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I always learned to be philanthropic... to give back.
It was jarring to be berated for 'acting white' when I was placed in a predominantly black middle school in Southern California. I was also chubby, into boys who weren't into me, and tried too hard to fit into this 'blackness' I was supposed to be.
It's a bit cliche, but you can't go wrong by writing what you know. Even if you're a horrible writer, your own knowledge and experience is unrivaled. Nobody knows what you know like you know what you know. The way you see things is pretty unique.
Mainstream media has convinced people that black people aren't relatable. So when a Jewish person comes up to me and is all, 'Oh man, I love that one scene from Episode 3, I watch it over and over again,' I'm so happy. Because that's what I want.
My first web series, 'Dorm Diaries,' was a realistic mockumentary about what it was like to be black at Stanford University. I'm black and I went to Stanford. Boom. Easy.
The Internet has provided small communities for racism online, and people feel free to do it. Ultimately, there should be some consequence - if you promote your racism online then there should be a consequence.
You know, even with the 'Awkward Black Girl' episodes, they come out once a month. That's great for me, it's comfortable, it gives each time to digest, time for new people to get on to it and caught up, but oftentimes I have people who are almost demanding a higher output from me.
'Awkward Black Girl' is spreading to all the right people because of word of mouth and social networks. I'm so grateful.
I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not funny.
I think that television and the web are fusing anyway, so I think that ultimately whatever I do, I'm going to blend the two forms.
I wouldn't be anywhere without the Internet.
I'm a social media addict.
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Respectfully, 'Awkward Black Girl' was never meant to be politically correct. We poke fun at ignorance.
Black and awkward is the worst, because black people are stereotyped as being anything but awkward in mainstream media... Black people are always portrayed to be cool or overly dramatic, anything but awkward.
I don't like to be overexposed. Too many articles, too many tweets, too many posts, I just don't like that. But at the same time, we live in a culture where that's almost necessary. People want content and they want their stuff when they want it.
I don't think the mainstream media understands people of color are multidimensional. For some reason, there's an idea that only white people are relatable. I don't think it's necessarily racist. But it's odd, because the people who watch the most television are black women, so we should be represented in more ways.
I never really had to put much thought into my race, and neither did anybody else. I knew I was black. I knew there was a history that accompanied my skin color, and my parents taught me to be proud of it. End of story.
I personally don't feel any pressure to make jokes about multiple baby-fathers and stereotypical black jokes, because one, that's just not my life, and two, I wouldn't even sound right talking about those things.
I really want to be the black Tina Fey, where I just am able to produce my own content and produce other content for other minority filmmakers and put their voices on screen and basically be able to have free range to produce.
I think that just because the show is titled 'Awkward Black Girl' and it is a predominantly black cast doesn't mean that you shouldn't be able to relate to these people. We're all human beings. We all essentially go through the same things when it comes down to it, so I don't I think that should limit who watches it.


OPB reported that the Portland City Council voted to refer a $258 million bond measure for affordable housing to the voters in November. If approved, the measure would create 1,300 housing units, at a cost of $75 a year in taxes for the typical homeowner.
Portland Shoupistas asked if the Portland City Council suppressed the supply of housing in 2013 when in many areas of the city it added minimum parking requirements for buildings with more than 30 units. This Wednesday the City Council will consider zoning changes related to parking in Northwest Portland. Members of the NW Parking Stakeholder Advisory Committee are likely to request that the City Council extend the minimum parking requirements into the Northwest District.
A historic synagogue at 3225 SW Barbur Blvd could be threatened by new development, according to the Willamette Week. The distinctive dome of Ahavath Achim was designed by noted mid-century architect John Storrs. A recent Early Assistance application was received by the City for a 30-unit apartment complex on the site.
The Business Tribune wrote about 1510 NE Multnomah, the 677 unit development by Holst Architecture, planned for the parking lot of the Regal Lloyd Center 10 & IMAX. The project had its first Design Review hearing on June 30th.
The Portland City Council voted to approve a policy that will make closing sidewalks and bike lanes a "last resort" during construction projects.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Broadway Tower, according to the Portland Business Journal. The Portland Chronicle covered the demolition of the Oregonians Credit Union building, which was formerly located on the site.
The City has fired the contractor that was developing ITAP, the new permitting software for the Bureau of Development Services. Despite spending $3.9 million on the project to date, the software is years behind schedule and nowhere near complete.
Next City asked if National Treasure designation will save Veterans Memorial Coliseum?
New mixed-use building containing ground floor retail, office and apartments with height of 200 ft and FAR of approx 370,000 sq ft.
New 25-unit, 5-story, full sprinklered, wood-framed apartment building with flow-through planter at east side of property. No parking included. Will use Community Design Standards.
Proposal is for re-development of an existing restuarant building and construction of a new drive-thru Carl's Jr restaurant.
30 unit 2 Buildings, Apartments (Demo Existing Structure); using density bonuses. On-site Stormwater, on site Stormwater. Questions regarding existing overlapping easements.
6-story, 58 residential unit building. Ground floor parking is proposed. A 7.5 foot pedestrian path is proposed along the north property line.
Proposal is for a new development of a five level 8 unit residential structure. Four units and common uses on ground level. Four full floor flats above. No on-site parking. Applicant is planning on following community design standards.
Proposed project is a 5-story apartment building with 88+ residential apartments. Ground level surface parking will be provided, as well as secure bike room. Will go through design review instead of meeting community design standards.


0118. Prophecy – I am warning you World this is for you. New Age, witches, ect.
118. Sound clip from original tape recording about 5 minutes long.
During Prayer I saw an American Bison. I guess you call it another Buffalo. It didn't look like the one I saw earlier. That's about all. I don't understand this Buffalo stuff.
Ah Yes, Ray, I am still here, for the Power and Glory belongs to Jehovah. For the Power and Glory Belongs to Jesus Christ. For the Power and the Glory Belongs to the Holy Spirit. Listen to Me, World! Listen to Me, you sinners. Listen to Me, the Ones who don't believe in Jehovah, for this Message is for you and only for you. For I have set aside this time to speak to you.
I have warned you for thousands, thousands of years and you are a stiff necked People. You don't listen, so you have been warned. So when the Ax falls…, and the stone that's around your neck, the one that will send you to the Pit, to the Abyss, to Gehenna, that will be your reward for following your god Satan, himself.
For I, Jehovah, cannot keep My Eyes closed any longer. For the prayers of My Saints have been rattling My Ears for years and years and years. I, Jehovah, with My Son Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the Power of the Holy Spirit, We are bringing this Planet to a close. I don't care if you believe it of not. For when that day comes you will see who is the True God of the Universe, Who is the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings. For the Power of God is the only Power in the Universe.


