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Carol Linda Ghilardi
Dec. 24, 1948-Oct. 3, 2012
Pleasanton, California
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Born on Christmas Eve, in Burlingame, CA, Carol was a surprise gift to her parents, John and Elizabeth Aguiar, as they had two older children. Though her life was cut short by Alzheimer?s and cancer, she managed to be that gift to her family, friends, and community. Most of her life was lived here in the Bay Area, though she spent her high school years in Costa Mesa, CA, where she graduated valedictorian. Returning to the Bay Area, she got her BA at the University of San Francisco and her MS in Marriage and Family Counseling at Cal-State Hayward.
While attending graduate school, she began working for the City of Pleasanton as the secretary for Pleasanton Fire. She loved that job and kept it for 20 years, while at the same time caring for people as a licensed psychotherapist, in practice with her husband, Jim. They met while she was an intern at what is now called Axis Community Health Care. In 1987 they married and opened their office, Arroyo Counseling Services. Holding down two jobs, Carol still found time to volunteer; pioneering St. Augustine?s Aid?s Ministry, and doing prison ministry at the Federal Correction Institute and Santa Rita Jail. She also helped organize ?The Cross Walk? through the streets of Pleasanton in protest of the death penalty.
For fun, Carol loved to act, and from 1973 through 1983, she was in 13 plays at the Pleasanton Playhouse and other community theaters, playing the lead in ?Don?t Drink the Water,? ?You Can?t Take It With You,? and ?Barefoot in the Park.? The confines of this column make it impossible to share all the ways she contributed to our lives. Those of us who knew her appreciated what a gift she was.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents, John and Elizabeth Aguiar, and her brother, Rick Aguiar. She is survived by her beloved husband, Jim, and step-daughter, Jamie Ghilardi; her sister, Marilyn Reeves; sister-in-law, Nancy Aguiar-Fargis; nieces: Kris Ruzich, Sandy Goetz, Sue Balestri, Marianne Ottaway, and nephew: Andy Aguiar, and their families.
A Celebration of Her Life and Funeral Mass were held. Contributions may be made to Axis Community Health, The Alzheimer?s Association, or the American Breast Cancer Awareness.


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Using Tracking Bugs
Handling tracking bugs in Bugzilla
Parent Bug
Let's imagine a situation where a security flaw was found in yoyodine package. A member of Fedora Security Response team enters it in bugzilla under Security Response Team. Then he requests a CVE identifier for the issue. As he found the mention of the bug while reading a public mailing list, he creates a public bug. When he gets the CVE for the bug, he adds it to the begining of the Summary line and sets an appropriate alias=CVE number.
- Parent bug is entered in the Security Response product
- Parent bug's subject begins with the CVE
- Parent bug is publicly viewable
- Parent bug has an alias=CVE
- Parent bug is assigned to the Fedora Security Response team
- Parent bug has a Security keyword set
Tracking Bugs
As the bug obviously affects yoyodine package, he triages it and finds that it affects all supported Fedora releases, and also EPEL. He creates appropriate tracking bugs (with a script). Later it is found out that the vulnerable code is reused in foobar package that is present in EPEL5 (common situation with xpdf code). He adds appropriate tracking bug.
- Tracking bug belongs to Fedora Project Contributors group
- Tracking bug is depended on by the Parent bug
- Tracking bug is entered into respective Product/Component/Version where the flaw needs to be addresed
- Tracking bug is assigned to the developer
- The description of the tracking bug doesn't contain information about the flaw, but rather refers to the Parent bug and describes how to handle the flaw
- Tracking bug has a Security keyword set
The situation then looks like this:
(public, alias=CVE-2007-9999) |- #222222: CVE-2007-4631 Yoyodine stack overflow via a long do_nothing() argument [FC7] | (group Fedora Project Contributors, component=yoyodine) |- #333333: CVE-2007-4631 Yoyodine stack overflow via a long do_nothing() argument [F8] | (group Fedora Project Contributors, component=yoyodine) |- #444444: CVE-2007-4631 Yoyodine stack overflow via a long do_nothing() argument [EPEL5] | (group Fedora Project Contributors, component=foobar)
Handling tracking bugs in Bodhi
The procedure
The maintainer commits the fixes, builds packages and creates an update request. He refers to both parent bug and tracking bug. Bodhi is able to identify that the bug is a tracking bug and doesn't include it in the new package announce mail. Bodhi closes the tracking bug, and in case all other bugs that Parent depends on it also closes the Parent. To keep track, Bodhi adds comments to both Parent and Tracking bug.
Proposed changes to Bodhi
These proposed changes have been implemented. -lmacken
This might include things that are already implemented in Bodhi that I am not aware of.
- Bodhi shouldn't include the bug belonging to Fedora Project Contributors in the mail (Note: Wouldn't it be better to identify a tracking bug with a dedicated keyword rather than group membership?)
- Bodhi should close the bug only in case all bugs it depends on are closed and it is not in NEW state
- There is no need to refer to CVE from Bodhi, security bugzillas allways refer to CVE themselves
- Bodhi should include the Summary of the bugzillas rather than just the number, so that reference to CVE is visible in the mail
- Bodhi should add comments to the bugs when the update is created, and pushed to testing, not just when it gets live. (This would save the SRT from unnecessary pings to developers and keep users updated)
This would change the References section in update announce mails from:
References: [ 1 ] Bug #284511 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=284511 [ 2 ] CVE-2007-4727 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4727
References: [ 1 ] CVE-2007-4727 FastCGI header overrun in lighttpd's mod_fastcgi https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=284511

