Prologis Apex Park is part of a thriving employment area north of Daventry town centre, next to the A45 and close to the M1/M6 interchange. Prologis is developing the third phase of the park, where the final available plot has detailed planning permission for a unit of 414, 051 sq ft.
Prologis Park Birmingham Interchange is a speculative development of 310,000 sq ft on 16 acres in an established commercial location, providing the very best industrial & distribution opportunities in the West Midlands.
Prologis Bromford Gate is an industrial/distribution unit located less than two miles from Junction 6 of the M6 at the heart of the UK motorway network.
Prologis Colnbrook Freight Centre is a single, terraced unit just four miles from Heathrow airport and provides easy access to both the M4 and the M25 motorways.
Prologis Park Coventry is one of the country's most successful industrial parks. Developed on the site of a former colliery this prestigious park has created thousands of jobs and significantly contributed to the regeneration of north Coventry. The scheme provides more than 1.5 million sq ft of warehousing and is excellently located three miles from Junction 3 of the M6.
Prologis Dunstable benefits from fast dual carriageway access to the M1 (J11), with an immediate link to the national motorway network and offers direct access to both the M25 to the south and M6 to the north.
Prologis RFI is recognised as the most successful intermodal (Rail/Road) logistics park in the UK because of its proximity to the M1 motorway and West Coast Mainline. Infrastructure/Servicing is installed and planning (under a Development Consent Order) is in place.
The Bridge is a mixed-use business and innovation park that has been developed as a joint venture between Prologis and Dartford Borough Council. Located in north Dartford, next to Junction 1a of the M25, The Bridge has immediate access to the national motorway network and excellent road connections to both south London and the City. The final development plot has outline planning permission for a building of 70,574 sq ft.
A joint venture between Prologis and DP World London Gateway, this 316,946 sq ft Grade A building is located on the DP World London Gateway Logistics Park, the facility is 10 miles from Junction 30/31 of the M25 and has immediate access to both an on-site rail terminal and the UK's most advanced deep-sea port.
Prologis Park Fradley is in an established logistics location on the A38 north of Lichfield, with easy access to the M6, M6 Toll and M42 motorways. Unit DC2 is the last remaining opportunity at Prologis Park Fradley. The 354,000 sq ft plot has detailed planning consent and is ready to go.
Prologis Grange Park is an established industrial and logistics location that stands at the centre of the UK motorway network, less than 1 mile from junction 15 of the M1.
Prologis Park Kettering is located close to the A14, which links the Golden Triangle with the east coast ports and offers easy access to the M1, M6 and A1(M). Zone A Plot 2 offers 369,292 sq ft of build to suit opportunities that is fully consented.
Prologis Park Marston Gate is next to Junction 13 of the M1 motorway with easy access to the consumer markets in both the Midlands and the South East. The first phase of the park is now complete and the final development plot on phase two is now available for a building of 274,835 sq ft. Detailed planning permission is in place and construction work can start immediately.
Situated to the north east of Birmingham and within a few minutes of the M6, M6 Toll and the M42 Prologis Park Midpoint is unrivaled for connectivity. This highly successful scheme is fully let to advanced manufacturing and major logistics occupiers.
Prologis Park Pineham is a successful distribution location next to the M1 at Northampton. The first phase of the development is now complete and infrastructure work has started on phase two, which has planning permission for a further 1.1 million sq ft of Grade A logistics accommodation. Existing occupiers include Sainsbury's, BMW Group UK and Dalepak Ltd.
Central Park is situated in an established industrial and logistics location in the Midlands, just 30 miles from central Birmingham and adjacent to J1 of the M6.
Prologis Park Ryton is a successful distribution park close to Coventry city centre, with easy access to the M6, M40, M1 and M42 motorways. The final available plot on the park has full detailed planning consent for up to 514,180 sq ft. Existing occupiers include Jaguar Land Rover, Network Rail and UK Mail.
Prologis Park Wellingborough West is a new development close to the A509, A45 and A14 with easy access to the M1 motorway. The site has planning permission for buildings ranging from 80,000 sq ft to 700,000 sq ft and infrastructure work is now underway.
Prologis Park West London is situated just 1.5 miles from the M4 and is strategically located to serve Heathrow airport, greater London, the Thames valley and beyond. Phase 2 offers flexible accommodation with the ability to divide the 152,300 sq ft unit (DC3) from 64,255 sq ft upwards and will be available October 2018. A further build to suit opportunity of up to 105,870 sq ft is ready to go with detailed planning permission.


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Alleged Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 already available for sale before the official launch
By Meenu Rana
Xiaomi is scheduled to launch a new smartphone in India on January 19.
Xiaomi is expected to launch the Redmi Note 4 smartphone in India on January 19 for which the company has also sent out the media invites as well. Now ahead of their official launch, the Redmi Note is surprisingly is being sold off by an unknown seller on Amazon India. The 16GB variant and 64GB variant of the smartphone are selling for Rs 21,491 and Rs 27,055 respectively on the e-commerce website. However, The Mobile Indian does not endorse the smartphone, so buy the smartphone at your own risk only.
As per earlier reports, Xiaomi will bring the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 variant of the Redmi Note 4 in India, unlike the Chinese counterpart that comes with a MediaTek Helio X20 chipset, which is not revealed in Amazon listing also. The company is embroiled in a court battle with Swedish telecommunication firm Ericsson over patent infringement, which does not allow the company to sell the MediaTek-powered smartphones in the Indian market. The smartphone was launched in China last year in August and the 2GB RAM with 16GB internal storage is priced at 899 Yuan or approximately Rs 9,060 while the 3GB variant with 64GB internal storage will cost you 1199 Yuan or approximately Rs 12,080. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 comes in three colour variants that includes dark grey, gold and silver models in China.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 comes with a 5.5-inch full HD (1920 x 1080) 2.5D curved glass display and a 2.0 GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 processor with Adreno 506 GPU. The hybrid dual SIM smartphone runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating and has a 4100 mAh battery. In terms of design, the smartphone is near identical to the Redmi Note 3 with a fingerprint scanner at the back.
For the storage, it comes with 2GB RAM + 32GB internal storage, 3GB RAM + 32GB internal storage and 4GB RAM + 64GB of internal storage variants, all of which are expandable via microSD card. The smartphone offers a 13-megapixel autofocus rear camera with dual tone LED flash, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture and a 5-megapixel front camera. On the connectivity front, the device offers 4G with VoLTE, Bluetooth 4.2, WiFi (802.11 b/g/n), GPS with AGS/GLONASS and USB Type C. The handset measures 151 x 76 x 8.35mm and weighs 175 grams.
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Whether you are able to retain your driving privileges and license after a DUI arrest will depend on the circumstances of your arrest, what you do following the DUI arrest, and the outcome of your case.
They refused BAC testing during their DUI stop – BAC test refusals in DUI stops in Colorado violate the Express Consent law (also referred to as the Implied Consent law), which specifically requires motorists to submit to chemical testing when there is probable cause for a law enforcement official to suspect driver impairment.The penalty for violating this law is an automatic driver's license suspension, with the duration of this suspension being one year for a first refusal, two years for a second refusal, three years for a third refusal, etc.
They failed to request an administrative hearing with the DMV after the DUI arrest – A DUI arrest in Colorado will trigger two cases against a driver, the administrative DMV case and the court case. The DMV case, which relates to driving privileges, will simply involve one hearing, which drivers must request within 7 days of their arrest.If motorists fail to request this hearing for whatever reason (including because they weren't aware they needed to make this request), their driving privileges will be automatically suspended (with the term of the suspension depending on the facts of the case, as well as their criminal record/whether they have prior driving infractions).
The outcome of the DMV DUI hearing is in favor of law enforcement – Even if drivers request a DMV hearing to try to retain their driving privileges, there is still no guarantee that they will get to keep their licenses.That's because a DMV official, overseeing the hearing and reviewing the facts of the case, will make the final determination regarding whether a driver accused of drunk driving will be allowed to continue driving as the criminal case proceeds. If the ultimate finding is in favor of law enforcement, then again, drivers can lose their licenses.
The DUI case ends in a conviction – The final point during a DUI case when drivers may be subject to license suspensions is at the outcome of the criminal case and, in particular, if the DUI case ends in a conviction (even if that is the result of a plea deal).If a driver is found guilty of impaired driving in Colorado, the judge can impose a driver's license suspension (as well as other penalties like hefty fines, incarceration, alcohol treatment, etc.).
Driving on a suspended license following a DUI can cause more legal problems – Not only can it result in a violation of DUI probation (as not driving can be a term of DUI probation in Colorado), it can also trigger additional criminal charges being filed against a motorist.
There may be ways to get drivers' licenses reinstated earlier – In certain situations, drivers may be able to get their driving privileges back sooner (than the term of the imposed suspension) by having an ignition interlock device (IID) installed on their vehicle(s).
If you or a loved one has been charged with a DUI, you can turn to the Denver DUI lawyer at Griffin Law Firm for experienced help and the best possible defense. With more than 18 years' experience in the criminal justice system, our attorney understands the complexities of the system, the challenges different defendants can face and the best ways of overcoming these challenges to bring criminal cases to successful resolutions.


