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TALLAHASSEE – Saturday marks the three year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. Over the last three years, Florida has
implemented restoration projects, funded by various sources, to help the Florida Panhandle recover from the
Florida Department of Environmental Protection is pleased to announce that several
early restoration projects are either complete or making good progress," said DEP Secretary
Herschel T. Vinyard, Jr. "We recognize that we still have a long way to go in
terms of restoration, but Governor Scott is fully committed to ensuring full restoration of
our damaged natural resources and loss of recreational opportunities."
initial projects funded under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment early
restoration program include four boat ramp projects and a dune restoration
project, all of which are in Escambia County. The Galvez Landing and Navy Point boat ramp improvements are completed,
and have been steadily used for recreation by boaters. A new boat ramp at Mahogany Mill is under
construction, and construction on a new boat ramp on the Perdido River is
expected to begin at the end of this year. Work on the eight-mile dune
restoration project has recently been completed.
"The progress of these
wide ranging projects is a benefit to all Floridians", said Nick Wiley,
Executive Director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission. "These projects help restore opportunities for residents and
visitors to enjoy the rich diversity of fish and wildlife that inhabit our
world famous beaches and coastal waters while bringing long lasting economic
benefits to impacted communities."
addition to the dune and boat ramp projects, a second set of projects focus on
coastal conservation and will begin restoring the damage inflicted on the coastal
environment during the spill's response and cleanup efforts. Work on the
projects began along the Panhandle in January to protect habitat for nesting
shore birds and sea turtles this season. Over the next five years, the state
will administer contracts to post, survey, and monitor coastal bird nesting
areas at 19 sites from Franklin to Escambia counties. These projects will
protect important bird nesting sites in the Panhandle.
turtle habitat will be restored through retrofitting lights on the beach so
that they are "sea turtle friendly," updating the technical manual about
lighting for sea turtles, and an outreach campaign so the public understands
the importance of dark beaches as habitat for nesting loggerhead sea turtles, a
threatened species in the Florida panhandle.
Funding from a legal
settlement provided Florida $10 million in the form of land acquisitions and
stormwater management projects. The Department is overseeing the expenditure of
$5 million on stormwater retrofit projects. These projects are taking place in different locations throughout Bay,
Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties. The
other $5 million was used by The Trust for Public Land to acquire
environmentally sensitive lands around the Panhandle, including Escribano Point and a conservation easement on Seven Runs Creek.
Another step in moving forward
was the passing of the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist
Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast Act of 2012, commonly
known as the RESTORE ACT, in July 2012. Governor Scott is the official member
of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration
Council. The Council staff has been working to develop the Initial
Comprehensive Plan to meet the July 6, 2013 Congressional deadline.
The Council took its
first step to accomplish this by publishing the Path Forward document on January
29. This document serves as a precursor for the Initial Comprehensive
Plan, which will be the guiding document on project selection for several of
the funding opportunities created by the RESTORE Act. The state has held
several public meetings to accept input on projects.
Florida will continue
to push forward with future restoration projects and work with the local
communities to make sure they are fully compensated for the damages created by
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. For more detailed information on early
restoration, visit http://www.dep.state.fl.us/deepwaterhorizon.
Florida Department of Environmental Protection is the state's principal
environmental agency, created to protect, conserve and manage Florida's
environment and natural resources. The Department enforces federal and state
environmental laws, protects Florida's air and water quality, cleans up
pollution, regulates solid waste management, promotes pollution prevention and
acquires environmentally-sensitive lands for preservation. The agency also
maintains a statewide system of parks, trails and aquatic preserves. To view
the Department's website log on to www.dep.state.fl.us.
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2007 Football
Iceman named Player of the Week in HCAC
Taylor Iceman named Heartland Conference Player of the Week
November 12, 2007
BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University senior Taylor Iceman (Lucas, Ohio/Lucas) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Football Player of the Week on defense for his efforts at Defiance on November 10, 2007.
The senior safety picked up his first Player of the Week honor following an outstanding performance in Bluffton's 22-21 victory over the Yellow Jackets in the final contest of 2007. He racked up 10 tackles, came up with a fumble recovery and picked off Hans Vetter with 1:55 to play, preserving the Beavers' first victory of the season over long-time rival Defiance College.
Iceman ended the season with 84 tackles and a team-high six interceptions. For his career, he tallied 222 tackles, including 88 solos, to go along with his 14 interceptions, the fourth highest total all-time at Bluffton.

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Pull Specific Data and Insert in MySQL
I have a database that holds data for magazines. However, there is one merchant feed that holds a lot of needed information in one field. Is there any way to take something like this:
magazine_title|magazine_description|New Renewal 1 Year 12 Issues For $9.95 2 Years 24 issues (+9.00) $18.95 3 Years 36 Issues (+18.00) $27.95|blahblah|blahblah
can be turned into:
There needs to be one complete entry for each subscription length due to the way that my database is set up and how queries are run.
Also, not all titles have 3 different subscription lengths, some have 1, some have 2.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Yes, explode that string on the pipes. First element is title, second element is description. Explode the third element on spaces. iterate through the array and look for the word "issues" the element before will contain the number of months. Use this as a key for an output array and then keep iterating through the array looking for the first dollar sign in an element, this will be your price. Store that as the value for the key you just captured. By the end of the array you will have your information.Computers and Fire ...
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I was thinking of doing something like that but I just am not really sure where to start.
Actually, there may be an easier way. The feed is an xml document. When I parse it (since I am not very good at it), that sections goes into the variable all as one. The section of the XML that holds the subscription data reads like this:
<OptionList name="Type">
<OptionList name="Subscription">
<OptionValue>1 Year 11 Issues For $34.95</OptionValue>
<OptionValue>2 Years 22 Issues (+20.05) For $52.00</OptionValue>
I can't find a way to pull just the information that I need from this. Any ideas?


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The Suns did the right thing: nothing.
They didn't give up their envious cap space, so now they can match any deal another team offers Eric Bledsoe. They didn't give up any future draft picks from their huge plethora. They didn't acquire an aging veteran that would take away minutes and lessons desperately needed by the Suns' current young players. There were no deals that would make Phoenix an instant contender, so they did nothing and liked it.
Now, we need to see Miles of improvement.
Miles Plumlee set the world on fire to begin the season. He earned every accolade he received. National media were openly questioning Indiana for giving up on him. Pacers Coach Frank Vogel kept defending the trade by saying the Pacers knew how good he was. Plumlee played with a fire and energy like Jared Dudley, but also mixed in athleticism that Dudley didn't have. Plumlee made the trade a steal.
For most of February, Plumlee went from a top five story in the league to not even a top five player for the Suns. He's a step slow, now. He doesn't shoot with confidence. He fouls more. He isn't playing with less intensity, but he's just the nice guy you root for instead of the player that showed great promise.
There are three reasons why Plumlee could be suffering a downturn: fatigue, scouting, rumors.
Plumlee played more games in November than he did as a rookie. Although this is his second season, he could have hit the rookie wall. If this is all it is, Plumlee will be fine and so will the Suns. An offseason of rest followed by heavy conditioning will fix everything.
If the problem is scouting by other teams, the Suns have a problem. Plumlee instantly goes from "special" to "energy guy off the bench." As the season has progressed, defenses are getting back much faster to take away the Phoenix fast break. This is eliminating around four shots a game where Plumlee was seeing either no defense or a scrambling one early in a possession. Opposing teams started to attack his off-shoulder so he can't go to his favorite back-to-the-basket move, forcing Plumlee into secondary skills and unfamiliar decision-making.
Friday night, we may see the return of Miles Plumlee. Young players often struggle at the trade deadline. He's already been traded once. You can imagine his fear of being traded again. He's seen his game thrive in Phoenix. It's impossible to imagine a scenario that would make him want to leave the head coach that got the most out of him early in his career. Plumlee gave a straight face, but the potential of being moved had to weigh heavy on him.
His fears could have manifested in the opposite direction. Maybe he wasn't nervous that he'd be shipped out, but concerned he had to show more to management to keep them from trading for a big man. It appeared his struggles completely coincided with the reports from Los Angeles of a Phoenix/Lakers conversation regarding Pau Gasol.
Plumlee has had two days off and no travel. The trade deadline has come and gone. Miles is a Sun and no one else was brought in to take his minutes. Yes, he's going up against a legendary center, but it's one that Plumlee could score some easy baskets against if he beats Tim Duncan down the floor.
For the Suns to win Friday night, Plumlee needs to reward the Suns for doing nothing. The Suns will not make the playoff if Plumlee continues to be a non-factor. It's time for Plumlee to step up or be left Miles behind.


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It's not set in stone as part of their training camp schedule, but there are tentative plans in place for the Bills to practice against the Steelers this summer in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. That according to head coach Doug Marrone, who spoke about the plans in an interview with the John Murphy Show Tuesday morning at the league meetings in Orlando.
"We talked about that," said Marrone. "Last year, that came up, but the first year was tough. It's something that I've done before, it's something that I truly like, I truly believe in it."
The Bills, who last practiced against another NFL club in 2005 with the Green Bay Packers, believe both teams can benefit from working against another team in the practice setting instead of their own teammates in training camp.
"We are looking for certain things and things that Coach Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers bring to the table that would help us," Marrone said. "I think there are things we can do that help them prepare for the season."
At this point the only logistics standing the way of finalizing the Bills-Steelers inter-squad practices is the NFL's preseason schedule, which is something Bills President & CEO Russ Brandon was trying to iron out with the league at the meetings this week.
"We've talked about the schedule of what we're going to do, when we practice together," said Marrone. "Russ Brandon brought that to the attention of the league. We'd like to make sure we can get them on the schedule, if we have them in the preseason. If we do we'll alternate every year. This year we'll plan on going there. The following year they'll come up to St John Fisher and to back and forth. I think it could be a very good working relationship for both teams."
If the plans do come to fruition for this summer, the Steelers will reciprocate in 2015 and travel to practice at St. John Fisher next year.


