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I can't do anything on my computer
Dear all,
I was previously experimenting problems, after upgrading from Opensuse 11.4 (KDE) to 12.1 (KDE) in which I was unable to edit an external HD I had been using before without any issues. In 12.1 I was able to read and copy files from it to the main drive, but was unable to edit anything (save changes, delete or add files etc.) within the external drive. Also, the mentioned external drive (NTFS) appeared as a windows partition under "Windows D". (In 11.4, it simply showed as part of "media" directory).
So I went on the official forum, and after I was asked to show the fstab, I was advised to introduce some changes to the fstab.
from code line:
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAJS-00A8B0_WD-WMASY0638851-part1 /windows/D ntfs-3g users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8,nofail 0 0
- I was advised to set it to "default", which I did...
For a moment, I was able to regain full functionality from the external drive and everything was going really well. I even shut down for a few hours and turned the computer back on with no problems.
However, since the following morning I have been unable to boot to my system!! After a longer than usual booting time, I am greeted with a screen showing the ongoing boot processes, ending with the following message (manually typed from my pc screen to my laptop and preceded by more text):
Started /home [ OK ]
[ 11.541335] ALSA via82xx.c:591 codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
[ 11.552311] ALSA via82xx.c:591 codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
[ 11.568750] ALSA via82xx.c:591 codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
[ 11.576408] ALSA via82xx.c:591 codec_read: codec 0 is not valid [0xfe0000]
Dependency failed. Aborted start of /windows/D [ ABORT ]
Welcome to emergency mode. Use "systemct1 default" or ^D to activate default mode.
Give root password for login;
- I entered my root password, then got:
linux-hrmj: ~ #
* I was advised to use installation DVD but could not get it to work.
* Then I was advised to look into the fstab "vi /etc/fstab" to add "#" to the beginning of the line "/windows/D" in "/etc/fstab".
I can see the file and hover through it with the arrow keys, but am unable to introduce any changes.
It seems that at the other forum they are too busy or just gave up on me. Unfortunately I am not an expert in Linux and not very experienced with its inner functions...
In the meantime I am loosing hours of productivity.
Please...What can I do to get my system back?
Thank you very much for your help and suggestions!


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Native brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, populations could be at risk as a result of the introduction of Brown trout, Salmo trutta, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study. Both species are valuable sport fish that coexist in many parts of the world due to stocking introductions.
Native brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, populations could be at risk as a result of the introduction of Brown trout, Salmo trutta, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study. Both species are valuable sport fish that coexist in many parts of the world due to stocking introductions.
USGS researchers found that, in New York State, direct interactions between the two species, such as competition for food, have minor effects on diminishing brook trout populations compared to human-caused habitat disturbances. However, repeated, disproportionate stocking of brown trout in brook trout habitats could drastically decrease brook trout numbers.
"There is great potential for brown trout stocking to reduce native brook trout populations," said James McKenna, USGS scientist and lead author of the study. "But brown trout aren't necessarily causing the current brook trout declines, and managers may be able to develop sustainable scenarios to support both fisheries."
The USGS study found that human-induced degradation (from dams and roads, among other causes) of the habitats of both species could affect the populations of either. However, because brook trout do better in forested watersheds, whereas brown trout can thrive in more agricultural environments, degraded watersheds and/or the elimination of forests may affect brook more than brown trout.
McKenna's team used artificial neural network models, regression, principal components analysis, and simulation to evaluate the effects of Brown Trout, environmental conditions, and stocking on the distribution of Brook Trout in the center of their native range. They found evidence for the decline of Brook Trout in the presence of Brown Trout across many watersheds; 22% of sampled reaches where both species were expected to occur contained only Brown Trout. However, a model of the direct relationship between Brook Trout and Brown Trout abundance explained less than 1% of data variation. Ordination showed extensive overlaps of Brook and Brown Trout habitat conditions, with only small components of the hypervolume (multidimensional space) being distinctive.
Simulation results indicated that direct interactions and habitat conditions were relatively minor factors compared with the effects of repeated stocking of Brown Trout into Brook Trout habitat. Intensive annual stocking of Brown Trout could eliminate resident Brook Trout in less than a decade. Ecological differences, harvest behavior, and other habitat changes can exacerbate Brook Trout losses. Custom stocking scenarios with Brown Trout introductions at relatively low proportions of resident Brook Trout populations may be able to sustain healthy populations of both species within their present range.
Read more at USGS.
Fisherman image via shutterstock.

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Nexuiz hit Xbox Live Arcade as part of the Xbox Live House Party. Now it's set for PC, with new bells and whistles. Of note, the PC beta test starts today.
The announcement warns that the beta keys are limited and being given on a first-come, first-served basis. If you're interested, you can sign up at Alienware Arena. Phase 1 is already underway, which includes the Vigor, Station, and Crash maps. Phase 2 starts tomorrow, bringing a few more features and three more maps. Phase 3 will begin on April 14, with yet more maps and features, but if you're in the beta already you're in for all of the phases.
The PC version is set to launch on May 3. It will include dedicated server support, DX11 support, custom controls, a new HUD, and a 15% increase in player speed to suit the platform. It will cost $9.99, and Steam pre-orders will get a 10% discount.
"PC is the home of the arena shooter," said Illfonic creative director Kedhrin Gonzalez, in the announcement. "We've been working hard to make the PC version of Nexuiz the best we can, and add the features and support that the discerning PC audience expects. This beta will help us fine tune our online service, and we hope players will have a blast with it."


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Wanda Headrick knew from the time she was a child that she had a murmur in her heart.
Wanda Headrick knew from the time she was a child that she had a murmur in her heart.
Her mother had told her.
But the 61-year-old nurse, who works in the neuro intensive care unit at Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, had always been healthy, and the murmur had never slowed her down. She had been able to hear it only for the past couple of years.
Earlier this year, Headrick signed up for a screening as part of Via Christi's HealthierYou program, which gives employees a $30 monthly discount on health insurance premiums to those who take steps to improve their health.
"I had felt like I was completely healthy," Headrick said, noting that in 25 years of nursing, she'd only had the flu once.
Her primary care physician listened to her heart and mentioned the murmur. He asked if she'd undergo a test that's like a sonogram of your heart. She said she would like to get a baseline.
She knew enough about what she was seeing on the screen that something was wrong. The nurse didn't say anything to panic Headrick, but she called the doctor immediately, Headrick said.
A few days later, she got a call from her doctor. He was concerned.
"I thought 'What is the big deal? I feel perfectly fine,' "Headrick said.
Headrick needed to see a cardiologist. She chose Ravi Bajaj, whom she had known when she worked at Wesley Medical Center.
They hadn't seen each other for years.
"'It's so strange to see you in this setting,' " Headrick said Bajaj told her.
He reached over and grabbed her hand. He explained to her husband, Gary, that most aortic valves have three cuspids. The doctor said special people had only two.
"He turned to my husband and said 'Do you know how special your wife is?' " Headrick recalled.
Headrick also had an aortic aneurysm, which can cause sudden death.
She would need a heart valve replacement within 18 months.
"I was in total denial," Headrick said. "It wasn't like I was huffing and puffing."
Headrick said Bajaj presented her with several options and told her she could wait six months to see how things were progressing.
She researched her options.
Gary Headrick told her he thought she should have the surgery while she was still healthy instead of waiting.