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Cette page concerne les événements qui se sont déroulés un 14 avril dans les chemins de fer.

Événements

1992. Espagne : inauguration de l'AVE entre Madrid-Atocha et Séville-Santa Justa (471 km).
 1999. Japon : le prototype du train japonais à sustentation magnétique Maglev atteint 552 km/h sur la piste expérimentale  de Yamanashi.

2006. Venezuela : des officiels vénézuéliens ont signé un contrat de 2,2 milliards de dollars avec un consortium d'entreprises italiennes pour la construction de deux nouvelles lignes.

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Q: Detect whether a site is build on sitecore I am building a webpage that gives statistics about websites of the user.
You enter your URL and get a bunch of results.
My main focus are websites that are build on the Sitecore cms.
At the moment I can detect if the site uses Sitecore only when the '/sitecore/login' page is availabe.
For this I use:
var webclient = new WebClient();
var source = webclient.DownloadString(url);

But when admins decide to crank up the security they can make 'sitecore/login' unaccessible for random users.
When this is the case my code obviously does not work.
Does anyone know a better solution how to detect if the Sitecore cms is used?
Remember it is an external website so no access to the sitecore backend.
(p.s. I do not want to use 3th party tools)
Thanks in advance!

A: Common one would be to check if .ashx is used for a media extension, or they are prefixed with /~/media/ or /-/media/ but all of these are obviously subject to change depending on config settings. This would require you to check the source code too.
You could check for other Sitecore files, but again depending on the deployment these may or may not be there or accessible to the public at least. I would look for files outside of the /sitecore folder, e.g.:

*

*default.aspx

*default.css

*default.js

*webedit.css

You need to check the contents of the files to make sure they are default Sitecore files. You are relying on the fact that these files would be left over from a default installation, but there is no guarantee so there may be no possible way of being able to tell.

A: Surprisingly Sitecore has a public (by default) accessible version file. It is located located in /sitecore/shell/sitecore.version.xml
I've noticed/experienced that this file is often accessible, even if /sitecore is protected.
Being able to access this file not only confirms the site is built on Sitecore, it gives you the specific revision of the used version.

A: There will always be a way to shield that Sitecore is in use. That being said; there are some Things you could be looking at - default settings which, in my experience, are seldom changed by Sitecore administrators and developers.
Cookies
SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE
SC_ANALYTICS_SESSION_COOKIE

If your request sends you either of these cookies, I'd Wager it is a safe bet to assume it's a Sitecore solution.
Requesting known media
Requesting this file should only work on Sitecore. But will only work for Sitecore versions 7 and up.
/~/media/System/Template%20Thumbnails/audio.ashx

or
/~/media/System/Simulator%20Backgrounds/blackberry.ashx

(the last one should work on Sitecore 6.6 as well)
or
/layouts/System/VisitorIdentification.aspx

None of these are guaranteed to work. However if you do get a "hit" on either of these, it would be a strange coincidence indeed if it wasn't a Sitecore solution behind the scenes.

A: Most people don't realise that you can also access Sitecore items outside the site root by specify in the full path of a known item after the domain. For example we can try and accessing the /sitecore/content item using the following URLs:
https://www.somedomain.com/sitecore/content
This sometimes redirects to the layout not found page. This doesn't always work because protection on the /sitecore URL. So an alternative is to use sc_itemId and the ID of /sitecore/content:
https://www.somedomain.com?sc_itemid={0DE95AE4-41AB-4D01-9EB0-67441B7C2450}
This  will either return the layout not found page or a 404 page. Both will indicate that this is a Sitecore site.

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Emerson, Shell sign breakthrough multi-year Global Framework Agreement for technologies services
Emerson will have full and open access to all Shell business units – Upstream, Downstream, Wind, Power and Biofuels
AUSTIN, TEXAS [WorldofWindEnergy.com]
Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), announced today it has entered into a 5-year Global Framework Agreement (GFA) with Shell to serve as a Main Automation Contractor (MAC) on future capital projects globally.
Under the Agreement, Emerson will provide project and support services for Main Automation Systems, including Distributed Control Systems (DCS) and Safety Instrumented Systems. The contract also provides for ongoing maintenance of existing systems, plus the supply of new systems for Brownfield and Greenfield facilities.
While Shell has utilized a MAC strategy in its Downstream businesses for years, the Company is expanding the concept to make it a center-point of an enterprise-wide automation strategy.
"This Global Framework Agreement marks a completely new approach within Shell," said Nick Curley, upstream automation portfolio manager for Shell. "It is a long-term, competitive, collaborative, performance-based relationship that will facilitate the delivery of considerable value to both parties. We will be looking to emulate this approach in many other key global categories in the future."
"This new agreement will put Emerson in a position to substantially broaden its Main Automation Contractor footprint within Shell," said Ronaldo Marques, general manager, equipment, for Shell's Enterprise Categories & Suppliers division. "For the first time in history, Emerson will have full and open access to all Shell business units – Upstream, Downstream, Wind, Power and Biofuels – plus affiliated Joint Ventures."
"We have enjoyed a solid relationship with Shell for decades," said Steven A. Sonnenberg, president of Emerson Process Management. "This Global Framework Agreement symbolizes the shared belief our two companies have that early engagement, clear objectives and collaborative work practices result in more predictable success for projects and operations. We are thrilled to be selected by Shell for the role of Main Automation Contractor."
About Emerson Process Management
Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com), an Emerson business, is a leader in helping businesses automate their production, processing and distribution in the chemical, oil and gas, refining, pulp and paper, power, water and wastewater treatment, mining and metals, food and beverage, life sciences and other industries. The company combines superior products and technology with industry-specific engineering, consulting, project management and maintenance services. Its brands include PlantWeb®, Syncade™, DeltaV™, Fisher®, Micro Motion®, Rosemount®, Daniel®, Ovation®, and AMS® Suite.
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One of most important of cybersecurity problem is a protection of infrastructure for external invasion.
This is also referred to some of public wireless networks. This wireless networks is public just only for access within selected space, but for external users this networks must still be unavailable.
A lot of Wi-Fi networks in hotels, offices or cafe are still protected by "secret password".
The combination of Wi-Fi transceiver and NWG will be providing to estimate the range between access point and node. If the node is within serviced area then access will be granted, else the connection will be terminated. And no more "secret password" will be required.
This is also referred to password protected network, than this will be implement two-factor authentication (2FA or MFA).


Whether you've read them all or have only begun to reckon with the genius of P. G. Wodehouse, The Blandings Collection is a set your bookshelves simply cannot live without. A gorgeous boxed set with special editions of three of Wodehouse's most beloved masterpieces, this is a gift that fans of Blandings will cherish.
"America was never innocent." Thus begins the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy. It's James Ellroy's pop history of the 1960s, his window-peeper's view of government misconduct, his dirty trickster's take on the great events of an incendiary era. It's a tour de force of the American idiom, and an acknowledged masterpiece.
Here in one volume is James Ellroy's first great body of work, an epic re-envisioning of postwar Los Angeles--etched in red and black and film-noir grays. The Black Dahlia depicts the secret infrastructure of L.A.'s most sensational murder case. A young cop morphs into obsessed lover and lust-crazed avenger. The Dahlia claims him.


