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Council closes "dark chapter" in Mammoth history
The Mammoth Town Council on Wednesday voted for a new government restructuring plan, with an eye to the long-range future but with its thumbs also fixed on vexing, short-term problems.
In making the decision, the council sought to put to bed some of the more controversial elements that have divided the town ever since it began its five-month-long tightrope walk back from the edge of municipal bankruptcy.
At its root, the council's unanimous decision put into place a plan for the town to meet its obligations for paying off the $29.5 million, 23-year settlement of the twin legal settlements with Mammoth Lakes Land Acquisition (MLLA) and the Terry Ballas Entities group.
"This is kind of a closing of an important, difficult and somewhat dark chapter for the town," said Town Manager Dave Wilbrecht at the start of the council's final deliberations.
"I don't want to have anybody think that somehow this is an easy next step," he said. "The restructuring plan has many, many elements to it that have to be considered. But there are some things that I think are important to talk about relative to what we need to do.
"First off, we need to have a long vision. It can't be short. The plan is a five-year plan. We need to stay the course. It's really important to stay the course and be disciplined in our approach.
"From my point of view, we are certainly going to look at, and maintain, a very compact and efficient government."
The vote by the council was uncontentious. The council reached a compromise to keep Whitmore Pool and the adjacent ballfields open, and to keep late-night transit from the Village open until 2 a.m.
The council held firm, however, on its position in the ongoing police department dilemma, ensuring that the MLPD would either cut costs by itself or lose as many as seven sworn officers by July 1 from a force that used to number 17.
In a long soliloquy from the dais, Councilmember Rick Wood defended the council's position.
"This is a budget decision," he said. "We're trying to approach the cuts we must take in a rational way.
"One could argue that we're picking on the Police Department. One of the reasons for that is that we've picked on every other department for the last three years, not hearing as much as a whimper from the other departments. They accepted what we presented and levels of service either changed or were different or, in some instances, were lower.
"This is a very tough problem, so let's talk about the numbers. I have the 2012 numbers what it costs for the personnel in the Police Department. It is $3.45 million. We are asking for a pretty dramatic cut.
"That $3.45 million is for the uniformed personnel. The least expensive compensation package, that is, for the least tenured officer, is $146,000. The most expensive is at $289,000, with an average compensation package of $192,000.
"So in very rough terms, it costs $200,000 per police officer. That's what it costs the town."
Wood challenged the department, which is represented by the Police Officers Association, to figure out how to make do.
"We're not happy about this," Wood said, "but it is not for me to say to the police chief, 'My solution, Chief, is for you not to have an officer on duty from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m.' That's not my duty, and it's not this council's duty. "
"It is the duty of the department to determine how it wishes to organize itself."
It seems unlikely Wood's remarks would assuage the remaining members of the force.
In an open letter to the public on Nov. 30, Sgt. Paul Robles, the outgoing president of the local Police Officers Association (POA), wrote, "With this limited number of patrol officers, it will not be possible to provide 24-hour police service. Police service and presence will be significantly reduced."
Police Chief Dan Watson said he would deliver a new mobilization plan soon.
"I'll be coming to you at the next meeting with a report on what the impacts are going to be in service reductions," he said to the council.
"Probably in early January I'll come to you with a plan on developing a reserve program and how we're going to move forward on that."
He also said he has begun preliminary discussions with Mammoth's neighboring "law enforcement partners" in shoring up any gaps in service.
"It's going to be a little more complicated than we thought," he said, "but we're trying to move forward on that."
Another rankling issue before the council Wednesday was finding a way to keep Whitmore Pool and its adjacent ballfields open, which the council solved neatly.
Barely one hour after the Recreation Commission grudgingly recommended the council use Measure R funds as an emergency fund to make up for an expected $87,000 shortfall, the council instead took the money from the road maintenance fund within the Public Works Department.
In making the move, said Assistant Town Manager Marianna Marysheva-Martinez, the council will have to re-visit its five-year plan once the new budget process kicks into gear in mid-February.
The town is working from a position of strength, however.
With transient occupancy tax revenue now pouring in from last summer's banner season, the town acquired approximately $1 million in unbudgeted revenue, some of which will be used to pay off loans made by Mammoth Lakes Housing, with the rest going into a reserve fund.
The moved saved the Recreation Commission from making a tough choice on recommending Measure R monies, as it explained in a message to the council.
"We believe the intent of Measure R was to improve and enhance recreation, parks and trails and not to replace general fund monies dedicated to those uses. So while the Recreation Commission has recommended Town Council adoption [of the Measure R plan], we feel very strongly that the council only adopt the resolution if there are no other general fund monies that could be realized to fund the Whitmore Recreation Area and the parks maintenance position for a period of two years, beginning Jan. 1, 2013."
In the final piece of short-term action, the council authorized the Eastern Sierra Transit Authority (ESTA) to return to late-night winter service.
The action, which would guarantee service until 2 a.m. during the ski season, came after an impassioned plea from Mammoth Mountain Ski Area vice-president Bill Cockroft, who said the proposed cutoff of 10 p.m. would place Mammoth somewhere "between Big Bear and Crested Butte," and that it would be untenable for a town that strongly believes in a "feet-first" approach to mobility.
ESTA leader John Helm said his agency could not achieve that goal unless the council could find more money than it allowed last summer, when the council made first round of proposed cuts.
In response, the council on Wednesday diverted $25,000 that it had allocated for its unspecified (as yet) volunteer programs throughout the town.
Marysheva-Martinez said it was an easy fix, in that the allocation was not cutting a program; rather, it was using money for a program that has yet to get off the ground.


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Manchester United and Arsenal are prepared to wait until the summer in the hope of signing Chelsea star Frank Lampard on a free transfer, according to the Daily Mail.
The 34-year-old Stamford Bridge midfielder is set to leave the Blues at the end of the season, as his contract expires in the summer, and it seems unlikely he will renew.
A number of clubs have been linked with a move for the England international, and the report now claims Manchester United and Arsenal have jumped to the front of the queue to sign Lampard.
According to the report, Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay has informed Lampard that his contract will not be extended, and the club now expects the midfielder to leave the club on a free at the end of the current campaign.
Talks were reportedly held between Lampard and Chelsea before the Blues' match against QPR last Wednesday, but instead of offering the former-West Ham star a new deal, the club told Lampard he is free to leave in six months time.
The 34-year-old remains a fans' favourite at Stamford Bridge, and his 12-year stint at the club has coincided with a period of sustained success, including three Premier League titles, four FA Cups and one Champions League.
And Lampard demonstrated his value to Chelsea this season, scoring the match-winning goals against Everton last weekend, before coming off the bench to score Chelsea's fifth in their 5-1 victory over Southampton in the FA Cup third round on Saturday.
The Daily Mail reports that Sir Alex Ferguson has already told Lampard that he would love to bring him to Old Trafford, but the report claims Ferguson accepts it's unlikely to happen.
Arsenal are also reportedly tracking developments, but Lampard is believed to be unwilling to move to another London club after more than a decade at Chelsea.
LA Galaxy also remain an option for the Blues legend, but the American club's season starts in March, and David Beckham's former team are thought to want Lampard signed before their campaign gets underway.