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After just over three weeks of downtime resulting from the hacker attack on its online services, Sony started the process of turning the PlayStation Network back online late Saturday afternoon. In a video message, Sony president Kaz Hirai explained that the restoration process will take place in phases, the first of which is now underway around the world. Here's what will be coming back online:
- Sign in for PlayStation Network and Qriocity services
- Online gameplay across PS3 and PSP
- Friends list
- Chat functionality
- Trophy comparison
- PlayStation Home
- Access to third party services such as Netflix
- Music Unlimited for current subscribers
The PlayStation Store and purchasing in Qriocity were not included in this phase. They will return as soon as possible.
All PS3 users must install new system software, version 3.61, which is available now for download over the Internet. This update requires users to then update their passwords. As an added precaution, password update will only be possible on a PS3 that was used to activate your PSN account. If no content has ever been downloaded to your PS3, then an email will be sent to the address you signed up with that will contain a link to complete the password change process.
Hirai apologized profusely for the breach in security and resulting prolonged outage for the services. He said that the company is committed to the protection of consumer data and restoring lost faith. To that end he outlined some of the security upgrades made to the PlayStation Network during the rebuilding process:
- Advanced security technology
- Increased levels of encryption
- Additional firewalls
- An early warning detection system looking for any signal of an attack on the system
Though the process has officially begun, it's going to take a while to bring the system back online. To help update users on its progress, Sony has posted a map on the PlayStation blog that will illuminate areas as service comes back up there.


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Even shots from great cameras won't produce perfect prints without adjustments.
It comes as a shock to most people when they discover their digital cameras make them look red, especially with the built-in flash. Color correction to the rescue!
Color Correction at SmugMug
SmugMug offers what very few printing sites offer: the ability to turn off color correction. However, unless you adjust your photos yourself and order test prints to verify your adjustments, we highly recommend enabling color correction.
We print through four different labs, and they each handle color correction differently. EZ Prints is the default lab for our non-seller accounts (and it's available to our seller accounts if they choose it). At EZ Prints, color correction is included in the print price and automated through industrial-strength software and SmugMug's special recipe. It improves nearly every print.
Seller accounts can choose Bay Photo or WHCC as their printing lab instead. The highest-level seller accounts also have the option to use Loxley Colour. Opting for color correction increases the base price of each print, but the special attention provides excellent results that are very consistent.
Where Do I Indicate My Choice?
Non-seller subscribers will see a Color Correction setting in the Me tab of their Account Settings under "Account," and they can also specify Color Correction Yes/No in their gallery settings page for each gallery. Seller account holders will see the choice in their pro pricing tool, on both the portfolio and gallery level.
How Does Color Correction Through EZ Prints Work?
This type of automated correction is nothing like the simple quick-fix programs you see in desktop applications that wreck many photos.
The easy part: brightness and contrast.
The hard part: memory colors — skin, sky, and grass.
The automated color correction does what is very hard even for Photoshop wizards to do: it senses the areas of photos we're likely to judge them by, and it adjusts those regions to tones we expect to see.
Q: I'm a SmugMug subscriber. Does the Apply Color Effect tool I see in my Tools Menu have this sophistication?
A: Unfortunately, no.
Q: If I am printing black-and-white or sepia photos, should I enable color correction through EZ Prints?
A: We recommend disabling color correction in this case because it's automated and optimized to improve color prints. You can download EZ Prints' ICC profile to soft-proof your work.
Q: I'm a pro photographer with a SmugMug seller account. Should I pay for color correction through your pro labs?
A: It depends. If you enjoy adjusting all your photos and have soft-proofed using your chosen labs' ICC profiles and ordered test prints to verify, then you may wish to turn color correction off. If you would rather someone else do the legwork, you may find their color correction is well worth it.


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Qualified: 14th (after wrecking a car within minutes during first practice and moving to a backup car).
Finished: 5th
Race Winner: Greg Biffle
Points After Pocono: 10th in the points standings! Tony is now 121 points out of first place in the standings! We are 2 points ahead of 11th currently so we do not need the wild card. However Tony does have 1 win for the wild card berth should he need it.
My Mood After Pocono: Happy as an uncooked clam in his shell. (more…)


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Boost marketing campaign and website performance with data analytics
Achieving online success with your customer base requires a multitude of steps. You need effective advertising strategies and quality SEO keywords, which will drive traffic to your website. Then, you need a top-notch site that both engages your customers and is organized in a way that makes it easy for them to find what they're looking for.
Much like a staircase, a single missing step can lead to major problems.
If you've ever had issues with your online campaigns in the past, you've probably wondered exactly where things are breaking down. Is it your advertisements, SEO strategies or website that's causing the breakdown? Or is it some sort of combination?
The amazing thing about the internet is that, with the help of data analytics, you can measure every single one of these factors. Here are three ways data analytics helps you with your online strategies.
1) Gaining unprecedented insight into your customer base.
It's every marketer's dream to thoroughly understand their customers. Marketers want to know how their customers think about products, what they're most interested in, what their main sources for searches are and everything else you can possibly think of.
Data analytics enables advertising teams to do all of this and more.
With these tools, marketers can develop comprehensive profiles both for individual consumers and their customer base as a whole. This will help them to provide better service by getting out in front of prospective problems, among other advantages. In addition, data analytics can enhance marketing campaigns in a number of ways:
– It can track which sites customers frequent the most, so marketers know where to promote their messages.
– Analytics can measure customer retention rates, alerting you when to get in touch with someone who hasn't made a purchase in awhile.
– These tools can analyze the effectiveness of specific advertisements.
2) Determining which keywords and phrases are best for SEO.
I've talked a lot in the past about the importance of keywords and phrases for your search engine optimization strategies, but I haven't mentioned how to go about doing that. The answer (as you may have guessed already) has to do with data analytics.
These tools enable you to measure the most common phrases and keywords that customers enter into search engines when looking for a product or service related to your business. They also allow you to compare your own SEO words with those of your competitors.
3) Monitoring the strengths – and weaknesses – of your website.
The idea of implementing online marketing and SEO strategies is to get customers to your website. Next, the goal is to keep them there.
With data analytics, you can measure the average amount of time each person spends on your website. Not only that, but you can look into how many people visit each page on your website, and for how long they stay on that page.
And that's not all! You can even analyze which pages customers most frequently exit from. In doing so, you'll be able to determine where the weak spots are on your website, highlighting what you need to improve.
Because of data analytics, you no longer have to guess where the broken peg is on your online marketing ladder.