On Nov. 19, Headrick went in for a heart catheter and afterward, the doctor told her that her valve would need to be replaced within a month. She'd gone from an 18-month timeline to 30 days.
"All my other vessels were good," Headrick said. "My heart muscle was good."
She asked for opinions around the hospital.
"Working at the hospital, I had wonderful resources," Headrick said. "People were telling me there was a pretty fine line where the tipping point occurs."
So on Dec. 10, Headrick underwent open heart surgery and had her aortic valve replaced with a tissue valve instead of a mechanical one. The procedure uses the lining of a cow's heart. She chose a tissue valve replacement because it wouldn't require her to be on Coumadin, a blood thinner, the rest of her life.
Tissue valve replacements don't last as long as mechanical ones, Headrick said, but while considering her options, Headrick met a patient who had undergone a tissue valve replacement 33 years before and was doing fine.
Headrick owns Flinthills Aromatherapy and believes in the benefits of both modern and natural medicine. Her family raises its own beef and eats vegetables they cull from the earth.
She didn't like the idea of being on medicine the rest of her life.
The surgery was about five hours. She doesn't remember much of that first day.
Except this: When she woke up, she no longer had pain in her left shoulder.
"I had always had left shoulder pain - I want to say for close to 20 years, maybe not that long," she said. "That pain has been gone since then."
Headrick will be off work for at least three months.
Gary Headrick is relieved his wife opted to have the surgery sooner than later.
"She wanted to put it off," he said, "but we got to talking, and we decided 20 years of quality life would be better."
Headrick says the health screening — which other employers such as Sedgwick County are encouraging employees to get to better manage their health — did more than save her money.
It saved her life.


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Possibly stupid question
Posted 10 March 2007 - 07:24 PM
How does one obtain a good street map of a city w/o actually being in that city? Or do they sell them in airports? I'm going to be going on my first ever out-of-state trip in about three weeks time, and, though I'm pretty good at following maps, I have a truly pathetic sense of direction( doubtless made worse by a propensity for panicking) without one. I'm one of those people who avoids the mall because I get lost in it, and to make matters worse, the city is L.A., which has a reputation for being highly confusing(?). I thought about printing a bunch of Mapquest screenshots, but aside from the fact that I have to pay 10 cents a sheet and stand in line for that until I get a working printer to go with my new net connection, I'm also unsure of being able to piece them together correctly. ( I may print a couple of screenshots for an extra closeup of places I KNOW I want to go) So, is there a place where one goes to purchase maps, or what should I do?
Posted 10 March 2007 - 08:02 PM
have a great trip
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Posted 10 March 2007 - 08:19 PM
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Posted 10 March 2007 - 08:30 PM
I've always had good luck, though, with a good road atlas, such as the Rand McNally one, which are available just about anywhere (our drug stores even carry them). They're great for not only getting you from state to state, but they have great city maps as well.
Posted 11 March 2007 - 01:11 PM
Posted 11 March 2007 - 01:39 PM
Posted 11 March 2007 - 01:49 PM
We always get maps from the State Dept. of Tourism where we are planning on going. They will also send you fliers on things to do while you are there. You just have to tell them what your interests are - museums, art galleries, shopping, attractions, etc. Most states have websites with how to get this stuff so you can either call an 800 number or email/write them.
But do they get it to you quick? I've only got till about the end of the month
Edit: Apparently they won't just send you a physical hard copy map now, they expect you to download it. Just what good is a PDF file supposed to do me when I'm driving?! I don't have a way to print that, especially not big enough to actually SEE( an 8.5x11 Map?). I guess I'd better hope my local B&N has a well-stocked atlas section.
Edited by Yosei, 11 March 2007 - 02:11 PM.
Posted 12 March 2007 - 08:19 AM
Posted 12 March 2007 - 08:22 AM
Posted 12 March 2007 - 12:29 PM
I'm in the L.A. area...what do you mean a rep for getting lost? LOL...just kidding!
Well hope you have a great time here. If you are renting a car, they will give you maps there too I believe. But like Thesameones suggested there are some tourist sites that will send maps and such for visitors.
Where about are you going when you get here, maybe even I can help you out in some way?
Posted 12 March 2007 - 12:50 PM
Posted 12 March 2007 - 01:06 PM
Hey Yosei!
Where about are you going when you get here, maybe even I can help you out in some way?
Thanks! I just found out my hotel, according to Mapquest, is almost 14 miles from the airport and must be accessed partly on the freeway, which is a little unnerving---I am scared to death of freeway driving and have been known to have to pull over and cry for awhile when forced to do it. I get the idea that most other "must see" things will not be so hard once I get to my room. I'm staying on Sunset Blvd, which is also where the club my friend's band is playing ( my excuse for the trip---I will also be vending, so GVers in the area are invited to stop by and help me defray my travel expenses wih a purchase or two;) ) is located. I intend to visit Hollywood Forever Cemetery and hope to sneak a quick peek at a few other interesting things( recommendations?), but sadly I have only one weekend---I arrive Friday at about 5pm and my return flight leaves Monday at 1:30 pm.
P.S. The details, such as I have, about the show are posted at the bottom of the front page of my website, http://www.accentuateyourlook.com.
Edited by Yosei, 12 March 2007 - 01:10 PM.
Posted 12 March 2007 - 01:20 PM
Ok the name of those maps were Thomas Guides. Loved them.
Posted 12 March 2007 - 01:24 PM
Ok the name of those maps were Thomas Guides. Loved them.
Thank you, I'll check those out.
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New Third- and Sixth-Order Derivative-Free Techniques for Nonlinear Equations
Some local convergent derivative-free methods are suggested for solving nonlinear scalar equations. The error equations are given theoretically to show that the proposed techniques have third- and sixth-order convergence. Per cycle, the novel cubically schemes comprise three evaluations of the function while the sixth-order method includes four function evaluations. The theoretical results are supported by numerical tests to illustrate the accuracy of the contributed methods.
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Home > Patients & Visitors > Health Library > Intestinal Transplant for Crohn's Disease
Intestinal transplant is a relatively new surgery for people whose
intestines are failing. In some cases of severe
Crohn's disease or other illnesses, most of the
small intestine may be removed. Some people have so much of their small
intestine removed that their bodies no longer can absorb nutrients (short bowel
syndrome). People with no functioning small intestine must receive nutrition
through intravenous (IV) feeding, which is called total parenteral nutrition
(TPN). TPN treatment can have life-threatening complications, including
infection and liver failure.
During an intestinal transplant, a surgeon transplants the small intestine of a cadaver into a person
with Crohn's disease. In some cases, the liver or other digestive organs may be
transplanted at the same time.
An intestinal transplant is an extremely difficult procedure that is
done in only a few medical centers. A small percentage of people with Crohn's
disease are considered for this surgery. Intestinal transplants carry a high
risk of death during surgery and of complications, including
rejection of the new organs. People who have organ
transplants must take medicines that prevent their body from rejecting the
organ. Those medicines increase the risk of infections.
For more information about intestinal transplant, see the topic Organ Transplant.
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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has called on his players to bounce back from their humiliating defeat by Oldham and keep their slim hopes of making the top four alive by beating Arsenal in the Premier League at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.
The Reds were knocked out of the FA Cup by third-tier League One side Oldham on Sunday, which left Rodgers furious with the younger players in his squad who let him down.