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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf resigns as inauguration security looms
Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf abruptly announced his resignation Monday as his agency leads critical security planning for the upcoming inauguration.
In a message to DHS staffers obtained by USA TODAY, Wolf said his resignation would take effect at 11:59 p.m. Monday.
"I am saddened to take this step, as it was my intention to serve the Department until the end of this Administration," Wolf said. "Unfortunately, this action is warranted by recent events, including the ongoing and meritless court rulings regarding the validity of my authority as Acting Secretary. These events and concerns increasingly serve to divert attention and resources away from the important work of the Department in this critical time of a transition of power."
Wolf said Pete Gaynor, FEMA administrator, will take over as acting secretary.
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf testifies at his Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on September 23, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Greg Nash / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GREG NASH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 0 ORIG FILE ID: AFP_8QK4R2.jpg
"Administrator Gaynor is a consummate professional and will lead the Department ably," Wolf said.
The White House on Thursday withdrew its nomination of Wolf to be the permanent Department of Homeland Security secretary just over an hour after Wolf urged the president to "strongly condemn" the unrest at the U.S. Capitol.
Wolf joined several former and current administration officials in denouncing the president's supporters who violently forced their way into the Capitol building during a joint session of Congress to count the Electoral Votes to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's win. The upheaval led to more than 60 charges and five deaths, including a woman who was shot inside the U.S. Capitol.
"What transpired yesterday was tragic and sickening. While I have consistently condemned political violence on both sides of the aisle, specifically violence directed at law enforcement, we now see some supporters of the President using violence as a means to achieve political ends," Wolf said in a statement.
White House spokesman Judd Deere said the withdrawal had no correlation to Wolf's statement.
"The withdrawal occurred yesterday and was not related at all to Wednesday's events or the Acting Secretary's comments this morning. Acting Secretary Wolf remains the acting secretary and continues to perform the duties of his office," Deere said in a statement.
The White House did not provide any details on why it withdrew the nomination.
The acting DHS secretary was the first Cabinet official to publicly call on Trump to roundly condemn the violence.
"This is unacceptable. These violent actions are unconscionable, and I implore the President and all elected officials to strongly condemn the violence that took place yesterday."
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., bashed the outgoing acting secretary, citing the timing of the decision and its proximity to the Jan. 20 inauguration. DHS oversees the Secret Service, which is leading the inaugural security operation.
"He has chosen to resign during a time of national crisis and when domestic terrorists may be planning additional attacks on our government," Thompson said. "Unlike others, he is apparently not leaving the Trump Administration on principle."
Thompson went on to assail Trump administration's leadership of the department.
"The Trump Administration too often used the Department as a political weapon, left countless senior leadership positions vacant, and let morale suffer," Thompson said. "Our homeland security has diminished as a result. Thankfully, with a new administration, the 240,000 men and women of the Department of Homeland Security will have much better leadership soon and this dark chapter will be over."
President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Alejandro Mayorkas to become the first immigrant and first Latino to lead the DHS, which oversees immigration policy and border security among its vast portfolio.
The department has been one of the most contentious arenas in the federal government as President Donald Trump sought to tighten border security, reduce refugee admissions, increase deportations and build a larger wall along the border with Mexico.
Mayorkas, a Cuban American who arrived with his parents as refugees from Fidel Castro's regime in 1960, once served as deputy secretary of the department and headed its citizenship agency.
Contributing: Courtney Subramanian and Deirdre Shesgreen
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Acting Homeland Security Sec. Chad Wolf resigns before inauguration
Armenia has returned all Azeri prisoners who were captured during last year's conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, but the process with Armenian prisoners has been held up, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. The six-week conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh was brought to a halt in November by a Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement under which Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces were expected to exchange all captives. Armenia has said that many of its prisoners of war remain in Azerbaijan, a problem it has raised with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk group.
Israeli military aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip early on Monday in response to two rockets fired from the Palestinian territory, the military said. In a statement, the military said fighter jets hit Hamas military targets, including sites for digging underground tunnels, some of which stretch into Israel. There were also no reports of damage or injury from the rockets launched.
President-elect says in a statement to supporters: 'Service is a fitting way to start to heal, unite, and rebuild this country we love'
Securing The Capitol Ahead Of Inauguration Day
Acting DHS secretary: Authorites on 'heightened alert' after Capitol riot
Stepping Up Inauguration Day Security (Pt. 2)
FBI vetting 25,000 National Guard troops over fears of insider attack on Inauguration Day
What is Fort Bend County's Inauguration Day safety plan?
Kamala Harris will resign from her Senate seat on Monday ahead of inauguration as vice president
Philadelphia, capital cities ramp up security ahead of presidential inauguration
WPVI – Philadelphia
FBI vetting all 25,000 National Guard troops in Washington DC
Wisconsin National Guard Depart for Washington Ahead of Inauguration
Security tightened at State House ahead of inauguration
WCVB - Boston

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South Rawa Badak (Rawa Badak Selatan in Indonesian)  is administrative village (kelurahan in Indonesian) at  Koja subdistrict, North Jakarta.

The zip code of this administrative village is 14230.

Toponymy and history
The name of Rawa Badak possibly derived from Sundanese word rawa badag, which the mean is the wide swamp. In the eastern of Jakarta (the former name is Batavia), when this administrative village lies, were the wide swamp in the early time.

South Rawa Badak is the separation of former Rawa Badak administrative village, according to Governor Decree (Surat Keputusan Gubernur Propinsi Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) Number  1251 of 1986.

Referensi

Administrative villages in Jakarta

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Control board loses true leader – THE BUFFALO NEWS
Home News Control board loses true leader – THE BUFFALO NEWS
Baynes' health-related resignation ends a term that helped taxpayers
Nobody can say Anthony Baynes didn't give it his all. When the Amherst businessman took over as chairman more than two years ago, the Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority was a wobbly enterprise, more interested in appearing fierce than in actually doing the public's business.
Once Baynes took over, though, it was a different game. The board grew teeth and it wasn't afraid to use them. Given the opportunity, it went from a soft, advisory status into a "hard" control period. Confronted by the county comptroller, County Legislature and two county executives over who would borrow money on the county's behalf, the control board wouldn't back down.
It didn't end there, as the State Legislature, led by the local delegation, sought to undermine the control board with a measure that would allow the county to do its own borrowing. Baynes said he'd quit if Gov. David A. Paterson signed the bill. Last month, Paterson announced he would veto it.
Now Baynes is forced to step down anyway, due to all-too- real concerns about his health. Baynes, who owns and runs a shipping logistics company, has suffered three traumatic brain injuries, the most recent in 2003. He is prone to severe headaches and required therapy. Last year, he collapsed during a control board meeting. He said he regrets leaving prematurely — his term would have ended next year — but he said he and his doctors agreed that his deteriorating health made that decision necessary.
Erie County residents have cause to lament the resignation of a leader so committed to the interests of taxpayers and to insist that his replacement be equally devoted. That may be easier said than done.
Control board members are true public servants. Often targeted for vicious verbal abuse by government and union leaders and workers, they do a thankless job for no pay. Elected officials don't much like them — at least, the unenlightened ones don't — and government workers may not, either, especially as their unions seek to renegotiate their labor contracts. As chairman, Baynes has come in for special abuse by former County Executive Joel A. Giambra and, even more strangely, by his successor, Chris Collins, who ran as a supporter of the county board but who quickly changed sides after taking office.
That's a tough job description to publish, but as Paterson looks for a successor, he needs to look for someone like Baynes: someone willing to take shot after shot from critics but who calmly insists on following the law and looking out for the interests of Erie County taxpayers. Baynes did that. He will be missed.


