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DES MOINES - The Spirit Lake Park boys' track team came up with two medals in the first day of competition at the 2013 State Track Meet on Thursday.
The Indians' 4x800-meter relay finished third and Will Norris placed sixth in the 3200-meter run.
The 4x800-meter relay team of Mark Norland, Tanner Goetsch, Paul Woizeschke and Norris finished the 4x800 in a season-best time of 8 minutes, 3.51 seconds for the third-place finish.
Pella won the event in 7:58.79 while Bishop Heelan was just 21 hundredths ahead of SLP to place second in 8:03.30
In the 3200-meter race, Norris didn't have his best time of the season has he finished in 9:36.72. Boone had the top two runners in the event with Albert Meier winning in 9:18.93 and Austin Chandler finishing in 9:20.05.
In the only other event for the SLP boys, Bryson McCabe competed in the 100-meter dash preliminaries where he finished 14th in 11.73 seconds.
There were no medals for the Spirit Lake Park girls' team, but the Indians had four events competing on Thursday.
Jenna McCoy finished tied for 10th in the high jump with a leap of 5 feet.
The 4x800-meer relay team of Taylor Sieperda, Dondi Schmidt, Emma Dau and Mikaela Heikens finished 13th in 10:20.50.
Sieperda finished 17th in the 400-meter dash preliminaries in 1:01.14.
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Countrywide $500 Million Accord Gets Tentative Approval
Bank of America Corp.'s Countrywide unit won tentative final approval of a $500 million securities class-action settlement with investors in its devalued residential mortgage-backed securities.
U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer, at a hearing today in Los Angeles, set aside objections from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which had argued as receiver of 19 failed banks that the accord disproportionately favors a subclass of the investors.
"I'm going to have to write something," the judge said. "Nothing is final until the court has written an order."
The settlement resolves claims that Countrywide, the largest U.S. mortgage lender when it was taken over by Bank of America in 2008, misled investors in offering documents about the quality of the home loans that were pooled for the securities. Many of the securities had been given the highest credit ratings and lost value when they were cut to junk during the collapse of the U.S. housing market.
"I think this a very, very significant case," Pfaelzer told the lawyers who filed the first class-action cases against Countrywide as far as back 2007. "It was really a very enterprising thing for you to do."
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The $500 million deal is separate from an $8.5 billion settlement pending in state court in New York which resolves claims that Countrywide breached its contractual obligation to replace delinquent mortgages that were pooled for the securities.
The class-action settlement also resolves claims on behalf of investors whose securities weren't held by plaintiffs in the first securities lawsuits and whose claims were dismissed as time-barred by Pfaelzer. The FDIC had objected that those so-called dismissed claims involved the vast majority of the securities and received too small a part of the total settlement.
Spencer Burkholz, a lead lawyer for the plaintiffs, said at the hearing that the $500 million settlement had been proposed by an independent mediator. The allocation of the money was based on the strengths and weaknesses of the "live" claims, the dismissed claims and appellate rights, he said.
"You don't need to litigate every dismissed claim up to Supreme Court before you settle them," Burkholz said.
Countrywide's lawyer, Brian Pastuszenski, said his client was settling the lawsuit for business reasons and the settlement was by no means a concession that Countrywide had violated any laws.
The case is Maine State Retirement System v. Countrywide Financial Corp., 10-00302, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles).
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When I was a nurse, my coworkers and I regularly swapped recipes during lunch breaks. This creamy cheesecake was one of the best I received. —Georgiann Franklin, Canfield, Ohio
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- 1-1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 2 cartons (15 ounces each) ricotta cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Hot Cherry Sauce, or cherry pie filling, optional
- In a bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of a greased 9-in. springform pan.
- Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 6-8 minutes or until crust is lightly browned around the edges. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a large bowl, beat ricotta cheese on medium speed for 1 minute. Add sugar; beat for 1 minute. Add eggs; beat just until combined. Beat in flour and vanilla. Pour into crust.
- Place pan on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight. Remove sides of pan. If desired, serve with Hot Cherry Sauce. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 12 servings.
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Pages from the Past: A Legacy of Medieval BooksUSC-Aiken
Nov 12, 2008
Presentation by Dr. Scott Gwara, Professor of English, USC Columbia Campus, and the USC Choir with a one-day exhibit of early medieval manuscripts held by the Rare Books and Special Collections Department of the University of South Carolina Columbia Campus. Reception to follow. Additional details to be announced.


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Telstra, Samsung launch
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Posted in Policy, 12th January 2011 23:00 GMT
When radio was the new, disruptive technology, broadcasters in Australia had a great idea: sell radios that were tied to one station. That way, the sale of the devices would fund the operation of the station.
The "walled garden" approach to radio lasted a little over a year, destroyed by hobbyists that built their own, tunable radios or hacked the "sealed sets" to receive more than one station.
The reason for this historical factoid is yesterday's announcement by Telstra that it will integrate BigPond TV into Samsung's range of IP televisions, Blu-ray players and home theatre systems.
This integration gives customers BigPond TV channels streamed to their Samsung devices. Channels include news, sport (including AFL, otherwise known as Aussie Rules; rugby league, V8 Supercars, sports news, horse racing and a music channel.
Widevine's adaptive streaming technology will be used in the service, presumably alongside the Google takeover target's DRM technology also distributed by Samsung.
While accessible to Samsung TV owners who aren't BigPond customers, those signed onto other ISPs will load up their data caps if they download BigPond TV content. ®