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FRESNO, Calif. --
In this question-and-answer session, the 2005 Funny Car champion, driver of the Mopar/Oakley Dodge Charger R/T for Don Schumacher Racing, and native of Fresno, Calif., discusses his plans for the so-called "off-season," his future goals in NHRA, his status as a "soccer dad," safety issues and the recently-announced "blue boxes." He also does not hesitate to reiterate his views on NHRA's Countdown to the Championship format.
The popular drag racer and star of the "Scelzi Sez" series, featured during the television broadcasts of the NHRA POWERade events on ESPN2, ended the 2007 NHRA season third in the Funny Car championship, with a class-best four wins in four final rounds. He also scored one semifinal and six quarterfinal finishes, and was low qualifier twice. His round win-loss record for the year was 24-18. In all, since he began his pro career in 1997, "Wild Thing" (as he's known by his fans) has won 37 national events in 58 final rounds, qualified No. 1 44 times and holds a round win-loss record of 369-192.
Scelzi received numerous honors this season, including the prestigious Rick Mears Good Guy Award from the American Association of Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters (AARWBA).
A. It is absolutely true. I own a USAC pavement car and a USAC dirt car that (17-year-old) Michael Faccinto drives. And one of the things I've wanted to do since I drove the Ford Focus celebrity race in 2003 (at the Chili Bowl) was to race the Chili Bowl itself. And now that I own my own USAC team I told everybody on my team that, OK I'm going to run the Chili Bowl this year.
I've been to Cory Kruseman's (Sprint Car and Midget Driving) school a couple of times, and I've raced in the Super 600cc Mini Sprint class in a couple of races at Plaza Park in Visalia, Calif. When I test at Plaza Park, I test with my son Dominic (10 years old), who drives the 600cc Restricted Mini Sprint at events there. In fact, we just had the track rented a couple of weekends in a row. We took the wings off both cars and he and I went at it. We absolutely had a ball.
I'm trying to get some experience because the last time I was at the Chili Bowl I had 30 minutes of experience, so now I probably have three hours of experience. I just want to go out there and have a good time. I don't want to get upside down. I just want to see if I can hold my own against a bunch of these guys.
Q. When was the last time you ran the Chili Bowl?
A. It was when I started with Don Schumacher Racing in 2003. It was a Ford Focus celebrity race with myself, Tony Stewart, Ron Capps, Danny Lasoski. We raced against a bunch of serious open-wheel racers.
A. No, absolutely not. It is a full-blown Midget race. Get it on, go for the gold.
Q. Whose car are you driving?
A. It's my own car. It's a Mopar-powered Spike that is sponsored by Jeg's, K&N Filters, and Scelzi Enterprises. And the race is going to be on Pay-Per-View. I called and talked to "Woody" (Scott Woodruff) from Jeg's, and 30 seconds later he said, "We're in." K&N Filters sponsors my USAC midget and they said, "Hey, you know what? This is going to be a great thing, so let's go do it."
Q. Any other drag racers running the Chili Bowl with you?
A. Cruz Pedregon is going to race it, but not (Scelzi's DSR teammate) Ron Capps this time. He's filming commercials for his new sponsor NAPA AUTO PARTS that weekend. I don't know of any other drag racers right now who are entered, except Cruz Pedregon and me.
I'm sure Cruz and I are setting our goals against each other as to who's going to be the highest-finishing drag racer. Obviously, I know that I can't hold a candle to Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Danny Lasoski and Cory Kruseman - who actually has his own driving school. I just want to go out there and try not to run into anybody and not spin out, and the higher position I earn for the main event, the better off I'll be.
A. Actually, I flipped on the first lap and the last lap. And my only goal was to beat Ron Capps and I did that. It was pretty exciting. I sold a bunch of tee shirts and made a lot of new fans and a lot of new friends. I am really excited about going back. It is one of the neatest things that I've ever done in my racing career. I've always had a passion for open-wheel racing and at 47 years old, obviously, I'm not going to trade occupations. And, since my son is following this path, I want to see what he'll be up against later in life. It's a whole different challenge going sideways in the dirt.
Q. So, where are you testing right now?
A. I'm in Ventura, California, driving a 360 wingless sprint car. And Cory Kruseman is instructing me and a couple of other drivers who are here just for the school. Cory is a very close personal friend of mine and, in fact, one of the young men here, Cole Cabrera, is 13 years old and is wanting to go the same route as Dominic in USAC racing and he's here driving a Ford Focus. I brought him up here because I know Cory will teach him the right way. And, I said, While you're at it, Cory, you can give me some pointers in the 360 to prepare me for the Chili Bowl. I need to get some seat time.
Q. We also hear you're running Nostalgia Funny Car races in 2008. So, what happened to all that time you wanted to spend with business and family?
A. Actually, Donnie Couch asked me if I would drive one, and I said, You know, if I'm home and I'm not racing with Dominic, I certainly would be interested in it. I have never spoken with the owners of the car; I only talked with Donnie Couch, actually, at a USAC race on Thanksgiving in Irwindale. I know it's on the Internet, but I haven't committed to anything.
Q. Any other non-NHRA adventures for you in 2008?
A. Well, Clint Bowyer, who drives the Jack Daniel's No. 07 Nextel Cup car for Richard Childress Racing is going to have a charity golf tournament and I think a modified race that I'll be doing some time in April, which will be during the week. I'm not sure exactly when that is, but I spent last week with him at the PRI show in Florida. Of course, I will do the Michael Ross Foundation charity event, that I do every year for Danny Lasoski, in Sedalia, Missouri, which will be a golf tournament, and a half-mile modified race at a World of Outlaws event.
Those are the only things outside of NHRA that I will be doing, except, of course, for the Chili Bowl. But the Visalia, Calif., Plaza Park people are hot on the trail of doing the (second annual) Gary Scelzi Celebrity race with the 600cc Mini Sprints again. I don't know if we're going to do it or not. We're talking about it right now.
A. It doesn't affect it at all. I have a great relationship with Mopar. The Funny Car team is solid. Mopar is very happy with the program and with our 2007 finish and being part of the Countdown. So, I don't see it affecting us at all. I see our relationship staying the same. Mopar is very positive and very upbeat.
Q. With the sale of Oakley by Jim Jannard, does this affect the Oakley sponsorship in any way?
A. It doesn't seem to be. As far as I know, we're solid for next year. I don't know about beyond next year. I'll leave that up to Don Schumacher, but I know we're solid for 2008.
Q. Now that the NHRA's Countdown to the Championship playoff system has one season under its belt, how do you feel it worked out for them and for the competitors?
A. I think it worked out OK for all the classes except for Funny Car. I don't like the format. I still think that we need to go from Indy on with the top eight, like I said from the very beginning. I'm not wavering a bit on my opinion. I don't like four cars coming down to two races. I feel that what happens from Indy on will decide the true world champion. That way, if a team has problems, like a few of us had in Vegas, they would still be in the running when they get to Pomona.
Q. What do you think of the new "blue boxes?"
A. I think it's outstanding. I commend Ford for stepping up and doing something like that. They've been very good about working on safety things for the NHRA drag races. But, I'd like to see NHRA take more of a stand on it, since I think it's not really Ford's issue. I appreciate them doing it, but I still think it's NHRA's problem. They talk about safety, so let's hope that they're going to do something about it.
I guess my feeling is, you can build the safest race car you want that you can crash and drivers can walk away from, but if you don't move the scoreboards, and you don't the move the light poles from next to the guard rails, then I think it's all for naught. You can't wear a helmet and not wear a fire suit. All these things go together. Hopefully they're going to look at everything and not just make everybody change their cars to make them safer, but also make these race tracks safer, and not run on tracks that are unsafe when they're badly lit.
Q. Knowing that you were ready to hang up your helmet, at least for a while, and now you're back for a full season, does this put you in a comfort zone for 2008? Do you think you will be more relaxed?
A. I don't know. I don't think I changed my driving techniques or my enthusiasm for drag racing even knowing I was going to leave. I don't look at it that way. When Gary Scelzi gets in a race car, you're probably not going to want to race him because he's going to want to rip your head off. That's how I race, that's how I've raced all my life, that's how I help my brothers run Scelzi Enterprises. We want to be the best. So, that's not going to change.
Q. What was the highlight of your 2007 season?
A. I'd have to say winning four races, and being able to do it with (former crew chief) Mike Neff after having my whole Funny Car career with him. And then having (new crew chief) Todd Okuhara come along and get along so well with us, because we were all a little down when Mike decided to leave and be a driver. But when we got Todd, he just brought some excitement back. I've been very fortunate, and I am really excited about seeing Todd make his mark in drag racing and hopefully win the Funny Car championship next year with the Mopar/Oakley Dodge team.
A. Dominic is going to run the majority of the 600cc Restricted Mini Sprint races this year. We're going to try to run for a championship. Unless he has some problems and non-finishes, he's going to go to the majority of his races and miss quite a few of my races this year. I made an agreement with him that if he could finish in the top five and he's got a shot at the championship, then he can continue to go on to the rest of the races. That's kind of my plan. He wasn't able to win Rookie of the Year in '07, missing five or six races and having some non-finishes. It's a big thing for him to win a championship. I believe he finished 11th, but at 10 years old he's racing against 14- to 16-year-old kids, and I was very excited and very proud of the way he handled himself. He won one race this year and probably should have won three. He led one for 19 laps and flat out got taken out by a 16-year-old driver who didn't want to see a 10-year-old kid win. And then the last race of the year, which was a wingless race, he led on the last lap, but he had bumped the car that was in front and got called back two spots for rough driving. He ended up with a third, but the kid is definitely good enough to win any race. He can hold his own against all of them. The year of experience he got in the 600 has definitely paid big dividends. I know he's my son and I don't want to sound like a soccer mom, but I think he's as good as anybody out there.
I believe there are going to be 16 races this year. I told him he needs to get a big enough lead so that he can miss some races and still win the championship.
Q. Is 6-year-old Giovanni champing at the bit to go racing?
A. We've been testing with Giovanni on the weekends in the little Junior Sprint and he's doing really well. But he's by himself. He still has to learn to pass cars in a pack of 18 cars - that's normally how many make the main event. Dominic spent a year in go-karts, so he was able to learn how to pass and he built his strength up by driving the road courses. I'd still like to do that with Giovanni. I haven't made the decision yet, and that season starts the first of March. We'll just have to see how he does with the other kids on the race track. He's just turned 6 and he's going to be running against 6-year-old to 11-year-old kids.
A. Right now, we're waiting for the schedule to come out. We're definitely going to run more races and we're going to do as many pavement races as we can, but we're also going to fit some dirt races in. Michael won a race in Hanford, Calif. He finished in the top five in almost every event he raced in on pavement and dirt, I think, except for one, and that was Turkey Night. So, we're excited about him.
I'd love to run the USAC pavement car (with Faccinto) the night before the Indy 500 at O'Reilly Raceway Park, but we're just going to have to wait and see what happens. We're still looking for a little more funding, but we're going to run a first-class program, no question about it. And the sponsors on that car are still Mopar and K&N Filters.
Q. Do you feel you are too much of a "soccer dad" with Dominic?
A. You know what? I may be a soccer dad with him, but not around the other people. But he bugs me constantly about going to different race tracks, all over the United States. He wants to race extremely badly. It's the only thing I can hold over his head to clean his room and get his homework done, and he's getting As and Bs. So, as long as he holds up his end of the bargain, then I'm all for it. He also wants to play baseball, and he wants to play football. He does those things and I support him in anything. And I told him, and his brother Giovanni: I don't care if it's marbles, if that's what you want to do. But when we go to the races we go to win. We're not there to play grab-ass or to make it a social hour. We're there to race and win and, when the races are over, if you want to go play football or play with your friends, then that's fine. But we go to the races to win, at any age. That's why we work hard at it. But, if we don't win, it's not the end of the world.
Q. What is your personal goal for 2008?
A. My personal goal is to make that "4X" above my name a "5X." I want to win this Funny Car championship. I think Todd Okuhara is extremely capable of doing it. I think I can do it and I think we've assembled a new bunch of guys that are capable of doing it. I think that's a combination for winning.
Q. What makes you happy?
A. I guess knowing that my kids love me, that my family is behind me, and knowing that I have a race car that can win races. And my health.
Q. Talk about the family business. How has it benefited so far from your being more involved? Or are you more involved?
Q. What would you like to accomplish in your life/career that you haven't yet accomplished?
A. You know, I would like to win Indy (U.S. Nationals) in a Funny Car. I did it in Top Fuel, and when (the late) Steve Evans went to interview me for TV, the battery on his mic went dead, so I never got to do my interview.
I also want to win at every single race track that we go to on the POWERade tour. That's still one of the accomplishments that I haven't done. The tracks I haven't yet won at are Gainesville, Englishtown, Norwalk, and I have a feeling they're going to slip in Charlotte, so I'm going the other way on the race tracks I've wanted to win at.
And to be a two-time Funny Car champion would be wonderful.
Q. Anything else?
Just look for a refreshed, excited Gary Scelzi when we pull into the gates in Pomona (Calif., the 2008 season opener Feb. 7-9). We have a new paint scheme coming out on the Mopar Dodge Charger. I've had red cars and have been successful in red cars most of my life, but this is something totally different. Anyone who was at the SEMA show saw it, and it's pretty bitchin'.