In 1984 the faculty at the University of Missouri School of Law identified what seemed like a missing piece in legal education: the amount of attention that law schools were paying to teach students how to be problem solvers. The faculty realized that this gap was in part due to the lack of understanding regarding the theory and practice of how disputes were resolved outside the litigation context. While scholars and practitioners had started to study alternative dispute resolution processes, the field lacked a coherent core.
With the support and encouragement of Dean Dale Whitman, the faculty embarked on a mission to shape the development of this nascent field of legal studies through the creation of the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, and a commitment to bring together scholars to teach and research in this area.
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Archives for posts with tag: Section Five Twenty-Eight
This one's too brilliant not to give over in full, and for that, my apologies to the Times and Mr. Wakefield, whose words are reproduced wholesale, here.
But generally, if you're not going to the paper's site every Monday to check out the "Metropolitan Diary," you're missing out. Find the rest of this week's here.
For those who'll get to it later, however:
Dear Diary:
Flash back 40 years. The world champion Amazin' Mets were the toast of the town.
My wife worked on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and I was always assigned a volunteer job of meeting a
limousine early Thanksgiving morning at my Chelsea apartment building,
and then picking up a celebrity for one of the floats.
That year, two limousines were dispatched; we went to Shea Stadium in a convoy, and picked up six Mets for a key float. Three of them were Tug McGraw,
Ron Swoboda and Ed Charles; I can't remember who the other three were.
After dropping them off at the staging area on Broadway at 79th Street,
I hopped a subway to Herald Square and went to an upper floor, where
coffee and maybe a little Irish whiskey awaited.
When the parade
reached its final destination, some of the Mets joined workers and
Macy's employees and their families for drinks and snacks. The son of a
Macy's employee was observing his 9th birthday, and he told the Mets
Without so much as a word, but cackling, Swoboda picked him
up, turned him upside down, and McGraw smacked his bottom nine times. I
have never seen a 9-year-old with bigger eyes.
Dean M. Wakefield
Fan-bloody-tastic.
Tags 1969 World Series, Ed Charles, fandom, Mets, Ron Swoboda, Section Five Twenty-Eight, Tug McGraw
I Have No Time, But Let Me Just Say
The word is (from Jon Heyman of SI.com, found at Metsblog) that the Phillies got Roy Halladay, the Mariners got the Phillies' Cliff Lee, and the Toronto Blue Jays (Halladay's initial team) got prospects from Philadelphia and Seattle.
And John Lackey's in Boston, getting checked out. (Same sources as previous.)
You know what this really means?
It means Cliff Lee–an amazingly dominant pitcher in this most recent World Series–has moved from the National League to the American League. It does not mean the Phillies have both Cliff Lee and Roy Halladay as a one-two punch.
It means the Phillies have given up Cliff Lee, money, and prospects for some unspecified number of years of Roy Halladay.
It means John Lackey, who could've wound up in our local market and given Mets fans who sweat the latest Yankee move, has become a problem that's solely the province of Yankee fans.
It means the Mets have not signed a pitcher with elbow problems or a pitcher who's about to enter the second phase of his career–one that could be defined by increasing decrepitude just as easily as it can be defined by greatness.
I think the Mets come up aces here. They've got Johan Santana; they can still hunt for Jason Marquis (unless I've lost total contact with the world and Marquis has moved–if so, please email me about it, 'cause that's the only way I'll know). Is Garland still free? I've eaten three meals in three days; please send word and a Five Guys cheeseburger.
Furthermore, two teams with relatively sensible GMs have just set the bar for free-agent pitching contracts. Other pitchers, whose hype has not dominated the wires over the past weeks, will fall short of said bar.
Cerrone's freaking out a bit. And he has legitimate concerns. But I think the Mets are astoundingly lucky here. The Phillies could've managed Cliff Lee AND Roy Halladay; the Yankees could've had Sabathia, Burnett, and Lackey in their rotation.
Frankly, as fans we're at the exact same number of wins and losses we were at when the week began. As Neil Mink tells Tony Soprano at the end of "All Due Respect": be of good cheer.
Tags Boston Red Sox, Cliff Lee, Jason Marquis, John Lackey, Jon Garland, Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Roy Halladay, Seattle Mariners, Section Five Twenty-Eight, Toronto Blue Jays
Better Know Some Pitchers: 28 Days Later
I posted more recently than twenty-eight days ago, but talking about Chip Caray doesn't count.
So what'd I miss? Plenty. And nothing.
Luis Castillo is gone. No, he isn't. Yes, he is. No, he isn't. Roy Halladay will be a Met. No, he won't. Yes, he will. Not unless the Mets pick up and move to the West Coast, and take their Dodger-esque ball park with them. John Lackey's a bigger wild card than It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia's Charlie Kelly. (The preceding link is intended only for mature audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.)
Alex Cora signed and Elmer Dessens either has or will very soon. Brian Schneider, who was not on the radar, is completely off the radar, and Chris Coste is a Met, but he barely registered when he wasn't, and I'm fine with keeping our relationship at that level.
So there. That's what's transpired, it seems. And a lot of maybes, coulds, and possiblies. Enough to make me glad I'm not a sports journalist. Not enough to make me stop daydreaming about it when I'm trying to calculate a company's overhead, but enough nonetheless.
There's vitriol, here. Not seething; not yet. But looking at my notes for the free agent starting pitchers posts that I either bailed on or got shanghaied away from (you choose your perspective), I'm dismayed by the prospects. Todd Wellemeyer? I was going to try and make a case for Todd Wellemeyer?
There's more. Oh, believe me, there's more.
Ben Sheets' only definitive, demonstrable use at this point would be as a prognosticator of rain delays. Pay the man a token for his elbow, stick that by the home run apple in center, and designate the $10MM or $12MM that would've gone for the rest of him, for something else.
Hey, you know who's a bajillion million trillion years old? Bartolo Colon.
If Braden "Blooper" Looper, a former Met reliever, is considered for a spot in the team's rotation, then I imagine Aaron Heilman's head will explode. And that might be reason alone to do it. In an odd bit of confluence, Looper told Sporting News (you'll click here for the report via Yahoo! Sports) that he'd be cool with signing with the Cubs.
And speaking of Cubs both potential and former, word is the Texas Rangers just paid $7.5 million for a year of Rich Harden. Geoff Baker of the Seattle Times's Mariners Blog shows a northwesterner's measured equanimity
in discussing the Mariners' fortunes, in light of their NOT getting
their man. I have a friend who called me up as the news was breaking.
She sounded ready to throw a chair.
I don't know. I'm with Baker. Name a season in which Rich Harden's thrown more than two hundred innings one hundred fifty innings. …
An out below one hundred ninety in 2004. He gave up five runs in one inning to the 2004 Reds, and Griffey had nothing to do with it. Positively Perez-ish.
And speaking of that game? Justin Duchscherer replaced Harden during that inning. Jerry Crasnick's report from back in August may jog your memory re: Duchscherer. I'm not pointing that out to say the guy couldn't take the heat in New York or should have a strike against him as a result of his condition–far from it. He's either a competitor and should want to play where he can show he's the best, or he should stop playing the game and do something else, which would be fine and great. But he can't come to the Mets after the Mets' 2009 season, unless he's literally made of steel. Heavy-gauge steel. Non-corrosive… you get the point. A hip injury will lead to some kind of metal eventually, but certainly not now, and not in time to be a reasonable and inexpensive option.
And while I'm complaining about people with extended stays on the DL, I remain unconvinced that paying Erik Bedard anything more than a year, a plane ticket, and room and board is a good idea. Bringing us back to the Seattle Times and Geoff Baker: word is he'll already miss part of 2010.