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MACON – Starkville Academy's Bailey Wofford doubled three times to pace a strong Lady Volunteers' offensive attack in a 13-2 win over Central Academy on Tuesday.
The lone senior on SA's softball roster finished 3-for-4 at the plate, helping improve the Lady Vols' record to 4-2.
"It was a good day," said SA head coach Jessica Dickens. "We've just got to keep this up heading into conference play next week."
Adrienne Futral and Julianne Jackson aided Wofford's performance with a single and an RBI apiece.
Jackson notched the pitching win for SA, going the distance, walking none, and striking out five.
SA's 13-run output marks the third time this season that the Lady Vols have notched a double-digit run total.
Even so, Dickens says her club can't afford to get complacent.
"We hit the ball well (Tuesday), and even against Oak Hill (Monday)," said Dickens. "Things will get tougher though."
The Lady Vols will take today off before returning to action Thursday on the campus of East Mississippi Community College where they'll play Kemper Academy at 4:30 p.m.
SA wraps up their busy week with a game at Leake Academy Friday at 2 p.m., and Saturday games as part of the Starkville Academy Invitational at Mississippi State.
The Lady Vols open up the home portion of their schedule, as well as conference play, on August 10 against Washington.
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Chiang Khong
Earth : Asia : Southeast Asia : Thailand : Northern Thailand : Chiang Rai Province : Chiang Khong
Chiang Khong (เชียงของ) is a town in Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand. It is mainly visited as a stop-off point en-route to the ferry crossing to Laos.
Chiang Khong is the Thai counterpart to the Lao border town of Huay Xai, just across the Mekong. Chiang Khong is a small, sleepy town with one main road and no night life. It has a Friday market, a lot of temples, a craft village with a busy market and a temple. The best time to visit is from October to January, or on the April 18 Giant Catfish Festival when baby giant catfish are taken to the Mekong river.
Get in
From Huay Xai in Laos by a short ferry trip (10,000 Kip) across the Mekong (6am to 6pm). Thai Immigration here seems to lack both computers and the annoying cameras now installed in Bangkok's airport and, consequently, is extremely quick. However, arriving by this overland route means that you will only be given a tourist visa valid for fourteen days, compared with the 30 days you would get flying into Bangkok. The ferry is at the northern end of Chiang Khong: if you want to move on without stopping in the city, take a tuktuk to the bus station in town for 30 baht per person, or you can walk 3km.
From Chiang Rai local buses go regularly (mostly every hour) from 5.00 AM to 16.00 PM. It takes about 2 hours.
From Chiang Mai by minibus for 250 baht or by "green bus" (making many stops) for about 200 baht, by public bus is 150-270 bath. anyway the most advised way is to go by bus to Chiang Rai for 94-263 bath (3h) and than take a bus to Chiang Khong.
by bus from other major cities in Northern Thailand and Isaan. Daytime and overnight buses run directly from Bangkok's Northern Bus Terminal (Moh Chit) to Chiang Khong every day. There are also 5 overnight buses from Moh Chit which leave at 19.00 pm and arrive at Chiang Khong the next morning at 8.00 am, and one daytime bus which leaves Moh Chit at 7.00 am and arrives in Chiang Khong at 20.00 pm.
Get around
The riverfront area can be seen on foot but it's worth getting a tuk-tuk or taxi for the trip out to the bus station. Small ferries cross the river every few minutes for about 40 baht (10,000 kip). The border crossing closes at 18:00.
If you want to look around Chiang Khong the best way is rent a bike or motorbike to visit local villages and the banks of the Mekong.
There are several ATMs in the town - Kasikorn Bank, GSB, Siam Commercial Bank, Krung Thai Bank and a new machine in front of the 7/11 at the bus station. All banks are closed on Saturday and Sunday but you should be able to use the ATMs. If you are heading to Laos get your money here because in houay xai the maximum withdrawal per transaction is 700,000kip and exchange rates from baht to kip are quite ok.
There are very few bars as such in Chiang Khong. Your best bet for evening entertainment is a Big Chang beer/Singha Beer at your guesthouse.
Stay safe
There have been reports from travellers that there are wild/feral dogs which come out in this town late at night.
It seems very popular for guides on the pre booked slow boat trip to try encourage people to switch to the bus to Luang Prabang for the same price. They tell horror stories of floods, mosquito hordes, unexpected third nights spent on the slow boat and crooks in Pak Beng. Presumably this is designed so they can pocket the difference between the cheaper bus ticket and the slow boat you already paid for when you pre booked. On our trip (July 2011) around 80% of the group decided to take the bus instead. Many other groups on the slow boat commented that this was also the case in their groups. Don't Fall for it!!
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During the January camp in Phoenix, several members of the U.S. Men's National Team will write journal entries for ussoccer.com. The journals will provide a first-hand, behind-the-scenes account of what's going on in the January camp.
A member of the 30-man preliminary squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Chivas USA defender Heath Pearce writes the second installment and gives a detailed look at a day in the life in Phoenix …
It's that time of year again. No, it's not the holidays… it's not NYE… it's the infamous JANUARY CAMP. We are a little more than a week into camp, and the legs are heavy but the morale is high. Great coaches and a hard working staff make the environment the perfect blend to be successful. We have a good group of guys in camp this year with a wide range of "how we got here" stories, so let me share a bit of insight into what we've been up to.
Doing triple days from day one is no one's favorite thing in the world, but that is what it takes to succeed at the highest level. Let it be known that the guys have been very responsive and positive towards the demands being placed on us. We have done the fitness tests, the mental and physical evaluations, and the mobility screens, and we are slowly starting to work our way to more sessions on the field with the ball. We've been kept busy from about 8 a.m. each morning until about 8 p.m. each night, not including treatment and massage late in the evening. As you know, U.S. Soccer has posted our "typical" daily schedule, but I will try to break down the purpose of our sessions from a player's point of view with the VAST amounts of knowledge I have gained during this short camp (I've been taking good notes…).
Our day typically begins at 8:30 a.m. with a morning RUN. The reason I capitalize the word RUN is because it was first deemed a morning JOG, but after the first day the pace has steadily increased, along with the distance. The reason for this run before breakfast is to torture us mentally until we are about to break. OK, OK, that's not quite the truth. The real purpose of the pre-meal run is to teach the body to recruit additional energy when it is depleted of the usual energy stores. The body is depleted because it has been using the stores while you sleep. See, I told you I was taking good notes!
After the run, we go directly to our meal room where we have our recovery/protein shakes waiting for us, and for those of you lactose intolerant people out there, do not be alarmed because the hotel staff also caters to the needs of the less fortunate like myself with a NON-dairy shake option.
After our morning run, shakes and breakfast, we have about an hour or so until we leave for our "second" workout of the day, which is usually at Athlete's Performance. These sessions start out with a pre-workout shooter and nutritional supplement. We start the physical work with a quick regeneration session on the yoga mats. The purpose of this is to make you madder than when you first arrived. Again, I joke! The exercises can be a bit painful at times, but they definitely help you recover quicker.
So, on to the physical demands of the morning. We begin our warm-up on the turf doing a series of dynamic stretches and movements that help get the muscles warm and firing. All things we do in this series are completely relatable to the functions and movements that take place throughout a soccer match, like linear speed, lateral cuts and movements and backward shuffles. Much of the focus of our warm-up is to not only get the legs warm, but also to increase range of motion and lower the risk of injury.
Next we move into the gym for our actual "lift" for the morning. We usually do about 11 different movements and/or lifts varying in weight and function and around three sets of eight reps. Our lifts vary from upper body to lower body, and also include core work that is incorporated into each series of lifts. Brek Shea and I usually turn Beast Mode on at this point and compete for man of the match in our lifting sessions -we call it man of the match, but we are the only ones allowed to participate. Because he and I are competitive, we usually see who lifts harder, more weight and with better form. At the end of the day, we each give our vote as to who is the man of the match. For example, we have lifted a total of eight times, and I have been man of the match eight times. Brek has been man of the match zero times. You get how the math works.
After our workouts we drink another recovery/protein shake and then jump in the ice bath. The shakes help repair the muscles and begin the recovery process. The ice baths help to flush the body and speed up recovery times. Sure it's cold, but they are essential during a long training day. We usually shower and eat lunch at AP as well. AP provides us with catered meal options to help each athlete meet his or her caloric and health needs for the day. I usually eat a Gluten free brown rice tortilla wrap with chicken, lettuce, tomato, pepperoncini and avocado. It's a custom wrap designed by me after hours of brainstorming to create the perfect blend of ingredients, and guess what? It's amazing. I call it "Hollywood Heath's Chicken Wrap."
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Some days we have guest speakers that offer advice on topics like professionalism or nutrition, and then we head back to the hotel and try to get in a short power nap before heading to the afternoon session on the field. Our field sessions usually run about an hour long and are short and sweet but definitely intense. Our strength coach takes us for about a 20-minute warm up that includes many of the same dynamic movements we did in the morning. Next we usually dive into some sort of passing or technical work. Feeling sharp, we finish the day off with a small-sided game like 5 v 5 or 8 v 8 on a small field. Most nights we finish the training with a jog and stretch, and head back to AP for more shakes and ice baths.
We arrive back at the hotel around 7 p.m. and have dinner at 7:30. Through the consultation of our nutritionist, we have each been given a comprehensive meal builder that helps each of the guys know what and how much of each food their bodies need to recover and perform at the highest level. After dinner each night, the training room opens for massage and treatments. At this point you must be thinking… Wait, aren't they there to play soccer? The answer is yes, but the work we do in the gym and what we put into our body is just as important as the work we actually do on the field. Think BIG picture. We are slowly preparing for our game against Venezuela on Jan. 21 in Glendale, Ariz., and part of that is making sure we are healthy and fit. With each passing day we get a step closer to that point, and we are confident that we will be fit and ready for the vinotintos.
I hope this journal has given you a better understanding of what it is we are doing here, and a more in-depth look behind the scenes. If any of you see Brek Shea and in that moment, he is trying to read this, don't pick on him - just help him with some of the bigger words.


