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Valley attorney Jane O. Ross has been suspended from practicing law for four years for violating the Rules of Professional Conduct effective Feb. 27, 2013.
Ross had a four day trial conducted by a three member panel led by Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Arizona Supreme court where the panel found evidence of Ross' misconduct.
During one account Ross withdrew from a family matter case a week before the client would have gone to court then turned around and demanded $10,500 in legal fees by the next day at noon. The client was current in all payments and did not pay the requested money to Ross. In turn the client tried to invoke the fee arbitration clause of the fee agreement but Ross refused to give the former client a copy of the fee agreement.
Ross in turn sued the client for the fees where Ross made misleading statements to the court about the fees saying that the State Bar had already reviewed the matter and would not be taking action against her. Ross also signed a false mailing certificate when sending a pleading to her former client and was sanctioned by the court under Rule 11 for filing a "patently defective" Motion for Summary Judgment.
Secondly the panel found Ross had not provided vital information during a separate family case matter. Ross did not provide witness contact information for an unrepresented opposing party and told the court that the opposing party had moved to Tennessee, knowing that they still lived here in Arizona.
In addition to the case Ross filed a disclosure statement including four expert witnesses that had no knowledge of her case, did not practice family law and all four came from the judge's former law firm. Ross then accused the judge on record of prejudging her case and made the comment the judge "just doesn't like lesbians" to a courtroom gallery.
In addition to the four year suspension Ross was ordered to pay $5348.87 to the State Bar of Arizona for costs and expenses incurred during the investigation.
If Ross were to be reinstated she will be placed on probation for two years.
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Hoodie arguments: Race, clothing, and Trayvon Martin
The story of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who was shot and killed near Orlando, Florida last month while walking home from a convenience store, has taken the nation by storm. The shooter, 28-year-old George Zimmerman, claims that he shot Martin in self-defense, and for now, Florida's laws protect Zimmerman from being arrested.
Last week, a "Million Hoodies March" took place in Manhatten as a demonstration to protest racial profiling. Many people wore hooded sweatshirts like the one Martin was wearing the night he was killed. (Similar actions have taken place across the country, with another big demonstration planned today in Los Angeles.) However, last Friday, Geraldo Rivera followed up this powerful event by suggesting on "Fox and Friends" that, though Zimmerman ultimately pulled the trigger, the hoodie that Martin wore contributed just as much to his death. Said Rivera:
"I am urging the parents of black and Latino youngsters particularly not to let their children go out wearing hoodies. I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin's death as much as George Zimmerman was…You have to recognize that this whole stylizing yourself as a gangsta—you're going to be a gangsta wannabe, well people are going to perceive you as a menace. That's what happens. It is an instant, reflexive action…I'm not suggesting that Trayvon Martin had any kind of weapon or anything. He wore an outfit that allowed someone to respond in this irrational, overzealous way. And if he had been dressed more appropriately—I think unless it is raining out or you are at a track meet, leave the hoodie home."
Glossing over the insensitive victim blaming and the fact that it was actually raining the night Martin was killed, Rivera actually alludes to an element of reality here: that we still live with dangerous stereotypes that promote distrust and hatred between races.
Though many would like to think that racism no longer exists in our country, the issue here isn't that hooides themselves are inherently dangerous or that Martin was at fault for wearing one, but rather that simply by being a young black man wearing a hooded sweatshirt to shield himeself from the rain, Martin aroused suspicion from a neighbor that led to his tragic death. (Not many people would argue that this hipster or this teen pop sensation are at risk of being mistaken for gang members, despite the presence of hoodies.)
Marian Wright Edelmen, in her piece "Walking While Black," points out the major "crime" that Martin committed—happening to fit a stereotype of someone "up to no good," determined not just by clothing, but very much by race. She explains the burden that black parents have on teaching their children—specifically, their sons—how to act so that they don't seem dangerous to others. She also points out that sadly, the Trayvon Martin case is not unique, and that black males age 15 to 19 were eight times as likely as white males to be victims of homicide in 2008 and 2009.
"We won't get it," Edelman says, "Until we have a culture that sees every child as a child of God and sacred, instead of seeing some as expendable statistics, and others as threats and 'no good' because of the color of their skin or because they chose to walk home wearing a hood in the rain."


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It is getting hard to keep up with the pace of developments from the Google Maps team. Today's huge development from Google Maps is the ability to edit Google Maps.
Google Map Maker is a new service that allows users to contribute and edit map information for certain regions. With Google Map Maker users can locate, draw, label and add map features, including:
- Borders and regions (states/provinces, districts/administrative regions, cities, neighborhoods, etc.)
- Road networks
- Places of interest
- Local businesses
- And many more features like railways, waterways, events and reviews
In effect Google Map Maker is borrowing the concept of OpenStreetMap for collaborative mapping (the big difference to OpenStreetMap is that any submitted data will not become open source but will become owned by Google). As such any submitted content may be edited by other users or moderators .
Google Map Maker is separate from Google Maps and any additions you make to the map will not appear immediately on Google Maps. However it is clear that Google hope to get useful mapping data from the community and say that "at a later time, this content may be published in Google Maps for others to see and use."
Currently editing is available only in these countries:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Cyprus
- Grenada
- Iceland
- Jamaica
- Netherlands Antilles
- Pakistan
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Vietnam


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors say a D.C. man has been convicted of posing as a cab driver and kidnapping and raping three female passengers.
Emero Tornero, 32, was found guilty Monday on 16 charges, including kidnapping and sexual abuse. He faces a possible life term at sentencing March 13.
According to evidence presented at trial, Tornero picked up women who hailed his vehicle, which was rigged so the back doors and windows could not be opened from the inside. Prosecutors say he took the victims to secluded locations and raped them.
In 2011, Tornero was convicted of charges stemming from a series of violent attacks in 2008 against taxicab drivers. He was sentenced to 24 years in prison for those attacks.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Anthony Ortolan ran a 24:21.90 to win the 8K Lagoon Open on Saturday at UC Santa Barbara's Campus Lagoon. The Gauchos were nipped in their annual dual meet with Cal Poly, 26-29. The event was part of the Blue-Green Rivalry series.
Ortolan's time was nearly four seconds better than the second-place finisher, Mustang Chris Frias who ran a 24:25.70.
"We ran well as a team today," said head coach Pete Dolan. "This was a good opening race for us and I was happy with our runs."
Cal Poly's Sean Davidson finished third while UCSB's Andrew Farkas was fourth. Farkas recorded a time of 25:12.60. Bryce Rausa and Tyler Brady were also top-10 finishers for the Gauchos. Rausa was seventh in a time of 25:35.90 while Brady was ninth at 25:42.00.
UCSB returns to action on Saturday, September 14 when it travels south for the Riverside Invitational, hosted by UC Riverside.


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A church in Eastern Carolina turned into a crime scene on Father's Day after a break-in where the burglars helped themselves to breakfast.
A parishioner pulled up to the St. James AME Zion Church on Highway 58 outside of Maysville around noon Sunday and saw two girls inside a parked vehicle and someone leaving the church.
Jones County deputies arrested two Wayne County men and detained the two underage girls. The front door of the church was destroyed, while multiple items were strewn about the church and an American flag was thrown up into a chandelier.
Deputies say it looks like the burglars were after money, searching the tithe and offering box. They also say the men cooked and ate sausage in the church kitchen and helping themselves to soft drinks in the refrigerator.
Brandon Lamb, 22, and Joseph Perkins, 16, were charged with breaking and entering a place of worship, larceny after breaking and entering, injury to real property, multiple counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, marijuana possession of possession of drug paraphernalia. Deputies say the drugs were found in the vehicle.
"There is a special place for someone who desecrates the house of the Lord and it's not in the Jones County Jail," said Sheriff Danny Heath.
The two men remain in jail under $25,000 secured bonds while juvenile petitions are pending against the two girls.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 21st Apr 2012 19:25 UTC
"A new analysis of licensing data shows that not only is use of the GPL and other copyleft licenses continuing to decline, but the rate of disuse is actually accelerating." This shouldn't be surprising. The GPL is complex, and I honestly don't blame both individuals and companies opting for simpler, more straightforward licenses like BSD or MIT-like licenses.
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RE[6]: hm?
by henderson101 on Mon 23rd Apr 2012 16:05 UTC in reply to "RE[5]: hm?"
Oh gee how much more accurate you were.
Like, 100% more than you? Eugenia no longer manages this site, David never had anything to do with BeNews and Thom joined this site as a contributor way, way after BeNews was a distant memory. So - yes, way more accurate.
If the editors now are from BeNews
They are not. Save for one who contributes 1 story every 3 - 6 months. So, I stand by calling you a moron.
you actually have the old BeOS mindset here.
What does that even mean? There's no such thing as a "BeOS" mindset. I can guarantee you that many readers and contributors to this site have never run BeOS.
And making a point with BSD Beos
There is no "BSD BeOS". BeOS was completely proprietary. Even when Be Inc released Tracker as open source, they used a license called the "Open Tracker license" not BSD. I really don't get what the point is here. The more interesting part is that there was GPL code in BeOS and Be Inc provided the source to that GPL. So, um, yeah "BSD", obviously. If you can't even be factually correct on the most basic level then you pretty much prove why you are being moderated down by everyone.
[BSD BeOS] not being Haiku, is just more retardation. Infact you don`t have to look back much, here, to see that recently "Haiku was going to change the world".
Linux was going to conquer the desktop. Shit happens dude.
As an ossite, I could mention that Haiku once had a point over Linux, in it`s design, in that it was not dependent on unix structures, so it could optimize the signal-path somewhat. In practise though, Haiku is snailing along, and is not in anyway better than Linux, has a retarded licence, and only having one windowmanager does not make it more tightly intergrated.
You really don't understand what you are talking about. Firstly, look at BlueEyedOS, Cosmoe and that one that Piere Luigi whatever his name was doing. All three were GPL, all three gone. So what if Haiku is slow. What harm is it doing to you personally?
What baffles me is that so many idiots are on an OPERATING SYSTEM site. Who knew it could gather such an ignorant following. Don`t you have some football to play or something?
Your incomprehensible passive/aggressive diatribes are not idiotic then? Wow, talk about pot calling the kettle black... seriously.


