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Welcome to the Pride Center!
The Pride Center provides programs and support services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual members of the on-campus and online OSU community and their allies (LGBTQQIAA). The Pride Center affirms the identities and empowers the lives of people who are LGBTQQIAA by providing education, outreach, program support, consultation, community development, visibility, and advocacy. The Pride Center is a safe space for all members of our community to explore aspects of sexual orientation and gender identity in an open and non-judgmental atmosphere. OSU itself was named one of the top LGBT campuses in the United States by "The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students" in 2006. Additionally, OSU continues to have a five-star rating and is ranked in the top 20 LGBT-friendly campuses from Campus Pride's LGBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index.
We welcome everyone to join us – even from a distance. If you would like to be connected to our resources from afar, please let us know, and we will work to include you in our efforts.
Fall 1999: Students from various groups on campus identified a need for a safe space with support services for LGBTQQIA and allied students.
November 2000: Student Involvement identified money from their budget that could go toward the center and helped to identify a temporary space in the Women's Center.
March 14, 2001: The Student Fee's Committee unanimously passed the Student Involvement's proposed budget for the Queer Resource Center!
May 2001: The budget was approved by the President of OSU and the Queer Resource Center was born.
Winter 2004: The Queer Resource Center had expanded rapidly over the first years of operation. It was then a need was identified for our own permanent, larger location on campus. A budget was created and approved by the ASOSU Senate.
Spring 2004: The Advisory Board discussed a concern they had for the Queer Resource Center. Students, staff, and faculty had all voiced their opinions around renaming the Queer Resource Center. The Advisory Board came up with the name of "The Pride Center." The new name was chosen to reflect a positive light on all members of our community, particularly being more inclusive and mindful of our allies.
Local history: Thomas Kraemer, "Corvallis, Oregon State University gay activism 1969-2004," posted April 30, 2010
Our space and resources we offer are open to all students, faculty, staff, and OSU community.
Library of books on queer history
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Please click here for a list of additional/outside resources for transgender and non-binary folks.
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The Pride Center will continue to be physically closed as per OSU's C19 guidelines, but do visit dce.oregonstate.edu/COVID19 for ways to connect with us virtually!


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July Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: End of the TV Repacking, Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists, Children's Television Reporting, EEO, Carriage Election Public File Information Deadline, LPTV Settlement Window, Rulemaking Comments and More
By David Oxenford & Adam Sandler on June 29, 2020
Posted in AM Radio, Broadcast Auctions, Cable Carriage, Children's Programming and Advertising, Digital Television, EEO Compliance/Diversity, FM Radio, FM Translators and LPFM, General FCC, Incentive Auctions/Broadband Report, License Renewal, Low Power Television/Class A TV, Multiple Ownership Rules, Noncommercial Broadcasting, Programming Regulations, Public Interest Obligations/Localism, Television
July is usually a month of family vacations and patriotic celebrations. While the pandemic has seen to it that those activities, if they happen at all, will look different than they have in years past, there are plenty of regulatory obligations to fill a broadcaster's long, summer days. Here are a few of the dates and deadlines to watch for in July, and a quick reminder of some of the significant filings due right at the beginning of August.
On or before July 10, all TV and radio stations must upload to their public file their Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists for the 2nd quarter (April, May and June). Stations that took advantage of the FCC's extension of time to file their 1st quarter (January, February and March) list must also by July 10 upload that list to their public file. As a reminder, the Quarterly Issues/Programs Lists are a station's evidence of how it operated in the public interest, demonstrating its treatment of its community's most significant issues. The FCC has shown (see here and here) that it takes this requirement seriously and will fine stations, hold up license renewals, or both if it finds problems with a station's compliance. For a short video on complying with the Quarterly Issues/Programs List requirement, see here.
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Comments Dates Set on Proposals to Expand Video Description Requirements of TV Stations and MVPDs
By David Oxenford on May 22, 2020
Posted in Cable Carriage, Programming Regulations, Television
The FCC currently requires what they now call "video description" by commercial television broadcast stations that are affiliated with one of the top four commercial television broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC) and located in the top 60 television markets. Video description is also required of MVPDs with 50,000 or more subscribers passing through content of the Top 5 cable networks. TV stations subject to the rules are required to provide on a subchannel audio descriptions of at least 50 hours of video programming per calendar quarter during prime time or on children's programming, as well as an additional 37.5 hours of video-described programming per calendar quarter at any time between 6 a.m. and midnight. These descriptions are provided by the networks and passed through by the local station affiliates to allow the blind and visually impaired people to follow the action in video programming on their TVs.
In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted in April, the FCC proposes to expand the video description requirements to network-affiliated stations in television markets 61 through 100 starting January 1, 2021, followed by an additional 10 TV markets each year for the next four years. This proposal was just published in the Federal Register, setting a deadline for the filing of comments of June 22, 2020, with reply comments due by July 6, 2020.
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FCC Releases Order Reinstating Television Video Description Rules
By Brendan Holland on August 26, 2011
Posted in Digital Television, Public Interest Obligations/Localism
Yesterday, the FCC released its Report and Order (available here) reinstating its "video description" rules, which require that certain broadcast stations and nonbroadcast networks provide audio narration of the action depicted in the video portion of the television programming. The Commission originally adopted such rules back in 2000, but they were subsequently vacated by the D.C. Court of Appeals for lack of sufficient authority. This past year, Congress rectified that lack of authority by enacting the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), which was signed into law last October. DWT previously discussed the FCC's rulemaking to reinstate the video description rules back in March (available here), and has now released a further advisory on the newly adopted rules available here.
In a nutshell, the rules require large-market broadcast affiliates of the top four national networks, and cable operators and DBS providers with more than 50,000 subscribers, to provide programming with audio-narrated descriptions of a program's key visual elements, beginning mid-2012. While the FCC originally proposed to require full compliance by Jan. 1, 2012, the R&O pushes that date back six months, to July 1, 2012. Highlights of the reinstated video description rules are as follows:
Broadcast affiliates of the top four national networks—ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC—located in the top 25 television markets as determined by Nielsen as of Jan. 1, 2011, must provide 50 hours per calendar quarter of prime-time and/or children's programming with video descriptions.
The list of the top 25 television markets are those determined by Nielsen as of Jan. 1, 2011. To the extent a station in a top 25 market becomes newly affiliated with a top-four network, it must start providing video description in the same manner as current ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC affiliates in the top 25 markets, beginning no later than three months after finalizing the new affiliation agreement.
Going forward, the video description requirements will extend to major network broadcast affiliates in the top 60 markets beginning July 1, 2015. Rankings for the top 60 markets at that time will be based on Nielsen ratings as of Jan. 1, 2015.
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Where do you start is a common question for anyone who is the least bit curious about how to become healthier. The field of health is riddled with persuasive messages that when put together lead to utter contradiction and downright confusion. What do they have in common? Well the bottom line is just that – the bottom line. The bottom line is wanting you to buy something and buy a lot of it. They want your attention as a potential consumer. They will say or do just about anything to convince you that what you "need" not just want is what they are selling. Are they evil? No – that is not the point. They are just doing business as usual. It is all about profit in their pocket.
Just as they have a right to earn money – you have a right to keep your money. Keeping as much of your hard-earned money as possible means that you have a responsibility to be an educated consumer. So then when you do part with your money – you are doing so carefully, in a way that offers the best return for you.
That sounds simple enough or does it? So who do you consider reliable? The easy way forward is just to conclude that you will trust no one. But how valid is that attitude? Surely there are some people in your life you trust – I bet a few are coming to mind right now. Yes – you do trust them. In fact, we generally offer our trust quite freely. For example, if we meet a new person at work – we usually automatically trust them. We trust what they say and do. It is only when someone says something but does something different – a contradiction between what they said and what they actually did – does trust exit the relationship. Unless amends are made – the mistrust remains un-repaired and the relationship is altered.
That is why understanding evidence-based nutritional science is so valuable. It is trust-worthy and therefore a helpful guide in making health decisions. Evidence-based nutritional science is considered the 'gold standard' for conducting ethical research. it means the findings are re-produced by other scientists and peer-reviewed. This means that they are free from the biases of lobby groups (Beef, Broccoli, etc.) who have a financial stake or other type of benefit of having results come out in favour of their industry or product(s). Who are some of the key players for promoting evidence-based nutritional science? Here are just some of them: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine aka Physicians Committee (PCRM.ORG), Dr. Neal Barnard, President of Physicians Committee; NutritionalMD.Org; Dr. John McDougall (drmcdougall.com) and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr. (dresselstyn.com); Dr. Michael Greger (nutrition facts.org); Dr. Thomas Campbell and T. Colin Campbell, PhD (nutrition studies.org); Rosane Oliveira,DVM,PHD (ucdintegrativemedicine.com); Dr. Alona Pulde and Dr. Matthew Ledermanare (transitiontohealth.com) and Dr. Scott Stoll (fullyalivetoday.com). These health professionals promote evidence-based nutritional science for optimizing the food we need to eat to create the wellness we all desire. This is not a here-to-day and then gone tomorrow "diet" but a truly healthy, sustainable way to enjoy quick, tasty meals that satisfy our taste buds, wallets and well-being. When you add movement (some know it as exercise) and mindful strategies for de-stressing – it is truly a recipe for optimal living!