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Brunch at Kitchen by Mike has been on the agenda for a long time….
Set in an old warehouse, Kitchen by Mike stives to "provide an honest dining experience". A menu is created daily and varies depending on what local ingredients they can source at local markets that day.
The simplicity of an open kitchen and counter service threw me back to high-school lunches at the canteen. The dishes at this "canteen" were full of fresh ingredients and simply m o u t h w a t e r i n g.
My plate filled with all the warmth of a winter colour palette. Candid lunch dates.
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Phillipp has found a good use of the short message posting phenomenon known as twitter.
He has set up W_SideGwyReport as a way to report or learn what conditions to expect on or around NYC's West Side Greenway from Battery Park to Dyckman St and any of the feeder routes N of 96th St.
twitter subscribers can post updates by emailing or txting to: email@example.com
The idea is we can have our own 1010wins traffic report and eventually use this technology for all roadways in the city.
All we ask is serious road condition reports only. Save that you saw someone like this:
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(AP) — Days after saying it is worried about the slow pace of the global economy Caterpillar Inc. says it will shut down parts of its operations in Decatur for a week in November and all of December as demand for some products drops.
The Peoria-based construction- and mining-equipment company on Monday called the layoffs temporary. Caterpillar spokesman Jim Dugan said that not all of the company's employees in the city would be affected but wouldn't say how many would be.
Caterpillar manufactures large trucks in Decatur but the current number of employees wasn't immediately available.
Late last month Caterpillar expressed concerns about the slow pace of global economic growth for the next few years. The company lowered its expectations for its profits in 2015.


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Shoptalk/Commentary: How Incumbent Presidents Fare in Newspaper Endorsements
By: John McIver
An incumbent President is running for re-election. Incumbency matters, but does it matter to the publishers and editorial boards of the nation's newspapers?
Slightly more than 70 percent of incumbent candidates win re-election, so one might guess that incumbents win the endorsement race too. But they don't. Sitting presidents who run for re-election win support on average from just a fraction more than 50 percent of the newspapers that issue endorsements. In eight of 14 reelection campaigns, the incumbent wins fewer endorsements than his challenger.
The distribution of editorial support for presidential candidates varies dramatically by party. In 16 of the last 20 elections, a majority of American newspapers who endorse political candidates for president have preferred the Republican candidate. Democrats typically lose the endorsement race.
The historical pattern of greater editorial support for Republican Party candidates can be seen in both first races and re-election campaigns. Democratic incumbents earned the support of only 40 percent of America's endorsing editorial boards during their initial victorious campaigns. In his 1976 victory over then-incumbent Gerald Ford, challenger Jimmy Carter earned the nod from only 16 percent of endorsing newspapers. Republican incumbents, in stark contrast, won their initial election with much more substantial support. On average, 74 percent were endorsed by America's dailies. The weakest Republican candidate in modern times was George W. Bush, who won 59 percent of newspaper endorsements during his 2000 campaign.
The average incumbent president loses 5 percent of his endorsements when he runs for re-election. Of the 10 elected presidents who have stood for re-election since 1932, seven lost editorial support, while three gained additional endorsements. Support for the last three incumbents dropped substantially, by 10 to 25 percent each. The only other president to lose such a large percentage of his endorsing newspapers' support was FDR in 1940. Roosevelt faced not so much concern about his policies, especially with war looming, but rather endured the complaint that standing for a third term was inappropriate, indeed "un-American."
The only three presidents to gain editorial support for their re-election campaigns were Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and, surprisingly, Jimmy Carter. In 1972, Nixon — while hampered by national debate over the Vietnam War — faced a challenger in George McGovern who could not overcome his own campaign. McGovern's call to "Come Home America" was echoed in the editorial reply "Come Home, George McGovern," a plea to find a path closer to the political mainstream. Ronald Reagan's 1984 re-election campaign likely benefited from challenger Walter Mondale's unpopular call for higher taxes. Jimmy Carter's re-election campaign could hardly fall further from the support for his 1976 campaign. The few additional newspapers to climb on his bandwagon were not enough to sustain his re-election campaign.
Partisan differences in support of incumbent re-election campaigns are striking. Democratic incumbents are supported by 30 percent of all newspapers that take a position on the race. Republican incumbents have been supported by 70 percent of newspapers. Furthermore, of those presidents who have run for re-election, newspaper endorsements fall further for Democrats. Endorsements of Democratic incumbents fall on average 6 percent, while support for Republican incumbents drops about 3.5 percent.
So where do we stand in 2012? Republican challenger Mitt Romney is off to a fast start, winning more of the earliest endorsements than President Obama. That is not surprising. History suggests Obama will lose endorsements from some of his 2008 supporters.
Obama does have a long way to fall. In 2008, he received a greater proportion of newspaper endorsements (64 percent) than any other Democratic candidate in history. On the one hand, no elected Democratic incumbent has ever earned the support of more than 40 percent of America's newspapers for his re-election campaign. On the other hand, if Obama's endorsement percentage falls that far, he may be in the same position as George H. W. Bush who lost 25 percent of his support in 1992.
Expect Obama to lose the endorsement race, but it is another matter for him to lose the election. All previous Democratic incumbents who stood for re-election except Jimmy Carter were re-elected. The endorsements will have to swing dramatically against Obama. History is on his side unless he loses one third or more of his 2008 newspapers to his challenger. That shift in sentiment would be historic.
John McIver is a senior lecturer at the University of Texas department of government. He has presented his research on elections and endorsements in papers for the Western Political Science Association and the American Political Science Association.