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Kelly Layman
Executive Director of Communications
NEWS BRIEF: Board of Governors co-hosts, launches "Presidents' Perspectives"
NEWS BRIEF - July 27, 2011
State University System's 11 University Presidents participate in taped sessions about current priorities, future goals
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The Board of Governors has spotlighted the 11 University Presidents in the State University System for a series of taped segments as part of an ongoing effort to highlight the differentiated missions at each university, as well as each university's increased accountability measures that will take Florida's public university system toward 2020 and beyond.
Posted at www.flbog.edu/pressroom are eight of the 11 Presidents' segments taped to date, for on-demand play. The remainder are scheduled to be taped and posted later this summer. Each University President's segment also is airing statewide this summer on The Florida Channel and its partner public broadcasting stations statewide. Each President's segment is approximately 30 minutes.
"This series of interviews with our University Presidents shines a bright light on specific ways they are leading their teams and strengthening not only each university but the State University System as a whole. The series highlights the breadth and depth of Florida's public university system, particularly the wide array of community and economic engagement," said Board of Governors spokeswoman Kelly Layman. "We are grateful to The Florida Channel for its partnership in bringing this exciting information to millions of students, faculty and stakeholders statewide."
Posted at the same area on the web site are tapings by both Board Chair Ava L. Parker and Chancellor Frank T. Brogan, discussing topics with statewide media or by invitation of statewide groups and associations.
For more about the State University System of Florida – and to see the Board of Governors' 2010 Annual Report and the 11 "University Work Plans" referenced in the Presidents' interviews – see www.flbog.edu.
The State University System is comprised of 11 institutions with a total enrollment of more than 320,000 students, making it the fourth-largest public university system in the nation in terms of student enrollment (some states have more than one public university system). The Board of Governors is a constitutional governing body with specific obligations and responsibilities, including the well-planned coordination and operation of the System. The Board is comprised of 17 appointed members – 14 are appointed by the Governor while three are members by virtue of their designations, which are a faculty member, a Florida Student Association student representative and the Florida Commissioner of Education. The Board of Governors appoints a Chancellor, who serves as the chief executive and administrative officer of the State University System.


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Markus Number One!
I lost my voice because of Markus! It was insane!
I saw the passion in his face... and it was one of the most beautiful hours of my life!
Reverse - Absolute Reality (Arty Remix) I adore this track ;D
our Polish treasure – Skytech Comet
Opera Of Northern Ocean (Phynn Remix) dying with happiness …
Breathing (Markus Schulz Coldharbour Remix) tears of happiness …
I was so tired and so happy
Thank you thank you thank you Markussss ! See the joy of playing on your face... from a short distance... PRICELESS
That's the one thing that makes Markus my favorite DJ to be honest...he always looks and sounds so excited and happy while playing. He's always saying this set and that set were special to him and how they were so much fun...and I honestly think he means it every time. It's really easy to feed off of his energy.Originally Posted by ika
Doesn't hurt that he plays some amazing tunes :P
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@ Charlotte: 09.25.08, 04.02.09, 11.20.09, 09.24.10
@ Miami: 03.29.08, 03.23.10, 03.26.10, 03.11.11
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The Sheriff's Office is warning residents to be careful when using credit or debit cards after skimming devices were found ATMs in Volusia.
The Sheriff's Office is asking residents in Volusia to be careful when using credit or debit cards at ATMs after at least two devices were found recently at local grocery stores.
According to sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught, "Unknown suspects have recently been very busy in Central Florida fishing for financial information at grocery store ATMs."
Citizens are asked to be extra vigilant when using debit or credit cards in any electronic device to pay for goods or obtain cash, Haught said.
The Sheriff's Office released the video of a suspect, which they hope the public may recognize and call authorities.
On Sunday a skimming device was discovered at 3:15 p.m. by a Publix customer service manager at a Publix at 3750 Roscommon Drive near Ormond Beach. The manager told investigators that she checked the ATM at 7 a.m. Sunday and did not see anything suspicious.
The manager said she again checked the money machine at 3:15 p.m. and noticed that the credit card slot cover was of a lighter color. She grabbed the cover and it came off and discovered the credit card skimming device, the report said.
The Port Orange Police Department is also investigating a similar incident at a Publix at 3821 Nova Road. The skimmer was found Saturday on the store's ATM and the device was very similar in appearance and construction to the one found near Ormond Beach, Haught said.
Both devices look handmade and have makeshift circuitry inside, Haught said.
No fraudulent activity on anyone's bank accounts has been traced to skimming activity but the risk is certainly present, Haught said.
Deputies viewed surveillance video from the Publix near Ormond Beach and saw a man approach the machine at about 8 a.m. and put the skimmer in place. He returned about two hours later to check the skimmer, but he was wearing different clothes, Haught said.
Based on surveillance images, the suspect is described as a white male in his 40s. The first time he was seen at the Ormond Beach store he wore a long sleeve light blue shirt, black pants, white tennis shoes and a ball cap with a navy blue front panel.
During his second appearance he wore a long sleeve white plaid shirt, tan knee-length shorts, flip-flops and the same ball cap.
Anyone who has information about the suspect is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 386-323-0151. Anyone who has information, but prefers to remain anonymous, can call Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida, toll-free, at 1-888-277-TIPS(8477). Tipsters can also text a tip to Crime Stoppers by texting "TIP231 plus your message" to CRIMES. Residents who provide information to Crime Stoppers can qualify for a reward of up to $1,000.


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Dan Radcliffe Interviewed by GQ
Jul 23, 2011
We now have scans of a new interview with Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) featured in GQ magazine here in our galleries. This interesting interview spans Radcliffe's last few months on the set of "Deathly Hallows," to filming "The Woman in Black," to performing in "How to Suceed in Business Without Really Trying." Page one of the interview is here, page two is here, page three is here, and page four is here. There is some strong language in the article, so please be forewarned.
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Story highlights
- Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas says his greatest achievement is the CCTV building in Beijing
- The 54-floor tower houses 10,000 workers in two adjoining towers, took 10 years to complete
- Koolhaas: Rome Pantheon is "box of tricks" that "transports you to another world"
Rem Koolhaas, the world famous architect, was walking down the street one day when the realization hit him like lightning: "I thought, 'I should become an architect,'" he recalls.
He was 25 at the time and "wasting time" writing film scripts.
"I am so unbelievably happy that I wasted time," he says, "because wasting time enabled me to have a more open relationship with the world.
Scriptwriting also taught him something about architecture. "If you write a script, you try to stitch episodes together so that, at the end, you have a sort of suspense to a conclusion or a climax," he says.
"Architecture is very similar: You create a series of spatial moments and find a way to relate them to each other with the same purpose. An architect writes scripts also, but for people, not for actors."
Conjuring film scenarios "felt very exciting, but not deeply serious," he says. His epiphany came when he realized that architecture was a way to do for serious reasons what he had been doing for frivolous reasons.
It would be 18 years before he would build his first commission, the Netherlands Dance Theater, in 1987.
"I started very late [but] it meant that, at my age now, I am not an exhausted wreck ... I still feel relatively fresh," he said.
Koolhaas currently has a new, experimental performing arts center in Taipei under construction. He has designed shops and catwalks for Prada and a Bahamas summer house for sculptor Anish Kapoor. His 2004 library in Seattle is acclaimed as a Bilbao for libraries and his Casa da Musica in Portugal won him the 2000 Pritzker Prize.
But Koolhaas' favorite project is a 54-floor anti-skyscraper that critics consider "the most breathtaking building of his career" and perhaps even "the greatest work of architecture built in this century."
His tower for China Central Television, known in Beijing as "The Big Pants," is intended as a demonstration of how, in reaching for tallness, skyscrapers "reach a kind of redundancy."
Depending on your vantage point, it can resemble a Z-shape or a loop and is "a building that is constantly mutable and that emanates creativity," Koolhaas says.
"I think I can genuinely claim there has never been a building with that many identities."
Koolhaas says it's also significant that the building was rubber stamped in "a part of the world where stability is prized above everything else and where identities are supposed to be immutable."
The decision to compete for the CCTV commission over the World Trade Center redevelopment was controversial.
Koolhaas says, while it was "wrenching" to be criticized for his choice of client, "the moment we started the competition, I was convinced that China, no matter how it's evolving, is on the way to become a modern country." Besides which, he argues, "we all have a stake in the outcome of China."
Of course, coming up with a hot idea is only one part of an architect's job. The other, less celebrated but no less important part, is getting the thing built.
Beyond its unusual shape, Koolhaas says CCTV is his favorite building because he is proud of its arduous route to fruition.
"It took 10 years to realize, and I have been in Beijing once every month. You can imagine the degree of engagement that implies," he says.
"The total amount of diplomacy that was necessary, the constant negotiation with a different political environment, a different language, a different symbolism ... it required an unbelievable effort."
He is "unambiguously" pleased with the outcome, which houses administration, production and broadcasting facilities for 10,000 workers.
While designing new headquarters for Universal Studios in Hollywood in the 1990s, he had noticed how alienation and paranoia percolated when everyone was working in small, separate bungalows.
"Since this was China, we felt we could introduce a different mode there -- namely, a building that asserted that the company was a connector, where everyone was connected to everyone else, and each component part of a single hierarchy and a single integrated system. In a sense, it was a deliberate assessment of what would be possible in a Socialist country," he says.
Koolhaas notes that exploring other cultures is a relatively new requirement for architects.
"One generation ago, an architect would expect the largest part of his oeuvre is built in an environment he knows very well," he says.
"We are part of a unique generation where, for the first time, it's likely that most of the buildings you do are in countries that you don't initially know. Therefore, there is an enormous amount of anthropological interest that you have to develop, in order to be precise enough to do justice to those opportunities."
One of the first foreign cultures that fascinated Koolhaas was ancient Rome.
"They had a relatively limited repertoire of things -- temples, housing, ports, shops -- and they replicated that repertoire in many parts of the world in completely unique conditions."
"I also have an affinity with Roman architecture because it's not religious, it's not mystical. It's efficient and interested in how things perform, more than how things appear," he said.
His favorite example is the Pantheon in Rome, which he first visited on a solo trip to Italy as an 18-year-old.
"It's really part of the city, but once you are inside, you're immediately transported to another world -- which is, as I said, not mystical, not religious, but somehow you feel elated."
Koolhaas still visits the Pantheon every time he is in Rome, and still finds variations.
"There are days that I don't even look at the Oculus. I simply discover the detail of the perimeter. There are days when I only look at the outside, or I only look at a portico and try to understand how big it actually is.
"So I think, in spite of its apparently simple manifestation, it's an incredible box full of tricks, and interesting differences somehow working together."