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What's Streaming on Amazon in December: Sylvie's Love, The Wilds, and More
By Allison PicurroDec 18, 2020 6:54 PM EST
As December progresses, it means we're ever closer to the end of 2020, the toughest year for all of us. Happily, while you're staying safe at home during the holidays, there's a ton of new shows and movies to watch. Over at Amazon Prime Video, there are plenty of new shows and movies debuting in December, including Amazon's first ever young adult series, The Wilds, which follows a group of teen girls struggling to survive on a deserted island after a plane crash. The show premiered on Dec. 11.
Also debuting on Dec. 11 was the new movie I'm Your Woman, a thriller starring Rachel Brosnahan of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. And on Dec. 23, Tessa Thompson stars in new romantic drama Sylvie's Love, which was originally scheduled to premiere Christmas Day. On Dec. 30, check out Yearly Departed, a comedy special starring a lot of funny women including Phoebe Robinson, Rachel Brosnahan and Tiffany Haddish. The women eulogize the trash heap of a year that is 2020.
Check out everything streaming on Amazon Prime in December below.
12 Disasters
Assassin Of Youth
Christmas Chalet
Diary Of A Mad Black Woman
Full Moon High
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
Gun Brothers
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
Hemingway's Garden Of Eden
Los Rodriguez el más allá
Love at the Christmas Table
Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist
Outlaw's Son
The Chumscrubber
The People Vs. Larry Flynt
The Pursuit Of Happyness
The Spy Who Loved Me
Why Did I Get Married?
Sound of Metal - Amazon Original Movie
Valley Girl (2020)
The Bernie Mac Show: Seasons 1-5
Mad About You: Seasons 1-8
I'm Your Woman - Amazon Original Movie (2020)
Clifford the Big Red Dog - Amazon Original Series: Season 3A
The Wilds - Amazon Original Series: Season 1
Victoria Small (Pequeña Victoria): Season 1
The Expanse: Season 5 - Amazon Original Series
La Pachanga
Blackbird (2020)
The Grand Tour Presents: A Massive Hunt - Amazon Original Special
Pawn Sacrifice
Someone Marry Barry
The House Sitter
House Gap (2020)
Yearly Departed - Amazon Original Special
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Who Are the Yarn Guys?
The Yarn Guys are pleased to be the exclusive distributor for Rauma Yarns in the U.S. and Canada. Our focus is to provide you with easy ordering, quality service, and project ideas to support the products we carry. We are yarn enthusiasts...and we are eager to share the beauty and functionality of Rauma with you.
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Popular with Norwegian knitters for nearly a century, Rauma uses Norwegian wool of the finest quality to produce their yarns. They are great for color work, knitting, or felting. They do not pill. Items made from Rauma yarns last a lifetime and can still look new when they are actually cherished heirlooms, passed down from generation to generation.
The Rauma Wool factory is located at the mouth of the Rauma River in the village of Veblungsnes in Møre og Romsdal County in northern Norway. They have been in business since 1927, producing yarns of the highest quality not only of wool, but also of cotton, linen and silk under their "Raumagarn" and "PTgarn" labels.
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I Love Americana And This Card Is Perfectly Americana.Great For Any Occasion. Card Comes With Matching Envelope And Is Packed In A Clear Cello Sleeve.
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Party Signs are our absolute favorite way to dress up parties – they are just so cute and easy! We always use standard picture sizes to make framing a breeze. This sign is sized at 8.5x11".
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A: So you've got two events going on, one for the click of the submit button (to track intent perhaps) and one for the form submission itself. Your goal is configured to expect a value Greater than 10, but your form submission event is not passing a value in. You should either add a value (greater than 10), or remove the value from the goal configuration. Also your screenshot shows likely just the click event (since there's a value of 10 associated with it), but you'd probably be more interested in the actual submissions themselves.

