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Author: Arnel
Story: A Difficult Decision
Part: A Difficult Decision
Rating: Everyone
Setting: DH-interview
Status: Completed
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Updated: July 25, 2012, 3:24pm
A Difficult Decision
A/N: This story was written for the Live Journal Taking it in Turns 2012 fic fest. My recipient was Manditorily, who requested contrasts between Harry and Ginny's relationship with that of James and Lily, something sinister that threatens their happiness and something that draws parallels between the older and younger generations.
Many thanks to my beta, Aggiebell, for approving the final version of this story.
November 2004
Harry tossed the latest report onto the pile of old files on his desk, causing a small cloud of dust to rise from the stack of parchment. With a frustrated sigh, he leaned back in his chair and ran a hand through his hair. He couldn't believe Robards and Deputy Head Auror Dawlish hadn't seen the correlation between the string of fifteen unsolved murders, disturbances and disappearances that had started back in 1999. Or—and this next thought scared him a little—had Robards turned into another Cornelius Fudge and wilfully ignored the danger signs? Another thought, just as disconcerting as the last, flitted through his mind: were Robards and Dawlish too old and too tired of fighting dark wizards to effectively run the Auror Department? If this were true, something needed to be done and soon... but what?
The report he had just been reading had been written up by one of the older, soon-to-retire, Aurors and although it was correctly filled out according to current requirements, Harry felt there was something wrong with the way it was written. Harry's assignment appertaining to the case was to research other files that might contain clues to the current mystery: the identity of the wizard or witch responsible for yesterday's murder of a political candidate who was challenging Kingsley Shacklebolt for the post of Minister for Magic.
The report stated that after the victim had given his speech at the Bodmin Moore Quidditch stadium, the candidate had taken questions from the audience, as had the other four witches and wizards sharing the platform with him. It was during this question and answer period that the flash of green light had soared over the heads of those in the audience to strike the man squarely in the chest. The Killing Curse had immediately been followed by the appearance of a starry, beetle-like creature in the sky over the stadium, where it hung with frightening resemblance to Voldemort's Dark Mark. The investigating Auror had reported that following the appearance of the creature, half the audience had cheered and then Apparated away.
A note in tiny print at the bottom of the report had caught Harry's attention: The spell producing the beetle sounded similar to that which produced the Dark Mark back in the first and second recent wars. That note had been the clue Harry had needed to gather the very impressive stack of old files containing references to beetles of any sort. It had taken him nearly all morning, but he'd managed to sort the reports mentioning the real insects from those with references to images tattooed or burned onto the skin and cast into the sky. The former stack had been Banished back to the Aurors' Records Office to be re-filed, leaving twenty-five thick reports to go through. Searching spells had helped immensely, and now, an hour after lunch, he was disgusted, disgruntled and ready to write his own report.
With another frustrated sigh, Harry pulled a fresh report parchment from one of his desk drawers and began to write. As he wrote, another idea floated at the back of his brain: was this how Voldemort had begun his ascent to power? He didn't know, but he knew his father-in-law would. He'd have to ask Arthur at dinner tonight.
Harry finished his report just as his wand began to buzz loudly, the alarm he'd set to remind himself to perform his other assigned duty: visit Draco Malfoy at Malfoy Manor and then write up a short description of the prisoner's mental health and physical appearance. Draco and his mother, Narcissa Malfoy, had been put under house arrest after their 1999 trial, and while Harry had been in Auror Training, the two had been visited by a string of Aurors who had nothing good to say about the prisoners. When the responsibility of carrying out the visits had been dumped into Harry's lap late in 2001, he'd grudgingly accepted the assignment and gone to see Malfoy.
To say that first interview had gone well was a joke. The two wizards had sat together in front of the library fire, glaring at each other over cups of tepid tea. Harry had escaped as soon as he could and his report had contained the words hostile, uncooperative, and silent. However, two visits later when he'd taken a portable wizard's chess set, Draco had actually talked a little as they played. Now, as Harry packed up the files and secured them in his file safe, he was looking forward to his weekly visit with his former rival.
"Going on your weekly outing?" a voice behind him asked, making Harry jump.
Turning to the other Auror, Harry smiled and said, "Yes, I am, Auror Savage."
The older wizard shook his head. "For the life of me, Potter, I don't understand why, but you seem to like going there and even look forward to it," he scoffed. "Malfoy's a former Death Eater, a prisoner, for Merlin's sake!"
"It's complicated," Harry said, shrugging. He gathered his cloak and chess set, patted his pocket to make sure he had his Auror badge, and shoved his wand into the holster attached to his right forearm. "Anyway, I need to get going. I don't want to be late."
Auror Savage backed away just enough to let Harry out of his own cubicle. The two nodded curtly to each other and then went their separate ways, Harry seething at the prejudice radiating from his fellow Auror.
Ten minutes later, Harry materialised in front of the gates leading into Malfoy Manor. The lane was still lined with the same high hedges he remembered from his first forced visit back in 1998, but rather than being intimidating as they had been back then, now they represented the freedom he had won by killing Voldemort, simply due to which side he was on. Harry fished his badge from his pocket, held it against one of the bars and watched as two of the ornate pieces of metal melted away, leaving a narrow opening. He stepped through it and then turned to watch the bars shimmer back into place before going up to the house.
"Welcome, Auror Potter," chirped the Malfoy's house-elf, Mabel. "Master Draco is in the library. Shall I announce you?"
Harry smiled at his tiny friend. "That won't be necessary, Mabel," he said. "I can show myself up."
Mabel bowed and scurried away, leaving Harry to climb the steps leading up to the first floor. When he entered the library, he saw that Draco was sitting in his customary chair at the chess table, reading a file of some sort.
"Auror Potter," he said as he closed the file, stood up and met Harry in the middle of the room. He extended his right arm, exposing a thick metal cuff that was attached to his forearm.
Harry flicked his wrist and caught his wand as it emerged from the holster. "Mr Malfoy," he said as he tapped the cuff with it. The metal glowed green for several seconds and Harry couldn't help smiling. Draco hadn't been anywhere other than the warehouse where he now worked as a file clerk—the only place he was allowed to go other than the grounds of the estate.
"How's it going at Importations Magique?" he asked, making a note of his observation in his notebook.
Draco shrugged. "Could be worse. It's more interesting than just sitting around here all day," he answered apathetically. "Can we get this over quickly today? Mr Greengrass wants the files I brought home back by half-four."
"Then we'd best get started," Harry said, and he took his customary seat across the chess table from Draco. When he opened his travelling chess set, the pieces immediately took the places they had been in the week before. "I believe it was your move."
