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>Racing>2014 Sub-18 5K
In. Just turned 30. Never run sub 18 before. Probably in about 18 high shape right now so a loong way to go, but I feel like if I can string some consistent training together for half a year or so I can get there. It's been 2 years since i've really had my training go well.
Throw me on the board please.
I've been close this year a few times (18:12 and 18:10) and several other good ones. Mine were races with a good solid hill so I'm sure I can knock of a dozen seconds with a flatter course, or just keep training and learn to better roll up that big hill next time.
HTFU? Why not!
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"If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus
Everything matters
Solving the 5k puzzle
Everything matters
Solving the 5k puzzle
count me in also.
Interval Junkie --Nobby
Finally broke 18 minutes today coming in at 17:48. Might have been able to go a little faster but I was afraid of blowing up. Will try another 5k around Christmas to see if I can get under 17:40
Doesn't counter: false start. It isn't 2014 yet. DQ!
2016 Goals: Lose the 10lbs I gained for not having goals
some call me Tim
Everything matters* and Solving the 5k puzzle
Everything matters* and Solving the 5k puzzle
*"Too many people follow the system of one person," he believes. "They say, 'this guy had great results, let's follow him,' but it could be completely incorrect for you. The truth is, I believe in nothing, Lebowski. I believe in everything and nothing. Because you realize it all criss-crosses over into everything—you have to have everything. Now where is the money?"
But seriously, very interesting read.
Sorry guys. Did not even read the title that says "2014" I will wait until 2014 to report any further progress lol
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules."
Apparently I'm developing a theme. Congrats on smashing the barrier on the warmup lap - I'm sure 2014 is gonna be great!
I'm in! I'm in college and have run times in other races that tell me I should easily be able to break it. I even ran under 18 for the first 5k of an 8k race, but I have never been able to actually get under 18 for a 5k race! So frustrating! This spring is the time that it will finally happen!!
Count me in too. My PR is 19:53 or something but in all fairness I haven't run a 5k in 2 years and am in much better shape than ever. Even still, sub 18 is probably a stretch for me but WTF, everyone needs a goal.
My best race, marathon of 3:07, puts me in the 19:15 range but who knows with a little bit of speed work.
Age 43. Seems like mostly us older guys shooting for glory here anyways!
Good luck all
2018 Goals
Figure out the achilles thing...... and THEN try to get running regularly again.
No racing goals
In. PR of 18:06 this year. 31 in December.
Got a couple races in last 2 weeks, which are my best this year. Sub 1:26 half, and 18:46 5k...not quite in the ballpark yet but the closest I have been since a long time of enjoying being lazy and out of shape. Optimistic and hoping to roll into spring/summer of 2014 in decent enough shape to start chipping away.
MTA: data points anyway
Current Goals: Run and stuff
I've got a fever...
One more opportunity to fail, so count me in. Turning 43 in a few weeks. Have broken 18 many times, but since the last one was in 1995 or 1996, let's call that a No.
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.


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"The Commitments", the story of one Irish man's dream to form a soul band in working class Dublin and originally a novel written by Roddy Doyle in 1987, became a runaway success in 1991 when it was made into a film.
At the time of its success, Doyle said that he turned down a flood of requests to adapt the story for the stage due to his dislike of musicals, telling reporters at a recent press launch:
"In the house I live in, if 'The Sound of Music' comes on, all the male members, including the dogs, stand up and walk out," he said. "And the female members stay and cry."
"So I kind of ignored it for years and then as my children got older and I began to bring them to the occasional musical ... I began to enjoy a lot of it," Reuters reports.
Inspired by musicals such as Frankie Valli's "Jersey Boys", Doyle found a new direction for "The Commitments", Associated Press reveals:
"What I loved about it was, the songs were terrific, but the songs didn't interrupt the story and the story didn't interrupt the songs," Doyle said. "That, above all others, nudged me in the direction I wanted to go."
The musical is to be penned by Doyle himself, although he did not originallt intend it to be so. Reuters explains how the 54-year-old found himself answering his own questions while interviewing other candidates for the writing position and decided to try it himself,
"I kept it to myself and I went home and told my wife that I was thinking of doing the job myself and she said: 'you took your time'".
Doyle revealed that none of the cast of the 1991 hit film will be making a reappearance in the musical, "We're all mortal," he said, "and I think most of them accept the fact that they're lacking in hair." However, Doyle's next novel, "The Guts", due out in August 2013, will feature the return of the main character of "The Commitments", Jimmy Rabbitte, as a 48-year-old man with bowel cancer.
The Booker Prize winning author says he finds it funny that most of the cast members for the new musical were not even born at the time that the novel is set in, while director, Jamie Lloyd was only 6-years-old.
Lloyd has revealed that the cast, who will be mostly Irish and younger than 21, will play their own instruments, however, Doyle has said that the soundtrack has yet to be confirmed because of "rights issues and experimenting with which songs are right for the story," AP reports.
The musical will preview at London's Palace Theatre starting on September 21 and will officially open on October 8. Preview tickets will be half-price at 5 pounds each while the 100,000 tickets for the initial one-year booking period are priced at 10 pounds.
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FERC, Oregon sign Memorandum Of Understanding for Wave Energy Projects
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the state of Oregon have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to coordinate procedures and schedules for review of wave energy projects in state waters off the coast of Oregon. This effort will be undertaken in an environmentally sensitive manner, while taking into account economic and cultural concerns.
"I commend the state of Oregon for being a leader in the development of this new source of emissions-free renewable energy," FERC Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher said. "Their efforts, especially with today's MOU, are critical to the successful development of hydrokinetic projects in this country. This agreement is a model of how federal and state governments can work together to promote the new energy technologies our country needs."
"I am pleased but not surprised by the leadership and cooperation shown by the state of Oregon in fostering new hydrokinetic technologies," Commissioner Philip Moeller said. "It was no coincidence that we held a well-attended meeting in Portland, Oregon, last October to explore modifying the FERC licensing process to encourage these new technologies. I look forward to working with the state and the region as the nation's search continues for new sources of renewable and emission-free energy."
The MOU establishes Oregon's support of FERC's procedures for a shorter-term, experimental pilot license that ensures environmental, economic and social protections.
With respect to wave energy projects, FERC and Oregon agree that:
- Each will notify the other when one becomes aware of a potential applicant for a preliminary permit, pilot project license or license. This will allow for the start of coordinated efforts to review the project.
