better. If there is a wrong turn to be made, she will take it; if there is a way to sabotage herself, she will find it.
But it is impossible not to root for her as she throws herself into life and tries to find her place. Her mantra in her struggles � which she brandishes whenever life�s pressures become too great � is the defensive �I�m not messy; I�m busy.�
Because Frances� life is so transient, the screenwriters divide the proceedings into sections by using title cards listing her various addresses.
The first address is on Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn, where Frances lives with Sophie, her former college roommate and someone so central to her life that Frances turns down the chance to move in with her boyfriend to stay with Sophie.Sophie is beautifully played by British actress Mickey Sumner, the daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler.
The next address is in Chinatown, where Frances occupies a spare room in an apartment rented by two trust-fund types with more money than sense � Lev (Adam Driver of Girls) and Benji (Michael Zegen).
No matter where she stays, Frances reveals a gift for falling into improbable situations and doing unlikely things.
But, because her feelings are near the surface, our heart goes out to her spirit. The film�s signature sequence is a long tracking shot of its namesake running through the streets of New York with David Bowie�s Modern Love playing on the soundtrack. In that moment, and actually in all of its moments, Frances Ha makes you feel hopeful about movies � and life.


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New U.S. Spying Charges Make Trouble for Germany's Angela Merkel
Chancellor's Pro-American Stance Challenged by Latest in String of U.S. Spying Allegations
BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel is as friendly a European leader as Washington could wish for. But an ever-expanding row over U.S. spying is turning her pro-American stance into a liability at home.
On Wednesday, Ms. Merkel's government found itself on the defensive yet again over its support for closer cooperation with the U.S. Officials said for the second time in a week that prosecutors were investigating a German government employee suspected of spying for a foreign power. German media immediately pointed the finger...


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Labor's Left faction is concerned the Gillard government is moving too far to the right with its asylum seeker policy.
"I don't want people to come here and starve," senior Left senator Doug Cameron told reporters in Canberra on Thursday.
"I don't want an underclass to be created in Australia."
Senator Cameron was responding to a decision by Immigration Minister Chris Bowen on Wednesday to extend the no-advantage test to asylum seekers whose claims are processed onshore.
They will be denied permanent protection visas for as long as five years even if they are found to be genuine refugees and regardless of whether their claims are processed in Australia, Nauru or Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.
The minister has announced that more asylum seekers will be allowed into the community on "rolling" bridging visas.
They will have no work rights and only limited accommodation and financial support.
Senator Cameron predicted there would be a robust debate about the policy when the Labor caucus meets on Tuesday during the final parliamentary sitting week of the year.
"Those policies are entitled to be subject to scrutiny from the back bench and critical analysis from the back bench," he said.
Senator Cameron said he did not want the government to end up going further and further to the right on the issue.
He is concerned about putting refugees into society and making them reliant on welfare and charity.
"If you have a situation where people are thrown into the community having to rely on charity then you are creating an underclass in this society."
The Australian Greens say the government is obsessed with the idea of deterrence and it was not working.
"Thousands of refugees are coming by boat despite the fact we were told locking people up on Nauru or Manus Island would stop people taking dangerous boat journeys," Senator Sarah Hanson-Young told reporters.
"The policy has failed, deterrents don't work."
Children would be detained for "years and years" in island prisons, she said.
"Now even genuine refugees, who we have acknowledged need our help and support, are going to be put on temporary visas," Senator Hanson-Young said.


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Muddy wrote:Brute 23 wrote:I'm not saying every one should use F1s or even Brangus. If you can put even 3/16 Brahman blood in your Angus cows you could benefit. When you go back with an Angus bull again the buyers will never know.
UltraBlacks sounds like a good alternative for cold climates.
I couldn't remember what they called them. I had one. It was supposed to be less Brahman than Brangus. Thought they called it Angus Plus or some thing?


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I am pleased to learn that all of the icons are of a good size and the camera's menu system is easy to navigate. - Brenda Lee Reed
Sigma DP2 Merrill
This upgraded, high-resolution, compact digital camera with a fixed lens is named in honor of Richard "Dick" Merrill, the co-creator of the Foveon X3 Direct Image Sensor technology that powers Sigma's unique lineup of cameras. It differs from its predecessor, the DP2x, because its resolution has grown by moving from Foveon's 14.6-megapixel APS-C size image sensor to the 46-megapixel APS-C image sensor found in the company's flagship SLR, the Sigma SD1 Merrill. The full-color Foveon X3 direct image sensor ensures outstanding resolution, richly gradated tones and images with a three-dimensional feel. A focus ring and custom Quick Set (QS) mode also improve the user interface.