The two played in silence for quite a while before making the small talk that characterised their visits. Over the last few years, Harry had become quite skilled in ferreting out Draco's carefully concealed needs and feelings in his blasé answers to the standard Auror visitation questions. That was how he'd discovered that Draco was ready to be trusted with a limited amount of freedom and had taken on the task of convincing Robards and the Prisoner Review Committee that Draco needed a job to go to. It had taken nearly four months, but Lyndon Greengrass had agreed to take on Draco as a clerk, allowing him to take the Floo Network to work each day. That had been eighteen months ago, and in every way, this part of Draco's imprisonment seemed to be going smoothly. The reports Harry received from Mr Greengrass were positive in nature and Harry carefully added each new report to Draco's file as proof of rehabilitation each month.
At length, Harry sat back, rubbing the back of his neck and wondering whether he should ask Draco about the murdered politician.
"Potter, your move," Draco said, startling Harry out of his contemplation.
Harry studied the board and distractedly moved one of his last pawns. The tiny piece squealed in protest as Draco's next move came almost without thought. "Are you losing deliberately?" he asked.
Harry shook his head. "Sorry. Work's got me distracted," he said. He pulled a copy of the front section of the Daily Prophet from his pocket and handed it to Draco.
"Know anything about that?" he asked.
Draco looked at the paper and then raised an eyebrow. "Don't you know your own wife's retiring?" he asked scathingly.
"Not that," Harry protested, "the murder."
"Why should I know anything about it?" Draco demanded as the cuff on his arm began emitting a shrill beeping noise. Harry reached over with his wand and tapped the device, silencing the alarm and alerting the others back at the office that he wasn't in trouble.
"You are in contact with different people than I am," Harry answered levelly. He moved his remaining bishop. "I just wondered if you'd heard anything from the customers coming into your office today."
"A few have mentioned it," Draco said as he moved his rook. "One bloke even asked if another war was on the horizon and commented that if the Aurors didn't get their heads out of their arses long enough to catch the dark wizard responsible for the latest acts of terrorism, he was packing up and leaving the country."
Harry sucked in a sharp breath, making Draco raise one of his eyebrows. "That's the kind of fear we're trying to avoid," he said tightly, while making another note in his notebook. "Between you, me, and the chess board, I think the Ministry has a bigger mess on its hands than it wants to admit. Thanks for that."
Draco nodded, but didn't say anything more by way of acknowledgment. Within another few minutes, Harry lost the game, causing Draco to smile.
"You're so easily distracted, Harry," he snickered.
Harry ran a hand through his hair. "Yeah, today I am," he said ruefully. "There's a lot going on at work right now. That's all I can say." Draco made a noise of agreement as he looked at his watch. It was nearly four o'clock, so Harry instructed the chess pieces to form up for a new game and then retire to their places for transport.
"Erm, Potter," Draco hedged as they stood up, "is there a special reason why your wife is retiring?"
Harry couldn't help the grin that suddenly threatened to split his face. "You could say that," he said. "She's pregnant. I'm going to be a father!"
Draco smiled for the first time that afternoon. "Congratulations," he said. "When's she due?"
"February," Harry replied. "Thanks." He took several steps towards the door and then stopped and fished inside his Auror robes, pulling out a rolled piece of parchment. "Here, I nearly forgot to give you this." He handed the parchment to Draco.
"Oh, by the way," he said, "I hope you'll be coming to play with Teddy and me this Saturday. Andromeda is expecting you and your mother at her house at one o'clock."
Draco looked up from opening the parchment, clearly surprised. "I—we—I'm a prisoner here, Potter!" he sputtered. "So is my mother. I can't leave except to go to work. What makes you think I can just Disapparate and appear at my aunt's house without five days worth of hassle and parchmentwork?"
"Read the letter, Draco," Harry instructed. "I've convinced the Review Committee that you and your mother should be given more freedom since your house arrest will be up in another eighteen months. The decisions you make now will be reflected in the type of monitoring you'll be subjected to after your imprisonment is up."
Draco tore at the wax seal and quickly scanned the letter. When he looked up, there was a small smile tugging at the edges of his mouth. "Why are the Greengrasses included in the list of people I'm allowed to see?" he asked.
Harry grinned. "The family was approved to associate with you when Lyndon agreed to take you on as his employee. I have it on good authority that you're associating with more than just your employer."
"How? Nobody knows about that except Mr and Mrs Greengrass!" Draco exclaimed as his normally pale complexion took on a decidedly pink hue.
"That cuff you're wearing gathers information. It's up to you how you use the new freedom you've been given," Harry said. "I don't know which sister you're chatting up, but I'd ask her out for lunch in the next day or two, if I were you." Draco just stared at him, so Harry added, "There's an approved Muggle pub two blocks from the warehouse on that list. The food there's pretty good."
With that last bit of wisdom, Harry strode towards the door intent on getting back to the Ministry so that he could complete his report before going to The Burrow.
Two hours later, Harry appeared at The Burrow's gate and strode eagerly to the kitchen door.
"They're up in the attic, Harry," Arthur said from behind his copy of the Prophet.
"Thanks, Arthur," Harry said, and took the stairs two at a time. When he reached the stairs to the attic, he cast Silencing Spells on his shoes and the creaky stairs before tiptoeing just high enough to observe his wife and his mother-in-law as they went through the trunks and boxes holding twenty years' worth of baby clothing and maternity robes. As he stood there, Ginny stood up slowly and walked over to an old full-length mirror that served as one of the barriers between the ghoul's part of the attic and the rest of the space. She held up a comfortable-looking robe and studied herself in the mirror.
"You'll look lovely in that robe, my dear," the mirror said.
"You're just saying that to make me feel better," Ginny countered, sounding grumpy. "I look and feel like a whale."
"Ginny! Don't say that!" Molly exclaimed at the same time as the mirror said calmly, "You might think you're a whale, but you're radiating such love!"
Harry couldn't agree more. These days, Ginny just appeared to glow, even as her perfect figure seemed to disappear by the day as their child grew inside her. His mind flashed to one of the photos in an old album he'd found in his parents' Gringotts vault. In the picture, his mother stood sideways and pointed to the enormous bump that had been him. His mother wore the same expression of self-satisfaction in the photo that Ginny often did now. Unfortunately, she wasn't wearing that expression at the moment.
"But I do!" Ginny sighed as she patted her swollen stomach and then giggled when the baby kicked.
"You can say that all you want," the mirror went on, "but you must remember that you're growing a bonny wee baby inside you. It's a special thing that only happens a few times in one's lifetime."
Molly took the robe from Ginny and hugged her gently. "All women feel this way in their last months, Ginny. It's the feeling that tells you that soon you'll be able to hold the baby."
"And everywhere you go, you're radiating maternal love," the mirror added. "No one can love like a woman with child."
Ginny turned sideways and studied herself in the mirror. "I suppose you're right," she said. "I've loved the idea of becoming a mother ever since the team medi-witch banned me from my broom and Harry... no matter how tired he is at the end of the day, he always tells me I'm beautiful. Sometimes I don't believe him, though."
"You are beautiful, Ginny," Harry said as he ascended the last few steps and crossed the attic. "And I'm one lucky wizard to be married to you," he added as he wrapped his arms around her, his hands resting gently on her abdomen.
