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ATHENS - James Campbell Glenn, 85, died Sunday, December 2, 2012.
As a lifelong Athenian, he was the son of the late Paul Latimer and Grace Campbell Glenn. Mr. Glenn was a 1944 graduate of Athens High School and 1951 graduate of the University Of Georgia, receiving his BS in Agricultural Engineering, and was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and the Georgia Men's Glee Club.
While completing his college education he took over his father's business that was started in 1936. His surviving brother joined him in business and was incorporated as Glenn Company of Athens in 1962 and after this he took on other business interests. He served in the United States Army during World War II, where he was part of the Occupational Forces in Tokyo, and where he played trombone in General MacArthur's Headquarters Band. Music was his favorite pastime and enjoyed music such as Big Dance Bands, Jazz, the Church Choir and Barbershop Quartets. He had a love for dancing. He was a past member of Central Presbyterian Church where he served as an elder and was currently a member of the Chapelwood United Methodist Church, former member of the Athens Jaycees, City of Athens Board of Education, and the Athens Country Club.
Survivors include his wife of 51 years, June Watts Glenn; daughters, Kimberly Grace Glenn, and Beth Glenn (D. Matt) Mullen; grandchildren, Lucille Campbell Mullen and Simon Watts Mullen; and a brother, Thomas Latimer (Evelyn) Glenn
A memorial service will be held Thursday, December 6, at 2:30 p.m. at the Chapelwood United Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Moeller officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the fellowship hall. Burial will be held at Mt. Hebron Presbyterian Church, Ila.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Chapelwood United Methodist Church, 100 Janice Dr., Athens, GA 30606.
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, West, Bogart, is in charge of arrangements.
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The fire, first reported at 12:07 p.m., occurred in the top floor of a seven-story residential building at 53-00 65th Place, according to the fire department. The fire went to second-alarm status at 12:29 p.m.. It took 60 firefighters from 12 companies just over one hour to get the blaze under control.
The large response surprised many who watched the rescue effort from the street. "It seems like overkill," said one witness.
"In a situation like this," said one fire official at the scene, "where multiple families could be at risk, we respond with a command center and multiple vehicles."
The fire department said the fire started in the cockloft on the seventh floor, which is the area between the top floor ceiling and roof of the building. A fire official declined to comment on the fire's cause, citing the ongoing investigation. No injuries were reported.
Anita Salzberg, a senior coordinator at the American Red Cross in Greater New York, said 12 people affected by the fire registered for emergency services with the Queens Red Cross chapter. Of the 12, Salzberg said, the Red Cross awarded six adults and one child emergency overnight housing in local hotels.
Salzberg said the Red Cross typically offers emergency services to people without family or friends to turn to during emergencies.
"We provide overnight housing when people are burned out of their homes in fires," said Salzberg. "If they don't have anywhere else to go they turn to us."
Salzberg did not say how long the victims of the fire would receive emergency housing.

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The Mosaic Company has added to its growing arsenal of crop nutrition resources for farmers and retailers looking for more information to increase yield.
The addition of the Efficient Fertilizer Use Guide to CropNutrition.com means visitors to the site can now access more easy-to-use information that can help inform their fertility decisions. The Efficient Fertilizer Use Guide is a long-standing industry resource from The Mosaic Company for crop nutrition and soil fertility-related information. Initially, the manual was developed by contributors from across the crop nutrition industry, but recently, Mosaic undertook the challenge of updating it. It's been refreshed with the latest best practices, trends and information, covering the fundamentals of balanced crop nutrition including, but not limited to, soil testing, macro- and micronutrients, and 4R nutrient stewardship. "Farmers and retailers are always looking for ways to grow more crops more efficiently," said Kevin Kimm, Senior Director of Marketing and Agronomy at The Mosaic Company. "The revitalized Efficient Fertilizer Use Guide can help them do so by serving as an easy-to-use and intuitive resource of best agronomic practices and efficient fertilizer practices."
The Efficient Fertilizer Use Guide is now available on CropNutrition.com, The Mosaic Company's one-stop fertility soil resource. CropNutrition.com is an educational resource for retailers and growers looking to understand the soil better, grow crops that are stronger, and harvest yields that are higher. CropNutrition.com delivers crop nutrition expertise in a variety of ways, including an interactive periodic table of essential crop nutrients, timely and topical blog posts, an Agronomy Resource Center, dynamic videos and an extensive, searchable library.
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The German OWASP Chapter will host the OWASP AppSec Europe Research 2013 global conference in Hamburg, Germany from August 20-23. Hamburg is the second biggest city in Germany, located in the north. To quote New York Times: No one tells you how pretty Hamburg is. We do.
The AppSec Europe 2013 conference will be a premier gathering of Information Security leaders, also it is going to have a research part.
Executives from Fortune 500 firms along with technical thought leaders such as security architects and lead developers will be traveling to hear the cutting-edge ideas presented by Information Security's top talent. OWASP events attract a worldwide audience interested in "what's next". The conference is expected to draw 400-500 technologists from Government, Financial Services, Media, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Technology and many other verticals.
On the research side OWASP's AppSecEU Research will give you an excellent chance to present your cutting edge research, including a paper for the proceedings.
The conference will be held from August 20-23, 2013 at the Emporio Hamburg. It's centrally located in the heart of the city with a splendid view over Binnen-, Aussenalster and River Elbe.
Facts in a nutshell
- Date
- August 20-23, 2013
- Location
- Emporio Hamburg
- Sponsors
- Sponsorship Description
- Call for ...
- Presentations (Industry)
- Papers (Research)
- Call for Trainings
- Registration
- not open yet
AppSecEU is seeking for sponsors. We have several possibilities how you can promote your company, seek for employees and on the other side support the conference. Please find the description, pricing and possible items in a PDF here.
Call for {Presentations,Papers,Trainings}
We'll have there seperate "Calls":
- The Call for Presentations is the standard one for the regular tracks
- The Call for Papers is for the Research track
- Call for Trainings: as the name says
Conference Orga
- Dirk Wetter (Chair)
- Kai Jendrian (Co-Chair)
- Birgit Bernskötter (External)
- Ingo Hanke
- Boris Hemkemeier
- Achim Hoffmann
- Martin Johns
- Hartwig Gelhausen
- Tobias Glemser
- Sebastien Deleersnyder
- Kelly Santalucia
- Sarah Baso
Contact: orga2013//lists/appsec/eu
- Twitter: @appseceu
- Twitter: @OWASP_de (German account)
Countdown Challenges
- Win Free Tickets to AppSec EU Research 2013! here
There will be a challenge posted on the conference wiki page every month up until the event in August. The winner of each challenge will get free entrance to the conference, worth about €400. Be sure to sign up for the conference mailing list to get a monthly reminder.
The challenge starts here: https://www.hacking-lab.com/events/registerform.html?eventid=397&uk=78h2Cz5xvYrCde5oGAEc1GDcacfwuYtM
- How to Win
Each challenge will be announced on the conference wiki page and the conference mailing list (what you see here). Simply follow the link, login, and follow the instructions for the challenge. Provide your solution, which then will be marked. The challenge will be opened right after the announcement and will be closed 23 days later. The winner will be rewarded a free conference ticket 3 days later.
The free ticket is personal and the judgement of the organizing committee can not be overruled.
- How it Works
Each challenge will have its unique link and will be open for 23 days after announcement.
If you follow the link, the site will ask for login (see "Login directly (Existing Hacking-Lab Account)"), or to sign-up (see "Sign-up a new Hacking-Lab Account") if you don't have a login. You may use your existing account, or sign-up for a new one.
To participate on the challenge, you need an account at Hacking-Lab. You just need an email address for that and you can use a nickname of your choice. Only the nickname will be public.
- How to Start
Step0: Prepare your client with a preconfigured virtual host in VMware Player or VirtualBox. Install the LiveCD image https://www.hacking-lab.com/Remote_Sec_Lab/livecd.html in your virtual host.
Download links are:
Step1: Follow the link from your mail or posted at conference wiki.
Step2: Login
Step3: Switch to the challenge
Step4: To solve the task you need a VPN connection as shown in https://www.hacking-lab.com/Remote_Sec_Lab/lab-infrastructure.html
Step5: Connect to hacking-lab.com after starting your Live-CD from within your virtual host as described in https://www.hacking-lab.com/Remote_Sec_Lab/OpenVPN.html
Step6: To complete the task (event), send your description of the vulnerability including an exploit and a description for mitigations using the provided "Send Solution" button.
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ARMSTRONG?- The Armstrong City Council monday approved a bid of $12,340 by Chuck Holm Construction for a metal shingle roof for the city park shelter.
All but $1,340 of the project will be covered by grants.
The council debated for some time whether it might be better to opt for a $16,000 metal shake roof or for just a metal roof.
Council member Dave Grussing thought the steel shingle construction would work well, particularly with its 50-year warranty.
The council approved the bid which includes labor.
In other business, the council discussed when the new garbage truck will arrive. Maintenance supervisor Tom Leach said the truck chassis was scheduled for delivery to the location where it will be fitted with a box which will up to another two months. Dailey said the city was scheduled to stop its service with Waste Management Nov. 1 and that the city is still determining who will handle recycling.
City clerk Connie Thackery reported that the quonset roof was done. The city repaired a portion of the side and had a coating applied over the exterior.
The council approved hiring JoAnn Eaton as pool manger for the rest of the summer at $9.25 an hour.
Also approved was a cigarette license renewal for HiWay Grocery and Caseys and a beer license renewal and Sunday sales for HiWay Grocery.