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Garrison Students Learn Safety from the Experts
Every year, firefighters from Garrison, Cold Spring, North Highlands and Continental Village give fire prevention talks at local schools.
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Morning Five: 05.04.12 EditionPosted by rtmsf on May 4th, 2012
- In just the last three days, the Atlantic 10 has added Butler, the Mountain West has eviscerated the WAC with its additions of San Jose State and Utah State, and now Conference USA has finished it off as a major conference by grabbing Louisiana Tech to go along with the A-10's Charlotte and the Sun Belt's North Texas and FIU. There will be a quiz on all of these moves in mid-August. What does this mean from a college basketball perspective? Probably not much. Neither Charlotte nor Louisiana Tech have been relevant in a long time, and although North Texas made the NCAA Tournament in 2007 and 2010, winning in the Sun Belt is less challenging than it will be dealing with UTEP, Tulsa, Southern Miss, and UAB in a revamped Conference USA.
- A little under two years ago we touched on an ESPN story about a high school basketball player named Jerry Joseph who may have actually been a 22-year old named Guerdwich Montimere. It was a bizarre story at the time, and it got only weirder as ultimately Joseph/Montimere was convicted and sent to prison for sexual assault on an underage high school student and tampering with government records. In a recent column for ESPN's Outside the Lines, Wright Thompson attempted to connect all the dots of the saga in a meaningful way, putting a story behind the story of a wayward young man who no doubt got lost in the hype and fame of being the big man on campus. Great read.
- Illinois fans caught a glimpse into the mind of one of their incoming transfers when Sam McLaurin, a senior at Coastal Carolina who will take advantage of the one-year graduate school exception, announced (via Twitter, of course) "F— it im going to Illinois #illinination" on Thursday afternoon. McLaurin, a 6'10" power forward who averaged 10/8 last season, will provide some additional frontcourt depth in the wake of Meyers Leonard's departure to the NBA. He later apologized for his choice of words ("Hey everyone sorry about my language last night. I was just extremely excited to be apart of #illinination"), but we doubt anyone from Waukegan to Carbondale will care much so long as he can bring his numbers every night next season.
- In one of the stupider bits of news to come out of our game this offseason (and there are plenty of candidates), Kentucky and Indiana have apparently decided to not renew its annual rivalry that dates back a half-century. The crux of the issue appears to be that UK wanted to move the series back to a rotating neutral site arrangement (likely splitting time between Indianapolis and Louisville, as it did from 1991-2005), while IU insisted on keeping the home-and-home series that had been in effect for the last seven years (and, of course, prior to 1991). If you read the tea leaves, and Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart suggests as much, it was John Calipari not "thrilled about going back to Bloomington" that appears to be driving this ridiculous decision. Look — we understand that a national championship coach typically gets what he wants when he wants it, but as Andy Glockner argues very well in this piece, that doesn't mean that he's right for wanting it. College basketball loses when rivalries like these end, and this is especially true now that IU under Tom Crean appears to finally be coming back around. Fix it.
- What's this, a MAY version of Luke Winn's Power Rankings? That's right, now that the NBA Draft deadline has passed and we have a better sense of where the top recruits are headed next season, Winn put together a list of 16 teams that mimics the RTC Top 25 (released Tuesday) at the very top, but has some significant differences with respect to where we ranked schools such as Syracuse, Michigan State, and Arizona. As always, you'll learn quite a few things that you didn't already know about people, places and things surrounding the game, so make sure to check it out before you head into the weekend.


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AAFID (Autonomous Agents for Intrusion Detection) is a distributed monitoring architecture with an orientation towards Intrusion Detection developed at the CERIAS at Purdue University. AAFID2 is a prototype implementation of the architecture that includes several ready-to-work agents, plus development facilities for writing your own.
AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a file and directory integrity checker. It creates a database from the regular expression rules that it finds from the config file. Once this database is initialized it can be used to verify the integrity of the files. Several message digest algorithms are used. All of the usual file attributes can also be checked for inconsistencies.
The Alamin GSM SMS Gateway is a group of daemons that allows you to send/receive SMS messages from any GSM device that supports AT+ commands (GSM modems or GSM mobile phones) or supported by Gnokii. A client program allows you to send messages from any IP client. An SMTP interface is provided to allow MTAs to send SMS directly to the GSM network. IMP (Incoming Message Processor) modules allows you to extend functionality to implement banking, network administration, bd querys, etc. from a GSM mobile phone.
AMaViS (A Mail Virus Scanner) scans e-mail attachments for viruses using third-party virus scanners available for UNIX environments. It resides on a UNIX (Linux) machine and looks through the attached files arriving via e-mail, generates reports when a virus is found and sets the delivery on hold.
Angst is an active sniffer, based on libpcap and libnet. It dumps into a file the payload of all the TCP packets received on the specified ports. It implements two methods for active sniffing. Angst is able to monitor ARP requests, and after enabling IP forwarding on the local host, it sends ARP replies mapping all IPs to the local MAC address. Also, it can flood the local network with random MAC addresses (like macof), causing switches to send packets to all ports.
arc is an ASN.1 compiler written by FORGE Research for use in internal projects. It is being released under a BSD-like licence. arc creates Java source code that uses the basic ASN.1 classes that were created for use with other FORGE projects. These basic ASN.1 classes are included in the arc distribution.
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The annual Dragon Softball Camp will be held 5 – 8 p.m. Aug. 12 – 14.
The annual Dragon Softball Camp will be held 5 – 8 p.m. Aug. 12 – 14.
Tyro Middle School hosts this three-day camp for girls ages 8 – 15. You can pick up registration forms at Tyro Middle School office Monday – Thursday until 4:30 p.m. Any questions, please call Coach Stanek at 813-1921 or the school.
Tyro Middle School will hold its seventh and eighth grade softball tryouts on Aug. 18 and 19 at the school field. You must attend both days of the mandatory tryout to be considered for the team this year. Registration will be begin at 5 p.m. and you must have a physical to participate.
Athletes must attend meeting Aug. 5
If you are planning on participating in any sports at West Davidson Senior High School this year you need to mark your calendar for 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5. The Athletic Department at WDHS will be holding its annual sportsmanship meeting.
If you are a rising senior at West Davidson senior picture will be taken Aug. 5 and 13. You should receive more information in the mail with your date and time. If you have not received it you can visit www.Prestigeportraits.com to find out more information.
Hot dogs are part of reading program's end
The West Davidson Public Library will hold its annual end of summer reading celebration at Boone's Cave State Part from 10:15 a.m. – 1 p.m. July 30. A science program will be presented by Parker Tilley at 10:30 a.m. and will be followed by a hot dog picnic.
Prayers are needed
Please keep the families of Clark Eugene (Gene) Smith and Julia Burkhart in your prayers.