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climbers, silky, barber
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Climbers is the Mexicali duo, Jay Blakk and kiko Deal, who, despite forming just over a year ago, have already been making serious waves around the world with a fresh-faced take on House music.
Their debut �Law Of Attraction� EP on Culprit in early 2012, as well as the slew of buzz-worthy remixes for labels such as Lower East, Noir Music 2 and Electronique have already found their way into the crates of some of the hottest Underground dance acts including Art Department, James Teej, My Favorite Robot Tanner Ross, Miguel Campbell, Catz n Dogz, Death on the Balcony and Richy Ahmed. �All Right� from the Culprit EP has already been played on BBC Radio�s iconic Pete Tong show.
Though they come from different musical backgrounds, Blakk and Deal haven been friends since high school. Early last year they finally decided to join forces to Make Music, and they haven�t looked back. 2012 has been a big year for the boys, that of which helped them see their first UK / Europe tour from June � August, Top 10 charting tracks from their Get Physical release, and a remix for Warner UK. 2013 will up the ante as the boys return to Europe and many other parts of the world with a fresh arsenal of new original tracks and collaborations.
Climbers are fast developing a signature sound: set to classic house percussions, emphatic electronic bass lines, old school vocal sampling and atmospheric synth pads that are always pushing all the right buttons and are never less than memorable.
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Boston U pulls away from Maine 79-72
BOSTON (AP) -- Dom Morris scored 20 points to go with seven rebounds as Boston University beat Maine 79-72 Tuesday night in the 100th meeting between the two programs.
John Papale added 16 points, Maurice Watson Jr. 14 and D.J. Irving pulled down 10 rebounds for Boston, which has won four straight at home. Watson had eight assists for the Terriers, who finished one short of their season high with 18.
The Terriers (12-11, 6-4 America East Conference) trailed 22-19 before Papale hit a 3-pointer to spark a 20-4 run. Travis Robinson, who chipped in nine points off the bench, capped the run with back-to-back 3s.
Boston shot a scorching 58.1 percent (18 of 31) and made eight 3-pointers en route to a 48-32 lead at the break.
Maine (8-15, 3-7) outscored Boston 38-20 in the paint but committed 18 turnovers.
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Hospice Seeks Volunteers
ST. MARYS — A local hospice is in search of volunteers to help provide comfort, respite and support to area families and patients.
On Friday, Grand Lake Hospice, 1122 E. Spring St., St. Marys, held an open house for those interested in volunteering at the organization.
Volunteer Coordinator Julie Jacobs said volunteers are the lifeblood of any hospice.
"We're just trying to get the word out about volunteering for hospice and the different ways you can volunteer at hospice," Jacobs told The Evening Leader.
"There's patient/family volunteers, which are volunteers who go and usually can sit at the bed side of the patient or they provide respite for the family. Other ways are administrative volunteers who come in and help in the office, they help make phone calls, make copies and do paper work. We also have groups who come in and make cards we send to bereaved families or current patients. We are trying to get together a group of people who can sew to make bears out of patients' clothing or different blankets and quilts for their loved ones to remember them after they have gone."
Attracting and retaining volunteers is vital to the operation of hospice. Jacobs said Medicare standards mandate the group uses volunteers who provide a 5 percent cost savings to the program.
"Volunteers are priceless to any hospice organization," Jacobs said. "Volunteers allow nurses to be able to go see more patients because they won't have to sit at the patient's bed side, the volunteer can do that. Secretary and administrative wise, that takes a load off the rest of us here that they can come in and help answer phones and make copies.
Just the peace of mind they get, a lot of my volunteers say they cannot imagine not volunteering."
Jacobs encouraged those interested in volunteering to visit the office.
"Volunteering cannot only change someone else's life but it can also change your life," Jacobs said.
"It can give you a new outlook on life, introduce you to new things that you've never tried before or were afraid to try. It's just a different way that you can touch so many people by just doing minute, little things."
Jacobs said organizers also are in the process of planning Grand Lake Hospice's annual gala. The event serves as a major fundraiser for the hospice.
"This is our fourth gala we are having," Jacobs said, noting the event will take place at 5 p.m. April 21 at Romer's in Celina.
"With this event, it allows us to raise money for a comfort suite that we are going to be having up on the fifth floor at the hospital for patients and their families."
The theme this year is "Hooray for Hollywood." The event will feature a red carpet arrival, silent and live auctions as well as ample opportunities to assist the organization in its mission.
"Tickets are $50 per couple and that includes your meal and also a donation to go toward us," Jacobs said.
'It's an excellent way to raise money for us."
For more information, call Jacobs at 419-394-7434, ext. 2808.


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Microsoft has recently started embracing Extensible Markup Language (XML), but embracing XML is different from putting it natively into a product. SQL Server administrators and database developers haven't missed full integration of XML in SQL Server, but they've now come to realize that they needed XML all along. In the next version of SQL Server, XML output will be a standard option, letting you create a channel of information—including information pulled directly from the SQL Server—that you can pass to other systems. If you combine XML and Data Transformation Services (DTS), bulk copy program (bcp) will continue to slip out of use, to the delight of most database developers and administrators.
XML is available today only in a manner of speaking. You can use the language today with extensions that Microsoft released for use with SQL Server 6.5 and 7.0. These extensions are more workarounds than real solutions. The real strength of XML will come with the next release of SQL Server. But you can use the tools available today to begin working with XML, if you haven't already, and to start understanding what you can and can't do with it.
What is XML?
XML's purpose is to solve the problem of exchanging data between systems. XML solves this problem by providing a self-describing data set. In other words, when you receive data from a query, XML provides the data and descriptive information about the data. The idea behind XML is to separate the data from the work of manipulating and presenting the information.
If you're familiar with HTML, XML will look suspiciously similar to HTML, but infinitely more noisy to read. By noisy, I'm referring to the number of tags that XML operations contain, including grams (commands sent to the server) or data or formatting tags. But the high number of tags is unavoidable if the data and formatting are to succeed as self-describing. For an example of an XML set, consider the snippet in Listing 1, page 22.
Without knowing what this snippet represents, you can see that it's two Web site listings, each with the site URL, owner, description, and other information about the site. The fact that you can discern this information is exactly the point of XML.
If you use XML with an application, the application no longer needs to know about the underlying data source (SQL Server), nor does it need to know about the data structure. Removing this requirement means you can write more generic applications. You'll be able to write an application, for example, that reports on information in the database without needing to know the information structure ahead of time.
In terms of implementation, XML is in its infancy. Microsoft is implementing it more natively in Internet Explorer 5, and the next version of SQL Server reportedly will support XML as a standard protocol. Including XML will be a boon to Internet development, making it easier for developers to build generic Web sites that run on the data behind the scenes.
Are Apples Red or Yellow?
One of XML's great strengths is that you can use it to describe your data in ways that are meaningful and in ways that a third-party application can use. But this capability introduces some interesting problems. For example, if I asked you the name of the fruit that you're eating, and you said apple, I'd know a bit more about what you were eating, but not all that I needed to know. After all, apples can be Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, or another variety.
What you need is a more standardized way to describe the data. Specifically, you need the equivalent of a dictionary to help decipher and define the data-element descriptions so that others can understand them. Is the code that is your unique identifier on your inventory an iCode, ItemCode, Item_Code, or something else?
Initiatives are under way to address standardized data. The BizTalk Web site at http://www.biztalk.org shows a schema library and provides discussions about industry segments and the data elements that are specific to the segments.
The fact that these initiatives are forming introduces an interesting question—one that the IT industry will need to address before XML is fully accepted. If XML, with its self-describing data sets, is such a strong solution for building applications, why do these initiatives need to launch these standardization efforts? Isn't standardization one of XML's touted benefits?
XML in 6.5 and 7.0?
In October, Microsoft released a technology preview for XML. If you're familiar with the Internet Database Connector (IDC) approach to working with Web sites and databases, you'll quickly be saying, "Here we go again."
In this preview, Microsoft lets you use a browser to either pass a SQL operation as a parameter or specify a template file that contains the operation you want to perform. To call the XML interface, you use a URL that passes the SQL statement to a parser. The parser sends the statement to SQL Server and sends back XML-formatted data.
In addition to this query process ability, Microsoft lets you build and specify an output template file that is used to format the output as needed by the client making the call. This procedure is just like the HTML Extension files (HTX) of yore, the formatting files used in the early days of Microsoft databases on Web sites.
Although I respect Microsoft for implementing XML because XML provides connectivity to SQL Server 6.5, 7.0, and beyond, I'm concerned that this XML implementation will reintroduce many of the problems that still plague users who embraced the concept of IDC and HTX database integration for Web sites before. Too many Web sites still use the IDC approach to access databases, despite the fact that this approach is slow, difficult to manipulate, and not very dynamic.
The Basics of XML
Here are several key features of XML, specifically Microsoft's implementation—the technology preview—of XML for SQL Server. You can use the Microsoft preview to help you understand the following XML elements:
- Grams are commands that you send to the database engine, such as INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE. You can send multiple statements in a single gram. You use special tags in the gram, including Before, After, and Sync. Sync is what's now known as a transaction; all items within a sync section are considered a single transaction. You use the Before and After tags to indicate what needs to be done (after) and what the data should look like before the change (before). Think of the Before tag as a WHERE clause.
- You use a URL to issue standard SELECT statements. In this URL, you can pass in the SELECT statement and indicate the formatting of the data output. By default, the data will come back as a block of text in XML format that your client application can use.
- You can see the output of the statements, and you can work with available formatting options.
I recommend that you download, install, and use the XML technology preview from Microsoft's SQL Server Web site (http://msdn.microsoft.com/ workshop/xml/articles/xmlsql/), but I can't stress enough that you should use this preview only to learn XML and its use. Don't use this technology preview in a production environment. We all build sample applications that turn out to be so helpful that people use them in production. Don't go there with this preview. Use it as Microsoft presents it, as a learning and testing tool for your environment.
Future of XML
I'm concerned that XML, Extensible Style Language (XSL), and other facets of XML will introduce additional developer overhead. Developers already use OLE DB and ODBC to code SQL statements. At best, introducing XML adds a new layer to the process. At worst, XML adds a layer that won't be fully integrated into the database engine. This lack of integration will shift responsibility for the database language elements back to the developer, which is the situation Microsoft tried to avoid by introducing ODBC and OLE DB. I hope that Microsoft will make the true XML interface (not the technology preview) easier to use without giving up the middleman layers provided by OLE DB and such.
XML is here to stay. It's an easy way to exchange information between sources, and it will enhance the usability of many tools, such as reporting tools, because the tools will know more about the data being passed to them. The SQL Server community is in the foundational stages of using XML. We're learning the language, seeing it in action, putting it through its paces, and trying to understand it.
Here's one last thought about XML. Assuming that XML is truly a success and breaks down the barrier between the client and server software (and the tiers in between), what will XML do to the database server wars? If the data and the interface to that data are identical between engines, you'll need to remove a level of variables from the database engine selection criteria for a given project. Now that will be interesting.