Joel Piniero seems like a trap. And Jayson Stark (as I read from Matt Cerrone's redesigned Metsblog) is saying Piniero's agent is worth more than a three-year, $10 million deal. Expensive trap for a guy that just recently seemed to figure things out, at the Mets' expense.
Noah Lowry hasn't been right since 2007, and recently had a rib removed to help relieve a syndrome I've never even heard of. And I once spent sixteen hours with Wikipedia, the complete Talking Heads discography, and a bottle of whiskey (a blizzard knocked out my cable).
Jarrod Washburn? Uninspiring.
And the only good thing about Brett Tomko, since at least 2005, has been Julia Schultz.
I can see Jon Garland as that aforementioned reasonable option in a typical off-season, but the dearth of real, electric talent means an inflated market for guys like Garland. You don't need me to tell you this; everyone's shouting about it and, in this rare instance, it bears the rasp of scrutiny. So Jon Garland's $6.25 million in 2009 becomes 2010's $10 million, or $6.25MM a year for multiple years, because the guy's gotten tired of seeing his reaction to bad news caught by game cameras.
And that's the thing. There are two free agents out there who I'd hate to say anything bad about. And I've had a rough four weeks, so I'm looking to say a bad word about any- and everyone I can. And they will cost scads of cash. SCADS, I tells ya.
First guy is Jason Marquis. He'll ask for A.J. Burnett numbers in cash if not years, and if you look at his 2009 quick line and Burnett's 2009 quick line, they're nearly identical (Marquis's BAA is twenty points higher and his WHIP is two points lower). So I think he'd have a solid case.
Mostly, though, whenever I watch Jason Marquis pitch, I don't get that knot in my stomach like I do when I watch A.J. Burnett. Marquis doesn't worry me. I know his stats show a Romo-esque knack for fading down the stretch, but he doesn't worry me.
So much of the conversation surrounding the 2010 Mets is going to be about peace of mind. In the rotation, whoever follows Johan Santana has to inspire confidence. That guy's going to have to be a master craftsman, or a bulldog.
Or both, as the case may be.
I've made my feelings on John Lackey plain, at one point using the phrase "out of your gourd" to explain the mess that the 2010 rotation would look like given the numbers that were, then, kicking around about the man. Five years, $80 million. Six years, $100 million? Who's to say, besides his agent?
I forgot to mention that I'm writing not from the Winter Meetings in Indianapolis, but from my exceedingly cold bedroom. I have no idea what Garland, Marquis, or Lackey are asking for, cash or years-wise. The trend appears to be richer contracts for lesser talent.
Brinkmanship is another trend, one that's come together as I've read snippets of, and heard on the radio, and watched while putting up my Christmas tree and repainting walls has been alarming. Seems as though everybody's screwed, and have pushed their clubs to the limit in fear of being caught as last guy screwed.
Despite talk of restraint prior to the meetings, there's been no restraint. (Picking through Ken Rosenthal's reports here.) Three years and $15 million for Brandon Lyon does not constitute restraint. Neither does the aforementioned Harden deal, some $9 million for the wisdom of Kevin Millwood, nearly $12 million for Andy Pettitte (that's just galling), or three years and $30 million for Randy Wolf. This, good people, is King Midas in reverse.
Does not bode well. Maybe I've had my nose in projected budgets and vendors' insurance quotes for too long recently to see any sign of brightness in people throwing money, like confetti, out the figurative window, but I don't think so. I'm quite concerned that those three guys–Garland, Marquis, and Lackey–will slip to a team with a GM even battier than Omar Minaya, and we'll be watching a Spring Training full of Kelvim Escobars and Lenny DiNardo retreads.
On that unhappy note, I'm going to bed.
Tags 2010 Season, fandom, Jason Marquis, Johan Santana, John Lackey, Jon Garland, Mets, Section Five Twenty-Eight
Yes, I'm Alive.
Chip Caray is as well, but at present, only one of us is gainfully employed.
If you haven't heard, read the news from the Times' Richard Sandomir here. I, for one, will miss the repeated use of the term "fisted," but I'll get over it in time to puzzle over that pointless "9 feet" graphic TBS applies off first base.
For those wondering where I've been and what I've been doing with myself, feel free to email me. I'm friendly yet somewhat careful about what I mention in open forums. Besides, this is a baseball blog, and non-baseball items are to be used here only as opening or closing tangents, or in the service of some bizarre analogy.
I go now to finish my fifth call in search of a MetLife broker, and then to apply phosphoric acid–which is a key ingredient in colas–to my rusted medicine cabinet. I'll make no posting promises; I've regularly fisted those foul.
Fisted!
Tags 2009 Postseason, Chip Caray, Mets, Section Five Twenty-Eight, TBS
More Housekeeping
That slow roll-out of improvements (as I see them, anyway) has begun.
Sidebar links (what one might call a blog roll, I suppose), have been tidied up a bit. You'll have to endure an extra click to get to Mets-based MLBlogs, but it won't all look so ragged there.
Most change-ified: the "Contact" tab to the left side of the page, which follows one as one reads. MLBlogs is fairly tight-fisted when it comes to its contact and comment policies–people essentially have to email me to speak on a topic, if they don't have an MLB.com login. So they should now just click the tab, and fill out the form. It'll do a mild sort of verification as well. Because it also holds my Twitter account information on it, I've removed that section from the sidebar. If I see an uptick in comments as a result, I'll spring for the five bucks a month to remove the logo and the ads for "Filipina singles" and "Email templates."
My thanks to A Bite Off The Big Apple for the unsuspecting assist. I note that it works effectively on Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer 8, which are the top three platforms for viewing this blog, by far (unless you're all hiding yourselves from my StatCounter cookie). If the tab's all broken and junk for you, email me at omniality [at] gmail [dot] com and let me know:
what it looks like;
what browser you're using.
I may just send a mea culpa; if you're still using IE 5 and have everything but text and hyperlink colors turned off, the blog's going to look absolutely atrocious anyway. Like driving a car with your feet.
Like driving a car with your feet.
More and more subtle changes to come, as soon as I can determine how to get them done.
Wrong About Fifty Percent Of The Time
Greg Prince of Faith And Fear In Flushing points out:
Further investigation has revealed Keith's photographer at Yankee
Stadium the other night was Sean Hannity, not Bill O'Reilly. The
principle holds, however. Ballparks make strange batfellows.
Cheers to Greg for catching my gaffe; it's now corrected in the original post. At this point in my blog development, I'd imagined a crack research squad at my beck and call. Or, at the very least, that I'd be able to tell the difference between Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. I'd like to chalk it up to sleep deprivation or the blessed lack of exposure to either O'Reilly or Hannity, but while both are true, I just loused up.
Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays. Oprah, Uma. Guinness, Smithwick's.
If you don't read Faith And Fear In Flushing often, you should, and if you're thinking about it now and have come to the conclusion that you really can't spare the time, read this latest post by Greg's blogmate, Jason Fry: it's hilarity I tried hard to work in a reference to yesterday, but couldn't. So just read. Their work is stellar and I have them to thank for making me feel that I'm not doing this in a vacuum. Truly important when the chips are down and the choice is develop/write a piece, or sleep. I'd always rather the Mets than sleep.
To that end, I don't know who got some people all a-flutter on my piece re: a Mets museum (hello to folks out in Los Angeles, California; St. Louis, Missouri; Narragansett, Rhode Island; and Fairmont Hotels and Resorts in Toronto), but thanks for the push on that one over the weekend. I worked hard on it, and I think it'd be important for someone to do. Anyway, from your eyes to the Wilpons' ears, I guess.
Two entries left in Better Know A First Baseman, and then we move on. I think I'm in Stage Three of baseball withdrawal, wherein I consider again trying to rediscover my love for basketball, just to fill in the hours. That'll pass.
But between Stage Three and Stage Whatever, a pause for thorough acknowledgment that I should be more careful, and a gracious thank you to Mr. Prince for catching my slip-ups. Greg, thanks for the kind words; I owe you an email.
Tags fandom, Mets, Mets Museum, Section Five Twenty-Eight