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Kevin Joseph "KJ" Moran, 60, of Cranston passed away peacefully on March 15, 2014 surrounded by his family. He was the beloved husband Carol Gohl Moran.
He was the son of the late Edward & Jean (Leahy) Moran. Kevin grew up in the Washington Park section of Providence and attended St Paul's School and Classical High School. After attending RI School of Design he moved to California, working at the San Francisco Chronicle as a graphic design editor until retiring. Kevin received many awards for his design and advertising layouts. He traveled to Russia to provide training in page design for a major newspaper. He taught graphic art classes in California and did freelance design for a number of national publications. Kevin was an accomplished musician, playing several instruments in multiple bands on both coasts. He was quick witted, enjoyed life and was knowledgeable on many subjects; a true Renaissance man.
He is survived by Bernadette McDowell (John) of Warwick, Michael of Cranston, Sean of Providence and Colleen Bacon-Moran of Warwick. He is also survived by Sharon Gohl Mauldin of Dominican Republic and Diane Gohl of Burbank, California. He was the brother of the late Edward (Ted), Patrick, Daniel, and Paul Moran and the late Gary Gohl. He is also survived by 12 nieces and nephews; and many friends on both coasts.
His ashes will be scattered in the San Francisco Bay. A memorial mass will be celebrated at St Rose and Clements Church, 111 Long Street Warwick, RI on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 11 a.m. All are welcome to attend.
Kevin. It has only been four short days since you left us. But it feels like forever. It has not even sunk in yet that you are not here. it just all seems so surreal. I could sit here and drone on for hours about funny stories about Kevin while I was growing up, (but Kevin would kill me for talking/writing too much LOL!!!!!). So I will say just a few words about my friend Kevin Moran. I met Kevin through Mick when I was three years old in 1979. Kevin was easily the funniest, and certainly one of the most intelligent people I had the pleasure to interact with in my life. Kevin I miss you already, and wish you were still here. I miss our two hour conversations on the phone, and the constant laughs you provided me with your outlook on life. I am not great at composing eulogies or written tributes to people, so I will finish with these words. Kevin, you will be sorely missed by so many. You were one of the strongest people I knew. Having withstood and coped with all of the loss you experienced in such a short amount of time. that in and of itself should inspire people. Hopefully we'll meet again one day. I know you were not a religious man, but where you are now has got to be better than this world you just left. To Carol, I also am not terribly adept at extending condolences. But I am so sorry (truly) for your loss. Kevin was one of a kind, and a great guy. If you feel that you need to talk to someone you can always call me, (you have the number). I am not sure if you are religious Carol, but I will end this entry with a simple God Bless. Your friend always, Justin.
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I wish you eternal peace my friend.
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FransterDoo wrote:starrlamia wrote:thanks! i hacked most of the meat off the back i have its mostly just fat now , i do have a few meals for them that are their whole day's worth like the drumsticks, it shouldnt be too much of an issue to feed them once a day a couple of times right?
shouldn't! You might want to hand out a couple of cookies or a slice of Nature's Balance roll during the missing meal and make sure that you have some amount of meat on those bones if they are prone to hard poops or bile pukes.
The cheapest way for us to buy green tripe is in the 5 pound logs. It means everyone gets super huge tripe meals. I just cut back by 1/2 the meals around it until we've evened out a bit.
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Putting it All Together
Having gotten a good feel for all the new gear, the obvious move was to get a band playing together and see how we could do. Once again, playing as a four-piece is similar to Rock Band, but with some small but significant tweaks.
Most of the key info is located in the upper-left of the screen. There's an overall Rock Meter, Star Power gauge and multiplier for the band, as well as individual Rock Meters for vocals, drums, guitar and bass. Under that is the band score and overall note streak, while individual Star Power and streaks can be found next to each instrument.
A welcome tweak is the ability to continually build up Star Power while activated, a la Rock Band. Additionally, everyone draws from the same pool of Star Power. It doesn't matter if your guitarist or drummer was the one who actually picked up the phrase, it all goes to a shared meter for anyone to use. Combined with the ability for all players to activate at any time, this means you could just designate all your Star Power to one instrument, or easily coordinate full-band activations for 8x mega-streaks.
Another fantastic addition to band play is the ability to pause and change the difficulty on any instrument without having to back out to the song-selection screen. Did your drummer just fail "Hot for Teacher" on Expert? It takes all of five seconds to drop down to Hard and restart the song. The less menu navigation we have to do in these games, the better.
With the basics under our belt, we spent most of the day soaking in the just-announced Guitar Hero World Tour setlist (all master tracks, no covers). Most of the time the group focused on heavier tracks like Ozzy's "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" or the trio of songs from Tool. Of course, Metallica's "Trapped Under Ice" got a playtest, as well as a look at a live version of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama." But we also found ourselves enjoying tracks that might not be as well-known, like "Scream Aim Fire" or "Prisoner of Society."
And before we knew it our time was done, with so much left unexplored. Character and instrument customization? The Music Studio? Heck, we could write a page just on the options menu, where there's an option for guitarists to disable tilt activation or the ability for everyone in a band to pick a different Hyperspeed scroll setting. But it's sometimes a little too easy to get bogged down in these details and lose sight of what we really like about these games: rocking out. And as far as we can tell, Guitar Hero World Tour does exactly that.


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OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Drew Brees hurled three TD passes Sunday and the once-struggling New Orleans Saints reached the .500 mark with a 38-17 thumping of Oakland.
Brees went 20-of-27 for 219 passing yards and hooked up twice with Lance Moore for scoring strikes as the Saints (5-5) got back into the NFC playoff hunt with their third straight win and fifth in six games.
Jimmy Graham led the Saints' receiving corps, logging a touchdown on six grabs for 29 yards. Mark Ingram picked up 67 rushing yards with a score.
The Raiders (3-7), meanwhile, fell for the third straight time despite 312 yards on 22-of-40 efficiency from Carson Palmer, who was intercepted twice.
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3 arrested after mob attacks police officers in California
Three men were arrested in connection with an attack on officers during the annual Picnic Day festivities in Davis, California police said Monday.
Two officers were injured during the weekend attack and taken to the hospital for treatment. Their conditions were on Monday were unknown.
The men were arrested and booked into Yolo County Jail in connection with the attack. The suspects were identified by police as:
- Alexander Reide Craver, 22, was booked on charges of aggravated battery, assault on a peace officer, felony obstruction of a peace officer and assault with a deadly weapon.
- Antwoine Rashadek Perry, 22, booked on charges of aggravated battery and felony obstruction of a peace officer
- Elijah James Williams, 19, booked on charges of assault on a peace officer, aggravated battery, assault with a deadly weapon and felony obstruction of a peace officer
The attack happened around 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Three officers were driving in an unmarked police vehicle when they encountered a large group of people blocking traffic, the Davis Police Department said.
One officer was wearing police attire with a visible badge. The other two were wearing plain clothes but wore badges on their chests and their police weapons were visible.
The officers said a large, hostile group began to yell threats at them while they were inside the car. An unarmed person gestured as if he was pulling a weapon on the officers.
As the officers got out of the car, two of them were immediately attacked and beaten on the ground, police said. The crowd kicked and punched one officer in the head, and the other officer was hit with a bottle on the side of his head.
The third officer was not injured in the attack.
The officers could see people in the crowd recording the attack with their cell phones, police said.
Police said there were at least two other incidents they're investigating. A woman driving her car near 8th and M streets suddenly had her car stomped on while someone recorded a video, which was subsequently posted to Twitter. In another incident, someone pulled a loaded gun on an individual in downtown Davis. That suspect was later arrested by police.