Facing Arsenal will be a tough ask, however, considering Liverpool are yet to beat a team in the top half of the table so far this season.
"Sunday hurt, very much so," said Rodgers. "It is bitterly disappointing when you lose such a game.
"As a manager it has to give you greater motivation to push on.
"If we are going to progress we have to make sure the players are hungry in every game. We need to do better against teams in the top half. There's no doubt in big games we want to do better.
"It is a very important game. It is a game we go into, if you put Sunday aside, with confidence. It is a tough game but one we will look to try and win and one we are capable of winning."
Rodgers is set to restore Steven Gerrard to his starting line-up having brought the Liverpool skipper on as a substitute against Oldham and he warned his younger players they must learn from the Reds legend or face up to playing in the lower tiers of English football.
"They won't have a greater role model to follow. If they are clever and bright enough they will learn from him; if not they might find themselves playing in League One. They will regret the opportunity that they had playing with world-class players."
Jose Enrique (hamstring), Glen Johnson (hamstring) and Pepe Reina (thigh) are all set to return at the Emirates.
Meanwhile Theo Walcott believes Arsenal's season is beginning to gather some momentum after the Gunners followed up the 5-1 league victory over West Ham with a hard-fought 3-2 FA Cup win at Brighton.
Walcott himself has been in fine form, scoring in three successive matches including the late winner at Brighton that took his goals tally for this season to 17.
The England international accepts the visit of Liverpool will provide a stern examination but believes Arsene Wenger's side, who currently lie sixth, are now ready to step up the pressure on the top four.
"It's going to be an intense game against Liverpool," Walcott said.
"Both teams are fighting for that fourth position and are very close together. But I think the way we played at home the other day against West Ham shows that we are strong enough to beat them."
And he added: "Yes the momentum (is growing). It has been up and down, there have been patches of brilliance, but we need to do it in every game.
"We have tended to start slowly and then wake up and that's something we need to get out of our system. It's concentration."
Walcott recently agreed a new long-term deal with Arsenal and is showing signs of developing an effective understanding with striker Olivier Giroud.
"I'm definitely enjoying my football," Walcott said. "I think the last two years have been strong as well but I've always enjoyed my football, no matter what. I always listen to the right people and always enjoy every time I get a chance to play."
Walcott started on the bench at Brighton along with Santi Cazorla and Jack Wilshere but all three are expected to feature against Liverpool from the kick-off, along with recalled full-backs Bacary Sagna and Kieran Gibbs.
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
When I read Ready Player One it reminded me of a cross between the last Harry Potter book and Hunger Games with the same premise of a lone teen battling evil. The book is set in the United States in the year 2044 when things have gone bad due to climate change and poverty. Wade Watts is an impoverished 18-year-old orphan living in a vertical trailer park called the "stacks". He has rigged up a junked van as his sanctuary where he can log into his virtual school and spend all of his free time in the virtual world of OASIS. OASIS is a huge multiplayer game filled with virtual planets, and people log in every day to escape their real lives by living through their avatars in a virtual reality. Wade, whose avatar's name is Parzival, is obsessed with finding the "Easter egg" that James Halliday, the creator of OASIS, put there before he died. The person who finds the egg will inherit Halliday's fortune. There are 3 keys to be found and 3 gates to go through in order to find the egg. Many people, called gunters which is a contraction of egg hunter, are trying to solve the puzzles and get the egg including the IOI company, a huge conglomerate that also provides internet access. Halliday was obsessed with the 1980s when he was a teen so the quest for the egg is full of references to 1980s movies, TV shows, videogames, comics, and popular music. Wade's only friend is a virtual friend whose avatar is called Aech (pronounced H). When Wade figures out where the first key is, he is pursued by IOI, and IOI will stop at nothing including murder in their quest for the egg. Along the way, Wade makes virtual friends with the woman whose avatar is Art3mis and 2 Japanese gunters whose avatars are Daito and Shoto. Although it helps to be familiar with videogames and 1980s popular culture, you do not have to be a geek or an expert on 1980s popular culture because most of the references are explained. Movie rights have been sold to Warner Brothers with no date yet for production or release, so you could read the book while you wait. The book is always better than the movie anyway, right?


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Hot, dry and windy conditions have sparked a fresh spate of bushfires threatening homes in Tasmania.
In the worst outbreak, on Hobart's northern bushland fringe, firefighting resources were poured into the small communities at Molesworth and Collinsvale on Thursday. Locals were evacuated.
Tasmania Fire Service chief officer Mike Brown said firefighters, with the help of five water-bombing helicopters, had saved a number of homes.
''The fire is burning downhill, and it's burning against the wind,'' Mr Brown said. ''It's causing a lot of concern, burning in some very rough and inaccessible country.''
He said the fire had the potential to threaten more populated northern suburbs of Hobart but so far had not burned any homes.
''We're going to have to do a lot of work on it in the next few days,'' he said.
In the rural hamlet of Lefroy, northern Tasmania, another fire sprang up, forcing the rapid evacuation of homes, while in the southern town of Franklin firefighters were working on a further blaze.
Last month the disastrous Dunalley fire destroyed 126 properties east of Hobart, but Mr Brown said February was traditionally the worst month for fires in the state.
Thursday's fires came on the 46th anniversary of the 1967 Tasmanian bushfires that killed 62 people and destroyed 1,293 homes.


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Welcome to the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship blog. Throughout the tournament, you will be able to read about our impressions from in and around the rinks in Ottawa, Canada.
January 5 / Lucas AykroydThroughout the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship, the AC/DC-influenced hard rock of Airbourne has echoed through the arena before the teams hit the ice. Perhaps some young fans had the infectious refrain of "Runnin' Wild" ("Runnin' wild, wild and free") when they held up a sign that was shown on the Jumbotron during the second period of the Russia-Slovakia bronze medal game.It said: "We skipped school to be here." And that got a pretty good cheer.