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He has berated questioners at campaign events from California to New Hampshire, called a former Navy SEAL an idiot for criticizing his education policies and, wielding an ice cream cone, dressed down a passerby in a widely broadcast confrontation along the Jersey Shore.
Chris Christie's success owes largely to his image as the unvarnished, let-the-chips-fall antithesis of the buttoned-down politician who can barely breathe without first polling the response. "I am not a focus-group-tested, blow-dried candidate, or governor," Christie said at Thursday's operatic news conference, in which he abjectly and repeatedly apologized for the action of staffers who tied up the George Washington Bridge, apparently to punish a small-town mayor.
"I am who I am," he added, "but I am not a bully."
Many, though, would disagree, including some who otherwise praise Christie's effectiveness as a Republican governor in New Jersey, a Democratic-leaning state with a long history of dysfunction and corruption. It has always been part of the bargain, said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Poll, which gave Christie a gaudy 65% approval rating in December, before the scandal broke open with emails tracing the closure of roads to the bridge — and resulting traffic chaos — to the governor's office.
More emails released Friday showed the power struggle between Christie appointees to the regional Port Authority, which controls the bridge, and members from New York. The documents also indicated that port police wrongly blamed Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich for the access lane closures; earlier emails suggested he was targeted by Christie aides because he failed to endorse the governor's November reelection campaign.
"Chris Christie tried to get things done, so he might have butted some heads together and called other politicians names, but because people don't like politicians it didn't matter," Murray said. "But when it's affecting civilians, that's an entirely different thing."
It is also relevant as Christie takes up his role as chairman of the Republican Governors Assn. and pursues a likely bid for the White House in 2016. The overriding question has always been how the pugnacious governor, who so epitomizes the sock-in-the-nose culture of New Jersey and its politics, will play outside the Garden State; it is one thing to enjoy the likes of Snooki and Tony Soprano as home entertainment and another to witness such brashness in a candidate for the country's highest office.
The still-unfolding bridge scandal, with its overtones of pettiness and vengeance, places the question in bold relief. Even taking Christie at his word, that he was blindsided by the "abject stupidity" of rogue staffers and had nothing to do with the traffic snarl, the political danger is that the episode plays very much to type for the elbows-out governor; an Internet search for "Chris Christie" and "bully" yields millions of results.
The Web is awash in videos showing the glowering governor venting at teachers, reporters, the Navy SEAL — Christie later called him a jerk, refusing to apologize — and the Jersey Shore antagonist. The Democratic National Committee quickly spliced together a compendium, juxtaposing some of those moments with Christie's rebuke of his now-fired staff members. "Governor," it said in a freeze-frame, "the tone is set at the top."
Beyond such verbal sparring, Christie has retaliated against critics and others who crossed him in more substantive ways, stripping security from an ex-governor whom Christie deemed "combative and difficult" and ending state funding for programs run by a Rutgers University professor who angered him over redrawing the state's political boundaries.
READ: Controversial Christie staffer emails
At his Thursday news conference, Christie denied using the powers of his office for political retribution. "Will we fight sometimes and will things get sharp-elbowed? You bet," he said. "It goes both ways, but, you know, retribution as the word? No."
Christie's marathon question-and-answer session was his introduction to many outside New Jersey — his response to the bridge scandal was the top story on nightly news shows and generated headlines across the country — and his humble apology and forceful action could help him politically, assuming there are no more damaging revelations.
"He got up, took a shower, came to the office, canned some people, went on TV and said, 'This is what I know,'" said Stuart Spencer, a longtime GOP strategist. "That's the way to handle something like this."
Spencer helped elect a president, the genial Ronald Reagan, who couldn't be more different from the combative Christie. But that was more than three decades ago. "When Reagan was running, people wanted hope," Spencer said. "The public is in a mood now where they want answers; they want someone who're going to be straight with them."
In that sense, Christie's blunt-spokenness could be an asset, Spencer said, at least in measured dosage.
Paul Maslin, a Democratic strategist, agreed — to a point.
"The better part of it is people saying, 'Not a politician,' 'Tells it like it is,'" Maslin said. "When people have become inured to this procession of tight, carefully parsed words from everybody, even Barack Obama, that seems very refreshing.
PHOTOS: Scenes from "Bridgegate"
"You just wonder over the long haul if that wears well or not," said Maslin, who would know: He worked for independent presidential candidate Ross Perot in 1992 and watched as the Texas businessman's image evolved from celebrated outsider and truth-teller to curiosity and crank.
As Christie eyes a run for the White House, the George Washington Bridge has become the crossing New Jersey's governor must bear, along with that bullying reputation. "The traffic jam becomes a metaphor for any time Christie steps out of bounds and has a harsh word for anybody," Maslin said. "He's got baggage now, and it won't go away that easily."
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Jason Wilson, co-founder of Platial, in San Francisco on Thursday (iPhone photo by JD Lasica).
Platial helped pioneer place-based social networking
This is the first of a multi-part series on geolocation startups and services.
Target audience: Entrepreneurs, founders, startups, geolocation services, mobile ad networks, businesses, educators, journalists, general public.
For years, entrepreneurs, tech observers and funders have known two things about the geolocation space: It holds an enormous amount of promise, and it's taking an awfully long time to get there.
Geolocation startups are hot in Silicon Valley right now, from Zkatter, a San Francisco-based startup from British young gun Matt Hagger that wants you to capture and share moments in real time through mobile video, to Findery, the venture-backed San Francisco startup from Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake that wants you to leave notes, media and digital objects for others at specific locations.
What's my connection with geoloco? For the past half year I've been working on a geolocation startup called Placely (register for the beta here). We're still early in development, so I'll talk more about our plans for Placely in a future post. But today I think it's worth doing a quick survey of how far we've come (not very) and how far we still have to go as geolocation gets ready for its closeup. Continue reading


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Santa has arrived here in Grand Junction from the North Pole.
Today he stopped by to have breakfast with dozens of kids at Mesa Mall.
Santa got wish lists from the kids and passed out toys for all,
but the jolly St. Nick wasn't the only entertainment. There were jugglers, a magician, and clowns showing off their tricks.
There was also plenty of food and drinks to go around.
Admission for the event was just two dollars per person. The proceeds will go to the shop with a cop program.
"It's a program that we partner up with Grand Junction Police and they take twelve kids shopping with them; and so all of the money that we raise today goes to that fund."
If you didn't make this morning's breakfast, don't worry because Santa isn't going anywhere. He will be at mesa mall taking wishes until Christmas..