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We're growing, but are we planning?
"Everyone talks about the weather (or growth in SJC ...) but no one does anything about it." - Mark Twain.
EDITOR: I've enjoyed the series, Growing Pains & Gains, but it's now time to dig into the nuts and bolts of how we can control and manage growth in our county.
Please explore the following topics in a way that we can understand what can and can't be done.
• What local government mechanisms/processes are available to impact the process of controlling/planning growth?
• How can citizens engage/impact the processes?
• What can County Commissioners actually do? Are their hands tied?
• What have they actually done to help/hurt the growth issues? (Name the pro-growth commissioners and name the no-growth commissioners).
• How do we ... stop the growth — plan for growth — grow smart?
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When it comes to cybersecurity, there's only one thing worse than hackers: robot hackers. No, we're not talking about Skynet – at least, not yet. But for IT managers, the next wave of cybersecurity threats is likely to be automated, targeted, and almost humanly impossible to predict.
That's because of the technology phenomenon of machine learning, whereby a software platform analyses patterns in large volumes of data to find patterns in unfamiliar situations. Machine learning is already proving disruptive in a range of fields, from voice recognition (think Alexa & Siri) to financial services advice and even biomedical practices like diagnostic imaging. If cybersecurity pros aren't careful, its most disruptive application could well be in cybercrime.
A typical sophisticated hack is tailored to bypass the target organisation's unique configuration of defences, focusing on known vulnerabilities in technical systems or user behaviour that the hacker has identified. Human attackers, however, suffer from the same cognitive biases as all other people, and inevitably overlook or opt against using vulnerabilities which they're not so comfortable at exploiting. Moreover, even large teams of human hackers can only coordinate attacks against a few vulnerabilities at any given time, before being overwhelmed by the speed and attention required.
Machine learning attacks will do away with these human limitations. The more data they absorb about the vulnerability or the target – from undefended ports to enterprise org-charts to reliably cataloguing new zero-day vulnerabilities – the more capable they'll be of orchestrating a successful attack. Unlike human hackers, machine learning isn't biased in using the data to develop incredibly novel attacks, combining multiple vectors and techniques in ways that even the most creative cybercriminals wouldn't think of doing.
If one permutation of attacks fails, machine learning's highly automated nature will mean that it can just cycle through more combinations at dizzying speed, with a randomness and persistence that will vex even the most diligent cybersecurity operators. And if that's not worrying enough, most freely-available machine learning platforms are all hosted in the cloud – making them as elastically scalable as the very SaaS offerings their targets are using. Forget hiring more black-hat engineers: to ramp up the intensity of an assault, all a hacker needs to do is provision more cloud instances with a (stolen) credit card.
In other words, machine-learning hacks have far greater sophistication, scale, and ROI than traditional cyber attacks. We can assume that state-sponsored actors are already testing or even using machine learning in their arsenal – but if a nation-state is targeting your enterprise, there's not much that even the best-resourced cybersecurity team can do. The more likely risk comes from commoditised machine-learning services – the sort that major cloud providers are now making openly available – being adapted by freelance cybercriminals. But fear not: in this war against the machines, resistance isn't futile.
There are a few means by which enterprises will be able to protect themselves against the first wave of machine-learning attacks. As with any other cybersecurity threat, detection is of paramount importance. The first and most critical step is to determine you are under AI attack because you would take different precautions and even draconian measures to save your environment if under attack by AI than you would with a human-led attack. Machine-learning attacks can be identified by two traits: the novelty and the orchestration of their approaches, cyber security professionals should be develop skills for detecting novel multi-faceted attacks. If you see a range of SQL injections, probes, targeted email pishing and DDoS attacks being executed against your organisation at the same time, without any discernible pattern in intensity or sequence, you could be facing an AI rather than your typical mercenary or disgruntled software engineer.
Machine learning does have one weakness: the machine needs to learn before it can get to work. That learning process may give away an imminent attack to observant cybersecurity operators. Sometimes learning will take place through acquiring data. Persistent port scans, strangely personalised spam messages, and even random phone calls from "marketers" may all indicate that a cybercrime group is trying to gather the necessary data about your organisation to feed into the machine.
In other cases, learning happens through practical experience. So if you see an organisation in your industry go down to an inexplicable combination of sophisticated attacks, raise your threat level. It's likely that if the attack is indeed AI-led, its human operators will use the experience to inform even more advanced attacks against similar organisations.
So what can enterprises do to repel the advance of the machines? Some AI platforms are already being applied to cybersecurity, but unless they can respond in a real-time manner they're likely to be stuck playing catch-up to cybercrime first-movers. Machine learning can already supplement cybersecurity teams by automating responses based on simple protocols, but that'll only prove effective against lower-level automated attacks like the ones we're already seeing today.
The most effective solution is likely to be herd immunity. Since AI-led attacks will often go after similar organisations in order to keep learning, enterprises in the same industry can also adopt "security-as-a-service" clouds that roll out countermeasures across an entire matrix of organisations when one is hit. And unlike the cybercriminals, the defenders have one significant advantage: information sharing. By sharing anonymised information about breaches and vulnerabilities between members and encouraging a culture of collaboration rather than isolation, security clouds can gain far more intelligence than cybercrime AIs operating in isolation – putting them one step ahead.