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Tales Of Suspense (1959) #039
Category: Silver Age
Synopsis for "Iron Man Is Born!"
In a closely guarded lab, Anthony 'Tony' Stark shows off a new invention to US military defense officials. He has developed transistorized magnets that are super-powerful enough to pull open a thick metal door from a distance. They increase magnetic force a thousandfold! Stark impresses the military brass with his new inventions, while at the same time impressing the ladies of the international jet set with his dashing good looks and incredible personal wealth.
Across the globe, the evil Red tyrant Wong-Chu takes over another small village in Vietnam, defeating its strongest men in contests of judo. Meanwhile, Tony Stark has arrived in Vietnam to observe the testing of one of his new inventions for the US military. Accompanying a squad of soldiers equipped with his weaponry on a patrol through the jungle, he accidentally triggers a tripwire that detonates a landmine. The wounded Stark is captured by Wong-Chu's forces and taken to their nearby headquarters. Wong-Chu realizes his prisoner is a "famous Yankee inventor" and decides that he will put him to work in service of the Communist insurgency even though doctors determine the young inventor only has days to live before "shrapnel reaches his heart."
Wong-Chu declares that he will have a surgeon save Stark's life if he will agree to develop new high-tech weapons for him. Stark agrees, but only in order to try and save his own life with his technical abilities. Given access to scrap metal and tools, Stark promises he will deliver a "fantastic weapon," but sets out in building a mechanism that will help stop the shrapnel from penetrating his heart. He is given an assistant named Professor Yinsen, a famous physicist whom Stark had read about while in college. Working together, the two finalize work on Stark's project: an iron body suit with a chest plate that will keep the shrapnel at bay through use of transistor-powered magnets.
Just as Stark has donned the life-saving suit and begun to power it with electrical current from a generator, Wong-Chu senses something amiss and comes in to check on him. Professor Yinsen rushes out into the hallway shouting at Wong-Chu and is shot dead by armed guards, buying the precious seconds Stark needed to fully charge the armor. Tony Stark, as Iron Man, hears the murder of his friend and swears he will avenge his death. He tries to rise and steady himself in the Iron Man armor, but discovers it is like learning to walk again. He quickly gets the hang of operating the armor and evades detection from Wong-Chu by leaping to the ceiling and holding himself there using suction cups. After the tyrant leaves the room, he heads outside to "amuse himself" with his "favorite sport": terrorizing the local villagers.
Iron Man descends from the ceiling and finds a coat and hat, with which to covers his armor, and wanders outside to find Wong-Chu tossing people around in the judo arena. Iron Man challenges Wong-Chu, then takes off his coat and hat to reveal the shocking visage of Iron Man! The metal monster walks up to Wong-Chu, picks him up, and twirls him around before tossing him into the brush. Wong-Chu demands that his guards open fire on Iron Man, but the bullets just bounce off the armored figure's metal chest plate. Iron Man then uses "reverse magnetism" to redirect the bullets back at his opponents. Iron Man chases Wong-Chu to a nearby building where the Communist menace fells him with a file cabinet loaded with rocks.
Wong-Chu escapes to order the execution of all his prisoners, but Iron Man, low on energy and too weak to continue pursuit, uses his armor's lubrication system to launch a stream of oil towards an ammunition depot near the fleeing Wong-Chu. He then sets fire to the oil stream using a miniature torch in one of the armor's gauntlets, causing the ammo dump to explode, and seemingly killing Wong-Chu. His batteries now recharged, Iron Man dons his coat and hat and walks away into the jungle.
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ANALYSIS: Food business taps trends, whips up 100 new London jobs
Norman De Bono
The Original Cakerie is expanding their operations in London. Derek Ruttan/The London Free Press/Postmedia Network
London's agri-food sector is tapping into the two hottest trends in the food industry, with one plant adding 100 jobs, a move that will boost its workforce by 25 per cent.
The Original Cakerie is adding a line of gluten-free cakes to its plant that employs 400, increasing the workforce and expanding the Innovation Drive business by 3,250 square metres.
In addition, the city of London has sold a 2.4-hectare parcel of land to Thorndale businessperson Stewart Cardiff, who plans to open a plant-based food business in Innovation Park employing about 20 people.
"This is exciting news for our growing food and beverage sector," said Kapil Lakhotia, chief executive of the London Economic Development Corp.
"We have been able to diversify the manufacturing sector with a number of new and growing food companies. The economic impact will be felt throughout our region."
The Cakerie is launching its Inspired By Happiness line of gluten-free cakes that will be made in London, the latest growth for the city's food sector. Last year Maple Leaf Foods announced it's building a $660-million chicken-processing plant in London that will open in 2021 with a workforce of 1,500.
"It is incremental growth, but these are very good signs," said Norm Beal, chief executive of Food and Beverage Ontario, a food industry advocacy group.
"London has done an excellent job of attracting food and beverage businesses, it is well positioned. London has become an important processing plant and Cakerie is an important player."
The Original Cakerie hopes to fill some of the new positions at a London and Area Works job fair Tuesday at Western Fair, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. A total of 85 businesses with more than 2,000 positions to fill have registered for the fair, Lakhotia said.
When the Cakerie announced in 2008 it planned to open a 11,600-square-metre plant in south London near Highway 401, the food giant saidit would buy $30 million a year in flour, eggs, cream, fruit and sweeteners, largely from area suppliers, to make frozen desserts for retail and food-service customers in Canada and the United States.
The Cakerie is expected to start construction on the expansion this fall and work is expected to be completed a year from now. The new workers will be hired over the course of the year. The plant makes about 400 cakes an hour, nearly 10,000 a day, while running three shifts, 24 hours a day, five days a week, the company said.
It now makes several different types of cakes, including strawberry, chocolate, lemon, tiramisu and assorted slab cakes, that are sold to grocery chains such as M&M Food Market in Canada and Kroger in the U.S.
Its gluten-free products will consist of a cookies and cream layer cake and a dark and white chocolate layer cake. The increased demand for its products is being driven largely by restaurants and grocery stores.
As for Cardiff Products Corp. on Valleyview Road in Thorndale, it plans to open a 4,000-square-metre plant on a site it bought in July for $462,700, a city of London report said. The site is at Old Victoria Road and Discovery Drive and construction is expected to begin in 2020.
"Plant-based food products are growing in popularity and this will add to our inventory," said Gerry Macartney, chief executive of the London Chamber of Commerce.
Food industry analyst Sylvain Charlebois said he's not surprised London is experiencing growth in these areas because the food sector is about innovation and plant-based proteins and gluten-free products are a big part of that trend.
"I am happy for London. There is a new way of looking at food, people are looking at health differently, and food innovation has to adapt to changes," said Charlebois, director of the agri-food program at Dalhousie University.
"How people make decisions to feed themselves is changing, they are asking, 'If I drink this coffee or if I eat Beyond Meat, will I save the planet?' The health factor is another issue."
Norm Beal
Beyond Meat is an American company whose plant-based meat substitutes are popping up at fast food restaurants and grocery stores.
In addition to Maple Leaf, over the past two years Dr. Oetker, the frozen pizza maker, the Nestle ice cream plant, Sikorski Sausage and Cargill, another chicken processor, all announced plant expansions and new investment in London.
Oetker said it's investing $54.5 million to add a production line, increasing the workforce to 300 from 200. It makes more than 40 million pizzas a year.
In addition, Nestle announced a $51-million investment adding about 200 jobs, Cargill invested $22-million in its London plant and Sikorski, which makes smoked sausage and deli meats, invested $3.2 million and added 10 positions.
The agri-food industry in London has more than 90 companies employing around 7,000 people, Lakhotia said.
The Original Cakerie is owned by Dessert Holdings in Minnesota.
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Drug charges head Marion County grand jury indictments
Sixteen indictments were handed down by a Marion County grand jury this week.
Drug charges head Marion County grand jury indictments Sixteen indictments were handed down by a Marion County grand jury this week. Check out this story on marionstar.com: http://ohne.ws/2g2zUdM
Staff report Published 2:43 p.m. ET Nov. 17, 2016
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MARION - Sixteen indictments were handed down by a Marion County grand jury this week, including three men, two of whom are from out of the area, who were indicted for offenses involving heroin.
Destin T. Throckmorton, 21, 610 Irey Ave., was indicted on two counts. He is alleged to have possessed heroin in a Nov. 4 incident. The grand jury also seeks the forfeiture of $3,981, Throckmorton's alleged proceeds related to the case.
Nicholas Patrick Shirey, 38, of Toledo, was indicted on one count each of trafficking in heroin and possession of heroin; and Ronald D. Wilson, Jr., 24, of Detroit, was indicted on four counts: two counts of possession of heroin, one count of possession of cocaine and one count of conveying, or attempting to convey, drugs into prison.
The indictments against Shirey stem from an Oct. 31 incident. The indictments against Wilson allege the offenses occurred on Sept. 9 and Oct. 31.
The grand jury indicted 13 others on charges that include other drug charges, felonious assault, burglary, child endangerment.
In a joint indictment, the grand jury indicted Paige E. Holmgren, 26, of Linden, Mich., and Daniel E. Keitzman, 33, of Flint, Mich., on counts of trafficking in hashish in a Nov. 10 incident, and possession of hashish on the same date. Keitzman also was indicted on one count of trafficking in marijuana on the same date. Kyle D. Noe, 25, of Piqua, was indicted on one count of aggravated possession of drugs stemming from the same incident.
Quinton D. Faggs, 26, 1060 N. Main St., was indicted on four counts stemming from an Oct. 14 report. He was indicted on counts of possession of cocaine, escape, assault and criminal damaging.
Neil Leroy Collins, 30, 1030 Congress St., was indicted on two counts — aggravated possession of drugs and operating a motor vehicle under the influence, based on an Oct. 30 incident.
Chantelle P. Mcgary, 32, 578 E. Farming St., was indicted on four counts, two counts each of domestic violence and endangering children.
Joseph Adam Jones, 31, 473 Smith St., was indicted on two counts of felonious assault and a count of abduction from an incident that occurred Oct. 11.
Gernald Love, 40, 577 Polk St., was indicted on one count of felonious assault on Oct. 5.
Lance J. Mullins, 46, 158 Latourette St., was indicted on one count of felonious assault on June 23.
Oscar Paz, 45, 277 Narrow St., was indicted on charges of resisting arrest and harassment with a bodily substance on Oct. 28.
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Steven Douglas Stacy, 28, 231 1/2 Olney Ave., was indicted on four counts of burglary, from incidents on Jan. 1, Sept. 28, Oct. 5 and Oct. 20, and one count of receiving stolen property, from an Oct. 17 incident.
Gary Roger Johnson Jr., 37, 565 Easy St., was indicted on one count of receiving stolen property, from a Nov. 8 incident.
Darren W. Ballard, 42, of 581 Pearl St., was indicted on one count of domestic violence from an incident that occurred Oct. 26.
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Sit up and take note of this poignant, scorching, utterly hilarious film: Dolan is a force to be reckoned with.
Vancouver International Film Festival
I Killed My Mother 2009
J'ai tué ma mère
Directed by Xavier Dolan
Actor/writer/director Xavier Dolan was 20 when he made this fiery, funny picture of a teenage boy and his single mother bound together by their intense dislike of each other. "A tour de force." — Screendaily
Canada • In French with English subtitles
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Stéphanie Weber-Biron
Hélène Girard
Anette Belley
Nicole Pelletier
Nicholas S. L'Herbier
Anne Dorval (Chantale Lemming)
Xavier Dolan (Hubert Minel)
Suzanne Clément (Julie Cloutier)
François Arnaud (Antonin Rimbaud)
Patricia Tulasne (Hélène Rimbaud)
Niels Schneider (Éric)
Monique Spaziani (Denise, 'Dédé')
Cannes (Directors' Fortnight), Toronto, Vancouver 2009; Rotterdam, New Directors/New Films 2010
Best Canadian Feature, Vancouver International Film Festival 2009
This year's prodigy is undoubtedly Xavier Dolan, whose first feature, made before the child-actor-turned-auteur reached 20, has attracted endless hype since it became a Cannes sensation last year. But the hype is justified. It's a fiery, funny picture of a teenage boy and his single mother bound together and defined by their intense dislike of each other. Teachers, our hero's boyfriend and boyfriend's totally preferable Bohemian mother are all drawn into the vortex. Superbly acted by the boy himself and actress Anne Dorval, Dolan's crackling script strikes lightning bolts of recognition for audiences either side of the generation gap, while his energetic directorial style is wittily cribbed from Godard and Wong Kar-wai, ie the best. No mothers are actually killed. No sons either. — BG
"A stunning, semi-autobiographical tour de force… it is a film with the sting of shrewdly observed truth… Hubert (Dolan) is a petulant, floppy-haired adolescent who has grown to hate every single aspect of his mother's life from the messy way she eats to the horrible fashion faux pas that constitute her wardrobe. He isn't shy about telling her. Arguments become shouting matches with Hubert displaying the kind of uncontrollable rage that would have done the late Klaus Kinski proud. 'We used to talk,' murmurs his mother. 'I was four and had no one else,' he roars back at her… If I Killed My Mother was just a succession of vicious arguments it would quickly become tiresome. Dolan is only 20 but shows great maturity and assurance as a filmmaker in the way he captures both sides of this complex relationship." — Allan Hunter, Screendaily
"French New Wave meets Noughties auteurs, for the YouTube generation." — Ian Harris, Salient
"It shouldn't be funny. It shouldn't be moving. It's both" — David Larsen, NZ Listener