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(RADIO.COM) – It was revealed that Madonna would be teaming up with Miley Cyrus for the Bangerz singer's MTV Unplugged special. But now it seems that the two are going a little bit country for the show.
According to Billboard, Miley is embracing her Nashville roots and giving her fans country friend renditions of her songs like "4 x 4," "Do My Thing" and "#Getitright." She will also cover Dolly Parton's "Jolene," a song she covered in 2012, proving she hadn't lost her country flair just yet.
The hour-long special, which has Miley stripping her songs down to their bare bones, is meant to "let people know she can sing," her manager, Larry Rudolph told Billboard.
The set, designed by Miley herself, is even barn themed with bales of hay and a dancing horse, which reportedly she does twerk with. Seems Miley isn't ready to twerk off into the sunset just yet.
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College sweethearts to marry in May
Persistence may have pried open the door to Kirsten Block's heart.
Three years ago, the 2008 Gothenburg High School graduate was immersed in studies at Hillsdale College during fall semester of her senior year.That was when fellow collegiate Trevor Anderson mustered enough courage to tell Kirsten he wanted to spend time with her.
"It was really much more than that but you can only say so much in that first conversation," he said.
Kirsten said she was hesitant at first.
"It was the busiest semester of my college career," she said, noting that she was in the midst of graduate school applications, a senior thesis, a heavy load of classes and was working three on-campus jobs.
"I literally had no time to give him."
Kirsten had actually met Trevor, who's from San Leandro, CA, the first day of her freshman year at Hillsdale, a small liberal arts college in rural southern Michigan.
Now they were both seniors.
"We really didn't run in the same circles through most of college so our friendship didn't get much farther than a friendly conversation once or twice a semester," she recalls.
For Trevor, there was a specific moment his junior year when Kirsten walked into the college cafeteria.
"Love can apparently bloom in any locale," he said.
When he spotted Kirsten, Trevor said he knew he wanted to marry her.
"The way she walked, talked, dressed and held herself, it suddenly dawned on me that she was only slightly less than a goddess," Trevor remembers.
Still, he avoided making any advances for a while because he was quite sure she would turn him down.
Kirsten said she always thought Trevor friendly and funny when she bumped into him on campus but she didn't really know him.
The two also studied in England the summer before their senior year and "we ran into each other several times."
When Trevor did approach Kirsten, she said he was straightforward about his interest.
"I was the one who was uncertain, feeling like I needed to get to know him before I could even entertain the idea of being interested in him in return."
She told him she was willing to get to know him better but didn't have time unless he wanted to study with her.
"He surprised me when he took me up on the offer and spent the rest of the fall semester getting to know me over little study breaks to get coffee or to walk around the quad before returning to the books," Kirsten said.
Once January rolled around, Kirsten said she was ready to tell Trevor she was quite interested and the two began to date.
Since graduation from Hillsdale in May of 2012, the couple has had a long-distance relationship.
Kirsten is now in her last semester of a master's program in early Christian studies at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN, and Trevor is working on a master's degree in philosophy and theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA.
The proposal
On the day Trevor proposed, the couple was supposed to meet in Philadelphia for a conference where they would deliver papers.
Kirsten had a couple of classes to attend before flying out of Chicago.
"When Trevor knocked on my door at 7 a.m., before it was even light outside, I was completely taken off guard," she said. "At first I thought he had just rearranged his flights so that he could travel with me from Chicago to Philadelphia but when he told me that I needed to cancel my flight and be ready to come with him at 8:30 a.m., I sort of suspected what was up."
Incredulous that he had shown up unexpectedly, Kirsten reminded him of the classes she needed to attend.
"Trevor informed me that he had cleared everything with my professors," Kirsten said.
The couple then drove to Hillsdale, a couple of hours from Notre Dame, and Trevor proposed in a place on campus where they used to walk together.
Trevor had arranged a group of friends to meet for a surprise celebration afterward that included some favorite professors and friends that lived across the country.
"I was very fortunate to have all three of my college housemates in town during my engagement as well as Kirsten's two best friends from college and they were all tremendously supportive and helpful," Trevor said. "The plan went off without a hitch and that was largely because of their work."
After the celebration, Kirsten and Trevor hopped back in the car and drove nine hours to Philadelphia.
Kirsten said there are a million reasons she wants to marry Trevor and noted the difficulty in narrowing it to a few.
"It's certainly true that our interests and personalities are very compatible, that we have a common desire to seek God, and that we share many of the same goals for our lives," she said.
However Kirsten said she never knew that someone could love another person as much as Trevor loves her.
"I have been absolutely amazed from the beginning by his persistent, patient, whole-hearted love," she explained. "His love has taught me to love to a depth that I never thought possible. He is the greatest gift I have ever, ever received."
Quoting William Shakespeare to describe his feelings for Kirsten, Trevor said:
"...But you, O you, / So perfect and so peerless, are created / Of every creature's best!" said Ferdinand to Miranda in "The Tempest."
He went on to say that Miranda is fiction and "Kirsten is not."
Trevor said he didn't so much decide to marry Kirsten as simply accept that, if she would have him, it would be the best possible development of his life.
"And it has been," Trevor said. "It's an honor to me that she receives my affection for her and, what's more, returns it."
Kirsten is also very beautiful, he said, and they have a similar sense of humor.
"Thanks largely to her growing up with her dad," he said.
Asked about the strengths that will help in their marriage, Kirsten describes Trevor as thoughtful about everything he does which makes him sensitive to her.
"He's also very careful in the decisions he makes and the words he uses," she said.
Trevor's ever-cheerful demeanor and sense of humor help to keep her from getting too serious, she said.
"He embraces challenges and gives himself fully to whatever he undertakes," she said.
Most of all, Kirsten said Trevor is the most genuine and sincere person she's ever met.
In addition to thoughtfulness, Trevor said one of Kirsten's best and most refreshing qualities is her lack of pretension.
"She is also an extraordinarily hard worker, responsible with her finances and does not become upset over minor issues."
He added that Kirsten is also a good cook—like her mother.
Major marriage quality
What's most important in marriage to both of them, they said, is that the marriage— in all aspects—demonstrates the mutual love of Christ and His church.
The couple said they are blessed that both of their families support them and their upcoming marriage.
Trevor said he didn't think John and Mary Lou Block expected their daughter to marry a city kid from California but "they've handled it remarkably well."
Kirsten and Trevor plan to marry in a small wedding in the Grand Island area on May 25. A reception in Gothenburg is planned in August.
After graduation from their master's programs in May, they will apply for doctoral programs—Kirsten in theology and Trevor in philosophy.
As far as honeymoon plans, Trevor is keeping it a secret.
"I'd hate to spoil the surprise if she happened to read the paper," he said.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An 11-year-old Philadelphia has died in a shooting.
Police say the shooting happened at about 10 a.m. Saturday inside a west Philadelphia home on Wallace Street. Authorities say three or four other juveniles were inside at the time and one of then got hold of a large caliber handgun that had been left unattended in a second floor bedroom.
The weapon discharged and struck the unidentified girl in her right shoulder. She was later pronounced dead at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Police are interviewing family members, but it's not clear who was holding the gun or if there were any adults inside the home at the time of the shooting.
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I want this article to be moved to the actual displayed name S.W.A.T. but before moving it do you think it's a good idea to move it or keep it the way it is?--spaceeinstein 05:51, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
- As you can see here, the page was once called S.W.A.T., and Gboyers moved it to SWAT Tank, that it why I always check the history before moving a page. The reason for the move is because S.W.A.T. can also refer to SWAT (the actual type of law enforcement). I have made a mention of this in the disambig at the top of the Police article (where S.W.A.T. redirects). Biggest GTA Fan EverTalk 11:15, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
- This page should be moved to S.W.A.T. (vehicle) instead of S.W.A.T or SWAT Tank. --DT-boy 12:11, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
- I think the page should be moved to "S.W.A.T. (APC)" because the article mentions it is an APC rather than a tank. --Montybrady 09:03, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
- And I think this page should stay the way it is because it is refferd to as a Swat Tank in the last mission of San Andreas. --Chimpso 03:59, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
- Gboyers' move has actually resulted in confusion of the name. The navigation box for vehicles in the game erroneously referred to the vehicle as per the name coined by Gboyers, and initially, I was led to believe this IS the official name for months (until I read the WikiGTA article pointing to the contrary). The capitalization of "Tank", plus his preference against the use of parenthesis disambiguation has not helped matters either. - ZS 11:17, November 29, 2009 (UTC)
- Just a note, the game does refer this vehicle as the "SWAT Tank" when you are given instructions to steal it and is referred as that many times. The name "S.W.A.T." only appears once and that is when you enter the vehicle.--Spaceeinstein 19:06, July 25, 2010 (UTC)


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UVM Faculty, Graduate Students and Post-Docs Visit the National Science Foundation on First-Ever NSF Visit Day
- 03-27-2013
- By Lillian M. Gamache
Fifteen faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral associates working on a VT EPSCoR research project traveled to the National Science Foundation (NSF) March 7 to visit with 15 program directors to learn about new NSF initiatives and funding mechanisms. The visit was designed to expose graduate students and post-doctoral associates to the National Science Foundation and acquaint the group members with funding opportunities as part of the science, technology, engineering and math mentoring and career development efforts of VT EPSCoR.
The highly trans-disciplinary group, at work on the "Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems" project, included researchers in engineering, biology, the Rubenstein School of Natural Resources, geography, plant biology, geology, plant and soil science and community development and applied economics.
Individual small-group meetings were held with NSF program directors in the areas of geo-informatics, population and community ecology, land use dynamics, hydrological sciences, BIGDATA, cyber-physical systems, behavioral systems, ecosystems, coupled natural and human systems, science, engineering and education for sustainability and cyber-enabled sustainability science and engineering.
The day-long visit was capped off with a special full-group meeting with Wanda Ward, head of NSF's Office of International and Integrative Activities; Denise Barnes, EPSCoR office head; Sian Money, NSF EPSCoR program officer; and University Distinguished Professor Judith Van Houten, state director, VT EPSCoR, who said of the excursion: "Meetings like these help shape our investigators shape their future research and career goals and make them more competitive for federal funding. All the feedback from our group members about their interactions has been extremely positive."
Wanda Ward added, "I was very impressed with the 'pathway' team that you brought, as each of them held his/her own quite well. I trust that the visit was worthwhile for them, especially the 'next generation' participants. Such visits always invigorate me and remind me of what our efforts are all about."
VT EPSCoR is currently in the second year of its RII-Track 1 award focused on "Research on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lake Champlain Basin: New Understanding through Complex Systems Modeling." Trans-disciplinary groups of researchers, state agency officials, private sector partners and other non-profit stakeholders are examining the basin as a coupled natural and human system and the implications of climate changes on policy and management. Implications for adaptive management strategies will be drawn from data collected and analyzed through an integrated assessment model. The project includes 284 participants, 18 newly created jobs and 24 pilot and private sector awards between 2011-2013. These participants are from four Vermont institutions: the University of Vermont, Saint Michael's College, Middlebury College and Johnson state College.