- They will agree upon a schedule for processing applications as early as possible. The schedule will include specific milestones for FERC and Oregon to complete their respective processes. They also will encourage other federal agencies and stakeholders to comply with the schedules.
- They, along with the prospective applicant and other participants, will work together to identify potential issues, and to determine what information is needed and what studies must be conducted to permit the Commission and Oregon to undertake required reviews of proposed projects.
- Oregon intends to prepare a comprehensive plan for the siting of wave energy projects in state waters off the coast of Oregon. FERC agrees to consider, to what extent, proposed projects are consistent with the plan.
- Any pilot project license or other license issued by FERC must include conditions to protect and mitigate potential damage to fish and wildlife resources.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- An Italian man visiting New York said he spent the night in jail when he forgot his wallet and was unable to pay a $208 tab.
Graziano Graziussi, 43, said he was preparing to pay his bill at Smith and Wollensky when he realized he had left his wallet at the apartment where he had been staying, the New York Post reported Friday.
Graziussi said workers refused to accept his iPhone as collateral to allow him to retrieve the wallet. He said they instead called police.
"I found it completely unreasonable to call the police when I was coming up with possible solutions," he said. "I wasn't going to run away. I was there. I had just forgotten my wallet. "
Graziussi said he was taken into custody when he told police he was unable to have anyone deliver the wallet.
He was released the following morning after promising a judge he would pay the bill.
"I don't think they should have arrested me in the first place," Graziussi said. "I wanted to pay the check."
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BankUnited Financial Corp. of Coral Gables, the largest Florida-based savings institution, was seized in May 2009 by regulators who said it had run out of capital. A specialist in loans to foreigners buying Sunshine State homes, BankUnited was a top originator of pay-option adjustable-rate mortgages, which permitted payments so low that loan balances rose instead of fell. Often made without documenting borrowers' incomes, pay-option ARMs played a role in the downfall of Washington Mutual Bank in Seattle along with Countrywide Financial Corp., IndyMac Bank and Downey Savings in California. Cost: $4.9 billion.
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But on Aug. 27, people from as far away as Canada will gather in Moab to remember Sviscsu and 17 other men who perished during one of the worst mining disasters in modern American history.
That day marks the 50th anniversary of a deadly gas explosion at Texas Gulf Sulphur's Cane Creek potash mine near Moab.
Kymberly Mele, whose father was among seven survivors, will be joining others during a public memorial at the Grand County Public Library, and will later attend a private event at the mine site.
"I think it will be very nice for the families, especially the children who don't really remember their fathers because they were too young," Mele said in an email to The Times-Independent. "Many of them are curious about the story and how things happened."
Investigators with the federal Bureau of Mines believe that the explosion occurred in the mine's shop area, where a mixture of highly flammable gases likely ignited.
At the time of the accident, 25 men were working about 3,000 feet below the surface of the mine, which was then under construction approximately 20 miles west of Moab.
But only seven of those workers found their way to safety behind a barricade that protected them from a noxious cloud of carbon monoxide.
Two of the survivors eventually reached a rescue team, but not before they stopped to repair a damaged air hose. In doing so, they likely saved the five other men from certain death, survivor Charles Byrge told the Deseret News in 1963.
A recovery team eventually reached the barricade, and some 50 hours after the explosion, the survivors reached the surface on Aug. 29, 1963.
Their appearance brought joy to the crowd that gathered at the site.
However, Mele wrote that one woman was stunned when she didn't hear her husband's name included among the survivors.
"They say he still has a good chance," the woman said to those around her.
But there was no conviction in the woman's voice, Mele wrote.
An hour or so after the last of the survivors emerged, the final announcement was made: seven men were alive, but 18 more were dead.
Those who died left behind 45 children under the age of 18, and another eight children who were 18 years old or older. Two of the miners' widows were pregnant at the time.
Mele is encouraging anyone who would like to pay tribute to the victims, the survivors and their families to attend the Aug. 27 memorial at the library's large meeting room. The event is scheduled to run from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
A private meeting for the victims' families, as well as the survivors and their families, will be held at Intrepid Potash. Rick York, general manager of the Intrepid Potash plant on state Route 279, will host the gathering.
Family members should meet at the mine office at 4 p.m. Seating will be limited, so those who plan to attend are asked to contact Mele at 435-789-1975, or email email@example.com, to reserve a spot.
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Harvard researchers create mice with a controllable telomerase gene and demonstrate partial reverse aging in those mice. (Roy Batty might want to read up on this.) New Zealand is home to a lot of weird animals -- including the tuatara, a reptile which has a genetic code unlike any other vertebrate on Earth. Pterosaurs probably couldn't fly in stormy weather, according to wind tunnel experiments. The first and only species of squidworm lives in a pineapple under the sea.in the deep waters of the Celebes Sea. A single-celled organism (the size of a grape!), Gromia sphaerica, leaves tracks in the sand as it rolls around the bottom of the ocean.


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Happy Friday lovelies!
Last night I went to the launch of Sienna Ray & Co's PopUp Shop in NYC hosted with the fashion app Snapette. Just in case you are not familiar with the term PopUp Shop, it basically means that it is there temporarily. Sienna Ray is a luxury leather handbag & accessory company that was founded in 2007 by creative director Natalie Kathleen. The diverse collection features a variety of unique designs that can easily transition from a day at the office to a night out on the town. They're sophisticated and chic with a playful touch. I was in handbag heaven! Each bag is beautiful in it's own way. My favorites were the ones with the crocodile print. Truly amaze!
The shop is located at 252 Mott St. NoLita. If you are in the NY area make sure to pop in and check it out before it's too late. It will be open until Christmas Eve and will offer a selection of handbags, clutches, cosmetic cases and other leather goods.
I took this first pic from their Facebook page.
Natalie Kathleen- Founder and Creative Director
Natalie and Natalie :)
Guests at the event were also able to get complimentary manicures by La Voila, a luxury beauty brand bringing celebrity treatment right to your door. Sounds pretty amazing right? Make sure to check out their site to get all the details!
Maria Velissaris- CEO of La Voila
Natalie and Jaclynn Brennan (Marketing at Sienna Ray)
Caitlin and Amy from Snapette, a fashion app where you can post your top shopping finds and purchases tagged to stores! The app is free on iPHONES and Androids so make sure to check it out!
It was so great meeting everyone and having a refreshing glass of champagne with the company of these fabulous bags!
Now here are a few more photos of Natalie and the shop, taken by Aisha Singleton.
