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By Terry and Kim Kovel
The history of valentines can be traced back to St. Valentine, who died a martyr. A feast was named for him by the Catholic Church in the year 496. Other historical or legendary sources to the holiday mention two other men named Valentine, a suggestion that the holiday descended from a Roman fertility fest, and references to the Duke of Orleans' letter in the 15th century that is considered the first valentine.
Then in the 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the first mention of love and Valentine's Day. The oldest surviving valentine dates from 1477. Now skip forward to the modern holiday and verifiable facts. By 1797, valentine cards were being homemade of paper, ribbons and lace. In 1874, Esther Howland (1824-1904) of Worcester, Mass., was the first American to make valentines to sell commercially. Soon valentines — some of them comic -were being mass-produced by companies in the style of the day, although handmade folk art cards remained popular.
Very lacy, fancy valentines were favored by the 1880s. "Vinegar Valentines" with insulting verses, also known as "Penny Dreadfuls," were popular by 1900. And from 1900 to 1930, postcards, pop-ups and mechanical valentines were fashionable. The 1930s to 1980s saw sets of printed cards to be cut out and given to each child in a classroom. And by 1975, there were cards that could play music. Save any clever cards you get this year and start a collection of old ones. Good examples still can be found.
Q: I inherited my grandmother's doll-size rocking chair, which has been in our family for years. It's made of a dark wood and is just 16 inches high. The back and seat are made of one continuous piece of thin wood attached to the frame with brass tacks. The back has a punched-hole design that includes the word "Pet" in capital letters and the letter "Y." The seat has a punched square with a star in a circle inside it. Can you tell me who made this chair and how old it is?
A: Your chair was made by Gardner & Co., which was founded in Clarksville, N.J., in 1863. Gardner was granted several patents for improvements to chair seats and frames. Chairs with perforated plywood seats were made in full size, child size and doll size. The "Pet" chair also was made in a non-rocking version. The company was in business until about 1888, when the factory burned down. Your chair was made between 1871 and 1888. The value of your doll-size chair is $100 to $125.
Q: Back in the early 1940s, my in-laws received two prints of hummingbirds as a wedding gift. They left the prints to us and I would like to learn more about them. The words on the back of each print are in French, but I can translate some of the words. They include the names of the pictured birds (one is a bearded hummingbird and the other has a forked tail) and the name of the publisher, Arthus-Bertrand. What can you tell us about the prints?
A: Arthus-Bertrand, which still is in business in Paris, was founded by Claude Arthus-Bertrand in 1803. Today it sells all sorts of jewelry, medals and decorations. Back in the early 1830s, however, Arthus-Bertrand published a book titled "The Natural History of Hummingbirds," by Rene Primevere Lesson, a French ornithologist and naturalist. The book included engraved prints of hummingbirds. The book's prints are identified on the bottom of each page, not on the back like your prints. So it is likely your prints are later copies of the prints in the book.
Q: I have a Simmons Wonder ice-cream maker that has been in my family for years. It makes one cup of ice cream. In 1924, when my mother was 6 years old, she was run over by a Model T and was in a body cast for a few weeks. During her recovery, her grandmother made ice cream for her in this ice-cream maker. Can you tell me anything about it?
A: Edward Simmons was a hardware salesman who started his own wholesale hardware company in St. Louis in 1872. The company was incorporated as Simmons Hardware Co. in 1874. Simmons sold thousands of tools and hardware items through catalog sales and was the first to issue catalogs with color photos. Wonder was one of the lines carried by the company. Its best-known brand was Keen Kutter, a name still in use. Simmons Hardware was bought by A.F. Shapleigh Hardware Co. in 1940. The value of your ice-cream maker is about $200.
Q: I recently found my grandfather's old autograph book. He was good friends with the comedians Lou Costello and Bud Abbott. The book includes their autographs as well as those of several sports figures, including Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Jimmy Braddock, Joe DiMaggio and several others. I think some of them go back to the early 1920s. What do you think these are worth?
A: The value of an autograph depends on how famous the person is and how rare the autograph is. If the celebrity or sports star rarely signed autographs, they will be harder to find today and worth more. Autographs can sell for only a few dollars or for hundreds of dollars or more. A Babe Ruth autograph sold at auction recently for more than $1,000. Autographs of famous sports stars appeal to collectors of sports memorabilia as well as to autograph collectors. If you are thinking of selling your grandfather's autograph book, you should contact auction houses that specialize in autographs or sports memorabilia to learn more about pricing.
Tip: The edges of a cut glass piece should be of even thickness, and smooth rims should be polished if the piece has not been repaired by grinding off any damaged section.
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Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.
Cut glass bowl, branch and leaf, engraved, Sinclaire, American brilliant, 8 3/4 inches, $50.
Donald Duck riding trike, "Mickey's Delivery" cart, tin litho, friction, Linemar, 6 inches, $180.
Grueby vase, green matte glaze, buds, tapered, c. 1900, 4 x 3 1/2 inches, $190.
Scrimshaw, whale's tooth, flowering plant, 1800s, 5 inches, $265.
American Indian vase, Acoma, brown, white, geometrics, double strap handle, 8 inches, $265.
Gaudy Dutch cup plate, double rose, c. 1820, 3 1/2 inches, $295.
Coffee mill, Star Mill, cast iron, red paint, commercial, 32 x 19 3/4 inches, $345.
Sterling-silver dish, hammered, scalloped petal shape, Galt and Bro., c. 1965, 10 inches, $415.
Currier & Ives print, "The American fireman, always ready," hand-colored, frame, 1858, medium folio, $780.
Arts & Crafts table, oak, paneled base, dentil border top, c. 1920, 33 x 34 inches, $1,750.
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LeAnn Rimes Shares Snippet of New Song With Twitter Fans
At the beginning of December, LeAnn Rimes was already five songs into her upcoming spring 2012 traditional country record. Though she just released 'Lady & Gentlemen' in September 2011, Rimes is taking a different angle with this new project, aiming for the simplified more stripped-down sound of traditional — and original — country tunes. Rimes will release the record this spring with her longtime label Curb Records. In a series of tweets this week, she offered fans behind-the-curtain peak at her time in the studio.
"After 18 years of albums, I never get tired of creating & always get a little nervous," the star tweeted Tuesday afternoon (March 13). "Today, I'm a kid in a candy store." Later that night, she hit Twitter again, this time sharing a little more about her progress. "Recorded three amazing songs today," she shared. "Surrounded by the best and so proud of what we're doing."
Just a day later, on Wednesday, the 29-year-old songstress sent out a message from the studio, offering a quick video clip (see below) of a computer and the audio of one of her freshl- recorded songs. Later in the afternoon, Rimes lightheartedly tweeted, "Recording a song called 'A Girl Like You' w/ all men in the studio is way awkward."
Though the 'Blue' hitmaker has been with Curb since she was just a little 11-year-old child prodigy, she'll be moving on after this record. The country songstress maintains that her decision is not related to the lawsuit Tim McGraw was embroiled in with Curb Records late last year.
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This dive is so bad, it's an affront to those who have spent quite literally minutes fine-tuning their tumbles in order to make them look convincing.
Roma stalwart Daniele de Rossi found himself in a minor tangle with Chievo defender Dario Dainelli during a damaging 1-0 defeat for i Giallorossi - but luckily the referee was on hand to diffuse the situation and move things along.
De Rossi had different ideas. Perhaps spurred on by the smallest tap on his foot from Dainelli (or perhaps not, the evidence is inconclusive), the Italian pushed himself off his rival and flung himself to the floor with limbs a'flallin. Let's just say his reaction was a little over the top.
Modern football is full of nonsense sayings like 'anticipating the contact' but this is something else. Surely a ban for De Rossi is on the cards?
Or perhaps the knowledge that Roma's top-four hopes have been seriously damaged by the defeat is enough...
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Special teams get into the act for Eagles, too
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A glaring weakness for the Philadelphia Eagles last season, special teams looks to be a strength under Chip Kelly.
Sure, it's a small sampling. But the Eagles have to start somewhere.
Under Kelly, and his first-year assistant special teams coach Dave Fipp, Philadelphia set a standard vs. Washington in the season opener. Punter Donnie Jones, signed as a free agent in the offseason, had four of his six punts downed inside the 20, and three inside the 10. The Eagles also held the Redskins to an 18.7-yard kickoff return average, and only two of the Redskins' 13 possessions began beyond their 21.
Not bad.
''The best thing they did was they all played together,'' Fipp said, referring to Monday's 33-26 win. ''We had 11 guys playing together as one, from the kicker, the punter to the gunners, everyone. When you have team coverage, good things happen.''
Philadelphia (1-0) plays host to San Diego (0-1) on Sunday.
''I thought our guys did a great job,'' Fipp said. ''We talk a lot about where we're supposed to be, how we're supposed to fit, how we work together. And they all were in the right spots.''
Fipp came to the Eagles after a long college coaching career and then stops in San Francisco (2008-10) and Miami (2011-12). He was tasked with helping units that contributed to a 4-12, last-place season a year ago in Philadelphia.
''We got a phenomenal effort out of our players,'' he said. ''They've bought into everything we've ever asked them to do.''
The feeling is mutual.
''That was a real good first game for us,'' safety Colt Anderson, the Eagles special teams MVP the past two years, said. ''It was good to get an effort like that in the first game. We did a lot of good things, but we're never satisfied.
''We just want to take what we did out there and continue to build on it.''
It wasn't that long ago that the Eagles were among the best special teams in the league. From 2000-2005, Philadelphia ranked in the top five in the league. Back then, they were under the direction of John Harbaugh, who is now the Baltimore Ravens coach.
''I know the tradition that special teams have with the Philadelphia Eagles,'' Fipp said. ''We would like to continue that.''
Kelly, an advocate of special teams, will oversee the transformation. He has devoted practice time specifically to special teams since training camp, and has spent personal time with the returners.
The Eagles have also used more starters on special teams than most others in the NFL. On Monday, safeties Patrick Chung and Nate Allen, cornerback Cary Williams and linebacker Brandon Graham were mainstays in coverage.
''Everybody's got a role on special teams and the guys do a great job embracing that when we ask,'' Fipp said. ''They all give us everything they've got. The bottom line for us is that we're going to play our best 11 guys, whoever they are.''
NOTES: As expected, the Eagles ruled cornerback Bradley Fletcher (concussion) and tackle Dennis Kelly (back) out for Sunday's game, the home opener. Fletcher suffered the concussion in the second half Monday. Kelly had back surgery last month. ... The Eagles, who host Kansas City next Thursday, will play two home games in the course of five days. ... Philadelphia won its home opener last season, over Harbaugh and the Ravens.
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Only four Florida banks failed in 2013, just half of the previous year's total and the lowest number in five years.
None of the community banks based in Sarasota, Manatee or Charlotte counties were closed last year, marking a 17-month stretch since the last of nine local lenders bit the dust during the Great Recession and its aftermath.
But Florida is still not a healthy place, for many lenders. The state is home to the nation's third-highest percentage of troubled institutions, according to analyst BauerFinancial Inc., and ranks near the bottom for the number of healthiest banks.
"It has been quite a ride over the past five years since the banking crisis began," said Karen Dorway, president of BauerFinancial. "While the industry continues to shrink, financial institutions that remain continue to get stronger."
Profits at Florida's 200 banks and thrifts reached $365 million in the third quarter, a 25 percent jump from the year before.
But one out of every five of those lenders are still losing money — sagging under the weight of bad real estate deals that saddled them with million of dollars in bad loans.
Even that percentage is a marked improvement, however, from the bottom of the recession. State banks lost $6.4 billion, and 58 of them failed, from 2008 through 2011.
Bauer grades nearly 25 percent of Florida's banks as "troubled and problematic," behind only Georgia and South Carolina. Nationwide, just 7.6 percent of the banks are considered troubled. The analyst also placed just 44.7 percent of Florida banks on its recommended list, well off the 72 percent rate for the U.S. as a whole.
There have been some notable improvements, however. Parrish-based 1st Manatee Bank was upgraded from four to five stars, Bauer's highest grade, in its third-quarter report card. It is the region's second bank, joining Florida Shores Bank-Southwest in Venice, to earn Bauer's "superior" mark.
"Our credit quality is very strong for the size of the bank," said president and chief executive Lewis Benner, whose bank has grown its loan business 10 percent over the year, in part by working with government-backed lending programs overseen by the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Agriculture Department.
"We're very encouraged with the success we've had, and expect that to flow right into the future," he said. "One of the strategies the bank took this year directed focusing on small business."
Working through the government programs allowed the bank to make more and bigger loans, he said.
"That enhances our ability to deal with slightly larger customers, and the guarantee program allows us to kind of recycle the same capital," Benner said.
In contrast, Sarasota's The Bank of Commerce remains the region's only lender rated at "zero" stars, the analyst's lowest grade. The bank lost $531,000 through three quarters of 2013 and it remains under a regulatory order to elevate its capital levels.
Bauer rated 15 other Florida-based banks at zero stars, two fewer than last quarter. That represents 7.5 percent of the state's banks and thrifts.
Sabal Palm Bank of Sarasota was the sole local bank that was downgraded in Bauer's latest report. The bank lost 1/2 of a star for a three-star, or "adequate," score after posting a $1.3 million loss in the quarter.
Maintaining their four-star, or "excellent," ratings were First America Bank of Bradenton; Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida, in Sarasota; Insignia Bank of Sarasota; and Calusa National Bank, of Punta Gorda.
Holding at 3 1/2 stars, or "good," were Charlotte State Bank & Trust of Port Charlotte, and Englewood Bank & Trust.
Two out-of-town banks that operate local offices were upgraded, as well. First Bank climbed from two to three stars, while Florida Bank moved from one to two stars.
One credit union also got a bump. Everence Credit Union of Pennsylvania, which has a branch in Sarasota's Pinecraft neighborhood, increased from three to four stars.
Twenty-one percent of Florida's 200 institutions were in the red as of Sept. 30, down from 31 percent in 2012 and 49 percent in 2011, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported.
But by way of comparison, just 8.6 percent of the nation's banks were unprofitable in the third quarter. The state's third-quarter profits were up from $296 million in the second quarter and from $292 million one year earlier.
"Florida banks have not recovered from the banking crisis as quickly as the banks of the other Southeastern states because of the higher level of building in Florida during the boom years of the early 2000s," investment banker Benjamin C. Bishop Jr., of Allen C. Ewing & Co., said in a recent report.
Nationwide, regulators shut down 24 banks in 2013, compared with 51 in 2012, 92 in 2011, 157 in 2010 and 140 in 2009.
The nation's 6,891 financial institutions earned $36 billion in the third quarter last year, a nearly 4 percent decline over the comparable 2012 period. That was the first time in 17 quarters that earnings suffered a year-over-year decline.
The FDIC said lower revenue from reduced mortgage activity, together with lower gains on asset sales, contributed to the reduction in earnings. Interestingly, half of the FDIC-insured institutions reported year-over-year profit growth, while half showed declines.
"Most of the positive trends we have been seeing in industry performance continued in the third quarter," FDIC chairman Martin J. Gruenberg said.
"Fewer institutions reported quarterly losses, lending grew at a modest pace, credit quality continued to improve, more banks came off the 'Problem List,' and fewer banks failed," he said.
The agency's list of troubled banks shrank from 553 to 515 during the quarter. The total is down from its peak of 888 in early 2011.
Southwest Florida banks doing better but....
Only four Florida banks failed in 2013, just half of the previous year's total and the lowest number in five years.