"We are very proud of the engineering and design involved in the upgrade of the DP2 Merrill, and we are especially pleased to honor Dick Merrill with its name," said Mark Amir-Hamzeh, president of Sigma Corporation of America. "The addition of the 46-megapixel sensor and the continued use of Foveon's unique three-layer design results in images that can't be reproduced by other cameras on today's market."
The Sigma DP2 Merrill boasts an exclusively designed, high-performance, telecentric 30mm F2.8 lens, which is the equivalent to a 45mm lens on a 35mm SLR camera. The camera is compact and lightweight, and features Super Multi Layer Coating to reduce flare and ghosting.
Other features of the Sigma DP2 Merrill camera include:
・ A dual, three-layer responsive ultimate (TRUE II) engine that now incorporates two TRUE II processors to improve the processing speed and overall quality of the final image
・ RAW and JPEG format recording to retain the full image detail of the utmost quality captured through the direct image sensor, as well as a JPEG recording format for convenience
・ Sigma Photo Pro processing software to convert RAW data quickly and easily
・ Manual focus for use when autofocus or focus-lock is not desired
・ Easy-to-use auto focus with a "nine-point select mode" which can select the desired focusing point from nine different frames, and a "free move mode" that allows shooters to select their desired focusing point
・ An advanced user interface complete with a custom QS menu and the metallic command dial to improve usability
・ Continuous shooting capabilities to capture up to seven RAW images per sequence
・ A large, highly visible, three-inch TFT color LCD monitor for great visibility
・ A hot shoe for the use of the dedicated external flashgun EF-140 DG (optional)
・ Movie mode for movie recording with VGA (640×480) size, with 30 shooting frames per second
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South Korean students see the Sound
BRIDGEPORT -- A look of surprise spread across Jang Hyesu's face when Captain Paul Lepanto offered her the wheel of the Catherine Moore on Long Island Sound.
But that surprise turned to joy as the 18-year-old junior from the Wando Fisheries High School in South Korea jumped at the chance.
Her classmate, Kim Sohee, was content to sit in the captain's chair as the 57-foot research vessel sailed back toward Black Rock Harbor and the Bridgeport Regional Aquaculture School from a seaweed farm off the Fairfield coastline.
Meanwhile, Jeong Haerang and Park Jaesung, Wando sophomores, were down below, getting a look at the engine room.
Park said the Catherine Moore is much smaller than the 350-foot training vessel students at his school not only study on, but live on for days at a time. Even so, Lee Dohwan, principal of the school, said he was impressed.
The visit marks the 10-year anniversary of a partnership between Wando and Aqua. Both schools have periodically sent delegations to the other.
Wando is a school of 440 students, about 80 of whom board at the school. Most are students who want to pursue careers in the commercial fishing industry.
Aquaculture has 506 students from seven communities -- Bridgeport, Fairfield, Stratford, Trumbull, Milford, Monroe and Shelton -- who attend classes part-time to study a variety of science, technology and aquaculture-related fields.
The underwater farm the visitors were shown is relatively new. Marked by a long line of buoys and four yellow markers, the farm is run in conjunction with the University of Connecticut and is growing BRASTEC sugar kelp, or brown seaweed.
The kelp is seeded in school labs under UConn's direction, then suspended all winter on lines under the buoys, where the plants grow 13 to 14 feet long. Commonly used in sushi wraps, the kelp will be sold at Angie's, the student-run fish market.
"We set it out sometime in December and it is harvestable by mid-April," said John Curtis, director of the Aquaculture school.
Kirk Shadle, a teacher at Aqua who visited Wando seven years ago, told the visitors the vessel they were on is used by all students at the school.
It has a remote vehicle equipped with a camera that allows students to see what is happening on the floor of the Sound from an on-board, wide-screen monitor.
The South Korean passengers, however, seemed more impressed with a pair of hand-held binoculars that gave them a close-up look at monk parakeets perched in trees along the shoreline, as well as a number of hurricane-damaged cottages at the water's edge.
The students spoke little English. Kim Minhyeong, a teacher and translator for the visitors, said they knew more English than they let on but were shy.
"We were impressed by the creativity of the American students," Kim said, translating for the principal.
Earlier in the day, the visitors toured the aquaculture school and followed students in a senior research class through their morning schedules.