Super chic! How gorgeous are these bags? And isn't Natalie a doll? See the entire collection at Sienna Ray. You will not be disappointed!
I have two events tomorrow night and can't wait to post about them on Sunday. I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend!


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Am I a prospective student-athlete?
You are a prospective student-athlete if you are a high school student who has begun the ninth grade, regardless of whether you participate in athletics. In addition, you are considered a prospective student-athlete if an institution provided you or your family financial assistance or any other benefit that is not offered to other prospective student-athletes.
A prospect remains a prospect until one of the following occur:
Once you are enrolled and attending class as a four-year institution, you would have to follow the rules for transfer students.
I want to be a collegiate athlete, what next?
Students should register with the NCAA Eligibility Center at the beginning of their junior year in high school. The NCAA Eligibility Center will certify the academic and amateur credentials of all college-bound student-athletes who wish to compete in NCAA Division I or II athletics. You may register online at www.EligibilityCenter.org. At the end of the student's junior year, a transcript, including six semesters of grades, should be sent to the Eligibility Center from the high school. Additionally, students should have their SAT or ACT scores forwarded directly to the Eligibility Center (by using code "9999") whenever they take the exam.
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It is important to note that a booster, former athlete or alumni may not solicit a prospective student-athletes enrollment in any manner (no phone calls, letters or in-person encounters).
Am I eligible to compete at the collegiate level?
New Academic Standards for Division I Athletes:
Student-athletes who achieve the current minimum initial-eligibility standard on the test score-grade-point average sliding scale with at least a minimum 2.0 core-course GPA would continue to be eligible for athletically related financial aid during the first year of enrollment and practice during the first regular academic term of enrollment. Student-athletes could earn the second term of enrollment for practice by passing nine semester or eight quarter hours.
The adopted proposal increases the standard for immediate access to competition to at least a 2.3 GPA and an increased sliding scale. Specifically, incoming student-athletes would need to earn a half-point higher GPA for a given test score compared to the current standard. For example, an SAT score of 1,000 would require a 2.5 high school core-course GPA for competition and a 2.0 high school core-course GPA for aid and practice.
It will be required that prospects successfully complete 10 of the 16 total required core courses before the start of their senior year in high school. Seven of the 10 courses must be successfully completed in English, math and science.
This legislation will affect student-athletes enrolling in college in August 2016 and later. (ncaa.org) Please view the following powerpoint presentation or Initial Eligibility Guide for more information regarding the new academic standards.
I am ready to commit, what next?
The final step in becoming a student-athlete is to sign the National Letter of Intent and Athletics Grant-in-Aid that is offered by the coach. The NLI is a binding agreement between a prospective student-athlete and an institution in which the institution agrees to provide a prospective student-athlete athletics aid for one academic year in exchange for the prospective student-athlete's agreement to attend the institution for one academic year. Prospective student-athletes (or their family) may not receive any benefit, inducement or arrangement such as cash, clothing, cars, improper expenses, transportation, gifts or loans to encourage the signing of a National Letter of Intent or to attend an NCAA school.
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#1 Nicole Morales - Career Stats
Career Game-by-Game Stats: 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009
2011: Appeared in nine matches and 12 sets in her junior campaign... Finished the season with three digs, two service aces and two assists.
2010: Appeared in 18 matches and played 35 sets...Notched her first kill of the year August 28 against Rutgers...Finished the season with 29 digs, 0.83 per set.
2009: Appeared in 16 matches for the Pioneers in her freshman season...Dropped in four service aces off the bench...Played in her first career match August 29 against Fairfield.
High School: Attended Patchogue-Medford high school, playing three years of varsity volleyball and four seasons of softball...Served as captain of the volleyball team in both her junior and senior year...Named to all-league and all-tournament teams for volleyball in three straight seasons...Three-time all-league selection for softball...Named "Most Athletic Senior" at Patchogue-Medford high school...Member of national, Spanish national, and social studies honor societies.
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And, you might want to take note, at no point have I ever said anything glorifying marriage, other than to say what is needed to make a successful one. The fact that those attributes are uncommon should have been self-evident.
Let me spoon feed it to YOU:
... accepted social and emotional relationships which have formed the basis of human society since our species first evolved.
Do you see the word "marriage" in that sentence?
The social and emotional relationships which have formed the basis of human society since antiquity are NOT MARRIAGE, but then I wouldn't expect you to have picked up on that since, as before, you are reading INTO what I write instead of reading it.
Marriage began as nothing more than a way for men to try to make sure that their property or social status went to their OWN children. To do that, they had to prevent women from having sex except in a sanctioned setting. Multiple wives were okay, but they all had to remain sexually faithful.
In a pre-industrial, tribally structured society women could raise their children just fine with the help of their neighbors and friends. There was no such thing as an "illegitimate" child so there was no stigma attached to giving birth without a dedicated male partner to help provide for it. Like other apes, humans experience hormone-driven "love", or pair bonding as I prefer to call it, but it typically fades away after around 2 years, give or take, which is about how long it takes for a child to be weaned.
As humans became more civilized and acquired more belongings that they wanted to pass on to their offspring, women became more like property.
Many of today's marriage and divorce rules are still trying to redress the damage caused by that era; not always successfully, but they're trying.
A matriarchal society has a lot of benefits, but they have seldom endured because, looked at collectively, (meaning that there will be exceptions, but not a majority) men tend to be too aggressive to submit to being ruled by women. In a matriarchal society, though, where inheritance was traced through the females, who were also the landowners, paternity was essentially meaningless.
In our screwed-up society today, we have lost the safety net of a tribal structure, and children without two parents are at a huge disadvantage.
Some men are responsible enough to provide for their children because it's the right thing to do and they WANT to, with or without marriage, but too many are reluctant to do so, and for them the law has to get involved.


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In my other poll which vehicle would you buy, the BattleRam is winning, so now I want to know how many battle rams would you buy?
(If you would buy Zero, no need to answer)
More than 10
In my other poll which vehicle would you buy, the BattleRam is winning, so now I want to know how many battle rams would you buy?
(If you would buy Zero, no need to answer)
You forgot the poll! But I'd buy AT LEAST two.
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The Cradle Will Rock As I'm Drivin' Down Highway 40 In My Big Ol' Pick Up Truck.
I voted 1, but I might go for 2....