Christmas hasn't even come yet, but it's never too early to start thinking about what you'll wear for ringing in the New Year! I'm a firm believer of starting the year off right and this applies to your wardrobe too! You know what they say... 'Dress for the life you want, not the one you have,' so why not start 2013 looking your best? Here are my picks for the best frocks for starting the year off right from matchesfashion.com.
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Press Release: People v. Homan, Daniel Joseph, 7/9/09
Bradford R. Fenocchio
PLACER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
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Art Campos
Scott Owens
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PLACER COUNTY JUDGE SENTENCES 21-YEAR-OLD MAN TO 17 YEARS FOR BURGLARIES AND TAKING OF CARS
A 21-year-old Citrus Heights man described by a prosecutor as a "danger to society" was given a 17-year prison sentence today by a Placer County judge for burglarizing two homes and taking the victims' vehicles, eventually crashing both of them.
Daniel Joseph Homan was given the prison time by Superior Court Judge Larry D. Gaddis, who listened to pleas from Homan and his family that the defendant did not have a history of physical violence against others.
Homan and his parents asked the judge to send him to counseling or a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program instead of to a lengthy incarceration.
But Gaddis noted that Homan had once participated in an armed robbery by a gun-toting partner and he also said there was no indication that the burglaries and taking of cars in May and June of 2008 were committed while Homan was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
"It doesn't take counseling to understand that breaking into houses and taking cars is wrong," the judge said.
Homan was up for sentencing after he pleaded guilty on May 19 to four charges, including two counts of residential burglary, one count of possession of a stolen vehicle and one count of fleeing from an officer while driving recklessly.
Deputy District Attorney Rick Opich asked for a maximum prison sentence of 18 years and four months, saying Homan had now compiled three violent felonies on his criminal record, making him a three-strikes offender.
In addition to committing the burglaries in which the victims were inside the homes sleeping, Homan, while fleeing from authorities in a stolen car, came upon a vehicle stopped at a red light in Roseville and pushed the vehicle into the intersection to continue his flight from the law, Opich said.
When Homan, who was carrying four passengers in the car, came to a dead-end street, he smashed through the barrier, went down an embankment and the car plunged into a creek bed, where the vehicle caught fire, Opich said.
Homan was caught as he then tried to run away.
"He put himself and his four passengers at risk," Opich said. "He shows a willful, wanton disregard for the safety of others."
The prosecutor also said Homan has continually violated rules in the Placer County Jail, where he has been an inmate.
"He's demonstrated an inability to obey any rules - either on the street or the jail," Opich said.
In imposing the prison sentence, Judge Gaddis also ordered Homan to make restitution totaling $1,704 to the victims whose cars were taken and to pay another $1,800 to a state restitution fund.
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We're asking because we just don't know. What we can tell you is our next guest will be the winner of the singer/songwriter contest being held this week at Victorian Station in Phoebus. That person will not only be on our show this Sunday but will also claim a spot in the line up of the Aiken and Friends Festival being held in Smithfield later this month. So we have a little mystery surrounding our acoustic session this Sunday...hope you can tune in and find out who it is.
Fresh off the release of a brand new record....the Americana band, Mipso, pays its first visit to Hunter At Sunrise this Sunday morning. The four piece ensemble from Chapel Hill is out on tour of West Virginia and Virginia in support of its April release, Coming Down the Mountain, which is garnering rave reviews. In town for a house concert at the North Shore Point House Concert Series in Norfolk, we got to sit down with the band for a cool acoustic session. We even found out the origin of their unusual name. Hope you will join us for this special visit with Mipso this Sunday. For more about Mipso, click HERE.
Gratiot Lake Road is the husband and wife duo of Emaleigh and Ben Jensen and they will be our guests this Sunday as we return to live shows. It's been almost three years since they released their disc, Read This If I Don't Make It Home, and we understand they are working on a new one. So join us this Sunday morning as we catch up and hear some new tunes from Gratiot Lake Road....for more about Gratiot Lake Road, click HERE.
We are taking a little vacation time and today's Hunter At Sunrise is an archived show from June. It features our good friend Brandon Bower and his very special brand of acoustic funk and soul music. We will return to live shows on August 27th.
We are taking a little vacation time and today's Hunter At Sunrise is an archived show from July. It features our good friend Starr Celeste and her trio. We will return to live shows on August 27th.
BJ Griffin is a unique Hampton Roads artist in that he transforms a classical instrument, the cello, into a force to be reckoned with. Whether he is playing solo or fronting his band, the Galaxy Groove, BJ is playing music that makes you want to move. Just as an example, he recently channeled Michael Jackson in a video on YouTube that achieved over 35,000 views and garnered thousands more on social media. We're going viral on Hunter at Sunrise this Sunday morning as BJ Griffin visits...hope you can tune in. For more about BJ Griffin and the Galaxy Groove, click HERE.
We are so excited to have Ian Randall Thornton back on the show.... especially since he is set to release his new disc, Lineage, on August 25th. It's going to be cool to hear some of this great new music Sunday morning. Ian is a Norfolk native who has emersed himself in music since he was 7 years old. Through the years he's been influenced by Americana, folk, progressive post-rock and even thrash rock. Lineage will be his debut full length project and we are so happy to help in its release. Hope you will join us for this very special live Acoustic Session with Ian Randall Thornton this Sunday. For more about Ian Randall Thornton, click HERE.
We're so happy to welcome back Ben Phelps to our show just as he releases his new disc, Goodbye Summer. Ben lives in Smithfield leading his band, the Ben Phelps Project, as well as performing solo around the area. He has several records to his credit, but no doubt he will be presenting some new material to our listeners as he performs live this Sunday morning. Hope you can join us for this special live acoustic session this Sunday. For more about Ben Phelps, click HERE.
Yes, Hunter At Sunrise is giving away tickets to the upcoming Sandler Center appearance of Patty Griffin and Lee Ann Womack. The two Americana stars will be providing an incredible night of music on Tuesday, July 25th. Be listening into Hunter At Sunrise this Sunday morning for your chance to win.


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KlangRaumZion – Zionskirche Berlin
Europe: Heritage Lived KlangRaumZion - Zionskirche Berlin
For an organ ready for the 21st century and for the restoration of the church interior
With the joint project by the Protestant parish of am Weinberg and the Förderverein Zionskirche e. V. (the Zionskirche development association), KlangRaumZion (SoundSpaceZion), we intend to bring sound and space back together again. Our vision is one of a space for experimental devotional music, a centre for contemporary spiritual music with the radiant power to reach out internationally. The project foresees a restoration of the church space, preserving the marks and scars of history as a memorial to the events that created them, combined with the construction of a new organ designed especially to meet the needs of contemporary musicians.
Zionskirche – A chronicle of upheaval
The Zionskirche is intimately connected with recent German and European history. Built between 1866 and 1873 and consecrated in the presence of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Otto von Bismarck, it was at the centre from the very start in dealing the social problems that affected a city in breakneck expansion through rapid industrialization. The renowned Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who conducted confirmation classes at the Zionskirche, felt bound to grapple with the strained social circumstances of his charges. In the autumn of 1987, the church became the focus of history as the opposition Umwelt-Bibliothek (environmental library) housed in the parochial house was forcibly cleared by the East German Stasi, inspiring a storm of protest that was to become a beacon of the civil rights movement in the GDR. Today the parish, once one of the city's most notoriously run-down working class districts, has become a desirable residential neighbourhood that now faces the problems of gentrification, though the area is bounded on one side by one of the starkest social barriers in Germany, directly along the line where the Berlin Wall used to stand.
The new organ – A visionary instrument
Sound and space are inseparably interwoven together in the Zionskirche. Yet one of these two dimensions has been absent since the church's original organ fell victim to the Second World War. The new organ will be designed to combine conventional with experimental registers and to make it possible for visitors to experience the unique acoustics of the Zionskirche once more. Thanks to its great flexibility in configuration and the broad palette of timbres it will have available to it, the organ is designed especially to meet the needs of contemporary organ music and to be suitable for use in a wide variety of performance formats. KlangRaumZion will have room to develop its own unique character in Berlin, a city ranking at the very top in the world of contemporary music.
The church's space, indelibly marked by its eventful history – by the upheavals, changes and tensions it has seen since its construction – makes it a symbol of the decisive experiences that were to shape our culture right up to today, in the language of contemporary music too. A lively, open and active parish in a dynamic city, a fascinating sacred space and the unique opportunity become involved in a new musical concept, without being restricted by to what is already there. That is the hugely promising background before which we are pushing the KlangRaumZion project forward. A series of events starting at the end of 2018 will give an impression of the future of the KlangRaumZion.
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Using Broadcast Media's Power to Fight Climate Change and Why Traditional Media Still Matters
How "Use Your Power for Earth Hour 2014" Won a Holmes In2 SABRE Asia-Pacific Award for Broadcast Media (Radio/Television)
In the recent decade, broadcast television and radio have been called a dying industry, with broadcasters told that they will be replaced by the onslaught of online content via the Internet. As online audiences grow rapidly, the fight for broadcasters is to transition their content creation and distribution. This translates to a struggle for companies on the end of the communication chain, who are still looking for a sustainable and cost-effective way to reach their target audiences.
But The Hoffman Agency Asia Pacific, together with the World Wide Fund for Nature Singapore (WWF), a non-governmental organisation that seeks to educate and raise awareness of climate change, saw an opportunity in broadcast media with a chance to showcase powerful visuals and strong content. They also wanted to generate a strong call-to-action.
While cutting through the clutter was not easy, tapping a combination of PR and marketing strategies allowed WWF to gain a competitive edge with its earned media properties to raise awareness of its cause. Through the help of The Hoffman Agency, the Earth Hour 2014 campaign's appointed communications partner, both organisations customised storytelling angles for each broadcast program the agency reached out to.
Here's what the team did:
Customised a wide range of media stories to cater to varying audiences on broadcast to provoke thoughts and inspire change. Stories included leadership profiling to highlight the leaders steering the ship, humanising Earth Hour and bringing relevance back to the Singaporean community, and leveraging on the entertainment factor of Spider-Man as the first superhero ambassador of Earth Hour.
United the community both online and offline with a call-to-action on a broadcast medium.
Curated powerful imagery and leveraging celebrity partnerships from the Spider-Man 2 cast to jumpstart conversations and create buzz.
Staged a "live" Lights-Off public event to rally the crowd for a common cause, and showcasing it on TV news.
Here's what the team achieved:
Positioned WWF-Singapore as an advocate for climate change from visibility generated by both regional and local broadcast channels in Asia and globally including Guangzhou TV, The Weather Channel, Huffington Post Live, and major regional broadcasting channel, MediaCorp, with its 13 radio stations, and TV with its 7 key channels within a span of four months.
Collected over 29,000 pledges from Singapore (from individuals and institutions), received commitment from more than 500 companies to support the cause, and almost 20,000 people attended the annual Earth Hour Lights-Off event, an indication of the powers of combined PR strategies, including that of the broadcast media.
Perhaps the impact of climate change seems limited in scope to the uninitiated. WWF-Singapore was unfazed and took the leap of faith with the dying broadcast medium as a concrete call-to-action for its target audience. Words aside, here's an illustration:
With this, The Hoffman Agency Asia Pacific and WWF-Singapore joined the ranks of other major organisations in Asia Pacific such as Nanyang Technological University and the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) to take a final bow during The Holmes Report SABRE Awards ceremony in Hong Kong on September 23. What's more, the campaign is also recognized as a finalist for excellence in creating content via "Live Events."
To put this in context, a dozen agencies from across the Asia-Pacific region were recognised for the quality of their multimedia content creation at the In2 SABRE Awards presentation. It focused on excellence in insight and innovation, and focused on the broad range of content created by PR firms, from live events to social media campaigns to digital video to paid advertising.
The Hoffman Agency Singapore, together with Build Eco Xpo (BEX) Asia is also recognised for its excellence in content creation for the category of Trade Shows and Awards at the In2 SABRE Asia Pacific Awards.