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I've spent much of this week in down town Leeds. Being from Australia and all, getting used to the weather has been quite a challenge. But rest assured, come tomorrow night (or Sunday Morning Australian time), the locals will tear down the terraces at Elland Road
The city of Leeds has really come alive for the game. All of the major sporting outlets have stocked up on Great Britain equipment and from what was said when I spoke to a few of them, they are selling really well. With 40,000 expected at Elland Road, the colour is almost as important as the volume that the crowd will generate. The players have gradually rolled into town, on Tuesday I saw Gary Freeman and Steve Roach buying a cricket bat (I'd say as a gentle reminder of the season that they are currently missing) and on Wednesday I noticed Matt Sing, Luke Rooney and Willie Tonga getting stuck into some Leeds cuisine
Leeds is a funny place. In many respects, it is stuck bang in Yorkshire and is not exactly full of redeeming features. However, the general atmosphere of the city is brilliant. It is largely a working class area and the people are loyal and devoted and league fans
The Golden Boot award was held at the Royal Armouries Museum during the week, another event which drew solid coverage up here. It was hard to accept that Andy Farrell won the award, however I did not dare to voice my disapproval in front of the assembled audience. Despite the presence of a Zurich Premiership rugby union team in the district, it is quite clear that most people in Leeds are only interested in League and following the fortunes of their 1st division team as they strive for a return to the premier league
Elland Road is an awesome stadium. The fans are quite compactly boxed in and 40,000 people will generate a tremendous atmosphere. It is a pity that the Rhinos do not play every game here
So in summation, expect the best tomorrow night. Despite earlier assurances that I had a ticket, it turned out that my adventures to this area were fruitless and unfortunately, I will be watching the game tomorrow from an Aussie Pub in Earls Court (London). That said, I watched the Wigan game in London and the atmosphere was surprisingly large. I generally think the popularity of league in London is well understated, all it needs is some more promotion and a Broncos team that wins a few titles
Enjoy the moment, enjoy Saturday Night/Sunday morning and let me know if you have a freebie to Elland Road!
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Shinji Kagawa has not enjoyed life at Manchester United as much as he should have for a luxury player, due to no fault of his own.
His attitude was a beacon of light upon arrival at Manchester United, stating he was to turn down the iconic number seven shirt in order to 'earn' the right to wear it. Antonio Valencia took the shirt and has since relinquished it.
Kagawa's problem has been threefold at United. His first problem is attaining playing time. He hasn't had a good consecutive run at United, which is perplexing with David Moyes coming under criticism for not starting him enough and under fire for United's recent results.
Many managers understand that if the fans of a below-par form team want a certain player or players to feature more often, an easy way to offload pressure and make fans happy is to submit that player or players onto the upcoming team sheets more often.
When Kagawa started against West Brom things were looking relatively good, combination play with Javier Hernandez, Nani and Wayne Rooney looking fruitful and indeed a few close chances occurred in the first half, with the second half looking almost certain for goals.
What happened next, a half time substitute with Kagawa coming off for Adnan Januzaj, led many watching the game at Old Trafford to assume Kagawa had picked up an injury. A very strange decision from Moyes.
Kagawa needs consecutive 90 minute displays in order to prime himself for a regular starting spot or prove apparent doubts that Moyes may have regarding the true ability of Kagawa.
Secondly, Kagawa has been featuring on the left wing and often has found himself fighting an in-game battle to move more centrally, with Rooney usually already there. Kagawa's natural position is centrally behind the strike force, his talent is partially wasted anywhere else and for a player of such talent, he shouldn't have to put up with being played out of position.
A third factor that many have overlooked when criticizing United performances this season so far is that Kagawa has still had little chance to gel with his teammates, and when he has featured, he has often been in starting line-ups that have differed from the last line-up he was involved in.
Moyes can only start to progress this season by committing to an XI and fielding it with a view of playing that team for 90 minutes, week in week out, where possible. His 'give everyone a chance' motto isn't working, is why pre-seasons are valuable and is only diminishing confidence and routine at United at a time where it is needed most. Rotation should only be to protect the old-guard at this stage of the season.
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28 U.S. Code § 361 - Reimbursement of expenses
§ 361.
Reimbursement of expenses
Upon the request of a judge whose conduct is the subject of a complaint under this chapter, the judicial council may, if the complaint has been finally dismissed under section 354(a)(1)(B), recommend that the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts award reimbursement, from funds appropriated to the Federal judiciary, for those reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by that judge during the investigation which would not have been incurred but for the requirements of this chapter.
(Added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11042(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1854.)
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By Johanna Bennett
Disappointing results from emerging markets has been a noticeable theme for big companies during the third-quarter earnings seasons, and it continued today with Starbucks (SBUX) and Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) adding their names to the list.
For Starbucks the blame falls on Asia. Slowing sales gains there led the world's largest coffee house chain to repeat a forecast for fiscal 2014 that the Street found disappointing.
CEO Howard Schultz has been expanding in China to tap growing demand from coffee drinkers in the world's most-populous nation. Sales at Starbucks stores open at least 13 months rose 8% in its China and Asia Pacific region during the fiscal fourth compared to 9% gains during the previous quarter. Analysts expected a 9.1% increase.
The stocks fell 2.2% to $79.11
Beer giant AB InBev fared better Thursday, rising 0.5% to $103.71 after the company reported a rise in net profit. Still, weakness in Brazil continued to be a concern for the world's largest brewer by revenue.
Brazil is AB InBev's second-largest market and for years delivered soar-away growth. But a tough consumer market there has dented sales. Third-quarter volumes in Brazil fell 5%, compared with a growth of 0.2% last year.
Bulls say beer volumes could rise in Brazil next year with the arrival of the World Cup soccer championship. Earlier this year, it paid $20.1 billion to buy Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo SAB, a move that led this same writer to weigh in bullishly on the stock in July (see Barron's Take, "Hop on Anheuser-Bush," July 31). And in April, the company said it plans acquisitions in China as beer consumption rises in what is its third-largest market.


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That's horrible. In your example, if they'd managed to make the dumbed-down sentence actually carry some of the same spirit as the original, that would be one thing, but I feel like it just doesn't begin to say the same thing.
That's ridiculous and horrid text (sniggering like a school kid about doing IT in a boat)
Wow, that's simply horrible. For a moment, I was completely ready to move to a different country. For a moment, I was ready to sign up to burn books. For a long time, I'm going to wonder what moron decided to do this and what could be done to stop it.
And just when I thought it couldn't get any worse, JP spins it. Wonderful!
Awful awful awful.
How could anyone so mangle and ruin one of the most inspirational sentences ever written about boating?
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It would have been nice to know the title/author of this horrid re-write so we could avoid it in the future.


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Mercer County, N.J. - Navy won all four of today's races against the Bulldogs in Mercer County, N.J.
In the varsity boat, the Midshipmen pulled out the win by three seconds with a time of 6:28. Things were even closer in the second varsity race, with Navy winning by less than one second.
The Midshipmen were victorious in both the third varsity and the novice 8, winning by 30 and 11 seconds respectively
The strong headwind proved challenging for both squads, making waters so rough that the teams were unable to hold the freshman four race.
Varsity Eight
Navy: 6:28
Yale: 6:31
2nd Varsity Eight
Navy: 6:49.5
Yale: 6:50.4
3rd Varsity
Navy: 7:09
Yale: 7:39
Novice 8:
Navy: 6:52
Yale: 7:03
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La Verne Lutheran 57, La Caada 47
Miguel Melendez by the quarters…
La Caada's first three possessions: block, block, shot clock violation. Mike McGlashan, of course, scores the Spartans' first bucket on a drive-in layup. Lutheran's CJ Cooper scores the final bucket on a steal and jumper to pull Lutheran within 11-10 heading into the second quarter. La Caada's finding success with constant movement and finding the open man inside. However, they can't seem to buy a 3-pointer. So far they are 0 for 3. Lutheran is commiting uncharacteristic turnovers to keep the Spartans in the game.
And a HUGE ovation in the pro-La Caada crowd here at the Galen Center, where the Spartans take a 25-22 lead at the half after McGlashan's trademark fade-away jumper. Backdoor passes for the Spartans are a thing of beauty. It's what's keeping La Caada intact. I just wonder if La Caada would have converted its first 3-pointers in the first quarter, because if it did you know La Verne Lutheran now is forced to defend the perimeter, leaving lanes open for easy buckets. It's how La Caada plays, and it's how the Spartans shocked Price in the CIF-Southern Section Division 3AA championship. La Verne Lutheran vowed it wouldn't fall victim to the Spartans' drawn-out offense, but so far the edge goes to La Caada. Grant Jarrett leads the Trojans with eight points in the first half on 4 of 7 shooting. McGlashan's scored a game-high 12 points on 6 of 9 shooting and fellow senior Matt Faber has 10 points. La Verne Lutheran shot 37.5 percent from the field in the first half to La Caada's 55 percent. Say no more…
La Caada went 1 for 7 in the third quarter until Dario CiVon converted the game's first 3-pointer in the game with 51.2 seconds left. The Spartans played for the last shot and Mason Holle laid in a beauty of a scoop as time expired to pull the Spartans within 34-32.
Mason Holle scores opening bucket on a layup with 7:15 left to tie the game at 34-34. Grant Jarrett's tip-in gave the Trojans a 40-34 cushion with 5:26 left in the game, prompting La Caada coach Tom Hofman to call a timeout. Spartans come out of timeout with yet another backdoor pass, this time to Matt Faber who converts the layup to pull the Spartans within 40-36. On the ensuing possession Jarrett is at it again to keep the lead at 42-36 on a jumper. McGlashan's 8-footer brings the Spartans within 42-38 with 4:12 left in the game. It's his first shot of the entire second half. Jarrett's getting a bunch of tip-in baskets. He gets a 13-foot jumper to fall with 2:32 left to give the Trojans a 46-40 cushion. Eric Cooper hits a clutch 3-pointer with 1:39 left in the game to put the Trojans ahead 49-40 for the game's biggest lead. Mason Holle steals the inbounds pass, dishes it out to McGlashan who hits a 3-pointer with 1:23 left to pull the Spartans within 49-45. La Verne Lutheran turns it over on the ensuing possession, but so did La Caada before Bruce English converts the layup to give the Trojans a 51-45 lead with 59.6 seconds left. McGlashan misses 3-pointer and is forced to foul Bruce English, who goes to the line with 45 seconds left. English converts the first free throw, misses the second but gets another try after the Spartans are called for a lane violation. With 10.7 seconds left, Hofman empties the bench. The clock finally struck midnight for La Caada, which got a roaring ovation as the starters headed to the bench.