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This would be a real fast break — Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom plan to wed this Sunday, according to reports.
Sources confirm the date to E! News and claim that most guests (but apparently not some of his Los Angeles Lakers teammates) have already been notified over the phone, with formal invites expected to arrive later this week.
Of course, the 25-year-old E! starlet is keeping mum about the whole thing, telling us exclusively, "I cannot confirm or deny…"
This may be the fastest courtship ever that did not involve a shotgun. Or a drunken weekend in Vegas. Or a baby. Kardashian and Odom met at a party put on by the newest Laker, Ron Artest, about six weeks ago. Since then, the reports have been that the pair are almost inseparable and are very happy.
The couple wanted to get married quickly — on Sept. 29 the Lakers start training camp, and from there through the playoffs his time commitments are pretty intense (with games virtually every weekend from mid-October through likely June). That would really only leave this weekend.
So just add water and — insta-wedding.
All this means even more interesting courtside seating for this year's Lakers games. Besides the always fun "Who is sitting next to Jack tonight?" game there will be the "Who is that next to Khloe?" game. Just think, Kardashian, Vanessa Bryant and Jeanie Buss all sitting in a row… a paparazzi's dream.
Then again, if Odom gets off to a slow start this season (and you never know with him), Kardashian could be in for the "Jessica Simpson treatment" from Lakers fans. (Remember, Dallas Cowboy fans blamed Simpson for quarterback Tony Romo's poor play. We're not sure who they are blaming this year.) And that could get ugly.
U.S. & World
Kurt Helin lives in Los Angeles, believes that marrige is a good thing, and runs the NBA/Lakers blog Forum Blue & Gold (which you can also follow in twitter).


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Hit and Run: So much better than the title suggests
With an off-the-shelf title like "Hit and Run," I had worked up less than a white-hot enthusiasm to see this movie, but it's a lot more fun than the title suggests. How many chase comedies have you seen where the hero's sexy girlfriend has a doctorate in nonviolent conflict resolution? Her counseling would have been invaluable to the U.S. marshal (Tom Arnold) in an early scene where he attempts to shoot his own SUV.
There's a lot of funny stuff in the movie, but the most unexpected comes from Arnold, who has been uneven, to say the least, in his movies. His marshal, named Randy, works with the federal witness protection program and is assigned to protect a likable guy named, yes, Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard). We meet Charlie in the arms of his sweet girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell); they live in a bucolic Northern California town, where she teaches in a local college. She has no idea he's a witness who needs protecting.
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We, young women and men farmers, representing Farmers' Organizations as well as Rural (Youth) Associations of Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean, gathered at IFAD Headquarters in Rome (Italy) on Saturday 18 February 2012 to prepare recommendations to be addressed to Farmers' Organizations (FOs) representatives, to IFAD and to Governments during the 2012 Farmers' Forum and IFAD Governing Council.
We are aware of the high prevalence of poverty and food insecurity in rural areas, particularly in developing countries. We are aware of the effects of climate change on rural populations' livelihoods, as well as of the mismanagement and depletion of natural resources. We are also aware of the particular challenges faced by women in agriculture.
We fully believe that there is an urgent need to invest in family farming to create employment, combat poverty and achieve food security today, and to feed the world of tomorrow. We are also aware that, under the current situation, agricultural activities provide limited profitable opportunities. In addition to this, rural areas lack infrastructure and social facilities. These are some of the reasons why a considerable number of young people, and especially young men, have been leaving their rural communities.
We are optimistic in creating a "new rural reality", based on a positive image of farming as a dynamic business. We believe that we can be the entrepreneurs of today, by managing sustainable agricultural initiatives. We believe that we, as young people, can make a difference. Our mobility, adaptability, openness to acquiring new knowledge, and creativity in taking advantage of new opportunities are critical to developing modern agriculture in the rural areas where we live and to reduce the rural/urban divide. We are also confident that we can be excellent environmental stewards to promote sustainable agriculture.
Unfortunately, we observe that our energies and pro-activeness are generally overlooked and under-utilised. We need to develop youth-friendly environments that adequately support our initiatives. It is risky for governments and development partners to not seriously and adequately take youth into consideration, as we have noticed in Northern Africa and the Middle East and in some European countries. On the basis of our fruitful exchanges and referring to the successful experiences we shared that support young farmers in agriculture, we are expressing the following recommendations to FOs, the governments, IFAD, FAO and other partners.
A stronger representation
We advocate for having our own organizations, so as to best represent the views and interests of rural young men and women. We want to organise and develop advocacy campaigns dedicated to youth issues. We want to be involved in policy making processes from design to implementation, monitoring and evaluation. In this regard, we need human, technical and financial support to build and strengthen our institutional capacities. We are aware that some programmes support farmer organizations and we recommend that a share of such programmes are directly dedicated to rural youth.
We demand more consideration, including more space to express our voice and specificity within FOs. We want to participate as full members in their constituencies and to be represented in their decision-making organs. We urge FOs to create effective youth representation mechanisms. For example, in Togo, a network of young producers and agricultural professionals has been set up within the Coordination Committee of Farmers Organizations and Agricultural Producers. In Peru, a coordinating committee of young coffee growers has been created within the National Association of Coffee Producers. The All Nepal Peasants Federation has created a youth wing to organize and empower young peasants. These cases prove that better representation of young farmers can be achieved effectively.
Additionally, we ask the Farmers Forum Steering Committee to set up a quota of at least 30% of young farmer representatives for future Farmers' Forums. At least half of these young farmer representatives should be women.
More specific supports
Governments and development partners have been increasingly making efforts to address youth issues. However, even if there are positive outcomes from some youth initiatives, these remain dispersed and should be up-scaled.
More recently, international aid has been increasingly allocated to agriculture and food security programmes (e.g. the GAFSP, the IFAD MTCP and the EU Food Facility). We ask that a higher percentage of these programmes' budgets is allocated to specific youth-related interventions. The Youth for Change project in Pakistan is a good example where the government is working closely with rural youth, to identify their specific needs and to design appropriate policies and programmes to support them.
We recommend to governments to increase their budgetary support to the agricultural sector, earmarking more funds to support youth in agriculture. This can be done through specific funds, such as the Youth Innovation Fund, launched in Peru, which supports selected young farmers' initiatives with finance, technical support and training. We are equally in favour of developing on- and off-farm activities along the agricultural value chain.
Access to natural resources
We are aware that access to land and other natural resources is very context-specific, but it is a challenge for young people everywhere. We call on FOs to initiate mechanisms to enhance young people's access to land, as promoted in Mexico, where a Intra-Vivos Land Transfer Programme has been implemented to facilitate anticipated land inheritance. Promotion of cooperatives can also be a way to lease a plot of land more easily, by doing so collectively rather than individually. An example of this is found in DFID's Poorest Areas Civil Society Programme in India.
We also recommend that our governments promote equal access to land for young women through gender sensitive legislations and to train community leaders, as done in Rwanda, to correctly implement these laws.
Finally, we urge our governments to implement agrarian reforms to ensure that arable land is only used for agricultural purposes, and to consider future generations' needs before selling or making available large tracts of land for long periods to national or foreign investors.
Access to markets
Access to markets is a big challenge for us. However, there are many examples where well designed programmes supporting youth cooperatives have led to excellent outcomes. For example in Jordan, the Specific Union for Female Farmers, with AGRICORD support, increased its managerial, entrepreneurial skills and improved access to markets for its members, through packaging and promotion of the products. Another good example is the guinea-pig project carried out by MIJARC in Peru.
We recommend that our skills to learn new technologies are properly valued, particularly in using ICTs as it is done successfully in Uganda and in Ghana. Our flexibility in mobility should also be considered by governments and our families as an asset in exploring new markets and improving the efficiency of value-chains. A good example is found in Togo on the green bean value-chain, with the support of the country's Chamber of Agriculture. Finally, our innovative spirit can help in exploring new activities and niche markets of organic products and Fairtrade.
Access to financial services
Access to credit is a challenge for young people, due to inability to meet banks' collateral requirements. We recommend innovative solutions, such as in the case of Ecuador, where the Advanced Integrated Microfinance for Youth Programme has set-up a process for young people to save money and re-invest their savings profitably. In Cameroon and Senegal, youth groups receive loans in kind (e.g. fertiliser, equipment) without going through financial intermediaries. In Tanzania, specific warehouse systems are allocated to rural youth, with warehouse receipts used as collateral to access credit. Another good example is the Fundaciòn Paraguay which combines financial support with technical training.
Given the fact that our access to credit is limited, we advocate for incentive measures to help start new activities and promote our initiatives.
Access to Knowledge
We recommend that agriculture is included in the school curricula, from primary education onwards. Where agriculture has already been included in the curricula, we advise that these are reviewed and updated in a participatory manner to better respond to evolving needs of rural young women and men. We do not only want education on agricultural production but also along the entire value chain. Furthermore, inter-generational knowledge sharing should be enhanced and mechanisms should be developed to share the knowledge acquired by the youth who migrated to urban areas with their rural communities.
We recommend that governments promote new training models, such as the Don Bosco Agro-Mechanical Technology Centre in the Philippines or the Songhai Centre in Benin, which combine traditional and modern knowledge and help young people to become entrepreneurs. We also recommend the scaling-up of the Junior Farmer Field and Life School model that aims not only to develop agricultural skills following crop cycles , but also builds the self-confidence of the participants over a one-year period.
As a conclusion,
We are confident that our recommendations will be awarded due consideration and youth-focused policies and programmes will be effectively designed, implemented and evaluated.
We reiterate our full commitment to participate in policy, programme and project design and implementation, in order to create sustainable employment, fight poverty, and to promote food security.
For more information about the Farmers' Forum:http://www.ifad.org/farmer/2012/index.htm