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Shaun Suisham kicked a 34-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Pittsburgh Steelers over the Philadelphia Eagles, 16-14, in a close Week 5 intrastate battle.
The Steelers (2-2) welcomed back several injured starters Sunday, including running back Rashard Mendenhall, who revitalized a stagnant running game and finished with 101 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown.
"I felt comfortable throughout the week," Mendenhall said. "I wanted to play the best I could and I was able to do that."
Mendenhall picked up 31 yards on a game-winning drive that lasted the final 6:33 after the Eagles had taken a one-point lead on Brent Celek's two-yard touchdown catch.
Ben Roethlisberger finished with 207 yards on 21-of-37 passes for Pittsburgh, which used an early bye week to get healthy and recover from a 34-31 loss to the Raiders in Week 3.
The Eagles (3-2) have dropped two of their last three after opening the season with two wins.
LeSean McCoy, a University of Pittsburgh alum who played his collegiate home games at Heinz Field, gained 80 yards from scrimmage and caught a touchdown pass from Michael Vick, who threw for 175 yards and lost two fumbles in the first half.
The Steelers did not score off Vick's early miscues, but still led, 10-0, at halftime and were ahead, 13-7, before the Eagles embarked on a go-ahead scoring drive that took up 8:18 of the fourth quarter.
Twice on the 17-play, 79-yard march McCoy ran for a first down on 4th-and-1, the first coming from Philadelphia's own 30-yard line. There were also a pair of third-down conversions, including on 3rd-and-goal from the two when Vick found Celek just over the goal line with 6:33 to play.
Pittsburgh began the final drive at its own 20 and moved backwards on a holding infraction on first down -- one of nine penalties by the hosts. Faced with a 3rd-and-12 from the 18, Roethlisberger found an open Antonio Brown over the middle for a 20-yard gain.
Mendenhall, who had not played since tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in the final game of the 2011 regular season, and Isaac Redman took over from there. Since the Eagles had just one timeout remaining heading into the drive, the Steelers were able to run out the remaining time and set up Suisham with the game-winning kick.
Vick nearly ran for a touchdown in the first quarter, but Ryan Clark hit the quarterback just before the end zone and forced a fumble that Pittsburgh recovered in the end zone.
"I wish I could take back the fumble on the goal line, but I can't," Vick said. "I have no explanation for it."
Lawrence Timmons then stripped Vick just before the first-quarter buzzer, and though the Steelers turned the ball over on downs after the takeaway, they broke the scoreless tie on Mendenhall's 13-yard run with 5:01 left in the half.
The touchdown -- the result of a designed screen that was ruled a lateral -- capped a 12-play, 75-yard possession, and another lengthy drive just before the break resulted in Suisham's 20-yard field goal.
The Eagles' first drive of the second half was aided by two personal foul penalties on the defense, and McCoy did most of the work on his 15-yard touchdown catch midway through the third quarter.
After trading three-and-outs, the Steelers padded their lead on Suisham's 34- yard field goal in the opening minute of the fourth quarter.
Game Notes
Mendenhall carried the ball 14 times for 81 yards -- the most running yards by a Steelers running back this season ... Roethlisberger is 14-1 versus the NFC at home ... Brown led all receivers with seven catches and 86 yards ... Steelers safety Troy Polamalu aggravated a right calf injury that caused him to miss the previous two games ... James Harrison (knee) played his first game of the year, but fellow linebacker Lamarr Woodley went down with a right hamstring injury ... The Eagles have a minus-seven turnover margin this season ... Vick completed 20-of-30 throws.


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Big Blue takes on Florida Atlantic Mascot Thursday in C-USA Mascots in Showdown
By ODU Athletics
ODU's loveable mascot Big Blue, winner of the 2010 Capital One Mascot of Year award, is back in the battle, this time for Conference USA honors.
This battle is played on Conference USA's social media pages, and on Tuesday Blue handily defeated Roary of Florida International. On Thursday (Oct. 24), he takes on Owsley of Florida Atlantic and he needs the help of his Monarch fans.
To vote for Big Blue, go to the Conference USA Facebook page, and Like and/or Share Big Blue's photo between 10 a.m. (EST) and 6 p.m. The mascot with the most combined likes and shares will be deemed that round's winner. When Blue wins, he will advance to the semifinals on Wednesday, Oct. 30 against Seymour of Southern Miss.
So get ready to vote on Thursday and let's show Conference USA whose mascot rules the league!


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Newtown buries more of its children
Updated 12:59 pm, Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Two more children killed in last week's shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School will be laid to rest today.
In Newtown, the funeral of James R. Mattioli was held Tuesday morning at St. Rose of Lima Church, followed by the burial at St. John's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Darien.
At noon, another Mass of Christian burial was celebrated at the same church for Jessica Rekos, 6. Rekos loved horses and was "a creative, beautiful little girl who loved playing with her little brothers, Travis and Shane," her parents, Rich and Krista, said in a statement. "She devoted her free time to watching horse movies, reading horse books, drawing horses, and writing stories about horses," they said.
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At James' funeral, little boys in suits entered the church for funeral of the child who loved sports and hamburgers. Church bells tolled as a light drizzle fell from the sky.
A hearse obscured the view of the manger outside St. Rose of Lima Church during the funeral of James, the first of two back to back funerals held at the church for victims of the Sandy Hook shooting last Friday that killed 20 children and six teachers.
A mourner leaving the church said James' mom spoke about the love she had for her child and what a positive influence he was.
James loved sports and hamburgers with ketchup. James, fondly called 'J', was killed Friday in his classroom at Sandy Hook Elementary School. An energetic, loving friend to all, James loved baseball, basketball, swimming, arm wrestling and playing games on the iPad (especially the lawn mowing game). He loved to wear shorts and T-shirts in any weather, and grab the gel to spike his hair. He would often sing at the top of his lungs and once asked, "How old do I have to be to sing on a stage?" James loved to dive off the diving board at the Treadwell Pool, swim like a fish in both of his grandparents' pools and ride his bike, proudly without training wheels. He often said, "I need to go outside Mom, I need fresh air."
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Before his service was over, mourners for the noon funeral of Jessica started to arrive and were directed to a nearby school to wait. Many attending the second funeral were educators from Bridgeport. Jessica's mom Krista Rekos teaches at Blackham school and is on maternity leave.
Jessica's parents said in a statement, "we cannot imagine our life without her. We are mourning her loss, sharing our beautiful memories we have of her, and trying to help her brother Travis understand why he can't play with his best friend," they said. "We are devastated, and our hearts are with the other families who are grieving as we are."
George and Ridia Martino from Howard Beach in Queens, N.Y., traveled to Newtown to attend Jessica's funeral. "We came her to express our solidarity," said George Martino, who is not related to Jessica.
Fourteen police officiers on motorists led the hearse carrying Jessica's casket to St. Rose's church.
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The funeral for Victoria Leigh Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook Elementary, is scheduled for Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Lordship Community Church, 190 Prospect Drive, Stratford. Burial will follow at Union Cemetery in Stratford. Calling hours will be 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Adzima Funeral Home, 50 Paradise Green Place, Stratford.
The funeral for Daniel Barden, 7, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, 46 Church Hill Road, Newtown. Burial will follow at St. Rose Cemetery on Cherry Street, at the corner of Black Cherry Lane. Friends can call at the church, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Calling hours for Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung will be at the Munson-Lovetere Funeral Home, 2 School St., Woodbury, on Wednesday from 3 to 8 p.m. Burial will be private.
The family of Chase Kowalski will receive friends at the Spadaccino and Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home in Monroe on Wednesday from 2 to 6 p.m. with prayer vigils throughout the afternoon. The family asks that the public visitation end at 5:45 to allow a brief period of privacy.
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A Mass of Christian Burial for Caroline P. Previdi will be held at noon on Wednesday at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Burial will be private, and arrangements are under the care of Green Funeral Home, Danbury.
The funeral for Charlotte H. Bacon will be held at Christ the King Lutheran Church on Wednesday at 1 p.m., followed by burial at Newtown Village Cemetery. Calling hours are at the church on Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m.
The funeral for Rachel D'Avino, 29, will be held Friday at the Church of Nativity, East Street, Bethlehem, Conn., at 11 a.m. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Watertown. Friends may call at Woodbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere, 2 School St., Woodbury, on Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m.
A funeral Mass for Catherine Hubbard, 6, will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown. Burial will follow at St. Rose Cemetery, Cherry Street. Calling hours are Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the church.
Calling hours for Charlotte Bacon, 6, will be held Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Christ the King Luthern Church, 85 Mt. Pleasant Road in Newtown. Funeral services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Burial will follow at Newtown Village Cemetery, 22 Elm Drive in Newtown.
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Funeral services for Caroline Previdi, 6, will be held Wednesday at noon at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown. There are no calling hours and burial is private.
The funeral of Benjamin Andrew Wheeler, 6, will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at All Trinity Episcopal Church at 36 Main St., Newtown. Calling hours are Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the church. Burial will be private.
Funeral services for Rachel Marie D'Avino, 29, will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Nativity on East Street, Bethlehem. Calling hours will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Munson-Lovetere Funeral Home at 2 School Street in Woodbury. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Watertown.
A public memorial service for Dylan Christopher Jack Hockley, 6, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Walnut Hill Community Church at 156 Walnut Hill Road, Bethel.
Funeral services details for Jessica Rekos, 6, will be Tuesday at noon at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church. Burial will follow at St. Rose Cemetery on Cherry Street. Calling hours are private.