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Book Giveaway: Model Marine
I could hardly drag myself out of my warm bed this morning. It's actually *cold* here in Austin! Like winter, almost! DO NOT LIKE. So to get myself revved up, I'm offering a sizzling hot read for our giveaway today: Model Marine by the fabulous Candace Havens!
Subject: Captain Will Hughes, US Marine Corps
Current Status: On assignment in NYC-suddenly recruited to shed the uniform!
Mission: Serve as model, muse and man-toy without running afoul of the General.
Obstacle: Hannah Harrington, fashion world It Girl.
Hannah narrowly escaped Fashion Week disaster by hijacking gorgeous Will for her runway show: after all, rock-hard abs are the ultimate accessory. His good deed nearly lands him in the brig, but he'll risk anything to get back into her bed....
Hannah can't figure out how this model Marine got under her skin-they're complete opposites! But sexy Will not only ignites her senses, he fuels her creativity: an irresistible combination, even if it can't last. Can two steamy weeks together satisfy their lust...or will they have to extend this mission?
If you've never read Candy's books before, or if you've never tried a Harlequin Blaze, this is the one to start with! Come and get it.
So here's what's going to happen. Pay attention, this is how you win!
1. Answer the question posted on my Facebook wall. Just put your comment right under my post on my fan page here. OR if you don't have an FB account, answer the question on this blog, in the comments below.
2. If you haven't already, you can feel free to "Like" my Facebook Fan Page, but it's not a requirement to enter the contest! I'd also love it if you followed me on Twitter @LouisaEdwards. Because then we can chat!
3. Check back tomorrow morning on my Facebook Fan Page to see if you've won–I'll post the winner's name here on the blog, too, so make sure to come back and look for it. You've got one week to claim your prize, or I'll have to give it to someone else. So be sure to check back!
4. This contest is open to international residents, but the prize for an int'l winner will be an unsigned copy of the book.


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Tom Seaver always said Don Cardwell was always one of the more important, yet under appreciated pitchers on the 1969 staff.
On this date in 1969, Cardwell replaced Nolan Ryan in the third inning and went on to pitch four scoreless innings as the Mets defeated Atlanta, 3-0.
Cardwell offered professionalism and leadership to a young, talented staff. That season Cardwell was a study in perseverance. After a 3-9 start, starting in late July, Cardwell reeled off five straight wins, including a 1-0 shutout of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second game of a doubleheader, Sept. 12.
Jerry Koosman won the first game, 1-0, and in a rarity, both Koosman and Cardwell drove in the runs.
The victory was the Mets' ninth straight, and came two days after the team moved into first place for good in the NL East.
Cardwell, the prototypical journeyman pitcher, compiled a 102-138 record with a 3.92 ERA pitching for Philadelphia (1957-60), Chicago Cubs (1960-1962), Pittsburgh (1963-66), the Mets (1967-70) and Atlanta (1970).
Cardwell has the distinction of becoming the first major league pitcher to throw a no-hitter in his first start after being traded. After the Phillies traded him to the Cubs, on May 13, 1960, he no-hit St. Louis at Wrigley Field.
That season Cardwell won nine games for the Cubs, but he also hit five home runs.
Cardwell retired in 1970. He eventually returned to his hometown of Winston-Salem, NC, where he died at age 72, Jan. 14, 2008.


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Faculty Handbook
Faculty Scholarship, Development and Research Policies and Procedures
The Connecticut State University Research Foundation
The Connecticut State University Research foundation was established by the Connecticut General Assembly under Public Act 79-202 for the purpose of facilitating and promoting research activities among the four institutions that comprise the CSU system.
The Research Foundation operates on each CSU campus under the direction of the campus President in accordance with the regulations of the Foundation and all other relevant general University and State regulations.
Each campus has a Research Foundation Advisory Council, which, at Western, is the Research and Development Committee. The function of the Advisory Council is to advise the campus President on the operation of the Foundation, as well as the conduct of research and public service activities on each campus.
Scholarly Activity: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Endeavor
Definition of Faculty Scholarship
Although a university may be committed to the idea of being a "teaching institution," that concept cannot be fulfilled apart from a similar commitment to scholarly activity. Scholarly activity has three components--research, scholarship, and creative endeavor--whose principal foci are oriented toward the academic program of the university and are carried out by individual faculty.
These activities are vital to the university and to its academic program and have an impact on the student as a learner. They are a very real part of the instructional process. In progress through undergraduate studies, the student is constantly moving toward more and more independent learning and learns that research and creative endeavor are necessary elements in the learning process. Students must have models of ongoing scholarly activity in which they can see the possibilities for their own creative talents. Faculty engaged in scholarly activity provide those models. In this sense, scholarly activity is an integral part of teaching. Research, creative endeavor, and scholarship are also intimately involved in the professional development of individual faculty members. Through the process of sharing the outcomes of professional efforts with colleagues both on and off the campus, validation of progress in developing as a scholar in a discipline is received. Reviewing and critiquing the work of others provides opportunities for faculty to test ideas and concepts developed in their own work. Often, sharing scholarly activity with colleagues on the campus functions as a stimulus to fellow faculty. Since professional development is a lifelong task, sustained effort in this area of involvement is needed. A detailed description of the three components of scholarly activity follows:
Research for the purposes of this discussion will be categorized as discipline, applied, and pedagogical. The first orients toward new knowledge, the second toward the utilization of that new knowledge, and the third toward methods of teaching and learning. Discipline research is that activity which is carried out with the deliberate intent of extending the frontiers of knowledge in a particular academic discipline. Little attention is given to the applicability or practical use of possible discoveries. Applied research is activity that is carried out with the deliberate intent of solving a specific problem in an immediate time frame. The focus of the activity is the applicability of the research to a well-defined, real-life need. Pedagogical research is activity which explores the merits of one educational approach to instruction over another approach, under what conditions students learn best, how educational material may be organized to enhance the learning process, investigations of the degree to which curricula meet the requirements they have designed to meet, etc. The sharing of the results of research, as outlined later in this paper, is an integral part of the research process. The responsibility to communicate the results of research to assist colleagues, as well as to validate findings, is the task of the faculty member. The responsibility to support and facilitate research efforts on the part of the faculty is the task of the academic administrator.
Scholarship is an activity that refers to updating and extending an area of study within the professional life of the faculty member. University professors must be constantly alert to new and innovative directions in their disciplines if their leadership in the classroom is to be truly effective. It is this kind of activity that frequently spells the difference between professors who are inspiring and creative in the role as teacher and those who only continue to use notes on aging yellow pages. Faculty engaged in scholarship are those who take advantage of the opportunities to remain viable and active in their particular areas of specialty. The development and sharing of ideas; the conception and implementation of new and creative instructional materials; participation in conferences, conventions, workshops, professional meetings; and the publication of articles and monographs in areas other than research are samples of such activities.
Creative endeavor refers to the result of the production of creative work by faculty. Creative endeavor is most easily identified when associated with the performing arts (theatre, music, dance) and the fine arts (two- and three-dimensional art, writing). It is also most appropriate to apply it in the area of applied arts (architecture, graphics and printing, design, decorating). Creative endeavor involves not only the creation of a tangible product, but the subjection of that creative piece to judgment by public and peers through the vehicle of performance, show publication, display, or exhibit. There is some overlap area of scholarship. For example, an article dealing with the impact of carbon steel by its inventor could be classified as creative endeavor.
Senate Approval: Mar. 20, 1991 (R91-3-2)
Source: *THE CORE OF ACADEME: Teaching, Scholarly Activity, and Service, published by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities; James E. Gilbert, President, East Stroudsburg State University, and the staff at Pittsburgh State University (KS) originated this statement (May 30, 1987).
Policy On Scientific Misconduct In Research
In accordance with regulations outlined by the National Science Foundation at 45 CFR 689 and Public Health Service regulations at 42 CFR Park 50, Subpart A, which took effect on June 25, 1995, Western Connecticut State University has adopted a Policy on Scientific Misconduct in Research.* This policy complies with the mandate that requires grant applications and recipients of research, research-training, or research-related grants or cooperative agreements must have established administrative policies for responding to allegations or research misconduct and certifies that the institution will comply with these policies.
A copy of the WCSU Policy on Scientific Misconduct in Research is available from the office of the Director of Grant Programs.
Adopted by University Senate: May 10, 1995 (R-95-5-1)
Policy On Conflict Of Interest Pertaining To Sponsored Projects
In accordance with regulations outlined by the National Science Foundation and Public Health Service Regulations (42 CFR, Part 50), which took effect on June 25, 1995, Western Connecticut State University has adopted a Policy on Conflict of Interest Pertaining to Sponsored Projects.* This policy mandates that an institution which receives or applies for an NSF and/or PHS research, research training, or research-related grant or cooperative arrangement must have an established institutional policy to avoid actual or potential conflicts of interest between faculty members' outside interests and Federally funded research by those agencies.
A copy of the WCSU Policy on Conflict of Interest Pertaining to Sponsored Projects is available from the office of the Director of Grant Programs.
Adopted by University Senate: May 10, 1995 (R95-5-2)