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Submission + - Gmail is getting a new look (blogspot.com)
bhagwad writes: "The Gmail blog informs us of upcoming changes to Gmail as part of a "Google wide effort" to make their interfaces better aligned with today's expectations. Looks like Gmail is getting the same brush up that the search pages have gotten recently. You can test out the new look by going to "themes" in the settings and selecting one of the two new looks that Gmail is handing out."


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Sprint LTE Coverage Set for Paris, Texas, and 27 More Small Markets
Sprint has added another 28 cities to its plodding LTE expansion as it scrambles to match the much larger 4G footprints of rivals Verizon and AT&T. Among the cities scheduled for commercial 4G LTE "in the coming months": Paris, Texas; Decatur, Ala.; Winona, Minn.; Homosassa Springs, Fla.; and Glasgow, Ky.
Not what you'd call major markets, but progress is progress. And at this point Sprint needs to push its Network Vision plan ahead as quickly as it can. The company currently has LTE service available in just 49 cities, with 200 more in the works. And it has pledged to blanket its entire 3G footprint in LTE by year's end.
That's an aggressive schedule. And it doesn't take into account unforeseen complications like those that have waylaid Sprint's LTE rollout in the past. Recall that, last summer, Sprint blamed birds for slowing its LTE progress. "We've got several hundred sites that are done and ready to turn on and we're waiting for backhaul," Sprint Networks Operations President Steve Elfman said at the time. "And we've got several hundred others that … have birds nesting on them. Once the birds leave, we'll be able to turn those sites on."