Top MOTUC wants: Sagitar, Great Black Wizard, Skeletor's Skeleton Warriors, Odiphus, Illumina w/Sleetah, Lady Slither, Tuvar & Baddrah 2-pack, "new" characters as designed by Axor (Axel)
SO long as it was affordable, I'd consider 1....I'd rather have an Attack Trak though.
Recent.... HATMOTU Beast Man & Evil Seed
Wanted.... Filmation Mer-Man, Teela & Sorceress
Needed.... MOTUC Lord Masque
Oh man, did I forget to use these [sarcasm][/sarcasm] again? Sorry....
Here's hoping (and mostly assuming) Matty is forward thinking enough to sell Sky Sleds by themselves. I'd buy at least 4 of those. And then some more in "evil" colors.
If it was like the Wind Raider in its interpretation, then I would buy one.
"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade
"It is not by reasoning or by our understanding that we have received our religion; it is by external authority and command."-Michel De Montaigne
Heretical Vintage Purist and Non-Fan Extraordinaire!
1 Battle Ram
4 heroic sleds
2 evil sleds
Crosses fingers & prays to the Goddess
The Space Mutants are missing something CRITAcal!
I hope the next vehicle is Battle Ram! It was the quintessential one from the vintage line, and I never had one!
One for sure, maybe two.
Two for me.
Most Wanted MOTU Classics:
*200X ~ WMD Roboto/Sorceress *Filmation ~ Teela' Na/Hawke *Play-Sets ~ Eternia/Crystal Castle *Vehicles ~ Land Shark/Roton *Beasts ~ Stridor/Dragoon
One for Uki!
MOTUC Most Wanted: Skeleteen, Prince Keldor, Captain Randor, The Great Black Wizard, Lady Slither, Spirit, Tuvar, Baddra, Cursed Marzo, Tug-O-War, Scrollos, Songster, Mini-Comics Spirit of Castle Grayskull, and for the love of the Sorceress and Julie Winston, ODIPHUS!!!
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I'd initially get 6 and take it from there....
'Tis the wind and nothing more.....
I would buy 1 Battle Ram only because of price & size and I only have use for one.
But I would buy at least 6 Sky Sleds!
MOTU WANTS: Songster "Kevin Corrigan", Kittrina, Illumina, Master Sebrian, Sagitar, Kayo, Vizar, Nocturna, Spinwit, Artilla, Drissi, Caz Spritina, Sprag, Sprocker, Hunga the Harpy, Green Reptile Mask of Power Demon, Purple Wolf Mask of Power Demon, Lizorr, Hoove, Butthead, Staghorn, Colonel Blast, Monster Riders of Morc
FILMATION: Battle Cat, Ram Man, Stratos Whiplash
If the vehicle is well done, I would buy 4...
I'd definitely buy one, then ask for another as a gift. So, that'd be two.
What about price? You think it'd be around $50?
"Everything comes to he who waits."
Two minimum.
It's the only vehicle that i'd like to buy extras of. Mattel really should have made it before the Wind Raider.
Just noticed this thread. I will be buying minimum of 5 might stretch it out to 7 Fiance will probably kill me if I do.
Lipster Heroic Warrior
how many will I buy? 1
How many would I buy? If I could afford it at least two, maybe as many as 3 or 4.
But I am only getting one. I will have my Sky Sled attached to it, with the evil sled free
I'll buy 1, c'mon I just need 1 of that !!
I'd spend instead further money for building armies of horde troopers/eternian palace guards/snakemen !
Anyway, its time for an evil warrior vehicle in 2015
"The Most Powerful Man in the Universe..."
"Where Hope seems Lost..."
"I was summoned on the future..."
"A Hero shall emerge to protect Eternia..."
"A Hero will Rise..."
Your poll's closed, but I'm getting at least one!


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Imagine Preschool has received a 5-star rating from BrightStars, Rhode Island's quality rating and improvement system. The 5-star rating, the highest rating BrightStars gives, reflects superior quality in six domains as determined through unannounced observation and documentation.
Located on campus at Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick, Imagine Preschool is aligned with the Rhode Island Early Learning Standards and guided by Creative Curriculum, a nationally recognized preschool curriculum. Imagine Preschool prepares 3- to 5-year-old children to succeed in school by giving them a love of learning, an excitement about school and the skills and knowledge that will form the foundation for successful learning.
"The BrightStars quality system is the highest quality standard we have in the state," said Simmy Carter, associate director of the Providence Center's Early Childhood Institute and Imagine Preschool. "We are honored to receive the 5-star rating. I commend the hardworking and dedicated teachers at Imagine for their commitment to providing the highest quality learning environment and education for their young students and their families."
Imagine Preschool teachers are credentialed educators. The curriculum offers children the opportunity to develop healthy relationships and positive social skills with others. Activities are lead by Constructivist theory, which provides learning experiences that promote cognitive, language, social, emotional, and physical development, nurturing children's strengths, abilities, and natural curiosities.


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A CTA bus driver was attacked early this morning in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side and a 22-year-old man has been charged, police said.
It was about 1:45 a.m. when the man began causing a disturbance aboard a CTA bus in the 7700 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.
Julian Coats, 22, of the 800 block of East 80th Street, was charged with felony aggravated battery to a transit employee, Mirabelli said.
When the 49-year-old driver asked him to get off the bus, the man spit in the driver's face, Mirabelli said. The driver escorted him off the bus, but the 22-year-old punched the driver in the face multiple times. When police got to the scene, the two were on a sidewalk and the victim had cuts to his forehead.
The driver was taken to Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center where his condition has stabilized, Mirabelli said.
The 22-year-old, who lives in the area where the attack occurred, was taken into custody soon after officers arrived, Mirabelli said.
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Sterling Group Finalizes Buyout of Dexter Axle
November 1, 2012 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Sterling Group Finalizes Buyout of Dexter Axle
The Sterling Group, a middle market private equity firm based in Houston, Texas, today (Nov. 1) announced that its affiliated investment fund, Sterling Group Partners III L.P., has completed the acquisition of the Dexter Axle business from Tomkins Industries Inc., a subsidiary of Pinafore Holdings B.V.
According to a press release, Dexter is the second business Sterling has acquired from Tomkins in the last fourteen months.
Dexter, based in Elkhart, Ind., is a leading designer and manufacturer of trailer axle, brake, and suspension assemblies and related replacement parts and components for use primarily in the industrial and utility trailer and RV markets in North America.
"For over 50 years, Dexter has provided customers with the highest quality axles in the industry," said Adam Dexter, CEO of Dexter. "The entire team is thrilled by Sterling's support of our business, our culture, and our commitment to delivering the best customer service and product quality in the trailer running gear market."