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Paweł Warszawski (ur. 26 grudnia 1953 we Witebsku) – polski aktor teatralny i filmowy.

Dubbing
 1980: 12 miesięcy
 1996: Heroes of Might and Magic II − Gallavan
 1998: Kacper i Wendy − jeden z pomocników Desmonda Spellmana
 2001–2007: Ach, ten Andy! − Lik
 2002: Heroes of Might and Magic IV − mentor Waerjaka, narrator, adiutant Lysandera
 2002: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos − Kel'Thuzad,Medivh
 2003: Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne − Kel'Thuzad
 2006: Eragon
 2006: Galactik Football − Aarch
 2007: Złoty kompas
 2007: Lucek i Luśka – strażnicy Teksasu − Jules
 2007: Wiedźmin − Eskel, redański strażnik, elfi skazaniec, Hugon Berronta, dowódca Scoia'tael, Coleman
 2007: Mass Effect − Inżynier Adams
 2010: Hutch Miodowe Serce
 2010: Przyjaciel świętego Mikołaja
 2011: Kot w butach
 2011: Wiedźmin 2: Zabójcy królów – Stennis, Sambor
 2012: Hotel Transylwania − Frankenstein
 2012:  Diablo III − Iben Fahd
 2013: Might & Magic: Heroes VI − Cienie mroku − Jangbu
 2013: Randy Cunningham: Nastoletni ninja − dyrektor Slimovitz
 2015: The Order: 1886 − Alastair D'Argyll, sir Lucan
 2015: Wiedźmin 3: Dziki Gon − Eskel, Nithral
 2016: Battlefield 1 − Spiker (męski)
 2017: League of Legends − Ornn

Urodzeni w 1953
Ludzie urodzeni w Witebsku
Polscy aktorzy teatralni
Polscy aktorzy filmowi


Feb. 5 is the launch of University Library's new program, Books on Demand, which allows you to choose what books it buys for its inventory.
Expect to see IUPUI's television commercial during Super Bowl 53's pregame, before halftime and postgame.
A two-time IUPUI graduate, Virginia Harrison was an education undergraduate when IUPUI was officially formed on Jan. 24, 1969, which was also the alumna's 20th birthday.
Whether advocating for children in court or teaching self-defense classes at IUPUI, Detective Sgt. Kimberly Minor is a fixture for IUPD-Indianapolis.
The university celebrated its golden anniversary last week with live entertainment, tons of activities and lots of cake.
Learn about the future of soccer in Indianapolis, water damage in the Campus Center and race relations exploration.


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Intel: Wearables will increasingly find their place in the enterprise
Mark Sullivan@thesullivan	 February 24, 2015 10:32 AM
Above: Intel's Holmes speaking about wearable devices at Mobile Summit on Tuesday.
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SAUSALITO, Calif. — Wearables have until now been mainly thought of as consumer health and fitness devices, but Intel believes that they will increasingly find useful roles in the enterprise.
"I think our imagination has been captured by consumer wearables, but there are huge opportunities for wearables in the enterprise," said Steve Holmes, vice president of Intel's new devices group, at VentureBeat's Mobile Summit today.
One of the wearable products that's finding its way into the enterprise space is the Pro Glove, which got attention after its performance in Intel's Make It Wearable contest. (A company called Nixie, which makes a wrist-based selfie drone, ended up winning the contest.)
Intel has also seen its wearables chips power devices in the health care world, such as in artificial limbs created by a company called Open Bionics.
"Open Bionics is this idea that you can 3D print an artificial limb and outfit it with certain things and place that limb," Holmes said. "It used to be thousands of dollars, but that price can drop by four or five times."
Holmes worked on mechanical design for Apple's G4Cube computer; at Nike, he launched the Fuel band and a GPS watch. Now at Intel, he leads a group trying to create chips that will help entrepreneurs execute on unique ideas for new wearable products.
Always looking to design new (and smaller) chips for wearables, Intel first released the Edison chip — a dual-core platform with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support. It then released a similar but smaller and more powerful chip called Curie.
Not that Intel isn't interested in wearables for the consumer space. The company bought Basis, makers of the Basis band. Holmes said Intel decided to buy Basis because it was the only band that could tell that Holmes wasn't running 75 miles an hour when he was riding in a car.
Intel has also (somewhat famously) partnered with a company called SMS Audio to create the BioSport in-ear headphones. The phones use a small infrared light to measure the wearer's heartbeat.
Intel is now also working with the sunglasses company Oakley, Holmes says.
If Intel is successful in its chip-making efforts, it will be less expensive to create new wearables.
"There are just a handful of companies making smartphones, but I think there will be thousands of companies making wearables, and that is what we are trying to enable," Holmes said.
In a wider sense, far more people will be wearing things like biometrics monitors in the next few years, Holmes believes. "At some point I think it will be seen as irresponsible to not wear a health wearable — as irresponsible as it is not wearing a bicycle helmet when you're out biking," he said.