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You've searched high and low - far and wide - and finally found the perfect design for your wedding cake. You have also carefully chosen the perfect baker and now your thoughts turn to how to top it off. Traditionally, a cake topper showcases a blushing bride and handsome groom looking like the picture of perfection. Today, there are so many styles of cake toppers to choose from -- that you can be sure you'll find just the right one to fit in with your wedding theme and personal style.
If you want your wedding to have a more relaxed feel to it, you might like to select a topper that shows the bride and groom in a more candid pose, verses the formal one that may come to mind. Here at Charming Chick we have many unique and striking ways for you to top off your wedding cake. We are pleased to offer many styles for you to choose from; one of our favorites isa figurine of an adorable couple eating cake.
If you are looking for a cake topper that is going to have a personal touch to it; one which is elegant and completely classy -- you might like to choose a silver monogram topper. This can go with just about any theme and can be beautifully displayed in your home, after the wedding.
Another way to really personalize your cake is to use a photo heart cake topper. Photo cake toppers are quickly becoming one of the hottest trends in weddings today. These toppers are stunning and they will have people talking. Another great thing is that you won't have to tuck it away after the big day. It can be displayed in your home or office and enjoyed for many years to come.
When selecting a cake topper be sure it something that you will love and one which really compliments the cake you have selected.


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Ben Affleck Will Play Batman in Superman/Batman Film
Get your torches and pitchforks ready!
In a press release earlier today, Warner Bros. confirmed that Oscar-winning writer/director Ben Affleck has been confirmed to play the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in the upcoming "Man of Steel" following up, the first time both Superman and Batman will appear in the same film. In the official statement on their Facebook page, Warner Bros said,
Ending weeks of speculation, Ben Affleck has been set to star as Batman, a.k.a. Bruce Wayne. Affleck and filmmaker Zack Snyder will create an entirely new incarnation of the character in Snyder's as-yet-untitled project—bringing Batman and Superman together for the first time on the big screen and continuing the director's vision of their universe, which he established in "Man of Steel." The announcement was made today by Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, and Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.
The studio has slated the film to open worldwide on July 17, 2015.
The 41-year-old Affleck is 11 years older than his co-star Henry Cavill, changing the normal dynamic from the comics where Superman and Batman are usually portrayed as being close in age. Rumors of Warner Bros wanting an older Batman have been going around for a few weeks now, leading to rumors of actors like "Castle" star Nathan Fillion being a contender for the role.
Honestly, I don't like this. I'm really concerned for the movie. The last time Affleck tried to play a superhero was as the title character in Marvel's "Daredevil", a film widely considered to be one of the worst superhero movies made. Affleck is an amazing writer and director, but as an actor he's never been truly impressive. I loved "Man of Steel", and was excited about the prospect of finally seeing Batman and Superman on the big screen together, but I knew the project would rest entirely on who would be the new Batman. And knowing who that is now, my hopes are, for the time being, greatly damaged.


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Super Sauerkraut from Awesome Specialty Foods in Hyde Park
A Dutchess County purveyor of natural probiotic goodies and other tasty foods
Not to get all science-y, but there's been a lot of talk lately about the importance of a healthy gut, and how we should pay attention to the trillions of microscopic bugs working down there in the dark to keep our immune systems pumped up, our digestion running smoothly, and horrible diseases at bay. Probiotic foods, like sauerkraut and other naturally fermented vegetables, replenish those bugs. Most supermarket sauerkraut is pasteurized, which kills the beneficial bacteria. But Sauerkraut Made in a Barrel by Awesome Specialties, which I discovered in the Awesome Country store during a mad dash through the Poughkeepsie Galleria around Christmas, is cured with kosher salt and absolutely teeming with the good guys. It tastes terrific, too.
Paul and Loraine Murwin, the couple behind Awesome Specialties, started out selling rubs and seasoning blends with excited names like Yikes!, Wow!, and Gobs of Garlic! along with dry soups and chili mixes. The enterprise morphed into Awesome Specialties about three years ago, when Loraine was "missing the whole fresh-fruits-and-veg thing," she says. "I always loved canning and making jams and jellies, like my mother and my grandmother." Now, she says, the fastest-selling products are the jarred ones, and (back to probiotics here) many of those are pickled vegetables. If it grows, Loraine evidently pickles it, so you'll find a selection of kirby cucumber pickles along with Brussels sprouts, asparagus, peppers, garlic scapes, okra, onions, cauliflower, beans, watermelon rind — even eggs.
Other goodies from the company include relishes, salsas, marinaras, barbecue sauces, dips, spreads, condiments (horseradish mustard sounds good), and, not least, Loraine's prize-winning Apple Pie Without the Crust, which she suggests putting on pancakes or waffles, or mixing with yogurt. Choose live-culture yogurt, and we're back to probiotics yet again.
Awesome's Web site, awesomespecialty.com, is a riot of type styles, colors, caps and exclamation points, and if you're not sick of the word "awesome" yet, this could tip you over the top. But if their chunky, fresh-tasting sauerkraut is anything to go by, Awesome's foods are, in fact, pretty awesome.
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China has launched its first space lab as part of its preparations for the construction of a fully-fledged manned space station.
The unmanned Tiangong-1 craft took off from the Jiuquan spaceport in the Gobi Desert at 13:16 GMT on Thursday.
The 10.5m-long laboratory is designed to test orbital docking, a skill vital for the success of any future space station. China plans to build a 60-tonne orbital platform by 2020.
The lab will orbit the Earth for about one month before conducting docking tests with the unmanned Shenzhou-8 spacecraft.
If the first test is a success the Chinese will conduct two further tests with manned spacecraft, Shenzhou-9 and Shenzhou-10, over the next two years. The lab has room for two to three astronauts to live and work.
Tiangong means "heavenly palace" in Chinese.
China was the third country after Russia and the United States to develop the technology to successfully send and return astronauts to space.
The China National Space Administration sent its first astronaut, Yang Liwei, in to orbit in 2003. The construction of a space station would further cement China's position as a serious player in space exploration.
The liftoff comes as the United States appears to have scaled back its ambitions. Nasa retired its 30-year old space shuttle programme over the summer and is now reliant on Russia to send supplies and crew to the International Space Station (ISS)


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1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Minutes from October, 2011
4. Rebecca McPhail Randolph, Vision Shared - updates on unemployment data and programs that offer jobs.
5. Angel Moore , Deputy Secretary of Commerce ; Discuss programs that offer new jobs and current unemployment data, retraining for new jobs
6. Karen Price, President of the Manufacturer's Association; discuss what the Manufacturer's Association is doing about partnering with organizations such as the Department of Education in preparing a future work force for West Virginia.
7. Kathy D'Antoni, Assistant Superintendent of Schools ; discuss their interaction with WorkForce
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Blood tests that hunt for an enzyme that spikes in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer may offer a cheaper and more reliable way to find and treat the nation's top cancer killer, a new study suggests.
A study published this week in the journal Clinical Cancer Research says the enzyme isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH 1) can be readily detected in the blood of patients with early non-small-cell lung cancer. The newly identified "biomarker" may offer a means of screening for lung cancer with fewer false positives than low-radiation CT scans, which have recently come into broad use to screen for the disease.
The Chinese researchers conducted blood tests on close to 1,000 patients already diagnosed with lung cancer and an additional 500 healthy control patients. By looking for high levels of IDH 1 alone, the researchers were able to detect non-small-cell lung cancer in roughly 76.2% of subjects who had lung cancer. And all but 23% of those who tested positive for lung cancer by that measure did, in fact, have the disease.
This combination of what cancer researchers call "sensitivity and specificity" -- the ability to accurately detect disease without high rates of false positives -- makes testing the blood for IDH 1 a plausible alternative to low-dose CT scanning for smokers and those deemed at high risk of developing lung cancer.
Though CT scanning is able to detect lung cancer with high reliability in those who have it, 96.4% of those who turned up worrisome findings were not, in fact, sick. That makes it important to find an adjunct or a cheaper alternative to CT scanning that results in fewer false positives.
Testing the blood for IDH 1 is inexpensive, does not require a high level of laboratory expertise, and requires a small amount of blood, the researchers said. And the measure can be made even more reliable in diagnosing lung cancer if labs also look for three other cancer markers alongside IDH 1, the researchers concluded.