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I am not a guy who gets overly excited about a lot of things (although I was absolutely giddy after the Patriots humiliated the Jets). However, you can officially consider me excited about the state of the Nation. By that, I refer to the Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics as of December, 2010.
The Sox blew away the competition in Orlando, where the annual Winter meetings were held. Now that I better comprehend the Adrian Gonzalez deal, I am excited about that. He will sign some time in 2011 and be a fixture at first base. Carl Crawford has been a thorn in the side of Boston forever. Now he is one of us. Think of this potential lineup on Opening Day.
Jacoby Ellsbury-CF
Carl Crawford-LF
Dustin Pedroia-2B
Kevin Youklilis-3B
Adrian Gonzalez-1B
David Ortiz-DH
J.D. Drew-RF
Marco Scutaro-SS
Jarrod Saltalamacchia-C
Your bench will be deep. Mike Cameron could platoon at DH and provide depth in the outfield. Jed Lowrie could contend for the shortstop spot. Everyone is frothing at the mouth (rightfully so) over budding superstar Ryan Kalish. The rotation is set. You have to have good comeback years from Beckett and Lackey. Buchholz and Lester are both "aces" and Daisuke isn't a bad fifth starter. The pen is anchored by Jonathan Papelbon, who I believe is still a premier closer. Daniel Bard is extremely valuable. It is really heady stuff. There can't be any way the injuries of 2010 repeat themselves. The addition of Crawford is awesome. I get a kick out of the "experts". They contend that the Sox batting order is too heavily laden with left handed hitters. I'd rather have a good lefty batter than a mediocre righty. The balance of power has shifted and this could be, and should be a 100 win season for the "good guys."
The Celtics are on a tear. Thursday night, they found a way to beat the 76ers in Philly. The Big 3 have never been bigger. Rajon Rondo is emerging as the best point guard in the NBA. I absolutely love the addition of Shaquille O'Neal. Not only for his play, but for the leadeship and levity the "Big Shamrock" brings. Glenn Davis has become so valuable and when Kendrick Perkins, Delonte West and Jermaine O'Neal get healthy, is there a deeper team in basketball? The Celts make those cold winter nights much more bearable.
The Patriots are amazing. Two reasons. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. If there was ever a guy you could put your faith in, it's Coach Belichick. With the youngest defense in the NFL, The Pats are 10-2, tied for the best record in the league. The man knows how to evaluate talent and coach it, as well. When his career is over, he may go down as the best coach in NFL history. Tom Brady is the best quarterback in the NFL. He may not be the quickest afoot. He may not have the strongest arm. When the chips are down, though, he is the man I want under center. The word "great" is overused and cliche, but does it apply anywhere more than it does with #12? As long as Bill and Tom are together, the Patriots will be an elite team.
My point is this. We have the best team in MLB, NBA and the NFL. It doesn't get any better than this. I predict a clean sweep in 2011. The World Series, The NBA title and The Super Bowl. How great would that be?


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Women's Basketball Claims Coveted Monarch Cup
By ODU Athletics
NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion University women's basketball team won the Monarch Cup Challenge, which is awarded to the team that best exemplified service in the community and on campus at the annual Old Dominion University Athletic honors banquet Monday night at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.
ODU teams can gain points throughout the academic year by being involved with SAAC, community service, and pre-selected games. Attendance counts as points toward Monarch Cup. The winner will be "Crowned" at the Athletic Honors Banquet. The winning team will receive Crown trophy to display in team facility for the following year. A plaque will be displayed in the Jacobson Center with each year's winners.
ODU two-time All-American field hockey defender of the year Christy Longacre (Bethlehem, PA.) and All-American soccer forward Tim Hopkinson (Nottingham, England) were named Athletes of the Year by the Old Dominion University Alumni Association, while seniors Nikki Clarke (Annandale, VA.) of women's soccer, Dillon Paiva (Raleigh, NC. ) of sailing and James Brockington (Oxfordshire, England) of golf were named the 2014 recipients of the Jack Wilkins/James Howard Scholar Athletes of the Year.
Hopkinson was a second team All-American by the NSCAA coaches and College Soccer News and was a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy (National Player of the Year), winning the fan poll. He was named first team NSCAA All-South Region, Conference USA's Offensive Player of the Year, and first team All-C-USA. Hopkinson led the league in total goals (12) and total points (28). He scored his second hat trick of his career with three goals against VMI. Hopkinson ranked 11th nationally in total goals and 15th nationally in total points. Hopkinson completed his career at ODU as fourth all-time with 33 career goals, third all-time at ODU in career points with 85,and seventh all-time with 19 career assists. He helped lead ODU to second place in C-USA and to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Last week, Hopkinson was awarded the Tom Scott award by the Norfolk Sports Club as ODU's top senior athlete. He will graduate in May with a degree in business/accounting.
Longacre, the BIGEAST Defensive Player of the Year, was selected a first team All American by the NFHCA. As a junior she was named an NFHCA Second Team All-American and CAA Defensive Player of the Year. In addition, Longacre is a National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-South Region member and was named to the BIGEAST All-Tournament Team, as well as first team All-Conference selection. The senior co-captain helped ODU to their first BIGEAST conference regular season title and helped anchor an ODU defense that recorded eight shutouts on the season. The Lady Monarchs only allowed 25 goals, the lowest total in the league, and scored 20 goals during her career. She graduated in December with a degree in sports management and is now an assistant coach at Ball State.
The Jack Wilkins/James Howard Scholar Athletes of the Year are presented to the male and female senior athletes with the highest cumulative grade point averages. Both Howard and Wilkins were instrumental in the formation of the ODU Intercollegiate Foundation, now the Old Dominion Athletic Foundation.
This year, there are co-male recipients with James Brockington of men's golf and Dillon Paiva of sailing.
James Brockington was the 2010-11 champion at the Joe Agee tournament and he placed 10th in the 2011-12 event. He tied for 38th at the Caribbean Classic. The native of Oxfordshire, England will graduate in May with a 3.54 grade point average and a degree in sports management with a marketing minor.
Dillon Paiva was a May 2013 ICSA National All-Academic Sailing team selection as well as the Robert Hobbs Sportsman of the Year recipient, becoming the second Monarch sailor to receive this award. Paiva earned first team All-MAISA honors for coed skippers and helped lead the Monarchs to the coed dinghy national semifinals with a second place finish. Paiva graduated in December with a degree in English, and a 3.54 grade point average.
Lady Monarch defender Nikki Clarke anchored the Lady Monarch defense for four seasons. She played in all 71 matches and will graduate in May with a 3.80 grade point average in criminal justice, with a minor in psychology. She was selected to Conference USA's first team All-Academic squad and was active in the Student Activities Council at Old Dominion.
FOOTBALL: Taylor Heinicke (Atlanta, GA.)
Men's Basketball: Aaron Bacote (Hampton, VA. ) & Richard Ross (Wichita Falls, TX.)
Women's Basketball: Shae Kelley (Denver, CO.)
Baseball: (will be named after the completion of the season)
Field Hockey: Christy Longacre (Bethlehem, PA.)
Men's Golf: Jamison Randall (Cumberland, RI.)
Women's Golf: Kimberley Bradbury (Derbyshire, England) & Elizabeth Haycock (Birmingham, England)
Women's Lacrosse: Emily Austerberry (Barto, PA.)
Rowing: Paige Madison (Virginia Beach, VA.)
Coed Sailing: Esteban Forrer (Tucson, AZ.)
Women's Sailing: Jill Fattibene (Southport, CT.)
Men's Soccer: Tim Hopkinson (Nottingham, England)
Women's Soccer: Nikki Clarke (Annandale, VA.)
Men's Swimming & Diving: Sidni Hoxha (Tirane, Albania)
Women's Swimming & Diving: Rachel Eckert (Rochester, N.Y.)
Men's Tennis: Carlos Lopez-Villa (Madrid, Spain)
Women's Tennis: Nikol Hristova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Wrestling: Jack Dechow (Richmond, Ill.)