Ginny squeaked in surprise and turned her head. "When did you get here?" she asked as Harry kissed her cheek.
"Long enough that you seem to be tired of being pregnant," he chuckled.
"Sometimes, like today, I just want it to be over and other times, I don't mind being this big," she said.
"Do you feel better after your talk?"
Ginny snorted. "The mirror has been talking back to my family for as long as I remember—Mum had Dad take it down when Fred and George started exploding things," she giggled. "I used to come up here when I wanted to be away from my brothers for a bit. I always felt better after talking with it, so yeah, I do feel better now."
Harry kissed the top of Ginny's head. "I'm glad. Are you going to borrow the robe you were looking at? It matches your eyes."
Molly handed her the robe and she wiggled out of Harry's arms to study herself once again in the mirror. At length, she said, "Thank you for saving this for me, Mum."
"I'm glad you want to wear it," Molly said as she closed the last trunk and moved towards the stairs. "Now let's go down and feed Harry. He looks a bit peaky. Long day, love?"
Extending his hand to his wife, Harry agreed, "It's been a long time since lunch and dinner smelled wonderful when I arrived."
Dinner was a relaxing affair after the worries and events of his day with talk centred mostly on Molly and Arthur's impending grandchild and which of Ginny's brothers was coming home for Christmas; it seemed that all five—including Charlie—were coming to meet Ginny's baby. (Harry thought it was amusing that he'd been completely left out of the new family.) After dinner, though, the conversation turned more serious and he was able to ask Arthur about Voldemort's rise to power. The four of them eventually moved into the sitting room for a cup of tea and pudding in front of the fire, but as Ginny's eyes began to droop, he knew he needed to take her home soon. As the last crumbs of the treacle tart disappeared from his plate, he made their excuses and went to get his and Ginny's cloaks. One last round of hugs was passed around and then he and Ginny stepped into the fireplace to take the Floo Network home to their house in Godric's Hollow.
As they emerged from their kitchen fireplace, Harry said, "There's something I want to show you, Ginny."
"All right, but make it quick because our bed is calling me," she yawned.
"It won't take long, love. I'll get the album and bring it upstairs," he told her.
Ginny yawned again and started up the stairs.
Harry walked through the great room and down a short hallway to his study. The album he was looking for lay on an end table near the fireplace. He picked it up and opened it to a page near the back, smiling as he found the picture he wanted. When he entered their bedroom, Ginny was in bed, curled on her side and reading a book. She looked up at him with a smile and sat up.
"Seeing you this afternoon reminded me of this picture," he said as he settled onto his side of the bed and opened the album.
Ginny studied the picture and grinned as Harry's father walked into it and put his arms around Lily just as Harry had done in the attic. "I suppose the mirror was right," she said. "We pregnant ladies do seem to glow, don't we?"
Harry leaned over and kissed his wife. "Yes, you do," he said as Ginny closed the album and handed it to him. He put it on his bedside table and went into their bathroom to get ready for bed. When he came out several minutes later, Ginny was asleep with the lights on, so he turned them off, crawled into bed and closed his eyes, hoping sleep would come soon.
It didn't. Some of the things Arthur had told him after dinner about Voldemort's rise to power had sounded quite familiar and it scared him that history seemed to be repeating itself so soon after the last war. Harry lay beside Ginny wide awake and thinking of how he could change department policy in ways that would hopefully prevent the current dark wizard or witch—or any other future dark entity—from gaining more power and influence over the Wizarding public. Finally unable to stay in bed any longer, Harry slipped down to his study and began writing. He filled page after page with detailed observations and suggestions which he felt would improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Auror Department: prisoner management—Draco Malfoy was a good example of what could happen when someone wasn't automatically thrown into Azkaban and left to rot; a more advanced file management system—this morning's search was proof enough; in-service classes for field Aurors—new methods, inventions and regulations were vital for keeping up with the business of catching criminals; more modern Auror's uniforms—the current robes weren't practical for the Muggle world; and several other office management concerns. If Robards accepted even a few of his proposals, the Wizarding world would be better for it, a better place in which to raise his son or daughter. If he didn't, Harry decided the changes were important enough to take to higher government officials in order to make them happen. With the proposal complete, Harry copied it and locked the copy in his desk drawer. Then he went up to bed again.
Ginny now lay with her back to the door and his side of the bed. Harry slowly slid under the covers and spooned his body against hers. She sighed contentedly and wrapped her fingers around his hand as Harry finally fell asleep.
The next morning, Harry Apparated to work an hour early, knowing that Robards was usually in his office then. He went straight to his desk, intent on reviewing his proposal before conjuring the courage he'd need to confront his superior. It took only a few minutes to peruse the file and finally confident he was ready, Harry rose from his chair and pulled at his Auror robes to straighten out the wrinkles. It was time to go see Robards. He sighed, picked up the report and his list of suggestions and strode towards the Head Auror's office.
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Add a Serial port to the LS DUO
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Serial Port Pinout
Frontside and Backside Images
Use a Level Shifter
The serial port signals from the processor are only 3.3V. For proper RS-232 12V signaling, an RS-232 level shifter needs to be added. These are very common in PDA serial cables also, but can be purchased
Build your own LVTTL/RS232 or LVTTL/USB interface
- LVTTL/RS232 - Building a Custom Serial Interface
- LVTTL/USB - Use a Nokia Serial Cable on an ARM9 Linkstation
- LVTTL/USB - Use a cheap phone sync cable with the serial port
Buy your own TTL Level Shifter
- LVTTL/RS232 - MAX232 based from Futurelec - MINIRS2323V
- LVTTL/USB - FTDI chip based cable - TTL-232R-3V3
Usage considerations for the TTL-232R-3V3
A working/tested pinout/wire-color scheme is:
- Solder the 4-pin header to the board. Make sure you don't have shorts.
- You will need to switch wires on the TTL-232R-3V3 cable. Use a sharp object to lift the plastic tabs and carefully pull the wires out. Rearrange them according to the table above (black, empty, orange, yellow, empty, empty) and slide those wires back in. Tape the other wires to make sure they don't short anything.
- When plugging in the cable, make sure black aligns with GND, yellow with TXD, and orange with RXD.
- Connect the USB cable to your computer, start a terminal program with the right settings.
- Turn on the device, you should see output from the bootloader in couple seconds.
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Taking the Mystery Out of the Polygraph Test
Sergeant Betsy Brantner Smith
A polygraph exam is often a "make or break" part of the police testing process, but it's often difficult to prepare for and even understand. As Richard Nixon said "I don't know anything about lie detectors other than they scare the hell out of people!" Polygraph testing is used far more in government pre-employment processes than in the private sector. In recognition of this, the APA Research Center at Michigan State University surveyed 699 police executives from some of the largest police agencies in the United States to determine the extent of, and conditions in which, polygraph testing is being used for pre-employment screening (this survey excluded federal agencies). The major results of the survey showed that of the respondents 62% had an active polygraph screening program, 31% did not and 7% had discontinued polygraph screening. Admittedly, polygraphy is not an exact science, but if it's going to be a part of your next law enforcement employment process, take the time to learn the basics.