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MaitreDétective wrote:We know Vermouth's mother is dead all right. We know the organisation is after some sort of immortality-giving item all right. We know Nana to no...the crow song is about a crow mourning her death child all right (or somethning like that, I don"t remember well). Lasly, we know Vermouth is the boss' favourite.
Here is my theory: Anokata is Vermouth's father! She is so obviously his favourite, and he might want to search after something that gives everlasting life to ressurect his lost wife!
Your thoughts?
PS: Sorry for my rushy writing, I'll try to develop in my next posts
Ummmm sorry to disappoint you but that can't be true cz gosho said that the boss will turn out to be someone close to Conan at the end so this possibility goes down well if say that vermouth dad is someone close to Conan then this possibility can do it otherwise it can't happen


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Phablets and wireless charging are two of the biggest topics in mobile today, and now Samsung has combined the two into a new accessory. The company recently added a Galaxy Note 3 Wireless Charging S-View Flip Cover to its online store, giving owners of its newest phone/tablet hybrid an accessory that'll protect their device while also adding functionality.
As its name suggests, this new Galaxy Note 3 is similar to the S-View Flip Cover that launched alongside the device itself earlier this year, but with wireless charging goodness built in. The front of the cover features a small window that allows users to check notifications, accept or reject calls, access the camera and more without opening the cover itself. Meanwhile, the back of the case replaces the Note 3′s stock battery cover and gives it the ability to charge wirelessly using any Qi-compatible charging pad.
Samsung's new Galaxy Note 3 Wireless Charging S-View Flip Cover (or GN3WCSVFC, as I like to call it) is available in both black and white, meaning that owners of black and white Note 3 models can choose a cover to match their phone or get the opposite hue to create a panda phablet. Pricing for both colors is set at $69.99. That may seem a tad high for a case, but considering that the GN3WCSVFC adds some protection to the front of the Note 3 as well as wireless charging on the rear, the $70 asking price doesn't seem too shabby. Both colors can be found at the links below.
Via Samsung: Galaxy Note 3 Wireless Charging S-View Flip Cover in black, white


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Michael Mitzenmacher has an interesting post up comparing citation counts for papers at SODA/STOC/FOCS 2000. The results are quite stunning (and SODA does not fare well). For a better comparison, we'd need more data of course, but this is a reasonable starting point.
As my (minor) contribution to this endeavour, here are the paper titles from 1997-2006 (last 10 years) for STOC, FOCS, and SODA. There might be errors: this was all done using this script. Someone more proficient in Ruby than I might try to hack this neat script written by Mark Reid for stemming and plotting keywords trends in ICML papers; something I've been hoping to do for STOC/FOCS/SODA papers.
If there are any Google researchers reading this, is there some relatively painless way using the Google API to return citation counts from Google Scholar ? In fact, if people were even willing to do blocks of 10 papers each, we might harness the distributed power of the community to get the citation counts ! If you're so inspired, email me stating which block of 10 (by line number, starting from 1) you're planning to do and for which conference. Don't let Michael's effort go in vain !
There are 681 titles from FOCS, 821 from STOC, and 1076 from SODA.


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I�m not sure how old Barbara Blake is, and I suppose in certain circles it would be rude of me to ask.
I�m not sure how old Barbara Blake is, and I suppose in certain circles it would be rude of me to ask.
But as I watched her bounce around � without shoes � her hands rotating quickly as she kept the beat on a glorified washboard she wore as a vest, all I could think about was that this woman had tons of energy, no matter her age.
Blake is one of the multi-talented musicians of the band Unknown Tongues, which performed last week as part of the Havelock Cultural Arts Committee�s Thursday Night Live concert series at the Havelock Tourist and Event Center.
About 50 people attended the event. Those who didn�t missed an opportunity to hear a unique style of music. Unknown Tongues calls itself a Cajun Zydeco band. It�s a different type of music associated more with Louisiana than Eastern North Carolina.
That didn�t mean it wasn�t appreciated. Those attending the performance tapped their feet to the beat and applauded after each song.
It�s not New Orleans jazz, the music perhaps most associated with Louisiana. It�s more upbeat, as Blake�s bouncing would attest. The music blends a variety of instruments, such as the accordion, pedal steel guitar, violins, acoustic guitar, bass guitar and drums, much the same way Louisiana cooks blend a variety of ingredients into a delicious dish of gumbo.
On the surface, you wonder how it all works together, but the end result proves tasteful and you want to savor each note as your ears swallow it.
Blake played that washboard, along with guitar and added her vocals to the mix. Her husband Bryan Blake showed his versatility with pedal steel guitar, violins, accordion and vocals. Todd Humphreys lent his voice and his guitars to the mix, and Tom Parker set the beat on drums. It all came together in perfect harmony.
The Thursday Night Live series continues today with the Kaitlyn Dancers taking to the floor at 7 p.m. at the tourist center. The performance will feature Mediterranean-style dancers, and I would guess there may be an opportunity for those attending to give it a whirl as well.
Next week, the series concludes with a performance by the Havelock High School band, which always puts on a good show despite the relatively young age of its musicians.
Both of the shows are free and open to the public, and I would encourage anyone with a free Thursday night to go out and spend 90 minutes enjoying the shows.
After all, it�s good entertainment, no matter how old you are.
Ken Buday is the editor and general manager of the Havelock News. He can be reached at 444-1999 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Rock a dressed-up trend with dressed-down appeal: tuxedo-stripe denim is here, and we're wearing it everywhere. Team this so-comfy stretch pair with tees for day or a strapless top after dark.
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Brad Haire
Associate Editor
Raised in south Georgia, Brad Haire has covered the South's diverse agriculture for more than 15 years, working with daily and weekly newspapers, as news director of UGA's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and as editor of Farm Progress Companies Southern Farmer.
His stories and photographs about agriculture have been published across the country. His video work has appeared on TV stations in Georgia and websites across the region. He has contributed to segments for NBC and CBS affiliates, CNN, Animal Planet, PBS and National Geographic, too, and has produced a daily farm radio show.
He's won a handful of national awards for Extension educational materials.


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Modern Beauty: 10 Design Favorites from Maison & Objet
Paris is wonderful even in January. Aaron and I were just there, attending the unbelievably big home design trade fair, Maison et Objet. It was freezing and gray outside, but there was so much energy in the massive halls at the conference center that it seemed to burst through the doors, along with the smokers looking for a spot to take a break. The economy may be in flux, but if this year's show is any indication, the home design and decor world is forging forward. But, it wasn't about making deals for us — we were there to spot trends and see what is new....
To start off our coverage, I put together this gallery of items that were personal favorites; they are pieces that I was happy to see in person that I kept thinking about as I walked the aisles of the show.
The thing that the items in this group have in common for me is a certain style of decorative generosity. These pieces illustrate the shift toward not being afraid of decoration, either in form, or pattern or color. It's a modern version of luxuriousness which is not necessarily dependent on price or material, but rather the desire to fulfill a need for pure decoration which exists along with the item's natural functionality. They are, of course, things to sit on or cover your dining table with, but to phrase it in the most simple way possible, they are also going for pretty in contemporary fashion, such as by juxtaposing surprising materials, playing with scale, looking at the repeat and the appearance of "handmade" in patterns, and embracing more traditional materials and styles in new ways.
Shown above, top row, left to right:
1. Large scale, traditional pattern: Sofa from JNL Collection
2. Juxtaposing materials: Logs in Lucite from Bleu Nature
3. Traditional material with fresh color and loose pattern: Silk fabric stretched panel from Rocio Moreno
4. Handmade look produced digitally: Tablecloth from Hay
5. A lush, overstuffed version of Scandinavian design: Sofa from Muuto
Bottom row, left to right:
6. Loose, hand done pattern on a traditional rug: Rug from Ethnic Art Textile
7. Grouping of traditional fixtures: Chandeliers from Labyrinthe Interiors
8. Juxtaposing materials: Ceramic basket with rope handle from Reiko Kaneko
9. Large scale traditional imagery in fresh colors: Floral wallpaper from Jannelli & Volpi
10. Traditional Chinese pottery style in modern colors and finish: Porcelain from Jean Boggio for Franz
There is much more on the way as Aaron and I dig in on our photos and notes. More Maison et Objet coming soon!