January 5 / Lucas AykroydThe New Yuri Liapkin?He was one of the finest Soviet defenceman of the 1970's, winning one Olympic gold (1976) and four World Championship titles (1971, 1973-75). Unfortunately for Yuri Liapkin, he will also be remembered for handing the puck away to Canada's Paul Henderson for the winning goal in Game Eight of the 1972 Summit Series.During Saturday night's semi-final, I couldn't help thinking of Liapkin when I saw Russian defenceman Dmitri Kulikov kneeling in front of his cage, vainly trying to corral a loose puck that slipped through his legs and enabled Canada's Jordan Eberle to score the 5-5 goal on Vadim Zhelobnyuk. (In fairness, Dmitri Klopov was equally culpable, since his attempt to hit an empty net led to the icing call that put Canada in a position to tie it up.)Smart BoyThere's no questioning Jordan Eberle's intelligence on the ice, as he clearly outwitted the Russian netminder on both the tying and winning goals in the semi-final. But did you know that Eberle gets it done in the classroom as well?Last year, the nifty 18-year-old Regina Pats forward was named the Western Hockey League's Scholastic Player of the year with an 85 percent average at O'Neill High School in his hometown.Give an Assist to VancouverThe host city for the 2010 Olympics has, in several ways, played a big role in Canada's march to the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship gold medal game.You've got head coach Pat Quinn, a Vancouver resident who famously coached the Canucks to the 1994 Stanley Cup finals and is a part-owner of the Vancouver Giants. You've got Evander Kane, the leading scorer of the Giants, who didn't make the original Canadian roster but has performed superbly since being summoned to replace the injured Dana Tyrell, taking a regular shift and racking up six points in five games. You've got Cody Hodgson, the #10 overall pick of the Canucks in the 2008 NHL Draft, whose calm leadership and playmaking ability have made him Team Canada's most valuable forward after super-prospect John Tavares.And then, you have to look back at how high Vancouver set the bar for Ottawa in terms of organization and sheer excitement at the 2006 World Juniors, reaping a $9-million profit that will be topped this year at around $14 million. Nice going, Van City.That's EntertainmentSome players don't just content themselves with getting the job done. Nope, they like to do it with flair and panache, and we love them for it.In today's gold medal game, players of this ilk to watch on the Swedish side include Mattias Tedenby and Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson. If Tedenby ever plays for the New Jersey Devils, who drafted him in the first round this year, it seems dubious that head coach Brent Sutter will encourage the flashy HV71 product to stickhandle past three guys at the opposing blueline, but it was great to see Tedenby do it versus the Slovaks in the semi-finals en route to setting up Simon Hjalmarsson for the winner. Paajarvi-Svensson sure isn't short on attitude, and if he isn't cutting to the net with super speed to draw a penalty, he's trying to replicate the Sidney Crosby "scoop up the puck on your stick behind the net and put it top corner" goal.On Team Canada, P.K. Subban is way too much fun to watch with his Paul Coffey-like rushes and Savardian spinneramas. And John Tavares, of course, simply has sick stick skills, whether he's juggling the puck on his blade before scoring in a 7-0 exhibition rout of Slovakia or schooling the Russian goalie in the semi-final shootout.Hopefully one (or all) of these players will make some more jaw-dropping plays that we'll remember years later from the 2009 championship game.
January 3 / Jenny Wiedeke
The press box at Scotiabank Place got a little more festive with the arrival of the Swedish television crew on Saturday. Especially entertaining to those in the press box was the play-by-play duo of Niklas Wikegard and Chris Harenstan. While English-speakers seated close by couldn't understand a word of what the broadcasters were saying, they understood what the pair were communicating as they screamed like football announcers for Sweden's first goal against Slovakia. The second goal elicited a similar cheer, followed by a bear hug between the duo. And for the grand finale, the fourth goal against the Slovaks thanks to an unbelievable play by Mattias Tedenby, there was the quote of "Holy S***!" from the commentator box, which we can only assume means "What a play!" in Swedish.
January 3 / Lucas AykroydWant to know what a Canadian's idea of a good time on New Year's Eve is? It doesn't necessarily involve champagne, balloons, or fireworks, but it does require the use of a TV set.Canada's 7-4 win over the USA on December 31 was the most-watched Preliminary Round game ever on TSN.It reaped an average of 1.67 million viewers, well ahead of the previous record of 1.41 million from December 31, 2005. There, Canada beat the Americans 3-2 in Vancouver.In the third period, the audience got as high as two million viewers.Expect even bigger numbers if Canada advances to the gold medal game on January 5. TSN's all-time record for a championship game was the 3.45 million viewers for Canada-Russia in 2003 in Halifax.
January 3 / Jenny WiedekeTypically, in NHL games, when a player gets a hat trick (three goals) in a game, fans will toss their baseball caps on the ice in appreciation. But Latvian goaltender Raimonds Ermics might have misinterpreted the tradition just a bit when he celebrated Roberts Bukarts' third goal in his team's 7-1 relegation round rout of Germany. In his excitement, Ermics did what he thought was normal in North America when his teammate completed his hat trick--he tossed his baseball cap on the ice from his perch on the player bench.Oooops! It seems that there are very strict rules against any player throwing any object on the ice-- including seemingly harmless baseball caps. So imagine Ermics' surprise when the on-ice officials skated over and assessed him a two-minute minor and a 20-minute game misconduct for his celebration that was lost in translation.
December 31 / Lucas AykroydYour IIHF.com correspondents don't actually get to play in the IIHF World Junior Championship games (for several reasons that are pretty obvious). We do, however, get to the gym every so often. And Swedish fans may be interested to learn that their young heroes were focused on fitness, rather than getting an early start on New Year's Eve celebrations, prior to the Group B finale with Russia this afternoon.It was a crowded scene at 9:30 am at the hotel gym as most of Tre Kronor marched in wearing track suits and got down to work on the treadmills, elliptical trainers, and stationary bikes. Goalie Mark Owuya, performing crunches, sported a blue-and-yellow T-shirt with the inspirational message, "Jag kan, jag vill, jag ska" ("I can, I want to, I shall").One woman commented at the water cooler: "Well, this doesn't happen every day."
December 30 / Lucas AykroydIn 1975, Vladimir Popov was the CSKA Moscow forward who hit the crossbar late in the third period of the classic New Year's Eve game against the Canadiens at the Montreal Forum with the score tied 3-3 (which is how it ended). This year, Popov is an assistant coach for Russia at the World Juniors.In 1981, Czechoslovakia set the single-game goal-scoring record with a 21-4 demolition of Austria. This year, the Czech Republic and Slovakia have combined for 19 goals in six games so far (10 Czech, nine Slovak).In 1991, the Finnish player named Mikael Granlund was a 19-year-old goalie backing up Pasi Kuivalainen. This year, the Finnish player named Mikael Granlund is a speedy 16-year-old forward who's become the youngest player ever to represent his nation at a World Junior Championship.In 1997, Canada's leading scorers were Brad Isbister, Christian Dube, and Cameron Mann with seven points apiece in seven games. This year, John Tavares and Cody Hodgson already have nine points each for Canada in three games.In 2004, Canada failed to win the IIHF World Junior Championship for the seventh consecutive year. This year, the host Canadians are gunning for their fifth straight gold medal.
December 30 / Szymon SzembergEach time Brian Kilrea steps into his "office," he sees proof of his status as a living legend. Mr. Kilrea, 74, is the head coach of the Ottawa 67's, a junior team in the Ontario Hockey League which plays at the Civic Centre, one of the two host venues for the IIHF World Junior Championship. Kilrea's "office" is the home team's player's bench.It is a unique place, as it is the only player's bench in hockey which is adorned with a government endorsed commemorative plaque describing the coach's remarkable achievements.Despite being virtually unknown in Europe, Kilrea has almost a cult status in Canada. He has been behind the 67's bench since 1974, except for two years in the 80's when he was the assistant coach with the New York Islanders in the NHL, plus a brief "retirement" in 1994-95. With the 67's, he has won two Memorial Cups (1984, 1999), emblematic of Canadian major junior supremacy. Kilrea also coached Canada's World Junior team to a fourth-place finish in Sweden in 1984. For his contributions to junior hockey in Canada, Kilrea was inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.The way a man like Kilrea is appreciated represents one of the many differences between North America and Europe when it comes to perceptions of sports people. If Kilrea worked in Europe, people would say: "He can't be that good, because if he were, he would coaching pro, not junior." Just like college basketball or football in the States, junior hockey is considered a sport in its own right in Canada.This is something that Europe will never understand.