During its 30-year history, Sterling has sponsored the "carve-out" of 22 businesses from larger corporate parents, including multiple acquisitions from DuPont, British Petroleum and Tomkins.
"We are excited about the opportunity to draw on our deep experience with corporate carve-outs to transition Dexter to a stand-alone business," said Kevin Garland, partner at The Sterling Group. "We look forward to partnering closely with management to achieve new levels of profitability and create value for all shareholders."


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As some of the folks that have been hanging around here for slightly longer might remember, I have an affinity for the Common Desktop Environment. While CDE sure wasn't pretty, it was a very consistent environment to work in, and it never surprised you; everything in CDE is where you expect it to be, and every action is followed by an expected reaction.
Anyway, the feature that I want to see brought back to life is minimising windows to the desktop as icons. In CDE, when you minimise a window, it becomes an icon on the desktop, which you can manipulate like an icon. There is no taskbar or dock entry for a window. What this means is that a window is an object, and you can manipulate it from just one place: the window itself, or the icon if it's minimised. Instead of windows being abstract containers for information, they become tangible objects in and of themselves. Especially with today's large screens, iconification (as it's officially called) makes a lot of sense, and we could finally do away with taskbars or docks nonsense.
Another interesting feature can be found in RISC OS. Instead of having a menubar in each window, or a menubar atop the screen, RISC OS put its menubar underneath the middle-click menu. Middle-click inside a window, and the vertical menubar would pop up. While this is a discoverability disaster, I still like it personally because it would allow for a cleaner desktop - I don't use menubars anyway (keyboard shortcuts!).
Moving on, let's talk Mac OS 9, for me the ultimate pinnacle of Apple user interface design. The Mac OS 9 'platinum' interface has a very pleasing feel to it, with lots of feedback upon interaction, as well as a highly consistent look. That kind of consistency is hard to come by these days. It's sad that Mac OS X can't even stand in Mac OS 9's shadow when it comes to clean, unobtrusive, and consistent design. It's a bit late, I know, but please Apple, bring back platinum! I'll just go back to my rocking chair and knitting needles now.
I want to give an honourable mention to Visi On, one of those early graphical user interfaces that should've gotten more airtime than they did. It had a very interesting way of ensuring portability: all Visi On applications were written for a non machine-specific virtual machine (Visi Machine), with only a very small core being machine-specific (Visi Core), using Visi C, a restricted subset of C designed for portability.
Visi On's files were dated December 1983, meaning it was designed at around the same time as Apple's Macintosh user interface. Even though it is mouse-driven and graphical, it has no icons and is mostly text-oriented. You can still play around with Visi On today, thanks to the floppy images preserved by ToastyTech and a copy of MESS.
What kind of features would you like to see brought back from the dead? What old or obscure GUIs do you find intriguing?


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About lrobbo
Er, yeah, er . . . what was the question? Oh, yeah, I'm Liam and I run a website taking advantage of all the free stuff available on the internet. I spend far too much time online reading articles and blah blah blah. Anyway, some freebies and free samples and that kind of thing here http://freesamples.me.uk . Love Techdirt, spent far too long lurking so thought it was time to join and contribute without the anonymity!
Sounds like a plan! lol
Fool me twice,er, won't, er won't get fooled again . . .
Free you say, we don't have that on the planet UK.
And a flux capacitor.
Too easy to set up.
The definition of harmless is . . .
How many? Watch Fox news.
Suspect to say the least.
Big bribe = big understanding.
It's not on in anyones book I'd have thought.
Cheers Amazon.
On the moon most likely . . .
Very true, if it doesn't need printed then why waste your time?
No evidence, no story.
Thing about zombies is there seems no end of them . . .
Exactly, just because they use Facebook more doesn't mean this is the cause of said problems. Kind of thinking and propaganda makes my head spin.
Don't think they did.
Amazon, not so nice as they may have seemed.
Complaints of this manner make me question humanity.
First impressions i suppose.


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Diversity and Inclusion
"Diversity is at the very core of our ability to serve our clients well and to maximize return for our shareholders. Diversity supports and strengthens the firm's culture, and it reinforces our reputation as the employer of choice in our industry and beyond."
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 17th May 2011 20:56 UTC
"The French government's 'three strikes' approach to online copyright infringement relies on a private company that scans file-sharing networks and gathers the IP addresses of alleged Gallic content pirates. But that company, TMG, suffered an embarrassing security breach last week, and the French government has 'temporarily suspended' its acquisition of new TMG data while an investigation is underway." Yeah, the company that collects IP addresses of alleged file shares got Sony'd.
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ETSU looking to reach .500 for the first time since 2010-11
MOREHEAD, Ky. (Dec. 1, 2012) – After securing its first win of the season on Friday night, the ETSU women's basketball team goes back on the road to take on the Morehead State Eagles on Sunday afternoon inside Johnson Arena at 2 p.m.
ETSU (1-2) is coming off a 10-point victory against Memphis, which saw sophomore Brianna Bogard (Georgetown, Texas) score a career-high 22 points on 6-of-10 shooting, including four makes from distance. The win helped ETSU avoid back-to-back 0-3 starts for the first time in program history, after losing to High Point and Chattanooga on the road to begin the year.
The Lady Bucs will now look to even up their record, and hope for junior Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) to continue her hot start. In three games, Mitchell is averaging 18.3 points to lead the Atlantic Sun Conference, and 8.7 rebounds to rank among the league's top 10. Against Memphis, Mitchell netted 14 points and grabbed 16 boards to register her first double-double of the season and 22nd of her ETSU career. Mitchell also leads the conference from the charity stripe at 90.0 percent, and in steals per game (3.0), while ranking among the top 10 in field goal percentage (52.3) and offensive rebounds (4.7).
Bogard is the other Lady Buc to average double figures in scoring at 11.3 per contest. Freshman Brianna McQueen (Jonesboro, Ga.) ranks third on the team at 9.7 points per game, with redshirt sophomore transfer Serena Clark (Tucker, Ga.) coming in at 8.3 points and 5.7 rebounds.
ETSU's Last Outing
With the help of a 23-0 run in the first half, and Bogard's career night, the Lady Bucs downed Memphis, 83-73, to tally their first win of the 2012-13 campaign. ETSU's huge run came after the Tigers had taken a 9-2 lead, putting the Lady Bucs up 25-9 at the 8:52 mark of the opening half. During the run, Bogard shot a perfect 3-of-3 from beyond the arc, while Memphis missed 10 consecutive shots.