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Bariatric surgery as safe in adolescents as it is in adults
Publish date: November 11, 2019
Mitchel L. Zoler
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Adolescent safety data are reassuring
Dr. Corrigan McBride
These data are very important because they come from the largest collection of data on adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery at a U.S. center and are nationally representative. When I speak with families about the possibility of performing bariatric surgery on an adolescent, their overriding concern is the procedure's safety. These numbers on adolescent safety constitute the first safety report for this demographic group from the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program. The similarity in the rate of adverse events in adolescents, compared with adults, is reassuring. As the database matures, we will get additional insights into the longer-term outcomes of these patients, information that's very important for families trying to choose treatment for an obese adolescent child.
The comparison of safety outcomes between sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass appears to favor using sleeves. In obese adolescents the most common complications we see are nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and obstructive sleep apnea, and prior reports have documented that both often improve following sleeve gastrectomy. That fact, plus these new safety findings, may help push the field toward greater sleeve use in adolescents, although the data also show that sleeve gastrectomy is already used in nearly four-fifths of adolescent cases.
Corrigan McBride, MD, is a professor of surgery and director of bariatric surgery at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. She had no disclosures. She made these comments in an interview.
REPORTING FROM OBESITY WEEK 2019
LAS VEGAS – Bariatric surgery in adolescents was about as safe as it was in adults in the largest U.S. database assembled so far for the procedure in this younger age group.
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Dr. Keith J. King
The data from 1,983 patients aged 10-19 years who underwent bariatric surgery at an accredited U.S. center also showed, not unexpectedly, that laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy was significantly safer during the perioperative and immediate postoperative periods, compared with the other main surgical option, laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
The incidence of serious adverse events that occurred in adolescents either during surgery or in the 30 days after surgery was 2.9% in the 1,552 patients (78%) who underwent sleeve gastrectomy and 6.5% in the 431 (22%) patients who underwent gastric bypass, Keith J. King, MD, said at a meeting presented by the Obesity Society and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
Despite this safety disparity, "the decision to undergo sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass should be individualized to account for other factors, such as excess weight loss and long-term success," said Dr. King, a bariatric surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital, Allentown, Pa. But he acknowledged that having these recent safety data from a relatively large number of adolescents will help families that are trying to decide on treatment for their child.
The data came from records kept by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program, begun in 2012 by the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, and a registry for every bariatric surgical procedure done at an accredited U.S. program. The database encompassed 840 surgical programs in 2019.
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The incidence of perioperative and postoperative complications in the adolescent patients during the first 30 days after surgery was not statistically significant for any measured safety parameter, compared with 353,726 adults (at least 20 years old) enrolled in the same database during 2015-2017, except for the average duration of surgery, which was 8 minutes shorter in adolescents, Dr. King reported. The data showed that adolescents and adults had roughly similar rates of serious adverse events, organ space infections, and need for reoperation, intervention, or hospital readmission. The way in which clinicians applied bariatric surgery to adolescents also seemed similar to their use of the surgery in adults. The average body mass index of adult patients was about 45 kg/m2, and about 48 kg/m2 in adolescents, and in both age groups, nearly 80% of patients were women or girls.
In contrast, the comparison of sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass surgery in adolescents showed several statistically significant differences in safety and procedural characteristics. In addition to a more than twofold difference in the incidence of serious adverse events that favored the sleeve, the data also showed a twofold difference in the need for reoperation, 1% with the sleeve and 2% with bypass; and a threefold difference in the need for at least one intervention during 30-day follow-up, 1% in the sleeve recipients and 3% in those treated with gastric bypass. Patients required at least one hospital readmission within 30 days in 3% of the sleeve cases and in 6% of the bypass cases. Average hospital length of stay was 2 days in both groups.
An efficacy review from a different, large, U.S. database that included 544 adolescents who underwent bariatric surgery during 2005-2015 showed that at 3 years after surgery, average reductions in body mass index were 29% for patients who underwent gastric bypass and 25% in those treated with sleeve gastrectomy (Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2018;14[9]:1374-86).
The study received no commercial support. Dr. King had no disclosures.
mzoler@mdedge.com
SOURCE: El Chaar M et al. Obesity Week 2019, Abstract A138.
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Letter: Casey opposition uses bad history, scare tactic
by Gazette Staff • April 26, 2013 • 1 Comment
I would like to address two points that are loudly repeated by the proponents of a new Casey Overpass but I believe are misguided.
First of all, I believe proponents of a new Casey Overpass are misreading history by saying that opposition to extending I-95 through JP supports their cause. Both the extension of I-95 and the creation of the Casey Overpass come from the same mid-century mindframe where car was king and regional and loop highways were being planned all around metro Boston. Blocking I-95 through the city was a huge victory, where people and communities won out over cars. Fifty or so years later, a majority of citizens once again stood up to put people and community over cars by tearing down the Casey Overpass and replacing it with improved surface streets, bike lanes and parkland. The idea that we absolutely need a new overpass highway to keep regional traffic out of Forest Hills is a dated mentality that has been proven wrong in cities around the country. We didn't need I-95 cutting through Forest Hills then, and we don't need the Casey Overpass now.
Secondly, I believe proponents of a new Casey Overpass are using language as a scare tactic—specifically by saying that MassDOT is building a "new six-lane highway." I guess it doesn't sound ominous enough to say, "MassDOT is adding two lanes of traffic to an existing four-lane road." We already have six lanes of traffic: the two-lane Casey Overpass and the four-lane New Washington Street. The entire debate is about where to put those two lanes of overpass traffic: on a new overpass or on the ground. What MassDOT has decided is to demolish the two-lane overpass and add those lanes to the surface road. So I believe it more accurate to say the "pro-bridge" crowd is in favor of building a two-lane overpass highway, whereas MassDOT is building a six-lane roadway. The term "bridge" was never used for the Casey Overpass because it is just that—an overpass.
I welcome anyone to challenge the way public infrastructure impacts our community, but the peer-reviewed traffic analyses, economics and public support are on the side of the new Casey Arborway.
Greg Hunt
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heathhen
I agree that "highway" is the wrong word to describe the State's current plan for replacing the Casey Overpass; the more precise term is "parking lot", since that's surely what it will become.


"When we look critically at the many thoughts and feelings that fill our minds and hearts, we may come to the horrifying discovery that we often choose death instead of life, curse instead of blessing. Jealousy, envy, anger, resentment, greed, lust, vindictiveness, revenge, hatred ... they all float in that large reservoir of our inner life. Often we take them for granted and allow them to be there and do their destructive work. But God asks us to choose life and to choose blessing. This choice requires an immense inner discipline. It requires a great attentiveness to the death-forces within us and a great commitment to let the forces of life come to dominate our thoughts and feelings. We cannot always do this alone; often we need a caring guide or a loving community to support us. But it is important that we both make the inner effort and seek the support we need from others to help us choose life." (Henri Nouwen) As Jesus has said, the road to life is narrow and the road to death is wide. What narrows the road for us is the filtering and purification of our thoughts. How do we do this? By grace, yes, but by our response to that grace. What does that look like? St. Paul says: Do not conform to this age (all that leads to death, the wide road), but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, choosing in all things the will of God, what is good, pleasing and perfect. In this way, we narrow the road so that we can enter the narrow gate.