December 29 / Jenny WiedekeThe fans in Ottawa once again showed that Canada is 'Hockey Country' with another record-setting attendance figure at yesterday's USA-Czech Republic game. And while 99.99 percent of the Canadian fans have been positively outstanding in their support of the IIHF World Junior Championship, it is time to address the other .01 percent about how to be better supporters. In yesterday's Canada-Kazakhstan game, the Kazakhs were outclassed by their Canadian counterparts, but the truly classless people were the dozen or so fans that thought it would be clever to dress up as Borat to ensure instant fame on the Jumbotron.Yes, Borat was an amusing movie, and yes, it is probably the only reference that many North Americans have when it comes to Kazakhstan. But from a Kazakh point of view, it must be demeaning to be greeted by men in bad wigs and leotards after traveling halfway around the world to participate as the biggest underdog at a championship. Would the Canadian team like it if they were welcomed to the ice by South Park's "Blame Canada" when playing overseas? (Admittedly, another amusing moment in movie history.)So please, Canadian fans, live up to your reputation as the best in the world (as 99.99 percent of you have done so far), and don't make us blame Canada for promoting silly stereotypes.
December 29 / Lucas AykroydSweden's highly touted forward Magnus Svensson-Pääjärvi (eligible for the 2009 NHL Draft in Montreal) tells the Swedish tabloid Expressen that he expects his team to reach the gold medal game against Canada.On top of that, the forward with the long name believes he knows how to knock the favourites off the World Junior throne: "They always think that they are the biggest and the best, but if we score two goals they will [defecate] in their pants. And then they will also face enormous pressure from 19,000 fans."The comments call to mind the 1993 IIHF World Junior Championship in Gavle, Sweden, when Peter Forsberg suited up for Tre Kronor. Before Sweden's December 27 meeting with Canada, "Foppa" told reporters he didn't think the Canadians skated particularly well. In the game, Forsberg notched a goal and three assists despite being closely checked by Dean McCammond, but Canada won 5-4.
December 28 / Jenny Wiedeke
So just how big is the World Junior Championship in Canada? Let's just ask The Hockey News, which recently put out its annual Top 100 people of power and influence in hockey list.
In the halls of Scotiabank Place and the Civic Centre, you can see the who's who of the hockey world. Why, there's #30 Bob Nicholson chatting with #87 Tommy Boustedt about Sweden's sudden surge in its junior program. Or you can find #77 Jim Johannson pacing outside the U.S. locker room as the team's general manager. Number 85 John Tavares is putting on a one-man show for Canada, of course everyone is wondering if he can touch some of the scoring records that #8 Wayne Gretzky set in the early years of the championship. Kevin Allen (#90) always makes sure to give the World Juniors a good amount of coverage in USA Today, while #64 Ron MacLean is sure to talk about the World Juniors on Hockey Night in Canada. Maybe he's getting inside information from #73 Pierre McGuire, who is doing color commentary for TSN's coverage. And more from the list are on the way…of course there's IIHF President Rene Fasel (#36) and perhaps USA Hockey Executive Director Dave Ogrean (#44) will visit if the U.S. makes a run for the medal.
When World Juniors is in Canada, it's not only a big event for the fans of the game, but also the powerbrokers behind the scenes.
December 28 / Lucas AykroydOh, the nuggets of information that you discover whilst digging through the 2009 IIHF World U20 Championship Official Media Guide and other media guides. Here are five goodies.1. Sweden's little-known Ola Rosander holds the record for most goals in one game (six in a December 28, 1987 meeting with Poland). That puts him ahead of the likes of Markus Naslund and Alexander Mogilny, who could only manage a paltry five. A veteran Swedish journalist whom I asked about Rosander could remember nothing about his subsequent career except that he played competently for Sodertalje for many years.2. The winningest goalie in the history of the tournament is Russia's Andrei Medvedev, who won 11 games between 2001 and 2003. Now out of hockey, the former Calgary Flames prospect usually got more media attention during his playing career for his poor physical conditioning than his actual numbers.3. Each edition of Team Canada during its five-peat era of 1993 to 1997 had at least one player named Jason on the roster. Think Jason Dawe, Jason Smith, Jason Allison, Jason Botterill, Jason Podollan, and Jason Doig. None of the players involved in the current Drive for Five are named Jason. (In fact, the last Jason to suit up for Canada at the IIHF World Junior Championship was Jason Spezza in 2002.) This is the kind of thing the Team Canada braintrust discusses heavily when picking the roster.4. Switzerland holds the record for the longest losing streak in World Junior history: 31 games between December 22, 1977 and January 2, 1986. (Which is weird, because even though the Swiss aren't at this World Juniors, they've pretty clearly established themselves as at least the eighth-best team in the world at the senior level. Obviously it was different back in the day.) Norway, the second-place nation in this particular turtle derby, isn't even close: 18 games between December 27, 1978 and January 2, 1989.5. Here's a testament to the devastating effect that the migration of top Slovak juniors to North American leagues in recent years has had on the development of hockey in Slovakia. Their media guide includes a list of Slovaks in the NHL Draft in the past three years. In 2006, there were four late-round picks; in 2007, three-late round picks. In 2008? No one. Wow. Sure, that's been public knowledge for a while. But seeing it in Slovakia's own media guide really makes it hit home. At least the Slovaks got off to a fine start here in Ottawa with their 7-2 win over Latvia.
December 27 / Jenny Wiedeke
In Ottawa, it's not hard to find help around the arena. Always friendly, and always helpful, the volunteers can easily be identified by their puffy red vests that they wear with pride. The organizing committee had more than 2,000 applications to volunteer for the World Junior Championship, showing why Canadians proudly call their nation 'Hockey Country'. Of the 2,000 applicants, around 1,200 made the cut and are doing everything from manning information desks, driving cars, folding flags, distributing stats and taking care of virtually every other detail that goes into hosting a major sporting event. It is hard to imagine that these 1,200 people applied to work long hours over their Christmas holiday for nothing other than a handshake….and a red vest. Welcome to hockey country.
December 26 / Szymon SzembergHow big is the IIHF World Junior Championship in Canada? Well, it's so important that Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, devoted its prime Boxing Day editorial to the event.
The Globe writes: "Thank heavens for the world junior hockey championship, an annual puck extravaganza about which only Canadians seem to care. That fact -- this country's singular obsession with the fate of a hastily assembled collection of teenage talent on ice -- is usually just a curiosity, a quaint bit of Canadiana like five-pin bowling and Don Cherry's wardrobe."
Point well taken, but fact is that more and more other countries are also getting obsessed with this phenomenal event. Although the World Juniors have yet to make the editorial pages in most other countries, one of Sweden's two major tabloids, Expressen, had a full-spread preview on Christmas Day with this headline running over two pages: " Finally – a true World Championship in hockey."
The columnist contends that the U20 event is even better and more exciting than the men's World Championship in spring and a true reflection of the quality of a country's hockey program. This comparison can always be argued but the message is clear: Swedes are also getting caught up in World Junior fever, as the country of the Tre Kronor hopes to win its first U20 title in 28 years. Last year's games against Canada in Pardubice, Czech Republic got ratings of 900,000 viewers on Swedish national television, an amazing number in a country of nine million people.
Finally, the ending of this Globe and Mail editorial really deserves to be quoted: "We may not have a functioning Parliament. We may not keep our economy from floundering, or bring our soldiers home soon. But at the start of this unsettling winter, 2009, we can send our best and brawniest to do battle with the top juniors in the world, bent on again proving Canadian hockey supremacy."