ETSU's largest lead of the half came on Bogard's fourth three-pointer, putting the Blue and Gold up by 20, 35-15, at the 5:31 mark. The Tigers cut that lead to nine with about a minute to go before halftime, but Shawn Randall (Orlando, Fla.) buried a long-range bucket with seven seconds remaining to give ETSU a 12-point cushion, 40-28, with the Lady Bucs outrebounding Memphis 30-20 through the first 20 minutes.
Memphis only got as close as nine the rest of the way, but that didn't come until just 20 seconds remained. ETSU finished the night with four players in double figures, as Mitchell scored 14 points and had 16 rebounds, Randall had 16 points, and Duke had 10 points to go along with Bogard's career-high. Nicole Dickson led all scorers with 30 points on 10-of-25 shooting.
Scouting the Eagles
Morehead State (1-5) will be looking to snap a four-game losing streak, in which it has been outscored by an average of 22.8 points per contest. Those four defeats have come at the hands of Northern Illinois, Xavier, Kentucky and Cincinnati. The biggest defeat came by 33 just over a week ago in Lexington, Ky. MSU's only win came against the A-Sun's Kennesaw State, 50-49, back on Nov. 17.
As a team, the Eagles average just 46.8 points, while surrendering 64.7 per. Terrice Robinson leads the offense, averaging 12.8 points and 3.0 rebounds. Casey Ryans is the Eagles' leading rebounder, averaging 4.2 through the first six games. Almesha Jones has 18 assists to average 3.0 per outing.
Series History
Sunday afternoon's matchup will be the eighth in series history between the Lady Bucs and Morehead State, with the Eagles holding a slight 4-3 advantage. The series was reopened last year after not being played since the 1990-91 season, with ETSU getting the better of the Eagles, 68-57, in Johnson City. The win moved ETSU to 1-10 on the year, snapping its program worst, 10-game losing streak. The win was also ETSU's second straight in the series, having won the contest in December of 1990, 96-83. The last time the two teams met in Morehead, Ky., was in November of '89, as Morehead came out victorious, 77-72.
The OVC Digital Network will be broadcasting the game online. Live audio and live stats are also available through MSUEagles.com.
ETSU Notes
- ETSU will be looking for consecutive victories for the first time since winning three in a row in early January. Those three wins came in conference play against USC Upstate, Mercer and Kennesaw State, and were the only ETSU strung together all season.
- With a win, ETSU will be .500 or better for the first time since finishing 19-12 in 2010-11.
- Destiny Mitchell leads the team and Atlantic Sun Conference at 18.3 points per game. Mitchell is also first in the conference in free throw percentage (90.0) and steals (3.0), while ranking among the top 10 in rebounding (8.7), field goal percentage (52.3) and offensive rebounds (4.7).
- Brianna Bogard leads the team and A-Sun in field goal percentage (58.8) and three-point field goal percentage (58.3) following her career night on Friday with 22 points against Memphis.
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Along with most priests, I scan the obituaries in the daily newspaper every morning to see if anyone has died whose wake or funeral I possibly should attend. It is such a habit that if I am in another city I look for the obituaries.
It is interesting, and unsettling, to see the many names of people with Hispanic, Irish, Italian or Polish names who are being buried with Protestant ceremonies, or without any religious ceremony whatsoever.
Of course, nothing guarantees that a given person once was a Catholic, but the indication is strong if the surname clearly is Irish, if the surviving siblings are Michael, Patrick, Bridget and Margaret Mary, if the deceased went to St. Paul of the Cross Elementary School and Rex Mundi High School and if he and his wife were married in Our Lady of Lourdes Church.
These scans of obituaries hardly constitute a scientifically worthy assessment of dropouts from the Church, but they surely fall in line with professional studies. The flight from the Catholic Church is staggering.
Reasons for leaving the Catholic Church are many. A sensational case from American political history is that of prominent South Carolina politician James Francis Byrnes. He eventually held more governmental positions than any other American: congressman, U.S. senator, governor, secretary of state, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and head of several federal agencies.
Byrnes dreamed of being president of the United States. In 1928, Catholic Alfred E. Smith carried South Carolina with a breathtaking 90 percent of the vote, but he lost dismally at the national level. After that defeat, Byrnes is said to have concluded that no Catholic could be elected to the White House, so he joined his wife's Episcopal Church. (He never reached his goal, of course.)
Millions of other Catholics leave or fade away from the Church for other less spectacular reasons. Probably less often now than years ago, the issue is a Catholic's marriage to a non-Catholic. Events, such as the clergy sex abuse scandal, take a mighty toll. At times, doctrines of the Church are problems for people. At times, the difficulty is with a priest. It is said that the Yugoslav Communist dictator, Joszip Tito, left the Church as a teenager when a priest slapped him after Tito dropped a cruet when serving Mass. It does not make sense anymore than if I said that a local traffic policeman was rude to me so I am moving to another city. But the action of a priest can hurt people very deeply.
So can the action of Catholic laypeople. Once a man in a hospital bed told me that he had been reared a Catholic, had been married to a Catholic, had been the father of three Catholic children, when the world came apart with the deaths in an automobile crash of his wife and children. Other circumstances entered his life. Few in his parish noticed. A neighbor introduced him to the nearby Protestant church. Gradually more and more he began to go to this Protestant church, was warmly welcomed, and the rest is history. "In my Catholic parish," the man told me, "I found an awful lot of Catholics but not many Christians." It was a sad indictment, but I got the message.
Frankly, Catholics do not have the best reputation for personally ministering to fellow parishioners in emotional need, despite the fact — happily and readily admitted — that many Good Samaritans people our parishes.
Speaking more broadly, the extensive number of Catholics immigrants arriving in the United States presents a challenge. Are they greeted with open arms in our parishes? Are their needs and instincts understood? Will they drift away? Whose fault will it be?
Msgr. Owen F. Campion is OSV's associate publisher.
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Unlike most Martial Arts, training at the Temple Bujinkan Dojo is conducted in a friendly and noncompetitive atmosphere. Under the guidance of black belt instructors, students train together assisting each other in learning the techniques. Because Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu relies on naturally efficient body movement, rather than strength or speed to overcome an attacker, the training is safe, stimulating, and accessible to any adult regardless of age, physical condition or previous martial art experience. Class format is monthly sessions and classes meet weekly (Mondays and Wednesdays).