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What Are The Exceptions?
The major exception to the law is in the case of Multiple Points of Use (MPU). If a national company based in Massachusetts, for example, buys 1,000 versions of an operating system for its various branches across the country, the bill might be sent to the Massachusetts office, which would then be taxable. However, if the company files the MPU Certificate, then the sales tax would only apply to the 20 installations of the software in the Massachusetts office, for example.
"When it comes to these services, the Multiple Points of Use Certificate becomes key," Robinson said. "Only the uses in Massachusetts are going to be subject to the tax. An out-of-state customer can avoid the tax entirely simply by completing a Multiple Points of Use Certificate and filing it with a Massachusetts vendor."


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The vast network of agencies that collectively form what Glenn Greenwald calls the National Surveillance State, in its Big Brother wisdom, has come up with a list of keywords that they look for while monitoring postings on social media sites. The list is broad enough to make virtually everyone trigger a hit at some point.
The Department of Homeland Security has been forced to release a list of keywords and phrases it uses to monitor social networking sites and online media for signs of terrorist or other threats against the U.S.
The intriguing the list includes obvious choices such as 'attack', 'Al Qaeda', 'terrorism' and 'dirty bomb' alongside dozens of seemingly innocent words like 'pork', 'cloud', 'team' and 'Mexico'.Released under a freedom of information request, the information sheds new light on how government analysts are instructed to patrol the internet searching for domestic and external threats.
The words are included in the department's 2011 'Analyst's Desktop Binder' used by workers at their National Operations Center which instructs workers to identify 'media reports that reflect adversely on DHS and response activities'.
You can read the full list at the link above.


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Scientists who hold an advanced degree in chemistry are on the front lines of chemical research and development, making significant contributions to the knowledge of our physical world.
In this program, you will focus on a branch of chemistry that interests you, including analytical, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. Using sophisticated instrumentation, you may work to develop new materials for medicine, agriculture, food production or industry. You could also explore environmental monitoring, pollution abatement, or the building of sensors for use in explosives detection.
Additionally, students in this program have unique opportunities to actively research across disciplines in such areas as bio-organic chemistry, biophysical chemistry, environmental chemistry, medicinal chemistry and nano-materials.


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Brother DCP-135C
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Printer
- 3 Scanner
This is a brief tutorial to make the Brother DCP-135C printer/scanner work on Arch. While this tutorial is based on the DCP-135C specifically, it can be used as a general guide for most Brother USB printers. On Brother's Linux Driver page you can find extra information along with drivers for different printer models.
This tutorial assumes you have the following packages installed. Failure to do so may result in hard to trace issues with printing.
- cups
- ghostscript
- gsfonts
- foomatic-filters
- arch x86_64 requires lib32-libcups
If you previously tried to install the printer in CUPS, remove it and any remaining driver files!!
Brother's scripts make use of the C Shell (csh) instead of the more common Bash. We must install tcsh from the "extra" repo.
# pacman -S tcsh
Brother's scripts look for C Shell in /bin/csh but will fail with the error "Bad Interpreter" unless we correct this to /usr/bin/tcsh. As root lets create a symbolic link:
# ln -s /usr/bin/tcsh /bin/csh
Your user is a member of the printer group (lp). Be sure to logout for changes to take affect.
# usermod -aG lp [username]
Additional info about setting up CUPS if needed.
Installing printer drivers
You can get DCP-135C drivers from AUR:
$ yaourt -S dcp135c
Installing the printer (Local USB)
The kernel module Template:Codeline must be blacklisted before installing the driver, otherwise the Device URI will be wrong and the printer won't work.
To disable the module, create a Template:Filename file inside Template:Filename as follows:
However, there is a workaround for this behaviour; the Template:Codeline command instructs modprobe to run a custom command instead of inserting the module in the kernel as normal, so you can force the module to always fail loading with:
Reboot the box to take effect, or manually remove the module without rebooting:
# modprobe -r usblp
Now lets plug in the printer and run the script to install the driver for us.
As root in terminal:
# /usr/local/Brother/Printer/dcp135c/cupswrapper/cupswrapperdcp135c
It will stop the cups daemon if it's running, and restart it.
unset LS_COLORS
Now go to the CUPS setup page: http://localhost:631/ Click on Manage Printers you should see your DCP135C printer automatically installed and configured. Print a test page!
If the test page fails with error "Printer not connected; will retry in 30 seconds..." then.
- Click Delete Printer and remove the automatically created printer.
- Click Administration --> Find New Printers
- You should see your Brother printer listed here, add it!
- Print a test page
NOTE: Be sure to add cupsd to the DAEMON line in rc.conf so it loads everytime at startup.
Installing the printer (Network, Ethernet)
Now lets run the script to install the driver for us.
As root in terminal:
It will stop the cups daemon if it's running, and restart it.
unset LS_COLORS
Now go to the CUPS setup page: http://localhost:631/
- Click Manage Printers --> Delete Printer and remove the automatically created printer.
- Click Administration --> Find New Printers
- You should see your Brother printer listed here, add it!
- Print a test page
If Find New Printers doesn't list any printers you can try to set it up manually.
- Click Add Printer
- Location can be left blank, but can have something in it for reference sake, Description can be left blank, but can also have something in it for reference sake. Click continue
- Choose the device "Appsocket/HP JetDirect" then click continue
- Set the Device URI to socket://192.168.0.10:9100
- Select the make Brother
- Select the printer Brother DCP-135C CUPS
- Click finish and print a test page.
NOTE: Be sure to add cups to the DAEMON line in rc.conf so it loads everytime at startup.
NOTE: for Brother DCP-135C. If you would like to print wireless, try and modify the previous added printer using Cups:
- Click Printers.
- Click Modify Printer for the printer you installed previously
- Click Continue
- Choose LPD/LPR Host or Printer
- Write in the filed Device URI: lpd://192.168.1.199/binary_p1. Of course, replace that ip with yours.
- Choose Brother manufacturer and Brother DCP-135C Cups wrapper driver in the next screen
- Click on Modify Printer
and you will be able to print also using wifi of DCP-135C.
First, make sure you set up SANE.
This scanner works with Brother's brscan2 driver. It can be found on AUR:
$ yaourt -S brscan2
To test the scanner, you can install xsane:
# pacman -S xsane
And run it to verify the installation (as a luser):
$ xsane
Scan Key Install (Optional)
This allows the scanner to be recognized in other programs such as GIMP. This information is a condensed and consolidated version off of Brother's linux support site (Link)
Scan Key Tool can be found on AUR:
$ yaourt -S brscan-skey
Run the setup script for brscan-key:
# /usr/local/Brother/sane/brscan-skey-0.2.1-1.sh
Execute the tool to verify that the previously installed scanner is recognized:
# brscan-skey -l
Expect the following output:
# brscan-skey -l DCP135C : brother2:net1;dev0 : 10.1.1.90 Active
After you receive the above output via brscan-key, check the File-> Create list in GIMP (tested v. 2.6.4) and there should be two more entries:
XSane: Device Dialog... XSane: brother2:net1;dev0
If the new entries appear, congratulations! Your (networked) Brother scanner is now available via any XSane interface!
I can scan as root, but not as a normal user
Add following lines to your Template:Filename:
Make sure your user is in the scanner group:
# usermod -aG scanner [username]
then log out and back in.
"Waiting for printer to become available" printer status
Create a Template:Filename file in Template:Filename as follows:
Template:File Finally unplug and plug again the printer.


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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Milwaukee ice rink will host a World Cup qualifier for long track speedskating.
The U.S. Single Distance Long Track Championships will be held at the Pettit National Ice Center from Friday through Sunday.
The top speedskaters will compete for spots on the U.S. Fall World Cup team that will travel to Europe and Asia.
Ryan Shimabukuro, U.S. Speedskating Long Track Team Coach, says it's the first important competition for U.S. skaters this season.
Shani Davis, a 2010 Olympic medalist, is expected to compete on the men's side along with Wisconsin residents and fellow Olympians Tucker Fredricks and Mitch Whitmore.
The event is free and open to the public.