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|September 3, 2014
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|Minneapolis, Minn.
Luther improved to 3-0 as it defeated Augsburg College 2-1 tonight in Minneapolis.
In a match that was relatively even in total shots and saves, Jon Gednalske broke loose for two goals for the Norse. Gednalske gave Luther a 1-0 lead at 25:43 assisted by Martin Stalberger, and then scored the game winner unassisted at 88:25. Gednalske, who missed a good chunk of the season last year due to an injury, has produced a team best three goals.
Peter Wright and Tommy Breen once again split time in front of the nets. Combined they posted five saves.
At the other end of the field, the Norse tallied 13 shots, eight that were on goal.
Luther returns to action on the road this Saturday, Sept. 6 when it will travel to Waldorf College for a 7:00 p.m. match. This match will be video streamed by Waldorf at - http://new.livestream.com/waldorfcollegestream
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Celebrating the life of Dan Giguere, who died in a car accident last week.
Skateboards and bikes were piled in the church lobby Saturday during the memorial service to celebrate the life of Dan Giguere.
The seats at First Baptist Church were full during the service, with more people standing in the back of the church balcony. A man much loved by his family and many in the community, Giguere was 35 when he died in a car accident on U.S. 41 last week.
He was a beloved coach at the Sarasota School for Arts and Sciences, where he taught physical education and coached basketball. His impact extended through his outspoken passion for skateboarding, which he used to reach children and promote the well-being of student athletes. He started a skateboard team at the school and a non-profit called Sk8skool, which later took over operation of Sarasota's Payne Skatepark.
His students called him Coach Dan or D-Money.
"He was the money," said his long-time friend, Greg Mulhollen during the service. "He was the money at being a husband and a dad."
Giguere lived in Bradenton with his wife, Alexandra Giguere, and their three young boys: Daniel, 7, Andre, 2 and Jean-Paul, 1.
"I love him very dearly," Alexandra Giguere said. "And yes, he gave everything he had to this family."
With Alexandra and the three boys left without husband and father, friends have stepped in with donations to meet the family's immediate needs and start college funds for the boys.
His mother, Paula Giguere, recalled the times they all spent at the beach and how he loved to play in the sand with his children. While they needed healing, she said they will carry on his name.
"Dan's mantra was 'make it happen,'" his mother said said. "And he did, every day."
The service celebrating Giguere's life included scripture readings and hymns, Bob Marley's "One Love" and the school's 8th grade chorus singing Beyonc�'s "Halo."
A friend and an inspirational role model to many of his students, Giguere was known for his kindness, willingness to make people laugh and skill as an athlete. When a video with pictures of Giguere played during the service, there were giggles in the crowd seeing him dressed as a ninja and goofing around with his friends and family.
"Somehow, I think Dan knew life was too short," said Matthew Blanchard, Giguere's friend since middle school. "I didn't know how he got so much done every day."
When it came time to leave, the family, friends and students walked, rode or skated to Payne Park for a candlelight vigil. Armed with enough glow sticks for everyone, the crowd lit up Main Street as they moved toward the park where Giguere had spent many hours with them.


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The Little Mermaid
Who can resist singing along whenever "Part of Your World" starts playing? While Disney films have always featured music, it's "The Little Mermaid" that's credited with bringing Broadway into cartoons—a move that was honored by Academy and Golden Globes awards for best original score and song, respectively. What's more, this film about a fish out of water revived the Disney Animation Studios and spurred on the Disney Renaissance, which led to a period in which some of the most successful and beloved animated films were made. Ariel herself was revolutionary as the first princess to be characterized as spunky and rebellious.
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My Neighbor Totoro
Hayao Miyazaki is often referred to as the "Walt Disney of Japan" and Studio Ghibli—the film and animation studio he co-founded—is known for turning out hits as reliably as Pixar. One of Ghibli's earliest works is not to be missed by parents or children. "My Neighbor Totoro" follows the story of two sisters who move to an old house to be closer to their hospital-ridden mother. The creatures that fill the house and the surrounding woods were seemingly drawn with the explicit purpose of melting your heart. We dare you to watch the movie and not wish for a totoro—a cross between a Russian nesting doll and a rotund rabbit that likes to wear leaves for hats—of your very own.
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Beauty and the Beast
As the crown jewel of the Disney Renaissance, "Beauty and the Beast" has been at the top of best-of lists since it was released to universal critical acclaim in 1991. It was the first animated movie to ever be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, along with five other categories. The fact that it won Best Original Score and Best Song is a testament to the musical genius of the soundtrack. But it is Belle, whose bravery and independence helped redefine the meaning of a Disney princess, that truly makes the movie. Bookish and fairly odd (as we are told by an entire singing village), Belle continues to serve as an inspiration to girls who feel most at home in the library.
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The Lion King
When we asked our Twitter followers to name their favorite animated movie, the overwhelming answer was "The Lion King." This animal tale was the first Disney animated feature to be made from an original story rather than an existing fairy tale. And despite featuring the most tear-jerking death scene since "Bambi," "The Lion King" has won over audiences and critics alike. It is the 18th highest-grossing movie of all time and snagged two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and Song and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture in the musical or comedy category. It's good to be the king!
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The Iron Giant
Before joining with Pixar to make family faves like "The Incredibles" and "Ratatouille," Brad Bird worked on a little gem called "The Iron Giant." This retro-cool picture has the heart of "E.T." and the sensibility of a '50s sci-fi flick. The story follows a lonely boy who discovers a giant robot. Although it is set during the Cold War, the family portrayed here is thoroughly modern with both single parents and blended families represented. While "The Iron Giant" did not get any Golden Globes or Oscar love—the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was only established in 2001—it did go on to win a slew of science fiction awards, including a Hugo Award, the Nebula Award and several Annie Awards, which are given for accomplishments in animation.
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You may not be aware of just how much this subversive little fairytale changed the landscape of animated movies. "Shrek" set the trend for a script embedded with adult-oriented jokes and obvious pop culture references—a formula that practically every CGI film has followed since. "Shrek" won the first ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and all three sequels in the franchise populate the list of the highest-grossing films of all time.
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Spirited Away
This is yet another brilliant offering from Miyazaki. Like everything from Studio Ghibli, "Spirited Away" is a sumptuous visual feast. The film follows ten-year-old Chihiro who, after witnessing her parents transformed into pigs, must navigate a spirit world; think "Alice in Wonderland" set in a Japanese bathhouse. Along with critical accolades, "Spirited Away" took home the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, making it the only international movie to do so, to date.
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Finding Nemo
If you have young children, you probably own "Nemo." That's because after only a decade after its release, this touching film has already established itself as a timeless classic. But the lasting appeal isn't all that surprising, given that "Finding Nemo" is the 23rd highest grossing movie of all time. We love the portrayal of neurotic single-dad Marlin who, like any parent, would go to the ends of the earth—or ocean—to find his son. "Finding Nemo" earned a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture and the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
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Who would have thought that one of the most touching love stories of all time could be told in five minutes? Right from the get-go, "Up" tugged at our heartstrings with a montage that takes us through Ellie and Carl's life together, from their marriage to Ellie's death. After the emotional whallop of the beginning, "Up" pairs up two of the most unlikely protagonists on a humorous and healing adventure. "Up" became the second animated film to ever be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Though it lost in the category, the film took home Oscars in two out of its five nominations, as well as two Golden Globe Awards.
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Toy Story (1, 2, 3)
We may be cheating by lumping all three installments of this franchise together, but we just can't choose! After all, as the first computer-animated film, "Toy Story" launched the Pixar we all know and love and paved the path for all future CGI films. "Toy Story 2" proved that a sequel could really be just as good as, if not better than, the original. And "Toy Story 3"was a poignant and honest reflection on the bittersweet experience of growing up that was a worthy wrap-up of the trilogy. Collectively, the series was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and earned four Golden Globes. "Toy Story 3" took home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, but it was also nominated for Best Picture, making it the third animated film to ever be recognized in the category.
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Not only is "Brave" Pixar's first fairy tale, it is also the studio's first movie to feature a female protagonist and the first to include a female director. Though Mark Andrews ultimately replaced Brenda Chapman as director, her mark on the movie is easily discernable and her vision gives the tale heart. "Brave" was originally inspired by Chapman's relationship with her daughter, and as a result, the way the spirited Merida continually butts heads with her more traditional mother rings especially true. The film won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film and a Golden Globe in the same category.
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Wreck-It Ralph
"Wreck-It Ralph" is a love letter to gamers of every age, whether their console of choice is an old-school Atari or an X-Box. The film follows the titular character, a villain in a vintage arcade game along the lines of "Donkey Kong," who aspires to be the hero. In his quest, he travels through various games, new and old. While parents who grew up on Pac Man and Super Mario Brothers will definitely be hit with a wave of nostalgia, the film also stands on its own with a clever script, empathetic characters and an ending full of emotional pay-off. "Wreck-It-Ralph" lost out to "Brave" at the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards, but it did snag Best Animated Feature at the Annie Awards.