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UK Pirate Party Pressured Into Taking Down Proxy... Leading To Other Proxies Opening Up
from the if-you-need-to-whac-a-mole dept
The latest is that, over in the UK, where BPI (the UK equivalent of the RIAA) was threatening to sue the leaders of the UK Pirate Party personally for setting up a proxy, the Party eventually shut it down knowing that the costs of fighting such a legal battle would be extreme and damaging.
But, of course, it's unlikely that actually stopped anyone from reaching TPB, which is available through a variety of other means. In fact, soon after the UK Pirate Party took down its proxy, the Pirate Parties in some other countries put up their own proxies (and, of course, there are tons of general proxies out there). BPI can try to go after these political parties in other countries, or it can demand that ISPs block those proxies also, but more and more will just keep popping up. And none of that will convince a single person to buy something they weren't planning to buy in the first place. It just makes you wonder what they think they're accomplishing.


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Postby Syd_Nathan » Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:21 pm
So are there any night owl's around who are usually free (and awake) between say 11pm and 2am weeknights for a ride around the city or some night time XC?
The weather is getting lovely for riding at this time, and the roads are always empty.
I'd like to try and organize a roadie/fixed and a night time XC ride once a week.
Would cater for all fitness and abilities.
Say Road/Fixed on a Tuesday night from 11pm, and an XC ride on a Thursday between 11pm.
Also be good for the social aspect to go for food or a beer (even a longneck in a park somewhere) after the road/fixed ride if we find places that are open 24hours.
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Postby Schmenz » Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:13 am
sounds like fun but id advise doing it off the roads... knowing how i was when i finished work at midnight -2am.. I would not anticipate bikes on the road. I pretty much zombie drove home. be careful id also be too scared for my safety riding at the time.. goblins and ghosts come out.. (and scary men who hide in bushes and chase you down.. i think my parents were too successful at the dont talk to strangers scare tactics!)
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Re: Sydney Night Owls?
Postby Syd_Nathan » Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:35 am
I do most of my fixed gear riding at night anyways, and providing there's a few of us, and we all have flashing lights etc there's rarely an issue with motorists and goblins.
3 of us did a 10pm fixed gear ride on Sunday night through the city, surry hills, newtown, haberfield, leichart, then around Iron Cove, back over anzac bridge, then around pyrmont by the harbour and casino and back over pyrmont bridge and into the city again. Was a top ride and hardly any traffic to bother us.
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Re: Sydney Night Owls?
Postby Syd_Nathan » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:15 pm
The XC rides will be from 11pm on either monday or tuesday nights, and the road/fixed rides will be on a thursday night from 11pm.
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Re: Sydney Night Owls?
Postby 257LL » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:45 pm
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Postby Syd_Nathan » Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:23 pm
So we're gonna kick off the road/fixed rides this Thursday night.
Still ironing details, but we'll either meet at around 11pm at Martin place and then roll out, or we can meet at a pub, or have a pre-ride beer in a park somewhere before rolling out.
2am post-ride beers are optional.
Then we'll kick off the midnight XC rides either Monday or Tuesday next week.
I'll post up the details here when I know them.
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Postby Syd_Nathan » Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:15 pm
The 'Midnight Mash' rides will kick off this Thursday night. Meet at Hyde Park Fountain at 11:30pm for a midnight roll out.
BYO pre-ride longneck while your waiting for everyone to turn up.
All skill and fitness levels welcome, and come on your roadie or fixed gear. Ride should be wrapped up by around 2am and there will be optional post ride beers somewhere.
Will post up details of the weekly Midnight XC ride in the next few days.
Started a new FB group to keep the thursday night rides organized. Go here for details/discussion. http://www.facebook.com/groups/270283813008816/
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Postby Syd_Nathan » Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:01 pm
So, meeting at Hyde Park Fountain at 11:30pm and rolling out at Midnight.
Destination will be Maroubra Beach followed by La Perouse.
We'll head out via Oxford St, Flinders, Alison Rd, then backstreets through to Randwick, then Malabar Rd down to Maroubra Beach. From here we'll head back to Anzac Pde and out to La Perouse, then come back to the city via Anzac Pde.
Directions/Route Map
We'll finish up at the Flinders Hotel for a beer afterwards (they're open till 3am)
I'll be on a black fixie with a spinergy on the front.
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Postby Syd_Nathan » Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:13 pm
These rides have been happening every Tuesday night now for the last couple of months.
Anywhere from 2 to 8 of us turn up each week, mostly on fixies but we've had a few guys and girls turn up on roadies or bmx's aswell.
The rides are usually medium paced and go for around 90minutes to a couple of hours including stops. I'm generally back home by 2am, although there's been a couple which have kicked on at a pub afterwards or we've gone for a swim somewhere where we've finished up a bit later.
Examples of rides have been from the city to Maroubra/La Perouse and back, Pyrmont Bridge/Anzac bridge/Iron Cove Bridge, then around the bay at Iron cove and back to the city. We've also headed out via Newtown through petersham, Stanmore and FiveDock, then done the Oron Cove loop and back via Anzac Bridge.
This week we rode some of the hills on the north side. Harbour Bridge, Luna Park, Lavendar Bay, Waverton, WolsonCraft, St Leonards, and then down to the Greenwich Baths for a (byo) beer and a swim, then back to the city.
If this is something you fancy, then head over to the facebook group to keep up to date, or else just turn up on Tuesday nights at 11:30pm by the fountain in the north end of Hyde Park.
I'm also keen to get some late night XC rides going if anyone's interested?
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Re: Sydney Night Owls?
Postby tb » Wed Jan 10, 2018 10:33 pm
I know this is an old thread- anyone doing night rides in Sydney? Im based inner west. cheers
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deferrable_gratification 0.3.1
Deferrable Gratification (DG) facilitates asynchronous programming in Ruby, by helping create abstractions around complex operations built up from simpler ones. It helps make asynchronous code less error-prone and easier to compose. It also provides some enhancements to the Deferrable API. Features include: * fluent (aka chainable) syntax for registering multiple callbacks and errbacks to the same Deferrable. * a #bothback method for registering code to run on either success or failure. * a combinator library for building up complex asynchronous operations out of simpler ones.