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Q: "[BEROR] Code Sign error" for one sigle app only The app I was working on suddenly stopped working on my iPhone, even though it ran great in the simulator. The error I was getting was Code Sign Error: Provisioning Profile (long string) can't be found. so I tried deleting the text according to this tips. I'm not exactly sure what " Then reopen the project in xcode, go to the settings are reselect your new profile" means, but in my projects build settings the debug profile is set to the iPhone Developer-profile.
Now I get a new error: [BEROR]Code Sign error: The identity 'iPhone Distribution: <my name>' doesn't match any identity in any profile
This happens only for this particular app (if I make new test apps, they run on my iPhone), and the app still runs in the simulator. I haven't downloaded new certificates and profiles, because they work on other apps (the affected app is the only app I have on the App Store btw).
Anybody got suggestions?

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Mitchell-Lama Housing Program
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Co-op city in the Bronx, a Mitchell-Lama development
The Mitchell-Lama Housing Program is a non-subsidy governmental housing guarantee in the state of New York. It was sponsored by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell and Assemblyman Alfred Lama. It was signed into law in 1955 as The Limited-Profit Housing Companies Act (officially contained in the Private Housing Finance law, article II titled Limited-Profit Housing Companies and referring to not-for-profit corp., whereas article IV titled Limited Dividend Housing Companies refers to non-Mitchell-Lama affordable housing organized as business corp., partnerships or trusts from 1927 on).
The program's publicly stated purpose was the development and building of affordable housing, both rental and co-operatively owned, for middle-income residents.[1] Under this program, local jurisdictions acquired property by eminent domain and provided it to developers to develop housing for low- and middle-income tenants. Developers received tax abatements as long as they remained in the program, and low-interest mortgages, subsidized by the federal, state, or New York City government. They were also guaranteed a 6% or, later, 7.5% return on investment each year. The program was based on the Morningside Gardens housing cooperative, a co-op in Manhattan's Morningside Heights neighborhood that was subsidized with tax money.[2]
The New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), was merged with the New York State Housing Finance Administration in 2010 to create the New York State Housing and Community Renewal agency. The new agency provided financing, maintenance and supervision of mortgages to developments as long as they remained in the Mitchell-Lama program.[1]
According to the New York State Homes and Community Renewal (formerly DHCR), "A total of 269 Mitchell-Lama developments with over 105,000 apartments were built under the program."[3] It has resulted in developments that were and are ethnically and even economically diverse as some of the original tenants became more successful (and therefore pay a surcharge) while others found themselves closer to or in poverty.[citation needed] The tenants have formed stable communities that in some cases (such as on the Upper West Side of Manhattan) have resulted in substantially increased property values.[citation needed]
1 Removing properties
1.1 Rentals built before 1974
1.2 Rentals built since 1974
1.3 Housing co-operatives
2 Policy
2.1 Legislation
2.2 Division of Housing and Community Renewal lawsuit
3 Tenant groups
Removing properties[edit]
Landlords generally may remove the developments from Mitchell-Lama by prepaying the mortgage, which usually happens 20 years after the project is developed. However, in some cases, special land use agreements specify more time.[4] Between 1990 and 2005, Mitchell-Lama housing lost "22,688 units, over a third (34 percent) of its stock."[5] That pace has now increased with the real estate market for rental buildings. When a building is privatized, it loses its tax abatement, the owner generally must refinance the mortgage, and the owner loses the right to a 6% annual return on investment.
What happens to the tenants in those buildings depends on when they were built and public policy.
Rentals built before 1974[edit]
Tenants in rental buildings built before 1974 go into rent stabilization upon leaving Mitchell-Lama. That means their rents increase according to the New York City Rent Guidelines Board orders for each new lease[6] as well as according to orders by the New York Office of Rent Administration for, among other things, major capital improvements [7] and landlord hardship.[8]
Rentals built since 1974[edit]
Upon leaving Mitchell-Lama, the owners of rental buildings built since 1974 can raise rents without restriction. Tenants whose buildings had federally-subsidized "236" mortgages may qualify for federal "enhanced" vouchers, which allows them to pay at least what they were paying and no less than 30% of their income in rent, with a government paying the balance.[citation needed] Tenants who do not qualify for enhanced vouchers, including all tenants in post-1973 buildings that were not federally subsidized, must pay the rent set by the landlords.[citation needed][9] That the buildings are no longer in a rent-regulation program poses a particular problem for tenants who were receiving special subsidies that may not cover the new, higher rent payments,[citation needed] such as subsidy programs because of poverty[10] age,[11] and disability.[12] In some of the buildings, tenant associations are negotiating "landlord assistance plans" (LAPs) to implement the increases at a slower rate and to protect some of the weakest tenants. The plans are often limited to a specific number of years, and upon their expiration, tenants may be vulnerable. LAPs do not preserve the stock of affordable housing for future tenants.
Housing co-operatives[edit]
After a certain period of years, owners of Mitchell-Lama limited equity housing co-operatives may decide according to their co-op voting rules to "privatize" or demutualize their building as well. That may permit them to sell their apartments, often at a high profit, but it can potentially increase the rents of remaining residents since the building loses its tax abatement and may have increased payments for a non-subsidized mortgage. Flip taxes on resales can be used to mitigate such increases, but that is up to the co-op boards. There is some effort to require them by legislation, but that has so far been unsuccessful. Such demutualization thus simultaneously diminishes the stock of affordable housing in a given area and increases tax revenue.[13]
Policy[edit]
Legislation[edit]
Some politicians have proposed bills[14] to the New York State legislature that would put all buildings leaving or that have left Mitchell-Lama into rent stabilization upon privatization. The Rent Act of 2011[15] signed into law on June 24, 2011, did not mention Mitchell-Lama rentals or co-operatives.
Given that state legislators who reside outside of New York City vote on such bills, many tenants[who?] interested in preserving affordable housing in New York City seek to shift control over rent regulation from the state to the city by restoring home rule.[16] Other bills have called for a one-year moratorium on all privatization ("buy-outs").[17]
Division of Housing and Community Renewal lawsuit[edit]
In November 2007, the State's Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) - now NYS HCR - adopted regulations stating that just removing a pre-1974 Mitchell-Lama from the program is not a "unique or peculiar circumstance" justifying a substantial rent increase.[18] Several landlords challenged that policy in court, asserting that it contradicts a court decision, KSLM-Columbus Apts. v. NYS DHCR,[19] and a lower court's reference to DHCR policy letters.[20] Justice Schlesinger of the New York State Supreme Court ruled[21] that the regulations are legal, and one of the owners (Steve Witkoff, owner of 95 W. 95th Street, now called "Columbus 95") appealed to the state's mid-level Appellate Division. On December 28, 2010, the Appellate Division, First Department (covering the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx) unanimously upheld DHCR's regulation.[22] The owner of Columbus 95 failed to pursue judicial permission to appeal to New York State's highest court.[23]
Tenant groups[edit]
Many Mitchell-Lama tenants have joined together to try to save their homes and affordable housing.[4] Among other things, they work to elect pro-tenant politicians,[24] and to enact legislation that would put into rent stabilization all buildings taken out of Mitchell-Lama without regard to the year of their construction.
Organizations like Tenants & Neighbors, the Mitchell Lama Residents Coalition and the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board have joined forces with building tenant associations in a coalition supporting "Protection for tenants, Incentives for landlords to stay in the program, and Enforcement of the law"—or "PIE". The Mitchell-Lama PIE Campaign is working to educate tenants[25] and preserve Mitchell-Lama housing - primarily rental housing. The P.I.E. campaign is also participating in the Real Rent Reform Campaign.[26] Some residents of Mitchell-Lama co-ops who want to preserve that status have formed the group Cooperators United for Mitchell-Lama.[27]
Riverside Park Community
^ a b New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DCHR) - now merged into the NYS Housing and Community Renewal, [1]
^ History. Mitchell-Lama Residents Coalition.
^ [2]. Division of Housing & Community Renewal.
^ a b Saving Mitchell-Lama organization - website with news, notices, and legislation
^ Community Service Society's Report, Closing the Door
^ http://www.housingnyc.com/
^ http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/rent/factsheets/orafac24.pdf
^ http://www.housingnyc.com/html/resources/dhcr/dhcr39.html
^ [According to Community Service Society housing analysts, no more than 15% of tenants in post-1973 buildings taken out of Mitchell-Lama are eligible for such vouchers.]
^ Cooperators United for Mitchell-Lama
^ "Save Mitchell-Lama - Omnibus Rent Bill: Is your Elected Sponsoring it?". Save-ml.org.
^ http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S05856&term=&Summary=Y&Text=Y
^ "Tenants and Neighbors". Tenants and Neighbors. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
^ http://www.save-ml.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=225 Save Mitchell-Lama
^ "Save Mitchell-Lama - New Regulations in Place". Save-ml.org.
^ KSLM-Columbus Apts. v. NYS DHCR{}
^ Susman, Sue. "Summary of Cases Feb8_09.doc" (PDF).
^ Tenants have won the "U or P" case
^ [8] TenantsPAC.org
^ [9]}
^ Real Rent Reform Campaign
^ CU4ML.org
Affordable no more: New York City's Looming Crisis in Michell-Lama and Limited Dividend Housing
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There's truly nothing like my friend Stan or the amazing place he calls home. Stan himself, as you might have gathered by looking at this photo, is a one of a kind individual who beats to a different drum and seems to care less about what others would think of him or his colorful life. Stan was a collegiate track and field athlete who graduated college with a degree in chemistry and later taught high school chemistry, but after a short stint determined the vocation was not for him and came to the realization that he only obtained a degree in chemistry because "he was told to go get a college degree".
He loved working with his hands and specifically woodworking so he got a job framing houses and began the transformation to cabinet maker, craftsman, and artisan of one of the more eclectic collections you will ever see. He has now been in the woodworking field for close to 50 years and has been working on this home and property for close to 30.
Stan's place and his collection of "art" is hard to imagine and comprehend. In fact, although you will see some interesting photos below until you actually visit this in person you just can't do it justice. I've tried to explain it to people and I'm sure they just have no idea what I'm talking about or perhaps think I'm exaggerating.
Every year in September Stan holds what he calls "The Dove Fest" which is a big party and BBQ extravaganza that coincides with the opening of Dove hunting season in Texas. His place is about 10 acres with a large creek and pond that bisects the property and is perfect for bird hunting. To kick off and prepare for the celebration hunters arrive on Thursday to shoot and prepare doves and quail for the Saturday BBQ. Stan spends several days in preparation while others bring side dishes, breads, and desserts. There is usually more food than can be eaten.
Once the party starts on Saturday friends and family from all around show up for a smorgasbord of food and BBQ along with hours of jokes and tall tales. The party starts around noon and probably goes until midnight. The food is great and the atmosphere incredibly unique. There are all types of characters as cowboys, farmers, business types, construction workers, and many others show up for the annual celebration.
What I enjoy doing the most, though, is touring Stan's place and seeing his incredible collection of art that he has made out of scrap over many, many years of collecting, designing, and fabricating. It seems that nothing goes unused as Stan thinks of things that no one else would and turns them into art or things of function.
Nothing is ever thrown away and eventually gets re-purposed into something most people could never imagine. Stan has a few junk collectors visit him on a regular basis and he either buys, trades, or barters for things that catch his eye and with 10 acres of land and various buildings and structures throughout he seems to "catalog" things into areas where he can find them. I met one of the "junk men" that stop by, an amazing individual that goes by the name of "Dennis the Junk Man". He just happened to have a hard back book about his life that he autographed and talked me into buying for $20.
Smokers or BBQ grills? Stan probably has 40 of them, many that he has handmade from various components like the car parts you see above.
Stan is not really a "car guy" but there is a section on the property that contains about 20 cars which will likely be parked forever.
Golf clubs? Stan has hundreds of them. Maybe thousands.
I wish I had pictures of the wood shop which is flat out ingenious. I've had the chance to work in there while Stan and I were making some cabinets and it is amazing. But once you walk back into the property your eye catches one thing after another.
As you walk through the property it takes a while to let everything sink in. The photo below is typical. First there is one of Stan's sculptures made out of brick with bottles for decorations, one of about 50 such sculptures on the property. The next thing to note are the steps and the small aluminum "bridge" which spans about 20 feet to traverse the creek – be careful as you walk across or you will end up in the creek. Stan purchased excavation equipment when he first bought the property and one of his first tasks was digging out the creek and making a dam to hold the water back.
Look further back and you can also see the house in the background.. a house that Stan built himself board by board with much of the components being reclaimed. The interior of the house could be an entire post on itself to highlight its wood and stone work and other features such as a underground "bunker".
You will see car and truck parts re-purposed in many ways and wire fashioned into various forms such as the "tree" below. Look carefully in the background and you will see several other sculptures and unique works of art…. they are seemingly everywhere on the property.
The sculpture below is more interesting as you get up close and notice it was actually made of barbed wire and other various forms of wire that have been fashioned into "branches".
Various types of balls are painted and used to add color and interest. Stan loves to play golf so there is par three golf hole along with golf balls used throughout the place.
There are many places to sit to relax and let your senses slow down and take this all in.
It took me awhile to notice the sculpture above is actually some type of prehistoric bird. And, of course, what would a place be if it didn't have a suit of armor placed on guard up in a tree?
Apparently Stan likes the Incredible Hulk as there are at least 50 Hulk Heads, all with colored marbles for eyes placed strategically throughout the place to scare off any unwanted intruders.
These photos are of what I would best describe as a shrine – one that is being guarded by a few Hulk Heads. What a place – There's just nothing else like it.