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Loan Prospector June 23 Release
April 24, 2013
In response to your feedback, we are working closely with you to help you create a more efficient loan manufacturing process that can provide greater purchase certainty in the loans you sell to Freddie Mac. To support this, we are implementing a series of Loan Prospector® updates to provide more details on Freddie Mac's loan eligibility information. These updates will also support your success under the new representation and warranty framework. On June 23, 2013, we will update Loan Prospector to provide specific details in our purchase eligibility feedback messages.
Detailed Purchase Restriction Feedback Messages
Beginning June 23, 2013, loan submissions and resubmissions to Loan Prospector that are returned with a purchase restriction will receive enhanced purchase eligibility feedback messages. You will be able to use these messages to help determine why the loan is receiving a purchase restriction. The message enhancements include:
- Adding more loan product-specific purchase restriction information.
- Updating the messages to further align with purchase eligibility messages returned in the selling system.
- Providing detailed information about loan eligibility earlier in the loan origination process.
- For example, the current message indicates a total loan-to-value (TLTV) violation which requires additional analysis. The enhanced message provides the TLTV of the loan, the associated program, and what limit has been exceeded.
Mortgage Products That Will Receive the New Purchase Restriction Feedback Messages
The messages will provide specific information on what is causing the purchase restriction for the following mortgage products and/or combination of loan characteristics:
- LTVs, TLTVs, and HTLTVs for the mortgage type
- Freddie Mac Relief Refinance MortgagesSM
- Home Possible® Mortgages
- Investment Properties
- Super Conforming Mortgages
- Manufactured Homes
- 1-unit Primary Residences
- 2-4 unit Primary Residences
- ARMs
- Temporary Subsidy Buydowns
- Construction Conversion and Renovation Mortgages
To prepare for the Loan Prospector June 23 release:
- Check out a preview of the new purchase eligibility feedback messages.
- Review a sample Loan Prospector Full Feedback Certificate with the new feedback messages.
Additional Resources
- Check out the Freddie Mac Learning Center for customer education resources and available training.


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Strawberry-Basil Vinegar Recipe
The mild, fruity flavor of this strawberry vinaigrette complements any tossed salad. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- 4 cups fresh strawberries, hulled
- 4 cups white wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 1 cup loosely packed basil leaves
- Place strawberries in a food processor; cover and process until pureed. Transfer to a large glass bowl; add vinegar and lemon peel. Place 1/4 cup basil in a small bowl.
- With a mortar or a wooden spoon, crush basil until aromas are released. Repeat with remaining basil; stir into strawberry mixture. Cover and let stand in a cool dark place for up to 3 days, stirring once daily.
- Line a strainer with four layers of cheesecloth or one coffee filter and place over a large saucepan. Strain vinegar into pan (do not press out solids). Discard solids.
- Heat vinegar to 180° over medium heat. Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner. Yield: 5 half-pints.
Editor's Note: The processing time listed is for altitudes of 1,000 feet or less. Add 1 minute to the processing time for each 1,000 feet of additional altitude. To make a vinaigrette, combine 1 part vinegar with 1 part oil. Toss with fresh spinach, sliced fresh strawberries and toasted walnuts for a refreshing salad.
Originally published as Strawberry-Basil Vinegar in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2010, p214
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SAUGERTIES >> Winnie Auto Sales had its operations suspended for 30 days, but a new business called WW Auto Sales is operating in the same location, according to the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
Owner Derek Winnie, however, said he closed Winnie Auto Sales on U.S. Route 9W approximately 60 days ago and is operating WW Auto Sales in the same location with a partner. He said the business is awaiting its new signs.
Peter Bucci, a public information officer for the state Department of Motor Vehicles, said in an email last week that Winnie Auto Sales received a civil penalty of $1,500 and was suspended for a period of 30 days effective June 11. The penalty and suspension were the result of a violation of the state Vehicle and Traffic Law, section 415-9(c) of having committed fraud or a fraudulent practice, or having practiced dishonest or misleading advertising, he said.
"The case was initiated by a complaint from a potential purchaser who said Winnie Auto Sales provided a Carfax in August 2010 for a 2005 Volkswagen which was modified to cover up structural/frame damage," Bucci said in an email.
Winnie, when reached by phone last week, said his business had not been suspended. He said his business was still operating and was just undergoing a name change because he was taking on a partner. That partner was someone who has worked for him for many years, Winnie said.
"We're still selling cars," Winnie said.
On Wednesday afternoon, Winnie added that Winnie Auto Sales had actually been closed approximately 60 days ago and he and his partner were operating WW Auto Sales.
Stacy Wood, a public information officer for the state Department of Motor Vehicles, confirmed via email Monday that Winnie Auto Sales had been suspended. She added that the business currently operating on U.S. Route 9W in that location is WW Auto Sales.
"That business is owned by a person other than the person who owned Winnie Auto Sales," Wood wrote. She said WW Auto Sales' amendment to move its operations to that location is still pending state Department of Motor Vehicles review. Wood said WW Auto Sales is allowed to operate while that amendment is reviewed, though Winnie Auto Sales is suspended and not allowed to legally sell autos.
"WW Auto Sales is owned by one individual, who is not Derek Winnie," Wood wrote in another email. "It is not Derek Winnie changing the name of his business."
In 2011, Winnie was charged by state police at Ulster with forging documents in connection with the sale of a vehicle. He was charged with the felonies of falsifying business records, criminal possession of a forged instrument, offering a false instrument for filing, forgery, tampering with public records, and scheming to defraud, police said at the time.
Winnie said those felonies were later reduced to a single misdemeanor charge.