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WEST CHESTER -- The fans came to see Chas McCormick score his 1,000 point for West Chester Henderson on Tuesday night at Jim Reichert Gymnasium. And the Henderson star certainly did not dissapoint. Needing four points to reach the mark, McCormick hit the milestone with 3:49 to play in the second quarter, darting down the lane and laying the ball in softly to become the sixth player in Henderson history to score 1,000 points in a career.
And he was not done there. McCormick had a game-high 26 points -- 14 in the second -- and along with twin brother Jason, who poured in 21, helped the Warriors downed Downingtown West, 59-44 in Ches-Mont League National Division play.
�I really wanted to get this over with,� Chas McCormick said. �It�s been tough trying to get there and I am glad it came early in the game. I really got going after that and had a pretty good quarter. But, you know I could not have done this without my teamamates, my family and friends and all the people that come to our games.
As big as it was to get to 1,000, it was bigger that we won the game. That is what it is all about. winning this game is big because we are still undefeated in the league.�
Henderson (4-0 Ches-Mont, 8-4 overall) took a 9-1 lead on the Whippets (1-3, 3-8) by having its trap work to perfection and creating turnovers. West clawed back in the game, taking a brief 18-17 lead, but it would be its last of the night.
Henderson was sporting a 31-26 halftime adavantage and took over inthe third. Late in the quarter, Chas McCormick buried one of his three, 3-pointers from deep in the corner. Another Downingtown West turnover led to a Colin Costello feed to Scott Cullinan for an inside basket and Henderson had a 45-36 advantage after three.
The Whippets turned the ball over 16 timesand shot just five for 22 in the second half, being outycored 29-18. In fact, the McCormick twins outscored the Whippets, 47-44.
The Warriors built a 47-38 advantage when Collin Reilly, who had 12 points, scored from in tight jumper for the Whippets. Chas McCormcik scored on a long three-ball to make it a 50-40 game.
Two straight times down the floor the Whippets turned the ball over, the second time, Declan Kane buried a three to put the game away as the night truly belonged to the Warriors and their new 1,000-point man.
�Chas brings what the entire McCormick family brings, heart, hustle and desire,� Henderson coach Chris Bruno said. �As a team, we always play with heart and hustle, but tonight we started to play with our head to go along with heart and hustle. I was happy with our play tonight.�
Downintown West, now 1-3 in league play, will host rival Downingtown East on Thursday. Coach Jason Ritter was fretting about all those turnovers.
�We average 16 turnovers a game and tonight we did it again and they lead to easy baskets and we are not good enough as a team to give away points,�he said.
Note: Before the game a moment of silence was observed for former Henderson basketball coach and teacher Don Ficca who passed away on Monday.
West Chester Henderson 59, Downingtown West 44
DOWNINGTOWN WEST: Wilkins 4 2-2 12, Reilly 5 2-2 12, Long 2 1-2 9, Lattanzi 3 0-1 6, Carson 1 2-4 4, Hall 0 0-0 0, Loerve 0 1-2 1. Totlas 16 8-13 44.
WEST CHESTER HENDERSON: C.McCormick 11 1-1 26, J.McCormick 6 9-9 21, Kane 3 0-0 7, Cullinan 2 0-0 4, Costello 0 1-2 1, Goldfine 0 0-0 0, Weaver 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0, DiMatteo 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 11-12 59.
Downingtown West 10 16 10 8-44
W.C. Henderson 15 16 14 15-59
3-point goals: Long 2, Wilkins 2, C.McCormick 3, Kane.


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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University women's volleyball team made quick work of Michigan Tech on Friday (Oct. 26) in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) North Division play as the Bulldogs rolled to a 3-0 win over the Huskies at the Ewigleben Sports Arena in Big Rapids.
FSU was a 25-6, 25-17, 25-20 winner over MTU as the Bulldogs improved to 18-5 overall and 11-1 in the GLIAC. MTU dropped to 9-16 overall and 4-8 in league action.
The match was the first of three consecutive home matches for the Bulldogs, who host Northern Michigan on Saturday (Oct. 27) at 3 p.m. (ET) and then face rival Grand Valley State for the second time this season on Tuesday (Oct. 30) beginning at 7 p.m. (ET).
The Bulldogs utilized 13 different players in the match as they dominated from start to finish versus the Upper Peninsula foe.
Senior middle hitter Anne Sutton notched 10 kills for the Bulldogs while FSU also received six from sophomore outside hitter Courtney Rehm. Meanwhile, senior setter Samantha Fordyce totaled 27 assists in the victory.
Ferris State hit an impressive .325 for the match, including a .433 showing in the final frame. Meanwhile, they limited MTU to a -.048 figure that also included a -.484 mark in the opening set.
In the opening set, the Bulldogs picked up a decisive 25-6 win despite having only four kills. The effort was aided by 17 attack errors from the Huskies in the first frame.
The Bulldogs had 39 digs, six blocks and five service aces compared to MTU's 38 digs, four aces and two blocks. Both teams had five service errors.
The Bulldogs received eight digs from Rehm along with nine from junior libero Brandie Merren, seven by senior Paige Wyers and six from senior outside hitter Aly Brecht. Merren also had three of the Bulldogs' five service aces while Brecht had a team-high four total blocks.
Michigan Tech was paced by Sylvie Rokosh's match-high 12 kills. Madeline Haben had 23 assists and Jacqueline Aird netted nine digs.
The victory was the Bulldogs' 12th in their last 14 outings to date this season. They also improved to 54-14 all-time against the Huskies with the triumph.


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While I think it's a cool feature, some players are up in arms over Blizzard's newly-implemented Armory character profiling service. The complaint? That players don't want cross-faction players knowing what gear and specs they have and thus gaining a potential advantage in PvP. Now, it's my opinion that this doesn't matter quite as much as some of the threads about it suggest, for several reasons:
- There's not much reason to expect you'll be singled out amongst the many players within a single realm or battlegroup. And even if you are, what is the probability of a player having all of your information on hand when they encounter you in PvP, and being able to make use of it? (It's not as though they'll have time to look it up whenever they see you.) The exception to this would be very high-ranking players whom people may make specific study of.
- Knowing your precise talent build only says so much about how you play -- a shadow priest can still heal and a holy priest can still surprise you with a mind blast. And in PvP situations it's assumed that you'll have one of a few variations on an optimal PvP build for your class, already suggesting your strengths, weaknesses, and abilities to your opponents.
- By someone familiar with gear options, gear can be guessed at with simply a glance. Especially considering that most players are aspiring to the same high-end gear and are all somewhere along the same path to achieving it.


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The Mets are in agreement on a deal with free-agent reliever Brandon Lyon, pending a physical, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.
The deal is for one year, reports the Daily News.
Lyon, 33, was 4-2 with a 3.10 ERA with the Astros and Blue Jays in 2012, striking out 63 batters in 61 innings.
He has recorded 79 saves in his 11-year career with the Jays, Astros, Tigers, Diamondbacks and Red Sox, although he last recorded double-digit saves in 2010 with the Astros.
Sandy Alderson recently told media that he will be done acquiring relievers if he's able to finalize a contract with Lyon.
I really, really like this deal. He reinvented himself after shoulder surgery, using his fastball a lot more last season... and it paid off. His line will play well in Citi Field, too, giving up easy flyballs... assuming there is anyone out there who can catch them, of course. I'm far more comfortable with him out there than Jon Rauch, who signed with the Marlins yesterday. Lyon will be this team's closer sooner than later, despite what Terry Collins said about Frank Francisco yesterday.
Feb. 3: The Mets are confident they will get a deal done with Lyon (Martino, Daily News).
Feb. 3: The Mets are serious about Lyon, but a deal isn't done. He's still talking to other teams (Martino, Daily News).
[sny-accordion title="Michael Baron's thoughts on signing Lyon..."]
I am assuming Lyon is the non-closer Rubin was referring to, although Lyon does have closing experience in his career. That makes me wonder as well if they will continue to pursue someone like Jose Valverde, should the Mets get this deal done. No matter what, Sandy is clearly determined to fix one of the worst bullpens the Mets have ever had. If his strategy works this year, it will help keep close games close which, based on the projected position players on the roster, they will need to do a much better job of doing, if there's going to be any hope in 2013.
Lyon is a very good right-handed reliever, and he would make the Mets bullpen (which has already been made deeper this winter) a lot better on paper. He is proven, steady and durable, and he will go a long way towards stabilizing their short-relief corps, if the deal goes through. Lyon's a sinkerballer who sits in the low 90's, and that helps him keep the ball in the ballpark. He'll also throw a hard cutter in towards the left-handed hitter and change speeds with a good curveball. He held left-handed hitters to a .213 clip last year, although that's not indicative of his career numbers; that was due to an increased emphasis on his cutter.
If the Mets secure Lyon, he along with Scott Atchison, Latroy Hawkins gives the Mets flexibility with Jenrry Mejia and Jeurys Familia in the early part of the year. Neither Mejia or Familia would need to be depended upon as primary relievers right out of the gate. They could go back to the minors, get the seasoning they really still need, and the Mets can evaluate their progress when a problem arises in the big league bullpen.[/sny-accordion]


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Nominations for Game Developers Choice Awards Open 13
Eugene Oh writes "Nominations are open for the 5th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards. Nominations will be accepted through Jan. 14, 2005. All those involved in the video game industry or the development of videogames are eligible to submit nominations at. The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) will present the awards on March 9, 2005, at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. The Game Developers Choice Awards categories focus on rewarding and recognizing innovation and excellence in the art of making games - regardless of genre, platform or delivery medium. Awards will be given in the following categories:Best Game, Innovation, Audio, Character Design, Game Design, Technology, Visual Arts, Writing, New Studio, Lifetime Achievement, First Penguin, Maverick, and Community Contribution."