text: Friday, June 15, 2012 Social Media Standards of Conduct Adopted The use of social media by physical therapists (PTs), physical therapist assistants (PTAs), and students for professional, work, educational, and personal purposes creates opportunities to communicate in a public forum, and with that the potential for conflicts in patient/client management, APTA's House of Delegates said last week in adopting the new position Standards of Conduct in the Use of Social Media. To use social media productively and avoid these conflicts, the new position calls on PTs, PTAs, and students who engage in social media activities to demonstrate appropriate conduct in accordance with the Code of Ethics for the Physical Therapist and Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant. The standards also call for PTs, PTAs, and students who identify content that appears to be unprofessional to alert the colleague who posted it so that he or she can remove it or take other appropriate actions. Furthermore, the new position requires that PTs, PTAs, and students not misrepresent themselves, APTA or other organizations, educational institutions, clinical sites, or employers on social media. [RC-23] Draft language adopted by the 2012 House will be available on the House Community next week. Final language for all actions taken by the June 2012 House will be available by September after the minutes have been approved. Comments I am the Ohio Ethics chair and we are presenting at our Annual conference on technology and ethics. Could you send me the final Standards of Conduct in the Use of Social Media so I can share at our CEU? Thank You! Posted by Lisa Kohler on 1/4/2018 2:33 PM Lisa - the position as adopted can be found at: http://www.apta.org/uploadedFiles/APTAorg/About_Us/Policies/Ethics/StandrdsConductSocialMedia.pdf Hope this helps! Posted by APTA Staff on 1/5/2018 11:19 AM The link to this document no longer works. Is there an updated document? Posted by Carrie on 2/20/2020 6:06 AM


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Be Careful What QE You Wish For #2467: Gas Prices Surging Again
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by: Tyler Durden
August 8, 2012
After a drop of more than 20% from late April to mid June in wholesale gasoline prices which was heralded as the great savior of a slowing global economy – all those implicit tax cuts… the hopes and dreams of the next great unsterilized money-printing has not only floated equity asset valuations to near multi-year highs but energy prices across Europe and the US are soaring once again. This 'transitory' 25% surge in wholesale gasoline prices in the US in the last two months – now back above $3/gallon implies (given the lag in transmission) that retail gas prices (which historically peak around July 4th) are set to rise notably above last year's summer peak – back up near record highs and eating into that ever so happy to spend consumer's pocketbook once again. Meanwhile, Europeans are seeing near-record highs in retail gas prices once again andBrent priced in EUR (which remember is what they 'care' about) is now back above 2008 highs and within a few euros of all-time record highs – up almost 30% since Mid-June. Deflationary? Recessionary?
US Crude, Wholesale Gasoline, and Retail Gas Prices are charging higher…
Gregory Mannarino – Bursting Of The Debt, Dollar, and Bond Market Bubbles
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August 8, 2012
If The World Is Ending, Here Is What Smart Money Is Doing
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August 8, 2012
Today 40 year veteran, Robert Fitzwilson, wrote the following piece exclusively for King World News. Fitzwilson, who is founder of The Portola Group, put together a fascinating piece which takes covers everything from Art Cashin, the 70s, and what the smart money is doing right now. Below is Fitzwilson's piece.
"The great Art Cashin once said that he was counseled as a young man "not to plan for the end of the world as it is a one-off event". As we try to divine our investment future, it is helpful to keep that sage advice in mind.
When I started my career in the early '70s, my singular goal was to graduate from a certain business school. It was the crowning achievement of my young life. Graduating in 1973, I took a job with an investment firm, eager to learn the business. Unfortunately, I parachuted right into one of the worst bear markets in history. It was so bad that we were forced to retreat to libraries to read books about how to invest.
The answer, though, was simple. Everything was going down. It did not matter what theory one employed. The Dow Jones had peaked in January of 1973 at 1067, and dropped like a stone to finally bottom out at 570 at the end of 1974. Needless to say, my eagerness and budding love of the business was greatly diminished.
I thought it was cruel that I had achieved the crowning achievement of my young life only to find out that the world was going to end. This was the age of the long gas lines. To even get gas, one had to have a friend who knew a friend. You then had to get in line, usually when nobody was looking….
Knight Capital: Just a Warm-Up for the Big One?
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by: Rick Ackerman
August 8, 2012
Anyone betting that the global financial system will continue to muddle along indefinitely deserves to reap the whirlwind that's coming. As the rest of us well know, the international banking system is being kept afloat solely by political lies, stupidity, corruption, greed and, most of all, egregiously misplaced confidence. It would seem to be only a matter of time before the rotted timbers of this belief system give way. But what will be the catalyst? The possibility or even likelihood that the financial system will be toppled by some event no one was expecting was an implicit theme of Nassim Taleb's widely read 2004 book, Fooled by Randomness. In the New York Times, Taleb asserted the following: What we call here a Black Swan (and capitalize it) is an event with the following three attributes. First, it is an outlier, as it lies outside the realm of regular expectations, because nothing in the past can convincingly point to its possibility. Second, it carries an extreme impact. Third, in spite of its outlier status, human nature makes us concoct explanations for its occurrence after the fact, making it explainable and predictable.