The polygraph, or "lie detector" is an instrument that measures and records physiological responses like breathing rate, pulse, blood pressure and perspiration. The underlying theory of the polygraph is that when people lie they get measurably nervous about lying. Its name stems from "poly" for the multiple sensors used and "graph" for a single strip of moving paper that records information, although most polygraph examiners now use computer images instead of analog instrumentation. A polygraph examiner is generally a highly trained interrogator as well as the technical operator of the devise and will use their experience in addition to the machine to detect your truthfulness.
One of the most intimidating parts of the polygraph exam is being attached to the sensors that will collect physiological data from at least three systems in the human body. After being attached to four to six sensors, your polygraph exam will likely start with a pre-test interview to gain some preliminary information which will later be used for control questions; this is called the "Control Question Test," or CQT. Often, the examiner may ask you to deliberately lie several times to test your responses; this is a "Directed Lie Test," the DLT. They may also ask "probable-lie" questions, such as "have you ever stolen anything?" (even the most honest person has "stolen" a pen from work or a candy bar from their little sister or some other "theft" that concerns them enough to show a stress response when answering).
Finally, they may use the "Guilty Knowledge Test," GKT, a test that compares physiological responses to multiple-choice type questions about particular facts that only the examiner and you would know. The majority of American Psychological Association members surveyed think that the GKT is the most accurate of these tests and consider it "a promising forensic tool." However, polygraph testing is still largely controversial in the U.S., so why do so many police agencies use it?
In the Michigan State survey the great majority of the agencies using polygraphs indicate that lie detectors reveal information that cannot be obtained by other selection methods. They also stated that polygraph testing makes it easier to establish background information, that it deters undesirable applicants, and that it is faster than other methods of selection. About half of the agencies using polygraph testing for sworn positions also use it for non-sworn employment, such as dispatchers, records clerks, and even secretarial personnel.
CIA operative-turned-spy Aldrich Ames, convicted in 1994 of spying for the Soviet Union, famously passed several lie detector tests by allegedly being told by his Soviet handler to "Get a good night's sleep, and rest, and go into the test rested and relaxed. Be nice to the polygraph examiner, develop a rapport, and be cooperative and try to maintain your calm." Often subjects are also told to try and control their breathing or artificially raise their heart rate during control questions (IE: thinking about a scary movie scene even while you are telling the truth), but the bottom line is this: tell the truth.
Come to your polygraph exam well-rested and well-fed, dress appropriately, and answer the questions truthfully to the best of your ability. Most police agencies don't expect you have lead a perfect life, but they do expect you to be truthful. After all, law enforcement is profession of honor and integrity. Good luck.


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Reading a recent thread, viewtopic.php?f=2&t=55883&start=100, I was struck by the relative absence of man-crushing and gushing over Josh Portis, compared to the pre-RW emergence timeframe.
Does anyone still love Josh Portis, and does he merit a place on this team going forward, or is it time to start looking for a new man-crush as our developmental QB? I'm assuming Flynn is our game-ready backup QB, so primarily interested in the developmental QB with upside who could challenge for full backup role or eventually, even to start.
Scenario: RW goes down in the 1st quarter of the Miami game broke a hand on a defender helmet in throwing motion, out for 5-6 weeks, Flynn goes down at the end of the 2nd quarter making a tackle after throwing a pick, leaving us with Portis to finish out the second half of the Miami game and the rest of the season. Are we all terrified of that prospect?
Honestly, Portis showed me *nothing* in preseason, and truthfully, less than nothing, i.e., negative plays, and just looked lost.
Word is JP is RW's study partner (interestingly, not Flynn; what does that mean, if anything?)
So, do we keep Portis around? Why/based on what value he provides? (I'm open to seeing it, I'm sure there's data I don't have) Or are we are looking for a new man-crush for our developmental QB, and if so, who/where should we be looking? Are guys like Kirk Cousins and Nick Foles a better bet (not saying we could/should get either, just examples of two other late-round rookie QBs that have played and done OK in limited action; BTW, Foles looks like CBJ 2.0), or do we truly need a highly mobile QB as our developmental QB?


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The other day we mentioned how you use your Bing Reward points for a chance to win an HTC 8X Windows Phone. Did you know you can also use Bing Rewards to make purchases at the Windows Phone Store?
Redeeming 170 Bing Credits will get you $1.25 worth of Store Credit that can be used to buy apps and games. Note, this is the same redemption offer we mentioned earlier this month but it appears the $5.00 Store Credit option is no longer available and it is only available for Windows Phone 8 because of the Wallet feature.
You'll need to sign up for the Bing Rewards Program and credits are earned each time you use Bing for your search needs. It's an easy way to pay for your Windows Phone Store purchases. Now if we could only get gift cards...
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Gary Paplauskas and his wife Denise opened Balloons Over Rhode Island in their family garage in 1985. Back then they specialized in large rooftop balloons, but even when she was nine months pregnant, Denise would be knocking on doors, delivering balloons with a singing telegram.
More than 25 years later, they are now known as BORI Graphix, and have moved into a new 5,000-square-foot facility on the Warwick-Cranston border.
"The company has come a long way," said Chris Paplauskas, Denise and Gary's son. "It's a humongous step up."
BORI originally moved out of the garage and into a facility in Central Falls. A few years later, in 1999, they opened up a production facility and storefront on Walnut Grove Avenue in Cranston. They soon outgrew the space, though, and the new office more than doubles their size. The 11 Knight Street office has two loading docks and an overhead door that allows vehicle wraps to be done indoors.
"We would have to actually not do those vehicles before," Denise said, the rain coming down hard outside her window. "They'd be on hold in this weather."
BORI provides lawn signs, illuminated signs, banners, air towers, decals, vehicle wraps and balloons.
"It's all about service here. My dad says, 'Just say yes.' You want people to be happy and come back," Chris said.
The new office can handle all of those production functions, and provides separate space for the graphic designers. BORI handles products from conception to installation with their eight employees. They recently decided to take on two more employees, and are looking to hire an additional graphic designer.
"We've been lucky to stay busy during the hard times," Denise said.
BORI Graphix is located at 11 Knight Street, Building E-18, in Warwick. For more information, call 921-8485, visit BORIGraphix.com or find them at Facebook.com/BORIGraphix.


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2013 is almost over, but this has definitely been a full year of celebrity fun and fashion. Some of our usualy celeb favorites continued to wow us with designer fashion and style all their own, but there have been some up and coming celebrities that we can tell are going to continue their rise to fashion fame in the new year. Since we love highlighting celebrity fashion and our favorite luxury swimwear inspiration, here are some of the most fashionable celebrities in 2013.