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There is a growing class of Black celebrity entrepreneurs who came from working class to the wealthy class at a young age. Now, many of these African-Americans are building wealth for future generations.
Here's a look at LeBron James, Torii Hunter, Terrell Owens, Cash Money, Kirk Franklin and Bob Johnson's achievements and their contributions to society.
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Our Assault on Learning team has been reporting for the past few days on a proposal currently being floated to station city police in the Philadelphia School District's toughest schools. (Read our Saturday story breaking this news here: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/special_packages/inquirer/school-violence/20110409_Nutter_and_Ramsey_consider_putting_armed_police_officers_in_some_schools.html)
In today's paper, our colleague Jeff Shields, reporting on a City Council hearing, noted that Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey told Council that "there are some schools right now being run by gang members." (Read that story here: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/119674379.html) This, presumably, is evidence for why city police ought to be in schools.
That line really stopped me. Gangs running some city schools. Wow.
To be clear: schools currently have school police officers. They do not carry weapons and do not have arrest powers, though they may detain students until city police arrive to make an arrest. There are 635 full- and part-time officers in the district, though the current dire budget situation might mean significant cuts to that force.
A proposal now in preliminary stages would give city police much more of a role in keeping order in schools. It doesn't sound like every school would get a city police officer, but we'd see many more officers (presumably armed) in schools than we do now. I've heard reaction ranging from "finally!" to "how does making school feel like more of a prison help the problem?"
In reporting our series, we talked to many teachers, staffers and students about conditions inside schools. Some talked about neighborhood gangs really affecting safety. I'd love to hear your feedback on two things - one, for those inside schools, how prevalent is gang activity at your school? And two, for everyone - city cops in schools - good idea, or bad?
UPDATE: While we're on the topic, you might also read the commentary of Shelly Yanoff, executive director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth. She wrote today about the district's zero tolerance policy. An excerpt: "Instead of wielding the sledgehammer of zero tolerance, schools must respond to disruptive and violent behavior with a continuum of intervention and support strategies. The district needs to develop a balanced approach that provides serious responses to harmful violence but doesn't unnecessarily criminalize minor infractions."
The full link is here: http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/119674249.html


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Another edition of weekend fun and mineral guessing! This one is a rather large example. Ball-pen included for scale. The background is the kitchen table, it's plastic. Don't be distracted! The rust-colored spots are much too rust-like, however, it is the best foto I could take. There are several minerals to be identified. How many can you find and what are they?
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Amidst all the bills and politicians at Florida's Capitol Wednesday, there were a few people checking for cavities and bright smiles.
The Florida Dental Health Foundation brought a mobile dentist office to the courtyard of Florida's Capitol. Ten foster care kids from Leon County received dental care at the annual "Dentist Day on the Hill."
The Florida Dental Association uses the time to present their policies to lawmakers, which this year includes opposing coverage under Medicaid expansion.
"We get less than one percent of the budget to begin with, and by keeping it as a medicaid fee, we're able to treat far more children, far more efficiently, without having to go through a managed care system where you have to pay people to manage it that we don't already need," said Rick Stevenson, 1st Vice President of the Florida Dental Association.


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When it comes to one of the most popular holiday traditions in the United States, it seems Americans can't make up their minds as whether to go au naturel or artificial. According to the National Christmas Tree Association (NCTA), 31.3 million real trees were purchased by Americans for their Christmas tree in 2007. That's nearly double the number of artificial trees (17.4 million) that were purchased that same year. However, while the number of real trees purchased in 2007 increased by more than 10 percent from 2006, the number of artificial trees by a much larger percentage. The number of artificial trees purchased in 2007 was nearly twice the amount purchased in 2006 (9.3 million). Although 2007 might prove an aberration with respect to the increased sales of artificial trees, NCTA statistics illustrate that their popularity has grown steadily over the years. In 2001, for example, the number of artificial trees sold was 7.3 million, a far cry from the 27.8 million real trees sold that same year. And while both real and artificial trees have each grown more popular since 2001, artificial trees, as evidenced by figures from 2007, appear to be gaining a greater market share.


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Treasure Chest Thursday
Family of William Walter Kinnick, Montana
This is another of the fine photo images I received from my cousin, Ellen DeVilbiss, on 4 Dec 2012. She has preserved and shared them from her grandmother, my aunt, Lillian Kinnick Ford. There are more photos of this gentleman's family among those she shared, that you will also see in the days ahead.
Two weeks ago today, I shared the photo of William Walter Kinnick (1866-1946) along with links to the stories I have compiled over the years of his family. Take a look at them now, if you didn't before.
Today, we have a 1933 family photo shared by his daughter, Dorothy, in the mid 1980s. Comments and description below, from the back of the photo, shared by Ellen in an email along with the copy of the photo.
Picture taken in 1933 in our yard. Mill Creek - Yellowstone Valley 20 miles south of Livingston, MT
From Left : Miguel (Mike) A. Kinnick (Oldest brother, 10 yrs older than Dorothy, born 1909 died 1975) only one deceased
Thomas J. Kinnick - 1921 - lives in Livingston
Fred Walter Kinnick - 1926 - lives in Livingston (wearing overalls)
Lupe Ramona Covarrubias Kinnick (behind Fred) - Mother - 1890 - 1977 she is holding John Lund - 1933- her first grandson
John Lund (baby) now lives in Arizona
Dorothy (me) Elizabeth Kinnick Hurley Adams (behind Mother)- 1919 lives in Livingston
Rachael A. K. Nickeson (peeking out behind Father) - 1911 lives in Lakewood, CA
Lupe Margaret K. Lund Pardee Chase (standing behind Father) - 1912 - lives in Clarkston, WA Mother of baby John
William Walter Kinnick - Dad - 1866 - 1946 holding youngest son George
George A. Kinnick - 1930 - lives in W. Burlington, IA
John P. Kinnick (behind Edward) - 1917 - lives in Clarkston, WA
Edward M. Kinnick (in front of John) - 1924 - lives in Livingston
Milton Lund - Marge's first husband - they had 2 children, father of baby John
William Joseph Kinnick - 1914 lives in Santa Maria, CA
Families are Forever! ;-)


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EAU CLAIRE, Wis.—Statement made.
With selections for the NCAA Championships field less than 24 hours away, No. 17 Carleton College made a large statement by topping five other nationally-ranked teams in winning for the second straight tournament at the Blugold Spring Invitational.
The Knights matched the school record (in relation to par) on the final day with a 314, the top score by a whopping 13 shots to finish the 36-hole event at 643, also the low two-round total in school history in relation to par. No. 19 Carthage finished second at 663, followed by No. 15 St. Thomas (670) and host UW-Eau Claire (676). The win came a week after the Knights won their own Carleton Invitational.
The story of the day was sophomore Grace Gilmore (Edina, Minn.). After a first-round 82, Gilmore fired the fourth-lowest round in school history, a career low two-over par 75. After a front-nine 40, Gilmore caught fire on the back nine. She drained a 40-foot birdie putt on the 12th hole, which kicked off a stretch of three birdies in four holes. She ended up posting a two-under par 35 on the back nine, capping the round with a beautiful par save to notch her first collegiate victory by three shots.
"I think everyone on the team knew that Grace was ready for a break-out round," Carleton head coach Eric Sieger said. "She's been hitting the ball so well and her short game is so good, and she was able to put everything together at the most opportune time." She ended the round with four birdies, offsetting four bogeys and a double bogey.
She was hardly the only Knight to come through in the clutch, as the Knights were rock solid up and down the line-up. Taylor Wells (Jr./Rochester, Minn./Century) continued her very strong spring season, firing a five-over par 78 to end in seventh place, while Kelsey Moede (Jr./Lake Oswego, Ore.) added an 80 in matching her best round of the season in relation to par. She moved up 13 spots to 19th. Shannon Holden (Fy./Simi Valley, Calif./Royal) posted an 81 to end tied for third, and ended up clinching the MIAC's lowest scoring average in the process. Geraldine Tellbuescher (Fy./Ashiya, Japan/Canadian Academy) tallied an 82 to place tied for fifth, her fourth straight top-five finish.
"At times this spring, Shannon and Geraldine have really carried us with their stellar play, but it was great to see our veterans step forward today," Sieger said.
The teams battled the par 73 Wild Ridge Golf Course layout, fighting 20-30 mile-per-hour winds on Saturday but had much better scoring conditions on Sunday. Still, the Knights were the only team to break 320 in a field that included NCAA automatic qualifiers/conference champions Wartburg (IIAC), St. Thomas (MIAC), UW-Eau Claire (WIAC) and Carthage (CCIW). Only five players broke 80, and two of those wore the navy and maize of the Knights in Wells and Gilmore.
"For us to come out and play our best golf of the season, against that field, on a tough course, shows the caliber of players and team we are," Sieger said. "It was absolutely amazing to see the confidence and composure each player possessed today—truly inspiring to watch such high-level golf knowing that we needed a low score. The ladies told me after the first round they were taking it low, and they went out and did just that."
The Knights now await word from the NCAA Committee if they'll receive one of the two at-large bids reserved for teams from conferences with an automatic bid but that failed to earn the AQ. The Knights finished one shot behind St. Thomas at the MIAC Championships back in October, but clearly have been the class of the conference and region in the spring.
"Having Taylor back and the continued growth of our first-year players have been key to us making this move this spring," Sieger said. "To have played so well in those key events in California and St. Louis and winning these last two events, I couldn't have dreamed that our spring would go so well. We hope it will continue in Florida next week."