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1984-85 Star Company Basketball Introduced NBA Icons
January 10, 2014 By Rich Mueller
Two years after Topps got out of the basketball card business for an extended nap, Star became the official supplier for the NBA. They also brought a new concept of sealed team bags, and other sets, instead of packs of random cards. Star cards may have been hard to find at the time, but today all but the rarest cards are easy to track down. The 1984-85 Star set has plenty of fans due to the rookie class that included the Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan.
While most consider Jordan's 1986-87 Fleer to be his rookie card, there's no doubt the first licensed card showing him as an NBA player is the 1984-85 #101 card in the Star set. True Jordan collectors usually have it on their want list. They should also take the safe option and only purchase a graded Jordan card as fakes have been exposed in the marketplace.
The 1984-85 Star Jordan card shows him grabbing a rebound, and as it is the top card in the sealed sets, meaning collectors can have a look at its centering even when in the team bag. A sealed set sold on eBay recently for nearly $6,000. Some of the prices for graded Jordan singles have included a BGS 9 for $5,355, several BGS 8.5s for around $2,750 and BGS 7.5 for $1,330.
Charles Barkley was very popular with card collectors when he led the Suns to the finals, and his television career has kept him in the spotlight. There are still collectors searching for his early cards. Barkley's '84-85 Star card came in the Philadelphia 76ers team bag which had other stars like Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Maurice Cheeks and Bobby Jones. Collectors after Barkley's first basketball card had a choice on eBay recently: a graded BGS 9 Barkley sold for $250 while a sealed 76ers team bag went for a similar price.
J ohn Stockton's Star card makes a big case for these cards to be called rookie cards. Stockton had cards in 1984-85 and 1985-86 Star but it wouldn't be until 1988 when he showed up on the more widely distributed Fleer issues. The 1988-89 Fleer card is often called his rookie card but the truth is he'd been a veteran for four years when it hit the market. The NBA's leader in assists and steals still has fans and $1,100 was paid recently for a Stockton Star rookie card graded BGS 9.5. Several ungraded Stocktons sold for around $80 each.
Akeem Olajuwon, who appears before he changed the spelling of his name to Hakeem Olajuwon, also has his first NBA card in 1984-85 Star. Unlike the team bags with Barkley and Stockton, Olajuwon is the first card in the Houston sealed bag so when $229.97 and $177.50 was paid for the sets on eBay the buyers had an idea of the Olajuwon's condition and centering. Three BGS 8.5 Olajuwon cards sold for around $350 each.
The first NBA cards of Otis Thorpe, Sam Perkins, Craig Ehlo, Michael Cage, Sam Bowie, Antoine Carr and Alvin Robertson are also in this Star set. Just as Bowie had a strange career, his card is also a bit odd as he is standing to the side and the crowd takes up a lot of the picture. The card is available for around $5. Of course there are important cards of veterans too, like Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Clyde Drexler, Kevin McHale and Dominique Wilkins.
All of the Star cards produced during their three years as the official NBA cards share a similar design. The front has a large picture of the player with the team, or other, logo on the bottom left corner, the name of the player along the bottom and the Star logo and year up the top right. The back of the cards has statistics, or biographical data for some of the cards in the smaller sets, as well as player information and logos of the NBA and the Players Association.
The flagship Star set was joined by other issues released throughout 1984-85. Among the many smaller sets that Star made that year, the All-Stars and Slam Dunk sets are the ones that collectors want due to the players included inside the sealed bags. There is a Michael Jordan card in each set. The 1985 Star Gatorade Slam Dunk set has Jordan, Wilkins, Nance, Erving and other high-fliers. The 1985 Star Lite All-Stars and 1985 Star Crunch 'N' Munch All-Stars sets are very similar, the former does include cards of two coaches while the latter set can sell for slightly higher prices.
There was also a Jordan card in the 1985 Star Last 11 ROY's set. The Jordan and Larry Bird cards provide the value in the set, as the other Rookie of the Year recipients during those times didn't have a lot of popularity among card collectors. Adrian Dantley, Buck Williams, Ralph Sampson and Alvan Adams are some of the other players in the set.
The three biggest NBA teams in the first half of the 1980s were the Celtics, Lakers and 76ers. Star made five sealed team sets for distribution on trading card nights at arenas including the Milwaukee Bucks and Dallas Mavericks. Don Nelson's Bucks were close to being an elite team, beating the Celtics in the 1983 NBA Playoffs and the Hawks and Nets in the 1984 post-season, but the Star Bucks set was not full of stars that collectors wanted. The Dallas Mavericks did get deep into the playoffs with young stars Derek Harper, Rolando Blackman and Mark Aguirre but that hasn't made their card set an expensive one.
Star also made two sealed player sets, one for a veteran who received passes from a magician, and one for a physician who was still operating but not quite at his highest level. The master of the skyhook was honored with the 1985 Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar set of 18 cards. The Doctor operated on the other side of the country, for the 76ers, and his career was celebrated with the 1984-85 Star Julius Erving set.
Star also released two sealed sets that featured themes that were not common then and still aren't now among card collectors. The 1985 Star Coaches set was a small set of 10 cards, with the card of Pat Riley being the most important. There were 25 cards in the 1985 Star Schick Legends set, which featured retired players who would take to the floor during All-Star festivities. The card of Pete Maravich is the most expensive. Sealed Legends sets have sold for $50 and $35 recently.
Star Company also went big in 1985 with oversized, 5 X 7 cards. There is a Jordan card in the 1985 Star Slam Dunk Supers, 1984-85 Star Court Kings and the Bulls set in 1984-85 Star Team Supers. Other teams with large cards are the 76ers, Celtics, Bucks, Lakers, Pistons and Rockets. A Court Kings Michael Jordan with the high grade of BGS 9.5 sold on eBay for $1,733.
They went all out that season 29 years ago and the 1984-85 Star Company basketball issues deserve whatever respect they get, whether or not you consider the Jordan issues his first real NBA cards.
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Keeping morale high is an important task while underway at sea. It's sailors like Ship's Serviceman Seaman Allen who keep the ship's crew motivated and mission ready.
MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NNS) — For most, going to the barbershop isn't an unusual experience. That includes sailors. Day in and day out, they trek to the barbershop to stay within Navy grooming regulations.
However, most crew members aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) can tell you their visits to the barbershop are the highlight of their day.
The shop stands out like a small oasis amongst the gray of the ship. Featuring a red-and-blue striped barber's pole, the shop draws the attention of all passersby. Stepping in, you can quickly recognize the barbershop scent of aftershave as classic hip-hop music plays in the background. It could be easy for someone to forget they are on the ship. And that's just what Ship's Serviceman Seaman Devonta Allen wants.
Originally from Yazoo City, Miss., Allen had plans to join the National Guard to become an auto mechanic so he could provide for his newborn daughter. It wasn't until he spoke to a Navy recruiter that those plans changed.
Allen decided to enlist in the Navy and left for Recruit Training Command March 25, 2014. After boot camp, he went to Meridian, Miss., for Ship's Serviceman "A" School then received orders to check aboard the USS Porter, stationed in Norfolk, Va.
Shortly after arriving at the Porter, Allen received news his father had passed away.
Allen credits the Navy and his shipmates for helping him persevere through that tough time in his life.
After realizing how supportive the crew of the ship was, he felt welcomed to be working alongside them. He wanted to give back for all their help. Eight months following, he found out the ship was going to be forward deployed to Naval Station Rota, Spain.
Although this meant he was going to be separated from his daughter, Allen never lost ambition to serve alongside his shipmates and provide for his little girl.
Once in Rota, the ship's servicemen were undermanned. Allen found himself not only working as the ship's store operator but also in vending and as the ship's barber.
Allen found a passion for cutting hair and made it a goal to open his own chain of barbershops in his hometown of Yazoo City, and in Spain.
He also does his best to make the crew feel welcomed and like they are going to get the best haircut ever.
"I want people to feel like when they come to me they know they are going to get a good haircut, in regulations," he said. "When they get their haircut, they feel important. I do a big part in keeping the ship's morale high.
Allen said when people can look good and maintain their military bearing, morale is high and the ship is operating at its best.
Keeping morale high is an important task while underway at sea. For many sailors, deployment can be a hard time to stay focused. It's sailors like Ship's Serviceman Seaman Allen who keep the ship's crew motivated and mission ready.
Specialist Seaman Ford Williams serves the U.S. 6th Fleet U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa in mass communication/public affairs.


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A rally call to save Ely museum
Kath Sansom
This is what the downstairs exhibition gallery of Ely Museum could look like.
Ely Museum says it is undertaking an ambitious project of improvement to save it from closure as the displays are shabby and outdated.
This is how Ely Museum might tell the story of the building's history as the Bishop's Gaol
A fund raising campaign has been launched to bring in £100,000 needed to unlock a £1.67 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help turn the museum into a venue to make East Cambridgeshire proud.
A spokesman said: "Our museum is currently unfit for purpose. The displays have become shabby and outdated. The way objects are displayed does not do justice to the many remarkable items and stories in our collection.
"The museum's store is too small and is bursting at the seams. As a result, we cannot collect any new items. This means that important pieces of Ely's heritage could be lost forever.
"There is no lift to reach the upper floor. This means that over half of our exhibitions are inaccessible to visitors with mobility impairments, or families with pushchairs. Our toilets are insufficient for group visits and schools.
This could be the view into Ely Museum through the window from the courtyard.
"Our essential systems and facilities are at the end of their lives. If they fail we will have to close the museum."
Now they are upping their game with a bid to raise thousands to save the museum.
"Help us create an amazing space to explore our history, welcome visitors and school groups and hold fun events.
"We have fantastic plans. However, to make these plans a reality we still need to raise over £100,000 to unlock a £1.67 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
"Your support is essential for making this happen.
"While we are confident we can secure some funding from national grant-making bodies, the success of this project will only be possible with the financial support of the people of Ely."
Among improvements are redesigned galleries, refreshed displays, new exhibition spaces, an extension for a new education room, a lift to ensure all visitors can be inspired, new lighting and fire prevention equipment.
It is also hoped to create a new store area.
• To donate securely online visit www.elymuseum.org.uk/support-us/support-us/
• Ely Museum's opening hours are Mon-Sat 10.30am – 5.00pm, Sun 1-5pm.
Ice skating magic brought to life for stage show in Ely and March