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Payment for Ecosystem Services: An Accountability Framework to Improve Marine Fisheries?
This topic is close to the WWF Coral Triangle's heart and builds on our work in supporting the Tuna Think Tank and figuring out more broadly how to apply ecosystem service concepts in the Coral Triangle. Abbie Trinidad who runs that work recently wrote: "Whether fish itself fits into the purview of a PES is a debatable matter since it would have to be classified as an "ecosystem service" and not a "good" with a ready price in the market. The latter may be unarguably true but a list of services attributable to fish (Holmlund and Hammer 1999) can support the argument that fish is indeed both and that market price alone does not reflect the nurturing service fish derives from various ecosystems through its entire life history. At capture, fish size, shape, and quantity, reflects the amount of food and protection which are provided by the ecosystems that nurture it akin to a "board and lodging" transaction. Clearly, a host of ecosystem services is relied upon to deliver fish as an ecosystem good." This material guides practitioners' thinking about whether they can use ecosystem service approaches.
Katherine is especially thinking about the Albacore fisheries in the Philippines and Fiji where WWF is working closely to strengthen sustainability of those fisheries.
Related links
- ICCS: Katherine Short's Profile
- Short, Katherine (2012) "Exploring Seafood Sector Evaluation of Ecosystem Services to Guide Investment in Fisheries Rebuilding" (PDF)
- Short, Katherine (2012) "Stakeholder perspectives on ecosystem-based management of marine fisheries: A basis for improved seafood sustainability?" (PDF)


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Virginia Browning, 84
Virginia A. Browning, 84, of Fort Wayne, died at 9:25 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne.She was born Aug. 4, 1927, in Smith Township, a daughter of Adam and Ollie (Truelove) Ragan.On Jan. 24, 1946, she married Leo E. Browning, who preceded her in death on June 6, 1992.Survivors include two sons, Charles Browning of Churubusco and Dean Browning of Vancouver, Wash.; two daughters, Pamela Murphy of Dewy Rose, Ga. and Renee Lemish of Avilla; 10 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and spouse, she was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Winchester and brother, Leonard Ragan. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Bosco Catholic Church, with Father Danney Pinto, officiating. The family will receive friends at the Sheets & Childs Funeral Home from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, or one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the Riverview Cemetery, Allen County. Memorials may be directed to Parkview Home Health & Hospice or the church Masses.