For May 15, 2007: Enter the world of author Jan Brett and you won't want to leave! Not only does she share her beautiful artwork for printing, but complete background information about her books. Listen to her monthly "Hedge a Gram," designed as a response to the email letters she receives from students. (Hedgie the Hedgehog figures heavily in Jan's work and Web page.) Watch videos of Jan as she demonstrates how to draw various animals and objects. Still haven't found enough to engage your students? Then, print out coloring pages, play a game, or browse through the hundreds of activities. Jan Brett is truly a teacher's dream come true.


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Plectrohyla celata är en groddjursart som först beskrevs av Kevin R. Toal och Joseph R. Mendelson 1995.  Plectrohyla celata ingår i släktet Plectrohyla och familjen lövgrodor. IUCN kategoriserar arten globalt som akut hotad. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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UAE Offers 33 Tons of Food Supplement to the Children in Yemen Suffering from Malnutrition
The United Arab Emirates have offered 33 tons of food supplements to the children of yemre who are known to be suffering from serious malnutrition by launching a comprehensive nutrition programme. The food supplement had been delivered to Al-Jumhuriah Hospital of Yemen's Aden as a part of the ongoing efforts of UAE for easing the suffering of Yemenis because of the trying humanitarian circumstances which was caused by the Iranian supported Houthi militias.
An plane of Emirati had arrived at Aden International Airport and it had been carrying all food supplement as the 1st phase of the 200 tons of food supplement which will arrive in batches in the coming days. The nutritional supplements are important for all types of age groups, particularly children. They are known as Plumpy Nut or Plumpy Sup.
The Yemeni Unde-Secretary of Ministry of Public Health and Population, Ahmed Al Kamal; UAE Humanitarian Operations Director in Yemen, Saeed Al Kaabi, and the Yemeni officials who had been present the airport for receiving the supplies. The ERC have also sent medical team for assessing the condition of the health sector and to implement various initiatives and programmes in the liberated governorates of the country.
Al Kamal have mentioned that ongoing support of UAE for the health sector of yeme na the provisions of food and medicine supplements to the children, elderly, and women have truncated the shortage of all kinds of medical supplies. Again, its therapeutic services are known to have helped the Yemeni citizens suffering from difficult humanitarian circumstances because of the war that had been started by the Houthi militias.
Al Kaabi stated the food supplement distribution is going to take place in coordination with the Ministry of Health of Yemen along with the relevant international relief organization.


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Writing-intensive (WI) courses at UPEI integrate a significant amount of writing (and opportunities for revision) into the work of the course, providing a variety of formal and informal occasions for students to write and learn the goals, assumptions and key concepts of a course.
Formal writing opportunities allow students to learn the formats characteristic of a discipline, such as a research report, a critical essay, an essay examination, or a laboratory report. Formal writing is used primarily as a means for demonstrating learning outcomes. Informal writing opportunities allow students to use writing as an instrument of learning through write-to-learn strategies, such as journals, letters, logs, lists, questions, short in-class responses to readings, lectures, and discussion. Informal writing enhances the quality and depth of the learning process.
Although no definitive quantity of writing can be stipulated for a WI course because of disciplinary differences, writing opportunities, both formal and informal, should account for a minimum of 50% of the grade weight. In addition, apart from informal writing and examinations, at least 10-15 pages of writing should be assigned (e.g., reports and essays); and, on at least one occasion, students should be allowed opportunities for revision, with critical comments on drafts, before a final grade is awarded.


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Q: C# как использовать Cmd с правами администратора Привет мне нужно через свой код выполнить команду в (командной строке)СMD Windows. Написал такой вот Асинхронный метод.
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Но проблема в том, что мне необходимо выполнить эту команду с правами администратора. Как это можно реализовать?

A: Установка свойства ProcessStartInfo.Verb на "runas" приравнивается к запуску процесса с правами администратора:
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psi.FileName = "cmd";
psi.Arguments = @"/k vssadmin delete shadows /all /quiet";
psi.Verb = "runas";
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If you believe you or a loved one has a broken bone, stop by your local Physicians Immediate Care clinic—with or without an appointment. Each clinic is equipped with a digital x-ray system that we use to diagnose your injury and recommend the appropriate treatment. In the event of a severe fracture (i.e., bone piercing through the skin), please call 9-1-1 for emergency treatment.
Feel free to walk into any Physicians Immediate Care clinic near you. Contact us anytime for additional information and try our online reservation service to help streamline your visit.