Beyonce is an obvious pick for one of the top celebrity fashion inspirations this year, and she is ending the year with a bang. Between her new album that is breaking records and granting a little girl's dying wish at her recent concert, Beyonce is proving her queen bee status and confirming exactly why we all love her. Not only is she talented but her fashion is always exceptional and we get pretty excited when we catch a glimpse of her designer swimwear style. This red and striped monokini swimsuit from her trip to Italy this year was one of our favorites and the one piece is definitely perfect for her. To get this diva's stand out look, get the Jet Set Ready Monokini from the new 2014 collection which is a sexy swimsuit with a fashion forward style.
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Yale Starts against No. 47 Harvard
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men's tennis team travels to Ithaca, N.Y., this weekend to compete in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division I Indoor Team Championship, hosted by Cornell. This is an important event for the Bulldogs, as seven out of the eight schools in the draw are in the Ivy League, with the only exception being No. 7 seed George Washington. Seeded No. 8, the Elis have a tough opening round match against No. 47 Harvard, the defending champion and top seed. This match will take place at Cornell's Reis Tennis Center on Friday at 6:00 p.m.
The ECAC tournament will be the Bulldogs' only chance to play against their Ancient Eight rivals before conference competition in April. The other Ivy League schools in the draw besides Harvard and Yale are No. 42 Columbia, No. 59 Dartmouth, No. 61 Brown, No. 64 Princeton and No. 73 Cornell. Though the Bulldogs had their four-match winning streak broken by Middle Tennessee State last Sunday, they will want to reassert themselves this weekend, as the ECAC Championship often foreshadows the Ivy League stretch to come. Last season, Harvard won the ECAC tournament and then went on to clinch the Ivy League title.
The Crimson are riding a wave of confidence at the moment, having scored two consecutive upsets against No. 33 Northwestern and No. 40 Vanderbilt. The Elis will want to stunt this momentum with a strong showing in doubles. The senior duo of captain Daniel Hoffman and Marc Powers, ranked No. 39 in the nation, will need to be in peak form. This tandem's efforts will be complemented by Yale's No. 2 doubles team of junior Patrick Chase and senior John Huang. Senior Zachary Dean and sophomore Matt Saiontz played at No. 3 doubles in the Bulldogs' last two matches.
Despite the mixed results from their weekend in Tennessee, the Elis fought hard in singles, with most players in the lineup posting at least one win. Dean, Hoffman, Huang and Powers will all look to use their experience to lead their team to victory, just as they did in the match against Alabama-Birmingham. These veterans will receive support from two talented underclassmen, freshman Jason Brown, who scored an impressive three-set win in the match against Middle Tennessee State, and sophomore Zachary Krumholz.
Ultimately, the Bulldogs will want to bring about a reversal of their fortunes at last year's ECAC Championship, where they suffered losses to Columbia, Harvard and Princeton.
Report by Robert Batista '15, Yale Sports Publicity


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"One Christmas was so much like another..."
A Child's Christmas in Wales is not the story of one child's Christmas. Nor is it specific to Wales or any other place. A Child's Christmas in Wales is the story of everyone's Christmas.
Based on the poem by Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas in Wales is a re-telling of Christmas memories, complete with everything from throwing snowballs at cats, to discussing Christmas presents, to caroling and singing "King Wenceslaus." The story is designed to capture hearts and minds not through a specific tale but through generic vignettes that call upon the memories and personal moments everyone has experienced at Christmas.
A Child's Christmas in Wales focuses on the non-commercial side of the holiday and is a celebration of family and community. Perhaps what makes this story ring true is the real community that the cast developed while working together with the director, Mark Staley, and associate director, Joey Scarillo, to create the adaptation.
Contrary to most casting processes, the cast for A Child's Christmas in Wales was selected as a group, with individual roles not being chosen until their first meeting together. The directors simply looked for honest people who could work well together. They also chose students who were musically creative.
The purpose of this unique method of casting was to put together students who could develop their own "family" in addition to working with the directors to create the adaptation out of Thomas' poem. The production also has a student-only design team.
"It is their own," said Staley.
This has become a major professional opportunity for all of the students involved. The students are able to work as creative professionals while still being in a supportive student environment. They have the opportunity to learn through their own experiments what will work and what won't.
"It would be easy to give them the answer," he said. "But it'd be wrong."
Although the production has a directive team, the cast collaborated a lot on the show to make it more than just illustrated words. Several students created original songs for the production out of a few lines in the poem. The cast also created a unique family tree to help develop their characters with unspoken backgrounds, subplots and relations. They even incorporated a bit of themselves in the play by contributing their own home videos for use in the production.
The adaptation creates a unique experience that is designed to encourage each audience member to take something different home from the show. While being directed at children, the story is complex enough for adults and full of classic memories for older patrons.
"This play has gone far beyond anything I could have expected," said Staley.
A Child's Christmas in Wales opens Friday, Dec. 11 and runs until Sunday, Dec. 20 with a preview performance open to the public on Thursday, Dec. 10. Shows are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.; there is no show on Thursday, Dec. 17. Tickets are $7 each and can be purchased by calling the box office at 412.621.4445 or online at www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.
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ISSUE: Bedford Laboratories issued recall of Vecuronium Bromide For Injection, 20 mg vial – NDC #55390‐039‐10, Lot 2067134, Exp. Date 5/31/2013 – due to the discovery of particulate matter in a small number of vials. This recall is for lot 2067134 only. Particulate matter has been recognized as a potential health hazard. Adverse reactions may include vein irritation and phlebitis, clinically occult pulmonary granulomas detected at routine autopsy examination, local tissue infarction, severe pulmonary dysfunction, occlusion of capillaries and arteries, anaphylactic shock and death.
To date, there have been no reports of any adverse events for the lot being recalled.
BACKGROUND: Vecuronium Bromide is indicated as an adjunct to general anesthesia, to facilitate endotracheal intubation and to provide skeletal muscle relaxation during surgery or mechanical ventilation.
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Europe. The Future of History
Kunsthaus Zürich
Heimplatz 1, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland
What image represents Europe? The fall of the Berlin Wall, perhaps, and the unification of Eastern and Western Europe after four decades of division along ideological lines? The reconstruction and the economic miracle following the disaster of the Second World War? Universal human rights and a political consensus among Europeans based on freedom and democracy? Or football championships and the Eurovision Song Contest? Not since Antiquity has a single image stood for Europe, and any that purports to do so can only be a fragment. Europe is a multifaceted mosaic that, despite tensions beneath the surface, is no longer at risk of breaking apart.
In 1924 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner posed the question: 'A unified Europe would be the end of wars and it will come, but when?' This exhibition sets out to chart the various forms in which society's ongoing desire for a peaceful Europe has been depicted through the history of ideas. It takes in atmospheric themes such as the delineation and dissolution of frontiers, landscape as a factor in the construction of identity, the development of democracy, labour and mobility.