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The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) was established in 2000 with a mission to be one of the leading international higher education networks, collaborating to accelerate the creation of knowledge, and developing leaders who will be prepared to address the significant challenges and opportunities in a rapidly changing world.
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WUN initiatives are enhanced by the participation of partners outside the network, including other universities, research institutes, corporations, Non-governmental Organizations and government agencies.
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The University of Rochester, the only private university in the network, became a WUN member in November 2011. The University supports the WUN research development fund and WUN's goal of researcher mobility.
President Joel Seligman represents the University of Rochester on the WUN Partnership Board, which determines the direction of the network.
Provost Peter Lennie serves the WUN Academic Advisory Group, which provides oversight of the policies of the network's academic portfolio.
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Penfolds Cellar Reserve wines are alternative, limited release wines that explore the innovative boundaries of viticulture, vinification and style.
Cellar Reserve Tempranillo is sourced exclusively from McLaren Vale and is a unique Australian expression of this Spanish grape variety. Displaying typical fruit characteristics of berries, liquorice, spice and nectar, extended maturation in seasoned French oak has added great complexity to the palate.
Drinking well now, but will improve with time. Peak drinking window now - 2024.
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Scents of tea-smoked duck. Meaty, gamey, glazed.
Intriguingly, wafts of stone-fruited nectar aromatically set apart from a dollop of chocolate/raspberry (venison) sauce.
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Origin: McLaren Vale, South Australia.
Maturation: 16 months in seasoned French oak barriques.
Variety: Tempranillo.
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(Zhongguo Changpian = China Records M-141)
A1 幽蘭 - Secluded orchids - Guan Pinghu 管平湖
B1 醉漁唱晚 - Drunken fisherman singing in the evening - Zha Fuxi 查阜西
B2 梅花三弄 - Three variations on Prune Blossoms - Bo Xuezhai 薄雪斋
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Fossil fuel combustion accounts for about 80 percent of the rise of atmospheric CO2 since the pre-industrial era, to its current level of 385 parts per million.
While there are huge amounts of coal left, predictions about when and how oil and gas production might start running out have proved controversial, and this has made it difficult to anticipate future emissions, says Hansen.
Less plentiful oil and gas should be used sparingly as well, but based on their newly published research paper, Hansen and his team say that far greater supplies of coal mean that it must be the main target of emissions reductions.
To better understand how the emissions might change in the future, Hansen and climatologist Pushker Kharecha devised five emissions scenarios spanning the years 1850 to 2100.
Satellite imagery shows where carbon dioxide is being emitted or absorbed, measured here in 2003. Reds show sources; blues, absorption. (Image courtesy NASA)
Each reflects a different estimate for the global production peak of fossil fuels, the timing of which depends on reserve size, recoverability and available technology.
"This is the first paper that explicitly melds the two vital issues of global peak oil production and human-induced climate change," Kharecha said. "We found that because coal is much more plentiful than oil or gas, reducing coal emissions is absolutely essential to avoid dangerous climate change."
The first scenario estimates CO2 levels if emissions from fossil fuels follow "business as usual," growing two percent annually until half the existing reserve of each fuel has been recovered. After this, emissions begin to decline by two percent annually.
In the second scenario, emissions from coal are reduced, first by developed countries starting in 2013, and then by developing countries a decade later, leading to a global phaseout of emissions by 2050. The phaseout could come either from reducing coal consumption or by capturing and trapping CO2 from coal burning before it reaches the air.
The remaining three scenarios include the phaseout of coal, but consider different scenarios for oil use and supply. One case considers a delay in the oil peak by about 21 years to 2037.
Another considers fewer than expected additions to currently proven reserves, or taxes on emissions that makes fuels too expensive to extract.
The final scenario looks at emissions from oil fields that peak at different times, extending the peak into a plateau that lasts from 2020-2040.
CO2, which accounts for about half of the human-caused greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, concerns scientists because it can remain for centuries.
Greenhouse gas emissions rise from the coal-fired Conemaugh power plant in Pennsylvania. (Photo by Stefan Schlöhmer)
Hansen's previous research suggests that a dangerous level of global warming may occur if CO2 exceeds a concentration of about 450 parts per million.
That is a 61 percent increase from the pre-industrial level of 280 parts per million, but only 17 percent more than the current level.
Hansen says the danger level would bring a rise of about 1.8 degrees F above the global temperature in the year 2000.
At or beyond this point, disintegration of the West Antarctic ice sheet and Arctic sea ice could reach tipping points, and set in motion feedback mechanisms that would lead to further, accelerated melting.
"Even if we assume high-end estimates and unconstrained emissions from conventional oil and gas, we find that these fuels alone are not abundant enough to take carbon dioxide above 450 parts per million," Kharecha said.
This would apply also to "unconventional" fuels not yet in mainstream use, such as methane hydrates and tar sands, say Hansen and Kharecha. These contain far more fossil carbon than conventional oil and gas, and so could potentially be major contributors to emissions.
"We're illustrating the types of action needed to get to target carbon dioxide levels," Kharecha said. "The most important mitigation strategy we recommend - a phase-out of carbon dioxide emissions from coal within the next few decades - is feasible using current or near-term technologies."
The paper, "Implications of 'peak oil' for atmospheric CO2 and climate" is published in the journal "Global Biogeochemical Cycles." at: http://www.agu.org/journals/gb/
Kharecha is also author of a related article, "How Will the End of Cheap Oil Affect Future Global Climate?"
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Title : Mansion1 Filename : Mansion1.WAD Author : Tim Nelson Email Address : <email removed> Misc. Author Info : Wait until you see my Quake boards!! Description : You're in a mansion. Additional Credits to : Trent Rapp, Steve Jackson, Dan Benedict, and Chad Comer for cool ideas. I'd also like to thank Tim Nelson, without whom this WAD wouldn't have been possible. ================================================================ * Play Information * Game : DOOM II (Is there any other game?) Episode and Level # : Map 7 (So when you kill the last Mancubis something happens.) Single Player : Yes Cooperative 2-4 Player : Yes (But not tested.) Deathmatch 2-4 Player : Yes (Four player rocks!) Difficulty Settings : Yes New Sounds : No New Graphics : No New Music : No Demos Replaced : None (Too many game versions out.) * Construction * Base : New level from scratch Editor(s) used : Edmap 1.23, Edmap 1.24, and Edmap 1.31 (They're the best). Known Bugs : Yeah right. Build Time : See below * Copyright / Permissions * Authors may NOT use this level as a base to build additional levels. You MAY distribute this WAD, provided you include this file, with no modifications. You may distribute this file in any electronic format (BBS, Diskette, CD, etc) as long as you include this file intact. * Where to get this WAD * FTP sites: ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/levels Other: AOL (hopefully a couple days after this was posted) * Other Stuff * For all you would-be WAD authors out there, I documented every step of building this WAD. Hopefully it will give you an idea of the work that goes into a well-built WAD. 6/25 10:45 PM Started it all! 12:00 AM Have one staircase, one hallway with rug and other hallway. 6/26 6:15 PM Going to work on other staircase and elevators. 8:00 PM Have other hallway with rug, other staircase and elevator! Must eat now. 6/27 12:15 AM Will put in other elevator, lamps, and banisters. 1:00 AM Tested lamps, one banister, problems with banister's inside textures, will fix at final build. It's looking very good! Still only one elevator. 6:30 PM Will put in other banister and mess with other elevator. 7:00 PM Taking break to eat. Have other banister and elevator textures are done. 6/28 12:00 AM Took monster break. Will put in other banister and elevator. 1:40 AM Messed around with build step thing but couldn't figure it out. Put in other banisters and elevator. 3:00 PM Going to mess with other hallways, steps, and elevators. 3:35 PM Got one more elevator and part of another hallway. 6/29 1:45 PM Work on a room!! 3:45 PM Have protolibrary. Had to stop because of storm. 5:55 PM Work on lighting and library. 6:55 PM Fixed textures in library but did little lighting. 6/30 2:00 PM Work on hallways and lighting. Maybe another room. 3:45 PM Have secret room and a preliminary cellar. 7/6 1:05 AM Had good 4th of July weekend. Going to make some steps and perhaps another hallway. 2:20 AM Made one door and fixed a couple textures. Stairs I wanted didn't work out. Shit on me! 7/7 1:30 AM Going to try other type of stairs. 2:30 AM Made other hallway and stairs. Looks pretty cool! 7/9 10:45 PM Going to make a meat locker and another room. 11:45 PM Started on a garden. Textures suck (as in to align)! 7/10 7:30 PM Going to make a balcony in garden and railing and trees. 8:00 PM Made railing and one tree. 7/26 10:50 PM Had to take a break, I was burning out. Going to do much. 12:35 AM Did mostly lighting and made a meat locker. 7/28 1:45 AM Work on garded, balconies, and one staircase. 3:30 AM Fixed one staircase, made a garden balcony and worked on secret room. Listened to Badmotorfinger and Danzig 4. 7/31 7:20 PM One word: Banisters. 8:05 PM Did some banisters and a window. 8/1 1:20 AM Will make more windows and perhaps a room. 3:05 AM Made a walkway, windows, and Wolfenstein stuff. 8/2 6:15 PM Trees 'n' stuff. 7:30 PM No trees, just Wolfenstein stuff. 8/3 5:40 PM Map stuff and hallway. 6:00 PM Did little map stuff and no hallway. 8/4 12:45 AM Now hallway and stuff. 1:45 AM Going to take an MK2 break. 2:15 AM Hallway and stuff. 2:55 AM Added hallway and another elevator. 11:00 PM Rooms and hallways. 11:30 PM Did a room with crates. 8/5 1:40 AM Finish crate room. 1:55 AM Having huge Edmap problems! 8/6 1:40 AM Just going to hope Edmap doesn't crash! 2:00 AM Edmap kept crashing! Fixed some staircase textures, though. 10:30 PM Got Edmap 1.31. Seems to work. Working on storage room. 11:00 PM Going to take a break. Edmap is working!!!! 11:35 PM Finish up crate room. 12:45 AM Did crate room and a balcony. Going to wrap it up soon. 8/9 12:45 AM Make another crate room. 1:30 AM Made crate room and fixed all staircase textures! 8/11 12:15 AM Make a balcony and acid room. 2:00 AM Did what I said I'd do!! 12:50 PM Work more on acid room and secret room. 1:55 PM Made a secret room in library and other very cool BFG secret. 8/12 4:55 PM Work on sacrifice room. 6:05 PM Didn't make it to sacrifice room. Did hit 400 sectors and some more exits out of the library. 8/13 6:30 PM Made boot disk so I have tons o' memory. Going to fix floors and ceilings and make sacrifice room. 8:00 PM Did major texture, floor and ceiling fixes! 8/15 11:35 PM More texture fixes and maybe sacrifice room. 1:05 AM Did texture fixes!! 8/16 12:50 PM Maybe sacrifice room..... 2:35 AM Texture fixes and beginning of cathedral. 8/17 11:45 PM Fix HOM in main room and work on cathedral. 1:00 AM Fixed HOM and did big cathedral work. 8/24 12:35 PM Put in beasts. 1:55 PM Did some item and beast placement. 8/25 12:30 PM Going to mess with keycard 'n' stuff. 12:40 PM Didn't do much!! 8/27 2:00 AM Layout! 3:30 AM Did layout! 11:25 PM Cathedral work. 12:40 AM Did mostly cathedral work. 9/1 12:35 AM Got the beastly Edmap machine. With Win '95, I have tons o' memory. Do cathedral work. 1:20 AM Did mild cathedral work. I mostly playtested. 9/5 3:40 PM Hopefully finish structure. 4:30 PM Taking a break. The viewer ain't working. 5:15 PM Now finish a little more. 6:45 PM Finished structure!!!! 9/6 2:00 AM Work on textures, beasties, and items. 3:55 AM Aligned many textures and put in lots of items and beasts. Just need to tweak it all now. 9/7 2:15 AM Going to mess with a lot. 4:00 AM Did all textures. 8:10 PM Playtesting! 8:40 PM Did just that. 11:25 PM More playtesting. 12:25 AM Did it. 9/8 2:00 AM Lighting. 3:30 AM Did lighting, but mostly textures and a little playtesting. Almost done. 9/9 1:15 AM Playtesting. 2:45 AM Mostly textures. 9/13 2:50 AM Do stuff in library. 3:05 AM Did just that. I'm done Tiny E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I leave you with the fact that my board took 56 hours to create. Although that is just the time spent at the computer. That doesn't include time spent dreaming up all the stuff to put in it. If you enjoyed this WAD, please E-Mail me. As long as I'm not swamped with E-Mail, I'll respond to your message. Also if you enjoyed it, upload it like crazy. That's about it. 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September 28, 2006
To The Editor:
I was disturbed to find Sunday morning that someone had trespassed on my private property and removed some signs for some of the Republican candidates. Happily, Jim Parker's sign was left. I noticed this had occurred elsewhere in Warren. No matter where anyone of us stands politically, I would hope that all of us would cherish free speech and the right of each other to express ourselves in an appropriate fashion.
Taking down a sign for a candidate whom one does not support is cowardly and certainly not the American way. The Valley is filled with thoughtful people who may differ and often debate these issues openly, and that is why it is disturbing to have someone perform an act like this.
Win Smith