December 26 / Lucas AykroydFrom December 26 to January 5, Ottawa will be the hockey capital of the world.Sure, Moscow has the IIHF World Championship, Stockholm has the Olympic crown, Detroit has the Stanley Cup, Montreal has its 100th anniversary, and Toronto has the most fans.But the capital of Canada is the place to be right now if you love this sport in its purest form. Sussex Drive and the Rideau Canal are cold and icy, but that hasn't dimmed the excitement heading into the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship one bit. It's everywhere, as I've already discovered.Despite rough winter weather Canada-wide, players, organizers, fans, and media are doing what it takes to get to Ottawa. Yesterday, I stayed on hold for three and a half hours with my airline's phone reservation system to book a new early-morning flight after my original departure got canceled at the last minute. Getting here on zero sleep? Priceless.I chatted with a transportation volunteer at the Ottawa airport and heard all about how John Tavares and other Team Canada players received a rock star-like welcome, with TV cameras and microphones everywhere, when they flew in. It's a scene you wouldn't likely witness in many other places.Do Canadians eat, sleep and breathe hockey? Well, yeah. After checking into the Westin Ottawa, I found a room service menu with beers and appetizers themed in line with this year's 10 World Junior nations. (For the host country, it's Canadian pizza with maple-back bacon, Quebec wild mushrooms, and aged cheddar. For Kazakhstan, a mint and soy bean borscht.)Once you've seen this tournament, you'll always eat it up. And year after year, the returning players provide a special kind of continuity. (Personally, I'm always vaguely surprised when Canada's roster doesn't include Jason Botterill.)Fans, especially in Canada, know the World Juniors deliver a blend of speed, skill, and passion that you can't replicate elsewhere. Of course, the players in, say, the Olympics are older, stronger, faster, and more internationally famous.But while many World Junior alumni go on to enormous future pro and IIHF successes, for other youngsters, this is their one and only chance to enjoy the spotlight and win something for their country.That's why you don't see a lot of half-speed, just-feeling-each-other-out games at the elite U20 level. Players desperately need to prove themselves. And this year, they can do it in front of 19,153 crazy fans at Scotiabank Place.Welcome to the hockey capital of the world. Let's go.


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The "rough and tough" guys got a make over today as they clipped off more than 10 inches of hair for kids. It's charity for the National Children's Cancer Society and Lock of Love.
Fifteen ponytails make a wig that's given to kids who have lost their hair to illness.
"We always say if you want to see the spirit of America, tell a biker about a sick child," said biker Jeff Hodge.
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Equitrekking's Emmy nominated host Darley Newman discovers Pacific Coast beaches and the fertile farmland and lush forests of the San Carlos Valley in Costa Rica. Mixing horseback riding with tree climbing and hot air ballooning, Equitrekking captures the true spirit of adventure in Costa Rica. Riding gaited Paso Fino and Peruvian horses, Darley makes a trek to the famously furious Arenal Volcano, one of the most active volcanoes in the world. As smoke billows off the flowing lava, Darley and her local Costa Rican guides ride among lava rocks from the 1968 eruption. Next, Equitrekking takes viewers to the beach, exploring Costa Rica's extreme biodiversity by spotting scarlet macaws, crocodiles and iguanas. Darley lives every horse rider's dream by taking a sunset ride on the beach, before heading back to San Carlos to climb a ten-story tree! Next, Darley enjoys getting in touch with the local culture, by riding in a Cabalgata, a horse festival where hundreds and sometimes tens of thousands of local Costa Ricans open up their farms so that riders can pass through them in a wild trail ride. Darley visits a frog sanctuary to view rare frogs, like the red-eyed tree Frog, and rides horses to a spot where howler monkeys make their home in the trees. Finally, Equitrekking takes viewers to hear the rainforest wake up, flying above it in a hot air balloon at dawn.
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A 17-year-old learner driver had downed several beers with his mates when he decided to take his mother's car for a joy-ride, Wollongong Local Court heard yesterday.
The Cordeaux Heights teen, who cannot be named, was nabbed by police late last year as he drove along Cordeaux Road without a supervising driver, his L-plates or his licence.
Sentencing the boy yesterday, Magistrate Susan McGowan said the teen's antics were not a good start to his driving career.
"This [conduct] is irritating in the extreme," she said.
"It's not a good way to start . . . now is the time for you to get a grip and do better."
The teen had been drinking at home on October 24 when his 19-year-old mate decided to go to Western Suburbs Leagues Club.
Solicitor Darren Chennell, acting for the teen, told the court his client had been pressured into letting his friend drive his mother's car to the pub.
When his mate decided to stay, the teen then made the "foolish" decision to drive home as he didn't want to leave the vehicle in the car park, the court heard.
Police pulled the teen over for a random breath test and he blew a 0.015 reading.
He later admitted to drinking three beers, downing his last drink just 45 minutes before he jumped behind the wheel. The teen yesterday pleaded guilty to driving without supervision, not displaying his L-plates and drink-driving.
Mr Chennell said the boy was extremely young and had simply made a stupid decision.
He told the court his client had completed the traffic offenders program, had no record and was remorseful for his actions.
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THURMONT, Md. (AP) — The National Park Service says Amish volunteers from Indiana are helping to restore some historic cabins in Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont.
They're working this month at Camp Misty Mount, a collection of 29 wood-and-stone cabins built by the Depression-era Works Progress Administration.
The park service says the volunteers will help strip designated cabins to their original components. Then they'll restore the buildings using historically accurate techniques and materials
The volunteers from Nappanee, Ind., are participants in a program enabling them serve their country without joining the military.
The cabins have been used by groups ranging from the Salvation Army to the Marine Corps. Marines bunked there in the 1940s to provide wartime protection for the nearby presidential retreat that became Camp David.
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HEALTHY AND HAPPY: Parsons, left, with Drachman
"All of a sudden I was having more pain in my right leg than I could bear. I couldn't exercise for more than five minutes."
That was the predicament of Peter VK Parsons in 2011, six months after the now 69-year-old had started an intensive weight loss and workout routine. Parsons, who had battled obesity and diabetes for 20 years, knew the condition of his health could affect circulation throughout his body, but he was unaware that another problem might be lurking.
Douglas Drachman, MD, director of the Cardiology Fellowship Program in the MGH Institute for Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care, diagnosed Parsons with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), which attacks the arteries of the extremities and reduces blood flow to the limbs. A hallmark symptom of PAD is cramping in the legs with exertion, which may result in the inability to walk more than a short distance.
PAD affects more than 9 million people in the United States, but the disease is often underrecognized by both patients and physicians. Drachman encourages patients to know the symptoms of PAD and the link to life-threatening problems. "Many people feel as though exertional cramping in the leg represents something benign like a muscle ache," Drachman says. "They don't recognize it as a sign of a major systemic disease. If you have cholesterol plaque build-up in your leg, you may also have plaque build-up in other parts of your body, like in your heart or carotid arteries, which could raise your risk for heart attack or stroke."
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Ryan Tannehill threw his second touchdown pass with 38 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, sending Miami to a 27-23 win over the Atlanta Falcons in the Dolphins' home opener.
Atlanta kicker Matt Bryant, perfect on his first three field goal attempts, missed a 35-yarder wide right that would have given the Falcons a six-point lead with 4:46 to play.
