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Python News08/14/2000
The biggest Python news of late is the release of Python 1.6b1 under a new license. Here is the story behind the license change:
While Guido van Rossum is Python's Benevolent Dictator For Life (BDFL), he doesn't actually own the Python code. That belongs to the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI). The initial copyright was owned by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, in Amsterdam, and its previous license was a product of CWI, the National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science in the Netherlands. CNRI gained ownership of Python when Guido went to work for them. It was part of the package he brought to CNRI. When they released their version of Python, they altered the license slightly, but it was still the CWI license.
Guido, after leaving CNRI, wanted to release Python 1.6 with a modified BSD license. CNRI didn't like that plan and shut down administrative access to the Python home pages to prevent its release under that license. They wanted to put a new CNRI license on it to replace the CWI license, which they said was not a proper license in any case. Actually, it is hard to say what a proper open source license is, since none have ever been challenged in court. Still, CNRI liked their proposed license better. Guido didn't. From this standoff began the negotiations for a new license.
It was in the interest of both sides to keep the other side happy. It was unclear who might win in a legal battle, and besides, CNRI still owned the python.org domain name and hosted the Python Software Activity and the Python Consortium. So negotiations began with Eric S. Raymond, Bruce Perens, and Richard Stallman in attendance. The negotiations were successful, and Python 1.6b1 was released with the new and improved CNRI license on August 4th. The only outstanding disagreement was between Stallman and CNRI over whether the "Virginia Clause," a clause that says the license will be governed by the Law of the State of Virgina, was GPL compatible. They are reportedly still discussing this and hope to have the issue resolved before the full release of Python 1.6 a week or so from now.
Python Lab's own release of 2.0 may still be covered by a new BSD-like license on top of the CNRI license, but until such a time as Python is completely rewritten from scratch (Python 3000?), it will be bound by the CNRI license as well.
My thanks to Tim Peters for keeping everyone informed on this in the comp.lang.python newsgroup. And my thanks to everyone involved in the negotiations for making sure we have a license we can all live with. We will have to live with it a long time.
Stephen Figgins administrates Linux servers for Sunflower Broadband, a cable company.
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turns out its fake
The Platinum Eagle would not have failed, just sayin'.
Can I upgrade you?
I don't know why the slow reply made me laugh so much
(in bill murray carl spackler drawl)
Er, Mr. Markerter...I have a...."child" about 5'8"..takes the 7:14 to Penn every morning....Coach bag, 3/4 length $800 dollar Lord and Taylor business type coat....would the Platinumb Eagles offer me value at this...situation?
I empty the ballast out of her bag every morning, but the eagle never comes.
I even tried to convince her the dead mice stapled to straw hat I gave her for her birfday is the new Easter bonnet for year round use. All the chicks are doing it, those are field mice, like nature.

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Sam Supino did something new on June 28. The 14-year-old did something most golfers never accomplish.
Supino recorded his first hole in one. Supino used a driver to hit a golf ball 160 yards off the No. 15 tee box of Westwood Golf Course. The ball found the cup on the No. 15 green for the ace.
Supino's hole in one was witnessed by Nick Robson.


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Elis Fill All Four Singles Semifinalist Slots; Lu and Photiades Reach Doubles Final
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – On the middle day of the 2013 Connecticut State Championships, the Yale men's tennis team proved its depth of talent and its mettle with a devastating display of high-quality tennis. With Yale players appearing in every singles and doubles main draw match on Saturday at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center, the Bulldogs ended the day with four of their own in the singles semifinals and one team in the doubles final. By virtue of their successful performance Saturday, the Elis are primed to repeat the results of last year's tournament, in which Yale claimed both the singles and doubles crowns.
With five Yale doubles teams having advanced to the final eight on Friday, each quarterfinal match Saturday morning involved a Bulldog pairing. Junior Zachary Krumholz and sophomore Martin Svenning earned a semifinal berth with an 8-4 victory over Jacob Spreyer and Chris Toner of the University of Connecticut. Meanwhile, the first all-Yale encounter of the event was taking place, with freshmen Tyler Lu and Photos Photiades taking on their more experienced teammates, sophomore Jason Brown and senior Tommy Ratchford. Evenly matched, the two sets of teammates produced an entertaining set of tennis, but it was the freshman duo that ultimately claimed the 8-6 victory.
These quarterfinal results meant that a Yale team would feature in each of the two doubles semifinal matches. In the first one, the Bulldogs were not as fortunate, as the Fairfield duo of Cameron Amyot and Ian Tesmond narrowly defeated Krumholz and Svenning, 8-7. In the second semifinal, however, Lu and Photiades continued their run by upending Ryan Carr and Wayne Harrell of the University of Connecticut. Lu and Photiades will try to become the latest Yale team to claim victory at the Connecticut State Championships when they face Amyot and Tesmond in Sunday's final.
If Yale has placed itself in a good position to take the doubles crown, then it has put itself in a perfect position to clinch the singles title. All eight third round singles matches on Saturday involved a Yale player. Impressively, the Bulldogs went 6-2 in these matches. Lu continued his quest for his second singles title of the season with a 6-3, 6-5 win over Tesmond. Brown, Svenning, senior Patrick Chase and freshman Alex Hagermoser all recorded straight-set wins as well. Krumholz had the toughest time in his round of 16 match, but came away with perhaps the most satisfying victory, as he staged a comeback to knock out Eric Ambrosio of Quinnipiac, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0. Also finding himself engaged in a three-set battle was Photiades, whose resilient efforts were not enough to stop Fairfield's Ofir Solomon from winning the match in a tiebreaker.
With six Bulldogs in the singles quarterfinals, two all-Yale affairs inevitably resulted. The first, pitting Lu against Brown, last year's titlist, featured some scintillating tennis. Eventually, the freshman eliminated the defending champion, 4-6, 6-2, 1-0. In the other all-Yale clash, however, experience had its say, as Chase overcame Svenning, 6-3, 6-3. In the remaining quarterfinal matches, Krumholz managed to end Solomon's bid with a 6-4, 6-3 victory, and Hagermoser defeated Spreyer to notch his fourteenth win of the season.
These quarterfinal results mean that Yale players occupy all four semifinal slots, which of course guarantees that a Bulldog will claim the singles title. Lu and Photiades will do their best to ensure that Yale comes away with the doubles crown as well. Notably, all eighteen main draw matches played on Saturday—all eight round of 16 singles matches, all four singles quarterfinals, all four doubles quarterfinals and both doubles semifinals—involved one or more Yale players. Between both singles and doubles, the Bulldogs recorded fourteen victories Saturday (including Tommy Ratchford's 6-0, 3-6, 1-0 consolation win over Quinnipiac's Ryoma Haraguchi).
The doubles final will start at 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning at the Cullman-Heyman, with the singles semifinals slotted to begin soon thereafter. The singles final is scheduled for a 1:30 p.m. start time.
Yale's Saturday results can be found below, and full updated draws can be found at the following links:
All matches at the 2013 Connecticut State Championships will be streamed live here.
Report by Robert Batista '15, Yale Sports Publicity
Singles – Round of 16
Tyler Lu (Yale) def. Ian Tesmond (Fairfield), 6-3, 6-5
Jason Brown (Yale) def. Sebastien Barbero (Quinnipiac), 6-0, 6-2
Jacob Spreyer (UConn) def. James Ratchford (Yale), 6-1, 6-0
Alex Hagermoser (Yale) def. Kei Ezaka (Quinnipiac), 6-2, 6-4
Zachary Krumholz (Yale) def. Eric Ambrosio (Quinnipiac), 3-6, 6-4, 1-0
Ofir Solomon (Fairfield) def. Photos Photiades (Yale), 5-6, 6-4, 1-0
Patrick Chase (Yale) def. Ryan Carr (UConn), 6-3, 6-3
Martin Svenning (Yale) def. Dennis Zlobinsky (Fairfield), 6-4, 6-3
Singles – Quarterfinals
Lu (Yale) def. Brown (Yale), 4-6, 6-2, 1-0
Hagermoser (Yale) def. Spreyer (UConn), 6-2, 6-3
Krumholz (Yale) def. Solomon (Fairfield), 6-4, 6-3
Chase (Yale) def. Svenning (Yale), 6-3, 6-3
Singles – Consolation Matches
Tommy Ratchford (Yale) def. Ryoma Haraguchi (Quinnipiac), 6-0, 3-6, 1-0
Wayne Harrell (UConn) def. T. Ratchford (Yale), 6-0, 6-1
Doubles – Quarterfinals
Cameron Amyot/Ian Tesmond (Fairfield) def. Daniel Faierman/Hagermoser (Yale), 8-6
Krumholz/Svenning (Yale) def. Spreyer/Chris Toner (UConn), 8-4
Lu/Photiades (Yale) def. Brown/T. Ratchford (Yale), 8-6
Carr/Harrell (UConn) def. Chase/Kyle Dawson (Yale), 8-6
Doubles – Semifinals
Amyot/Tesmond (Fairfield) def. Krumholz/Svenning (Yale), 8-7
Lu/Photiades (Yale) def. Carr/Harrell (UConn), 8-5