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- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1-1/2 cups cranberry juice
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 2 medium navel oranges, peeled and chopped
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cinnamon stick (3 inches)
- 6 individual cream-filled sponge cakes, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- Whipped cream, optional
- In a large saucepan, combine cornstarch and cranberry juice until smooth; bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in corn syrup until blended. Cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
- Stir in the oranges, cranberries and cinnamon stick; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until the berries pop. Discard cinnamon stick.
- Divide cake cubes among four dessert dishes; top each with 1/2 cup fruit sauce. Garnish with whipped cream if desired. Serve warm. Yield: 4 servings.
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ST Luke's is calling on people to open their homes to children in need as part of National Foster Care Week.
There are about 90 young people in St Luke's care every night but only a limited pool of carers, Carer Services Unit program manager Amanda Knight said.
"There are about 60 carer households at the moment in the Loddon-Campaspe region," she said.
"That's basically from Echuca all the way up to the Macedon Ranges, obviously Bendigo, Maryborough and up to Wedderburn, et cetera.
"The demand is primarily in Bendigo and Echuca and it's huge.
"I don't think we could say how many more we need, we just need lots more.
"We're the only provider of foster care in this region so if we don't have a placement then they'll have to look elsewhere, which means that kids might have to be moved to Swan Hill or Mildura and away from their communities.
"This is going to mean that they have to move schools."
St Luke's will celebrate National Foster Care Week this week, with a special thank you dinner for its
team of carers tomorrow evening.
"The week's a chance to acknowledge all our current carers and to also drum up publicity and, hopefully, attract new carers," Ms Knight said.
"So if we can get people ringing up to inquire about it that would be great.
"Everyone can be a foster carer – anyone aged between 18 and 80 is eligible.
"I doesn't matter if you're married, single, with kids, without kids, gay or straight.
"A lot of people think that you need a family, but that's not the case.
"I had one woman ring up, she was 60, and she said, 'Oh no, you wouldn't want me, anyway' and I thought, 'Oh, but we do'."
Carer Services Unit team leader Jacintha Condillac said a versatile carer pool was a good thing.
"We like to have that variety to meet the kids' needs," she said.
"Sometimes the older people are better because they're home all day, whereas sometimes you might want the kids with other kids in placement."
St Luke's will host a four-week foster care introductory course in November.
"There's mandatory accreditation training and afterwards they get quite considerable support from St Luke's when they've actually got kids in their care," Ms Knight said. "And there's 24-hour on-call assistance available."
For more information about becoming a foster carer, phone St Luke's on 5440 1100.


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Jim Romanov
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Super Bowl Sunday surely is one of the meatiest eating days of the year. But it's still somewhat surprising the lengths some people will go to so they can push their game day feed over the top. Last year, for example, some enthusiastic carnivores went as far as to build football arena replicas out of deli meats, cheese and bread.
Constructing stadiums out of cold cuts may be a great conversation starter, but it's not likely to win you many accolades from the foodies in your life. Luckily, some recent trends on the butchering side of things are offering whole new ways to up your meat game, so to speak.
Up until recently, shopping for meat at the grocer generally meant you were limited to just a few mainstream cuts, says meat guru Bruce Aidells, author of last year's The Great Meat Cookbook. Part of the problem was the standardization of the meat industry. Butchering skills waned because so much was handled at the industrial level.
But as consumers demanded better, more unusual meats — including locally raised — chefs needed to improvise. Many had to learn butchering skills so they could purchase and use the sorts of meats their customers were looking for, says Tia Harrison, chef and co-owner of Sociale, a Northern Italian-inspired restaurant in San Francisco.
And so as not to waste a single bit, those chefs also began to develop and rediscover recipes for lesser known cuts of meat, including how to produce charcuterie.
Pretty soon restaurants were having wildly popular snout-to-tail supper nights where dishes made from every bit of the animal are served. The burgeoning market for local meat ultimately led to the art of butchering becoming quite hip. And that has influenced the meats available even at mainstream grocers, with most offering grass-fed and organic meats, even some heritage breed meats.
Aidells welcomes the change as an easy opportunity for home cooks to try new — and better quality — cuts. And a meat-centric celebration like a Super Bowl party is a fine time to give it a go.
Perhaps start with something easy, such as grass-fed beef. Because the animal was raised entirely on grass, expect the meat to be a bit pricey and leaner than grain-fed. Similar to wine, flavours can vary widely depending on where the animal was raised and the quality of grass it ate, says Aidells. "If you're a meat lover, you owe it to yourself to sample and compare grass-fed beef from various areas," he says.