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|Magic The Gathering
Event Type: Teen Event
Date: 12/9/2019
Start Time: 3:30 PM
End Time: 5:30 PM
Teens can join us in playing the card game �Magic the Gathering� every Monday from 3:30 to 5:30 PM! It will be casual gameplay for players of all skill levels. The library will have some starter decks available to borrow for those who don�t bring their own. No registration needed just come and enjoy the card game.
Location: Youth Programming Room
Other Information:
For Grades 6 through 12


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Southern Maine see home construction surge, but the rest of the state remains stagnant
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) � Industry officials say new home construction in southern Maine has jumped 35 percent in 2012, but warn that the rest of the state remains stagnant.
Larry Duell, president of the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Maine, tells The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/Xxl2q4 ) there is growth in coastal areas of York County but new home permitting in the rest of the state remains weak.
Construction Data New England says from January through September, builders took out 802 permits in 37 communities from Lewiston to Kittery. That compared with 594 permits for the same period last year.
Builders say while the market in southern Maine is stronger, it still faces challenges, including tight financing by banks. Also, values of existing homes have fallen, making it cheaper to buy than to build.
Information from: Portland Press Herald, http://www.pressherald.com


text: All proceeds from the FEARLESS Bookstore will go directly back to the Fearless Project and be used to help pay for more Fearless Project photo shoots. The photo shoots are done entirely for free by artist Jeff Sheng for the athletes who volunteer to be in them. We hope that the sales of products here can help make it possible for more athletes to have their pictures taken and for the continuation of the Fearless Project. Athletes who wish to be photographed can visit jeffsheng.com for more information.