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The Spazmatics
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In the spring of 1983, physics professor Luis Stigwood of Alta Dena High in Thousand Oaks California, lost a debate over String Theory to an upstart pupil in front of the entire student body and faculty. As agreed to by both parties, the loser would have to do anything that the winner demanded, and the victorious prodigy demanded that Mr. Stigwood perform "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby during half-time at an upcoming state basketball championship game.Having no musical background and desperate to not go down in total humiliation, Professor Stigwood tapped the genius of electronics teacher Eugene MeeGene, who had achieved international acclaim in 1981 for his invention of "robot" drums. When MeeGene (who was also the girls water polo coach at Alta Dena Middle School) explained that most of the music could be generated by computers, and that all he needed was a couple of decent musicians to fill in the holes, Stigwood was ecstatic. To round out the lineup, Stigwood brought in his brother, Milton on bass, and teacher's assistant, Shureman on guitar.When the group took center court that evening, members of the hip elite began heckling them with jibes of "geek" and "nerd," while everyone else howled with laughter. But once they broke into the opening salvo of "Science," the nonbelievers were stunned by the group's authenticity of production, world class musicianship, and tight choreography. The performance came to a climax when Stigwood grabbed one of the cheerleaders and began doing the "Belinda" up and down the court with her in tow. When it was all over, the crowd rose in a standing ovation, and the Spazmatics were born.FACT:From the creators of the World Famous Afrodisiacs comes the Spazmatics. All the awesome sounds, styles, and way cool dance steps from the 1980's decade we'd love to forget. Complete with skinny ties, Brill Creamed hair, and horn-rimmed glasses, the Spazmatics recapture all the best of the worst. Outstanding musicianship combined with creative flair and style makes for an evening of pure energy and entertainment. So tonight we're gonna party like it's 1999; only it's not!
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Invest In BC Kootenay
Image Via: DESTINATION BC/KARI MEDIG
Small-Town Diversification
Even without a big population base, the Kootenay region is seeing a flowering of non-traditional industries
DESTINATION BC/KARI MEDIGLying along B.C.'s eastern border, the Kootenay region is a diverse economy that includes mining, refining, forestry, tourism and the tech sectors. The Kootenays boast the province's lowest unemployment rate of 3.1%. Economists for the Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C. noted in their Regional Check-Up 2018: "The number of jobs in the Kootenays increased by 6.7% in 2017, boosting annual employment to 71,900 – the highest level in four years." At the same time, residential building permit dollar volumes increased 25.7 percent, to $243.9 million.
This is good news as the entire region is seeing increased development and investment, including the $900-million expansion of the Red Mountain Ski Resort in Rossland which includes luxury boutique hotel The Josie and the Nowhere Special Hostel.
The region also boasts two regional hospitals in Cranbrook and Trail with investments of $72 million on tap going toward upgrades and expansions.
Diversified mining company Teck Resources Ltd. is far and away the leading private-sector employer and economic bellwether in the Kootenays, operating metallurgical coal mines around Sparwood in the East Kootenay and a smelter for lead and zinc processing in the West Kootenay city of Trail. The largest single capital project under development in the region is Teck's $1.6-billion expansion of its Baldy Ridge open-pit mine, which is meant to supply 6.8 million tonnes of coal per year to Asian steel mills.
The forest industry has benefited from strong housing construction activity in the U.S., which has made it easier for producers to pass the cost of American softwood lumber tariffs on to consumers. At the same time, the Kootenays were less affected by the mountain pine beetle infestation than other parts of the Interior, given that lodgepole pine makes up only a small portion of the region's tree species. As a result, reductions in the annual allowable cut have been modest.
NEW INDUSTRIES RISING
Despite the absence of large cities – the biggest is Cranbrook, population 20,000 – the Kootenay region is seeing diversification and the flowering of knowledge-based industries. Foreign investors recognized that in 2017 with acquisitions priced in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Italian beverage multinational Lavazza bought an 80-percent stake in Kicking Horse Coffee of Invermere in a deal that valued the whole company at $215 million. (The remaining 20-percent share was retained by co-founder and CEO Elana Rosenfeld.)
In barely two decades, Kicking Horse had become the largest organic and fair-trade coffee roaster in Canada; with the help of new ownership, it's now looking at expanding farther south of the border and even into European markets.
Although such takeovers shift corporate control out of the region, the capital they provide can also help seed the entrepreneurial ecosystem locally. For example, after selling their Kelownabased cloud services firm, RackForce Networks Inc., in 2015, Bryan Fry and Tim Dufour teamed up with forest industry entrepreneur Brian Fehr of Prince George to create the Columbia Lake Technology Center (CLTC) in Canal Flats, in the East Kootenay. On the site of a shuttered sawmill, more than 70 high-tech workers are now engaged in things like making parts for automated sawmills and building compact, prefabricated data centres that store information for technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality. The CLTC is in turn stimulating new residential and commercial development in a community that until recently feared for its survival. "We see Canal Flats as a model for B.C. and, indeed, rural areas across the country," chief executive Lorri Fehr told BCBusiness. "Because so many of our communities have been dependent on a single resource, and we want to switch that out."
This is an optimistic, forward-looking area, enthuses Don Freschi, co-founder of Firebird Technologies and executive director of the Kootenay Association of Science and Technology: "Doing business in this area is quite easy, and I see nothing but great things for this area in the future."
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▷ Cranbrook ▷ Kimberley ▷ Slocan
▷ Creston ▷ Nakusp ▷ Sparwood
▷ Fernie ▷ Nelson ▷ Trail
▷ Grand Forks ▷ New Denver ▷ Imagine Kootenay
▷ Invermere ▷ Radium Hot Springs


In the casual game world, Big Blue Bubble is best known for creating the home improvement-themed strategy puzzler Home Sweet Home. There's much more to the Canadian developer than that, however, as we discovered when we spoke with Big Blue Bubble CEO Damir Slogar.
How did you come up with the name the Big Blue Bubble? Is blue your favorite color?
It is pretty common in the gaming industry that you get the awesome idea for a new game and later discover that something like that already exists. Similar thing happened with the name; my top choices were already taken. Big Blue Bubble had some nice ring to it so I went with that. It definitely helps when you call to complain about the product or service and introduce yourself as "XY from BBB." My favorite color is #0C55A2.
What is your favorite game that you have created?
I have to go with Home Sweet Home.
Call of Duty 4, Portal and Super Mario Galaxy at the moment. If you are asking about casual games, I don't play them that much but I really love hidden object games.
Big Blue Bubble may be new to the casual game scene (a lot of Gamezebo readers may have only heard of you with the release of Home Sweet Home), but you've actually been around for awhile. What types of games have you been working on and why are you moving into developing casual games?
We started Big Blue Bubble as mobile game development studio with the idea to eventually expand to console games because this is our area or expertise (our core teams are all experienced console game developers). This month we released our 35th game! We worked on many top brand titles across multiple platform (J2ME, BREW, Mophun, Leapster, GBA, DS, PC, Mac…) and based our studio around 3 core divisions; mobile, console and casual.
The decision to start our casual games division was partially based on the success we had in mobile space with casual games. Also, we wanted to create new IP's and there is no better start than developing a successful casual game first.
Your first successful casual game project has been Home Sweet Home, a casual game designed around home decorating and interior design. Why did you pick this theme? Can you give us insights into the development of this game?
With Home Sweet Home, we wanted to bring something unique to the casual games market, not only with the theme but also in terms of the game-play elements. We didn't want the game where you will run your game design business by simply clicking on things; we wanted user to be creative and take ownership of their design. It certainly wasn't easy. It took team of 5 people (on average) almost whole year and dozens of prototypes before the game was ready for release.
Home Sweet Home is not your first foray into casual games that our users may be familiar with. You worked on Super Mahjong Quest, Jewel Quest 1 and 2, Professor Fizzwizzle… as mobile games. What's the challenge of taking a game designed for the console or PC and turning it into a mobile game? What's the secret to your mobile success?
Scaling down the PC version of the game to mobile phone is very tough. We usually start with developing the prototype that thanks to our mobile technology rarely takes more than a few days. After that, we focus on controls and 'look & feel'. This is usually the hardest part and it could take months. So far it worked very well; some of our mobile games are multi-million sellers.
PC downloadable games are not the only type of casual games you are making. You just announced the launch of Animal Genius for the Nintendo DS in collaboration with Scholastic Media and on your Web site, you say that you are working on a role playing game (RPG) for the DS. What insights can you give us on these DS projects?
At the moment we have two DS games in production and we are about to start the third one soon. Most interesting is the RPG game that is based on our proprietary 3D engine that is generation ahead compared to anything you can see on DS. Our engine supports dynamic lighting, soft shadows and it runs in 60fps. Another game we working on is based on a very popular fantasy license and we believe it will one of the best DS titles out there when it get released (Q4/08). More info will be available very soon.
One of the most highly anticipated launches in 2008 will be Nintendo's WiiWare, where developers can create games for download on the Wii, the most popular console out right now. How big (or small) do you think WiiWare will be in 2008?
I hope it will be huge because we will be there! Overall, it should work much better for a casual game developer than for example, Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA). First, the WiiWare end user fits the target demographic for casual games much better. Second, Nintendo already offers the virtual console with all old games so casual developers don't have to compete with the bad arcade remakes for a launch slot.
Big Blue Bubble is yet another casual game company situated North of the border in Canada. Why do you think so many great casual games are coming out of Canada?
The game industry has been strong in Canada for some time now (Canada game industry most recently surpassed UK and now is the 3rd largest cluster in the world). Cultural diversity combined with the great educational system and quality of living are in my opinion key factors. When you add generous tax credits on top of that, you can't expect anything less.
Not much changed in the way it works, but significantly larger in the scope. Clones will still rule. Like sequels and movie licenses in the console gaming, casual games will keep the "dark side" strong as well.
Can you give us any hints about your upcoming games that we have not yet talked about (we've talked about a lot of projects so far!). Any new PC download games you plant to create? Is there a Home Sweet Home 2 planned for the future?
We have another casual game coming out in February and of course Home Sweet Home 2 is on the way. The main focus of our casual division right now is to bring Home Sweet Home on multiple platforms and so far things look pretty good.
I would like to apologize to all the contractors out there who recognized themselves in our game Home Sweet Home. We know you don't run like sissies when you get hurt, you don't drink so much coffee, and you can always find your own tools.