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The TOC's location is a soft secret, and organizers did not want its exact location to be published for security reasons.
Wow. I contracted in Canary Wharf for 3 months this year, and I'm fairly sure I could guess where it is. That's got to be the softest secret ever.
Whoa whoa whoa careful there! You're not supposed to know, notice, or comment. Head down, mouth shut, there's a good little citizen. Or else [boingboing.net].
That might be the case.(primary DC in Docklands). The LCOG offices are in Canary Wharf. There are literally dozens of DC's within a mile of Canary Wharf. Some are well known but others are totally invisible to even people who work in the same building.
sure there is a lot of Venue IT Kit provisioning going on from CW. That work is a long way from providing the DC to ALL the Olympic Venues.
Please tell us where you think the backup DC is then?
In a skyscraper in London's Canary Wharf financial district, Olympic organizers opened a Technology Operations Center (TOC) last month and that act as mission control for monitoring the health of Olympic IT systems. The TOC's location is a soft secret, and organizers did not want its exact location to be published for security reasons.
Next to Torchwood!
All of it - This is Britain it wont work until a year after the games if ever.
Luckily all electronics sold in the EU come with a minimum 2 year warranty.
You're confused - that's consumer rights. Olympics is not a consumer and therefore has no such rights.
They apply to business as well, and the government set up companies to manage the Olympic procurement.
I wish people would stop propagating this myth. If the product breaks after 6 months, it is up to the consumer to prove that the fault was a manufacturing fault. You have to pay an engineer to verify that the fault existed or potentially existed at time of purchase. Once you have that report, you can hope that the company will rectify the situation or you can pursue them through the courts (small claims if under £5000)
That is completely wrong.
You have a statutory warranty of two years. If a product beaks within that period it is up the shop to prove that you mistreated it, otherwise they must honour the warranty and replace or repair it. Even failure due to normal wear and tear is covered as the product must be designed to last two years of normal use.
After the two year warranty period the Sale of Goods Act gives you additional protection. It states that goods must last a "reasonable length of time". For example a laptop is usually expected to last five or six years of normal use. If it fails during that time because of a manufacturing defect, bad design or poor workmanship you are entitled to a partial refund or replacement. The refund will normally be based on the amount of time you have been able to use it for, so if your laptop died after 3 years you would be entitled to 2/5ths or 3/6ths of the purchase price.
Retailers are not keen for this stuff to become common knowledge, and some even try to slyly abuse it. John Lewis is a good example, they proudly proclaim that everything has a two year warranty as if it were some kind of special benefit they offer, when in fact it is the legal minimum.
It's not wrong at all. I spent 6 weeks fighting Robert Dyas over an appliance I'd bought there 14 months before. The small claims court ruled in my favour and I was able to claim the cost of the item, the cost of the engineering report and my filing fees. However, the judge explained to me that the retailer acted within their rights, and as such I could not claim for time or any punitive damages.
See http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1677034/Two-year-warranty-EU-law.html [thisismoney.co.uk] for clarification, spe
Can you point to this in legislation? I believe the GP is right, everything I've seen in the Sale of Goods Act and Consumer Protection Act seems to suggest 6 months statutory burden on the seller to prove user fault, and after 6 months on the buyer. Most companies if you push it wont ask you to prove you weren't at fault though because they know full well that you weren't and that in pushing it to that point could escalate their costs as they may then face small claims court costs, costs for time and money
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/consumer-rights-refunds-exchange#goods [moneysavingexpert.com]
Read the bit about the Limitations Act etc.
I can't see anything in the act about that:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/58 [legislation.gov.uk]
It seems to just reiterate the 6 year maximum period for a claim against a product. Other than that the act just seems to be about setting limits for civil procedings relating to things like mortgages and such.
Searching for myself I managed to find this, which does mention 2 years:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=31999L0044&model=guichett [europa.eu]
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I'm so glad to see that British law is so transparent;)>
Hey I can't complain though it works both ways, just as some firms rely on customers to not understand wtf the law actually is to shirk their obligations those of us who are willing to put a bit of effort into seeing what the law actually says can similarly run circles round companies who also don't understand wtf their obligations actually are
I've received quite a few discounts over the years, we got £200 off my girlfriends car for example because the young guy at the garage accidently told
Okay, I forgot to mention the way it actually works in practice. If you buy a TV and use it normally without mistreating it in any way, then one year after purchase it suddenly stops working you can claim on the warranty. Although on paper it says that the user has to show there was a manufacturing defect in practice if there is no evidence of mistreatment the law assumes the fault was in design or production.
If it were otherwise warranties would be impossible to claim on because the buyer would have to pay
Well that's what I said, it works differently in practice because companies know that if someone really wants to push them and they know the product is fault they'll lose in a more expensive manner anyway. Also most companies like John Lewis that you mentioned offer 2 year warranty anyway, and by offering that they're giving you extra than the law says they minimally have to.
But I was simply pointing out that in actual law, the original person you were responding to was actually correct with his mention of
We bought Acer laptops for the teachers in our college to replace their old Dells. By the end of the 1st month the failure rate was over 50%...
The keyboards are very nice to type on tho'.
It's just you. This has been going since at least the earliest Olympics I can recall. (The '72 summer Olympics, my dad bought our first color TV specifically to watch the Games.)
The organisers of the London Olympics have announced that they will not offer IPv6 connectivity to or for the games.
I'm curious about how they won the contract. Surely a vendor bidding to use open source software would have made a lower bid.
Did the request for bids even allow for open source?
I'm curious about how they won the contract. Surely a vendor bidding to use open source software would have made a lower bid.
Did the request for bids even allow for open source?
I could explain it to you buy I suggest you watch "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister" instead. It would be quicker and more entertaining. Only downside is it's slightly out of date. Politicians and bureaucrats have had 30 years to improve on their incompetence, and use technology to aid it.
no, open source software won't do a lower bid because it doesn't come with a sponsorship deal in excess of the cost of it. This is the most commercially motivated games ever, with really really strict sponsorship deals for everything. You will be eating at McDonalds, the official food partner, if you want chocolate it will come from Cadbury the official snack partner, if you want to buy something to wear it will be Adidas, the official clothing partner, if you want to drive a car it will be a BMW, the official transport partner. If you want to pay for anything you won't be using anything but a Visa card because all the shops will be "proud to only accept Visa". Oh, and if you want to make a call on your mobile, I hope you are on O2 because the other networks are not allowed to put up towers to get enough signal to the venue.
I though you were joking at first but then I searched around and I found this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10394970 [bbc.co.uk]
But the business about the O2 network appears to be incorrect. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/02/olympic_coverage/ [theregister.co.uk]
You will be eating at McDonalds,
Surely a vendor bidding to use open source software would have made a lower bid.
Almost certainly. I doubt the Free Software Foundation would have bid anything like as much as Microsoft to have its logo all over the Olympics coverage.
Almost certainly. I doubt the Free Software Foundation would have bid anything like as much as Microsoft to have its logo all over the Olympics coverage.
The important thing is to make sure that no matter whose logo's all over the Olympics coverage that it's not the official 2012 Olympics logo [attitudedesign.co.uk]. Britain has never had a reputation for a discerning aesthetic sense but this is even bad by British standards.
The Olympic Commission is an openly corrupt international organization which answers to no government. For the most part, governments let the commission do what it wants for fear that the Commission will blackball their country as a future host if they make too much troubles for them.
This isn't to say that corruption scandals regarding the Olympics, or any of the Olympic Commission members, don't come to light once in a while. It's just that you shouldn't expect that the bidding process will try to be fai
Will probably be seen as a troll for these comments, but this is what it feels like to those that actually pay the taxes in the UK (not the freeloaders who back the "games").
When you add in all the costs of all the bits that are counted as someone else's budget for building for the Olympics, £20bn will have been wasted on a two week event. The 2012 legacy will be massive debt for the taxpayers to pay off, while "sponsors" laugh all the way to the bank.
Who does the "games" benefit? The politicians who love to grandstand with someone else's money, the construction industry who are big donors to the political parties, and the athletes who love bumming off others taxes and sponsorship instead of getting a job.
The TV companies have already promised saturation garbage coverage in the UK of the "games".