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Your POS system should provide you with the capability to accept a variety of different types of payments, including debit cards, credit cards, cash, and checks. In addition, you may wish to consider whether your POS system is able to accept mobile payments. The ability to apply coupons and discounts can also prove to be helpful in terms of boosting sales and creating customer loyalty programs.
A POS system for a home-based business can offer numerous options for tracking every aspect of your business. How you choose to use those tracking capabilities may depend on the structure of your business. For instance, if you employ staff, you may wish to gain insight into the average number of hours worked, how much they're selling each week, etc.
Tracking number of items sold.
As the owner of a home-based business, you must often handle marketing on your own. While this can be challenging, a POS system can make the process easier by giving you greater insight into your business.
For instance, you can capture vital customer information at the point of sale, including telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and order information.
This makes it easier for you to build a strong database of customer information that can be used for personalizing promotions and creating direct marketing campaigns.
The point-of-sale system that you choose for your home-based business will need to include certain pieces of hardware in order to provide all of the capabilities that you need. The types of hardware required will vary based on how you operate your business.
For instance, if you sell items onsite, then you may require a touch screen monitor that will allow you to ring up sales quickly and easily. If that is the case, then a cash drawer may also be a necessity.
If you are operating out of your home for various goods and services, you need a system that can support you and your business goals. There is a lot of flexibility that comes with home-based businesses, so finding a means of payment processing that will work with ease is of the utmost importance.


Samsung Galaxy Ace with an 800 MHz single core processor made a quite big impact on Android users. It was the most considered phone from the low end devices like Galaxy mini, Galaxy fit and HTC explorer. The 278 MB RAM and 5 megapixel camera that it had were considered as very unique features at that time. But as compared today these features have no value in the market. The flagship devices today which are running on the latest Android versions have some devastating processors and features.
After Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice-cream sandwich and Jelly Bean were released. Amongst all, Jelly Bean was the best Android version released up till now. Due to the low MHz processor, no official version beyond Gingerbread was revealed for Galaxy Ace. Hence the Ace users had to depend on the Custom ROMs of these leaked versions.
Since the release of leaked Android 4.2 Jelly Bean for Galaxy Ace, everyone thought rather believed that no more updates will be released for this one time famous phone. But we have got very good news for Ace users. Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 can now be updated with the latest Android 4.3 version. This update is developed by the famous Cyanogenmod team.
Mohd Shakirin, a YouTube user recently posted a video on how to update Galaxy Ace to latest Android 4.3 Jelly Bean ROM. As compared to the earlier versions many changes have been made in this ROM such as new boot animation with the Google logo, Orange background of the Phase Beam live wallpaper, five lock screen shortcuts and Android 4.3 based icons which are very well presented in his uploaded video.
So, if you are willing to experience the amazing features of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean of Cyanogenmod 10.2 on your Samsung Galaxy Ace then feel free to install this update.
Try this tutorial at your own risk. Neither we nor the Cyanogen team are responsible for any of the damage caused to your device after following this guide. Don't even think of trying if you're not familiar with this stuff. Although the chances of getting your device damaged are very less, but still we strongly recommend you to follow all the instructions properly as they are mentioned below.
This guide of Cyanogenmod 10.2 is meant only and only for Samsung Galaxy Ace model number S5830. So don't try to flash it on any another device except the one mentioned as your device may get bricked or may result into unwanted outcomes. You must check your device's model number in Settings –> About Phone.
Make sure that your device is charged at least up to 80% so that it won't get turn off during the flashing process.
Ensure that a Custom Recovery like Clockworkmod recovery is installed on your device which is required to flash CM 10.2 Custom ROM.
After downloading the above files, connect your device to the PC, enable mass storage mode and transfer these files to your device's external storage. Ensure that you are not placing them in the deep directories. Remember not to extract them.
Then disconnect your device from PC and enter into the recovery mode. For that switch off your phone. Once it is completely switched off, hold Home Button (middle button) + Power Button simultaneously until the recovery mode appears. (In Recovery mode use Volume Up and Down key for navigation and Home Button for selection).
Now select 'wipe data/factory reset' followed by 'wipe cache partition' from the recovery mode itself. This will wipe all the data and cache from your ROM memory including the SMS, Contacts, APNs, Memos, Call-logs and even the Apps. Hence the nandroid backup mentioned earlier is important.
After that the actual installation process needs to be done. So select 'install zip from SD card' & then 'choose zip from SD card' from the recovery mode. It will show all your folders and files on SD card. Now navigate to CM 10.2 ROM file which you've copied earlier & simply select it using the Power button. Confirm the installation by pressing 'Yes'. This will start the actual installation process.
The process will complete in just a few minutes. Now as soon as the ROM gets flashed, again select 'wipe data/factory reset' followed by 'wipe cache partition.' This will wipe all the data & caches from the phone memory respectively.
After doing all the flashing processes that is mentioned above, finally restart your device. It can be done by selecting 'reboot system now' from the main menu of recovery. The new ROM will take more time than usual to restart.
Note: If you want to restore back your previous Rom you can do that by simply going back to the Recovery mode by following the same mentioned procedure and select 'Backup and Restore' option and then on next screen select 'Restore'.
That's all..!! Cyanogenmod 10.2 Custom ROM (Android 4.3) is successfully installed on your device. Enjoy it to experience the fabulous performance of your Smartphone with the unique and bug free features of this ROM. In case you have any queries regarding the ROM, or if you've not got the process mentioned you can freely text us in the comments section below. We will work on it and will provide an exact solution as soon as possible.
its showing installation aborted while installing ROM..what to do?plz help..
which version of clockwork mod is required with this ROM?
Guys, the problem that I have is that when i boot my device after completing all the described steps I get stuck in the CyanogenMod loading screen spin… I waited more than 10 – 15 minutes and nothing happens, the wheel keeps moving but nothing else… I've tried wiping the data again, deleting the cache, and everything but nothing different… Any idea?
I tried to install this on my Galaxy Ace S5830 and I got the Android 4.3 via Cyanogenmod 10.2 fine and running. I have encountered few problems though.
1. The phone wont recognize my sim card pin. Although, I am unable to access my phone by consecutively swiping the lock button.
2. The phone wont detect signal from my Service Provider at all.
3. The phone would generally stop working once I opened basic apps like calculator and even the "setting button".
I have tried to reinstall it twice to no avail. I have the same problems.
Up to this point, I no longer want this Android 4.3 via Cyanogenmod 10.2. I want to go back to 2.3.4 android OS. I have previously backed up the phone via Clockworkmod (CWM) Recovery. When attempting the restore process, there is an error at the end of the log saying "there is an error in the system restore".
Please, help me with this. I would appreciate your input(s).
First flash stock 2.3.4 using Odin (clean installation). Then flash CWM and restore the backup that you had created before installing CM 10.1….
-> Wipe Data / Cache.
Clear Dalvik cache after Installation!
Click on Fix permissions in the advanced menu of the recovery before installation and also mount /system in the mounts and storage section if it isn't yet. Wipe Sd-ext partion if you have one.
The whole procedure is as below!
Use Mounts2SD, to link most apps to SD card! Frees up internal memory and makes device run.
Buy after ur warranty gets over, I have been using one for over 2 years, its brilliant, I can use my phone for 3 days without charging.
Good luck and Ace Rocks!!
I have updated my phone to 4.3.. thanks alot..!! but the problem i am facing is the camera isn't that clear as compared to SII Rom and the battery drains quickly even though i have turned down all unnecessary tasks (like BT, GPS, WIFI, auto-sync etc.,) can u please help me in suggesting the way to improve the battery life?
Thanks bro!! Works fine, Looks Cool!! Keep posting updates!! cheers 🙂 !