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Machinist union's president calls Boeing's contract offer 'crap'
By Brett Cihon
SEATTLE – Boeing and the Machinist Union are negotiating a new contract. But already, many machinists are saying negotiations won't get far.
"It's a piece of crap," Machinists Union Local 751 President Tom Wroblewski said of the deal at the union's first meeting Thursday night.
The proposed deal is an 8 year agreement between Boeing and machinists. It would provide a 1 percent pay raise every other year and include a 10,000 dollar signing bonus.
But, the law would bring changes to wages for new hires would raise healthcare costs for the rank-and-file. Under the new contract, it would take a new hire 16 years to reach the top of the pay scale instead of the current six years. Machinists pensions would change to a 401K savings plan.
The union was originally scheduled to vote next week, but Wroblewski said a vote on the contract is doubtful, as he and many union members are not satisfied with its current form.
Lawmakers in Olympia are debating a 8.7 billion dollar tax break bill geared towards Boeing for the company to build its new 777X jet in Washington State. A deal that could secure thousands of jobs possibly for the next decade. However, Boeing has said it all hinges on whether the Machinist Union will accept its offer.
Shortly after the Union meeting Thursday, Boeing released a statement, saying "We chose to engage in Puget Sound first, but without full acceptance by the union and legislature, we will be left with no choice but to open up the process competitively and pursue other options for locating the 777X work. If this is not ratified per the scheduled union vote on November 13th, we will begin taking the next steps."
Troopers investigate after a man was found dead at crash scene with gunshot wound in Toppenish
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2 Puyallup police officers shot during standoff; suspect in custody


Germanwings Flight 9525 (Barcelona–El Prat Airport in Spain to Düsseldorf Airport in Germany) crashed 62 miles north-west of Nice in the French Alps. All 144 passengers and six crew members were killed. The co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz locked the cockpit door and initiated a controlled descent that continued until the aircraft impacted a mountainside.


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Suicide Prevention and the Church
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Every loss of life to suicide is tragic and leaves in its wake a tsunami of grief affecting family, friends and the wider community. And the church is not immune. People within our churches are facing mental ill health, depression and despair, while others are caring for family members who are suffering from mental and emotional anguish.
The launch of Ireland's new strategy for suicide prevention, "Connecting for Life," in 2015 was a call to arms for communities to work together to reduce the tragic loss of over 500 lives a year to suicide across the Republic of Ireland. In Northern Ireland, the suicide rate is close to 300 people a year.
VOX Magazine editor Ruth Garvey-Williams is a passionate campaigner for Christian engagement in this vital area. "This tragedy touches us all. So many of us have lost family members or friends to suicide. My vision is for churches to be informed, equipped, and inspired to engage effectively in suicide prevention alongside their local communities, to see lives saved and families restored, to comfort those who mourn and bind up the broken-hearted! That is why we at VOX Magazine have organised a series of one-day suicide-prevention conferences in January and February - bringing together people engaged in this vital work to help us."
Apostolic Church, 67a Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Gerry Raleigh, National Office for Suicide Prevention
Joanie Reilly, Counsellor/Psychotherapist
Saturday 6 February
Grace Christian Church, 53 MacCurtain Street, Cork
Pastor Brian Synnott, church leader and professional counsellor
Barry Condon, church leader and founder of Suaimhneas, a support group for people suffering from depression
Calry Church, Sligo
Dr Stephen Critchlow, Consultant Psychiatrist, speaker, and author
Other speakers will include Stephen Bradley, Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, and Christian counsellor Linda Rowett. The programme will include opportunities for discussion, questions and practical examples of how churches around Ireland are involved in suicide prevention.
Workshops will be offered on a range of subjects (depending on venue and demand) including:
Supporting those bereaved by suicide
Understanding self harm
Equipped to care - listening skills
Working together with your community
Supporting a family member with chronic mental illness
Each event costs just €20 per person (including lunch) with concessions available for students, the unemployed and senior citizens.
These events are designed for church leaders and individual Christians who are concerned about suicide or have been affected by suicide and want to know how Christians can respond.
Note: While we recognise that an event of this nature can stir up painful memories/emotions, and we will have people available on the day who are able to talk and pray with people as needed, the conference is not designed for those who are currently experiencing distress or mental ill health. The Samaritans offer a 24-hour helpline on 116 123 (ROI) or by visiting www.samaritans.org to find your nearest branch (includes Northern Ireland). You can contact a Christian counsellor by visiting www.iacc.ie and many churches can provide additional support.
Follow the links at the top of this page and sign up on the spot. Get further information via email (info@vox.ie) with "Suicide Prevention Conference" in the subject line, or telephone the VOX office on 01 443 4789.


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Primarily used for cutting tools.
M2 is classified as a "medium" machinability tool steel in the annealed condition. It may be shaped by grinding but is relatively poor in regard to capability of being ground. Its machinability rating is 50% as compared to the W group water hardening tool steels which are relatively easily machined.
Formed by machining or forging and then machining.
Consult the alloy supplier for information on the advisability of welding.
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Forge at 2050 F down to 1700 F. Do Not forge below 1700 F.
See "Forging" and consult the supplier for information on working at lower temperatures.
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Anneal at 1625 F and slow furnace cool at 40 F per hour, or less.
Temper at 1050 F for a hardness of Rockwell C 60 to 65.
Hardens by heat treatment and quenching. See "Heat Treatment" and "Tempering".


The candidates who were eagerly waiting for the Latest Non Teaching Jobs. they will be happy to see the golden opportunity this year. Yes Candidates! Your wait is over as Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar. have released huge number of vacancies for you. GNDU invites candidates to fill up various. non teaching post in various departments. Candidates who are interested and eligible for these post. they can apply for GNDU Non Teaching Staff Recruitment 2016. through official website www.gndu.ac.in. Applications will be started from 21st June 2016. Last date for applying Non Teaching Vacancies at GNDU is 5th July 2016. Candidates who are interested they can apply. in online mode only from official website of GNDU. Further notification details like age limit, educational qualification. last date. important links, how to apply, pay scale, admit card. result etc regarding. GNDU Non Teaching Staff Recruitment 2016 is given below.
As you know that Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar have announced notification regarding various non teaching posts at GNDU Amritsar and various campuses under GNDU. Candidates who are eligible and interested for these posts, they can apply for GNDU Non Teaching Staff Recruitment 2016 through official website of GNDU. Candidates must possess education qualification as per defined in official notification. Candidates will be selected based on performance in Interview. Candidates who will be selected for Non Teaching Posts in GNDU, he/she will get Pay Scale of Rs.10300-34800+4600 GP. Candidates who wants to apply for Non Teaching Staff Recruitment in GNDU, they must have to pay application fee of Rs.800/- for general/BC/OBC Category and Rs.400 for SC/ST/PWD candidates. The candidate should deposit the requisite application fee by presenting the bank challan printed after registration to any branch of State Bank of Patiala on all bank working days. Further details regarding GNDU Amritsar Recruitment 2016 for non teaching posts is given below.
Educational Qualification :- Candidates who are going to apply for GNDU Recruitment 2016 for non teaching, they must have refer official notification.
Age limit :- Refer official notification.
Pay Scale :- Candidates will be selected in GNDU Non teaching recruitment, they will get Pay Scale:- 5910-20200/-. Plus Grade pay according to posts. For more details, candidates should go through official notification.
Candidates will be selected in Non Teaching staff at GNDU based on their performance in following exams.
Application Fee : Candidates who are going to apply for GNDU Non teaching recruitment 2016 , they must have to pay Rs. 800/- as examination fee for General and OBC candidates. Candidates belonging to SC, ST, PWD and EXSM will have to pay Rs. 400/-. The candidate should deposit the requisite application fee by presenting the bank challan printed after registration to any branch of State Bank of Patiala on all bank working days (after one working day from date of Bank Slip Printing). After accepting the application fee, the Bank will return one copy of bank challan to the candidates as a token of receipt. The copy of challan will contain a journal number & date of transaction.
How to apply for GNDU Non Teaching Staff Recruitment 2016 ?
First of all visit official link or www.gndu.ac.in.
Click on apply now for "GNDU Non Teaching Staff Recruitment 2016".
Note :- Applicants are required to take TWO printouts of the Online Application Form. Affix the same passport size photograph (which was uploaded with the online form) on it and SEND a COPY to 'THE REGISTRAR, GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY, AMRITSAR-143005', PUNJAB along with self attested copies of all the certificates of Educational/ Professional QUALIFICATIONS (DEGREES AND DMC'S WITH CONVERSION FORMULA OF CGPA/OGPA), EXPERIENCE CERTIFICATE, RESERVE CATEGORY CERTIFICATE (Reservation certificate issued by the competent authority as a proof of claiming the reserve category as made in the online application form ) AND BANK CHALLAN, etc and keep the 2nd copy with him/her.
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Aspark's electric supercar aims to hit 0-62 mph in less than 2 seconds.
As you probably know by now, this year's Frankfurt Auto Show will host the reveal of the highly-publicized Mercedes-AMG Project One, an F1-powered hypercar that will redefine the performance capabilities of a road car. Japan's Aspark (no, we hadn't heard of them either) has similar aspirations for EVs with the forthcoming reveal of its new supercar, the bizarrely named Owl. The electric supercar has been in development since 2014 and will make its world debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show this month.
Full technical specifications are still under wraps for now, but the Owl's performance is ambitious, to say the least. Aspark is targeting a mind-bending 0-62 mph sprint time of under two seconds which would make the Owl the fastest accelerating car in the world. Yes, that would make it even faster than the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon which currently holds the fastest production car record, with a 0-62 mph time of 2.3 seconds. At one meter tall, the Aspark Owl wears a full-carbon body and rides on magnesium wheels to make it as lightweight as possible. To give you a taste of the Owl's ferocious acceleration, Aspark has released a series of test videos showing the supercar stripped down to its bare-naked chassis.
Official renders of the Aspark Owl depict a prominent front splitter, side vents, a massive rear wing and gullwing doors. The side mirrors and conventional seats suggest it could be a road car, but the aero-enhancing features make it look more like a track-only special. All will soon be revealed when the Frankfurt Auto show opens its doors on September 12.