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ECC competition cheerleading squad going to nationals
On Wednesday, the competition cheerleading squad for Elk County Catholic High School headed to Orlando to compete in the National High School Cheerleading Championship, held at the Walt Disney Resort in Orlando, Fla. The squad earned a spot by qualifying at the Allegheny Regional, which was held at Slippery Rock University in December. Marlene Stubber, head cheerleading coach at ECCHS, said this will be only the second time that the school has been represented in competitive cheerleading at the national level. In 2007, the ECCHS varsity squad competed at nationals in the small varsity division with a team of 12 girls. This year's squad, consisting of 16 cheerleaders and one alternate, will compete in the small varsity division. The preliminaries will be held Saturday morning at the Indiana Jones Theater in Disney's Hollywood Studios. Semifinals and finals will be held Sunday afternoon at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Josten Center. Stubber, who is in her 10th year coaching and 8th year as head coach, said that while there are other national competitions, the Orlando event is the only national competition sanctioned by the National Federation of High Schools."Basically, it's the Super Bowl of high school cheerleading," Stubber said of the competition. "It's like being at the top of your sport. I'm excited because I think that our team is peaking at just the right moment. We've just been getting better and better the last few competitions."


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Knicks send: Erick Dampier, Chucky Atkins, 3 points, 2004 top 40 protected 2nd
Trailblazers send: Charles Oakley, Andrew Lang and 2002 1st via Lakers
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I approve.
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R.I.P. to HunnyB/FlyGirl
Knicks gaining entire control of the 2002 draft
Literally! They will probably have the entire rookie team! lol
The race for Amare begins.
Emeka Okafor - Joe Smith - Carmelo Anthony - Manu Ginobili - Jason Williams
Al Jefferson - James Posey - Aaron McKie - Shaun Livingston
lol I think Yao's going first lol
It's a tough call. Amare put up better stats and lasted longer. But I don't think the sim league will take longevity into account.
It'll be hard between them two. I guess we have to see there attributes.
2013-1014 is the season the Pelicans fanbase grows!!!!
Will jay williams have a motorcycle accident too?
Omg when did the Kobe rape case happen?
Trell, home boy Eddie Griffin better be put in a bubble stat
and janjanjan better put Kobe's in abstinence classes
Doesn't work cap wise.
Make a new thread if resolved.
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O'Keefe sting nails 'Obamaphone' abuse
Undercover 'customers' advised how to pawn for drugs, shoes
(LONDON DAILY MAIL) Undercover video shot in May by conservative activist James O'Keefe shows two corporate distributors of free cell phones handing out the mobile devices to people who have promised to sell them for drug money, to buy shoes and handbags, to pay off their bills, or just for extra spending cash.
Get James O'Keefe's new book, "Breakthrough: Our Guerrilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy," exposing the duplicity of Planned Parenthood, ACORN, Medicaid, NPR, teachers unions, labor unions and politicians.
The 'Obama phone,' which made its ignominious YouTube debut outside a Cleveland, Ohio presidential campaign event last September, is a project of the Federal Communications Commission's 'Lifeline' program, which makes land line and mobile phones available to Americans who meet low-income requirements.
Surprise! Tables turned in vote-fraud case when O'Keefe confronts prosecutor who tried to indict him
Lifeline was a $2.19 billion program in 2012.
Recipients most commonly demonstrate their need by flashing an Electronic Benefits Transfer card to verify their eligibility for welfare payments, or by bringing tax statements to a phone provider.