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The Last Zombie Standing uses his stupendous feat to add 1D6 to his flail's damage roll.
Congratulations to Birdman, the winner of the game, and to all of the participants. I don't have any games coming up in the near future, but as I already said Silent-sigfig and Moronstudios will get reserved spots in the next game in return for taking underpowered factions in this one.
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We learned last week that Flipboard for Android was going to be a Galaxy S III exclusive when the device launches later this month. Of course, the development community knew that as soon as someone got their grubby hands on the Galaxy S III it would be posted somewhere for easy download for any device. Turns out, that's exactly what happened, and the apk for Flipboard has been posted on the xda developers forums.
Those brave enough to install applications from unknown sources can head over to xda and install Flipboard on your device. While we normally don't promote app "piracy," Flipboard is a free iOS application and will launch as a free Android application after the exclusivity period exists, and don't believe that you can pirate something that's free.
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Our plan was fairly simple. Check the weather map and find the warmest place in North America and fly there.
Phoenix edged out Southern California, and it was too far to Florida; so off we went.
The Valley of the Sun suffers from sprawl even more than Los Angeles. Scottsdale, found on the eastern edge of the valley, is where most resorts are located.
We started our intensive research with the Fairmont Princess Scottsdale. Had we known what was in store, we'd have booked to stay there the entire week. The Princess, it soon became obvious, enjoyed every amenity anyone could ever want, so there was really no need to go anywhere else.
We made an immediate beeline for the pool. Most locals don't jump in unless it's pushing 37 C but we Canadians found 21 C to be most agreeable.
However, the moment the spectacular sun sank behind the palm trees to the west, the temperature dropped like a stone. That's the desert for you. Suddenly summer turned into winter.
A quick stroll around the property revealed a fantastic light show twinkling on every palm tree, and — wonders of wonders — an ice-skating rink packed with happy kids. Families sat toasting around fire pits next to the rink as a miniature Zamboni cleaned the ice.
A trolley lugged families around the gigantic 65-acre property.
For those interested, the PGA Phoenix Open is played every winter at the spectacular Stadium golf course next door. Aside from the tournament, Fairmont guests can enjoy the course every day of the year. There are also five swimming pools at the hotel, tennis courts, endless walking paths, and several bars and restaurants highlighted by the deluxe Spanish-styled La Hacienda specializing in high-end Tex/Mex culinary delights.
Under no circumstances should any foodie miss Deseo, hidden in the basement at the Westin Hotel and serving up spectacular Nuevo Latin cuisine.
Compared to the family-friendly Fairmont, the Scottsdale 4 Seasons Resort and Spa in the northeast of the valley proved to be an oasis of calm and beauty. Best to arrive in the day, though, because otherwise you may never find it. The adobe casitas are buried right into the landscape, perfectly camouflaged. Mid-winter, the rates were most reasonable and the huge swimming pool was all ours.
A brisk 90-minute walk up to the valley signature Pinnacles and back warmed us up with an appetite for dinner at top-rated Proof, featuring "American canteen" food along with a soda bar and a bustling bar.
Five minutes up the road, the luxurious Troon North golf course boasts two lush 18-hole courses. Designed by Tom Weiskopf, either the Monument or Pinnacle course will satisfy any golfer's dream of a true desert experience.
For shopping, head to downtown Scottsdale. The Arts District alone has over 500 shops. Every Thursday night, Artwalk lures art lovers to the galleries of the Southbridge District. For a stroll with a food theme, try the Taste of Old Town Walking Tour.
Southbridge is also where the discerning visitor will find Bespoke Inn, the only luxury B&B in the entire valley and a true foodie's delight. Four luxury bedrooms with adjoining 43-foot infinity pool sit atop Virtu Honest Craft, a bistro jam-packed on the mid-week night we were there.
When it comes to glorious Arizona sunsets, perhaps the best way to absorb the endless vista is via hot air balloon. At 7,000 feet up in the air, mountain peaks far below are but tiny specks, but there's no better way to start or end your day. Should you book the sunrise trip, the staff from Hot Air Expeditions will set up a table wherever the craft has a mind to land and serve guests a lovely sit-down breakfast along with a flute of champagne. Whatever you do, don't forget your camera.
No visit to the valley is complete without a visit to Phoenix. These days there is an open-air public market with over 100 vendors, plus an on-site café under the supervision of chef Aaron Chamberlain, serving fresh farm to table meals.
Phoenix hides other hidden charms, like the regal Royal Palms Resort and Spa on Camelback Road, right under the mountain of the same name. Built as a private mansion for New York industrialist Delos Willard Cooke in 1929, then renovated and expanded, it opened as a hotel in 1948.
In 1997, a dramatic restoration to the Palms added lush gardens to the landscaping, evoking a sense of deep privacy suitable for (ahem) romance. The Alvadora spa rests next to a heated swimming pool, the warmth of the water needed on those winter days when the Phoenix temperature drops below 70 F. The Mix Up Bar, we were told, was the "in place" to go for cocktails in Phoenix, and certainly the rustic wooden decor in T. Cooks, the dining room, added to the overall romantic ambience. Drive down Camelback Road to the Biltmore Fashion Park should you require a taste of high-end shopping, and drop into Union for locally made goods and trendy fashions. For those so inclined, downtown Phoenix also boasts famous Heard Museum, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Science Center.
The prime attraction of the Valley of the Sun has to be the 330 days of annual sunshine, much appreciated in the middle of the cold Canadian winter. The average daily temperature between December and March is 21 C with very little rain.
If you go
Phoenix Waste Management Open, www.mphoenixopen.com
Troon North Golf, www.troonnorthgolf.com
Hot Air Expeditions, www.hotairexpeditions.com
Deseo at the Westin Kierland Hotel, www.kierlandresort.com/fine-dining-at-scottsdale-restaurants/deseo-nuevo-latino-cuisine
Where to stay
Fairmont Princess Scottsdale, www.scottsdaleprincess.com
Four Seasons Scottsdale, www.fourseasons.com
Royal Palms Hotel, www.royalpalmshotel.com
Bespoke Inn, www.bespokeinn.com