The most comprehensive art exhibition on Europe in Switzerland since 1991 comprises some 100 works by 50 artists from all parts of the continent, in the media of painting, photography, video and installation. The artists represented include Kader Attia, Marc Bauer, Arnold Böcklin, Herbert Brandl, Honoré Daumier, Fischli/Weiss, Dani Gal, Ferdinand Hodler, Thomas Imbach, Anna Jermolaewa, Ilya Kabakov, Nikita Kadan, Bouchra Khalili, Paul Klee, Daniel Knorr, Christian Philipp Müller and Nives Widauer.
Image: Kader Attia, Demo(n)cracy, 2010, Neon, 49 x 480 x 3 cm , Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna © 2015 ProLitteris, Zurich


text: The nine-floor ride in a claustrophobic, battered elevator is well worth it: The doors open to Kondo, a Zen-calm dining room of muted tans and blond cedar presided over by fry master Fumio Kondo, revered for his secret-recipe batter. The chef dips a series of fresh vegetables and fish into polished bronze woks filled with roiling sesame oil; unblemished stalks of asparagus, fresh ginger buds, whole pink shrimp, and tiny goby fish all get the hot flash. One seasonal specialty is smoky shiitake mushrooms, farm-raised on cedar logs. For a finale, ask for the shredded carrot, inspired by a spun-sugar dome the chef tasted at one of Pierre Hermé's patisseries in Paris.


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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team played on the road against Peach Belt Conference opponent Young Harris College on Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Hurricanes were playing catch up all game. GSW fell behind early and by 16:23 the Mountain Lions were leading 10-2. The first half ended with the Lady Hurricanes trailing 17-41.
Tiara Thompson was the high scorer for the Lady Hurricanes in the first half with seven points.
The Lady Hurricanes came back in the second half ready to do work. Shanedra Lockett contributed six points in a 14 point run only interrupted by one Mountain Lion basket. Danisha Green, Thompson, Shaniece Sheffield, and Jasmine McSwain contributed to the run as well. McSwain and Thompson gave the Lady Hurricanes a final six points at the end of the game in attempt to shorten the lead. GSW outscored YHC 38 to 30 over the second half. This was not quite enough to secure a lead, the game finished 71-55.
Thompson finished with a game high of 14 points and grabbed three rebounds with one block shot. McSwain achieved all 12 of her points in the second half. McSwain also contributed three rebounds, five assists, three steals, and one block over the course of the game. Lockett and Sheffield contributed eight points each. Lockett grabbed six rounds, had two assists and 3 steals. Sheffield added four rebounds, one assist and a steal.
Young Harris College's Ladondra Johnson was the only person in the game to achieve a double-double, with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
The Lady Hurricanes are currently 5-5, 0-3 in the PBC. The Mountain Lions have progressed to 7-3, 2-1 PBC.
GSW plays again on Friday, January 10th at 5:30 in another Peach Belt Conference match up against UNC Pembroke.


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If rum's most obvious manifestation is a clear spirit diluted with Coke or submerged in a Mojito, its true identity is harder to pin down. From fiery overproof to complex, sipping-only pot still, each country and every distillery has its own inimitable take on this most versatile of spirits.
Sugar rush
The rise of rum is inexorably linked to the boom in sugar production during colonial times: the inkily rich molasses left over were, if distilled into spirit, a nice little sideline to make some extra cash.
On the surface, rum production is simple. Take your molasses, add water, add yeast, ferment, then distil. The devil, as ever, is in the detail: what yeast? Fermented for how long? Column or pot still? Matured for how long and in what kind of barrel? And, as the permutations build, regional styles begin to emerge.
Language barrier
It may be a slightly clumsy generalisation, but rum styles tend to have some affinity with the history of the place they call home. Thus English-speaking Caribbean islands tend towards the rich and dark, including the heavy Navy rums; 'Spanish' rums have a traditionally smooth palate, whatever their age; and then there is the anomaly: French rhum agricole.
French accent
A very different style of rum developed in the French Caribbean and Indian Ocean colonies: Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti and Réunion. Made from sugar-cane juice rather than molasses, these rhums agricoles are punchy and pungent when young, elegant and immensely characterful when aged. In particular, watch out for Barbancourt, Clément, Damoiseau and Trois Rivières.
Styles within styles
These linguistically based distinctions offer a broad-brush division of rum styles, but to zero in on the essence of the category, you need to know the regional variations offered by individual locations – and their distilleries.
You want fragrant complexity and a velvety texture? Try Barbados and Mount Gay or Doorly's. More intensity and spice? Go to Jamaica and work your way through the impressive Appleton Estate range. Lighter, smoother, richer might mean the mainland and serious sipping rums from Flor de Caña, Zacapa and Brugal. Or Cuba, the cradle of modern rum, and the unmatched subtlety offered by Havana Club.
Did you know?
- Cuba's Havana Club is produced only about 100 miles from US territory but – thanks to the trade embargo – you can't buy it there
- Made using the first pressing of sugar cane juice, Zacapa is matured at an altitude of 2,300m above sea level in Guatemala
- Bacardi was produced in Cuba from its inception in 1862 until Fidel Castro seized power in 1959. Most of its rum is now made in Puerto Rico, but the Bacardi Building – topped by its distinctive 'bat' sculpture – remains one of the finest art deco structures in Havana


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by Clark Groome
If you haven't been paying attention to the sports news lately, focusing, perhaps, on the presidential election, the new TV season or the beginning of the new academic year, then the following is possible:
A group of Flyers ticket holders arrive at the Wells Fargo Center for their first game of the season and, after finding there are no other people at the center, react much the way the employees at the World Wide Wicket Company reacted to the lack of coffee in Frank Loesser's 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying."
Rather than singing "There's no coffee! No coffee!" they sing (I hope the people who control the "How to Succeed" copyrights have a sense of humor and might even be hockey fans):
There's no hockey!
No hockey! Oh!
If I can't have my Flyers game,
My Flyers game, my Flyers game,
If I can't have my Flyers game,
Something within me dies,
Lies down and something
within me dies.
If I can't make twice weekly trips
Where gleaming ice
The skater chips
And watch the teams check
with hips
Something within me dies,
Lies down and something
within me dies.
The two parties that caused this mini-made-up pageant at Broad and Pattison say they are trying to settle the dispute that centers around how hockey related revenue (and even the definition of HRR is in dispute) is divided between players and owners.
The last agreement, which ended up canceling the 2004-2005 season, gave the players 57 percent of the revenue and the owners 43 percent. The owners were able to impose a salary cap on the teams. The players' salaries were reduced by 24 percent.
The cap was designed to promote more parity among the teams and to keep the richer teams from offering humongous contracts that some of the smaller market franchises couldn't afford. Not surprisingly, the general managers found a legal way around that.
Here's what they did: If they wanted to sign a player for five years at $8 million like they had before the salary cap but only could afford $5 million/year under the cap, they would sign him for eight years, front load the $40 million contract (pay more in the early years and less later on) because the cap hit was based on the average of the contract over its length. This process led to many outrageous long-term contracts.
Thus the financial bind the owners now find themselves in is really their own fault. Why would a player turn down all that money if the owners offered it?