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STOCKTON - Everything old is new again, and everything new is old.
STOCKTON - Everything old is new again, and everything new is old.
The San Joaquin County Fair - after a 15-month break - is back Thursday and, organizers believe, better than ever.
There are reasons for optimism as final preparations begin for the fair's 152nd year.
� The ponies: Eight days of horse racing, the financial key to success. The racetrack schedule is twice as long as last year. And the track itself, including the grandstands, hasn't looked this good in years.
� Funding: A surge in corporate sponsorship, allowing the county fair to spruce up - with paint, plants and huge original murals in crucial places. Despite losing $300,000 in state support, the fair board has spent wisely since last year. The June 2011 fair had six sponsors. This year, there are 29, and most have signed on for three years.
� Timing: Autumn begins Saturday, and this year's county fair is the first one in September since the early 1920s. Many of the fair's exhibits are playing off the harvest season.
� Safety: Don't expect just anybody walking around. Fair officials have tough entrance guidelines, a list of do's and don'ts and a beefed-up police and security presence.
� Value: Admission is free for the second successive year. Last year's attendance climbed to 130,000, an increase of 50,000 over 2010.
"This is a very large resource worth restoring in our county," said Kate Post, first-year marketing director. "The whole experience is great.
"Where else can you get this combination of horse racing, carnival rides, livestock exhibits, art and everything else in one place?"
The 2012 fair's schedule also is designed for maximum attendance. Gates open at noon Thursday, and the activities across the fairground's 242-acre footprint will be nonstop through Sunday. After three days off, the fair reopens Sept. 27, the following Thursday, and runs for four more days.
The long-range weather forecast calls for a cooling trend, with daytime highs in the 80s.
There will be changes inside the exhibit halls.
For 50 cents, you can enter the "Flags of Your World" or the "Design a Postage Stamp" competition. First place is $3.
Interactive activities aimed at children and adults abound. A fair intern visited high schools across San Joaquin County to solicit entries. Forty schools are sending 1,046 entries in art, poetry, wood working, photography and a host of other areas. "It will triple next year," predicted County Fair CEO Janet Covello, who has worked for the fair for 29 years.
There will be more to see for those moving from exhibits to midway to livestock to the racetrack and back: a juggler, a hypnotist, a modified circus, a balloon man and the ever-popular Skyy Dogs.
As usual, there will be entertainment on four stages.
As the fair opens, the Manteca Senior Center Steppers will be performing on the Community Stage.
"This place is real Americana," Post said. "City kids get to see animals. Everything is so charming."
Larry Swartzlander, 63, sees the fair for the potential it holds in the Northern California horse-racing scene. He is chief operating officer of the California Authority of Racing Fairs and views the corner of Airport Way and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard as a miracle in the making.
"This fair has gone from being an endangered species to being totally alive," said Swartzlander, who has been horse-racing director of the San Joaquin County Fair for 12 years.
He pointed to the grandstand improvements, the two-weekend racing schedule, a spruced-up winner's circle and special events as evidence of change.
"Two years ago, I'd had it with the (fair) board. I told them things have got to change," Swartzlander said, acknowledging that they have. "The county fair in Stockton is positioning itself for four to five weeks of racing in a couple of years."
If there's been a negative about moving the fair from spring to fall to accommodate racing, it has been in the county's farm community. Kids involved in Future Farmers of America (a school-based program) and 4-H (a youth organization) are back in school. Their livestock animals are larger and more fully grown.
Post and Covello said the trade-off has been necessary.
"Horse-racing drives this train," Post said. "It is the catalyst and the center of this universe."
Covello believes that after the county's farm community sees the improvements made this year, they will adjust to the new schedule.
"We're already looking ahead to next year," Post said. "We can grow this fair. Over the next two to three years, you won't even recognize this place."
Contact reporter Kevin Parrish at (209) 546-8264 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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To the editor: Wow, I really just had a déjà vu and a dance lesson, too.
It struck me when the recovering, former Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton was addressing the Senate Subcommittee that had her on the stand, under oath, finally.
But first things first. I recall her figuratively wagging her finger at the president-heir, saying, "Shame on you, Barack Obama!" a little over four years ago. It was about something he had said or had done that caused her to admonish him most severely, a tone I hadn't heard since fifth grade when Billy Kupka didn't read "Treks Across the Veld" and tried to bluff his way through a book report.
The same vitriolic timbre was behind her comments to the Subcommittee as they tried to find the answer to the breach of security at Benghazi, Libya where four Americans were viciously slain — in her division of responsibility. And I got another Clinton dance lesson, too.
I hope voting Americans remember that display, pirouettes and all, if she has the unmitigated gall to run for the White House again.
Bruce C. Bacon
To the editor; My fellow members of the South Berwick Rod and Gun Club are considering what our official position should be with regard to the recently revived discussion of violence committed with firearms. Our members are a diverse group. We live in the same neighborhoods as those who do not own guns, work at the same workplaces, belong to the same churches, and contribute our time and money to the same charities.
While our membership has differing opinions on the finer points of gun violence we are united in recognizing that the 2nd Amendment protects citizens' individual right to keep and bear arms. We are also united in our frustration at the amount of ignorance among otherwise intelligent people regarding an accurate definition of an assault weapon and other terms. Some who favor more firearm restrictions say no one needs an assault weapon to kill a deer. Whether such comments are made out of ignorance or disingenuousness, the fact is deer and hunting are not mentioned in the 2nd Amendment because they have nothing to do with the amendment's purpose which is to guarantee the People's rights and contain Government's power.
Our hundreds of club members are a diverse lot sharing a passion for gun ownership. We may differ on the finer points of this debate just as others in the general public do but we are comfortable knowing we pose no danger despite the number of firearms we bear. We hope and trust clear honest minds will prevail in this debate.
Bruce Drown
South Berwick, Maine
To the editor: Another Groundhog Day is upon us, and once again we'll pay the most fleeting interest to this news filler. But after the cameras are gone, Phil will spend the next 364 days in a Plexiglas cube in the Punxsutawney Public Library.
Groundhogs avoid contact with people. They love to dig and spend most of their time underground. Phil is on display year-round. He'll never enjoy the sunshine or breathe fresh air. He has no quality of life.
Surely in 2013 we have grown beyond these kinds of exploitative displays. Punxsutawney should recognize that it's time to retire this worn-out marketing event and work to encourage visitors to come and enjoy the town's charms for more than one day a year.
Jennifer O'Connor
PETA Foundation
Norfolk, Va.
To the editor: Save the Indoor Portsmouth Pool (SIPP) is a New Hampshire registered 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing quality aquatic programs at your Portsmouth Indoor Pool & Aquatic Fitness Center. The pool is a public recreation facility that is open year round for everyone, and is available almost ninety hours each week.
The Portsmouth pool is thriving under the unique public/private partnership established last year between the City of Portsmouth and SIPP. This five year renewable agreement allows your SIPP board of directors to implement its operating and capital improvement plan for the pool. This saves taxpayer money while preserving a wonderful exercise and swim lesson facility for you and your kids.
SIPP has committed to raise a minimum of $750,000 for capital improvements and repairs over the five years of the agreement. During the summer of 2012 donated funds were used to replace many components of the pool including the boiler, gutter system, deck drainage system, controllers, and diving blocks. Replacing the thirty year-old roof is our top priority in 2013. In addition we need to replace the filtration system, the pool liner, and the pool heater. Once these items are updated the pool will be ready to begin another thirty years of service to our community.
The U.S. Surgeon General has a National Prevention Plan. Two of the elements of this directive are "encourage community development that supports physical activity", and "facilitate access to safe, accessible, and affordable places for physical activity." Your handicap accessible pool meets those objectives.
For example, a typical month at the pool has 3,500 visits for swim lessons, 4,700 youth swim team visits, 500 aqua-size visits, 2,500 lap swimming visits, 200 adult swim team visits, and 75 military training visits. Continuing this access deserves your support.
Your SIPP board have participated in thousands of hours of meetings to make your pool a community resource over the next thirty years.
Your tax-deductible donation/pledge is the essential ingredient to complete our mission this year. 100% of your gift goes to the pool. Please send your gift to SIPP, 82 Court St, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, or you can use PayPal at www.SaveIndoorPortsmouthPool.org website. Thanks for your support.
Thomas P. Clairmont
Save the Indoor
Portsmouth Pool
To the editor: My brother, who was in Unit 2 at Riverside Rest Home, died on Nov. 28. He was 73 years old and considered Riverside to be his home. Some days were not easy but other days he was complementing the staff and with a joke or a simple thank you he felt at home.
Death in the family is not an easy experience but with thoughtful support of family and caregivers the trauma is greatly lightened. In the days and hours before his passing, my Brother received the most tender care and affection from the wonderful personnel at Riverside Rest Home. Loving care was administered by administrators, nurses, staff, and custodians on a continuing schedule. These people were all an intimate part of the team that made our family's loss easier.
Thank you one and all at the Riverside Rest Home for everything you did to make my Brother's and his family's last days as comfortable as possible. Thank you.
Dorothy Lewis
To the editor: A response to your Jan. 24 editorial.
Today your editorial writer stated " ... the House, under Speaker Terie Norelli, is charting its own course of misguided extremes ..." Such hyperbole is not in keeping with the Nov. 7 Foster's editorial where the writer stated " ... we are all in this together. That means, win or lose it is time to come together in civility and purpose to drive our state and nation forward in common purpose. That is the American way." The former statement is short on civility and way short on facts while the latter better reflects what is actually taking place in the New Hampshire House.
Let's be clear. New Hampshire is facing tough times. We were fortunate to experience the impact of the great recession to a lesser extent than our neighboring states, and the nation as a whole. However, our rate of recovery is lagging, our population is aging faster than the national average, and, for the first time in recent history, we are losing rather than gaining population.
From top to bottom, our legislature is painfully aware of these challenges, none more so than Speaker Norelli. The tone she has set in the House is one of seriousness and civility, with the constant admonition that we need to work together to solve these problems. Any "the other side of the aisle" language has evaporated as we now sit interspersed on the House floor. We also sit side-by-side on committees, and many of us are even eating together in the cafeteria. Several of my veteran Republican colleagues have confided that this is truly a positive transformation from the experience of the last session when they held leadership.
Obviously, with nearly 400 members, there is no lack of diversity of ideas on the paths we might follow. The ability to work together in the search for common ground is essential. Thus, language matters, and public language matters most of all. That is why I regret the tone of this editorial. Tossing verbal grenades only pushes the troops back toward their respective political trenches, while a more thoughtful wording might actually move the middle toward an outcome you would approve.
I am reminded of the lines in your Dec. 31 editorial "In the final analysis tolerance requires a willingness to consider that the other person or group may be correct. But, if not, to understand what is driving the discussion so that level heads prevail and solutions to common problems are found. " Amen!
State Rep. Bill Baber
Strafford 14, Ward 2
Editor's note: Former House Speaker Bill O'Brien made a similar "diversity" same argument in trying to excuse the behavior of GOP House members. To the extent Democrats act as O'Brien Republicans they should be criticized equally for their extreme behavior — and praised for good behavior, as we have done.
To the editor: I have noticed lately that it has become trendy to fly/display the American Flag upside down for whatever political reason or statement. As a 15-year infantry veteran with service in the US Marines and the U.S. Army I do not agree with this practice. It is my belief that flying the flag upside down only provides motivation and propaganda to those who would use that image to undermine the strength of America.
Even more important it affects the moral and motivation of the American men and woman still serving in the military defending our freedoms. These young patriots who sacrifice so much for our c ountry can become disheartened and demoralized when they see Old Glory flown in this manner at home while they still fight the fight.
As a veteran who helped defend your right to freedom of speech and expression I would respectfully request that you think just a little about how your decision effects our veterans and present service members, before you fly your flag upside down on a pole or in a post or as an Icon on face book.
Micheal Dempsey


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Boating can be a year-round activity around here and whether you're looking for the latest accessories for your live-aboard vessel or daydreaming of summer recreation, the 10-day Seattle Boat Show has something for everyone, starting Friday.
Displays of more than 1,000 vessels, from multimillion-dollar yachts to kayaks and inflatables, are indoors at CenturyLink Field Event Center and outdoors at South Lake Union marinas. The show provides a world of ways to get on the water along with boating accessories, information and entertainment.
Specialty boats on display at CenturyLink include a fully restored 1957 classic Chris Craft, famous for its style and craftsmanship, and Seabreacher, a submersible vessel designed to look like an orca, able to reach speeds of 55 mph and jump as high as 15 feet out of the water. Kids can build a toy boat and try out paddle boats on the water indoors at CenturyLink.
Boating experts share their knowledge at seminars on everything from choosing and financing a boat, fishing and crabbing or writing a boating blog. For more experienced boaters, there are Boat Show University half-day courses on fishing, boat maintenance and cruising destinations. Contest prizes include a Lake Roosevelt houseboat vacation, a $2,500 marine-store shopping spree, and boat rentals. Play Pitch-A-Fish for the chance to win a pontoon boat.
Many boats, at both locations, are open for boarding; slip-on shoes and/or comfortable socks are a good idea if you'd like to hop aboard, since most exhibitors require visitors to remove their shoes.
The Seattle Boat Show continues daily through Feb. 5, with free shuttle transportation continuously between its two locations.
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Story details have arrived for the 20th episode of Nikita Season 2 — "Shadow Walker." Find out where this Birkhoff-heavy episode takes our heroes..
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"Shadow Walker" (Content Rating TBD) (HDTV)
NIKITA IS CAPTURED AND TORTURED – Nikita (Maggie Q) convinces a reluctant Birkhoff (Aaron Stanford) to use 20 million dollars of his own money in a plan to trap Percy (Xander Berkeley), but Birkhoff loses it after Percy ends up stealing his entire life savings. Trying to make up for what he lost, Birkhoff hacks into an old network, tripping a trap set by the FBI, which gets him arrested. Division is alerted of his arrest and Percy sends in a team to retrieve him, but Nikita has other plans. Michael (Shane West) and Sean (Dillon Casey) go after Birkhoff's stolen money while Alex (Lyndsy Fonseca) attempts to step into Birkhoff's shoes. Nick Copus directed the episode written by Kristen Reidel