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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
The First Ride of 2011
I can see it now... the morning of January 11th I'll be excited to pump up my tires, put on my helmet and ride. By the time I hop on and go I'll not have been on my bicycle for over three weeks.
Last year my friends and I had a friendly competition of riding our bicycles 300 miles in the month of January. I'm going to try for it myself, personally, when I get back. 300 miles in three weeks? I think it's possible. If not, then I'll just shoot for the next 30 days.
Also, I'm really looking forward to taking part in my birthday ride. Basically, the morning of my birthday I go for a ride on a favorite route somewhere in the Valley. Whether it's a 25-mile loop to Woodland Hills, Winnetka, Northridge, Van Nuys and back, a hilly 10-mile ride to the Santa Monica Mountains at the Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park (down Reseda Blvd), or a sprint along the Orange Line bikeway - from Encino to Woodland Hills, to NOHO and back - it's a ride that I've done before and therefore a ride I love. I always make sure to give myself this present every year. I am so looking forward to it.
Are there any special or meaningful rides planned for you this year so far? All right, I won't be too hasty - let's start with the first quarter, at least. ;)
Happy new year, indeed.
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My husband and I are planning a trip to San Jose this May to support our nieces in Girls on the Run. While we're there we are looking forward to taking them on a long ride (who knows how long that means in kid-distance) with some stops for food and drink. I don't know the route yet but I'll do some research to map out in advance. After we leave them we plan to do some biking in the wine country - again, haven't figured out exactly where but we're looking forward to the new biking experiences.ReplyDelete
Oh, that sounds absolutely heavenly. My friends are moving to San Jose at the end of this month; I hope to visit them in the spring or summer months (and subsequently see what the biking climate is like). You'll have to let me know how it goes through an update or otherwise. I hope that you'll take pictures! :)ReplyDelete
CicLAvia in April and the Los Angeles River Ride in June are on my plate so far. I've done them both before but the turn out has been great and it's always fun re-living such positive experiences. New adventures are great, though, and I hope to do something like your upcoming trip in the near future. I have no doubt that you and yours will have an unforgettable time!


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Compatible Products & Services / Re: IR Help *please* Which IR transceiver to get? Supported IR Hardware?« on: April 08, 2008, 04:02:47 am »
There are two choices that work exceptionally well:
(1) the USB UIRT http://www.usbuirt.com/ and
(2) the GC-100 http://www.globalcache.com/products/gc-index.html
the GC-100 is much more expensive, but you gain two remote RS-232 ports, and relay ports as well to control other home automation devices!
both of these devices work out of the box with LinuxMCE, and both support IR learning, which is much needed for doing full A/V control.
I do not recommend using anything else.
Thank you for the reply. I will get the UIRT with the extra IR for $5.00 more. I hope I am not wasting money unnecessarily. I do appreciate your input.


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A fascinating article in The Atlantic by David Eagleman. It begins with a recount of the murders committed by Charles Whitman at the University of Texas in 1966. Whitman left a suicide note asking that his brain be examined for abnormality and, in fact, a tumor was found. The note also said:
It was after much thought that I decided to kill my wife, Kathy, tonight … I love her dearly, and she has been as fine a wife to me as any man could ever hope to have. I cannot rationa[l]ly pinpoint any specific reason for doing this...Once you get past brain tumors pressuring specific areas of the brain that control aggression, fear, and impulse, it gets much more difficult.