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Linked by Eugenia Loli on Fri 26th Oct 2007 05:34 UTC, submitted by WillM
"Experts say that migrations from Unix to Linux have slowed down because all the low-hanging fruit has now been picked. Linux growth in the U.S. x86 server market has, over the past six quarters, started to falter and reverse its positive course relative to Windows Server and the market as a whole." More here.
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70% Windows Server?
by dimosd on Fri 26th Oct 2007 06:20 UTC
RE: 70% Windows Server?
by gonzo on Fri 26th Oct 2007 18:50 in reply to "70% Windows Server?"
Wow. *If* it's true, that's a lot folks, no matter how you cut it. And no mention of FreeBSD at all...
Anyone cares to provide a different (credible, of course) source of statistics?
Here's another opinion, coming directly from beloved EU:
At the start of the commission's antitrust investigation in 1999, the agency said Microsoft's share of the worldwide work-group server market was between 35 percent and 40 percent. That share rose to about 60 percent between 2001 and 2003. The current share is about 75 percent, the commission said.
So.. I'd say, number is correct.. give or take some..
And that is exactly why EU forced MS to "open" its protocols.


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Hello Folks!
I wonder if anyone can help us.
My wife (Taiwanese) and I (British) are coming back to Taiwan soon to visit family and we are bringing our 5 month old son with us. How do we go about getting a Taiwanese passport for him?
Can anyone explain the procedure?
Thanks for your time!


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April 25, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - On Saturday, the Yale men's fencing team held its annual banquet to celebrate the 2008-2009 season. The team honored several fencers as well as Head Coach Henry Harutunian for their achievements this past season. Additionally, the team announced that it had elected junior Andrew Holbrook as the team captain for next year.
Coach Harutunian was honored at the banquet for being named to the United States Fencing Hall of Fame this past summer. He has coached at Yale since 1969, and during this time, he has coached several All-Americans and fencing champions. Additionally, he has also coached the United States Fencing team at the Olympics and at the Pan-American games, and won several Coach of the Year awards.
Jonathan Holbrook was awarded the Kristaps Keggi Award, given to a freshman member of the team who best exemplifies the qualities of competitive spirit, achievement and dedication to Yale fencing. Exceptionally, the team was honored to have Dr. Kristaps Keggi at the ceremony to present the award. Holbrook put in a lot of hard work and sacrifice for the team this past season, opting to fence saber instead of his normal foil, until his season was ended by an ankle injury.
Nathaniel Botwinick received the Coach Harutunian Award for Best Sophomore, given to the best sophomore fencer, inspired by Ayo Griffin's achievements. Andrew Holbrook was awarded the Coach Harutunian Award for Best Junior, given to a junior member who best exemplifies the qualities of competitive spirit, achievement and dedication to Yale Fencing.
Michael Pearce was awarded the Everett M. Wetchler Memorial Award, given to that senior member of either the men's or women's varsity team who best exemplifies the qualities of competitive spirit, achievement and dedication to Yale fencing. Pearce was also awarded the "Pop" Grasson Cup, for the team member who, by spirit and determination, has contributed most to the varsity team. Additionally, Pearce was also honored with the Most Valuable Fencer Award, given to fencers who achieve All-American status at the NCAA Championship.
Junior Andrew Holbrook commented on what Pearce has meant to Yale fencing and what it will mean to lose him to graduation.
"Mike's performance this season was an important aspect of why the team was able to accomplish so much. His leadership, advice and expertise have had a great impact on why we have become such a close team. We will really miss his presence on the team next year."
Andrew Holbrook, who served as the team manager this past season, was elected to be the next captain of the Yale men's fencing team. Holbrook was also awarded the Stephen Blum Award, also called the Friend of the Fencing Team Cup. The award is given in honor of Stephen Blum, Class of 1974, and it is awarded to that member of the Yale fencing team who, through great personal sacrifice, along with a deep sense of enthusiasm and devotion to his fellow fencers, has contributed most to the organization, well-being and general morale of the Yale fencing team.
"I am honored to have been selected men's team captain," reflected Holbrook. "I am excited for the team's future and am looking forward to working to make next year even better. The team has a number of goals, but our most important is winning the Ivy League championship. We will be satisfied with nothing less for this coming season. It will only be possible with the continued dedication that has been shown on all levels of the team. We have one of the strongest freshman classes in recent memory and as they become sophomores next year, we will be looking to them, as well as our strong junior and senior fencers to bring out the best in this team."
Holbrook will be working with junior Rebecca Moss, who was elected 2009-10 women's captain at the banquet.
"Rebecca and I have many ideas on how to improve our training and practice next year and we are both looking forward to implementing them," Holbrook said.
Holbrook also expressed his gratitude towards Beth Merritt and Corey Friedlander for the wonderful job they did presiding over the banquet.
Report By Arsi Sefaj '11, Yale Sports Publicity