The American students had downloaded translator apps onto their smartphones to help with conversations. The students found they had a lot in common.
Erica Scott, an Aqua student from Stratford, wanted to know how the South Koreans spent their weekends. Karim Kharbouch of Bridgeport was curious about what brand of cellphones they had.
"The first thing the girls asked us is if we had boyfriends," said Julia Elstein, a senior from Trumbull.
Kim Sohee also broke into a soft-spoken English when she admitted a fondness for steak, not just seafood.
"And pizza," she said.
A number of times during the visit to the school, Sohee sat texting and sending snapshots to friends back in South Korea.
After their day at the school, Curtis took the visitors to the Trumbull Mall, where he said they bought about 70 key chains to take back to their school as souvenirs.
On Monday, the Wando delegation visited the Maritime Center in Norwalk. On Wednesday, they toured a project chemistry lab and the Peabody Museum at Yale University.
Their last two days in America would be spent in New York City, where the students said they were excited about seeing Times Square.
In May, as many as a dozen students from the Aquaculture School will visit Wando.


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This volume deals with various colloid and surface phenomena related to medical and biomedical uses, especially in diagnostics including topics on the use of colloids in the analysis of blood, and of XPS of biosystems and biomaterials. The effects of uniform particles in drug formulations and release, and in the evaluation of particle transport and deposition in human airway (such as the lung) are also covered.
Agriculture in the United States increasingly operates in two separate spheres: large, corporate-connected commodity production and distribution systems and small-scale farms that market directly to consumers. As a result, midsize family-operated farms find it increasingly difficult to locate and reach markets for their products. This also has an adverse affect on the rural communities due to weakened municipal tax bases, job loss and population flight.
In a series of essays, activists, practitioners and scholars from a variety of disciplines examine the crisis of the midsize farm and offer strategies for reviving an "agriculture of the middle." These include making changes in food supply chains and in organizational structures, and promoting public policies that support midsize farming. Associate Professor of Sociology Rick Welsh is co-editor.
After enduring 10 harrowing years of the Great Depression, visitors to the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair found welcome relief in the fair's optimistic presentation of the "World of Tomorrow." Pavilions from America's largest corporations and dozens of countries were spread across a 1,216-acre site, showcasing the latest industrial marvels and predictions for the future intermingled with cultural displays from around the world. Includes 219 vintage photographs, most never published before.
Bill Cotter '73 has been an avid scholar and fan of world's fairs since his first visit to the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. His collection of vintage photographs has been featured in numerous books, including three previous titles for Arcadia Publishing, as well as in magazine articles, documentaries and Web sites.
Everyone knows that swashbuckling pirates are rough and tough. Then why is a nice boy like Petey living aboard a ship full of mean pirates?
In this delightful book for children, Donna Mirsky Bennett '90 shows how a young boy can turn the hearts and minds of a boatload of pirates - and a few hungry sharks - with a few kind words. Full color illustrations throughout.


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HR 761 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013 - National Key Vote
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Title: National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013
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Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the mining of strategic and critical minerals and establishes a 30 month maximum time period for review.
- Requires any agency responsible for issuing a mineral exploration or mining permit, at the request of a project stakeholder, to enter into an agreement specifying time limits for each part of the permit review process and limiting the total review process to a period of 30 months unless a longer period is explicitly agreed upon by the signatories (Sec. 102).
- Requires any agency responsible for issuing a mineral exploration or mining permit to appoint a project lead responsible for minimizing permitting delays, ensuring timeline adherence, and consulting with other involved agencies and stakeholders (Sec. 102).
- Authorizes the mining of "strategic and critical minerals" and the construction of additional routes and areas necessary for such mining projects within designated recreational areas of the federally administered National Forest System (Sec. 102).
- Defines "strategic and critical minerals" as minerals that are necessary for any of the following purposes (Sec. 3):
- Supporting national defense and national security;
- Supporting energy infrastructure, including pipelines, refining capacity, electrical power generation and transmission, and renewable energy production;
- Supporting domestic manufacturing, agriculture, housing, telecommunications, healthcare, and transportation infrastructure; or
- Supporting economic security and the balance of trade.
- Classifies domestic mines that provide strategic and critical minerals as "infrastructure projects" under Presidential Order "Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of Infrastructure Projects" (Sec. 101).
- Requires any agency responsible for issuing a mineral exploration or mining permit to verify that the issuance does not constitute a violation of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Sec. 102).