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UH West Oʻahu duo to co-produce sequel to internationally acclaimed film documentaryUniversity of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu
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UH West Oʻahu (UHWO) Professor Louis Herman and Executive Producer Chris Conybeare of the Center for Labor Education & Research (CLEAR) will co-produce "Primal Quest," a high-definition, full-length feature film sequel to the internationally acclaimed, award-winning "The Great Dance: A Hunter's Story." Herman and Conybeare will work with award-winning filmmakers Craig and Damon Foster in the production. This ground-breaking documentary was heralded for its epic portrayal of the rare "running hunt" of the Kalahari San Bushman and for showcasing some of the wisdom of the oldest indigenous culture on Earth. "Primal Quest" is being prepared for a worldwide cinema and television release as part of a larger educational package which includes a scholarly book and a permanent educationally enhanced website, articulated with courses at a variety of university campuses."Primal Quest" picks up where "The Great Dance" left off. It follows the central character !Nqate Namqabe and his companions on the first-ever Bushman anthropological expedition to the West — through the mainland United States to Hawaiʻi. This reverse anthropology offers a view of the Western world through the eyes of modern hunter-shaman. "It is very exciting to be working on a project that connects UHWO and Hawaiʻi with two of Africa's finest filmmakers — Craig and Damon Foster — and to have an opportunity to create cutting-edge HD media resources for an international audience as well as the classroom," said UH West Oʻahu Professor Louis Herman. "In telling the story, ʻPrimal Quest' creates a dynamic between primal and scientific cultures that illuminates the human condition at a time of planetary crisis and suggests a shared path forward for shaman and scientist, hunter and businessman."The film production for "Primal Quest" will follow the model of the Fosters' original work "The Great Dance," which was the first film to have been fully developed through production and post-production by the San Bushmen themselves. Research and development for the documentary was completed with the help of a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The production team is now actively seeking completion funding and welcomes collaboration. Dr. Herman grew up in South Africa and has spent much of the last 15 years studying Bushman culture and its significance for industrial civilization. Chris Conybeare has a long and distinguished career in media production. He produced the program "Rice & Roses" for CLEAR and was executive producer of News and Public Affairs at Hawaiʻi Public Television.For more information, visit http://socrates.uhwo.hawaii.edu/SocialSci/louisher/LHerman-Quest.html or contact Dr. Herman at (808) 255-5994 or firstname.lastname@example.com or Chris Conybeare at (808) 255-6288 or email@example.com UH West O'ahuLast fall, UH West Oʻahu became a four-year, comprehensive university when it served its first class of freshmen. The university offers quality education, small classes and personalized attention at convenient locations. A new campus in the City of Kapolei is scheduled to serve students in fall 2011. For more information about UH West Oʻahu, visit uhwo.hawaii.edu or call 454-4700 or toll-free (866) 299-8656.About CLEARCLEAR serves as the clearinghouse for labor education matters in the state of Hawaiʻi and provides credit and non-credit labor studies courses, and labor-related research and educational services for workers and their organizations.
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Colleen Williams is $40 richer today.
And she hasn�t even signed her first professional contract yet.
The former Hopewell Valley High School standout was taken in the fourth round by the Washington Spirit in the inaugural National Women�s Soccer League draft Friday.
The University of Dayton senior will be teammates with Princeton University graduate Diana Matheson, who was recently allocated to the Spirit from the U.S. National team.
Williams, a three-time All-America and Dayton�s all-time leading scorer, was one of just 32 collegiate players selected into America�s newest women�s professional soccer league. Each of the league�s eight teams was allowed to pick four college players after being allocated with national team players from the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Once her name appeared on Twitter, which followed the draft, her mind wandered back a decade when the Williams clan was enjoying dinner at Joe�s Crab Shack in Lawrenceville.
�I literally have the memory of a fish, I don�t remember anything, ever,� an excited Williams said from Ohio. �But there�s one memory I�ve never forgotten. When I was 12 my whole family was at dinner. I guarantee none of them remember this because it was so insignificant to them but to me it stuck.
�We�re at dinner and my parents asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I said I wanted to be a professional soccer player. My brothers (Brett and Bryan) just started laughing at me and started busting them on me. They said �We�ll both bet you 20 dollars that will never come true.� So I made the bet. They�re saying they don�t remember it, but I�m getting my money.�
First she will have to come back to earth after realizing her lifelong dream.
�I�m floating on Cloud Nine,� Williams said. �It hasn�t settled in. I don�t even know what I�m feeling. My roommates are taking me out to celebrate, maybe (this) morning it will sink in a little more.�
Williams set her alarm for 9 a.m. � quite early for a college student � and got on twitter to watch the draft unfold. After three rounds, her hopes sunk.
�Once the third round was over, I was like �Oh great, I�m not getting drafted,�� Williams said. �Only 32 college girls were going, and they had taken 24. But then I was the 26th taken.
�We were all in my room. It was unbelievable, just really exciting seeing my name pop up. You�re so nervous about something like that. It determines whether you�re gonna be a professional soccer player or not. It�s nerve-wracking.�
In Williams� case it was not just a matter of getting drafted. The Spirit wants her at the start of practice next month, as the season starts in mid-April.
Thus, Williams had to ask all her professors if she could either complete her workload early or work with them through the internet from D.C. Every professor gave their blessing.
Next up is for Williams to negotiate a contract. A business major at Dayton, she will forego an agent and do her own haggling. She won�t ask her brothers to help, considering their financial disaster at Joe�s Crab Shack 10 years ago.
Once she signs, a professional career will officially be launched for the woman whose father � Dave �Doc� Williams � originally wanted to name her Silver.
�Can you believe that?� Williams said. �He was like an old hippie, he thought that would be cool.�
Well, for Doc�s sake, let�s say it just this once � his Silver struck gold Friday.
Williams wasn�t the only product from the highly successful FC Bucks Vipers club team taken in the inaugural National Women�s Soccer League draft.
Williams� former teammate � Princeton University�s Jen Hoy � was also one of the 32 college players taken in the draft. Hoy was picked in the fourth round by the Chicago Red Stars and was the lone Ivy League player selected.
�Today�s her birthday too,� Tigers coach Julie Shackford said. �I�m so excited for her and the opportunity she�ll get. I�m living vicariously through her.�
Hoy was the Ivy League Player of the Year and helped Princeton to the league title and an NCAA win by scoring 18 goals, the second best season total in school history. Shackford felt the only possible obstacle to the Germantown Academy graduate getting drafted would be how NWSL teams viewed the Ivy League.
�Mock drafts had her lower than how she was drafted,� the coach said. �But she�s always performed at every level.
�Jen�s a phenomenal kid, a beautiful athlete. She�s quite possibly the best athlete I�ve ever seen here. And she�s only scratched the surface of her ability. I�m thrilled for her because she has the ability to play at that level.�
Another local product selected was former Pennington School and North Carolina star Amber Brooks. The Portland Thorns took her in the third round.
Brooks also recently signed a contract with German giants FC Bayern Munich Ladies.
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Free-to-air TV: Friday, March 1
The Doctor Blake Mysteries, ABC1, 8.30pm
THE only problem with The Doctor Blake Mysteries is that as the series tries, and succeeds, in replicating and giving us a truer sense of Australia in the late 1950s, due to legislation no one is ever seen smoking. This was a time when even the cat had a ciggie out the side of its mouth. But that aside, this is, from what I can gather, a clever and realistic presentation of life in a very different time. It's a more relaxed and simple existence, especially in lovely rural towns where begonia festivals are the highlight. Feuding families, mystery and murder, and a twist left right to the end I never saw coming. And if you smoke, maybe just blow it at the television and recreate the period for yourself.
The Living Room, Channel Ten, 9.30pm
ANY other night of the week and this oddly shaped lifestyle show would surely have been buried by now, sharing a grave with long-forgotten programs such as Money for Jam. But while the ABC makes hay with its period drama The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Seven mops up with its enduring Better Homes and Gardens and Nine rolls over with a movie, Ten is at least providing an alternative. If only it were a better show. Although the presenters try hard to dispense with the cloying cheesiness that comes with the format, there's little left to wring from the predictable line-up of stories on travel, cooking and you guessed it, notable houses. Tonight's segments include Miguel Maestre and Bondi vet Chris Brown abseiling the Strathgordon Dam (do your bit for the folks in Tassie doing it tough after the bushfires), Barry du Bois visiting an architectural extravaganza of a bush shed, and a truly idiotic story on how to save housekeeping money.
Better Homes and Gardens, Channel Seven, 7.30pm
I MUST confess that I am extremely jealous of David Koch, tonight's extra-special guest. Though it might look as if he's on simply to cross-promote the Sunrise program, also on Seven, he is actually appearing on BHG to make me green with envy as he drives the very Ford Mustang I have always wanted to own and then shows us his house, which can only be described as utterly awesome. Everyone on this show lives the good life: cooking delectable food in front of a scene that can only be described as paradise; enjoying the new surfboard table next to a beautiful tropical island vista. We return to reality only when Dr Harry has to deal with a problem chicken, Fluffy. There's one in every coop, isn't there? Silly Fluffy won't stop trying to incubate her eggs even though there isn't a rooster anywhere to be seen. Never fear, the doc is here with a foolproof plan. I do wonder if anyone ever watches this show and then actually goes out and makes the stuff, for some of it is really worthwhile - like the worm garden - but for me, I just can't stop thinking about that Mustang. Damn you Kochie, damn you.
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Is there a way to do arithmetic on Integer objects? For example, I tried the following without success:
Integer I = new Integer(1);
I also noticed there is no setValue(int) method in the Integer class, so I can't do this:
I.setValue(I.intValue() + 1);
The only way I can think of to change the value of an Integer (or any Number object) through arithmetic is to create a new one based on the value of the old one. So something like this:
I = new Integer(I.intValue() + 1);
Is this really the only way to do it?


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Hill Holder Removal? '87 Brat
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Posted 04 February 2010 - 07:37 PM
They can be rebuilt with new seals as well. It's not common for them to leak unless water has got into the braking system.
Posted 05 February 2010 - 11:55 AM
Just replace it with a good used HH - they are common and I'm pretty sure they didn't change the design of the valve much even through the mid 90's in the Legacy, etc.
The unit is the same with one exception.
However on the later ones (legacy, outback, imp) they only tapped an outlet to one brake(front left IIRC) whereas the old ones have lines going out to both the front left and rear right.
the unused boss is still cast into the unit, but the hole isn't drilled or tapped.
Seems as though you could "T" out of that one outlet to hook up the two lines out of the original unit.
Posted 05 February 2010 - 05:10 PM
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Posted 06 February 2010 - 06:05 PM
I need a hill holder cable for 82 brat...
Dealership. They aren't terribly expensive - best to get a new one. You don't want it binding.
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March 2, 2012
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Karri Ellen Johnson, Kelly McPartland and Katie Schwarzmann netted hat tricks to lead No. 3 Maryland past No. 6 Virginia 12-9 on Friday.
The win is Maryland's 36th consecutive at home and first in league play this season. The Terps (4-1, 1-1 ACC) picked up an additional goal each form Alex Aust, Beth Glaros, and Kristy Black. Friday's loss was the first for Virginia (3-1, 0-1 ACC) this season.
The Terps, despite scoring an uncharacteristically low five goals in the first half, were dominant in the game's opening minutes. The Maryland defense did not allow a Virginia shot in the first 14 minutes of play. Maryland boasted a 5-2 cushion heading into the half, led by two scores from Tewaaraton Watch List nominee Schwarzmann.
Maryland clearly shifted its focus to winning the draw in the second half, besting the Cavaliers 10-5 in the category including several key draws down the stretch after Virginia shrunk the Terrapin lead to 8-7 with 13:12 remaining. A 3-0 run with goals from McPartland, Schwarzmann and Alex Aust in-and-around the five minute mark gave the Terps a comfortable lead for the remainder of the match.
Beth Glaros paced the Terps with four draw controls. Kristy Black and Melissa Diepold tallied three groundballs each.
"It was a great night here in College Park," head coach Cathy Reese said. "Obviously Virginia is such a good team and a strong opponent so it was a really good win for our program at this point.
"Every possession in a game like this is huge. Both teams were able to make the possessions they had count and that was something that was important for us to do going into this game. We wanted to do well in the draw and have the opportunity to possess the ball."
Maryland heads right back to action with a match at Hofstra on Sunday.