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This video discusses Morningstar's Real Asset Index, which is designed to help benchmark multiasset inflation investments; investors may also use the index to help shape the portion of the portfolio they have earmarked for explicit inflation protection. Note that the three asset classes discussed in the video--Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, real estate, and commodities--are not intended to supplant traditional core asset classes like stocks, nominal bonds, and cash, but rather to augment them. The amount of inflation protection one needs varies by individual, with retired investors generally needing more inflation protection than younger people who are still earning paychecks.
Christine Benz: Hi, I'm Christine Benz for Morningstar.com. One of investors' key challenges is to beat the rate of inflation over time. Joining me to share some tips on how to do that is David Blanchett. He is head of retirement research for Morningstar.
David, thank you so much for being here.
David Blanchett: Thank you for having me.
Benz: David, let's talk about why and who needs inflation protection. It sounds like it kind of depends on where you are in your life stage. Let's say, I am a person who is still working, and I am. How much do I need to build inflation protection explicitly into my portfolio?
Blanchett: Most people, as you noted who are still working, have an excellent inflation hedge; that's their wages. Wages tend to increase through time by inflation. So, if you're very young, most of your kind of total net worth is in your wages and so you don't actually need an inflation hedge. But as you kind of move toward retirement and your human capital, your wages, is replaced with financial capital, your savings, you'd look more and more toward inflation-hedging investments to kind of make sure that as you move through time, the real value of your money stays on pace with inflation.
Benz: So, you have contributed to some research that constructed a Real Asset Index from Morningstar, and I'd like to talk about the constituent holdings within that index. What are the key asset classes that you think belong in an inflation fighter toolkit for a portfolio?
Blanchett: Well, there's lots of different investments that you can use to hedge against inflation. There's expected inflation and unexpected inflation. And the three main asset classes we looked at were Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, real estate, and commodities. Those were kind of the three main aspects of the index because those three are not only kind of great hedges against inflation, but also very liquid investments for investors to purchase.
Benz: Let's discuss then rough allocations to those three asset classes; how would you apportion…
Blanchett: Within the index, it's 40% TIPS, 30% commodities that are long and short, 15% real estate, and then 15% long-only commodities--things like master limited partnerships and actual stocks that kind of go out and dig for iron and things like that.
Benz: So, let's discuss the asset classes one by one because I think each of them have their own particular issues going on right now. TIPS, for one, have very low yields.
Blanchett: Yes, negative yields on some things.
Benz: Right. If you're sort of looking at this research and thinking, "Well, I don't have much in TIPS," how should you approach that question given where TIPS are now?
Blanchett: So, TIPS have a negative yield, so if you buy them, you're expecting to kind of lose money in a way because inflation appears to be quite low. TIPS are great hedge against unexpected inflation. As you know, that if inflation is high, if the CPI increases, then the yield and the principal value with TIPS increases, as well. So, while they are definitely low by historical standards, so are regular government bonds. I mean, it's all kind of very low right now; TIPS has provided kind of that guarantee against inflation if it turned out to be really high.
Benz: Real estate, another category, has had a very good run, and now yields are quite low by historical norms. What would you say to investors who are thinking about adding that piece?
Blanchett: I think real estate would be a good alternative to bonds. I mean, real estate is risky as we've seen over the last few years. But still it does provide income, and it is a good hedge against inflation.
Benz: And then commodities, the futures-type commodities products, they've had their own issues; contango specifically. Let's discuss what that is, and also why you would still recommend a futures-based strategy for commodities?
Blanchett: Contango is a negative roll yield. So, if I were to buy it today and hold it for three months, the three months from now it will be worth less than what I paid for it. So if nothing happens, I will lose money just holding that actual commodity, and there are different reasons for that. And so, within the index itself actually, we actually use a long-short strategy. It actually looks at where the roll yields are because historically, long-short commodities strategies have actually outperformed long-only strategies. Commodities in general, people need commodities, that's why they are called commodities. You need to have things like trees and water and all these things. So, I think they will always be a good hedge against inflation because there is that inelastic demand for the things that commodities represent like fuel, things of that nature.
Benz: And yet the portfolio, the inflation-fighter index, does include long-only commodities. So, let's talk about why that's there as well as the commodities-futures exposure.
Blanchett: You can actually gain exposure to all commodities using futures. Also, we think that having some stocks that do have that kind of direct commodity hedge could work out well for investors. And we recognize there are different ways to kind of gain exposure to the commodity asset classes, and so we kind of looked at both routes as different parts of the index.
Benz: David, how should someone think about using this research? Should they model their inflation-fighter portfolio on this Real Asset Index? How would you say this index should be used?
Blanchett: So, I think there are kind of two different routes you can go. The first is it's a good benchmark for the increasing array of active strategies. In the commodities space, it's not like stocks and bonds. With the stock index, you can create an index based upon the size of the different companies. Well, with commodities and commodity of real asset investments, there's kind of no one way to do things. We've looked at different active managers, different products, different things you can do, and we think this is a really good way to kind of gain exposure to these asset classes in a cost-effective way. The second is it can help you kind of figure out how should I invest my portfolio, what is a viable investment, and where do inflation investment vehicles help me achieve a goal?
Benz: Can you give me a rough benchmark? So, say, I'm a 60-40 investor, how much of my portfolio should be earmarked toward inflation-fighting investments like this?
Blanchett: So, actually in our managed accounts tool we have, that answer varies considerably because the question is, how much do you need in your portfolio to fight against inflation? If you're very young, the answer could be zero. If you're 70 years old and you're sole goal is to create an income that is adjusted for inflation, it could be almost all of it. If you're someone who is just looking to achieve this goal in retirement of income for life adjusted by inflation, then I would say that potentially most of your portfolio should be investments that are good hedges against inflation.
Benz: Well, David, thank you so much for being here.
Blanchett: Thanks for having me.
Benz: Thanks for watching. I am Christine Benz for Morningstar.com.


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The presser isn't on in Jacksonville!!!
The presser isn't on in Jacksonville!!!
I personally do not care how he preforms in the press conference. You know who won their press conferences? Bradway, Tannenbaum, Mangini, and Rex Ryan.
SNY will have it.
Is this on TV?
SNY will carry it, NFL Network is up in the air. It should also be streamed on the Jets website.
2. I did not edit anything out of the Rex & Woody presser two weeks ago.
3. Idzik's bio had no bits in it for the last 11 years other than he was the Operations Manager for the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals. Nothing was edited out.


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DARIEN – DuPage County sheriff's police are investigating the deaths of four family members whose bodies were found Tuesday in their home near Darien in Downers Grove Township.
Jeana Andrus, 48; Jessica Andrus, 22; Jennifer Andrus, 16; and David Andrus, 50, were found shot to death. According to autopsy reports, the women's deaths have been ruled homicides while David Andrus' death was ruled a suicide.
No further information was provided this week by the DuPage County Sheriff's Office.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Dawn Domrose said officers were called to the home in unincorporated DuPage County on a report of a disturbance about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. The situation appears to be an isolated incident with no danger to the public.
Authorities haven't revealed what may have led to the murder-suicide, citing an ongoing investigation.
The incident occurred at 555 Oldfield Road, and police had blocked off the street near Oldfield and Robert roads Tuesday.
Oldfield Road was mostly quiet about 8 p.m. Tuesday night as neighbors went back inside their homes and just a few passers-by slowed down in their cars to witness the scene.
"It's pretty scary," said Darien resident Margaret Chadwell, who lives nearby.
Other neighbors said they ventured outside their homes when they saw police activity late Tuesday afternoon.
"I got here at about 5:15, and it was just lit up with police cars and helicopters were in the sky," said Linda DeFranco of Darien.
The home where the bodies were found is located about a block from where the Kramer family was murdered in their home in March 2010. Jacob Nodarse, formerly of Countryside, pleaded guilty in the fatal shootings of Jeffrey, Lori and Michael Kramer. Johnny Borizov of Willow Springs was convicted last month of orchestrating the murders.
Jessica Andrus, one of the deceased, is a class of 2011 alumna of Hinsdale South High School, while Jennifer was a current student in the class of 2015, said Principal Brian Waterman.
"On behalf of Hinsdale South, we would like to offer our sincere condolences and thoughts to the family and friends of Jennifer and Jessica during this difficult time," read a statement issued from the school to the Hinsdale South community.
David Andrus is a descendant of Thomas Andrus, who was one of the original settlers of Darien in 1835.
"The Andruses who live on Oldfield Road are related to Thomas Andrus," said Dean Rodkin, a member of the Darien Historical Society. "To be honest with you, I can't tell you how that lineage goes."
Thomas Andrus settled along an old stagecoach line, which was roughly where Interstate 55 was in 1835. He opened the Andrus Inn, was justice of the peace, served as town clerk and was county commissioner.
David Andrus and his family lived about a block north of Andrus Road, which was named after the founder. Their home had not been passed down through the Andrus family.
"As far as the people who live on Oldfield, I'd never had any contact with them," Rodkin said.