- Specifies that this act applies to mineral exploration or mine permit applications previously submitted, if the applicant submits a written request to the lead agency (Sec. 102).
- Prohibits any "covered civil action" from being filed more than 60 days after the occurrence of the Federal agency action to which it relates (Sec. 202).
- Defines a "covered civil action" as a civil action against the Federal Government regarding agency action affecting a mineral exploration or mine permit (Sec. 201).
- Authorizes the holder of a mineral exploration or mine permit to intervene without seeking the permission of the court in any covered civil action by affecting the rights or obligations of the permit holder under the terms of the permit (Sec. 203).
- Prohibits a party in a covered civil action from receiving Federal Government payment of their attorneys' fees, expenses, or other court costs (Sec. 206).
- Specifies that the provisions of the Equal Access to Justice Act do not apply to covered civil actions (Sec. 206).
- Specifies that this bill does not alter any rules put in place concerning potash mines and oil and gas drilling under Secretarial Order 3324 (Sec. 301).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Feb. 15, 2013
Title: National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013
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- Mario Diaz-Balart (FL - R)
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- Cory Gardner (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
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text: While I welcome any help in fighting this health crisis I don't know that mobile technology can have the greatest impact yet. So many of the individuals that have gotten Ebola need education about the disease in their language from their trusted advisors to stop the disease. There is still vast misunderstandings about the disease and its transmission process. Stopping the consumption of bush meat and addressing the handling of bodies will probably go further to stem the new cases at this point.


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The news from Washington — bickering over the debt ceiling, poor prospects for the economy — hasn't been uplifting lately. It's time for some beach reading.
And I have just the ticket. There's a whole crop of potential Republican presidential candidates who promise to lead us to a better tomorrow, and most of them have written books to spell out their visions, demonstrate intellectual depth and give their fans something to spend $29.95 on.
Writing memoirs and manifestoes has become a rite of passage for politicians, a way to show that they're up to the job — so much that just one book won't always suffice. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Texas Gov. Rick Perry have each written two. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wins the productivity prize, with his name on no fewer than 23 books, including eight novels. Even pizza mogul Herman Cain has promised a book this fall. If they hope to stand a chance in this field, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. better get busy.
As a public service, I took a pile of these literary works on vacation and dug in. (Now you know one more difference between Washington policy wonks and normal Americans.) And here's what I found:
In their own telling, all these politicians are fiercely patriotic, devoted to their families and humble.
And they're all deeply worried about the future of the country, especially if President Obama and the Democrats stay in power.
"They simply don't believe in America as it was shaped by the founders," warns Romney in his book "No Apology," and he's among the most moderate of the bunch.
Want something stronger? Try Gingrich. In "To Save America," he says Obama is running a "secular-socialist machine [which] represents as great a threat to America as Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union once did."
The Romney we meet in "No Apology" is earnest, pedantic and, let's say it, dull. He's given to leaden statements of the obvious. "It is good for America to be strong," he advises. And: "To strengthen America's economy, we must minimize those things that retard economic growth and promote those things that accelerate it."
Gingrich is at the opposite end of the emotional spectrum, furious and hyperbolic. "America is facing an existential threat," he warns in "To Save America." Obama "has presided over a political machine that has tried to impose on this country a radical left-wing agenda that is alien to American history and American values."
In between is former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty — no less conservative but less confrontational, at least back when he was writing "Courage to Stand" last year. In politics, he suggests, "You never want to punch when somebody's down. You want to win, but you don't want to destroy your opponent." In this year's Republican field, that measure of civility qualifies as Minnesota nice.
Then there's Perry, who's almost as angry as Gingrich. "We are tired of being told how much salt to put on our food, what kind of cars we can drive, what kind of guns we can own, what kind of prayers we can say … [and] what doctor we can see," Perry writes in "Fed Up!"
And, of course, Palin, who manages to sound both slashing and cheerful at the same time. "We have allowed the left, with its unconstrained vision, to convince us that America's current woes were caused by too little government involvement," she writes. "This is nonsense. We got into this economic mess because of misplaced government interference in the first place."
There's a long list of issues all these candidates agree on. "We need to have a more limited, more accountable government," Pawlenty writes.
"The road to success is lower taxes [and] smaller government," echoes Perry.
But once in a while, a bit of daring comes through, in this case from Romney: "Government can promote opportunity or it can crush it," he writes. "To a point, even taxes can foster opportunity." No wonder "tea party" adherents are suspicious.