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Big Squeeze Weekend raising funds for Bassett Medical Center's Women's Imaging Center
Mill to donate this Saturday's cider sales for the Friends of Bassett Campaign.
Fly Creek, NY- The Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard will feature its 14th annual "Big Squeeze Weekend" October 5 and 6. The event is designed not only to increase awareness and early detection of breast cancer and the health benefits of apples but also to raise funds for the Friends of Bassett's campaign to renovate and update the Women's Imaging Center at Bassett Medical Center. All-day Saturday sales of fresh, sweet cider in both full gallons and halves will be donated to the Friends' campaign.
Returning is Bassett Cancer Institute's mobile medical screening coach. Cancer prevention and screening information will be offered on Saturday along with tours of the coach. On Sunday The Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie Counties' Cancer Services Program will provide free health screenings for uninsured women over 40 and uninsured men over 50. There are no income requirements for the exams which include mammograms, pelvic, breast and pap tests.
"This successful Big Squeeze Weekend fundraiser is our way to kick-off Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
I lost my mom, a dear friend and team members to breast cancer. I'm proud to have our Mill help fund improvements to the Women's Imaging Center. The Center provides more than 6,000 mammograms and 3,000 ultrasounds each year with information essential to maintaining women's health," states Brenda Michaels, co-owner of the Mill.
In addition the Mill will offer more than 8 different varieties of New York State-grown apples for sampling. A Cornell University study has identified a dozen compounds in apple peels called triterpenoids that either inhibit or kill cancer cells in laboratory cultures.
To schedule a free appointment Sunday call the Cancer Services Program at 888-345-0225.
The Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard, located at 288 Goose Street in Fly Creek, NY, is just 3-miles from Cooperstown and 24-miles south of Herkimer. For more Big Squeeze Weekend information visit their website at www.flycreekcidermill.com.


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By WILL WEISSERTAssociated Press
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Hundreds of activists have rallied outside the Texas Capitol for Planned Parenthood, 1 of the organizations most-vilified by conservative lawmakers inside the building.
Thursday is Planned Parenthood's annual lobbying day and after the demonstration, the crowd fanned out to meet individually with legislators.
The Republican-controlled Legislature targeted Planned Parenthood in 2011, when it outlawed state funds going to organizations linked to abortion providers.
The Senate Education Committee has also begun mulling a bill barring Planned Parenthood from teaching sex education in public schools - even though that only happens in rare cases around the state.
Native Texan and actress Stephanie March of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" fame told demonstrators: "I'm tired of Texas being crazy!" That drew sustained applause and hollering.
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Editor's Note: Since Ronald Reagan stepped onto the national political stage in the 1970s, American "conservatism" has operated in an increasingly radical, anti-empirical and paranoid style, putting the social and economic stability of the United States at greater and greater risk.
Instead of the traditional conservative approach of relying on time-tested solutions, Reagan espoused the so-called Laffer Curve, which gambled on the unrealistic notion that massive tax cuts for the rich would generate more tax revenue for the Treasury, just one example of the Right's anti-conservative -- and even crazy -- "conservatism," as Lawrence Davidson notes in this guest essay:
If you have the stomach to listen to the likes of Glenn Beck or track the antics of people like Sarah Palin, you might get the idea that today's American political conservatives are a bunch of radicals and extremists. And, as we will see, you would be correct.
But this is not how it always was. There was a time when conservatism was a more low-key affair with a certain sense of pragmatism and even fair play.
There is not much of this traditional conservatism left here in the U.S., except in certain intellectual circles. And, even there, one has the sense that it is hanging on by its fingernails.
If you want to learn more about this remnant you might take a look atthe writings of Jim Kalb, a leading thinker in the traditional conservative movement, a believing Catholic and, in his role as a wordsmith, an aficionado of palindromes (a word or phrase that reads the same forwards and backwards). Here is how Kalb spells out the meaning of his brand of conservatism:
"A network of commonly accepted attitudes, beliefs and practices that evolves through strengthening of things that work and rejection of things that lead to conflict and failure. It therefore comprises a collection of habits that have proved useful in a huge variety of practical affairs, and a comprehensive and generally coherent point of view that reflects very extensive experience and thought."
In other words, this sort of vintage conservatism emphasizes what it regards as useful traditions over rapid innovations. It also values workable stability over precipitous change. There will always be change, of course, but in the world of traditional conservatives it should be slow and incremental, not "radical" or "revolutionary."
Whatever one might think of this traditional conservatism, it is pretty clear that modern American political conservatism has abandoned it for a multitude of extremist positions that play themselves out as publicly expressed obsessions.
Political Obsessions
Let us take a look at some examples of this "fall from grace."
--The alleged right to possess unlimited numbers of deadly weapons.
For modern political conservatives obsessed with the issue of gun laws, this "right" to be over-armed supersedes the public's need for a safe environment.
Thus, compared to the age-old tradition of public safety, the gun mania of today's conservatives is absolutely revolutionary.
It certainly has nothing to do with the Constitution's "well ordered militia" and does not reflect "habits that have proved useful in a huge variety of practical affairs." In fact, the only "habits" this obsession references are those displayed in fantasies that romanticize cowboys and military combat.
--The battle against legal abortion.
This modern political/social conservative cause also references fantasy rather than "a comprehensive and generally coherent point of view that reflects very extensive experience and thought." This is because the outlawing of abortion does not eliminate abortion. It simply drives it into the back alleys creating an ever greater risk to desperate and mostly poor pregnant women.
Thus, obsessed as they are with the rights of the unborn, these so-called conservatives care little for the much more traditional right of well-being for those who are "post womb." In addition, unwanted births put stress on the traditional family structure, increase rates of delinquency and deepen poverty.
Many of today's political/social conservatives who seek to outlaw abortion with such religious zeal also sadly stand out as hypocrites. Anti-abortionists, supporting an allegedly "pro-life" cause, often act or support or turn a blind eye to their own violence that can and has reached the level of murder.
Perhaps most frustrating of all, these same "right to lifers" often stand in opposition to a pragmatic answer to the abortion problem – that is the age-old and honored tradition of contraception.
--An obsessive fixation with taxes.
Those modern-day political conservatives who have this particular mania seem to be incapable of understanding that it is a radical act to advocate the reduction of taxation to the point of social ruination.
In order to spare their wallets and allegedly promote "individual freedom" they advocate, among other things, privatizing the public school systems, denial of services to indigent people, and elimination of state involvement in such issues as public health and environmental safety.
Yet these state activities are real "commonly accepted attitudes, beliefs and practices." To stand against them is not to be truly conservative, but rather to play the role of the stereotypical wild-eyed revolutionary.
That is because, refusing to be taxed for these purposes means the recreation of conditions experienced in a place like Manchester, England, circa 1830. That was a time when, as a matter of policy, no money was made available for government regulation of the "private sector."
Things got so bad in Manchester (and other industrial towns in England) at this time that there was mass illiteracy, pervasive malnutrition among the poor and, due to workplace pollution, the average laborer was dying at about the age of 16.
--Paranoid concern with illegal immigration.
Immigration, legal or illegal, constitutes a process that is one of the defining pillars of the American national character. Unless you are an American Indian, you are an immigrant or the descendent of immigrants, a healthy percentage of whom were not "legal."
Therefore, to overreact to immigration is to undermine a traditional practice as old as the nation itself. In addition, today's political conservative approach to immigration is obviously not a "strengthening of things that work and rejection of things that lead to conflict and failure."
Immigration of whatever nature has always worked to strengthen the nation's economy. Hysterical reactions to it reflect an attitude that only "leads to conflict and failure."
Radical Islamophobia
There is yet one more obsession of today's political conservatives that stalks the American public landscape in a radically malignant way. It is the phenomenon of Islamophobia.
For instance, consider the recent 38th annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), attended by a number of Republican presidential hopefuls.
Journalists' reports on the conference show that it was successfully used as a venue by such extremists as David Horowitz ("political Islam is a totalitarian movement that seeks to impose Islamic law on the entire world"), Pam Geller (the CPAC has been"corrupted and compromised by the Muslim Brotherhood"), and Robert Spencer ("Muslims are not able to be moderate–or they would be speaking against what is written in the Koran").
Through their foothold in the conference, these radicals were able to influence the already paranoia-prone modern American conservative mind.
These Islamophobes are joined by some more recognizable, but no less radical, names such as Lt. General William G. Boykin (ret.) who at one time served as Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. Boykin is a Christian fundamentalist obsessed with the fantasy of Muslim infiltration of the United States, particularly through the spread of Sharia Law.
He has co-authored a book with former CIA Director R. James Woolsey Jr. entitled Shariah: The Threat to America. He has also urged withdrawing the protection of the First Amendment for Muslim Americans. Boykin enjoys much influence among the religious elements of today's American conservative movement.
The growing number of conservative elected officials who preach Islamophobia is a clear indicator that this fantasy has entered the minds of Republican voters. A good example of the consequences is the present activities of Peter King, a Republican congressman from Long Island, New York.
King is now Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, a position from which he spreads the same problematic message as Horowitz, Geller, Spencer and Boykin. King is planning hearings on the "radicalization of the American Muslim community."
As presently planned, the hearings promise to be low on accurate knowledgeable and objective witnesses and high on those who have a clear record of Islamophobia.
Paranoid Mentality
This then has been the fate of conservatism in America. What started out as a worldview valuing the wisdom supposedly to be had from tradition has become a clearly paranoid mentality constantly imagining outside conspiracies and inside saboteurs aiming to destroy national values and the citizen's personal rights.
In addition, the range of remedies that today's conservatives offer to fight against these "threats" are almost entirely extremist in nature.
They range from the financial destruction of the U.S. federal government through severe reduction of taxes, to carte blanche accessibility to deadly force for gun fanatics, to the passing of draconian laws on abortion and immigration, to the McCarthyite persecutions of entire minority groups such as American Muslims.
These proposed policies do not reflect any definition of traditional conservatism. They are certainly not examples of a "comprehensive and generally coherent point of view that reflects very extensive experience and thought."
Instead they are destructive of the nation's traditions and values and can only lead to disaster. Thus, out of respect for Jim Kalb's comparatively sane definition of conservatism, I end with a palindromic warning to all those American pseudo-conservatives out there, "Live Not On Evil."
Lawrence Davidson is a history professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. He is the author of Foreign Policy Inc.: Privatizing America's National Interest; America's Palestine: Popular and Offical Perceptions from Balfour to Israeli Statehood; and Islamic Fundamentalism.