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Hello folks, my wife and I recently returned from a trip to Paris for our seventh anniversary. We're both huge fans of French cooking, esp bistro/
cuisine bourgeouise; here are some nice places we found. (My snarky comments on Helene Darroze are in another thread)
The names of the dishes are in English -- I can't locate the notebook where I wrote French names/notes! Urgg, I'm a moron. But you'll be able to figure it out...
Les Philosophes, rue Vieille du Temple, Marais: great tomato Tarte Tatin, first rate duck confit with a honey sauce.
Le Coude Fou, also in the Marais, on rue du Bourg Tibourg -- Try the sweetbreads plat. Great Tarte Tatin.
Also in the Marais I can happily recommend Caron de Beaumarchais as a hotel, it's on rue Vieille du Temple.
Au Pere Louis, rue Monsier le Prince, 6th Arond: great salad with chicken gizzards, and the best cassoulet I've ever had. Even beat out Alain Dutronnier's at Au Trou Gascon I had two years ago. Thick, rick sauce, perfect mingling of duckl/sausage flavors. (My friend Stephane Wrembel, a native of Fountainbleau, swears to me the best cassoulet ever is at a place called Quercy in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn. I plan to test his theory next week)
Le Comptoir, 9 carrefour de l'Odeon in 6th arond: -- we stumbled across this by accident, saw a big line of locals and figured it had to be good. It was. First rate charcuterie platter )esp the pate in a clay opot), melt in your mouth braised beed cheeks, wonderful rack of lamd. "Like buttah!" Through the magic of the Internet I've since learned it's run by Yves Camdeborde, of whom I knew nothing but now want to know more. Toques off to you, Yves.
Not French, but interesting is Knyaz Igor, a Russian place on 43 av. de la bourdonnais in the 7th. We went to see Moreno, a legendary gypsy jazz guitarist (style of Django Reinhardt) who has a regular Sunday gig there. Matter of fact, when we called to make reservations (my wife speaks fluent French) the waitress said, "Wanna tawk to Moreno?" and put him on the line. He and my wife shot the breeze for about five minutes. Well, Moreno wasn't there -- called away to a gig in Bulgaria. The lives of gypsy jazz guitarists are fraught with uncertainty. As are the lives of their fans. The B-team was a Russian couple doing Russian folk songs. Good stuff till a really drunk Russian woman, with her minder, a guy with a physiognomy suggesting he'd been booted from the KGB for brutality, showed took the table beside us. She pounded vodka and sang along, weeping at (I assume) the memory of lost loves; he drank scotch after scotch and smoked Belomorkanals.
We also visited Aux Lyonnais. Both had the chicken with crayfish sauce, and it was an odd experience. The sauce was thin and rather tasteless, the chicken a bit gamey and the crayfish soggy. I've cooked this before from a Paul Bocuse receipe, had a much different outcome -- fairly rich and flavorful. Not sure what happened there. But great entrees (cream of mushroom soup with sausage) and desserts (souffle) so I would definitely try again.
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Raising Medicare's age limit.
It's been reported multiple times now that an age limit increase is on the table in the fiscal cliff talks.
Obviously, this is not going to be terrifically popular, and in my opinion I don't even think it'd be particularly smart. Raising the Medicare age doesn't reduce healthcare costs, it just reduces government healthcare costs, keeping seniors on the expensive private plans we introduced Medicare to save them from. Healthcare is not improved in any way as a result of it, and any and all forms of Medicare reform should be aimed at making the system work better -- savings should be the target, not cuts. Lord know there are many ways this can be had, and has already been had.
That said, if you're going to raise it, Ezekiel Emanuel introduces a really great way to do it: graduated eligibility.
Medicare eligibility stays the same for folks in the lower third of lifetime income levels. Medicare eligibility rises two to three years for folks in the middle third of lifetime income levels. And Medicare eligibility rises four to six years for folks in the highest third.
People in the lower third need Medicare the most, and the wealthiest need it the least. People in the lower third live the least healthy lifestyles due to lack of resources and, of course, tougher work over their lifetimes. The wealthier live on average six years longer, and have enough of their own resources to afford private insurance another few years as opposed to everybody else.
Again, I'd rather us take other methods of enacting savings on Medicare, but if this is something we're going to do, let's do it in a responsible way that doesn't strand the least wealthy seniors in a disproportionately tough healthcare situation.
Entitlement Reform For the Entitled
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IF nothing is done about entitlement spending, and if our current tax breaks continue, then by 2025, tax revenue will be able to pay for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, interest on the debt and nothing else. The rest — defense, medical research, highways, education, energy — will have to be financed by deficits. Social Security's funding is predicted to run short in 2033, Medicare's trust fund in 2024.
Like much else in Washington, there is little bipartisan agreement on what to do about it. When it comes to Social Security and Medicare, Republicans emphasize cuts and privatization, while Democrats strongly oppose both approaches. Neither side was able to embrace the 2010 bipartisan Simpson-Bowles plan, which proposed lowering Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments, increasing the taxable maximum income and raising the eligibility age to 69 by 2075.
But here is a better bipartisan reform: Graduated eligibility. Instead of having a fixed age at which people can get Social Security and Medicare, we should link the age of eligibility to lifetime wealth. The richer you are, the older you would have to be to be eligible for Social Security and Medicare.
Here's how it would work. People in the bottom half of the lifetime earnings distribution would become eligible for normal retirement benefits at age 65 for Medicare and 66 for Social Security, just as they are today. But people in the next quarter of the lifetime earnings distribution would become eligible for the respective programs at 67 and 68, and those in the top quarter would become eligible at 70 and 71. All eligibility ages would increase over time, as they are scheduled to now.
In all income brackets, those choosing to retire later than the standard age would still receive higher Social Security benefits, called delayed-retirement credits. For those choosing to retire earlier and accept reduced benefits, on the other hand, nothing would change in the lower bracket, while the minimum age would increase in the two higher income brackets. And wealthier older people would have the choice of buying into Medicare at age 65, though they would have to pay for it before the age of 70.
Demographic changes since Social Security was first enacted are a good argument for raising the retirement age. In 1935, a man who reached the age of 65 was likely to live almost 13 more years (and a woman, almost 15). But today, Americans who reach 65 are likely to live nearly 19 more years.
But graduated eligibility also accounts for the fact that the rich live longer than the poor, and that the longevity gap is increasing. In 2007, the Social Security Administration did a study of mortality and income. Among 65-year-old men born in 1922, those with income in the top half lived an average of 2.2 years longer than those in the bottom half. But among 65-year-old men born in 1941, those with income in the top half were projected to live an average of 5.3 years longer. Thus, requiring wealthier Americans to wait five more years to claim Social Security and Medicare has the effect of giving an average rich and an average poor person nearly the same number of years of benefits.
This reform also combines several important values. The main reason Social Security and Medicare have such strong public support is that they are universal benefits; they are not just for the poor. With graduated eligibility, all Americans will still get benefits, regardless of income; the only thing that changes is when. And because the rich, on average, would live longer and get the same number of years of benefits as those in lower income brackets, the plan should appeal to those who still feel strongly that everyone should pay their fair share.
It also makes practical sense. Americans in the bottom half of the income distribution are more likely to have jobs in manual labor, which is more physically difficult for older people to perform. White-collar workers in the upper bracket don't face the same physical demands. And their greater earnings mean they should be able to save more to support themselves longer.
Graduated eligibility should be based on lifetime earnings instead of any particular year's income, which can be quite volatile. It would be administratively simple to determine each citizen's lifetime earnings, because the Social Security Administration already has all this data. And this measure would have the benefit of encouraging personal responsibility; people making more than the median income would have an incentive to save. Anyone who earned a lot at one time but frittered it away would have to continue working longer.
Either in the lame duck Congressional session after the election or in 2013, there will surely be debate about a deal to address taxes and the deficit. Graduated eligibility should be on the table. It would not completely close the shortfall of the trust funds, but it would put Social Security and Medicare on a stronger financial footing, while reaffirming their universal nature and reflecting the fortunate fact that Americans are living longer.
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Mezcal isn't approached easily: It can have an almost turpentine-like taste and an artificial smoky quality. But Montelobos is aiming to overhaul the spirit's image. Charles Passy joins the News Hub. Photo: Montelobos.
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Hypermedia or not to Hypermedia
Ask 10 people to describe what they think REST is and you likely get 10 different answers. For some it's 'only' HTTP APIs. Other extend this to CRUD over HTTP and fancy urls. Some talk of Hypermedia and always end up quoting Inigo Montoya. What's THE right way to build HTTP APIs? Who of them is right and who is wrong?
I've been in those discussions for long enough with colleagues to actually put the 'fruitless' stamp on it. Maybe it's just resignation or perhaps I'm some years older now and a bit relaxed on some topics. Who knows? I can't help to think though, that often we approach those kind of questions from the wrong angle. Maybe instead of asking 'what is the right way to build REST APIs?' we should more ask other types of questions instead, that might give the questioner a better understanding of the trade-offs involved in designing an API. I usually use some of these questions, to explore options:
- who will consume the API?
- how many consumers are there?
- how often is change expected in the API?
- what kind of change is expected in the API?
- is cheaply changing the API important?
Finding answers to these questions for me is very insightful and can change the route I take or the advice I usually give regarding REST APIs. The underlying idea here is to figure out how loosely coupled the contract between the consumer of the API and the provider of the API needs to be.
Coupling itself is a strange beast to describe, but for me it often correlates with pain and effort to change something. The higher the pain is when you attempt to change something, in my experience, the likelier it is that you're dealing with tight coupling. Pain in this context can mean a whole variety of things and ranges from "I added a new type in my JSON response and boom, our mobile app crashes" over "in order to use the new feature we will have to update all of the consumers" to "this will take a lot of coordination and time to make it happen". I guess everyone who has worked on some form of library or API-providing-service over a longer period of time has experienced some form of pain because of coupling. Trying to be agile and iterate on ideas quickly with a tightly coupled system is almost like rock climbing, only with your feet in buckets of cement and your wrists handcuffed. Probably not something you'll fondly remember.
From my point of view real hypermedia enabled REST APIs are all about enforcing loose coupling. I don't think though, that every HTTP API needs a loosely coupled design. Some APIs benefit more than others from Hypermedia and in some contexts it might not be worth to go down the Hypermedia route because of the cost/benefit ratio.
When do I prefer Hypermedia?
The more you get to the edges of your platform and your control, the likelier it is that Hypermedia makes sense. This statement includes two things:
- if you have a SOA or you are on the road to microservices and you are still able to change both sides in a reasonable amount of time, not going down the hypermedia route is perfectly fine for me.
- Integration points with consumers you can't change in a reasonable amount of time (for instance native mobile apps) are a different beast and require special attention.
Not for public APIs
Public APIs like the one provided by Linkedin, Facebook, XING et al fall under the second category, but I don't think they're a good candidate for Hypermedia. They usually have a very low change frequency (people outside your company are not so fond to upgrade the integration of your API every second week ^^) and are often designed to be dead easy to use (anybody who can spell 'Curl' should be able to use it). In the absence of established standard media types and widely available hypermedia enabled libraries, at least at the moment, Hypermedia doesn't bring a lot benefit for that to the table.
When native apps are involved
Native mobile apps on the other hand are more worth the effort of Hypermedia. I'm pretty convinced that in a competitive mobile marked the ability to have fast feedback cycles is a key differentiator. We had the cool web, where we could enhance the product anytime we want, where fixing bugs didn't require rolling out a new version of the software, but unfortunately for us poor developer-souls the industry moved back to more traditional software release models. We can loudly complain about that, but I think it's also part of our job to deal with that as best as we can.
Hypermedia as a concept is actually a pretty decent approach for not falling back to the way software was developed and released 10-20 years ago. Think of old versions of your mobile apps that automatically disable functionality that has been deprecated. Think about new functionality appearing in already shipped mobile apps without having to roll out new versions of the native apps. Try to imagine a world where APIs not only act as the data provider for a mobile app, but more like an engine powering them.
I really like that view on the mobile / backend integration, but I'm not naive. Bringing Hypermedia into existing apps is not an all-or-nothing approach. Some areas of a native app benefit more than others from Hypermedia. That's the area worth investing. Use it where it matters the most.
To give you a real world example, this is what we've done when we re-designed the XING mobile activity feed last year. An area where change is constant and new content types are added frequently. In the past this required a lot of coordination between multiple teams and about 3 months to release new content. Nowadays we only need two weeks for adding new content types and nearly all of the work is done in the backend.
I call that a success


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Jon's table (it wouldn't be a bribe table this late in the game, would it?) is next to the Puente de la Mujer, and the final quiz is at the Flor Generica, which appeared briefly in TAR5. VRs here.
got a question though. IN other seasons of the mole (and other int'l versions), they always announce the winner at the place they take the quiz. How would they do that here?
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