They all want to repeal Obama's healthcare law. "It will destroy our nation's healthcare system," warns Perry. "This is not hyperbole."
Even Romney, who signed a healthcare law in Massachusetts that was one of the inspirations for Obama's plan, now agrees. "Obamacare is an unconstitutional federal incursion into the rights of states," he writes in a passage that he added to the second edition of his book. (The first edition, published when the healthcare law was still being debated, wasn't that tough.)
They all believe religious faith should be an explicit underpinning of politics. "Removing God from our conversations, our plans and our actions is not in the best interest of our country," writes Pawlenty, who laces his memoir with verses from the Bible. In her second book, Palin praises Romney for defending his Mormon faith during his 2008 campaign, and contrasts him with John F. Kennedy, who she says "seemed to want to run away from religion" in 1960. (Of course, Kennedy was trying to answer fears that a Catholic president would take orders from the Vatican.)
And they all believe defense spending is, if anything, too low. "Right now America is, based on its defense spending, well on the road to weakness," writes Romney.
"Defense spending is now being squeezed out of the budget because of the explosion in entitlement spending," Perry complains.
The choice for Republican primary voters next year, at least judging by the literary works of the candidates, lies within a remarkably narrow range. They won't be offered differing approaches to government, only different ideas about how hard and fast to pursue it.
If, after all that, you're still hoping for a recommendation on what book to take to the beach, here's this reviewer's bottom line:
Most readable: Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue."
Least readable: Mitt Romney, "No Apology."
Most difficult political tightrope act: Romney, "No Apology."
Most intriguing new author: Rick Perry, "Fed Up."
Most appealing life story: Tim Pawlenty, "Courage to Stand."
Most terrifying jeremiad: Newt Gingrich, "To Save America."


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Topic: [ANN] iRedMail-0.7.4-rc3 released. Policyd-2, Ubuntu 11.10.
Dear all,
iRedMail-0.7.4-rc1 is now available for testing, you can download it directly here: iRedMail-0.7.4-rc3.tar.bz2 (updated to 0.7.4-rc3).
We need your help to test this RC release more on Ubuntu 11.10, so that we can move to Policyd-2.0.x in iRedMail-0.8.0. If it works well, we will try to bring PostgreSQL support in iRedMail-0.8.0 too. (Policyd-1.x supports only MySQL, it's the only one which doesn't support both MySQL and PostgreSQL.)
Major changes since iRedMail-0.7.3:
It now works on Ubuntu 11.10.
Add Policyd-2.0.x (code name "cluebringer") support on Ubuntu 11.10.
LDA (Dovecot deliver) will move SPAM to Junk folder by default.
Add missing INDEXes for Amavisd database: msgs.mail_id, (msgs.content, msgs.time_num), quarantine.mail_id. Thanks rjnena <rjnena@gmail>, David <dcharbonnier@gmail>.
Incorrect per-user realtime mailbox quota if loggin in with shadowAddress. OpenLDAP backend only. Thanks tmihalicek tomislav.mihalicek @gmail>.
Incorrect per-user sieve_dir setting in Dovecot. Thanks cetex <oskar@cetex>.
Package update:
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University of Vermont
2012-2013 Catalogue
Plant and Soil Science Department
Contact InformationUniversity of Vermont
Plant and Soil Science Department
Hills Agricultural Building
105 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, VT 05405-0082
Phone: (802) 656-2630
Fax: (802) 656-4656
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Majors in the Department of Plant and Soil Science include both Ecological Agriculture and Sustainable Landscape Horticulture that allow students to expand their knowledge of science and apply it to plant production, landscape design, and environmental issues related to plants, insects, soil, and water management. The program provides a unique, interdisciplinary opportunity to study plant/soil ecosystems that are managed for food, feed, or fiber production, for landscape purposes, or for recycling/waste utilization, areas that are very important from societal and environmental perspectives. PSS faculty represents the disciplines of entomology, soil science, horticulture, landscape design, agronomy, plant pathology, and water pollution control.
The Plant and Soil Science Program integrates classroom and field experiences and incorporates relevant environmental, social, and economic issues into the curriculum. The program is flexible, allowing students to pursue their interests in plant production, landscape design, and environmental issues related to plants, pathogens, pests, soils, and water management while preparing for career opportunities and graduate studies. Faculty help students develop individualized courses of study to match their interests and career goals. For more information, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (802) 656-2630.
- Colleges and Schools: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.