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i_fallenhero wrote:alright, but why cant it be that simple when working on an internet server?
because the data is transmitted in a different way. everything over the internet has to pass (mostly) through TCP/IP.
if you want to issue commands remotely, you need to look into TELNET or SSH.
i suggest you read up on the OSI model and the different protocols of the Application layer. in fact, we are communicating over the HTTP protocol right now =]


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im opoerating a server on cpanel. Im wondering if there is a script that allows me to log every time somebody access my cpanel and the password they log in with. This is useful if somebody changes the password i can retrieve it fast by seeing the logs.
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Agilent Technologies announced that TSMC has certified the accuracy, performance and compatibility of Agilent's GoldenGate RFIC circuit simulator for baseband designs targeting TSMC's 65LP nanometer (nm) and 40LP nm processes. The TSMC SPICE Tool Qualification Program targets TSMC's 65/40 nm and smaller geometry process technologies, delivering improved device model accuracy, enhanced simulation efficiency and compatibility, and enabling faster time-to-market and first-pass silicon success.
"As part of the TSMC Open Innovation Platform, I am pleased to announce that Agilent's GoldenGate RF/mixed-signal simulator has met the stringent 65/40LP nm baseband SPICE Tool Qualification Program requirements for accuracy and compatibility," said Tom Quan, Deputy Director of Design Service Marketing at TSMC. "GoldenGate qualification reports for TSMC's 65/40nm processes have been posted on TSMC-Online."
"With the ever-increasing complexity and operating characteristics for next-generation wireless ICs, foundry and EDA collaboration is essential for successful RFIC designs in these leading-edge technology nodes," said Paul Colestock, RFIC Product Marketing Manager with Agilent's EEsof EDA division. "We are pleased with the certification of GoldenGate for these advanced RFIC nodes as well as the relationship we have established with TSMC on several fronts that will benefit our mutual RFIC customers."
GoldenGate is an advanced simulation and analysis solution for integrated mixed-signal RFIC design. Its unique simulation algorithms are optimized for the challenging demands of today's complex RFICs, and its capacity enables full characterization of complete transceivers, including parasitics, prior to tape-out. GoldenGate takes advantage of frequency-domain, time domain and mixed-signal simulation technologies to ensure proper device operation, increased manufacturability and reduced design spins.
GoldenGate also includes a suite of automation tools to increase overall simulation coverage developed with the RFIC designer in mind. This suite helps designers launch multiple, parallel simulations, quickly analyze circuit performances and diagnose problems with mixed-signal RFICs earlier in the design cycle.


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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Skinny Beet & Carrot Salad
I love anything with the word "skinny" in the title (especially after yesterday's pistachio chip bars!).
I was always a skinny kid, even when I was in the 7th grade, I was tall and geeky, and wore extra slim pants. With my long hair, I looked like a real dork.
But I grew into my funny long nose (which is still too big for my face), and my cheeks finally grew around my funny pointy chin, and I grew boobs! Go figure, the "pirate's dream" (a sunken chest!), finally came into her own, senior year of high school.
Well, I kept growing, the "freshman 10", the late night drinking and eating, the parties, the fried cheese and potato skins with bacon and sour cream at TGI Fridays, and then just plain old age packed on those extra few pounds each year.
That nice flat tummy is now a nice muffin top, and my bras are too tight and it looks like I have back fat. Welcome to 48, and being a foodaholic sure doesn't help.
So any recipe that has the word "skinny" in the title, is most welcome.
This recipe is from the blog Skinnytaste, by way of my friend Sarah, who lost 35 lbs. on Weight Watchers and she is my idol.
She looks younger, and prettier than even when she was in her 20's, and she didn't sacrifice a thing with her meals. She ate whole foods and cooked a lot of beautiful meals at home (I have been told that fruits and vegetables are 0 points on W.W., except an avocado) and she just paid attention to what she was eating and ate HEALTHY (this is not an advertisement for Weight Watchers, I truly know nothing about it).
This is supposed to satisfy your craving for potato salad (which I will never give up), and of course I used full fat Hellman's mayo, cause that fake stuff is just weird.
Just make the salad, whether you are dieting or not. IT'S SO GOOD!
Skinny Beet & Carrot Salad (adapted from Skinnytaste)
3 medium sized beets (roasted or boiled)
6 carrots, peeled and cut into 2" chunks
1/4 white onion, diced
2 tbsp of lite mayo (I used full fat Hellman's)
handful of cilantro (do not skip this)
salt & pepper
squeeze of a lemon or a tsp of red wine vinegar
Roast or boil your beets, then peel the skins and cut into bite size chunks.
Boil the carrot chunks (would you believe I have never boiled a carrot, so didn't know how long?) in boiling water for about 15 minutes, until tender.
Mix the beets with the carrots and diced onion in a bowl. Squeeze in some lemon juice or vinegar.
Add the mayo and season w/ salt & pepper. Don't worry, it's ok if everything turns pink.
Garnish w/ fresh cilantro and either serve warm or chilled.
Delicious and if you use the low fat mayo, then skinny too.
You can never be too thin or too rich.
Or can you?
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Anything but beets!
WW is the way we are supposed to eat - good stuff - with portion control.
My mother has a theory that after a woman reaches a "certain age", your butt starts to shrink and returns as what you call your muffin top.
- November 28, 2012 at 8:28 AM
Now, THAT IS HYSTERICAL!!!
I am laughing out loud at your tale of aging. Wait till you're 84 and it will amaze you how things have changed since 48.
- November 28, 2012 at 8:58 AM
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
Anything with beets has my attention, but you, beautiful lady, have to stop it! Would that we all had your trim body! Keep on doing what you're doing, because it suits you perfectly.
- November 28, 2012 at 9:46 AM
MIL's perspective is wise, but still, the 'changes' that hit us gals can smart. As I've disclosed, it's '50' this year for me. I can't believe how much my 3 teenage sons eat, and how little I eat to maintain my 124lbs. I know that's bragging, but with the gray hair coming in, the reading glasses on order, and my mood all over the place, I'm allowed a little bragging, right? I love your face - nose, cheeks & chin. But that gory photo of you clutching the skinned beet is scaring the bejesus outta me!
- November 28, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- Oui Chef said...
You can be too thin and too rich, just look at Paris Hilton...ugh. Pink food....how fun!
- November 28, 2012 at 11:43 AM
- Dana said...
I've shared meals with you and you are gorgeous and trim. I love your love affair with food and none of us want you to suddenly become diet Stacey. I think you do a great job of balancing the healthy with the indulgent. Love beets!
- November 28, 2012 at 8:23 PM
- Proud Italian Cook said...
Oh please! I would die to have your genes, you're 48 and look like you're in your 30's! You're beautiful inside and out and I love your obsession with food it suits you well! speaking of suits I saw a picture of you in your swim suit, HELLO! You're gorgeous!
- November 29, 2012 at 1:04 AM


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quote:Originally posted by gpspassionThanks for the update, hard to understand what's going on! I'll see if I can get some info on that potential new chipset/platform. Since the eTrex H series use the MTK v1 chipset maybe they've switched to the MTK v2 chipset already used on the Qstarz Nano BT dataloggers. Could you tell us how you find the performance of your eTrex in the eTrex H Topic?


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7-11-05 - DESTIN, Fla. (AP) Coastal authorities are beginning to get a better look at the damage left behind by Hurricane Dennis.
In Destin, Florida -- where the hurricane made landfall -- authorities have closed Holiday Isle and Crystal Beach because of significant damage to homes. Still, early reports indicate only one death in Florida so far -- a man electrocuted by a downed power line in Fort Lauderdale.
Well over half a million homes and businesses in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi have lost power because of the storm. The main utility for Florida's western Panhandle area says customers should be prepared to do without power for three weeks or longer.
The storm surge also washed out about 40 miles of coastal federal highway around the fishing village of St. Marks.
Dennis is now centered over southwestern Alabama and forecasters say heavy rain and tornados are the storm's major problems now.
President Bush has declared portions of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi disaster areas because of Hurricane Dennis, making them eligible for a variety of federal assistance.
Direct assistance to individuals in Baldwin and Mobile counties in Alabama is authorized along with Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida.
Such assistance is being administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster
Additionally, federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis.