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Friday, July 12, 2013
Handicappers trying to decipher Emollient's form in Saturday's Grade I, $350,000 American Oaks can take comfort in knowing they're in the same boat as Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott.
The daughter of Empire Maker started 2013 well enough with an allowance victory on a sloppy track at Gulfstream Park Feb. 16. She was sent off at 5-2 six weeks later in the Grade II Gulfstream Park Oaks but finished fifth, 30 lengths behind runaway winner Dreaming of Julia.
"There was no explanation for the way she ran that day," said Mott, whose Grade I victories at Betfair Hollywood Park include the 1995 Hollywood Gold Cup with Cigar.
Emollient redeemed herself just seven days later on Polytrack in the Grade I Ashland at Keeneland. Taking command immediately, Emollient widened on her opposition, ultimately winning by nine lengths.
"She really shined on the synthetic." said Mott. "After that race, I was a little skeptical about running her back on dirt, but with all the big races coming up, we had to find out where we stood."
Mott's skepticism was well founded. Sent to Pimlico for the Grade II Black Eyed Susan May 17, Emollient faded after a half mile and finished 21 lengths behind Fiftyshadesofhay as the odds-on favorite.
"She stumbled in the race, but recovered," stated Mott. "I can't use that as an excuse."
Even though Emollient is a Grade I winner and tops the field with $446,900 in earnings, Mott said he's still in the fact finding stage with the 3-year-old filly.
"She ran so well on the synthetic, we're hoping there's a correlation between synthetic and turf," said Mott. "Het two turf works at Belmont Park were very good."
Emollient drew post position three in the field of eight and once again will be ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, who won the 2012 American Oaks with Lady of Shamrock.
The Grade I, $350,000 American Oaks at 1 1-4 miles on turf for 3-year-old fillies heads a slate of four outstanding stakes races at Betfair Hollywood Park Saturday.
The Oaks is carded as the ninth of 10 races. Taking on such local stars as Grade II Honeymoon Handicap winner Sarach and Grade III Providencia Stakes winner Scarlet Strike will be well-connected eastern invaders Emollient and Emotional Kitten.
Emollient won the Grade I Ashland at Keeneland by nine lengths April 6, stamping her as one of the top sophomore fillies in the nation. Emotional Kitten took the $100,000 Hilltop May 17 at Pimlico, giving her three wins in her last four starts. Emollient is trained by Bill Mott and will be ridden by Mike Smith, both Hall of Famers. Emotional Kitten is conditioned by Wesley Ward and carries the colors of nationally well-known owner-breeders Ken and Sarah Ramsey.
A race before the Oaks will be the Grade II, $200,000 A Gleam Handicap for older fillies and mares at seven furlongs over Cushion Track.
The A Gleam is a Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" race, with the winner receiving a fees-paid berth in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, which will be run Nov. 1 at Santa Anita.
The A Gleam has attracted Grade I winners Book Review and Byrama. The mare to beat, however, may be the Ron Ellis-trained Teddy's Promise, a five-time winner on Cushion Track who had nightmarish trip when third as the odds-on choice in the Desert Stormer Handicap June 16.
The local 2-year-old championships will be decided Saturday in the Grade III, $150,000 Hollywood Juvenile Championship and the $150,000 Landaluce Stakes for fillies. The Hollywood Juvenile, to be run as the fourth race, and the Landaluce, carded as the second, are both at six furlongs.
On the final Hollywood Insider of the Spring/Summer meeting, Steve Andersen of Daily Racing Form will be the guest of host Gino Buccola of Television Games Network (TVG). Anderson and Buccola will offer handicapping tips on the four stakes races, insights and other last minute information. The Hollywood Insider will begin at 12 Noon at the Paddock Tote Board.
A half-hour earlier, also at the Paddock Tote Board, trainer Jorge Gutierrez will be the guest of co-hosts Michael Burns and George Ortuzar at the last Escogiendo Ganadores (Picking Winners) session of the Spring/Summer meet.
During the Spanish-language seminar, Gutierrez, one of the more consistent conditioners on the Southern California circuit, Burns and Ortuzar will discuss the trainer's career, as well as the Betfair Hollywood Park card.
Saturday will be the final Pick 6 Saturday – with a guaranteed pool of $150,000 – of the season.
If the Pick Six pool exceeds $200,000, there will be $1 Happy Hour food and drink specials offered at Whittingham's Pub and the Betfair Players' Lounge.
A single winning ticket – purchased either at Betfair Hollywood Park or through TVG earns a bonus – a 2013 Toyota Prius courtesy of Toyota of Orange.
To celebrate the big day, race fans can take home a free commemorative poster celebrating 75 years of racing at Betfair Hollywood Park. The posters are available one per paid admission while
supplies last.
With four days remaining in the Spring/Summer meeting, Joe Talamo leads Rafael Bejarano 50-46.
Talamo rides five Thursday; Bay Rush (5-2) in the first, Skyspy (5-1) in the second, Proven Warrior (9-5) in the sixth, Unusual Lover (6-1) in the seventh, and Swiss Sugar (8-1) in the eighth.
Bejarano's mounts are Beer Meister (8-5) in the first, Run'n On Residuals (5-2) in the second, Blue Tone (9-5) in the fourth, Queen Mercury (4-1) in the fifth, and Toledo Eddie (6-1) in the seventh.
Each jockey has a total of nine scheduled rides Friday and Saturday.
Edwin Maldonado is third in the standings with 43 winners, but will need some luck with time running out. Maldonado will pilot 15 horses over the next three days.
CLOSING STRIDES—Trainer Marty Jones revealed that Unzip Me, a multiple stakes winner he trained for Harris Farms, Inc., Pers Antonsen and Don Valpredo, is in foal to Kitten's Joy……..A top prospect to watch in Saturday's Landaluce Stakes is She's a Tiger. The half-sister to Grade I winner Smiling Tiger broke into the game with a nine-length victory June 22 at Pleasanton. Frank Alvarado, who was aboard for trainer Jeff Bonde, flew down to Betfair Hollywood Park to work the Tale of the Cat filly five furlongs in 59 July 6. Bonde also trained Smiling Tiger……….Trainer Julio Canani confirmed that Gagaoveryou, entered in a maiden special weight turf sprint Friday, will instead go in Saturday's Landaluce Stakes……In case you missed it, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) last week announced that Betfair Hollywood Park has earned re-accreditation from the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance. The re-accreditation followed a complete review of all racing operations at the facility.
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Verizon didn't "kill FTP access". They didn't shut down the protocol. They only shut off FTP access to their free personal web page hosting servers. That's a big difference when you're writing a headline.
It's days like this that I miss the fine editing that CmdrTaco used to provide.
It's for people who want to take that next step up from Verizon's craptacular home page.
It's days like this that I miss the fine editing that CmdrTaco used to provide.
Wait, when was this golden era of non-sensationalism on Slashdot?
As far back as I can remember Slashdot summaries have put fox news headlines to shame.
Funny, I don't seem to remember such a time. As far back as I can remember, Slashdot headings have been misleading; the summaries have been poorly written; and the editors were too lazy to do any actual "editing".
It's days like this that I miss the fine editing that CmdrTaco used to provide.
I kept my snark to myself during the CmdrTaco farewell love-fest last week, because it seemed a bit "too soon" for that. However, I gotta ask... what in the world are you guys talking about?!? No one's been putting "fine editing" on anything for years now. Headlines were misleading and sensationalized to draw eyeballs last month, and they still will be next month.
That is Slashdot. Most of us who love it, do so for its amazing comment community rather than its borderline whore-ish editors. If you want
Ummm... whoosh?
6 years ago I'd have cracked the same joke about Jon Katz (and probably did.)
It's never too early for snark. I was just on vacation this weekend.
Sometimes you have to make the sarcasm explicit. Too many people are actually claiming that things are going to hell now that Taco has left.
*going* to hell?
Yeah, that's the point. Slashdot has been trying to compete with Huffington Post (typical activist slants), Digg (idle), and Reddit (user submissions of blog posts) for a while now.
Slashdot was doing this stuff *long* before any of those sites even existed.
Maybe, but I noticed a marked uptick in the non-news items when Digg and Reddit were getting popular. I believe that's around the time that Idle was created.
Agreed. When I find interesting topic, the best stuff is reading comments at +4. Usually there's information on what is *actually* occurring, instead of whatever the summary/linked blog/linked popularized article says.
Verizon didn't "kill FTP access". They didn't shut down the protocol. They only shut off FTP access to their free personal web page hosting servers. That's a big difference when you're writing a headline.
It's days like this that I miss the fine editing that CmdrTaco used to provide.
Shame on you for wanting the truth instead of the news!!
>>It's days like this that I miss the fine editing that CmdrTaco used to provide.
You must be new here.
Last week it was all "Good Luck CmdrTaco, we're going to miss you, fine job you did, thanks for everything, yada, yada, yada."
Now it's back to "lousy editors, lousy CmdrTaco, why can't we have a good editor, yada, yada, yada."
Well, Verizon indeed didn't "kill FTP access" as you put it, but it did "kill FREE FTP access" as the title of the article puts it.
So the headline was "Verizon Kills Free FTP Access." You removed the word "free," then complained that the word "free" wasn't there.
Verizon recently disabled FTP access for those foolish enough to use its proprietary service to build their personal websites.
Change is never welcome by most people. We're creatures of habit.
Not sure what Verizon's rationale was; security concern with FTP, operational support, strategic decision to get rid of the free web service?
Wow. I bet both users were not only outraged, but they were even more infuriated to learn that geocities was gone too....
1996 called, they want their web hosting solution back.
1992 called, they want their protocol back.
1990 called, telling me I owe it royalties on this joke....
1992 called, they want their protocol back.
1992? For FTP? It's not even that recent. 1985 for the current specification (RFC 959) [wikipedia.org], but it's first version was written as early as 1971
I think it's more important to know, does verizon offer sftp?
because uh, fuck regular ftp. it's only good for public sites. but for those I wish it made a comeback, so fucking tired of 10 phase gui selection to find some driver.
Nope. No SFTP access, so really this is more about just killing off personal webhosting than FTP access.
And really, if you can figure out FTP for web hosting, it's not much of a leap to just run FTP on a box at home if all you're doing is storing files. Or SSH.
because uh, fuck regular ftp.
Actually, don't. You might catch something.
Run a web server at home, make a desktop shortcut to the public_html folder on it, and drop files for your friends whenever they want them with no uploading required in between.
Best solution for sharing small files to a handful of people and if you enable directory listings you can link say -- 20 files at once without sending individual URLs.
https://www.xkcd.com/875/ [xkcd.com]
Wow. I bet both users were not only outraged, but they were even more infuriated to learn that geocities was gone too
Yep! It definitely looks as if Google has taken over this space with its Google Sites website. Angelfire and its brethren are pretty much gone too.
FTP is not dead. Still useful for anonymous dowloading like for the latest Linux kernels [kernel.org]. Don't recall ever seeing an anonymous SCP transfer method.
An incompetent tech doesn't know how to setup their servers so they decided to shut it down at the expense of end users and you start the sentence with "To be fair"?
What the heck is fair about that?
You can get hosting at a real hosting provider for less than that, with FTP, domain name included, far more space, mailboxes, and various other perks.
http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=6761404 [1and1.com]
The problem for customers seems to be deciding how they are going to maintain their websites. SiteBuilder really sucks; It is hard to use, lack features and design, and only has limited options. Customers I've talked to seem to resent not having the choice of protocols and methods. Theoretically, SiteBuilder will allow you to upload your own pictures and graphics into your selected templates, but it works better in theory than in practice.
Until now, a person with a limited website account could still design
From looking at Verizon forums, the problem seems to be that, unlike everybody else in web hosting, they discontinued FTP without supporting SFTP as a replacement. Most hosting services now require you to use SFTP instead of FTP, and SSH instead of Telnet.
Dreamweaver can use FTP or SFTP, so people with sites big enough to need Dreamweaver have no problem with that.
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Posted by benjihall on 10/8/2013 6:26:00 PM (view original):I swear to god. I submit a post. Do something else. Come back to see how the draft is going and no post from me. WTF
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Solar energy is a green energy, and it boggles the mind why America has failed to harness this energy source in any viable fashion. While consumer electronics manufacturers continue to push "green" as a clever marketing gimmick, other companies are actually working on solutions, however small, to help folks to minimize their carbon footprint. Novothink offers up a solar powered battery charger for the iPhone to help those concerned with the environment, to do their part in supporting the green economy.
The Novothink Surge for iPhone 3G/3GS is an external battery pack/case that slides onto the iPhone to provide more battery life than the paltry battery life that ships standard with the current generation iPhone. What is unique about the Surge is the capability to charge the iPhone via solar power. The Surge is a combination solar charging case combined with a 1320mAh 3.7 volt lithium polymer battery offering up to twice the capacity of the iPhone's battery.
The Surge is simple to attach to your iPhone. Upon first removing the Surge from its box, you first must charge the Surge via USB using the included USB 2.0 cable. The company recommends that you charge the Surge this way for three hours to ensure the battery is fully charged. You can determine the charge by pressing on the status indicator button on the back of the unit. All four green LED lights should light up, lettting you know that the Surge is fully charged. Slide your iPhone into the Surge case and you are good to go. If your iPhone is less than 100 percent charged, the Surge will charge it to 100 percent automatically. You don't have to do a thing. There are no switches to tend to.
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I have been using the Novothink Surge for about three weeks and am impressed with its charging capabilities, ease of use and overall design. Although the device has a built in thermal sensor that will stop charging the iPhone if things get too hot, I don't leave the charger on the iPhone in super heated environments such as on the dash of a parked car. I don't have any problems leaving the Surge out in direct sunlight in the back yard or on a windowsill in the house. The company claims that the Surge, fully charged is good for 30 minutes of talk time on a 3G network with two hours of direct exposure to the sun, and 60 minutes of talk time on a 2G network. But we all know that the iPhone is not just for talking, so your mileage will vary. In my own personal usage, with a fully charged iPhone and fully charged Surge, I have been experience about two days of total iPhone usage, including talk, camera use, and web surfing that is typical to my usage. The Surge makes the iPhone a lot bulkier than a naked iPhone, but I like the way that it is designed, with gripper style rubber on the sides, which makes it perfect for holding while talking. I also like how the iPhone easily slides in and out of the Surge, unlike my previous, case/charger, the mophie juicepack.
While the Surge makes the iPhone bulkier, it more than makes up for that bulkiness by giving you better grip of the phone as well as some protection to the phone in the event you drop it. The downside is there is little protection to the screen, but what case provides screen protection? I prefer charging the Surge without the iPhone attached because I just don't feel comfortable leaving the iPhone baking in the sun. The Surge works better with the Novothink Solar Planner app from the iTunes store. The app enables you to monitor your solar power, giving guidelines on how long you need to keep the Surge in the sun based on the features you use on the phone. For example, if you want to talk for 30 minutes per day, watch 15 minutes of video, play music for 60 minutes, and surf the Internet for 60 minutes, you must keep the Surge in the sun for 1.9 hours. If the day is overcast, Solar Planner adjusts accordingly. You can move the sliders back and forth and the app will tell you how long to keep the charger in the sun.
Novothink's Surge is a great device for the iPhone. It enables you to charge the phone using solar power while offering a bit of protection to your iPhone at the same time. $69.95. www.novothink.com
John Virata is senior editor of Digital Media Online. You can email him at [email protected]