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text: So here's a new mini-series that's set to air on Youtube's /DRIVE Network. It's called /MY LIFE as a RALLYIST and follows former intern and now /DRIVE producer Ryan Symancek on his quest to become a rally car driver. Make sure to check out the trailer after the jump, and stay tuned for the series after the new year.


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With the 2014 World Cup, in Brazil, coming up next summer England's strikers must compete with the likes of Neymar, Edinson Cavani, Luis Suarez, Robin van Persie and Fernando Torres for international glory.
Wayne Rooney, often thought as England's best player, has scored 36 goals in 83 games for his country and is guaranteed a place in the squad, but the real question is who will partner him up front?
The contenders are:
Andy Carroll
He had a decent finish to the 2011/12 season at Liverpool scoring in the FA Cup final with a brilliant bit of skill to get past John Terry and smash the ball into the net, and came ever so close to making it level with a powerful header on goal which was ever so close from crossing the line after hitting the cross bar.
Carroll then had a good Euro 2012 campaign with England scoring England's first goal in the tournament, against Sweden, with yet another powerful header.
Will the first-team football he is guaranteed at West Ham United develop him into a player that can play a crucial part of England's 2014 World Cup campaign in Brazil?
Daniel Sturridge
After a great few months for Liverpool, where he scored 10 goals in 14 games in the league, Sturridge has proven that he has the capabilities of performing at the highest level.
He showed similar class whilst at Bolton in the 2010/11 season scoring eight goals in 12 games and for Chelsea in the 2011/12 season scoring 11 goals in 30 league games.
Danny Welbeck
After scoring some important goals for England in Euro 2012 it would be hard to ignore the Manchester United striker.
Although he is not the most prolific striker, scoring only two goals in 39 games last season in the Premier League, he does score in important games, for club and country, such as his goal against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Also he often scores for England scoring five goals in 16 games, one of which the winner against Sweden in Euro 2012.
Jermain Defoe
As the second top scoring available striker, to Wayne Rooney, having scored 19 goals in 54 games.
Defoe is an obvious choice for the World Cup squad as one of the most experienced players for both club and country.
The obvious downside to Defoe is his age, as he will be 31 by next summer and may have lost some pace and stamina.
Theo Walcott
Walcott desperately wants to be played as a striker rather than a winger and with some top performances, as a striker, for Arsenal including a hat-trick and two further assists in the 7-3 win over Newcastle in the league.
However Walcott has only managed to score four goals in 33 games for England, partially down to limited opportunities to play up front for his country.
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After redshirting his first season at UCSB in 2008, Rusty Parker was active in 2009...Finished 18th at the Titan Invitational in an 8k time of 26:30.0...Finished 154th at the UC Riverside Cross Country Invitational in a time of 27:04.
High School
Competed in the South Coast League of the CIF-SS Div. I... Was all-league in cross country in 2006 and 2007...A member of the Dana Hills cross country squad that captured the 2007 Division I State Championship...Also a member of the distance medley and 4x800m relay squads that set school records...Held times of 1:55.25 in the 800m, 4:29 in the 1600m, and 16:02 on the Woodward Park course...Scholar-athlete.
The son of Russ and Karen Parker...Has an older sister, Paige, and a younger brother, Nash...Enjoys surfing, jamming, and kung fu and zombie movies.
Personal Bests 800m - 1:55.49 (Cal/Nevada, 3/28/2009) 1500m - 4:03.71 (Cal Poly Invitational, 4/4/2009)


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I've tried setSelectedIndex(), which, according the API, SHOULD work, but it's still staying where it was. In a tabbed pane with lots of tabs, this is sure to tick off users if it doesn't auto-scroll to a newly added tab at the end.
However, the issue appears to be within the API itself I've heard. Does anyone know of a platform-independent fix?
I've tried SwingUtilities.runLater and I've tried setSelectedIndex(). I also tried setSelectedTabComponent(), which kept throwing an exception saying its not visible or not in the tabbed pane or something stupid.
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Does anyone know a way around this glitch? So far, I can find nothing online that works. (And, I think I may have found one, but it's platform specific, meaning, it may work on one OS but not another, which isn't what I want.)
I thought it must be the API itself. I was right. http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=6285072. So, other than using a practically pathetic tab pane, what else can I do to get around this crippling glitch?
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Ok, that might not be my issue. The issue isn't that it's not showing the component, it IS showing the component, the thing is, even if the tab is selected, the poor user has to scroll to the end if a new tab is added, which, if they're at the beginning in the view, is a pain in the you-know-what.
However, the issue still appears to be the API itself.
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javax.swing.Action action = tabPane.getActionMap().get("navigateNext");
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Even that, which can't work in every case as tab names my vary depending on whether it's a tabbed addressbook or a tabbed notepad, and it won't work even in this specific case either.
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I found another oracle issue related to the bug here, but the page has a hard time opening.


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LOS ANGELES — The last thing commissioner Gary Bettman and the National Hockey League wants during the Stanley Cup Playoffs is embarrassing controversy off the ice and that is exactly what they have with the Phoenix Coyotes filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in recent days.
To be sure, there is a great deal of controversy brewing over whether or not Coyotes majority owner Jerry Moyes had the authority to file for bankruptcy and move to sell the Coyotes to Jim Balsillie, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Research In Motion, Inc., the makers of the wildly popular Blackberry.
Balsillie, who also attempted to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Nashville Predators (both attempts failed), would like to move the Coyotes to Hamilton, Ontario's Copps Coliseum. Read more of this post