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how some of these media types are gainfully employed.
UMass Postgame Presser Transcript: Players
Denard Robinson and Vincent Smith
I'm so artsy.
Not to be a total buzzkill or anything, and this is totally the best way to open up a presser after a 63-13 blowout win, but can you talk about your pick six. What did you see there?
Denard: "Uh. Jeremy Jackson came open. I just threw it behind him. It was just a bad, bad throw. It was a good read, just a bad throw. I have to put my feet into it and follow through with the throw."
On your ermahgerd touchdown, Joe Kerridge blocked for you. Did you notice that?
Denard: "Um… I mean, when you're on the football field, everybody on the team has to be accountable. Even from the scouts and everybody. When Joey gets on the field I know he's going to be accountable. He just told me about it. He said, 'Man, I came in and chipped him,' and he says [the other guy's] mouthpiece came out, so it was pretty funny."
With Notre Dame a week away, is this a game you needed to have?
Denard: "Yeah we needed to get a good win. Every day we need to come out and get better. When we came out today I felt like we got better but we still have some things we have to work on."
(After the jump, more questions -- some fluffy, some confrontational, some misunderstood -- and maybe one or two interesting responses.)
Other than the interception, how do you feel you played today?
Denard: "I left a couple throws out on the field that I probably knew I should have made. I missed Gallon on one throw and I missed Devin on another, so those are the throws that I think I need to improve on and try to not leave them on the field."
Vince, in what way did you guys get better today?
Smith: "We took a step forward getting off the ball in the running game and getting good push up front, but we still need work, and we're just continuing to strive on all areas."
Denard, you passed Tom Brady and Jim Harbaugh in passing yards today. Thoughts?
Denard: "To be honest with you, the only thing I think about is winning and going out there and being accountable for my team. When it comes to records, it's just going out there and playing football with the team."
Did the running backs give you the support you needed?
Denard: "Oh yeah. And they ran the ball well, and we have to keep going and getting better every time we go out on the football field."
How comfortable are you with Elliott Mealer now?
Denard: "I've been comfortable with him since the first game. We've been working all summer and all winter and all spring, so I mean I feel really comfortable."
How important was it to get out of this game uninjured?
Denard: "It's always good to have healthy guys and it's always good to have guys we count on. I mean, if somebody does go down, then somebody else will be ready to play. So we just have to stay healthy and any chance we can, improve."
Did it feel good to get Roundtree involved in the game today?
Denard: "Once he gets open and I make the ride reads and give him the ball, he's a phenomenal athlete and a receiver. I enjoy throwing the ball to him. When he gets open and I throw the ball to him, I know he's going to make something happen."
You spread the ball around to nine different receivers. Was that by design?
Denard: "I think whoever comes open, that's who I'll throw the ball to. I go through my reads and go through the progression and just look at the defense to see who comes open."
Denard, can you talk about the fumble on the goal line, and did Taylor have anything to say about the touchdown?
Denard: "Actually he was kind of mad. Because If I would have kept going outside, he probably would have made the block on the guy that hit me. So he was like, 'Man, you almost got me a minus on the play.' So I have to make the right reads, and I have to hold onto the ball. That's the first thing first. Always protect the ball. And he just told me, he was just like, 'All right, at least we scored.' That's the main thing."
Why did the running backs do better this week?
Smith: "We've been challenging ourselves in practice, working hard every day, and challenging everbody up front to do better. We've been working and working …"
You were still in the game when you were up 49-13. Was that by your request to stay in?
Denard: "That was for the team. Everybody on the team. We knew we had to play well, and Massachusetts was a good team and we needed to play well. We have to try to get better every time we step on the field, and that's what coach wanted to do."
Is there anything about Notre Dame that brings out the best in you?
Denard: "To be honest with you, it's going out there and playing football. Whenever I get on the football field, I want to play my best and be accountable to my team. When I get a chance to run the ball or throw the ball, I want to do it to my best ability."
What did you think of the way Russell Bellomy played?
Denard: "He played calm. I enjoyed watching him play calm. Even though he had a little pressure right on the edge, he kind of tried to step up in the pocket, and you could tell he had confidence and he was strong out there. I think he's going to do pretty well."
Can you gain anything by watching ND-MSU?
Denard: "Oh yeah. Watching football in general, when you watch the game, you don't look at it like a regular person anymore. You look at it because you watch and break down film all the time. You watch the plays and you watch how they play, and so tomorrow we'll watch the game and we'll see what we can do."
Thomas Gordon and Will Campbell
Man it is getting hot in here.
Coach Hoke just said he's not happy with the production up front and stopping the ground game. How would you assess yourselves?
Campbell: "Uh, I mean like Coach Hoke said, we're not where we need to be. We're not playing like a Michigan defense. We need to step up every day. We need to play better with our hands and be a more physical knock-em back defense."
Why have you guys not been able to do that. O_o
Campbell: "I didn't … can you --"
Campbell: "Uh, since the first game we have been making improvements but we need to make bigger strides as a defensive front and a front seven. We're working every day in practice to do that and trying to get our coaching points in."
Is there anything in particular you keep falling back to when you struggle?
Campbell: "I can't speak for the entire D line, but as far as myself thinking too much trying to look in the backfield too much, I need to play my keys and play knock-em back ball like the coaches want me to."
Hoke said he wasn't pleased with the lack of turnovers. What do you need to do to do that?
Gordon: "I just think it comes down to more people getting to the football. You have to play with intensity to create turnovers. Once you get more people to the football and get guys in the pile trying to get the ball out, you're going to get more turnovers. Obviously we haven't been able to do that so far because of lack of turnovers, but we're going to get there."
In the second quarter, UMass capitalized on a couple mistakes [Ed: Not sure what this is referring to. The offense went back out after the pick six, and the only other positive thing for UMass that happened in the second quarter was their field goal.] How important was it for you to make the quick recovery on defense?
Gordon: "When our offense or anybody makes a mistake, as a defense on the sideline, we preach about sudden change and the defense going out there and getting stop because that's a big momentum change when you can stop their offense after a turnover or something like that. That's big momentum for our defense, and that's what we preach."
In a 50 point win, what can you gain from this game?
Campbell: "Of course any win is a good win, and I mean every game, everybody's not going to have a perfect game, so everybody's going to have mistakes that we can capitalize on and correct for next week, because if we played like we played today, we won't win next week. We need to play like a Michigan defense, and the offense needs to play like a Michigan offense."
How good is it for morale to see a lot of younger guys get to play?
Gordon: "Definitely. When you see some of those young guys who are on the practice squad, on the scout teams, stuff like that, you get to see them in the Big House getting some plays, that should boost morale. Moments out there with some of my teammates back at Cass Tech like Terry and Delonte, both of them young guys getting out there producing for the defense, I'm happy for them because I was once in their position. I'm happy to see them out there."
Why is it third down still somewhat of an issue for the defese?
Campbell: "I take that on the front four because if we get pressure on the quarterback, they won't have to cover as long, so we need to get home for the defense to be successful on third down."
Do you think part of the defensive struggle is that you've been playing such different offenses and skill levels?
Gordon: "You can attribute some of it from playing a physical like Alabama and then defending the triple offense against Air Force, but it really doesn't matter what scheme we go up against. As a Michigan defense, we are held to the expectation to produce no matter what offense we were playing. But that played some part in it, too, but it's still on us to produce."
Do you feel like you're getting better at your positions with each practice? How would you correlate that with the play on the field today?
Campbell: "As I said before, every day in practice we go against a new scheme, we go against a new offense. Of course there's going to be some bumps and bruises within that scheme … but we're going to make strides."
Getting back to the younger guys, how fun is it to watch someone like Justice Hayes score a touchdown?
"It's a lot fun because you see they put in the same work that we do during the spring and summer condition. I see those guys get out there and have their moments on the field just like we do, it's a joy to everybody on the team. They get in the locker room and everybody is having fun, and that's what you live for, playing as a team."
Seems like a lot of guys talked to Mike Cox after the game. How was it to see him play against you?
Gordon: "I was just happy to see him out there playing. He was one of our brothers here at Michigan, and seeing him on the other team and getting a lot of action, I'm happy for him seeing him out there playing."
Drew Dileo and Patrick Omameh
Me not working hard? Yeah right, picture that with a kodak.
How fun is it to see a guy like Justice Hayes score a touchdown?
Omameh: "Yeah. I mean, all the guys come in to practice. They practice hard and wait for the opportunity. When a guy like Justice gets in the end zone, it's a good time for everybody."
What was his reaction?
Omameh: "I mean, he was ecstatic, and we were all happy for him, too. We were excited that we -- as many dudes as we can get in the end zone, it's always something that we just enjoy for everybody."
Dileo: "I don't think it's necessary just Justice. It's that whole second offense. I was excited when I thought Russell scored the play before that. It was the entire offense."
Can you take us through Taylor Lewan's touchdown?
Omameh: "Yes. It was exciting. Because any time you can get an offensive lineman to have a touchdown, it's an exciting moment. Luckily it wasn't, you know, outright, like he ran the ball to the endzone, because we might have celebrated a little bit and it might have gotten excessive. BUT. He fell on on it and he got the touchdown. Um. I don't know I think there was a little debate about who actually fell on it first, but you know, the stats go to him, and we give him kudos."
Dileo: "For the record, I'm pretty sure it was Elliott Mealer's touchdown, not Taylor's."
Omameh: "… I didn't say it."
After the game, Hoke was sort of harsh how you played as an offensive line. What's your assessment?
Omameh: "I think really it's just something where every week we're expected to get better. The more we play together, the better we're going to get as an offensive line. We feel we performed better this week than we did last week. We're still not at a point where we want to be or need to be, but we feel like with consistent improvement we can get there."
Do you feel like you improved this week?
Omameh: "We do feel that. We got better movement and we opened up better holes. We thought we were able to move the ball better."
Did you improve enough, you think?
Omameh: "We improved enough to win this football game, and we feel we can continue to improve as the season goes on."
What does it say about Hoke that you put up almost 600 yards of offense and he's still not happy?
Omameh: "I mean, it just shows the level of expectation that he has for us, that we have for ourselves. It's expected of Michigan offensive line, a Michigan offense. It's something that we all understand and something that we all have to strive to reach."
Dileo: "And to add on that, it's nice to have a coach that isn't complacent, that wants to keep getting better each week."
Can you talk about your breakaway reception. Did you think you were going to get in the endzone?
Dileo: "I did --"
Omameh: "I did, too."
Dileo: "-- But I guess that's why they call me the white receiver."
Omameh: "… Nobody calls him that. Nobody calls you that."
Fitz found more running room this week. What does that do for the offense?
Omameh: "I mean, the more threats we have in the offense, the dangerous we can be. You know, everybody knows that we have Denard Robinson. He's a special kind of player. You know the more pressure we can take off him, the better we'll be as an offense and as a team."
Next week you're on the road against Notre Dame. Can you talk about playing them?
Omameh: "I mean, yeah, that's going to be a test. It always is going into South Bend. We plan to be well prepared for it, be excited for it. It's been an exciting game the last few years, and we plan to go into South Bend and show how much we've improved over the course of this upcoming week."
Is it important and have a good effort on the road for the team's psyche?
Omameh: "Yeah, it's absolutely important that we win on the road. This year we don't have eight home games like we did last year. We have to be able to show that we can go on the road and be successful, and that's going to start next week."
Denard keeps breaking records -- What does it mean for you guys to be a part of this history in the making?
Dileo: "I think it's pretty special. Pat will probably say the same, especially since Pat's one of the guys that's in there helping him break those records, blocking guys. Our receiving corps is downfield blocking and catching balls for Denard. However many years from now, looking back and people are still talking about Denard Robinson, it's going to be pretty special to tell your kids and grandkids that you played with him."
Prior to the season, there were some question marks about the receivers. Today eight different people caught passes. How nice is it to see the receivers get going today?
"It's pretty nice. I think maybe y'all were the only ones who had questions before the season. We know the kind of the guys we have, and we know the quarterback that we have, and we know that we'll make plays."
Everyone always talks about how coaches don't care much for media people. Given this press conference, I'd say the players don't care much for media people either.
Dileo's remark at the end of "y'all have questions about us, we don't" was ice cold.
But really, how important is it to score points in a football game?
Do you think you improved during this week of work/school? How much do you think you improved? Do you think you'll improve next week? How much do you want to improve, a lot or a little? Who has improved the most? When they improve, how do they handle the improvements? How much improvement could a person improve if a person could improve?
Idiots. Good thing we have Brian and Heiko.
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Denard and Vince are dipping their legs in a pool.
Heiko wants to mess around with it, save the high-toned aestheticism for your art class, or the Whitney Biennial.
Heiko just discovered instagram, Heiko needs to explore the space and not use the same filter twice. Perhaps a more b&w for Hoke...
Can't decide which is more annoying....
1) Hipster instagram photos
2) Preser questions
3) Denard's shoes falling off
4) "Look - mom - I'm - eating - a - bowl - of - cereal" touchdown celebration
is worried about his showing in the UFR?
The coaches do not evaluate their own film.
They use UFR.
Denard and Vincent Smith:
Will Campbell and Thomas Gordon:
Omameh and Dileo:
there are complaints on here over "when" a legitimate question is asked in a press conference. If it had not been asked first it would have been the second question asked or the third.
The question was relevant, especially since Denard, himself, specifically expressed at the start of the season a need to minimize interceptions. He was asked what he saw...not why the hell did you throw that ball? Even according to Denard, an interception is bad. An interception providing six points for the opposing team is bad x 6.
I agree that Denard is a special talent and deserves all of the credit for good he produces.
I have a love-hate relationship with this site and this is an example why.
Dileo is pretty funny. They got white chocolate too bro.
If someone ever utters the word "ermahgerd" during the asking of a question in a press conference, I may very well pee myself.
You gotta hand it to these guys, they have learned the art of the non-answer very well.
This was inadvertantly hilarious though:
if we played like we played today, we won't win next week.
That might be the absolute worst thing you could say about UMass.
Dipolomatically said, Denard.
2013 without Denard. He is a special person and athlete.
and everything else is all blurry and hipstery. Does instagram do that on its own or was that an intentional feature of these images?
are you all right Dave?
I would like to see someone ask about how much respect the team felt from the other team - UMass was really respectful, with the defensive guys generally picking up tackled players, etc. Not something you see from every team.
You don't have to Instagram this. That's just for ugly people and sandwiches.
...maybe not the right place for this....buuuuut...
If my estimation is true, gotta hand it to DRob for not throwing Jackson under the bus, but it seemed to me that the route wasn't run extremely well either. It appeared to me that he rounded the corner off giving the defender a good angle on the ball. In my brief time in organized football, I was always taught to square the corner sharply and get separation from the defender.
If I'm way off base, someone please let me know...
I didn't listen to the audio, but I would imagine that the "White receiver" exchange between Dileo and Omameh went something like this:
Dileo: "-- But I guess that's why they call me the white receiver."
Omameh: "… Nobody calls you that. Nobody calls him that. Don't write that down."
*Omameh throws pencil at reporter's head*
Omameh: "I said don't write that down. Next question."