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Piano/Conductor, Oboe. Arranged by Michael Story. This edition: Revised and Updated. Mixed Instruments - Flexible Instrumentation; Quartet. Instrumental Ensembles for All. Pop. Book. 24 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.30709).
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Alfred's Pop Quartets for All series is a versatile, educational, and fun series intended for like or mixed instruments to perform in any size group or combination of instruments. All books are in score format with each line increasing in difficulty from Grade 1 to Grade 3-4. Alternate passages and notation are included to suit instrumental ranges. With no page turns required, the songs and measures are consistent which makes finding rehearsal points quick and convenient. Perfect for concerts with family and friends, recitals, auditions, and festivals. Available for brass, woodwinds, strings, and percussion. Titles are: Summertime * Celebration * We Are Family * Batman (TV Theme) * Imperial March * Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love) * Jump * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * James Bond Theme * Smooth * Gonna Fly Now * Peter Gunn.


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For as long as there have been Super Bowls, the NFL commissioner has met with the assembled media on the Friday before the game.
Back when I first started in the Stone Age, it'd be myself and a few hundred other ink-stained wretches from around the country getting together with Pete Rozelle in the ballroom of the hotel we were all staying in.
Not much has changed over the decades other than the passing of the torch from Rozelle to Paul Tagliabue to Roger Goodell, and the explosion in the number of media with the addition of all our electronic broadcast and digital friends.
As the media numbers have swelled from a couple hundred to a couple thousand, team owners and front office personnel have also flocked to the event.
It is now known as the commissioner's "State of the League" address and has become the second biggest event of Super Bowl week trailing only the game itself.
Goodell is very good with the media. Like Rozelle, he has some background in public relations. But, back in the day, the biggest single vehicle to promote the game was the free print media, and the commissioner needed to feed the beast.
Today the NFL is a $10 billion industry, growing rapidly and wildly profitable.
The NFL still respects the media, but the media needs it more than the league needs the media. Real answers to hard questions are nonexistent.
Predictably, the majority of the questioning Friday morning was about the New York experience and the future, if any, of cold weather Super Bowls.
Goodell continued to strongly defend the decision to hold this Super Bowl in New York and talk about what a great experience he thinks it's been. But the Commissioner was 100 percent non-committal about the possibility of another "cold weather" Super Bowl.
Equally surprising was the fact there wasn't a single question asked about officiating. Goodell was asked about possible changes in instant replay – questions that he dodged – but nothing about the officials.
The commissioner spoke about how thrilled he was that all three games to be played in London in 2014 are already sold out, but said he had no idea what the NFL's next push into Great Britain and Europe might be.
He was also completely non-committal about the possibility of future games in Mexico, Brazil and Canada.
In response to a question about a recent study that says concussions were down 13 percent in the NFL, a surprising finding considering all the increased scrutiny, Goodell said it was because of changes in the rules and the culture in the NFL, an answer met with great skepticism by many in the room.
Goodell was quite definite that the league has no intention of changing its policies on marijuana – synthetic, medicinal or other – until medical science indicates it should. And there is no current evidence that it is close.
The commissioner also assured everyone there was no change in the status of an eventual franchise in Los Angeles, or evidence that St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke is proceeding with efforts to make that move.
Goodell was smooth, engaging and pleasant as could be, but we know no more about the hot button issues surrounding the game today than we knew going in.
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Johnson MBA One of Four Nationwide Selected for Social Finance Fellowship
Siobhan King, MBA 2013, named RSF Regional Social Impact Fellow
December 09, 2012
Siobhan King, MBA'13 and a Forté Fellow at Johnson, was awarded the RSF Regional Social Impact Fellowship. The RSF Regional Social Impact Fellowship is designed to support the development of the next generation of inspiring leaders in the social finance field. Fellows will work with RSF's Lending Team, identifying prospective borrowers, conducting due diligence, and structuring commercial loans that will become part of RSF's $73 million Social Enterprise Lending portfolio.
Based in San Francisco, RSF Social Finance is a pioneering nonprofit financial services organization dedicated to transforming the way the world works with money. It provides capital to non-profit and for-profit social enterprises, addressing key issues in the areas of food and agriculture; education and the arts; and ecological stewardship.
"We are thrilled that Siobhan was selected as an RSF Fellow," said Mark Milstein, director of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise. "Siobhan is a talented example of a new breed of leadership we see among MBA students, who are dedicated to receiving rigorous training that allows them to harness the power of finance to have a significant impact on sustainability through business."
RSF Social Finance selected four recipients from top schools in business and sustainability. In addition to the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, schools represented include Presidio Graduate School, The Bainbridge Graduate Institute, and Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Ted Levinson, director of lending at RSF, described the program as "the most hands-on opportunity for graduate students, who want to make a difference in the field of social finance."
Prior to Johnson, Siobhan was an associate at ICF International, where she provided energy consulting services to several programs, including the U.S. EPA's ENERGY STAR program; and Massachusetts' MassSave program, Green Communities Act, and Small Renewables Initiative. She is a LEED Accredited Professional, with expertise in green building and is a two-time presenter at the USGBC's GreenBuild International Conference. Building on this experience, she came to Johnson to pursue her interest in the field of impact finance, gain exposure to leaders in social finance, and develop functional finance experience.
"Working with RSF gives me an opportunity to get hands-on experience through the entire lending cycle, including sourcing deals and building relationships with social entrepreneurs," said Siobhan. "We're just getting started, but I've already learned a great deal about RSF's loan products and how to identify opportunities, where they can have a positive impact."
While at Johnson, Siobhan is a fund manager for the BR Venture Fund, Johnson's student run seed-stage venture capital fund. She is also a member of the Sustainable Global Enterprise Club, Energy Club, Women's Management Council, and a Volunteer Assistant Coach for the Cornell Women's Rowing Team. Siobhan holds a BSc. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University, and a MSc. in Sustainable Energy Systems from the University of Edinburgh.
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Established in 2003, Johnson's Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise is a world-class academic institution, producing and disseminating relevant knowledge for managers seeking innovative, profitable business opportunities that address global sustainability challenges. The Center works with firms to specify innovative, entrepreneurial, and new business alternatives they can implement in the marketplace. Our programs include those focused on market and enterprise creation, clean technology commercialization and innovation, and finance + sustainability.
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Juanita Fay Hill Younts, 63, of Allred Road, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at Hinkle Hospice House following a 16-month illness.
Juanita Fay Hill Younts, 63, of Allred Road, died Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at Hinkle Hospice House following a 16-month illness.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Joey Goodman. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home and other times at the home.
Mrs. Younts was born July 5, 1949, in Davidson County to Lonzy Lee Hill Sr., and Ernestine Greer Hill. She was a former inspector at Link Taylor and a member of Southside Baptist Church. She loved spending time with her family along with doing crafts and helping others. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a sister, Delores Hill.
Surviving are her husband, Howard McCoy "Coy" Younts, of the home; son Gary Hill and wife Edna of Lexington; stepsons Michael Younts and Todd Younts and wife Jackie, all of Lexington; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; brothers Roger Hill and wife Ann and Lonzy Lee Hill Jr., all of Lexington; and sisters Mona Brooks and husband Barry and Janet Johnson and husband David, all of Lexington.
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Sympathy for the Zionist Involvement
I have a great deal of sympathy for the movement and am deeply interested in the outcome of the propaganda. These so-called dreamers are entitled to the respect and appreciation of the entire Jewish people. Nobody takes greater pride than I do in the success of the individual members of my people. I mean success in a higher sense and I believe that the opportunities for members of my people are greater here than in any other country. I believe that the Jews can be just as much of a priest people today as they ever were in the prophetic days.
Brandeis's first public act of participation in Zionist activities was his chairmanship at a reception for Nahum Sokolow in Boston in March, 1913.
Sokolow (1859-1936) later president of the World Zionist Organization, was then touring the United States for the cause. Justice Brandeis's brief statement was greeted by the audience with great enthusiasm; "matched by the incredulity of his relatives in Louisville." (Alfred Lief) Brandeis, The Personal History of an American Ideal, New York, 1936, p. 279.)
The Jewish people have a great vision. In every land they are struggling for social rights. They are trying to relieve the burden of their friends and relatives in Russia and to lessen the toil of the poor. The true happiness in life is not to donate, but to serve. The great message that Mr. Sokolow brought to Boston may sometime become a reality, and the Jewish people may establish the national state that they have aspired to and longed for so long.
We have listened to the unfolding of a wonderful dream. The great quality of the Jews is that they have been able to dream through all the long and dreary centuries; and mankind has credited them with another quality, the power to realize their dreams. The task ahead of them is to make this Zionist ideal a living fact. "If they wish it, they can by service bring it about."
The Jewish People Should Be Preserved
Strain Every Nerve
This is Justice Brandeis's first official appeal to the Zionists of America. It was issued after his election to the chairmanship of the Provisional Executive Committee for Zionist Affairs.
The war in Europe has brought a crisis upon the Zionist organization. The members of our Actions Committee are scattered. Our central bureau at Berlin is crippled. The Federations of England, Germany and Austria are partially or wholly disabled. The Zionists of these countries and of Russia are forced to take thought for themselves alone, and Palestine, which they have hitherto aided in amplest measure, is bereft of their support.
The achievements of a generation are imperiled. The young Jewish Renaissance in the Holy Land, the child of pain and sacrifice, faces death from starvation.
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Johnson Team Bests Other Northeast B-Schools in Case Competition
Four MBA students take first-place in GE-sponsored contest
October 22, 2012
A team from the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University has won the Northeast Regional GE Experienced Commercial Leadership Program (ECLP) Case Competition. The Johnson team consisted of Melissa Carr Adeyanju (team leader), Brett Davidson, Josh Lapray, and Andy Shen, and was advised by Risa M. Mish, Senior Lecturer of Leadership and faculty director of Johnson's Accelerated MBA Program. The Johnson contingent beat out teams from Columbia Business School, MIT/Sloan, Carnegie Mellon/Tepper, and Georgetown/McDonough. Teammate Andy Shen was recognized as outstanding presenter. The Johnson team won $3,000 in cash and guaranteed interviews with GE ECLP.
Many previous winners of the case competition have entered GE's pipeline for sales and marketing leadership in the company's various lines of business.
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text: June 19, 2017: Anita K. Blair was appointed as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civilian Personnel Policy at the U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Blair was most recently the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and the Chief Human Capital Officer, at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Before she joined the Treasury Department in February, 2011, Blair was the Chief Strategist for the National Security Professional Development Integration Office. From 2001 to 2009, she worked at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, first as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military Personnel Policy and later as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Total Force Transformation, responsible for developing and implementing the Department's Human Capital Strategy. In 2008, she was appointed as the Acting Assistant Secretary, overseeing the management of a workforce comprising more than 800,000 active and reserve Sailors, Marines and civilian government employees. In prior public service, Blair was the co-Chairman of the Human Capital Working Group of the Project on National Security Reform, producing recommendations and proposed legislation for its 2009 report to Congress titled, "Turning Ideas Into Action." She was the Chairman of the Congressional Commission on Military Training and Gender-Related Issues and a member of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute. As a lawyer in private practice, Blair concentrated on corporate and business law and litigation. She graduated from the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia School of Law.