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Tag: Little India riot
Surprise, surprise…medals for Little India riot officers
The government is trying very hard to keep the morale of the police force up in the aftermath of the huge embarrassment the Home Team suffered during the Little India riot. PM Lee Hsien Loong had a highly-publicised lunch with the key members of...
Little India: Was street culture a factor?
The Little India riot Committee of Inquiry identified the street sub-culture among the working class men of Tamil Nadu as a possible factor for the events following the accidental death of a foreign worker. Mob violence usually took over as the street crowds sought revenge...
Little India riot report: Where is the SCDF in all this?
Critics have thrown scorn at the Little India Riot COI report. Some said the COI gave the Home Team only a slap on the wrist - citing the fact that the Home Team was too busy standing their ground as rioters went to town...
Little India's wake-up call
Ravi again
Now the High Court has added another dimension to lawyer M Ravi's involvement with the five men over the Little India riot case. It wants him to pay the bill for an application he filed, and later withdrew, on behalf of his five clients. This...
Not that way, lawyer Ravi
Lawyer M Ravi has been a breath of fresh air to the law scene here. He takes on cases that many others won't dare to touch. And he has the gumption to test the waters on matters relating to the Constitution. Who can forget...
When will the government listen?
Fatimah Lateef is one flustered and exasperated politician. The MP for Marine Parade GRC has been crying out loud about the nocturnal activities going on in her Geylang ward since 2012. Nothing much was done. Then the Police Commissioner went to the Commission of Inquiry...
$2.2 billion plan to transform Geylang
By Tan Bah Bah who was born in Geylang By 2034, Geylang will cease to be an area of concern. The Commissioner of Police recently told the Committee of Inquiry on the Little India riot that he was more worried about Geylang than Little India....
Little India inquiry's fearless duo
by Tan Bah Bah So far we have not heard anything much from NTUC's John De Payva or chairman of West Coast CCC's Chua Thiam Chwee at the Committee of Inquiry hearing on the Little India riot. But the Singapore Police Force and The Straits Times had...
Little India: more security, more control
Parliament is in session today. Many of the highlights are about Little India - the life there after a riot that included flipped police cars, burnt ambulances and plenty of fingers pointing at the bottle. So, in case your Facebook and Twitter feeds are too...


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Q: Conjugation of regular subgroups in the holomorph Given a finite group $G$, denote by $Hol(G)$ its holomorph and by $S(G)$ its group of permutations. It is well known that for regular subgroups $N,M\le Hol(G)$, being isomorphic or being conjugate are two equivalent data. Assume that this holds, i.e. let $M,N\le Hol(G)$ regular such that $\sigma^{-1}N\sigma=M$ for some $\sigma\in S(G)$. Being $N,M$ in the holomorph, is it restrictive to assume that such $\sigma\in Aut(G)$?

A: I'm still not entirely sure about the formulation of the question, but the following is probably a counterexample: The holomorph of $C_9$ can be generated by the normal subgroup  $N=\langle  (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9)\rangle\cong C_9$ and the group $U=\langle  (2,3,5,9,8,6)(4,7)\rangle$ that acts as the full automorphism group of $N$.
Also in the holomorph is the regular subgroup $M=\langle (1,2,6,4,5,9,7,8,3)\rangle$, also isomorphic to $C_9$. As isomorphic regular groups, $N$ and $M$ are conjugate in $S_9$ (namely by $\sigma=(3,6,9)$), but they are not conjugate in the holomorph, and $\sigma$ does not normalize $N$ (and thus cannot induce an automorphism of $N$).


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Denis Colin Leary (Worcester, Massachusetts; 18 de agosto de 1957) es un comediante, escritor, productor y actor estadounidense nominado al Emmy y Globo de oro. Estudió en el Emerson College de Boston. Ha trabajado en comedia en vivo, varias series de televisión y películas desde 1987, año en que hizo su debut en la película Long Walk to Forever, incluyendo a WILLEM y Small Soldiers y Ice Age (donde hace la voz de Diego). En 2006 rechazó el papel del sgto. Dignam (que finalmente le dieron a Mark Wahlberg) para la película The Departed. También ha salido en los Simpsons en el capítulo Lost Verizon, personificándose a sí mismo. Fue el creador y protagonista de la serie Rescue Me. También es fundador de la fundación Leary Firefighter Foundation (LFF, por sus siglas en inglés) cuyo propósito es proveer fondos para los departamentos de bomberos a lo largo y ancho de Estados Unidos.

Biografía
Leary nace en Worcester, Massachusetts, hijo de irlandeses católicos inmigrantes. Su madre, Nora, era una criada. Su padre John Leary era un mecánico. Sus dos padres son de Killarney, condado de Kerry, Irlanda; de modo que Leary tiene doble nacionalidad. Se graduó en Saint Peter-Marian High School, en Worcester. Leary es una especie de primo político lejano de Conan O'Brien, el presentador de televisión.

Filmografía

Películas

Televisión

Discografía
 1993: No Cure for Cancer
 1997: Lock 'n Load
 2000: Love Barge
 2004: Merry F#%$in' Christmas
 2012: Kiss My Ass

Enlaces externos
 Leary Firefighters Foundation, página oficial.

 Denis Leary interview at AOL Television.
 Denis Leary en Allmusic.
 Dennis Leary Interview in Complex Magazine.
 Dennis Leary on The Daily Show.
 NOLA Firehouses Rebuilt by Leary Fire Fighters Foundation. CNN.
 http://www.annleary.com