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From Sacha Segan, PC Magazine:
"Apple's trying to create a new market with the iPad mini: premium small tablets. Its chief tools are the mini's spectacular, nearly surreal build quality and its amazing array of apps. But unlike other Apple products, the mini isn't necessarily a slam-dunk because of its high price and odd ergonomics. I spent a little while with it at the launch event; here's what I think."
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Viola has been placed on the 40 man roster and called up to the Reds. Danny Richar was placed on the 60 Day DL to make room for him.
Viola has been placed on the 40 man roster and called up to the Reds. Danny Richar was placed on the 60 Day DL to make room for him.
I suspect that a lot of these decisions will come down to choices between similar players. A quick list of possible redundancies might include these pairs (or triplets):
Nix/Dorn -- Lefty LF platoons.
Gomes/Balentien -- Righty LF platoons, although either could be more. Also McDonald, who played really well after he was sent down.
Miller/Denove/Tatum -- I wouldn't dismiss Miller out-of-hand, considering how exceptionally well he's handled the Reds' pitchers. If they sign Hernandez, I'd think that only one of these three would be protected. Without Hernandez, maybe two.
Wells/Lehr -- Over-aged starting depth.
Thompson/Buck -- Promising pitchers with injury histories.
Lecure/Jukich -- Potential #4 or #5 starters.
Sutton/Rosales -- Reserve infielders who hit better than they field. (Are supposed to, anyway.)
Stubbs/Taveras -- Obviously Stubbs will be on the 40-man, but if they think he can be an everyday CF in Cincinnati, they'd be more likely to release Taveras. Wouldn't they?
Viola/Watson -- Erratic relievers with great stuff. Philippe Valiquette might be in the grouping.
I'm sure there are others. And I imagine there are technicalities that make some of the matches irrelevant.
On Viola his relative inexperience at the position (despite his age) and the way he has risen the last couple of seasons tells me it's too soon to give up on him, especially with that stuff he is the type of guy who would without a doubt get picked up. Hopefully he stays on the 40 man now that he is there. Maloney and Thompson well, I'd probably protect Maloney for at least 1 more year he has some worth to the 40 man in '10. Thompson I don't think you can protect at this point what with some other solid guys who need to be protected and his shaky future.
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"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
I don't think there should be any doubt re: Viola (protect), Maloney (protect) and Thompson (let go). Viola has an excellent arm and is lefty. Maloney is a lefty starter who's still young and who can provide depth for the back of the rotation. Thompson has a bad shoulder for the 2nd time in his career -- he's likely done.
"Baseball is a very, very complex business. It's more of a people business than most businesses." - Bob Castellini
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
No doubt. He was a nice comeback story then, and maybe he can be again. But it'll be tough.Well if he is done he at least got to debut and pitch well against the NYY's, not a bad way to have done it.
"Baseball is a very, very complex business. It's more of a people business than most businesses." - Bob Castellini
My wife and I went to that game. It was my first and only time I've been to the old Yankee stadium. It was awesome to say the least. As an aside, I met a dad and his son at a concession stand and the boy was holding a ball he got from Cueto who signed it and gave it to him during pre-game warmups. The dad (a Yankee fan) asked me if he was any good. I said yes and promptly asked if I could buy the ball from him. The kid was all for it but dad said no. I guess I should have told him he sucked.
Nice breakdown of the 40 man so I thought I'd post it here just as another resource. The way he broke it down just seems to make it a bit clearer than I have seen it. This isn't an AP piece just a post from another forum BTW.
Reds Have Some Work to Do with the 40-man Roster
by Slyde on Oct 23, 2009 8:28 AM EDT in Off-season
When the season ended, the Reds had a full 40-man roster plus 4 players on the 60-day DL who did not count toward the 40-man roster. In the next couple of weeks those 4 players (Mike Lincoln, Edinson Volquez, Wilkin Castillo, and Danny Richar) will lose their 60-day status and will have to be moved back to the 40-man or put through waivers. As far as I can tell, the only player on the roster who is a straight up free agent at the end of the season is Kip Wells. The only contract option the Reds have to consider this off-season is Ramon Hernandez's $8.5 million option, which one would think will be turned down. So, that opens up 2 roster spots, likely for Edinson Volquez and Mike Lincoln (since the Reds still owe him $2.5 million). Every other player appears to be under contract or under control because of Major League service time So, what do they do with the remaining two players, Castillo and Richar?
Before we figure that out, let's throw another wrench into the mess: The Rule 5 Draft. The Reds have several players in the minors who could be available for the Rule 5 Draft in December if they are not protected on the 40-man roster before the end of November. According to Wikipedia, here are the rules for eligibility:
.Players are eligible for selection in the Rule 5 draft who are not on their major league organization's forty man roster and:
- were signed at age 19 or older and have been in the organization for four years; or
- were signed at age 18 or younger and have been in the organization for five years
Basically, this means that any players that were drafted or signed at the age of 19 or older in 2006 are eligible for the draft, and anyone younger than that must have been signed in 2005 or earlier. Who does that give us?
Well, the list of eligible players in the organization is actually quite long, but not every player is at risk of being drafted because of their skill or performance (remember, rule 5 draftees have to stay on the MLB roster for the entire season). Some of the names though are obvious keepers. Chris Heisey, Chris Valaika, and Travis Wood will likely be protected because of their prospect status. There are a couple of other names that could potentially get drafted if the Reds don't protect them as well. Someone like Daniel Dorn may have enough pop in his bat to sit on a team's bench all year as a left-handed pinch hitter. Enerio Del Rosario moved up 3 levels last year and posted a 1.68 ERA for the season. He's not really a power pitcher, which is typically the type of pitcher that gets drafted in the rule 5, but his control was outstanding last year and that may draw some eyes his way.
The Reds can't protect everyone, so they are going to have to make some choices. There is little doubt for me that they will find spots for Heisey, Valaika, and Wood. The question is, do they hold on to Castillo and Richar? Will they feel it necessary to protect any other minor leaguers such as Dorn or Del Rosario? And who do they drop? I'll put the 40-man roster after the jump. Let's hear who you think should stay and who should clear out some space.
[PHP]Reds Current 40-man roster
Bronson Arroyo
Homer Bailey
Bill Bray
Jared Burton
Francisco Cordero
Johnny Cueto
Carlos Fisher
Aaron Harang
Daniel Ray Herrera
Sam LeCure
Justin Lehr
Mike Lincoln**
Matt Maloney
Nick Masset
Micah Owings
Ramon Ramirez
Arthur Rhodes
Daryl Thompson
Pedro Viola
Edinson Volquez **
Kip Wells#
Wilkin Castillo **
Ryan Hanigan
Ramon Hernandez #
Corky Miller
Craig Tatum
Yonder Alonso
Kevin Barker
Juan Francisco
Paul Janish
Brandon Phillips
Danny Richar **
Scott Rolen Adam Rosales
Drew Sutton
Joey Votto
Wladimir Balentien
Jay Bruce
Chris Dickerson
Jonny Gomes
Darnell McDonald
Laynce Nix
Drew Stubbs
Willy Taveras
#-Free Agent; **-60-day DL
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
Given his success with Bailey and LeCure, it may be better to retain Lehr as a pitching coach. I wonder if that played into the decision to go younger with the ML pitching coach?
Other than that, there are still a lot of unknowns. Has Bray or Lincoln thrown? If so, how did they look? Is Castillo really a catcher? If so, his versatility may save another roster spot on the 25. Are Heisey, Valaika, Wood, Dorn, and Del Rosario the only prospects that must be protected? Ondrusek?
If the problem is no worse than this, I believe I could find enough names on the current 40 to enable me to protect all of them.
I'd add Valaika to the list of questions. I'd certainly protect Dorn first.
Dorn probably gets protected because he could be drafted as a pinch hitter by somebody. But Reds could expose him. It's possible the Reds view Dorn strictly as a backup player and could take the risk of losing him.
Valaika had a .615 OPS last year at AAA as a 24 year old. He was injured, and that's certainly a factor, but he did have 366 AB's. He doesn't project as a SS, he's certainly not going to displace Phillips at 2b or Rolen (and the other 3b's we have) at 3b. So what's his future with the organization? Looks to me like another utility player, one with AAA stats that are miles behind those put up by Rosales and Sutton (I actually think he'll probably be a better player than Rosales). In the best of all possible worlds, of course you'd protect him, but remember that protecting Valaika means not protecting somebody else. So, for me, he remains a question. I don't see that he'd be a compelling pick for another club.
they could take these guys off and I wouldnt bat an eye, I know they wont take them all off, just saying
"You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one."
--Woody Hayes
First of all Valaika's birthday is given as Aug, 1985, so he was 24 this year. Second, I don't see how you can describe as "cherry picking" looking at his most recent season at the highest level he's played: that's what GM's are going to be looking at when they evaluate whether they are going to take him in the rule 5 draft. Third, I didn't compare him to Sutton and Rosales, except to say I thought he'd be better than Rosales. The point is simply that those are guys whose AAA stats are a lot better than Valaika's and we've seen how they've fared in the major leagues. I like Valaika fine and think he'll be a decent utility player in the major leagues--if he doesn't get taken in the Rule 5 draft this year (which will result in his sitting on some major league bench when, as should be clear to every GM, he needs at least another full season at AAA). I repeat the question is not simply whether he's good enough to protect: it's who do you expose in order to protect a guy whose likely ceiling is that of a utility player.