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Solberg & Hansen Joins Criticism Of Russia's Anti-Gay Law With "Rainbow Coffee"
Sprudge Staff	February 12, 2014 Culture
Norwegian roasting company Solberg & Hansen is releasing a special edition coffee called "Rainbow Coffee" in support of the Principle 6 campaign launched in conjunction with the Olympic Games in Sochi.
The Principle 6 Campaign is supported by a growing number of Olympic athletes. The organization's website describes itself as "a campaign inspired by the values of the Olympic charter, as a way for athletes, spectators and global supporters to celebrate the Olympic principle of non-discrimination and speak out against Russia's anti-gay law before the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi."
The Principle 6 organization explains, "In Russia, you can be fined or arrested for speaking out publicly about gay, lesbian, bi or trans- issues. The Principle 6 campaign uses the language of the Olympic Charter to allow athletes and fans to speak out against this discrimination during the Sochi Games without violating Russian anti-gay laws or violating the Olympic ban on political speech."
S&H employee Andre Munkvold (pictured above) published this picture via Instagram:
"Rainbow Coffee" is a naturally processed Red Bourbon from Finca Santa Rita in El Salvador, with strawberry aromatics, a full body, and notes of chocolate n' orange, with a sweet aftertaste. Sounds delightful. More information from S&H:
Rainbow Coffee made by Solberg & Hansen to support the Principle 6 campaign launched in conjunction with the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014. This product wishes to celebrate the values of the Olympic charter that states: "Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement." We wish to stand in solidarity with all Olympians and to speak out against violence and discrimination.
Their sentiment echoes that of some prominent sponsors of the U.S. Olympic Committee who have spoken out against Russian anti-gay laws, including AT&T, DeVry University, Chobani, and Google. On February 6th, Google's splash page was a rainbow version of their logo, with the principle 6 excerpt from the "Olympic Charter":
"Rainbow Coffee" will be available worldwide from Kaffemegleren.
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Paul McCartney: Still Fresh After All These Years
Sir Paul McCartney took the stage Wednesday night, June 26th, at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Sir Paul McCartney took the stage Wednesday night, June 26th, at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona and did not disappoint the sold-out venue. From young to old, this crowd was treated to a night to remember.
When the smoke cleared, McCartney had sung 38 songs. Just over three hours of music and storytelling had left his fans still wanting more. He arranged this amazing set list from his 60-year songbook. Think about that. McCartney's library of tunes is 60 years old or older. Bet you can't think of any other living musician that can say that. Hit after hit, from pre-Beatles, Beatles and of course Wings, with a Jimi Hendrix teaser to boot.
The music was one thing; the stories he shared were another. They had fans laughing and even some crying at times as Sir Paul paid homage to his former bandmates, the great John Lennon and George Harrison.
This music has stood the test of time. The younger generations in the crowd sang along word for word with huge smiles, dancing and embracing what was unfolding in front of them. It must be the ultimate compliment for the 77-year-old knighted British rocker and all his accomplishments.
McCartney's amazing band, from the horn section to the very talented guitarist Rusty Anderson and bassist Brian Ray, played flawlessly with high energy throughout the night. Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums won the hearts of all the fans. His expressions, amazing drumming, and dancing just added to this perfect night. Video screens played vintage footage from all eras reminded everyone just how great Wings and The Beatles were, along with killer lighting that flowed smoothly with the music. There are too many songs to mention, but just to experience "Band on the Run" and "Live and Let Die," without giving anything away, was enough for the price of admission right there.
This is one show that is a must for the music fan. I'm thinking even the fans that are just so-so on the Beatles will enjoy this. I hope Sir Paul will continue touring for many years to come, sharing the music and of course the stories that go along. Make sure to check out the website for tour info and set lists.
Paul McCartney performs on June 26, 2019, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Rick Scuteri)
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If Walls Could Talk: Au Pied De Cochon and 1335 Wisconsin Ave. NW – Part 1
The Facebook post that spurred the most recent chatter was the question about which restaurant to research for a post. So, the second installment of "Reader's Choice" will be a post about Au Pied de Cochon — which is now a Five Guys, like a quarter of the restaurants in the D.C. metro area. This was the suggestion from our reader Nick (sorry it took so long).
I do want to give two shout outs for a couple posts in the blogosphere that helped me out in my research … so, thanks to The City and the World and the Georgetown Metropolitan (photo below is from GM).
Au Pied de Cochon
Read about Au Pied de Cochon and its tenure at 1335 Wisconsin Ave. NW below. The rest of the building's history will be in the second part of this piece coming out tomorrow.
Au Pied de Cochon (1976 – 2004)
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It was a sad day for Georgetown and all of Washington when Yves Courbois closed the doors to his restaurant for good in 2004. The greasy french restaurant was a mainstay at Wisconsin and Dumbarton St. NW for nearly three decades.
It opened in 1976 to some positive reviews by the Washington Post. Yves also started two more establishments nearby, Aux Fruits de Mer and Au Croissant Chaud, much to the delight of Georgetown's Francophiles.
Below is an excerpt from Donald Dresden's review in the June 6th, 1976 Washington Post titled "Au Pied de Cochon: Sturdy bourgeois food at practically any hour."
The "foot of the pig" is the kind of place where one comes for a snack or a full meal in unpretentious informal surroundings at hours that run almost around the clock. One of the owners/operators said recently, "This is a place where people come to eat, not dine." It's really a neighborhood restaurant that is trying, and succeeding, in being just that and nothing more.
The premises were one of Georgetown's old-fashioned bars that had changed hardly at all over several decades. The Cochon's owners have done the place over with informality, polished up the bar and put in tables with artificial marble tops, much in the style of a French brasserie.
I'm terribly sad to say that, even in my ten plus years in the District, I never dined at Au Pied de Cochon. It's a total bummer that I never experienced this place, as I'm sure a number of the Georgetown or Glover Park readers have.
By the way, interesting side note, Yves Courbois was born in Hanoi, in what was then, colonial French Indochina (i.e., Vietnam) and came to the U.S. in 1960, beginning his D.C. restaurant career by washing dishes at The Monocle — which opened in 1960 — on Capitol Hill. That's a pretty cool story, in and of itself.
Bistro in bankruptcy
1984 was a bleak year for the restaurant as Courbois had to declare Chapter 11. According to a Post article that July, it was far more complicated than the restaurant being in financial dire straits. This was an issue of disputed ownership and feuding partners, long a problem of the restaurant (I don't know how it lasted almost 30 years).
Claire Smith, of Alexandria, dealt with all the finances for the restaurant (and two others owned by Yves). She had invested $500,000 in 1982 to become an even partner in the business, but Courbois claimed that he never received a cent. Leonard Sloan, the former attorney for Mr. Courbois, advised him to file bankruptcy in an attempt to force Smith out of the business. To make matters more confusing, Sloan claims he was legally entitled to the option of acquiring a 30 percent stake in the three restaurants … hence, the title of former attorney, due to a major disagreement over that fact with Courbois. At the end of this entangled mess, the three restaurants and Courbois survived. Yves remained the sole proprietor, but he learned a valuable lesson.
Courbois said he now runs the businesses from top to bottom, putting in 18-hour days, seven days a week. "I know every piece of bread sold." Now his wife counts the money, and all books are checked by an outside accounting firm.
"I don't want no more partners," Courbois said. "I just want good managers. I want to expand the bakery. Nothing is going to stop me."
"All my life, everything I got is in the companies," he said. "The most important thing has been to keep it going. The bread has to come out."
Now that is a dedicated restaurateur that endures through the hard times. This is a cautionary tale for any of you thinking about starting a restaurant, especially with partners. Proceed with caution.
Don't forget to pay your taxes
Twelve years after his major financial and partnership snafu, he hit another little bump, this time with the United States Government (the Wikipedia link is here if you want to learn about the government). I dug up a small bit in the May 16th, 1996 Washington Post, which mentioned the IRS closing two Georgetown restaurants for back taxes dating back a decade. Ouch, that's not good.
Two French restaurants, Au Pied de Cochon and Maison de Crepes, were forced to close and begin selling off tangible assets to satisfy their debt. Well, clearly they addressed this problem because they were in operation for another eight years, but this was not the best of luck for Yves Courbois.
KGB spy defects … then un-defects
Vitaly Yurchencko
This is the most famous story that took place at the bistro, so you may already know it, but I still find it fascinating. It happened on November 2nd, 1985, towards the end of the Cold War. Here's the really brief summary …
On August 1st of that year, Vitaly Yurchencko, 49, slipped into the U.S. Embassy in Rome, asking to defect. He claimed to be frustrated with his stagnant life as a Russian spy, his failed relationships with his wife and son, not to mention that he had a Russian mistress living in Canada.
According to CIA reports, he was No. 2 in the KGB department overseeing spying in North America. He had actually already lived in Washington in the 1970s as the chief of security at the Soviet Embassy (i.e., the guy that prevents defections) and was a man-about-town known as "Vity" to the bartenders in posh downtown establishments.
After defecting in Rome, he exposed a couple of CIA agents that were double agents working for the KGB. The Agency felt they had a valuable commodity in Yurchencko and persistently debriefed him to extract more information, activities that Vitaly claimed led to a deep depression and regret for his decision.
Later, in September of that year, the CIA assisted in reuniting him with his beloved in Canada, with the hopes of lifting his spirits. Unfortunately for Vitaly, the love was not mutual and she spurned him, which only deepened his depression.
By October, his security detail was far more relaxed and he was relatively free to go where he wanted in Washington. Below is how the Washington Post reported the details of November 2nd (disclaimer: this is how the Post guessed it went down).
… On Saturday, Nov. 2, Yurchenko was assigned a fairly new employe [sic], a young and inexperienced agent who agreed to take him to Au Pied de Cochon, a Georgetown brasserie, 1 1/2 miles from the Soviet compound on Tunlaw Road NW.
As they finished their dinner about 8 p.m., Yurchenko looked at the young agent, said he wanted to take a walk, and asked, "If I walk away, will you shoot me?"
Of course not, came the answer. This is America.
Perhaps out of fatherly feeling toward a young agent, perhaps out of anger at his debriefers, he parted with these words: "If I don't come back, don't blame yourself."
And with that, Yurchencko vanished.
Russian Embassy on Wisconsin Ave. NW
Now, the Post's story takes a bit of creative license and isn't the generally accepted version of events (although it is a little like Jason Bourne). It's believed that Vitaly asked to use the restroom and then crawled out the window, en route to defect back to the Soviet Union.
There's a second side to this story. Many claim that Vitaly was, in fact, a double agent himself, and his plan all along was to return to the Soviet Union.
The Soviets were desperate to jump ahead in the intelligence war and embarrass the CIA. There would be no better way to do that and shake their confidence by planting a fake defector in their hands, only to have him return. The double agents he turned in were no longer of use to the KGB, so they were collateral damage.
I don't know which story you think is true, but I'm inclined to believe the former. It may not have transpired exactly as the story proffered by the Post, but doesn't that make for great dinner table conversation?
Always one to spot an opportunity to monetize something, the restaurant added a new drink to the bar menu called the "Yurchenko Shooter," a combination of Stolichnaya vodka and Grand Marnier on the rocks. Gross, I'll pass.
Fire shuts down Georgetown restaurants
Just after Christmas in 1992 a fire severely damaged two of Courbois' restaurants. Below is an excerpt from the Post mentioning the upcoming reopening of the restaurants.
Two Georgetown restaurants damaged by a smoky fire on Sunday are to reopen soon, according to a spokeswoman for the businesses.
Aux Fruits de Mer, a seafood restaurant at 1329 Wisconsin Ave. NW, is to reopen tonight, and renovation of its sister business, Au Pied de Cochon, is expected to be finished by Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, the spokeswoman said.
Au Pied de Cochon, 1335 Wisconsin Ave. NW, which sustained the brunt of the damage from the fire, became a part of Cold War legend in 1985 when a high-ranking Soviet defector slipped away from his CIA escort during dinner and sought refuge in the Soviet Embassy compound. It also has become something of a local institution as one of the few restaurants in the city open 24 hours.
The fire started in a basement storage area. Fire officials said at the time that they believed it was caused by an electrical malfunction.
Don't mess with Iron Mike
Angry Mike Tyson
The gossip column of The Washington Post on March 11th, 1998 had an interesting paragraph on Mike Tyson. Two Baltimore women were suing him following an incident that transpired at the bistro.
Sherry Cole and Chevelle Butts, both 30, sued Tyson in Montgomery County alleging assault, battery, defamation and mental distress stemming from a predawn meal at Au Pied de Cochon. They say he propositioned one of them, cursed both of them and upended a table on them; Butts acknowledges throwing coffee on the Bethesda-based boxer after he swore at her.
What? The Champ needed to quickly get out of the way of scalding hot coffee, and in doing so, inadvertently flipped over the table. No big deal. He's normally a pretty chill dude.
Farewell Au Pied de Cochon … much has happened inside your walls.
Au Pied de Cochon advertisement (1990)
Now that you've read all the way through this post, you probably want to find out what else happened at 1335 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Check back tomorrow for the second part of the building's history. I will post it here (this link won't work until tomorrow).
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Here in the shady hollows of northwest Oregon, spring comes early. It makes a quiet entrance as it slowly turns what was muddy and brown into something luminous and green. The green woods become an enchanted place. I wanted to capture some of that magic here.