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Home List Obscure & Forgotten Mario Games Remastered- Part 1: Intro and Traditional Games
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When you think of video games one of the first things you probably think of is Mario, Nintendo's flagship series and one of the most recognizable fictional characters. Having been around for thirty-five years, and still going strong to this day, Mario has been in many games (over two-hundred in fact). While I'm sure you can name off twenty or so, I doubt you could name each and every video game Mario, or characters from the Mario franchise have appeared in. For this reason, I wanted to create this series of blogs to present Mario games that almost never get time in the limelight for one reason or another; maybe they were only released in one region of the world or maybe they got overshadowed by bigger games at the time. Originally, when I first wrote this three-part series back in 2012 I had covered almost 40 games, but now after doing more research, I was able to come up with over 75 Mario games that many people have forgotten. Except for two games, I won't be covering any cancelled video games that feature Mario or Mario characters; the reason being so you'd be able to give these games a try after reading these series of blogs to experience them yourself (although it may be harder to try some of these games out compared to others). This updated blog series will be broken up into nine parts with each part covering a certain genre of games, with this first part covering Mario games with gameplay that we're familiar with: jumping on platforms and beating up evil mushrooms and turtles.
Mario Bros. Special– 1984: NEC PCs, Sharp X1, & FM-7 (Japan only)
This incarnation of Mario Bros. was developed by Hudson Soft and ran on various models of the NEC PC, Sharp's X1, and Fujitsu's FM-7 computer. Rather than defeating all the enemies on the screen, the goal of Mario Bros. Special varies from screen to screen. To clear the first screen, the player needs to get Mario to the top of the screen and hit five switches and exit from the side of the stage before the switches turn off. Stage two, Mario needs to needs to jump on trampolines to stun enemies and knock them off the screen; once all the enemies are gone, a platform will appear to take Mario to the third screen. Screen three, Mario must take an elevator up to the conveyor belts and collect money without getting hit by an enemy. Once enough money has been collected, a ring will appear taking the player to the next screen. Lastly, the fourth screen tests your Mario Bros. skills, having to collect all the money then hitting a bell at the top of the screen before time runs out.
Would it be worth playing? Yes. I'd imagine fans of the 1983 Mario Bros. arcade game would enjoy the new gameplay this game has to offer.
Punch Ball Mario Bros.– 1984: NEC PCs, Sharp X1, & FM-7 (Japan only)
Also developed by Hudson Soft and coming out the same year as Mario Bros. Special, Punch Ball has the same gameplay as the 1983 arcade game too, but adds a ball that Mario can throw at enemies to stun them, then knock off the screen; some of the level design varies from the arcade original too. These two Mario Bros.-esque games are some of the earliest licensed Mario games.
Would this game be worth playing? Like with Mario Bros. Special, I'd imagine Mario Bros. fans would enjoy this game as well.
Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushuu– 1984: NEC PCs & Sharp X1 (Japan only)
Like with Mario Bros. Special and Punch Ball, this game, rather than being a port, is a sequel/enhanced version of a preexisting game, in this game's case, of the unpopular Donkey Kong 3 which was released in arcades the year prior. Players still control Stanley, a bug exterminator, and shoot bug spray at vicious insects and the titular character, Donkey Kong, however they no longer need to guard plants from the invading insects. Gyakushuu consists of 21 stages which take Stanley and DK to various locations ranging from grassy fields to a city on another planet. This would be the last new Donkey Kong game for a decade until Donkey Kong for the Game Boy released in June 1994.
Would this game be worth playing? If you enjoy arcade games like Galaga, Space Invaders, or Centipede, then yes. Although there may not be too many, I'm sure fans of Donkey Kong 3 would likely enjoy this game as well.
All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.– 1986: Famicom Disk System (Japan only)
This officially licensed mod/hack of Super Mario Bros. was published by Fiji Television and replaces some of the enemies and stage graphics with characters who are Japanese celebrities. The game mixes elements from Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels; stages like SMB's 5-4 were replaced with Lost Levels' 2-4. Objects like the Starman were changed to Hiranyas, which are basically identical in appearance to the Star of David from Judaism. Rather than rescuing various Toads at the end of each castle, Mario rescues various celebrities. Princess Peach is still at 8-4 but her outfit was changed from her normal dress to a Geisha outfit. All Night Nippon was given out as a raffle prize on the radio show of the same name.
Would this game be worth playing? Yes, but due to its rarity and not seeing a re-release on any Virtual Console service, you'd have to find other ways to play it…
Super Mario Bros. Special– 1986/1987: NEC PC-8801, Sharp X1, & Samsung SPC-1500 (Japan and Korea only)
This was the first follow up to Super Mario Bros. that was licensed by Nintendo; being released shortly before Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels. Like with the other Mario games released on various PCs at the time, this was developed by Hudson Soft. Super Mario Bros. Special has all new levels, added enemies from past games, along with new items like clocks to add more time to the timer and Lucky Stars which clear all enemies on screen. Two new power ups were added to the game: a Hammer which functions the same way it did in Donkey Kong and wings which let Mario swim in the air. Due to the difference in processing power between the Famicom and PCs this game runs on, the game doesn't have smooth scrolling. Also the graphics and music have been given a slight downgrade.
Would this game be worth playing? The game looks fun, but the lack of scrolling seems like it'd get annoying, so, maybe.
Kaettekita Mario Bros.– 1988/1993: Famicom Disk System/NES (Japan & Europe only)
This game is an updated version of Mario Bros. that also contains a slightly modified version of the original game. Strangely, the game was sort of released in Germany in 1993 under the name Mario Bros. Classic Series. What makes this game special is the Nagatanien World which adds a slot machine mini-game that can be played once the player gets a game over to get the chance to win extra lives. Once the player gets 100,000 points, they're given a promotional code that could be mailed in to be entered into a drawing for Mario themed playing cards. At 200,000 points, another code is given for a free copy of Super Mario Bros. 3, which was released the month prior. Anyone who sent codes in was given a Mario Keyring.
Would this game be worth playing? Yes, but go with the 1993 Europe release since it's the best version of Mario Bros. outside of the versions that came with the Mario Advance games and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga on the GBA. Don't expect to win anything with the promo codes as the promotion for the cards and SMB3 ended over 27 years ago.
Mario Clash– 1995: Virtual Boy (Japan & North America only)
Hope you're not sick of seeing Mario Bros. since Mario Clash is styled off of it. The goal of this game is still the same, to knock enemies off screen, but to do so in Mario Clash, Mario needs to use Koopa shells and throw them from the background to the foreground and vice-versa. This game originally started off as a mini-game in VB Mario Land which ended up not getting released. Development for VB Mario Land halted and would eventually be cancelled by the latter half of 1995.
Would this game be worth playing? Personally, I want to play it since I enjoy both Mario Bros. and the Virtual Boy, but for other people, I'd put this in the maybe pile.
Super Princess Peach– 2005: Nintendo DS
The roles were reversed in this game; Mario and Luigi, along with Toad, have been captured by Bowser's minions using the Vibe Scepter while Princess Peach and Toadsworth were out on a walk. Bowser takes control of Vibe Island using the Vibe Scepter and now Peach must save everyone using the power of her emotions and her parasol partner, Perry. Each emotion: Joy, Rage, Gloom, and Calm, gives Peach different abilities for a short period of time; abilities like floating and invincibility. This game has a bit of RPG elements to it since Perry can be leveled up to perform various transformations to get Peach across certain terrain. The game also features some mini-games. To date, this is the only Mario game where Princess Peach is the star character.
Would this game be worth playing? Yes. Other than the questionable idea of Peach using her emotions, the game looks fun. The thing that bothers me about this game isn't the whole emotions thing, but the Vibe Scepter. Every time I see the word, I think of a vibrator. Although that makes the game's story funny.
This ends the first part of my remastered series of forgotten or obscure Mario games. While nothing in this part was all that diverse in terms of gameplay, (with most of the games keeping to the Mario Bros. or Super Mario Bros. formula) in later parts we'll be seeing Mario and friends appear in more strange games.
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