Tannehill then led the Dolphins on a 13-play drive that ended with Dion Sims' one-handed, over-the-shoulder grab from a yard out off play-action.
"I didn't really think about the situation, everything was just instinctive," Sims said. "The linebacker grabbed my arm so I just reached up with my free arm and brought it in."
Miami safety Jimmy Wilson picked off Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan to seal the win.
Tannehill completed 24-of-35 passes for 236 yards with one interception for the Dolphins, who have opened a season 3-0 for the first time since 2002 after twice battling back from 10-point deficits.
Ryan had 231 yards and two touchdowns on 23-of-38 passing for Atlanta (1-2), which dominated time of possession in the opening half, holding the ball for nearly 23 minutes.
"This was a game where I think we had a ton of opportunities to have chances to win the game, we just didn't make the plays when they were presented to us," Atlanta head coach Mike Smith said.
However, the Falcons only led 13-10 at halftime.
They went up by 10 early in the third quarter following a turnover by Tannehill on the second play from scrimmage. Atlanta defensive end Osi Umenyiora forced a fumble on a sack and defensive tackle Peria Jerry recovered the ball at the Miami 12.
A defensive pass interference penalty on third down kept Atlanta's special teams unit on the sideline. Two plays later, Ryan connected with tight end Levine Toilolo for a 2-yard score.
The Dolphins answered with a 50-yard field goal by Caleb Sturgis on their next drive and capitalized on a turnover in Atlanta territory to draw even.
Harry Douglas was hit hard on a punt return and fumbled. Miami made the recovery at the 19, and Tannehill hit a wide-open Brian Hartline for the game- tying touchdown with 56 seconds left in the third quarter.
Bryant nailed a 33-yarder on the ensuing drive to put the Falcons back on top.
Atlanta's opening drive of the game consumed roughly nine minutes, and Ryan capped the 14-play march with a 7-yard TD pass to Jason Snelling. After the Dolphins went three-and-out on their first possession, Atlanta chewed up almost six more minutes before Bryant drilled a 52-yarder in the second quarter.
The Dolphins countered on their next touch, with Lamar Miller bursting through a gaping hole up the middle on first down for a 49-yard dash. The significant gain helped set up a TD run by Daniel Thomas, who fought his way into the end zone from five yards out.
Once again, Atlanta orchestrated a time-consuming drive, but was forced to settle for a Bryant 20-yard field goal after marching to the Miami 2.
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GARDNER — Mr. John L. Louis, 89, of Gardner, passed away at 10:20 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at Oak Crest, DeKalb Area Retirement Center, DeKalb, Ill.
Born Feb. 14,1923, in rural Emington, Ill., John was the son of Ludwig and Margaret (Goley) Louis.
Johne married Mary Kathryn "Kay" Verdun on Nov. 4, 1944 in Odell, Ill. He farmed with his wife Kay his whole life in the Dwight area.
John was an active member of the church his entire life and a past Grandknight of the Knights of Columbus.
Survivors include his wife of 68 years, Mary "Kay;" a daughter, Rosanne (Don) Sherwood of Beach Park, Ill..; two sons, David (Mary Anne) Louis of Rochelle, Ill., and Jeffry (JoAnne) Louis of Sycamore, Ill.; a sister, Anna Louise (Clarence) Masching of Odell; two brothers, Vincent (Jean) Louis of Florida and Joseph Louis of Iowa; 6 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter in infancy, Mary Louise; and a sister, Mary Margaret Masching.
Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at Hager Memorial Home, Dwight.
A Mass of Christian burial will beat 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Dwight. Father James Rickey will officiate.
Burial will be at Loretto Cemetery, Loretto.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Oak Crest Retirement Center, DeKalb, Ill.
Hager Memorial Home is in charge of arrangements.
John L. Louis
GARDNER — Mr. John L. Louis, 89, of Gardner, passed away at 10:20 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at Oak Crest, DeKalb Area Retirement Center, DeKalb, Ill.


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I have 2 questions about my iMac. I do not want to pay all that money to see the geek squad. Thought I would start here with my fellow JUBer's.
Before I get to the questions I guess I should provide a little bit of background with this computer. It is a Apple iMac purchased in 2007 and it is running on Snow Leopard. Everything from what I can see it up to date.
1. I want to buy an external hard drive so I can take my iTunes and pictures off here in case something ever happened to this and so this can speed up a tad. I just tried connecting my friends external hard drive and I was able to take things off of his and place it in my iTunes but I could not drag anything from my iTunes to it. Could there have been a step I was missing? I did not want to drag my entire iTunes to it , just certain music files. I am now nervous to buy one - but when I get it I want to move my entire iTunes there.
2. A lot of the videos I download are in Windows Media player. I want to easily convert them to Quicktime because in my opinion they run better that way and I do not have to wait for the entire video/movie to load before I can skip around in it. Anyone have any idea how to do that?
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FENTON - Funeral services for Willard Ohm, 83, of Lone Rock will be held 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Fenton. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Henry-Olson Funeral Chapel in Fenton. Interment will be at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Fenton. He died Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona.
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ISSUE: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is providing information regarding a previously communicated voluntary recall of two lots of Soliris (eculizumab) Concentrated Solution for Intravenous Infusion. As stated on Nov. 12, 2013, the two lots were found to contain visible particles. At that time, Alexion provided instructions to return any unused vials of Soliris from these two lots at the distributor level. Alexion is now providing the same instructions at the hospital/user level.
The administration of particulate, if present in a parenteral drug, poses a potential safety risk to patients in two general areas: immunogenicity and thromboembolic events. Particulates could cause blockage of flow of blood in vessels, which could be life-threatening. To date, there have been no product complaints of particulates, or identifiable safety concerns attributed to the product consumed from the affected lots. As previously stated, Alexion does not anticipate any interruption to patient supply of Soliris.
BACKGROUND: The product is approved as a treatment for patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, two ultra-rare disorders. Alexion and its distributors typically ship Soliris to healthcare providers in small quantities, which are timed to individual patient infusions, with the product being consumed before more is shipped. As product was last shipped on Nov. 1, 2013, Alexion believes there is little, if any, inventory currently being held at the hospital or user level. Soliris (eculizumab) 300 mg/30 mL Concentrated solution for intravenous infusion only NDC 25682-001-01, Lot number: 10010A and 10001-1.
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Weaving Local History into Key Stage 3 History
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I'll post up the Archaeology links and 50 ways to use a McDonald box for object handling in the next fews days when my energy levels return!
Did you manage to work your way through the 18 pages of archaeological finds in Kidderminster?
Great to meet you!
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I found these links for you:
you have a local group here:
Kidderminster Local History
Civic society
Vision of Britain
Snapshot of the town
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Posted 15 July 2010 - 06:55 PM
Excellent workshop - you are a rising star Lesley Anne!
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Roy - Mexborough War memorial
Fallen at Langar cum Barnstone top of page 2 a solider from Mexborough
Private Alonzo Burrows, A Squadron, 9th Lancers (Queens Royals)
Born: Mexborough, Yorkshire
Enlisted: Nottingham
Resident: Barnstone
Died of wounds: 10 August 1918 aged 26
Buried: Grave IIIA BB 9 in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France
Son of Samuel and Ann Burrows
Loads of fallen soliders from Mexborough
roll of honour
scroll to bottom the page for names:
Men who appear on the plaque depicting those members of the Mexborough Branch of the Oddfellows who served during the 1914-18 War
Hope this helps Roy!