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I'm still in the midst of my summer break, but I wanted to check in and say hello since it has been awhile since I've posted anything new. Although I haven't been busy reporting -- a guy needs a break (especially when no one at UM is available to talk), I have to admit I've been keeping my ears open and drumming up a few questions and thoughts of my own I'd like to find answers to when I do return.
-- For starters, I don't want to be negative, but I've got a feeling Canes fans aren't going to be happy with the move to Dolphins Stadium once the season gets underway. I read Barry Jackson's Buzz Column today which discussed what Dolphins Stadium is doing to accommodate Canes fans this season. First thought... no U at midfield? I know it seems like something petty. But I distinctly remember hearing those involved with this deal say at the time they were going to do everything in their power to make Dolphins Stadium feel like it also belong to UM. And last I remember, the OB always had the U at midfield. Secondly, I got a question for U. How are U season ticket-holders liking or disliking your new seat assignments? Did you get hosed? Or are you really satisfied?
-- Baseball coach Jim Morris made a move a few weeks ago to replace assistant Gino DiMare by promoting pitching coach J.D. Arteaga. It was a no brainer. Arteaga knows this program as good as anyone and he can definitely recruit. But who is he going to add to his staff? And more importantly, how in the world is he going to start filling in the holes in his lineup next season? There is no question Miami's pitching staff will be solid with National Freshman of the Year Chris Hernandez back. But Morris has to replace plenty of other studs. Losing Adan Severino, who signed with the Twins two weeks ago, hurts. Severino was drafted in the 26th round and could have been one of those guys Morris count on. Now, the only really experienced starters back are outfielder Dave DiNatale, catcher Yasmani Grandal, shortstop Ryan Jackson and designated hitter Joey Terdoslavich. I want to hear whom Morris thinks can start next season alongside those four. There is no question there is going to have to be a lot of improvement by others in summer ball and fall ball.
-- Football players and coaches have been off limits to the media since the end of spring practice. And like you, I'm itching to find out what's happened since strength coach Andreu Swasey began working with the guys shortly after the end of the spring. A good chunk of the other freshmen signees began training with Swasey when summer school began on June 24. Practice doesn't begin until the end of July so I won't get to talk to anyone other than coach Randy Shannon until then or if and when players are made available. But I got questions already -- aside from how the quarterbacks looked during 7-on-7 drills. I want to know who didn't do what they were supposed to do this summer. Who other than Allen Bailey got hurt and when can we really expect them back? Has Sam Shields finally gotten it? Which freshmen still really haven't gotten in to UM? Which other arriving freshmen can really be counted on this season to contribute? Which veterans are really ready to take their game to the next level? I'm sure you have plenty of questions too. Feel free to add them to my list.
As for my summer, I haven't had a chance to really get out of town. I'm spending a lot of my time off with the wife looking for a house. But I have had time to see a few movies and shows (If there are any suggestions, feel free to leave them for me)
- The best of the best summer movies for me so far has been Pixar's Wall-E. Great movie for adults or kids. I'd say it is up there with Finding Nemo and Roger Rabbit when it comes to my favorite animation films of all time.
- Wanted starring Angelina Jolie had a little bit too much of the Matrix type stunts for my taste. But Jolie was smoking hot so I give it a 6.
- I got a chance to last weekend to see the final off Broadway show of The Life of Celia Cruz at the Carnvial Center in downtown Miami. As a Cuban-American I loved every second of the music and I thought the story was very well told. I'd like to see if anyone else got a chance to check it out.


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MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The Barry Buccaneers made it two in a row over the Tuskegee Tigers in baseball action from Paterson Field in Montgomery, Ala. The Bucs (7-2) won 11-5 behind a strong team offensive performance.
The Bucs jumped out in front early again, scoring five runs in the third inning. After a one-out double by Sheehan Planas-Arteaga, Tuskegee starter Tevin Worthy (0-2) walked three straight to force him in, then hit Ramon Valdez to plate another run. Will Walker delivered an RBI single and Mike Diaz walked to force in another run and chase Worthy.
After giving up a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the third, Planas-Arteaga reached on a pair of errors by Tiger second baseman Brandon Mapp and scored on a single by Branden Shaw.
Barry added two more in the fifth. Walker and Diaz were both hit by Tiger reliever Stanley Smith to lead off the inning. Walker scored from second on a ground out by JC Cardenas and Planas-Arteaga singled to drive in Diaz.
After Tuskegee (2-3) cut the lead to 8-5 in the fifth, the Bucs put up three more in the sixth. Luis Rios-Reyes stroked a one-out double and Valdez drew a walk. Walker followed with a single to drive in Rios-Reyes. After a single by Diaz loaded the bases, Carlos Matamoros lined a single to center to score Valdez and Walker scored on a fly ball by Cardenas.
Pitching took over at that point. William Buford, who started the game in centerfield, came in a set down the last 10 Buccaneers in a row. Joe Iorio retired the final six Tigers.
Luis Devile (1-0), who worked 2.1 innings in relief of starter Adrian Benitez, allowed a hit and two walks and struck out one. Worthy took the loss for Tuskegee. He allowed five runs on five hits and five walks in 2.1 innings.
The series concludes with a single game at 1:00 pm Eastern tomorrow.
Barry 11, Tuskegee 5
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Tuskegee............ 002 030 000 - 5 6 2 (2-3)
Pitchers: Barry - Adrian Benitez; Luis Deville(5); Joe Iorio(8) and Ramon Valdez. Tuskegee - Tevin Worthy; Stanley Smith(3); Clayton Crews(6); William Buford(6) and Russell Cornin.
Win-Luis Deville(1-0) Loss-Tevin Worthy(0-2) T-3:49 A-56
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Most cities in the United States have to wait until New Year's Eve for a fireworks show held in sub-zero temperatures, but Kenai gets to do it in November.
Friday's Christmas Comes to Kenai day of events started in temperatures well below zero and changed little as Santa arrived in town shortly before 11 a.m. in the basket of a Kenai Fire Department ladder truck to hear the wishes of Central Peninsula children gathered and waiting at the Kenai Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and Visitor's Center.
There, Santa's elves scurried up and down a long-line of bundled children and doting parents that stretched out through the center's Arctic doorway, down the sidewalk into the parking lot delivering hot drinks and encouragement. Higher-ranking elves helped kids onto Santa's lap to have a picture taken and whisper into his ear their wants for the year. Santa's elves had gift bags for each child as they left the visitor's center through a gauntlet of free cookies and hot chocolate.
As Santa continued his good works into the noon hour, runners hopped up and down like race-ready sled dogs at the starting line of the third annual Tustumena 200 Turkey Trot, which launched and finished at the Soldotna Sports Center.
The trot was run in 10-kilometer and 5-kilometer lengths with 14 runners and 18 runners signed up respectively. Race registrar Rhonda McCormick said she expected at least 20 additional runners to register in the last minutes before the start.
Dressed in less-than-Arctic gear, runners started off fresh in negative 2-degree weather at high noon for the roadside trail along Kalifornsky Beach Road. Nearly and hour later, returning from the route that looped through Central Peninsula College and back to the sports center, runners' faces and clothing were coated in hoar frost born from exertion. Water stations along the way served "warm" water.
Later in the day as police blocked off sections of Frontage Road for the evening parade, kids continued to play on piles of snow cleared from the streets and parking lots of Old Town Kenai. People sat in parallel lines of cars with engines running while waiting for the reappearance of Santa during the Electric Lights Parade.
On one corner a woman sat in a lawn chair with family in the more traditional parade viewing style as temperatures returned to below zero for the parade and following fireworks show. A seven-year transplant from the second largest state in the Union Sheffany Poage said she doesn't like to watch parades from a car. "This Texan wants to be 100 percent Alaskan," Poage said.
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It's not so much that the Chicago Bears parted ways with Brian Urlacher, a surefire Hall of Famer robbed of his greatest asset by injuries.
No, it was the sloppy, squirrely, deceitful manner the Bears went about it.
It might be too much to say that Phil Emery lied about the way he would treat a franchise icon, but obviously the Bears general manager believes deceit has a place in his version of the truth.
Good to know as we proceed into the second year of Emery's administration. Important for Bears players to know, too, now and in the future.
If you're Lance Briggs or Charles Tillman, pay attention. The Bears will issue a lot of blather about how much they respect you and all you've given to the franchise, but we can conclude that privately there's a good chance the GM will show you how full of it he is.
To recap, Emery said he would be the last person to "slight" Urlacher. Turns out, Emery was one of the first. The Bears GM was at the front of the line offering Urlacher a contract that guaranteed barely more than they would've been forced to offer a veteran of his experience.
Urlacher's right: It was "insulting'' and a "slap in the face.''
Pathetic scripting by the Bears, too. Urlacher had one of the worst images and relationships with fans in this city. But the Bears still managed to get exposed as dolts and backstabbers. They lost a public battle in a lot of ways to a guy who declared he didn't care about the fans. So Bears.
The football side of Halas Hall could've made a strong case early on for cutting ties with Urlacher: He had been hurt each of the last two seasons, he had missed games, he had lost too much speed, and blah, blah, blah.
But they mealymouthed it about wanting him back and having a place for him on first and second downs and blah, blah, blah. I'm not sure it was an outright lie among the Bears co-conspirators, but it was oily and useless.
If you had respect for him and if you knew you wanted him gone -- the football side of Halas Hall definitely wanted him gone -- then you explain at the earliest possible time that Urlacher will not be offered a deal to return. You don't offer him a contract he was guaranteed to refuse just so you could say you offered him something out of respect.
What. A. Joke.
If the Bears respected Urlacher, they would've let him go early and honestly. That would've given Urlacher the best chance to make money. But that was not going to happen as they jerked him around. That was not going to happen as they gave him a take-it-or-leave-it offer. That was not going to happen as long as the Bears were negotiating with him, although in hindsight we learned that "negotiating" was a sham.
Truth is, the Bears didn't show Urlacher any respect. They showed themselves to be duplicitous.
For most of his run here, Emery has been transparent about the problems he sees in this team, and his actions have backed up that talk. In this case, he looked transparently two-faced. It was a stupid and unnecessary act.
It might've looked heartless a couple months ago to dismiss one of the greatest players in NFL history just like. But it would've been a stand-up move by Bears wonks. Here, though, they've just made a slithering exit.
Emery's lame act created a potential problem for a team he is charged with fixing. Instead of removing a leader from the locker room with a simple and straightforward evaluation of talent, Emery and his bunch come off as dishonest, disingenuous and disrespectful.
Ultimately, it might not matter. Maybe veteran players who run the locker room will get over it by the first minicamp after next month's draft. Emery had better hope so. Same goes for the coach he hired. Otherwise, Marc Trestman might face the task of winning over a locker room where the trust issue was just used as a urinal.