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Sister Imelda Moriarty C.C.V.I., former principal of St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School in Metairie, is the recipient of Loyola University New Orleans' 2012 Integritas Vitae Award, the university's highest honor. Moriarty was recognized at the 1912 Society Dinner on Dec. 6 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans.
The Integritas Vitae Award is presented annually to an individual who exemplifies the qualities Loyola seeks to instill in its students such as high moral character and a commitment to selfless service done without expecting rewards or public recognition. The award also recognizes honesty, integrity, justice and the preservation of human dignity. Past recipients include Mother Teresa of Calcutta, New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, H '87 and the late Archbishop of New Orleans Philip Hannan.
"I am highly honored to accept this prestigious award, especially from Loyola University, an institution responsible for sending out so many dedicated scholars to proclaim the good news to the world. I am also very humbled as I could count very many more deserving candidates," Moriarty said.
Born in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, Moriarty came to the U.S. during World War II and entered the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Science in elementary education there and her master's degree in elementary education from Texas University in San Antonio. When Moriarty was assigned to St. Catherine of Siena School in 1970, she started as a math teacher. Within five years, she was selected principal, a position she held for nearly 30 years. Although no longer serving as principal, Moriarty still works at the school as the assistant librarian.
Loyola alumnus and current board of trustees member Donald Faust '73, M.D., knew about Moriarty's unwavering manner growing up and eventually sent his children to St. Catherine's.
"She ran that school with a firm but gentle hand, and teachers and parents loved her for it. If you went to her and wanted to send your kids there, it wasn't enough to say you heard St. Catherine's was a good school, you had to be serious about wanting a great Catholic education, a quality that is in line with Loyola's mission," Faust said. "She is the perfect choice for the Integritas Vitae Award."
Under Moriarty's leadership, a capital campaign at St. Catherine's raised funds to erect a multi-use building, which was named the Barrett Complex in memory of a former pastor. The building boasts an auditorium and nine spacious classrooms to house kindergarten and pre-kindergarten programs. She also spearheaded the reconstruction of the school gym and cafeteria building along with the creation of an art and computer room. During her tenure, Moriarty was also responsible for bringing together the St. Catherine's community to build a state-of-the-art playground.
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looking for my first surf board for kiting. would be at corpus christi mostly and carving up the flats around my lakes. surf in corpus is messy, small to medium waves and usually blowing 15-20knts on beach. i have a 9/6.5 wainman and weigh in at 150lbs/68kg
looking for something that can handle chop well and is fast. many of my friends are on the celeritas and they like it.


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Org mode highlights TODO keywords with special faces:
for keywords indicating that an item still has to be acted upon, and
org-done for keywords indicating that an item is finished. If
you are using more than 2 different states, you might want to use
special faces for some of them. This can be done using the option
org-todo-keyword-faces. For example:
(setq org-todo-keyword-faces '(("TODO" . org-warning) ("STARTED" . "yellow") ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold))))
While using a list with face properties as shown for CANCELED should
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Prince Misses The Point: Sues YouTube, eBay, Pirate Bay For Copyright Infringement
from the and-it-looked-like-he-was-getting-somewhere dept
There are quite a few things that are problematic about this lawsuit -- with the first one still being that he's suing the wrong parties. The sites he's suing are all the platforms which others are using for distribution. They're not involved in the content at all, and if he wants to sue, he should be suing those who are uploading his content. However, the much more important issue is how backwards this is and how it goes against nearly every other part of his strategy. Nearly every other part of Prince's strategy had seemed to be focused on the simple idea that the more his music got out there, the more ways there were for him to make money -- whether it be from more people wanting to see him in concert or getting others (sponsors, partners, even fans) to pay him upfront to create his next group of songs so that he doesn't need to worry about monetizing the music after it's been produced. These are strategies that make sense, and actually become even more valuable when his music is being heavily promoted online for free by his biggest fans. This kind of strategy backfires when you try to also maintain strict copyright control. For someone who had been so creative in figuring out new business models that don't require limiting fans via copyright, it's disappointing to see Prince go in the opposite direction -- potentially harming much of the good will he's built up.
In the meantime, it's looking like Trent Reznor may quickly be taking away the baton as a well-known musician who is experimenting with cool new models designed to get more music out there and then providing incentives to make money elsewhere. Reznor is now being quoted as telling fans that they should be downloading his music for free from his own site, rather than wasting money on buying counterfeit CDs.


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June 21, 2002
Ways and Means Committee Reports H.R. 4954, the "Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002"
On June 19, 2002, the Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 4954, the "Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002," by a vote of 22-16. The bill would provide a voluntary prescription drug benefit as an entitlement to Medicare beneficiaries.
Following are descriptions of provisions in the bill that may affect SSA.
Collection of Premiums
- Would provide that, at a beneficiary's option, premiums for the prescription drug plan would be deducted from the beneficiary's Social Security benefit.
Premium and Cost-Sharing Subsidies for Low-Income Individuals and Eligibility Determinations
- Would provide that individuals whose incomes are less than 150 percent of poverty would have their prescription drug plan premium fully subsidized and their cost-sharing limited to no more than $2 per prescription for generic drug and $5 per prescription for non-preferred drug. Individuals with incomes between 150-175 percent of poverty and resources below twice the SSI resource limits would be eligible for a sliding scale reduction in their prescription drug plan premiums and reduced cost-sharing.
- Would require States to make such income determinations under State Medicaid plans as a condition of receipt of Federal finances for their Medicaid programs. Also provides that SSA make the income determinations. (The amendment language is not clear as to when or how SSA would make the determinations. Explanatory material from the Subcommittee says that the bill would provide "Medicare beneficiaries the option of having low-income subsidy eligibility determination made by SSA.")
- Would authorize appropriations for "such sums as necessary" for SSA to make low-income eligibility determinations.
Beneficiary Outreach Demonstration Program
- Would require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a 3?year demonstration project where Medicare specialists who are HHS employees would be placed in at least six SSA offices to advise and assist Medicare beneficiaries. The Secretary would be required to evaluate the project with respect to beneficiary utilization, beneficiary satisfaction, and cost effectiveness, and recommend whether the demonstration should be established on a permanent basis.