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in terms of university tuition, The Australian government provides "loans" called "HELP" (Higher Education Loan Program). This defers what you pay for your uni degree until you reach a certain threshold of income (Below $47,196 = nil repayment, $47,196-$52,572 = 4%HRI (HRI = Taxable income plus any total net investment loss (which includes net rental losses), total reportable fringe benefits amounts, reportable super contributions and exempt foreign employment income.) the percentage increases as your earnings increase up to 8%HRI) This is from the Australian tax office Website.These loans are not subject to an interest rate as such, but they are "indexed" each year at tax time (financial year runs 1st July to 30th June), and you can pay the whole amount (and get a "discount") or not pay it and it gets taken out of your pay as tax.I'm trying to find out what the "average" HELP debt is. I know my husbands was about $20,000 for a 3 year teaching degree. I have about $6,000 for 3 semesters of a Bachelor of science degree that I never finished.Australia has recently introduced a period of paid parental leave /(you have to be eligible) which is equivalent to the minimum wage for 18 weeks (currently $589.40 a week before tax). Minimum wage is federally mandated.
Oh, gas here is right around $3/gallon (or $.73 USD per liter). I hear it's higher in other parts of the world.
We figured his budget would look something like this:Renters Insur 100
Quote from: Judah on January 04, 2012, 02:22:03 PMWe figured his budget would look something like this:Renters Insur 100Incidentally, I pay around $150 per year for pretty standard renters insurance. I need to add some riders, but I pay a lot more to insure my car ($300 every 6 months) than to insure the rest of my possessions.Also, even in Houston (a large city with lots of cars) and with the "young driver" penalty you get before you turn 25, I still only paid around $400/6 months for my insurance. $200/month would be really high!
Judah, I can't speak to all the numbers on that list, but he can probably get phone and internet for about half of what you planned, if he's going to be on a plan by himself. Food can also be about half of what you wrote if he's willing to cook on occasion, although if he eats out all the time he will find that it chews up his "fun money" pretty quickly I would suggest you encourage him to put some in savings, too - if he has an emergency fund, he'll be much more stable than if a car repair, burglary, surprise phone bill, etc. can wipe out his finances for the month.
Also, just to put this out there, I find it really useful to split my budget into "fixed" and "variable" expenses, and into "mandatory" and "discretionary" expenses. So:Fixed mandatory expenses: mortgage, insurance, phone bill, car registration, etc.Variable mandatory expenses: utilities, gas, medical bills, groceries, etc.Fixed discretionary expenses: Netflix, AAA, subscriptions to magazines and the likeVariable discretionary expenses: eating out, "fun" money, travel, and pretty much everything elseI find it much easier to break it down like this when I might need to tweak the budget, because some categories are more flexible than others. There's nothing I can do about fixed mandatory expenses, for example, so I just ignore those. On the other hand, if we have to shave $100 off the monthly budget, most of that can probably come from the variable discretionary stuff. I find it helps to have everything put together so I can compare side-by-side. Just something to think about for anyone looking at setting up a budget in the near future
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Hamburg's Kunsthalle gallery is famed for its outstanding art exhibitions and its current show 'Giacometti. The Playing Fields', on display until 19 May 2013, is no exception. Meanwhile, the Bucerius Art Forum is hosting an exhibition entitled 'Alberto Giacometti. Encounters' until 20 May 2013. Both pay tribute to the Swiss artist by putting his drawings and sculptures in the spotlight.
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Estherville Mayor Kenny Billings has proclaimed Monday, April 1, 2013 at SSG Steve Blass Day in Estherville. It would have been Blass's 28th birthday.
Blass was killed in a helicopter crash Monday, March 11 in Afghanistan. His services were held this past Tuesday, with thousands lined along the entourage route between Estherville and Spencer.
Billings's proclamation is as follows:
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Estherville Mayor Kenny Billings signed a proclamation naming Monday as SSG Steve Blass Day. It would have been Blass's 28th birthday. At far left and right are Carol and Randy Blass, Steve's parents, and beside Billings, Blass's wife Tricia and their son Hayden.
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"Whereas, the City of Estherville and its residents remember SSG Steve Blass who was born in Estherville on April 1, 1985, graduated from Estherville Lincoln Central High School in 2003, attended Iowa Lakes Community College and whose life was cut short on March 11, 2013 in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in Afghanistan; and
"Whereas, it is with great pride that we recognize SSG Steve Blass as a true American hero who has touched the hearts of his fellow soldiers and has been an inspiration of perseverance, loyalty and courage to all; and
"Whereas, SSG Blass served his country and gave the largest of sacrifice; the City of Estherville urges the citizens of Estherville to recognize and reflect on the importance of SSG Steve Blass and his dedication and sacrifice in keeping our country safe.
"Now, therefore, I, Kenny Billings, Mayor of the City of Estherville, do hereby proclaim April 1, 2013 as SSG Steve Blass Day in Estherville."
Carol Blass, Steve's mother, said that after flags were distributed around Estherville a week ago Thursday she placed the remainder in the Blass family yard.
There were 27 - Steve's age when he died.