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Delta Force Sound meets Kris Kemist Reality Shock..
Part 1. Yugo Taguchi / Delta Force (Japan) - Unity Sound Official Mix
1. Kenny Knots - Introduction
2. Errol Bellot – Wise And Humble (Unreleased Tune)
3. Kenny Knots – Nuclear (Unreleased Tune)
4. Kenny Knots – Holding A Vibes (Unreleased Tune)
5. Jack Wilson & Demon Rocker – Chuck It (Original Mix)
6. Errol Bellot – life Goes On (Unreleased Tune)
7. Mikey Murka – Control The Dancehall (Original Mix)
8. Wayne Marshall – Gun Shot (Dub Plate)
9. Kenny Knots – Run Come Call Me
10. Kenny Knots – Watch How The People Dancing (Dub Plate)
11. Kenny Knots Jingle
12. Kenny Knots – Ring Up My Number
13. Peter Bouncer – Ready For The Dance Hall Tonight
14. Mikey Murka – Get Up And Go A Dance
15. Richie "Nicotine" Davis – Talk About We
16. Selah Collins – Pick A Sound (Dub Plate)
17. Wayne Marshall Jingle
18. Errol Bellot – Woman (Unreleased Tune)
19. Mikey Murka – We Try
20. Errol Bellot – What a Wonderful Feeling (Original Mix)
21. Selah Collins – Give Me Your Loving (Dub Plate)
22. Richie "Nicotine" Davis – England We Deh (Dub Plate)
23. Peter Bouncer – Give Me Sensi
24. Richie "Nicotine" Davis − Sensi Boom
25. ??? - Gun Respect Man (Unreleased Tune)
26. Kenny Knots - Delta Force Outro
Part 2. Kris Kemist / Reality Shock (UK) - Jammys Dubplate Selection
27. Jah Screechy - Roll Call (Dubplate)
28. Marga - Bumper To Bumper (Dubplate)
29. Jah Screechy & Spend Bond ft Errol Bellot - Midnight Hour (Dubplate)
30. Solo Banton - Kung Fu Master (Dubplate)
31. Jah Screechy - MC Magic (Dubplate)
32. Speng Bond - Pepper Dem (Dubplate)
33. Solo Banton - Get Up & Rock (Dubplate)
34. Mikey Murka - Ride Pon The Riddim (Dubplate)
35. Solo Banton - Bounce Back (Dubplate)
36. Faada Ras - The Exit (Dubplate)
37. Speng Bond & Mikey Murka - Cant Hold We Down (Dubplate)
38. Errol Bellot - Wonderful Feeling (Dubplate)
39. Solo Banton - Old Time Something (Dubplate)
40. Jah Screechy - Hop Scotch (Dubplate)
41. Dixie Peach - Slaughter (Dubplate)
42. Speng Bond - What A Liberty (Dubplate)
43. Speng Bond - White Horse (Dubplate)
44. Faada Ras - Lef Rasta Free (Dubplate)
45. Solo Banton - Music Inna Mi Heart (Dubplate)
46. Errol Bellot - Longtime Me A Sing (Dubplate)
47. Solo Banton - Inna The Place (Dubplate)
48. Marga - Who Come First (Dubplate)
49. Jah Screechy & Speng Bond - Whe Dem A Go Do (Dubplate)
50. Solo Banton - Chalice Haffi Blaze (Dubplate)
51. Solo Banton - Bun Babylon Coke (Dubplate)
52. Solo Banton - Aroma In The Air (Dubplate)
53. Faada Ras - Move The Shackles (Dubplate)
54. Errol Bellot - Roots Gone International (Dubplate)
55. Jah Screechy - Think Me Did Gone (Dubplate)
56. Marga - Oh Me Oh My (Dubplate)
Kris Kemist Biography:
Reality Shock Records founder & producer Kris Kemist has been involved in reggae music from an early age producing & managing several top UK reggae artists including most notoriously, Solo Banton. Kemist works relentlessly in the studio with a large team of artists recording for numerous labels & sounds across the globe. Over the years the studio has been blessed with the presence of such artists as Johnny Clarke, Errol Dunkley, Macka B, Earl Sixteen, Mikey General, Daddy Freddy, Tippa Irie, Sweetie Irie, Michael Prophet, Jah Screechy, Errol Bellot, Dixie Peach, Afrikan Simba, Al Campbell, Brother Culture, YT & many more. The label Reality Shock was established in 2003 has to date released 17 vinyl EPs & 6 CD albums. In recent years Kemist has also been on the road supporting various artists at shows & festivals across the UK & Europe including Dour Festival, Reggae Bus, One Love, Shambala, United Nation Of Dub, Ostrada Reggae Festival etc. Reality Shock is available for bookings alongside any combination of artists in the family...realityshock.com/
Bookings enquiries: firstname.lastname@example.com
Yugo Taguchi Biography:
Yugo is a Dancehall Selector / MC and Singjay from Yokohama, Japan. He represents Delta Force sound out of Yokohama, also home to the world famous Mighty Crown and a massive Dancehall culture. Yugo has been playing with Delta Force around Yokohama since 2004. Yugo later moved to London & spent some years exploring the UK reggae scene & building solid connections in the industry whilst working at historical Reggae record shops like Supertone in Brixton. On his return to Japan, Yugo organised a Japan tour with Bush Chemists (Chazbo Chong & King General) & also with Kenny knots and Carl Meeks in 2012/13. Yugo also released a mix CD in Japan with Kris Kemist, having linked with Reality Shock family back in Reading UK. Yugo is currently expressing himself musically working on some digital dancehall influenced productions & is available for bookings as Delta Force Sound across Europe & worldwide.
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Or, you soon pee out all the minerals your body requires for your nervous system to keep functioning. Say hello to irregular heartbeat, sleep apnea and psychosis - the real feverish source of inspiration for all the desert prophets. But long before any of that, you'd get the excruciating effects of hyperoxia. Sure, it's enlightening in that you would see what it is like to transcend life and enter the realm of the tortured deceased from self-neglect.
ITT: people who haven't taken enough hallucinogens trying to make up reasons for not having taken enough hallucinogens.
What psychedelics specifically are you referring to? What you've described sounds more like cocaine usage.
Given the current state of what was once 'civilization', dropping out seems like a somewhat reasonable alternative.
That doesn't apply to me at all. I've done plenty of psychadelics. I'm more like a person who's spent too much time researching, using, and trying to acquire something which will do me zero good in the long run, and doesn't want to see other smart people fall into the same trap.The way I see it is the pro-drug crowd are bored and slightly depressed people looking for excuses to change their brain chemistry. The most popular excuse being that you might have an epiphany in the form of something like "wow dude its like so crazy that this drug makes everything seem so profound".
Quote from: Humanicide on November 07, 2012, 12:36:41 PMWhat psychedelics specifically are you referring to? What you've described sounds more like cocaine usage. I think scourge was refering to the comment crow made about fasting to attain enlightenment.
Cargést seem to be a mind-superman immune to bad effects from all drugs. But continue this way and do not count on this super mind for so long.
The enochian, ofcourse.Besides, does there actually exist some well documented record of hallucigen use in shamanistic or esoteric rites?