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Ichthyococcus are a genus of lightfishes. It is one of seven genera in the family Phosichthyidae.

Included species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
 Ichthyococcus australis Mukhacheva, 1980 (Southern lightfish)
 Ichthyococcus elongatus S. Imai, 1941 (Slim lightfish)
 Ichthyococcus intermedius Mukhacheva, 1980 (Intermediate lightfish)
 Ichthyococcus irregularis Rechnitzer & J. E. Böhlke, 1958 (Bulldog lightfish)
 Ichthyococcus ovatus (Cocco, 1838) (Lightfish)
 Ichthyococcus parini Mukhacheva, 1980
 Ichthyococcus polli Blache, 1963

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Marine fish genera
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte


This is a Spanish wine from Carinena, Spain. It was purchased from Winery Insider which offered a special deal on mixed case party wines. The Ace of Bass and I split up the case randomly and he got the Garnacha (known as Grenache in other parts of the world).
The wine made a welcome return appearance at my house during a recent party.
I'm a big Grenache (and Garnacha) fan and Spain produces some vibrant wines and sterling values. 90+ Cellars, located in Boston, aims to source wines from around the world that are worthy of a 90+ rating and offer them at a very affordable price. This wine, produced in a limited quantity of 2,200 cases, retailed for $12. This offering was very popular as it is now sold out.
Carinena is a region of Spain with a wine-making history that dates back to Roman times. The wine is aged in French Oak for six months which earns it the "Crianza" label.
Grenache is often unoaked and has a soft feel and fruitiness. This Garnacha had a nice flavor of forest fruit, a bit of chocolate, nuts and a spicy finish. This wine was surprisingly good.
Chalk up a win for Garnacha and make a note to check out the great deals from 90+ Cellars. I've got an 90+ Cellars Australian Zinfandel that is just begging to be opened!