Now the owners want it back.
They want to reduce the HRR split to something approaching 50/50. They also want to limit the length of contracts, the very loophole they used to get themselves into this pickle.
For all the contention, they still say what they really want is to get back on the ice.
How about proving that by asking for some independent mediation? My impression is that the players would be in favor of that but the owners would not. That's because the owners would likely get less than what they want from an arbiter.
Listen carefully, folks, to what both sides are saying, when they are talking, which isn't all that often. There just doesn't seem to be any urgency about this, from either side.
After an exchange of offers that looked very promising last week, Commissioner Gary Bettman said that the NHL Players Association's responses to the NHL's proposal were a "setback" and a "total disappointment." He said that less than an hour after the meetings began to review the NHLPA's three proposals.
Don Fehr, head of the NHLPA, said, "Today is not a good day – it should have been, but it wasn't."
I think the players have the stronger case here. That said, the players are going to have to, and should, contribute something to solving the dispute.
When one side walks away, however, and the other wants to talk, that's not good for a season that has already lost three weeks of games with more – including the emblematic Winter Classic – in jeopardy.
Negotiations are tough. The opposing sides don't really like each other, understandable since from afar neither Bettman nor Fehr seem all that likable.
But this should be about the game. It should be about the thousands of game-day employees who are losing income because of the lockout. It should be about really rich people getting together to figure out a way to reach an agreement that works for all involved. Major League Baseball, the NBA and the NFL have all been able to do that.
Most important is what this does to those poor fans who, with nothing else to do at the Wells Fargo Center, broke into song bemoaning the fact that "There's no hockey." Those fans should be cheering for their teams – not feeling screwed by people who, for the third time in 17 years, don't seem to give a damn about them.
Sit down and talk, people. Get a mediator if necessary. But stop posturing and act like grownups for a change.


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A couple of us guys went in on a limited Top Alky car, and before the car is even finished it is decided now that, if were going to spend the time and money, lets go fuel racing.
So, here's the kicker.
The other guys in on this deal are all VERY busy with their companies. But they still want to go fuel racing, but thier time is very limited at the moment.
So they tell me, being the only one with fuel car experience, "Hey Matt, why dont you head this up"
Sounds good in theory, but the problem is im only 21 and have limited experience at best in the business world.
We already have a tractor trailer, support equipment, and knowledgable enough people to make this work. And even buying the cars and motors arent the big issue. Ive already got one company to commit to a SIZEABLE deal already.
However, to do this 100%, I know I need the big money to run a full schedule. My plan is to be running the full 08 schedule.
I have developed and angle on sponsorship that nobody has done yet and I and my partners believe would be VERY succesful.
I am headed to the Richmond race to start getting a proper cost analysis of the actual operating yearly cost to run this program.
Long story short, I need recommendations on how to go about presenting this idea to a company in a professional manner. This means running the idea by someone experienced in this field, but also someone that can be trusted and wont let the preverbial cat out of the bag.
Would I be better off talking to another teams people?
Or do you think thats to risky?
If anyone on here has reccomendations or would like to share some advice, please reply or contact me at 941-626-4715 anytime.
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dragula- sorry no one answered your question. You need a sound business plan for presentation to potential backers. You will be starting a business, and as such, must base your decisions on good business practice. Are you planning a Top Fuel dragster? There are only a few competitive Top Fuel teams in existence. You will basically be destroying equipment with every run down the strip. Top teams have millions of dollars in their operations. Backers want to see a return on their investment and will be reluctant to sponsor an unknown team. Speak to one of the Top Fuel team owners- they will tell you the truth! Best of luck!
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I take it thats just to fund the race circuit, not counting the extensive testing, shop space, crew salary, etc. It seems like a pretty substantial money pit on the back end.dragula wrote:Spoke with David Powers last week. 150,000 a race, not including parts/car. 3.3 mil a year. Bad thing is now I might have a pro-stock deal coming together as well.
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Ginobili sparks Spurs to Game 5 win over Heat
SAN ANTONIO — Manu Ginobili had 24 points and 10 assists in a surprise start to spark the San Antonio Spurs to a 114-104 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, pushing the Spurs one victory away from their fifth championship.
Danny Green scored 24 points and broke Ray Allen's finals record for 3s in a series with 25. Tony Parker had 26 points for San Antonio.
LeBron James scored 25 points on 8-for-22 shooting for the Heat and Dwyane Wade had 25 points and 10 assists. But the Heat missed 21 of their first 29 shots to fall behind by 17 points in the second quarter of another uninspired performance.
Game 6 of the best-of-seven series is Tuesday night in Miami.
Whirling through the defense like the Manu of old, Ginobili shrugged off a postseason full of disappointment to deliver a performance that the Spurs have never needed more desperately. He hit 8 of 14 shots and had his highest points total since June 4, 2012.
Tim Duncan had 13 points and 11 rebounds, Green was 6 for 10 from 3-point range, and Parker gutted through 36 minutes on that tender right hamstring. Kawhi Leonard had 16 points and eight rebounds, and the San Antonio shot 60 percent to overcome 19 turnovers.
Allen scored 21 points and Chris Bosh had 16 points and six rebounds for the Heat, who were stunned by a vintage Ginobili performance early.
Miami missed 21 of its first 29 shots and Green hit three straight 3s in the middle of the second quarter to tie Allen's record of 22. The Spurs led 47-30 on Duncan's two free throws before the Heat finally showed some fight.
A 12-0 run got them back within striking distance at 47-42 and the Heat surged out of the halftime gates to cut San Antonio's lead to 61-59 in the first 1:17 of the third.
San Antonio pushed right back, getting a jumper from Parker, a 3-pointer from Green that broke Allen's record and a lefty layup from Ginobili to get a little breathing room.
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Chuck Dammit needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 32 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
We are a dozen California real estate investors, each investing in something related to the "bottom" of the market. We call ourselves "The BottomFeeders".
The BottomDwellers
A logo for a group of real estate investors to silk screen onto t-shirts or baseball caps or our new brand of kyrptonite tennis racket strings.
- We'd like a cross between a shark, a catfish and a rhinoceros horn
- For a template, see http://www.shark.com - logo in upper right.
- Now, replace that with a Catfish.
- Somehow, add the horn of a rhinoceros (rhino representing power and might in the jungle, as opposed to the lion).
- And then add a shark's fin to top it off, since we consider ourselves aggressive, overweight, testosterone-filled, investors. (OK, maybe we're not ALL overweight steak-eating slobs, but the older guys are ;-)
- Put in our name Bottom Feeders or BottomFeeders in there somewhere (not sure if you should keep "The" in there or not, try it out)
- The black background on http://www.shark.com seems to work well, and the colored lines are a creative way to add zing to this
- I'd like to see an identity somehow - e.g. a rhino is "visible" or "identifiable" somehow, the catfish and its whiskers are really clear, and the shark fin ... well, not sure how the heck to piece it all together. It's Mike's fault, really - he wanted the Rhino horn.