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Musings on what is on my knitting needles, on my wheel, and on my mind
gosh, because of my own move, i'm totally behind on my blog reading and just saw that you have a great new place! congrats! you must be thrilled. also, your chicken recipe looks divine ...
Oh, that sounds fun. Wish I was a faster knitter!
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International Day of the Girl Child
"Taking action together, we can make the 21st century the century of women"-UN Women Executive Director
Statement of UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on the advancement of women to the Third Committee of the General Assembly in New York, on 11 October, 2013
Date: Friday, October 11, 2013
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Chair of the Third Committee H. E. Mr. Stephan Tafrov Bulgaria,
Distinguished Delegates,
UN Colleagues,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my pleasure to address you here today. As I see it, we have one goal and that is to realize the promise of the UN Charter, to realize the promise of the equal rights of men and women.
We have reached a time when more parents want the same opportunities for their daughters and their sons.
We have reached a time when more people are saying enough is enough. Violence against women and girls must end.
At the same time, we see threats to women's rights and the lives of women and girls.
Here in the United Nations, we come together guided by universal values, in the belief that all human beings are born equal in inherent worth, dignity and rights.
All people should be able to reach their potential.
We look forward to the day when our grandchildren will say, I can't believe that women and girls used to face such high levels of violence and discrimination.
By taking action together for women's rights, women's empowerment and gender equality, we can make the 21st century the century of women.
We meet today on the International Day of the Girl Child and our theme this year is innovating for girls' education.
We know that education is a basic human right. It is also one of the best means to reduce poverty within families and across generations, and to advance gender equality and the empowerment of girls and women.
Yet while school enrolment rates are rising, too many women and girls are being left behind, denied their right to education. They face barriers such as poverty and gender-based violence and discrimination.
Today UN Women is proud to launch a new education initiative with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. It is called Voices against Violence, and is designed to end violence against women and girls.
We aim to reach an estimated five million children and young people by 2020.
With one in three women and girls experiencing abuse in their lifetime, violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation.
Over 50 per cent of sexual assaults are committed against girls under 16 years of age. Globally, one in three girls is married before the age of 18 and one in nine before they turn 15.
The new curriculum we are launching stems from the understanding that prevention should start early in life.
Every girl and boy should learn that good relationships are based on a foundation of mutual respect, trust and equality.
I am pleased to introduce several reports which we have prepared for your consideration under the item on the advancement of women. The first is the report of the Secretary General on Violence against women migrant workers (A/68/178), which focuses on protecting their human rights and ensuring their access to justice.
While women migrant workers are pillars for the well-being of their families and communities, far too many face human rights violations at every turn, at the hands of a variety of actors, including recruitment agents, traffickers, employers and public officials.
Much more action is needed to step up prevention, protection and support for women migrant workers. I urge all Member States, in line with the report's recommendations, to ratify and implement international instruments, in particular the ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers, which just entered into force last month, and to take forward bilateral and multilateral arrangements to protect the rights of women migrant workers.
It is time to ensure that legislative provisions and judicial processes are in place to protect the rights of women migrant workers and guarantee their access to justice.
As we approach the International Day of Rural Women, I am pleased to introduce the Secretary-General's report on the Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas (A/68/179).
Rural women account for a significant proportion of the agricultural labour force, and are key players in food production and the well-being of their families and communities. Yet they are prevented from fully participating in socio-economic and political life, accessing land and productive resources, and realizing their potential. And this harms all of us.
So the time is now to act on legal reforms so that women, including widows, can own the land they work.
Women farmers must be able to access financial services, water and sanitation, markets and innovative technologies.
We need to promote full employment, decent work and social protection for rural women, both in agriculture and other areas.
We must create decent employment opportunities that provide rural women with a fair income, security in the workplace, social protection and support vocational education and training.
And we must reduce the unpaid work burden of rural women by supporting improved access to infrastructure, public services such as childcare, and time and labour-saving technologies such as clean energy and clean cook stoves.
We know that women's full and equal participation in leadership and decision-making is critical for the realization of all their rights.
This brings me to the third report before the Committee today, on Measures taken and progress achieved in the promotion of women and political participation (A/68/184). It provides the most current update on the situation of women in political life globally.
Globally, women hold just over one-fifth of all parliamentary seats (21.2 per cent). In other areas of political life, though, the picture is less promising. Just 17 per cent of the world's ministers are women, and there are eight women serving as elected Head of State and 13 as Head of Government. (14 women addressed the general debate of the 68th session of the General Assembly.) While there has been progress, it has been slow, and more needs to be done to ensure women participate on an equal footing with men in all public institutions.
The most widely reported legislative reform was the adoption of temporary special measures in the form of electoral quotas. These have been adopted by 64 countries over the last two decades, and are an incredibly effective force for change.
Since many women candidates lack time and access to moneyed networks and credit, political empowerment goes hand-in-hand with the economic empowerment of women.
Despite promising initiatives and innovations, many obstacles remain for women to run for office and be elected. These include gender-based discrimination, stereotypes and traditionally prescribed roles, unfavourable legal frameworks, and lack of support by political parties.
We need comprehensive strategies that address the specific barriers to women's participation at all levels of decision-making, including in situations of political transition.
We need to invest in educational tools and programmes to support aspiring political leaders, in particular young women, including capacity-building and practical training for political life.
Let me turn to the Report of the Secretary-General on Measures taken and progress achieved in follow-up to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (A/68/175). The report underlines that all intergovernmental bodies and processes have a critical role in the promotion of gender equality.
While the responsibility for the full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action rests primarily with Governments, the realization of gender equality and women's empowerment is a collective endeavour to which all stakeholders, at all levels must contribute.
This is especially relevant in the light of the 20-year review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, and the post-2015 development agenda and sustainable development goals.
Governments and all stakeholders should use national and regional preparations for the Beijing+20 process to identify where the gaps are and why, and take prioritized action to close those gaps, within specific timelines.
Beijing+20 is a call for accelerated implementation of commitments made nearly 20 years ago. The time for action is now.
The Beijing+20 process is also an opportunity to strengthen gender mainstreaming in all sectors and in all areas of development, including in the elaboration of the post-2015 development framework.
We need to put the rights of women and girls at the center of strategies to fight poverty and to advance peace and security and sustainable development.
Gender equality and women's empowerment should be reflected as a stand-alone goal and integrated through targets and indicators into all goals of any new development framework.
I pay tribute to the Member States for having the foresight to create UN-Women. I am proud to lead this organization at this critical time. UN-Women will seize the Beijing+20, the post-2015 and all other opportunities, to be a leading voice and advocate for gender equality, and to make a lasting difference for women and girls everywhere.
Together we can make the 21st century the century of women with a vision of equality and dignity for all.
I thank you.