Actores de Estados Unidos


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All the holidays destination that Repitaly can offer you.
Sicily, a destination on is own
A visit that can last a lifetime
If you are wandering what is the best destination to visit in Italy, Sicily is the answer. It is true that here at Repitaly we have a weakness spot when it comes to Sicily, maybe because our director is from there and therefore his input on the locations, tours, holidays, things to do and people to see is remarkable. However, this is also because this island is the greatest spot to start your second or next trip to Italy. Sicily is a location to visit all year around as it is never too cold, but if you like cold you can visit and ski in the Etna Volcano, with its more than 3000 metres is guarantee that your "snowboarding" experience will be irreplaceable.
It has an infinite number of beeches to explore during the summer, some of which unique of is kind as for example "Scala Dei Turchi" (Turkish Ladder) near Agrigento.
Sicily will offer you great historical sites from many different civilisation; finger licking dishes made by Mediterranean ingredients possibly available all year around; Archaeological Museum, Galleries, natural parks; Vine region and Vine Tasting.
Sicily is an experience, and adventure if you wish, and we are here only to bring you there. You will come back richer than you left and your only desire, once back will be to go back next year, the year after and so on.
Three names for a very distinctive identity
Friuli Venezia Giulia is an Italian region not well known to most, despite being only couple of hours from Venice its visitor basin are coming here for cultured cities and wild landscape all mixed in a blend of Italian, Austrian, Slovenian and Croatian cultures.
Trieste is the capitol cities, raised its popularity as "free port" in the Habsburgic Austrian Hungarian Empire between the 18th and 19th centuries become a multicultural city where Italian, Slovenian, Austrian, Hungarian, Yiddish, German and Greek could enjoy pleasant conversation in one of its elegant grand cafes. Places that brought inspiration to many Italian artist and internationals like Hemingway and Joyce. Today atmosphere would still let you taste that not so distant past.
The rest of the region will amaze you. Here you will find World Heritage sites like Auileia with its Villa Del Casale with 4th century mosaic in a 12th century Basilica, The Porto Fluviale and the museum. Follow your instinct and go for a stroll start by exploring the coastline from Duino to Sistiana, move along and be prepared to admire the sea from the top of the Carnic Alps starting from Sauris you will have a path that will bring you till the Dolomites where you can feed your hunger for winter games.
Culinary Heaven
Al the cultures that met in this region could not confront also into the kitchen tradition. Friuli's is a cuisine that not only tells the story of the land and the seasons, but also hundreds of years of shifting borders and cultural exchange. Deep and proud tradition for coffee, ham, cheese, wine, spirits, legumes soups sweets and much more. White wine is treated as a religion in here and seeps from a light wine for meal to strong distilled spirits called Grappa. San Daniele ham is one of the world most famous cured ham and Montasio cheese. The whole region will blow over for its production and by travelling here you will try it yourselves.
Unesco World heritage site of the five fishing villages
Stretched, few kilometres north of La Spezia, you will find the marvellous five fishing villages today known to the world as Cinque Terre (Five Lands). An intricate collection of little path that climb the steeped terraced cliffs passing through a system of fields, gardens, paths. All crossed by a 19th century railway line that cut through a series of costal tunnels ferries the footsore from village to village. Ideal destinations to admire an unprecedented stunning landscape, to analyse a miracle of engineered system dated almost a thousand years.
….The hottest new Italian Destination.
….the Heal.
Apulia (or Puglia in Italian) has been recently elected the top "new" destination in Italy. It took a while for this southern region to gain one of the top spot as generally in Italy the key destinations only include Rome, Florence and Milan. But since the last 5 or 10 years what has changed, most of all, are the locals. People here realised that spreading the culture of your own land, not only enrich the individuals but would also represent an enormous potential of income for the country as such but also for the individuals. Just by applying the natural welcoming nature of the local people to some entrepreneurial spirit and that was it.
….the Sea
Your holiday here in Puglia can start by exploring the Salento region and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere of its many Italian best beeches. While there do not ignore your senses, and embark in journey that will bring you trough the stony olive groves that extend between dry-stone walls bordered with oleander.
….the Gargano National Park
Overlooked by the Gargano promontory from which it takes the name, the Gargano National Park will offer many stunning destination from the Tremiti Island to many natural cave passing trough many hiking, bicycle or horseback trail all surrounded by a beautiful crystal clear sea water of the Adriatic sea.
….the cities
Last but not least you will have to visit the many cities and all of what they have to offer, Lecce with its distinctive baroque style is called the Florence of the south. Easternmost town Otranto. Characteristic and fairy-tale architecture in the UNESCO world heritage of Alberobello. The seaside town of Polignano. The beautiful maze like white city on a hilltop Ostuni. Or the another UNESCO site of the port of Brindisi.
a sea of emotions
Sardinia has become of the favourite destination in the whole of Italy. Maybe Is for the dreamiest beaches you'll find. Or for the hike through silent interior. It could also be for the time travel experience that you can do by visiting the Bronze age Nuraghe. But also for the culinary experience that only the island can offer. We'd like to think that it is for all of this reasons plus much more. Sardinia has been defined as an "oddity" as in here you will be able to find alpine forests almost next to snow white beaches. Here at Repitaly we like Sardinia, we come here for the relaxing atmosphere, the warmth and welcome that the people have to offer. Sometimes we come in Sardinia to feel glamourous and super rich when we walk the streets of Costa Smeralda in harbour filled with super yacht. Sardinia has all of this to offer and we invite you to share this with us.
the best hidden Italian secret
Right in the middle of Italy, a bit more than two-hours drives from Rome ore Florence you will find the best hidden secret destination of Italian travel. Umbria. Umbria is one of the only 5 regions of Italy that does not have a sea shore, and it is the only one that is not in the north of Italy. The landscape here is untouched full of green winding valleys. Comprise mainly by hills mountains hollow and plains. Full of water by result will offer extremely pleasant lakes, rivers, and waterfalls. Ideal for the deeply exploring of tourism make Umbria the top destination among hikers, bikers, caravaners and many more. Its small and picturesque villages attract the one more interested into exploring the heart of the country. Motherland of St'Francis of Assisi it is also a religious destination that bring along crowd of worshiper.
fairy tales and Castles
Located in central-southern Italy, Abruzzo region extends from the heart of the Apennines to the Adriatic Sea, on a predominantly mountainous and wild territory. In the high mountains, between pristine peaks and rocky walls there are tourist resorts and ski resorts. Those make perfect destination for winter sports such as Pescasseroli, Rivisondoli and Roccaraso. The natural scenery of the high and impervious peaks of the Gran Sasso, of the Monti della Laga and of the Majella then slopes towards a wide hilly system, finally reaching the Adriatic coast. The route from the Gran Sasso to the sea crosses territories rich in history, traditions and artistic testimonies that never cease to surprise visitors.
Between the mountains and the hills there are narrow valleys, natural historical routes, including the scenic and suggestive Valle dell'Aterno, dotted with ancient villages. There are numerous nature reserves such as the National Park of Abruzzo, the Park of Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga or that of Majella, which provide protection for plant and animal species typical of the area, such as the golden eagle, the wolf and the Marsican bear.The small villages of the hinterland, the monasteries and the castles of the region that are so many different routes to visit in the greenest region of Italy are full of charm.
Land of Passion
The region of Emilia Romagna is one of the more characteristic of the Italian culture. Situated at the centre of Italy but slightly on the left of the country is a bit like its position resemble the position of a "hearth" in a human body. It might be for this reason that the region is called within the Italians as the "Land of Passion". At first you might not notice but we here at Repitaly we can positively confirm that it is true. The food is rich in flavour, colourful, strong tasted and diversified as it to clasp a bit of all the other regions in the country. Among is people you will find a bit of wild mixed with courage but most definitely passion. This is why from this region comes the vehicle production excellence of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Ducati and Moto Guzzi. Emilia Romagna is the destination for the seekers of the real Parmiggiano Reggiano Cheese, but also the Grana Padano cheese. And please do not forget the Parma's cured ham. Passion and vibe that run in the veins of its inhabitants a visit in here will leave you breathless.
White as snow & Black as chocolate
Have you ever visited Piedmont? If you are a lovers of beautiful cities and tourist and cultural attractions, whether you want to admire its beauty for the first time, or you want to organize a weekend to return to the places that have most excited you, Piedmont is the right destination for you. For those who have never had the chance to cross its borders Turin is the place. A capital for many but able to amaze for their unique attractions. Splendid are the many squares, take a walk along Via Po, you will find Piazza Vittorio Veneto, right near the Murazzi, which in summer are populated by young people ready to have fun and party to the rhythm of good music. This is also the Italian region where you want to come to experience the winter sports. Surrounded by the Alps stop in Turin for sure but climb along and visit one of its many Ski Resorts. Here at Repitaly we will give you the chance.


Dr. Brooks was raised in Nashville, TN graduating from Montgomery Bell Academy before attending and graduating from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA with a Bachelor's degree in European History. While in college, Dr. Brooks was elected President of his Senior Class, played NCAA intercollegiate baseball, and was selected for Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges. In addition, he was the Director of the Department of Country Music for the university radio station.
Dr. Brooks moved to Birmingham, AL to attend the University of Alabama School of Dentistry. During his four years of dental school, Dr. Brooks was elected Student Body President and was involved in several activities such as volunteer research work in the Biochemistry Department at UAB and the "Special Smiles" program for the physically-challenged.
After receiving his Doctorate of Dental Medicine from the University of Alabama School of Dentistry in 2001, Dr. Brooks decided to specialize in the field of orthodontics. He pursued a three-year post-doctoral master's degree in Orthodontics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. While in his residency, Dr. Brooks focused his master's thesis on the accuracy and acceptability of digital dental models versus plaster dental casts. His thesis was selected for publication in The Angle Orthodontist. During his third year of residency, he took and passed the written exam for American Board of Orthodontics certification. In June, 2004, Dr. Brooks completed his residency in Orthodontics.
Dr. Brooks resides in Birmingham and is married to the former Leslie Denton of Birmingham, AL. They have four sons, Wyatt, Carter, Miller, and Denton. They are active members of Covenant Presbyterian Church where Dr. Brooks serves as a deacon. Dr. Brooks' interests include coaching youth athletics, golf, hunting, fishing, college football and music.


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El Bog of Allen (Móin Alúine en irlandés) es una gran turbera (peat bog en inglés) en el centro de Irlanda, entre los ríos Liffey y Shannon. El Consejo de Conservación de la tierra de turberas de Irlanda describe este pantano como "un área importante de turba, que es tan parte de la herencia natural irlandesa como el Libro de Kells." La turbera, sin embargo, está actualmente en peligro después de siglos de explotación agrícola y el reciente cercamiento por el desarrollo. Se hacen esfuerzos por salvar la turbera y conservar su frágil estado ecológico. Tiene una superficie de 958 kilómetros cuadrados y se extiende por los condados de Offaly, Meath, Kildare, Laois y Westmeath. La turba se extrae mecánicamente a gran escala en Bórd na Móna, siendo la industria de propiedad gubernamental. La zona tiene miles de ferrocarriles industriales de vía estrecha para el transporte de turba a las plantas de procesado y las de energía alimentadas por turba. Además, el corte se usa como zona de pastoreo. La turbera está cruzada por el Grand Canal y el Canal Real (esta sección del Real ya no se usa).

Véase también
 Geografía de Irlanda
 Colina de Allen
 Allen (Condado de Kildare)

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 "ALLEN, BOG OF" en la Enciclopedia Británica, versión de 1911.
 Irish Peatland Conservation Council

Humedales
Geografía de la República de Irlanda
Condado de Kildare
Condado de Laois
Condado de Offaly
Condado de Westmeath