The taxpayers are sick of it.
and the athletes who love bumming off others taxes and sponsorship instead of getting a job.
Most athletes, at least here in Canada, do have a job. Being an Olympic athlete does not pay. Well, the government does pay you a tiny bit. But if you want to live above the poverty line and be able to afford your training you need to have a job here. Or you become really lucky and land a sponsorship, but I don't see how that's "not having a job" -- someone is paying you money, and you give them a service (advertising recognition) in return.
If the advertisers, retailers, networks, etc etc who are supposed to make great profits and contribute to the "massive local tax revenue" that's supposed to benefit the local economy would actually pay the billions in investment rather than sticking it to the taxpayers with the help of the Olympic committee and the acquiescence of the local government, then I'm sure the taxpayers might be a bit happier with the situation. As it stands, almost every initiative of business and government is ultimately billed
If you do it right the Olympics can be a net gain. Tourism, free advertising worldwide, infrastructure that provides jobs and long term benefits...
In fact a major part of our bid was getting the cost down and benefits up after China's almost unlimited budget. Maybe we are getting it wrong but people could at least try to get past the Daily Mail hatefest and blame games, and try to make the most of it.
I'm involved in the tourism industry outside of London.
Unfortunately, tourism here won't benefit much from the games. Most of the games venues are already tourist traps (e.g. London), and thus would have been booked to near capacity anyway. If you've ever tried to get a late hotel or restaurant reservation in London in August, you will know it's already pretty busy. You could argue that games-goers will spend more per night than other tourists, but I haven't seen any evidence for that. If London etc are busier than normal, then businesses will struggle with overcapacity. A restaurant can only service so many covers per hour; having a queue of people waiting to be seated doesn't count for much, and taking on extra staff / overtime will hurt quality, reputation and margins.
Additionally, because of the perception that the whole country is going to be crammed, advance bookings are way down in the rest of the UK, as people are worried that airports and accommodation are going to be crowded. If only.
London already has the best public transport infrastructure in the UK, and is one of the most well known cities in the world, and now we're spending tens of billions of pounds on the one city that really doesn't need it. It's actually far from the best place to hold an event for people in the UK - it's not centrally located, and is relatively hard to get to by car. Public transport is very good, but the money they have spent improving it just for the games could have built a brand new metro system in any other city. There is a strong perception that London was chosen because that's where the people making the decision are, rather than the national interest.
I've been involved in the planning for (obviously much smaller scale) events in the past, and the general modus operandi for working out "leveraged value" (the amount of money spent by attendees not counting at the event) is to claim two bed nights (before and after) for every day a person is at an event, plus three restaurant meals (evening, lunch, evening). A bit of statistical tomfoolery, and you come up with a figure for something like £1000 per person per day ticket as the additional economic benefit. Working out the actual value is strongly discouraged by the organisers, who have probably claimed match funding based on their own over-generous assessment of the leverage.
Well, as a UK tax payer, I'm bloody glad we got it, I'm glad that a huge chunk of the spending was raised by private industry and I'm I'm glad I got some tickets.
Oh, and I'm quite looking forward to the legacy too - mind you, I live in East London so you might call me biased. Who does the game benefit? Well the people who live in Stratford now have a massive shiny shopping centre, which to be honest most of them seem to love. There are parents at my kids' school who don't have a car and think it's ace. Con
Not where they are building the Olympic Village. Before work started on the village, the only thing that CCTV would have seen there would have been a bunch of kids coming in on dirt bikes and vandalising the cameras. Of course, it would then miss the kids leaving the area as deserted as it had been before.
I assume you know that most of the figures cited for the number of CCTV cameras in use in the UK are bogus, by the way. A newspaper counted the number of cameras in two fairly seedy London shopping streets, and extrapolated the number based on the total miles of road in England (including rural lanes), then Citogenesis [xkcd.com] took over and even the government started citing the inflated figure. Yes, there are about 1.85 million cameras [readytogo.net], but the majority are "inside premises, rather than facing the street". Most of the time we are not being watched on the street -- but we are if we go into retail or other business premises.
I assume you know that most of the figures cited for the number of CCTV cameras in use in the UK are bogus, by the way. A newspaper counted the number of cameras in two fairly seedy London shopping streets, and extrapolated the number based on the total miles of road in England (including rural lanes), then Citogenesis [xkcd.com] took over and even the government started citing the inflated figure. Yes, there are about 1.85 million cameras [readytogo.net], but the majority are "inside premises, rather than facing the street". Most of the time we are not being watched on the street -- but we are if we go into retail or other business premises.
Basically, if someone went and took a count of how many security cameras were in one LA shopping mall, then multiplied that number by how many malls could fit in the footprint of LA, that's how many cameras are in LA. But of course we know that number would be bullshit.
Basically, the quoted number of cameras in London does not differentiate between private property and crown land and few would argue that private property owners dont have the right to monitor their own premises.
People don't want the story filled time delayed NBC crap they want live feeds but will you need to get a uk proxy or will NBC put up the same feeds on there web site.
The 2008 Olympics had a website with most events viewable on-demand. In the US I believe it was provided by NBC, and ran on Silverlight technology. I can't remember exactly, but there may have been a premium streaming package you could pay for as well. I would imagine similar will be available for 2012.
I was actually disappointed that the 2010 Winter Olympics didn't feature the same sort of streaming coverage. Unless you had a cable package you were SOL outside of the limited primetime coverage from NBC.
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OKOBOJI - Estherville Lincoln Central gave Lakes Conference Tournament champion Spirit Lake-Okoboji a little better battle in the team's matchup on Thursday.
But SL-O still had too much and won easily 8-1 over the Midgets.
"I saw a little better play from the last time we played them," said ELC coach Larry Kirchner. "Maddy (Burns), Samantha (Rosinger) and Emily (Jorgenson) are all hitting the ball well."
Jorgenson had the only win of the night at the No. 6 singles as she defeated Anna Vos 10-7.
The next closest match came at the No. 1 singles as Bailey Hagen Lost 10-8 to Rachel Westergard.
"Bailey plays well again Rachel, but she has a few issues to get through and some areas to be strengthened for her to finish strong," said Kirchner.
In other singles, Burns lost 10-3 to Olivia Rohlk, Rosinger lost 10-3 to Natalie Delaney, Amber Schacherer los 10-1 to Heather Sorenson and Mackenzie Wilson lost 10-3 to Hannah Schoning.
In doubles, Hagen and Burns lost 10-5 to Rohlk and Delany; Schacherer and Wilson lost 10-3 to Westergard and Schoning and Rosinger and Jorgenson lost 10-4 to Vos and Ryan Petievich.
In junior varsity play, Taylor Nissen lost 8-1, Rachael Mueller lost 8-1, Kaylee Nissen lost 8-4, Macarena Cibran lost 8-0 and Emily Origer lost 8-0.
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What if someone invented a new kind of chocolate with only half the calories of normal chocolate but all the taste?
It sounds too good to be true, but researchers in Britain have discovered an innovative way for chocoholics to enjoy their favourite treat without piling on the kilograms.
Australians eat about six kilograms of chocolate per person every year, and the evidence is there for all to see in our expanding waistlines.
In the quest for healthier chocolate, Dr Stefan Bon and his colleagues from the chemistry department at Warwick University replaced half of the fat in chocolate bars with microscopic droplets of fruit juice.
The new chocolate retains many of the qualities that make chocolate so popular but without all the calories, according to their study published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry.
Lead author Dr Bon said he first came up with the concept for the chocolate project about five years ago.
In the past year he and his team concentrated on what they could do with chocolate formulations, before discovering that by infusing orange juice and cranberry juice into milk, dark, and white chocolate, they could eliminate 50 per cent of the cocoa butter and milk fats that traditionally go into the product.
The discovery "provides a great opportunity to develop exciting new chocolate-based confectionary products," Dr Bon said. "Everyone loves chocolate – but unfortunately we all know that many chocolate bars are high in fat."
The healthier version still has the melt-in-the-mouth quality chocolate fans love, he said.
"It's the fat that gives chocolate all the indulgent sensations that people crave – the silky smooth texture and the way it melts in the mouth but still has a 'snap' to it when you break it with your hand.
"We've found a way to maintain all of those things that make chocolate 'chocolatey' but with fruit juice instead of fat."
It remains to be seen whether those with a sweet tooth will soon be able to get their chocolate fix by buying the new chocolate in stores.
Dr Bon said his team had been overwhelmed with interest from all over the world and he hoped a manufacturer for the healthier chocolate was just around the corner.
"Our study is just the starting point to healthier chocolate – we've established the chemistry behind this new technique but now we're hoping the food industry will take our method to make tasty, lower-fat chocolate bars."