Transfer of Responsibility for Medicare Appeals
- Would require SSA and the Secretary of HHS to develop a plan by 10/1/03 to transfer the functions of Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) responsible for hearing Medicare cases from SSA to HHS. GAO is to evaluate the plan within 6 months of its receipt and report to Congress. Transfer of adjudicative authority is to be implemented between 7/1/04 and 10/1/04 (i.e., by the end of FY 2004).
- Other provisions would require that the:
- Secretary of HHS is to assure the independence of the transferred ALJ functions from CMS and its contractors;
- Secretary shall provide an appropriate geographic distribution of judges;
- Secretary shall have the authority to hire ALJs to hear cases giving priority to judges with experience hearing Medicare cases (subject to amounts provided in advance in appropriations act); and amounts payable to SSA for ALJs for performing the transferred functions shall be payable to the Secretary;
- Secretary and SSA will make arrangements with respect to the transferred functions to share office space, support staff, and other resources, with the appropriate reimbursement from the HI and SMI trust funds;
- Would authorize increased appropriated funds from the HI/SMI funds to the Secretary necessary for FY 2004 (the year the transfer is to take place) and future years to increase the number of ALJs, improve education and training opportunities, and increase staff at the Departmental Appeals Board.


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I am a musician by profession, graduated from NCRR Nice classical music, studies at the CIRM, National Center for Music Creation, PABLO CASAL training, Poland/French classical training, performance and leading musician in symphonic orchestra.
Imbued with the computer since over 20 years ( Apple II+ AMIGA 500 ) and mainly libre GNU / Linux OS systems for 10 years. Some remains in electronics hacks.
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We told you earlier this week that mangos from Mexico had been linked to a Salmonella outbreak, with more than 100 illnesses in the U.S. and Canada. Now up to a million of the fruits have officially been recalled by the FDA, the California Department of Public Health and grower Splendid Products.
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The affected mangos have a Daniella brand sticker with one of the following PLU numbers: 3114, 4051, 4311, 4584 or 4959. The mangoes were sold across the country between July 12 and August 29 at stores like Costco, Save Mart Supermarkets, Food 4 Less, Ralph's, Topco stores, El Super, Kroger, Giant-Eagle, Stop & Shop, Aldi, and Whole Foods.
Mangos should be thrown away. If you have a mango with no sticker, experts recommend tossing it as a precaution.
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Hello All,
I have written a shell script to synchronize time from Internet during startup. The command to synchronize time " ntpd -qg " needs sudo. But it is not executing during startup. I think it is a file permission issue. Could anyone of you help me ?
Detailed Description:
Each time when my computer boots up, I want to synchronize my time from Internet. For that I have written a shell script and in order to execute in startup, I have made the changes according to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … process.3F
The script is simple. Below is the script which I have written
cd /home/user/ #inorder to store the files old_time and updated_time in home folder
date > old_time #store the current time into file old_time
sudo ntpd -qg #command for synchronising the time
date > updated_time #store the updated time into file updated_time
When I reboot my computer, I can see the files old_time and updated_time. So the startup script is running. But the command "sudo ntpd -qg" is not getting executed. Actually my computer doesn't have hardware clock(It is an Raspberry Pi). So each time when it boots, the year is 1970 but after update it gets corrected to 2012. I can see that the year in both the files are same (so "sudo ntpd -qg" is not getting executed ).
If I run the script using " ./script.sh " , it is executing and the time gets updated. For file permission I had executed "chmod +x script.sh". Also I have configured my system in such a manner that sudo never asks for a password.
I think this is a file permission issue. Is there any ways to fix this ? How can I get the sudo command executed ?
It is not an issue with typing passwords since sudo command in my machine doesnot need a password.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Jeffrey Antony
Last edited by Jayfree (2012-10-01 16:42:10)
Some thoughts:
If systemd is running the script during boot there should be no need to use sudo.
Is your /home mounted before the script runs?
The wiki suggests moving a script to /usr/bin, why run it from /home/you?
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
Yeah, how exactly are you running it? Are you using SysV or systemd? In either case, during the boot process, things are run as root in general. So if you put it in your rc.conf for example, it would not need sudo, and if you made a service in systemd, it would also not need sudo. You could even make a rc.d file for it, and that too would not need sudo.
@moetunes: I tried placing the script in /usr/bin folder. But no use. The time is not updated.
@WonderWoofy: I am running my script using systemd. Below is my script
Any other suggestion ?
I cannot understand why the time is not updating. The internet is connected because above the time update command "ntpd -qg" , if I put an wget for a file, that file gets downloaded.
Why are you using a script to issue three commands? Why not just write those into the service file? Also, why not just use the ntpd.service, doesn't it already update pretty early?
If you are set on sticking with this plan though, I think you at least need to have the "After=network.target" in the [Unit] section.
Doesn't the raspberry pi run Arch Arm? I think you should really be asking about this on their forum.
Doesn't the raspberry pi run Arch Arm? I think you should really be asking about this on their forum.
Indeed. Please see the ARM boards for support for the Pi.
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NC Senate wrapping up work for week
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — The North Carolina Senate plans more work on taxes, abortion regulations and environmental rules before it adjourns for the long July 4 weekend.
Senators scheduled a floor session Wednesday morning for final chamber votes on several pieces of legislation, many of which took up their time Tuesday.
Social conservatives Tuesday pushed through a Senate committee and one floor vote legislation that would place additional controls on abortion procedures. Supporters say the bill will promote safety, but critics say it attempts to reduce abortion access and could close clinics.
The Senate also wants to complete passage of its latest version of a tax overhaul package and send it to the House.
Another bill restricts the disclosure of the recipe for fluid used by companies that participate in hydraulic fracturing.
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Hall Signs / Oilers Announce New Medical Trainer and Equipment Personnel
Taylor Hall has signed with the Oilers, as per Edmonton Journal's Joanne Ireland:
The Oilers have called a news conference to announce the three-year deal. It is expected to equal the entry-level deal that John Tavares signed with the New York Islanders last year.
His base salary was $900,000 US each season, with several performance bonuses.
Hall, who was at the Edmonton Eskimos season opener on Sunday, will be at the Oilers prospect camp, which gets underway on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old winger told The Journal's Dan Barnes that he expected to spend some of his signing bonus on a new car. He figured some new clothes might also be on the list.
From Oilers Official e-mail:
General Manager Steve Tambellini announced today the Edmonton Oilers have named T.D. Forss Head Athletic Therapist.
Tambellini also announced today, Jeff Lang has been promoted to the position of Head Equipment Manager and Brad Harrison has joined the Oilers organization as the club's new Assistant Equipment Manager.