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John Higgins is safely through to the quarter-finals of the Dafabet Masters, after beating Stuart Bingham 6-2 at the Alexandra Palace.
The two-time winner will now face defending champion Mark Selby in the last eight.
Higgins took the opening frame before a re-spotted black in the second saw Bingham level.
The world number 12 then reeled off four straight frames, including breaks of 94 and 109, to move within one of victory.
World number seven Bingham kept the match alive with a strong run of 91.
However, that was as good as it got for the former Premier League winner, as the four-time world champion eventually won a scrappy eight frame to book his place in the next round.
He will now take on the Jester from Leicester in the quarter-final on Thursday night.
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India's massive power outages last week shocked many people who thought that India was on course to become a new economic super power, like China, where such outages are unheard of. NPR's Julie McCarthy and Frank Langfitt join guest host Linda Wertheimer to discuss attitudes toward infrastructure in the two emerging economies.
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Stevens Dr. Yu-Dong Yao Named an IEEE Fellow
Noted wireless technology researcher Dr. Yu-Dong Yao, Professor and Department Director of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Stevens Institute of Technology, has recently been distinguished as an elected Fellow of IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. This prestigious recognition demonstrates peer acknowledgement of his seminal research in the field of wireless communications and network security, as well as his influential support of multi-disciplinary research and development.
"Dr. Yao has demonstrated exemplary leadership in the advancement of wireless networking," says Dr. Michael Bruno, Dean of the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science. "Through his dedication to innovative research and education, Dr. Yao has led the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to national and international prominence."
Departmental research initiatives directed by Dr. Yao consistently win significant grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Current NSF-funded projects encompass cognitive radio, wireless network security, dynamic spectrum access, integrated wireless sensor networks, and distributed laser array synchronization. Additional funding sources for ECE faculty include the Air Force Research Laboratory, National Institute for Justice, and commercial research and development firms. ECE faculty have also won NSF funding for educational and curriculum development programs and the department includes a recent recipient of the coveted NSF CAREER Award.
As a researcher, Dr. Yao has contributed to our understanding of the fundamental properties of modern communications technologies. His research and publications cover wireless communications and networks, spread spectrum and CDMA, antenna arrays and beamforming, cognitive and software-defined radio, and digital signal processing for wireless systems. Intellectual property resulting from his research have earned him one Chinese patent and twelve U.S. patents in voice-over-data and other wireless and communications technologies. His NSF grants support research on beamforming to protect against denial of service attacks as well as enhance undergraduate education in cognitive and software-defined radio systems.
"Dr. Yao is a dedicated researcher with important patents and contributions to the security of government communications to his credit," says Dr. Harry Heffes, Professor of Electrical Engineering and IEEE Fellow. "Beyond his own research, he has been able to foster academic and industry collaboration and has integrated his research into the Stevens curriculum to provide exceptional educational opportunities for students in wireless communications."
"Prof. Yao's dedication to research and teaching has been a role model for us," says Dr. Yingying Chen, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering. "We are very proud of his achievement and its distinction for our department."
Students at Stevens get an inside look at fundamental wireless research in the Wireless Information Systems Engineering Laboratory (WISELAB), of which Dr. Yao is the founding director. Support from NSF, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, US Army, Department of Defense, and other entities from government and industry funds systems-level solutions to wireless network capacity, performance, and security. WISELAB's wireless test bed provides students with hands-on experience in cognitive radio technologies and the physical equipment to conduct graduate-level research advancing critical mobile communications applications.
Dr. Yao sets the bar high for his department. He publishes frequently, and has served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Communications Letters and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, and an Editor for IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. Before coming to Stevens in 2000, he held research positions in industry and academia in the United States and abroad.
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Hi there,
I've got a strange bug with CJuiDialog and it only happens with Firefox (not with IE or Chrome).
When clicking the button that triggers the CJuiDialog, the CJuiDialog inner HTML content is first displayed very briefly where the "hook" <div> is on the main page. It lasts like a tenth of a second and then the CJuiDialog is displayed as expected.
It only happens the first time you click the button. It's quite strange, has anybody seen this before and managed to fix it ?
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Can you show the code? I imagine that wrapping the "hook" div in another div with style="display:none;" would probably fix the problem.
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Thanks Keith it did the trick !
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Left arm pitcher David Price is attracting the attention of seven different MLB franchises, according to CMSSports.com
It was widely expected that the Tampa Bay Rays would enter the trade market with Price and now teams are beginning to take an interest.
Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the Seattle Mariners and the LA Angels are joined by the the Pirates, the Rangers, the Diamondbacks and the Bluejays.
It is believed that no team is the clear frontrunner in the deal but the Mariners are thought to be in the strongest position to acquire Price.
Their young and talented roster is likely to be the most attractive to the Rays.
Price had an impressive 2013 in which he achieved stats to the figure of a 3.33 ERA (114 ERA+) and a 1.10 WHIP in 186 2/3 innings.
After a delay to the start of his season with a tricep injury, Price recovered well to post a higher ERA than his career norm of 3.19.
With another strong season predicted for 2014, Price is expected to fetch a hefty return for the Rays.
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I've just installed Sabayon 4.1 r1 x86-32, and I'm in the process of adding some ebuilds in my local portage tree that are not in official portage.
I've tried with ebuilds for gnome-commander and xoscope applications, and I'm finding following trouble:
in /usr/local/portage, when I do
# ebuild xoscope-1.12.ebuild digest
in order to generate its manifest, it DOES NOT download the package from correct location. I mean, although SRC_URI in the ebuild itself tells a correct location, ebuild first tries to download from official gentoo mirrors. It gets several 404, and keeps trying other mirrors, until one of them (http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/gentoo/distfiles), happens to answer a 200 and gives back an HTML telling something like "the page you're looking for is not here, dude". Thus, ebuild downloads this HTML, and stores it in /usr/portage/distfiles with filename 'xoscope-1.12.tgz'. I.e., we have an HTML named like a package now. Then, generates the checksum and takes the size of this HTML as the one it has to expect from the package.
This results in that, when doing:
# emerge xoscope
It does not download it (as the "package", though corrupted, is already in /usr/portage/distfiles), tries to unpack it, and obviously fails (as it is an HTML).
I tried removing the corrupted file from /usr/portage/distfiles. What then emerge does is downloading it (this time, from the correct location), but as the size and checksum does not fit with the Manifest generated by the ebuild, it does not install it.
In front of this issue, I wonder several questions:
-Where are located the list of gentoo mirrors that portage is using on my system? (one idea is that, if I delete the infamious server that answer with a 200 to an invalid URL, maybe 'ebuild' command will end up downloading the package from the correct location)
-Is there any reason for which 'ebuild' first tries to download the package from official gentoo mirrors rather than the SRC_URI specified in the ebuild i've placed? I can't see the sense in that (if I placed the ebuild myself, is because it is NOT in the official gentoo mirrors).
-Is there any command to cleanup all what 'ebuild whatever.ebuild digest' has done? (i.e., downloading the package and creating the Manifest)
Thanks and greetings,