text: Deerfield Academy is still investigating a former teacher accused of having sexual contact with a student during his tenure, even though an alumnus has retracted public comments he made about the instructor. In a statement last month, the school said retired teacher Peter Hindle admitted to sexual contact with a student. Ian Hammon, 41, a Deerfield graduate, later told the Globe that Hindle massaged his legs in his dorm in 1988. Hammon has since retracted a separate, written statement about the encounter on his blog. In a statement Thursday, Deerfield said, "We are aware of Mr. Hammon's retraction, but our investigation continues." A school spokesman declined further comment. Hammon has not returned subsequent calls from the Globe seeking commentTravis Andersen can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @TAGlobe.


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Abstract: Otzi the Iceman, 5.300 year old Alpine "Mummy" and Forensic Science
"Otzi the Iceman", a 5,300 year old Copper Age / Neolithic man was discovered in 1991 preserved in the Similaun Pass of the Otztal Alps at 10,500 ft. between Italy and Austria.
Since 1991, extensive ongoing scientific investigations indicate that he is unique because he is practically an "archaeological site" in himself. Unlike any other human remains this old discovered to date, remarkably nearly everything of "Otzi" is preserved, including his clothing, tools, gear, weapons and even his last meals in his body. Amazing forensic science has recovered much detail about his life, the material technology he carried including a rare and precious copper axe, vital medical and bioarchaeological data including his DNA and full genome record, where he lived in the prehistoric Val Senales and reconstructions of how he was killed and even possible scenarios of causes. Not only did "Otzi" treat his own parasites, showing prehistoric human medicine, but he used and carried over 10 different tree and plant products that survived in his glacial context. Even his weapons demonstrate early archery using spiraling arrows, suggesting prehistoric knowledge of aerodynamic stabilizing technology. For those fascinated with forensic and C.S.I. investigation, "Otzi" may be the "coldest case" on record.
The lecturer (whose research has been sponsored by National Geographic) has written extensively on Otzi and has studied Otzi's tools and paleobotanical specimens in Bolzano, Italy where Otzi "resides" frozen, as well as in the Otztal Alps where he lived and was found; the lecturer was also broadcast on the 2011 "Iceman Murder Mystery" film from National Geographic / NOVA on PBS in October, 2011; was also broadcast on the prior film, "Death of the Iceman" on National Geographic Explorer TV in 2008.
Short bibliography and/or website on lecture topic:
1. Patrick Hunt, Alpine Archaeology (2007) Ariel Books, New York, esp. chs. 1-2
2. "Iceman Murder Mystery" NOVA / National Geographic Documentary, Oct. 26, 2011
3. "Death of the Iceman" National Geographic Explorer TV Special, 2008
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Trio of GW Student-Athletes Named University Outstanding Academic Achievement Awardees
Sullivan, Thomsen, Kopriva Recognized For Stellar Academics and Service
April 24, 2013
George Washington women's soccer senior Kayley Sullivan, men's tennis junior Ulrik Thomsen and men's basketball sophomore John Kopriva were honored as Outstanding Academic Achievement Awardees at the university's Academic Honors Dinner on Tuesday evening.
Each year, the George Washington University recognizes dedication to excellence in learning by honoring the Outstanding Academic Achievement Awardees - the top two percent, by GPA, of sophomores, juniors and seniors who have distinguished themselves inside and outside the classroom.
"This is a great event every year," President Steven Knapp said in welcoming remarks in the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom in front of students, their family and friends, faculty and staff. "I get to listen to stories that really bring home what we are as an institution."
Provost Steven Lerman, who also provided remarks, added, "It's through that interaction between faculty and great students that we build a great university."
The pair of Sullivan and Kopriva were recognized among the top students in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, while Thomsen was honored along with his peers in the Elliott School of International Affairs. It marks the third consecutive year Sullivan has been recognized at the event and second straight year for Thomsen.
Sullivan, from nearby Alexandria, Va., has appeared on the Athletics Academic Dean's List with a 3.0+ grade-point average, as well as the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll with a 3.5+ GPA, in each of her seven semesters at GW, including five semesters with a perfect 4.0 GPA. During the summer of 2011, Sullivan spent three weeks in Bolivia as an intern for Level Playing Field teaching youth about soccer as a tool to empower young women in the nation. She boasts a 3.98 cumulative GPA and will graduate from GW in May with a degree in psychology.
Thomsen, an international affairs major from Copenhagen, Denmark, carries a 3.91 cumulative GPA and has appeared on the Athletics Department Academic Dean's List and A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll in all five of his semesters, including two perfect 4.0 GPA semesters. He was GW Athletics' January 2013 Community Service Student-Athlete of the Month for his service to AIDS Walk and Tragedy Assistant Program for Survivors (TAPS). On the court, he has helped the men's tennis program to a pair of A-10 Championships and earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 accolades as a sophomore in 2012.
A native of Milwaukee, Wisc., Kopriva has appeared on the Athletics Academic Dean's List and Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll in each of his three semesters at GW, including a perfect 4.0 GPA in his first semester in Fall 2011. He has a 3.91 cumulative GPA as a pre-arts and sciences major who plans to study pre-med. In March 2013, Kopriva was named GW Athletics' Community Service Student-Athlete of the Month for spearheading student-athlete involvement in Lemonade Day DC, an experiential learning program that teaches youth how to start, own and operate their own business - a lemonade stand.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Groupon Inc. GRPN, -0.64% on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $81.1 million, or 12 cents a share, on revenue of $638.3 million, compared with a loss of $65.4 million, or 12 cents a share, on $492 million in sales in the same period a year ago. Groupon said its results included a loss of 7 cents a share related to a non-operational item. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast Groupon to earn 3 cents a share on revenue of almost $640 million. For its first quarter, Groupon forecast revenue between $560 million and $610 million, while analysts forecast sales of $646.8 million. Groupon's shares plunged 28% in after-hours trading following the release of its results.
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The thing that was bothering me was:
public class ContactObj { : } : public class frmContact : Form { : public ContactObj Contact { get { return myContactObj; } set { myContactObj = value; UpdateGUI(); } } : }
It was the set that was bugging me, because one could have code that written as:
var frm = new frmContact(); var contact = new Contact(); contact.First = "Kahless"; frm.Contact = contact; // Nice! We got to populate the form before display! frm.ShowDialog();
If the user changes the first name to "Alexander" in the GUI, then after the dialog returns, contact.First == "Alexander" even if the user cancels out and the dialog (assuming the dialog has both OK and Cancel buttons.
In my mind, either the Contact class should be a struct (as opposed to a class), or the UpdateObj() call in the form should only be called when OK is pressed (as opposed to for every text change event).
Any which way, though, great tutorial!
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|State Police use tips to track down alleged thieves at Hardy Lake beach
|Written by George Browning
|Wednesday, 25 July 2012 00:00
Indiana State Police with the Sellersburg post recently used tips from the public to help capture a couple of alleged thieves.
On July 10, troopers were dispatched to the Hardy Lake beach area to investigate a theft. Victims told the officers that someone had gained entry to their unlocked car and taken a wallet and other items which included an iPod, a cell phone and a GPS system. Other folks visiting the beach supplied troopers with descriptions of two young men and their car. Using those tips, troopers matched the descriptions to James Stephan Tharp, 22, Crothersville, and Eric Lee Couch, 23, Austin.
When officers arrived at Couch's residence on York Road at 10 p.m. that evening, they found the pair and most of the stolen property. The value of what was recovered was placed at up to $1,300.
Both were placed under arrest and transported to the Scott County Security Center in Scottsburg. Initial hearings for both men were conducted in Scott Superior Court on July 12. Both entered not guilty pleas and were assigned a jury trial date of October 9 and the services of a public defender.
Bond was set for each at $15,000 corporate surety or 10% cash.


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Here's something more on the Wisconsin teacher — James Buss — who was arrested for a blog comment that some read as recommending that teachers be shot. We discussed this a few days ago here.
Washington County District Attorney Todd Martens is considering whether to charge Buss with disorderly conduct and unlawful use of computerized communication systems.
"If you look at all the factors in this case, it's pretty clear it would be a mistake to charge," said Larry Dupuis, legal director of The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin. "At worst, it was somebody expressing admiration for somebody who did something reprehensible. But the more reasonable explanation is this is somebody who is trying to mock the conservative view of teacher salaries."
Police Capt. Toby Netko defended the arrest. He said the teacher who complained was disturbed by the reference to "one shot at a time" and other educators agreed it was a threat.
"What happens when you say bomb in an airport? That's free speech, isn't it?" he said. "And people are taken into custody for that all the time."
Donald Downs, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor and expert in free speech, said that "all sorts of unsavory, controversial speech" are protected by the First Amendment.
"It has to be intended to incite violence" to be illegal, Downs said. "If it's tongue-in-cheek, there's virtually no way they can claim that."
Downs added, however, that the school district might have legal grounds to discipline Buss. The teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave while his school district considers what action to take.
Buss tried for sarcasm, but not everyone gets a joke. Oddly enough, he himself was in the category of persons who are threatened, if it's a threat. Why wasn't he more worried about inspiring a troubled student to attack teachers? Probably, like many writers, he assumed people would understand his writing. But not even the other teachers understood it. That's all quite unfortunate.
Now, let me be clear about one thing — sledgehammer clear — so that no one can misread this: The man should not be charged with a crime.
And let no one think I will be coming 'round with a real sledgehammer.
UPDATE: As indicated above, the decision was made not to prosecute. Here, Buss explains himself:
Buss told police he "just wanted to see if the hate towards teachers from other posters was so strong that other posters would endorse my facetious post," the report says....
Buss, who in a statement described himself as politically "moderate," told police he misspelled words and used incorrect grammar and punctuation to enhance his characterization of "Observer" as "a right-wing zealot."
Buss told police that he did not intend his post, which he called "mischievous," as a threat, but he understood how someone could perceive it as "advocating a Columbine-like attack on schools." Buss said he posted comments on the Web site under two other names, "Jeff" and "Ditto."


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Michel Ancel's classic platformer Rayman is once again readily available, thanks to virtual vintage video game vendor Good Old Games. You can buy it now, DRM-free, for $5.99.
GOG stocks the Rayman Forever edition, which includes a level editor and 40 fan-made levels. You also get the soundtrack thrown in for free.
Though Ubisoft put Rayman on the backshelf for a few years to focus on the Raving Rabbids spin-off series, the limbless wonder is coming back into the limelight.
A gorgeous episodic Rayman series named Rayman Origins was announced for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network during E3 2010. The first part was originally due last holiday season but was delayed, though work still continues. A Nintendo 3DS version of Rayman 2 was part of the new handheld's launch line-up under the name Rayman 3D.


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Temperatures throughout the Northeast have been blazing hot these past few days. So we would expect that our top ten would turn up the heat in the quest for higher rankings. In West Friendship MD. The Pekingese, CH PalaceGarden Malachy, continued his quest for the Number One ranking with another BIS, taking today's Northeastern Maryland Kennel Club top prize. Malachy had to best the the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon, CH Fireside's Spontaneous Combustion, the Whippet, CH Starline's Chanel, the Boxer, CH Winfall Brookwood Styled Dream, the Welsh Terrier, CH Teritails National Treasure, the Pekingese, CH PalaceGarden Malachy, the Tibetan Spaniel, CH Tibroke's Kissed By A Star, the German Shepherd Dog, CH Kridler's Nutmeg V Signature. There's still lots of weekend to go, but, for at least one night, Malachy is the Number One Dog All Breeds.


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Jay Leno on Losing Tonight Show to Conan: I Was "Blindsided"
Jan 24, 2014 12:42 PM EST
As he prepares to step down once again, Jay Leno is finally speaking out about when he first lost The Tonight Show to Conan O'Brien in 2009. "I was blindsided. ... [NBC executives said], 'You're out,' and I went 'okay,'"… Read more