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We don't know much about our friends up in Fargo, North Dakota, but we are learning every day. For example, today on ESPN's College GameDay from North Dakota State, we learned that they enjoy scat play. Which is nice. For that and so much more, join us in our GameDay sign roundup from The Great North Somewhere Over There.
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President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney are slugging it out over Medicare's long-term future. But for the short term at least, health experts say enrollees mostly need to think about one area of the program: drug plans.
Medicare's open-enrollment period, when the 49 million Americans who use the program can make changes to their 2013 coverage, starts on Monday and runs through Dec. 7. And this time around, experts say the stakes are greater than in previous years – particularly for retirees who rely heavily on prescription drugs. Higher premiums in certain plans, as well as changes to their coverage, could lead to significantly higher out-of-pocket costs for some beneficiaries who stick with their current option. "You may end up with less coverage than you need or a more expensive policy than you want to pay for," says Juliette Cubanski, a Medicare policy analyst for the Kaiser Family Foundation.
For example, some Medicare plans will no longer cover Apidra, a drug used by diabetics to control blood sugar. Paying for the drug entirely out-of-pocket could cost users an additional $200 a month, estimates Allsup Medicare Advisor, which consults people choosing between Medicare plans.
During the enrollment period, Medicare users select several parts of their coverage: Medicare Part A and Part B, which cover hospital stays and doctor visits, respectively, and Part D, which handles prescription drugs. Many also purchase supplemental insurance (known as Medigap) or Medicare Advantage (which integrates Parts A, B, D and Medigap).
For Part D, shopping around may be particularly important this year. Premiums for these drug plans are expected to increase by 7%, on average, after decreasing slightly last year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. But some plans are introducing even steeper price hikes. A study by health-care advisory firm Avalere Health found that some of the most popular prescription drug plans are increasing monthly premiums by as much as 23%, while others are lifting costs just 1%.
Not all the news is bad on the drug front. Medicare users that fall into the coverage gap known as the "doughnut hole," – the threshold when seniors generally have to begin paying the full cost of their medicines – will have discounts of 52.5% on brand-name drugs (up from 50% last year) and 21% on generics (up from 14%). In addition, because of the Affordable Care Act, the sweeping health care reform law passed in 2010, all Medicare plans will offer bigger discounts on drugs and cover more preventive services related to conditions such as depression, alcohol misuse and cardiovascular disease. Some individual plans are introducing other discounts, says Dan Mendelson, chief executive officer of Avalere — such as cheaper prices for seniors who fill their prescriptions at specific pharmacies.
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Seniors who want to compare the plans available in their area can use free online tools like the Medicare Plan Finder, which can help them estimate what their total costs would be – including premiums, copayments and deductibles — under various plans. Some people with complex health needs might consider hiring a Medicare adviser to help them choose the right plan. Fees can range from $75 to $400 depending on what types of plans consumers need help with. Some firms charge by the hour and costs can add up for complicated cases.


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According to the US Department of Justice statistics, credit card theft has increased 31% over the last 3 years (2009-2011) and identity theft 37%. The rise in these numbers can be correlated to the addition of RFID chips which are now used in credit cards, debit cards, driver's licenses, passports and keyless entry cards which can all be read from as far as 30 feet away if the thief has the right equipment. You obviously can't just get rid of your licenses and cards so what's the solution? The answer is the Traveler Wallet with RFID Protection from Rogue Wallet. This slim wallet comes with Rogue Wallet's trademark WalletGuard® technology which is built into the lining of the wallet and will shield the transmission of RFID waves your cards emit. It does this by creating an electromagnetically opaque shield around the wallet. Rogue's WalletGuard technology has been laboratory tested and is FIPS 201 approved. FIPS is the Federal Information Processing Standard of the US Department of Commerce for personal identity verification information security.
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DC powered Shipboard, ground vehicle, aircraft, and space bound electronic circuits and assemblies employ a robust input power supply design to withstand non-ideal input power states. These non-ideal states arise from operating conditions such as large load changes on the main power source, harsh operating environments, and sudden switches from one main power source to another. These non-ideal states take the form of transients on the DC supply level or as noise signals coupled onto the DC supply level. During design these non-ideal power supply states must be simulated to test the input power supply design's robustness against these conditions.
In this webcast we will look how easy it is to create arbitrary power waveforms on modern programmable power supplies for simulating supply transients and noise. We will also look at the technology hurdles that limit the arbitrary waveform bandwidth on modern supplies. Finally we will look at low cost methods for simulating fast power supply transients and high frequency noise beyond the bandwidth limitations of modern power supplies.
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R&D and design validation engineers working with DC power distribution designs for defense electronic systems for aircraft, shipboard, satellite, and battle field vehicles.
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Neil Forcier served in the US Navy as an Electronic Test Equipment Calibration Technician on board the USS Harry S Truman CVN-75. Neil earned his bachelors degree in engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park campus. He is currently working as an Application Engineer for the System Products Division at Agilent Technologies. His areas of focus includes instrument control software, data analysis, and advanced power applications.
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The story of Brian Banks' attempted return to football was one of the more fascinating subplots of the 2012 offseason. Exonerated after being wrongly imprisoned for five years, Banks wound up making a whirlwind tour that included visits with the Seattle Seahawks, San Diego Chargers and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
|Brian Banks smiles after signing a contract with the Atlanta Falcons on Wednesday. (Atlanta Falcons)
Banks never earned a roster spot, but he continued to work out in an effort to get all of the way back into "football shape."
His journey suddenly took a huge step forward Wednesday. Fox Sports insider and NFL Network contributor Jay Glazer reported that the Atlanta Falcons have signed Banks.
Banks' signing later was confirmed by the Falcons.
"I started working with (Brian Banks) 2 weeks after he was exonerated, promised him we wouldn't stop until someone signed him. He worked so hard for this!!!" Glazer wrote on Twitter.
"Jay, I'm on Cloud 10, I passed Cloud 9," Banks told Glazer.
A scout who recently saw Banks at one of his workouts told NFL.com's Ian Rapoport that the linebacker is in good shape. However, the scout said questions remain about Banks' football mental readiness. Since Banks missed out on learning more advanced football concepts in college, teaching Banks to think like an NFL player will be among the biggest challenges ahead, the scout told Rapoport.
Banks has long odds to make the Falcons' final 53-man roster, but he faced long odds just to get on a roster. The Falcons wouldn't give up a valuable spot simply out of charity. We wish him all the best this offseason.Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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kenny thomas wrote: SKy, we have 10,000 acres in one block and 1800 in another. Plus some of our members are also members of an adjoining club that adds another 2500 acres. KY state line is our border and many of them go over there and all we can do is go get the dogs. 4000ft elevation on part of it but lots of old mine roads.
Nice we have large blocks we lease as well rarely do dogs go where we can't kill the game. Here you don't need Bear doge there forever walking around the fields I see some every week.