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My issues are related to this one: http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthre...-bug-GXT-2.1.3
I have overriden the class combobox to toggle the visibility of the trigger.
1st: TriggerField#setHideTrigger() sets the visibility flag but does not call any resize or repaint methods for the input field. That might have been fixed already in the trunk. I trigger the resizing manually in a deffered command (otherwise width calculation is wrongly). Is there a better way to resize the input field correctly?
2nd: After the trigger was hidden and set back to visible the trigger is positioned wrongly. The style attribute display: block is added by El#setDisplayed(boolean) after trigger.setVisible(true) was called. My workaround removes the style attribute if the trigger is set to visible again.
Here is my code:
Thanks & Greetings, Nico.Code:private static class ComboBox_ extends ComboBox<StringBaseModel> { /** {@inheritDoc} */ @Override protected void onRender(Element parent, int index) { super.onRender(parent, index); /* performance issue: we are not interested in mouse move events -> disable them */ unsinkEvents(IGNORED_EVENTS); } private void setTriggerVisible(boolean visible) { if (trigger == null || trigger.isVisible() != visible) { /* if the combobox was not rendered yet simply set the flag, onRender does the rest */ setHideTrigger(visible == false); /* component is already rendered */ if (trigger != null) { trigger.setVisible(visible); if (visible) { /* fixes wrong position of trigger icon */ trigger.setStyleAttribute("display", null); } /* call resizing in a deferred command to avoid wrong size calculation */ Scheduler.get().scheduleDeferred(new Command() { /** {@inheritDoc} */ @Override public void execute() { onResize(getWidth(), getHeight()); } }); } } } }


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CREEK COUNTY, OK - Maysville's chief of police has bonded out of the Creek County jail after being arrested on charges of embezzlement.
Court records show a warrant was issued for 29-year-old Bryan Palmore's arrest on Oct. 9. and that Palmore turned himself into authorities.
Earlier this year, Palmore was employed at the Creek County jail when he's accused of taking $400 from an inmate.
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The United Nations Rome-based agencies committed to supporting agricultural cooperatives
The UN launched the International Year of Cooperatives 2012 (IYC) on October 31 at the General Assembly in New York. On this occasion, FAO, IFAD and WFP held a side event on the role of agricultural cooperatives in improving the lives of smallholder men and women farmers and increasing global food security, and announced they would remain committed to supporting agricultural cooperatives throughout the year ahead and beyond.
31/10/201131 October 2011, New York - Moderated by H.E. Mr. Lazarous Kapambew, Ambassador of Zambia and President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the event featured the participation of Eve Crowley, Deputy Director of FAO's Gender, Equity, and Rural Employment Division, François Traoré, President of the Association of African Cotton Producers in Burkina Faso, Christian Pèes, Vice- President of the European Agri-Cooperatives in Belgium, Claudio Barriga, Vice-Chair of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research in Chile, and Yehualashet Aschenaki Argaw, General Manager of the Southern Regions Farmers Cooperative Federation in Ethiopia. What is a cooperative? A cooperative is an autonomous association of women and men united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise. They are business enterprises that seek to strike a balance between pursuing profit and meeting the needs and interests of members and their communities, which differentiates them from other types of businesses. Cooperatives range from small-scale to multi-million dollar businesses across the globe, operate in all sectors of the economy, count over 800 million members and provide 100 million jobs worldwide -- 20 per cent more than multinational enterprises. In 2008, the largest 300 cooperatives in the world, 30 percent of which operate in the food and agriculture sector, had an aggregate turnover of US$1.1 trillion, comparable to the gross domestic product (GDP) of many large countries. Cooperatives: a pillar of agricultural development and food security Cooperatives market up to 50 percent of global agricultural output and Ms. Crowley presented the crucial role that agricultural cooperatives play in improving the lives of the 1.5 smallholder men and women farmers worldwide by offering them a sound and viable business model suited to their needs. These cooperatives are especially beneficial for marginalized rural groups including youth and women who lag behind in access to productive resources and economic opportunities. Agricultural cooperatives allow smallholder producers to pool their resources and achieve prospects that they would not be able to attain individually, such as better access to natural resources, productive assets and markets, information, technology, knowledge and skills, and give them a greater voice in the formulation of policies and systems. Empowered by being a part of a larger group, smallholders can also coordinate more efficiently and link with other groups, and through collective bargaining negotiate better terms for contract farming, lower prices for agricultural inputs like seeds, fertilizer and equipment, and secure land rights and better market opportunities. This improves smallholders' ability to secure a livelihood and improves rural development and agricultural production, helping to meet the growing global demand for food and contributing to poverty alleviation, food security and the eradication of hunger for all. Experiences have shown that cooperatives not only bring crucial support to women farmers, but their participation also accelerates progress and improves their socio-economic situation, as demonstrated by the success of the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in India the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, among other organizations. Ms. Crowley underlined the fact that the role of agricultural cooperatives is especially significant in today's global context of neglected agricultural sectors and widespread food insecurity. Over the past three decades, public institutions in developing countries have withdrawn investments in rural areas, leaving largely untapped the potential of rural farmers to better contribute to meeting the growing demand for food on local, national and international markets. Cooperatives invest where the public sector has cut financial expenditure and other parts of the business world do not have a financial interest. The other panelists gave an overview of the role of cooperatives in their countries: Ambassador Kapambwe noted that Zambia has 15,929 cooperatives, the majority of which are small agricultural cooperatives that help smallholder farmers increase their savings and access credit, and said that agricultural cooperatives represent a strategic avenue for economic and social development in his country. Mr. Traoré explained that 80 to 85% of people are farmers in Burkina Faso, and that most engage in a variety of activities simultaneously, such as producing different types of crop and rearing livestock, and are part of several cooperatives. He highlighted that cooperatives play an important role in giving young people incentives to stay in agriculture and provide the conditions and inputs for them to grow professionally in this sector. He also called for more cooperation between western and African cooperatives. Along with other speakers, Mr. Barriga highlighted the positive social and economic impacts of cooperatives, their role in decreasing poverty and promoting positive social values, and the importance of the partnerships formed through them between many types of organizations and stakeholders, including farmers, agri-businesses and NGOs. He gave an example from Mexico, where a cooperative of tobacco producers worked to group people together, leading to improved production and incomes. Mr. Argaw discussed the role cooperatives currently play in Ethiopia's agricultural sector and the fact that they have already helped create about 82,074 jobs, as well as the country's five-year cooperative development programme. He added that market access must still be substantially enhanced and that there is still much untapped entrepreneurial in Ethiopia, and talked of the need for a better coordination of production and post-harvest activities so that high quality and homogenous products can be delivered. He highlighted the important role cooperatives can play in achieving this. To read his full speech, click here. Mr. Pées spoke about the cooperatives movement in Europe indicated that there are 38, 000.00 farmers' cooperatives counting 7 million members, 770 000 employees and totaling a revenue of €360 billion. He underlined the need for cooperatives to play a greater place in the food chain as farmers are still in a weak position in relation to distributors, as well as that of better global governance on agricultural commodities. Supporting agricultural cooperatives: The IYC and beyond During the year ahead and beyond, the Rome-based UN agencies will remain committed to supporting agricultural cooperatives by: • Carrying out initiatives to better understand cooperatives and assess their socio-economic development impact, and to raise awareness of their role and impact on the lives of men and women smallholder farmers -- such as FAO's database of good practices in institutional innovations; • Supporting cooperatives to form networks through which smallholder producers can pool their assets and competencies to overcome market barriers and other constraints such as a lack of access to natural resources; • Assisting policy-makers in the design and implementation of policies, laws, regulations and projects that take into consideration the needs and concerns of both men and women smallholder farmers and create enabling environment for agricultural cooperatives to thrive; and • Strengthening the dialogue and cooperation between governments, agricultural cooperatives, the international research community and civil society representatives on analyzing the best conditions for cooperatives worldwide to develop.


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Submission + - IBM: Linux is on Parity with AIX Unix (cioupdate.com)
darthcamaro writes: After a dozen years of pushing AIX as its premier mission critical operating system — a top IBM exec is now saying that there is little difference in features between AIX-Unix and Linux.
"Linux is on parity with AIX," Jean Staten Healy, IBM's director of worldwide Linux strategy told InternetNews.com. "Linux enables choice. I think that's one of the basic tenants of the faith."


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A recent study finding Longmont is the second happiest city in the nation -- behind Napa, Calif. -- was welcome news but not really unexpected given the community's location, climate and many attributes including strong local services, a diverse economy, a sound educational system and strong base of community volunteers.
Like most surveys recognizing communities for enjoying a high quality of life, the results are welcomed by those at the top and probably questioned by those cities not doing so well.
One thing for sure, this survey was different from most. The University of Vermont's Complex Systems Center, Computational Story Lab and Advanced Computing Core analyzed 10 million geo-tagged Tweets in 2011 from 373 urban areas in the United States and ranked cities on a happiness scaled based on tweeted words that were considered happy, sad or somewhere in between.
Wow. That's a lot of work, or there were some darn fast computers working overtime.
Longmont wasn't alone in Northern Colorado for scoring well in the study: Lafayette-Louisville came in at No. 9, Boulder ranked No. 12 and Fort Collins was at No. 13.
The study's authors noted that the results were just one indicator of happiness and that the study didn't take into account the context in which the words designated as happy, such as "rainbow," and sad words, such as "earthquake," were used. And from a skeptic's point of view, noted CNN, the data studied are ultimately "a non-uniform subsample of statements made by a non-representative portion of the population."
And only 15 percent of online adults regularly use Twitter.
Since most all communities and people experience times of happiness and sadness, the true accuracy of the survey will have to be determined by each person.
But Longmont should enjoy this moment in the sun. Happiness is a good thing and there's plenty of it here.