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I love it when films help me to understand a new culture. Usually, I visit these new cultures through documentaries, but Yaron Zilberman's non-documentary feature A Late Quartet captivated me with an introduction to the world of orchestral music. More impressive, he uses a technical explanation as a gateway to the conflict between his central characters. Their instruments are thoughtful metaphors for their personalities, and we see how the pursuit of personal expression through a musician's art can both divide and unite his or her group. The movie does hit a false note when it forces a conflict between two characters, but for the most part, the cast, the story, and the setting play together in perfect harmony.
The Fugue String Quartet is about to enter its new season. First violinist Daniel (Mark Ivanir), second violinist Robert (Philip Seymour Hoffman), violist Jules (Catherine Keener), and cellist Peter (Christopher Walken) have been playing together for twenty-five years. Daniel is the group's founder, Robert and Jules are married, and Peter is the elderly heart of the group. When Peter confesses to the group that he's in the early stages of Parkinson's disease and will likely have to retire, it sets off a chain reaction where the group's dynamic is severely tested. Robert feels like a new cellist offers the opportunity for him to alternate first violin with Daniel, but Daniel and Jules disagree. Daniel also begins mentoring Jules and Robert's daughter, Alexandra (Imogen Poots), which leads to other complications.
These conflicts are made so much richer because they're set in a world that will be foreign to most viewers. I didn't know how quartets operated, how their business worked, their particular brand of celebrity, and the affect on their off-stage lives. Zilberman and co-writer Seth Grossman also do a wonderful job of explaining how a good quartet functions as a musical group. In a fantastic monologue, Alexandra explains to Daniel why she thinks the quartet works so well together, and the importance of each instrument. She notes how each instrument relies on the others, and the fullness of the quartet's music resulting from the complimentary personalities.
The personal lives of the quartet are entwined with their music. Robert is overwhelmed with insecurities, Jules tries to be the mediator, Daniel wants to keep the group in line, and the sorrowful cello captures Peter's depression at losing his gift and the quartet. But Peter is also the baseline, and despite the upheaval in his life, he wants to make sure the quartet can carry on with a replacement without missing a beat. There's a constant pull between selfishness and selflessness in the quartet. Peter is endlessly giving, but his fellow musicians are at odds with trying to figure out if they'll have to sacrifice the quartet for happiness outside the group (it's worth noting that Peter's wife, Miriam, died the previous year, so his actions are even more impressive when you consider the quartet is the only family he has left).
Thanks to the excellent performances from the cast, the majority of the conflicts ring true. However, despite strong turns from Ivanir and Poots, the relationship between Daniel and Alexandra feels like a poor way to create character arc for Daniel and establish tension between Jules and her daughter. A far more organic conflict comes between Robert and Jules. They need to be equals in the quartet, but he wants his wife's support in helping him expand beyond the second violin even though she thinks it would be best if he Daniel remained the only first violin. Jules and Robert want to keep their work and personal lives separate, but A Late Quartet illustrates that their art is reflection of their lives.
Until I watched A Late Quartet, I never understood the art behind music. I knew it was there, but the movie explains how one's emotions can enter into the tight confines of a composer's piece, and how the choice of piece can in turn reflect the emotions of the musician. I now understand why playing an instrument simply isn't a matter of hitting all the notes, and how a collaborative group like a quartet becomes even more complicated as four individual artists must find a way to blend their art, and therefore their personal lives, into something grander than what the individual could achieve. A Late Quartet never reaches for grandiose aspirations of using the story as an exploration of music theory. Instead, it keeps a handle on the intimate story between the characters, and enriches that story with an eloquent appreciation of how art and life play in concert with each other.
Rating: B+
For all of our TIFF 2012 coverage, click here. Here are links to all of my TIFF 2012 reviews:
- Anna Karenina
- Argo
- Arthur Newman
- Byzantium
- Cloud Atlas
- End of Watch
- Hyde Park on Hudson
- The Iceman
- Inescapable
- Looper
- The Master
- Much Ado about Nothing
- On the Road
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- The Place Beyond the Pines
- Seven Psychopaths
- Sightseers
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Stories We Tell
- To the Wonder


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Continuing my series of posts related to the 2012 Lammys, today we have the category of "Best Running Feature", a category that I received a nomination in for my series "Movies That Everyone Should See".
I'm really, really honored to be nominated here, as this series is my pride and joy.
I'm definitely up against some stiff competition though, with a field that includes Duke and the Movies, Rachel's Reel Reviews, True Classics, and Cinematic Paradox.
As planned for each post in this series, I'm going to highlight what each of the nominees in the field have going on, and explain why you should consider me with your vote. Hopefully this will be enlightening for Lammy voters, no matter which way they decide, and for non-Lammies, hopefully this will help you follow along with the action as we go through these next couple of weeks!


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My son John and I stood several layers of people deep near the Champs Elysees on July 29, 2001 – one of the best days of my life. We had flown to Paris the day before for a bike trip in France which by lucky coincidence coincided with the final stage of the Tour de France. We knew Lance Armstrong would win and we wanted to be there. We bought American flags, got there early and waited in the hot sun surrounded mostly by French fans. We were excited and proud of our country and our champion. For about an hour, nothing happened. Then there were helicopters overhead and a caravan of support bikes and news trucks advancing the cyclists. Finally, Lance appeared in the distance his bright yellow leader's jersey standing out.
On this last day of the Tour, the cyclists took ten laps, in Armstrong's case, ten victory laps. On his first turn, we waved our flags and cheered as he pedaled by. On the next, I took a picture of Armstrong as he biked past us, out in front of several others. I framed it, kept it in our company kitchen and looked at it for 11 years. It brought the memory of the day back and inspired me to stay in shape and focus on hard goals.
I took the picture down last year after the U.S. and World Doping Agencies banned Armstrong from cycling and stripped his wins from the record books. I stowed it in a drawer by my desk and replaced it with a panoramic shot of Utah mountains.
If there was ever any doubt about Armstrong's guilt, it's gone after his confessional to Oprah Winfrey. It's undisputed now that he used prohibited performance boosting drugs, lied consistently about his actions, and bullied former team mates and others while fighting to keep them silent and discredit them.
I will always remember the great time John and I had that day. We left the Tour and went to Parc Floral, a long cab ride away, to see Maceo Parker, a gifted jazz saxophonist who used to back up James Brown. But the memory of seeing Lance Armstrong do victory laps in Paris means something to me now that it didn't then. He had no limits on ambition and his dominant value was to win at all costs.
Some will say that he did what almost all other world class cyclists did and that he just did it better. Maybe so. But the point is he chose the sport, he chose to break its rules, and he chose to ruin those around him to safeguard his record and false image. That can't be excused or rationalized. Now, he's paying a steep and life lasting price. Armstrong created a legacy that will stand for greed and ruthlessness, in its own way as lasting as Bernie Madoff's.
Every organization whether in sports, business, academia, or government has rules. But they're enforced retroactively, after the damage is done. We need to think more about the costs of our actions before we do them and temper our desire to win with integrity. The costs of doing otherwise can be much worse than we think.
When I look at my picture now, I have different thoughts about Lance Armstrong. I don't see a champion but instead a bully, liar and cheat. If that's what Lance Armstrong's career ends up meaning to others, then it will be a lasting legacy, though, for him, not the one he ever contemplated.
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