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- Civil suit claims Texas falsified prescriptions to acquire drugs for lethal injections
- Death penalty states are scrambling to find drugs for executions
- Several lawsuits call use of untested drugs "cruel and unusual punishment"
A federal civil complaint in Texas claims the defendants may have falsified prescriptions, lied to pharmacies and perhaps even broken the law, but they're not drug runners.
They're officials from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, responsible for executing death row inmates.
The complaint, filed in October, is one example of the lengths death-penalty states are willing to go to acquire drugs for lethal injections.
Texas, which declined to comment on the pending case, is among 32 death-penalty states scrambling to find new drug protocols after European-based manufacturers banned U.S. prisons from using their drugs in executions -- among them, Danish-based Lundbeck, which manufactures pentobarbital.
"The states are scrambling to find the drugs," says Richard Dieter, executive director of the Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center. "They want to carry out these executions that they have scheduled, but they don't have the drugs and they're changing and trying new procedures never used before in the history of executions."
States have been forced to try new drug combinations or go to loosely regulated compounding pharmacies that manufacturer variations of the drugs banned by the larger companies. The suit against Texas alleges the state corrections department falsified a prescription for pentobarbital, including the patient name as "James Jones," the warden of the Huntsville Unit "where executions take place," according to court documents. Additionally, the drugs were to be sent to "Huntsville Unit Hospital," which, the documents say, "has not existed since 1983."
The suit said the pharmacy was unaware of the purpose for the order and when it found out it canceled the order before it was filled.
In a letter obtained by CNN, dated October 4 of this year, Woodlands Compounding Pharmacy, which was requested to provide drugs to Texas officials says it believed its "information would be kept on the 'down low'" by the TDCJ."
The plaintiffs also allege the state did not produce a purchase order, instead using an individual employee's credit card to make the purchase.
The pharmacy is asking the TDCJ to return the drugs it sold the state. It is unclear whether they have.
Maurie Levin, one of the attorneys representing the inmates, said, "We believe that TDCJ's purchase of compounded pentobarbital from Woodlands Pharmacy violates numerous state laws. The vast majority of compounded drugs can only be mixed or sold pursuant to a doctor's prescription. TDCJ did not get a prescription for its purchase of compounded drugs. There are exceptions to the requirement, but TDCJ's purchase does not qualify for any of them."
In September, Texas even turned to another state, Virginia, for a supply of Nembutal, according to documents provided to CNN by Berkeley Law staff attorney Jen Moreno.
Death row inmates say using untested drugs is "cruel and unusual punishment," and several have filed federal lawsuits to delay executions until drug protocols have been reviewed.
Ohio was set to execute Ron Phillips on Thursday using a two-drug cocktail never before used in an execution. Ohio's Department of Rehabilitation and Correction said it "was unable to obtain a sufficient quantity of pentobarbital." Instead it was set to use the sedative midazolam and pain-killer hydromorphone in a lethal dosage.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich stayed Phillips' execution this week pending a review of possible organ donation to his family members.
Missouri was set to use propofol, the infamous drug from the Michael Jackson case, in an execution last month, but the governor halted it after he was warned the European Union might halt shipments of the drug, leading to shortages for medical purposes.
Deborah Denno, a law professor at Fordham University, said a new combination of drugs used in the execution of Florida inmate William Happ last month took 14 minutes to kill him instead of the usual seven.
"There is absolute chaos among the states," Denno said. "So, every few months it seems we see a different state using a different type of drug, or types of drugs."
Jim Petro, the Republican former attorney general of Ohio, presided over 19 executions but no longer supports the death penalty. "An attorney general is bound to follow the statute," he said. "Duty is duty."
Dieter said using untested drugs amounts to experimentation on human beings: "They're guilty people who did these crimes, but that doesn't ameliorate our ethical obligations."


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PALO ALTO (CBS/AP) — An aggressive panhandler was arrested for punching a man in Palo Alto and going through his pockets because he refused his plea for money.
The victim was on a break from his job in downtown Palo Alto when 25-year-old Jesus Gabriel Cruz approached and asked for money.
Investigators told the San Jose Mercury News on Monday that the victim refused and Cruz punched him several times and searched his pockets.
Cruz was arrested after struggling with police. He was in jail where he was booked for investigation of attempted robbery resisting arrest.
The victim refused medical attention at the scene.
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