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US Senators question Syrian chemical weapons inventory claims
US Senators have questioned whether the 'entire' inventory of Syria's chemical weapons has been surrendered to foreign inspectors. Overnight, the international chemical weapons watchdog announced Syria had destroyed or rendered inoperable all of its declared production and mixing facilities, meeting a major deadline in the disarmament programme, but the US Senators are set to have more meetings behind closed doors to verify the claim.
SCOTT BEVAN: US Senators have questioned whether the 'entire' inventory of Syria's chemical weapons has been surrendered to foreign inspectors.
Overnight, the international chemical weapons watchdog announced that Syria had destroyed or rendered inoperable all of its declared production and mixing facilities, meeting a major deadline in the disarmament programme.
But the US Senators are set to have more meetings behind closed doors to verify the claim.
They've also grilled the US ambassador to Syria about America's commitment to supplying weapons and other military support to the opposition.
North America correspondent Michael Vincent reports.
MICHAEL VINCENT: The international inspectors may be pleased but US members of the Senate foreign relations committee seem to think president Assad is holding out. Committee chairman, Democrat senator, Bob Menendez.
BOB MENENDEZ: Originally published reports had that we believed that there were 45 sites, and as I understand it the Syrians declared 23 sites, so what's the story with what we believe are the rest of the sites, and how are we ensuring that we are getting access to the entire inventory of what we believe exists in Syria?
MICHAEL VINCENT: Syria only gave the US its full inventory on Monday - 700 pages of information now being cross-checked.
Assistant secretary of state for international security and non-proliferation Thomas Countryman suggested it may be a simple explanation about terminology or something more.
THOMAS COUNTRYMAN: We're assessing it now, and there will be a point at which we'll have some assessment of the gaps in that document - differences between what's declared and what we believe we know that we could discuss in a more closed session.
MICHAEL VINCENT: That discussion may now be going behind closed doors, but differing opinions about America's role in the conflict are on clear display.
BOB CORKER: I think our help to the opposition has been an embarrassment.
MICHAEL VINCENT: Republican senator Bob Corker says the US has failed to send weapons, it has taken months to even send trucks, and its covert training is limited.
BOB CORKER: Basically we've trained about a thousand folks and our intelligence folks. I guess can train 50 to 100 a month, and we had some kind of strategy that was a minor strategy - but basically do we really have a strategy at all relative to the opposition and building their strength against Al-Qaeda on the ground and the regime.
MICHAEL VINCENT: The US ambassador to Syria, Robert S. Ford says the strategy is twofold. Firstly to put pressure on both sides and bring them to the negotiating table through America's support for the moderate opposition on the ground, and secondly the US, he says, is relying on the Russians to pressure Assad even though he told the committee a while later the Russians are giving more weapon to the regime than before.
ROBERT S. FORD: It is substantial; it has increased from a year ago. There are more deliveries and in some cases they are militarily extremely significant. For example, these refurbished Syrian air force jets - I think the Russians would help everyone get to the negotiating table taster if they would stop these deliveries.
MICHAEL VINCENT: That strengthened Republican accusations that the Obama administration has handed Syria's future over to Moscow. Senator John McCain.
JOHN MCCAIN: We are now in the Orwellian situation where the Russians are assisting us in our irreplaceable part of this scenario of identifying and removing chemical weapons while delivering, as you just stated, increasing amounts of conventional weapons.
As someone pointed out, a mother watching a child starve to death is not really comforting... that child has not been killed by a chemical weapon.
MICHAEL VINCENT: Senator McCain wasn't finished there.
JOHN MCCAIN: Your continued reliance on the Russians... I find just such defiance, a history of Russian behaviour that it is absolutely remarkable.
MICHAEL VINCENT: The Republican senator says the US will now have to rely on the Saudis to provide weapons to the opposition.
Secretary of state, John Kerry, is due in Riyadh for talks this weekend.
This is Michael Vincent in Washington for The World Today.
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Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone wants his side to continue on an upward climb after making substantial progress this season and targets becoming the best in La Liga ahead of his side's clash against rivals Real Madrid this weekend.
The Colchoneros are three points behind Madrid heading in to Saturday's contest and Simeone believes regardless of the result, Atletico have shown real progress this season in the league.
"The league does not end on Saturday, obviously there remains many games and our aspirations continue to grow. We said earlier in the season, we wanted to improve on last year when we were fifth. We can go higher, but it is good growth for the club," he told reporters.
Atletico were winners away to Sevilla last weekend and a win will draw them level with Madrid in second place, but finishing above their city rivals is not the only goal for Simeone and his side, he added: "For me I would like to be above them all, not just Real Madrid. It is not just Madrid, I have no rival."
Simeone does not believe his side's supporters would favour a victory in either this fixture, or next month's Copa del Rey final between the sides.
"I do not think any fan of Atletico would choose one game or another. Any fan wants to win the league match and the final," he continued.
"I think we should look at how many years we were not in the position to compete with them in the table, as well as in the games. People talk a lot but I am not paying much attention to the words."
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RENO, Nev.—Reno's offensive woes continued for the second straight night, as the Aces suffered a 7-3 loss to the Nashville Sounds on Thursday at Aces Ballpark.
Sounds starter Johnny Hellweg shut out the Aces through the first five frames, limiting Reno to just two hits in the stretch. A pair of home runs in the sixth provided Reno's only runs of the night. Mike Jacobs led off the inning with a shot to the berm in right field, and Josh Wilson followed later on with a two-run homer to center field.
Five Reno batters each had a hit on the night. Jacobs' home run was his 15th, the most among active Aces batters this season.
LHP Tyler Skaggs struggled in what was his first appearance since starting last Thursday's game, which was suspended because of rain after just 1.1 innings. He allowed six runs on 10 hits through 4.2 innings, while striking out five and walking three.
Tomorrow, the Aces travel to Fresno for a five-game series against the Grizzlies at Chukchansi Park. RHP Zeke Spruill (4-3, 3.24 ERA) will get the nod for Reno, while the Grizzlies will counter with LHP Mike Kickham (6-7, 4.41 ERA). First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m., and all of the action can be heard live at KPLY 630 AM.
Tickets are available for Reno's final home series against Salt Lake from Aug. 21—25 at RenoAces.com, by calling (775) 334-7000 or by visiting the Aces Ballpark Ticket Office.


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This year's Emmys lacked in diversity, but a few actors of color represented. Kerry Washington and Don Cheadle were award presenters, while Taraji P. Henson offered her vocal talents as part of the Emmy Tones. Even LL Cool J joined in the fun and rapped a little ditty.
As always, it was a night of glamour, and many radiated elegance as they strutted down the Red Carpet.
Kerry Washington is red hot.
Charlie's Angels 2011 co-star, Annie Ilonzeh.
"Modern Family" co-star, Sofia Vergara, sizzles in this coral, off-the-shoulder gown.
Taraji P. Henson always looks stunning.
Amber Riley, Glee co-star, looks dazzling.
Glee castmate, Naya Rivera, is picture perfect.
The lovely Loretta Devine.
Bravo's Top Chef host, Padma Lakshmi, looking golden.


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Two political signs were reported as stolen Saturday in Newark, according to Kendall County Sheriff's Office officials.
According to a sheriff's office release, the department is investigating the theft of two political signs that were located at the corner of Union Street and Taylor Street in Newark at about 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19.
The signs were for Judy Gilmour of Yorkville, who is running for the Kendall County board, and State Rep. Pam Roth. The signs were reported as being worth about $5 apiece.


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Okay so any of y'all who know me yes yes I am actually talking about Tamagotchi oh my gosh how mysterious whatever anyways
So like I'm a crafter, and naturally as a crafter I gotta customize a Tamagotchi. I removed the design with acetone already, but it's a V5 so it has the annoying antenna thingamajig that looks like a roof and no man just no it just does not work at all it's gotta go.
I want to cut it off/remove it somehow, but if it actually has a bit of the hardware stored inside then I'm just gonna have to suck it up and deal with it totally not working with the design. But if it really is for decorative purposes, how would I go about doing this? Anyone have customization experience?
(And like I don't care if it's difficult or anything. I can figure it out. I always do. I just need to know if it's possible.)
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Tickets on sale for Philadelphia College Hockey Faceoff
Tickets on sale for Philadelphia College Hockey Faceoff
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Tickets for the Third Annual Philadelphia College Hockey Faceoff between the Nittany Lion men's hockey team and Vermont are on sale now. The teams will meet at the home of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers Saturday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m.
Tickets are on sale exclusively through ComcastTIX.com, by phone at 1-800-298-4200 or in person at the Wells Fargo Center Box Office. The Penn State-Vermont matchup will serve as the opening act for a hockey doubleheader as the Flyers will host the Toronto Maple Leafs at 7 p.m.
Penn State and Vermont will meet in the showcase for the third straight season with both teams claiming victories during the first two editions. During the first contest in 2012-13, redshirt senior Taylor Holstrom (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and former Nittany Lion Justin Kirchhevel led the Nittany Lions with two points each as Penn State claimed a 4-2 victory in front of 19,529 fans. In 2013-14, Vermont skated to a 5-2 triumph after erasing an early 2-0 deficit.
The Nittany Lions boast five student-athletes from the Philadelphia area: forward Ricky DeRosa (Aston), goaltender Eamon McAdam (Perkasie) and defensemen Peter Sweetland (Newtown), David Thompson (Glen Mills) and Connor Varley (Lansdale).
To view Penn State's complete 36-game regular-season schedule, visit GoPSUsports.com.