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I will be helping to plan the local primary school's unit on local history so this is very useful.
I've just nominated a local primary for the learning outside the classroom awards. Would be amazed if any secondary school comes withing a country mile of what they do! Details later....
Posted 15 July 2010 - 11:55 PM
I'm going to follow up on Lesley Anne's idea and get each form to adopt a soldier for Remembrance Sunday, research his back ground and place a cross in our own memorial gardens created by our vocational digging group!
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I've already marked out the area which I use with my students to recreate teh Battle of Hastings.
We marked the Miners Strike in a special final gala in Denaby. Next Year we are making the 100 aniversary of the Denaby Pit Disaster.
Role on August and December 1914! We might try and invite over some German students for a football match!
PS History should be real and relevant enough so that you can still feel the pain! Long live empathy!
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Horn Soloist from Iceland to Perform with Wind Ensemble
The Sonoma State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble closes a momentous season with a program that honors the past and looks to the future. Joining the SWE is guest artist Joseph Ognibene, principal horn player with the Iceland Symphony, performing the
Horn Concerto No. 1 by Richard Strauss.
Andy Collinsworth will conduct the concert at 7:30 p.m. on May 2 in Weill Hall.
Other works on the program include Robert Jager's fast-paced overture Esprit de Corps, Ralph Guenther's arrangement of Two Chorale Preludes by Johannes Brahms, Walter Piston's 1951 classic, Tunbridge Fair, Steven Bryant's Dusk, Eric Whitacre's Ghost Train, and Paul Hindemith's March from Symphonic Metamorphosis.
Joseph Ognibene, horn, began his studies in Los Angeles with Ralph Pyle and Vincent De Rosa. Later he went to Germany where he studied with Hermann Baumann and won third prize at the 1978 Prague Spring Competition. He has been principal horn of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra since 1981 and is also a founding member of the Reykjavik Wind Quintet. With the ISO and RWQ he can be heard in countless CD recordings on the Chandos, BIS and Naxos labels. As a soloist Joe has performed and recorded several works with the ISO and appeared at numerous International Horn Society workshops worldwide. He has been a member of the advisory council of the International Horn Society since 2008 and was elected vice president in 2012.
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June 18, 2013 > San Leandro offers traffic reports via the internet
The San Leandro Police Department would like to announce a new service that is being offered that has the ability to reduce staffing demand for traffic reports, placing accident reports on line. The department has been looking for an alternative method of providing hardcopy accident report requests in a more efficient manner. Docview provided a no cost solution to managing and selling reports using the latest imaging and web application technologies. DOC view will provide the community an easy alternative to gain access to accident reports without having to make a visit to the traffic window. "This is quick, convenient and accessible through the internet, 24 hours a day," stated Police Chief, Sandra Spagnoli. The Docview system is designed to do the following: * Provide web accessible accident reports for insurance companies, officers and citizens * Remove the police department from the billing and report fulfillment requests * Provide 24 hour availability via the internet * Save citizen time and inconvenience of driving, parking, and waiting in line * Reports are available in PDF format making them easy to view, save, print and email * Reports are usually available within 24 hours of being uploaded, excluding holidays and weekends. * Reports cannot be modified, maintaining report integrity Docview charges a nominal convenience fee for this service which is added to the cost of the report. Citizens who do not wish to pay for the convenience may still come to the police department and pay the normal report fee if they choose. Visit www.docview.us.com to learn more about Docview and its services.


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The MZone returns to the blogoshere after a 2+ year hiatus and suddenly Colin Cowherd just happens to be coming to A2 to do a live show from the U-M campus?
Nice try, Cowherd. But we're not falling for that one.
Thus, the MZone has decided to remove the funny from the site today and put it under lock and key during Cowherd's visit. We just want to protect our funny from being accidentally borrowed again.
Hey, it's nothing personal. It's just a precaution.
ED. NOTE: If you're new to the MZone 2.0 and wonder what we're talking about, click on the "Colin Cowherd" label at end of this post and check out what happened during MZone 1.0. Start at the bottom and scroll up. Yep -- that.
So no funny today. Sure, we were going to put up this hilarious Photoshopped pic by Andy with Jim Tressel, a donkey and Maurice Clarett from a Labor Day party at Urban Meyer's house...
...But we didn't want to risk it. Oh, and we had this awesome bit of an imaginary conversation between U-M's defensive coordinator Greg Robinson and the ghost of Bo Schembechler. In it, Schembechler was telling Robinson how his defenses the last two years reminded him of a pillow fight at an all girls nursery school for the blind...
...But we took that down, too.
In the meantime, the MZone funny is being protected at our headquarters here in Ann Arbor by armed guards. Unfortunately, as lowly bloggers, we obviously don't have jobs and live in the basement of our parents' house (busted). So we can't afford a top notch security detail and thus had to go with the folks pictured below (who, for some reason, are so un-top notch, they can't even afford to be in color!).
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Just About Careers High Tech Panel
Johnson alumni from Google, Intel, eBay, LinkedIn, and Facebook share career tips with first-year students via videoconference.
August 13, 2013
It's never too early for students to consider life after Johnson, and this year's incoming class had a lot to think about after a full day of orientation that focused on MBA careers. Capping the Aug. 9 program was a videoconference highlighting opportunities in the high-tech sector as described by recent Johnson graduates working at industry heavyweights Google, Intel, eBay, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
The consensus was that newly-minted MBAs would be wise to pursue positions in product and marketing management, finance, consulting, and engineering — and, if possible, have a skill set that touches on a selection of these areas. Panelists also agreed that their companies value creative thinking, problem-solving skills, and teamwork.
At eBay, for example, the company seeks individuals with a background in strategic consulting and finance, said Sushmita Pilaka Saha, MBA '11, a customer insights and global analytics specialist at the online marketplace. "To get a better idea of what is needed, speak with someone in a specific group, such as analytics, and be prepared to discuss how you will drive the business, rather than support it," she said.
Opportunities at social networking giant Facebook are primarily in sales and product marketing, according to Arshi Duffley, MBA '12, a global strategist at the company. An advantage for most MBAs, she notes, is teamwork experience.
Lori McMahon, MBA '10, a program manager at Intel's corporate philanthropy arm, said that her company targets MBAs with a recruiting program in its financial and leadership divisions. "They want to know what you are passionate about; maybe it's mobile technology, or finance." Like most other high-tech companies, she said, Intel has rotations: workers move from one area, and role, to another.
The same is true at Google, where workers move among an array of jobs, depending upon the task at hand, said Chao Wang, MBA '12, who works in business analytics and market outreach at the firm. "Because we do a lot of software development, MBAs could use their engineering or computer science knowledge," he said, suggesting that students consider classes in programming and software development. Beyond that, he added, "The value of an MBA is being able to connect the dots and collaborate on problem-solving."
Such abilities also are vital during the job interview process, the panelists said, as recruiters evaluate candidates by presenting case studies and asking questions designed to determine the candidate's knowledge of, and level of passion about, the company in question.
"Technology companies want smart people who can demonstrate creative, innovative thinking. At interviews there will be behavioral questions and case studies that require different approaches to problem-solving," Saha said.
Intel's McMahon pointed out that prospective employees must articulate how they add value to a business, what they know about the business, and demonstrate problem-solving skills. "Because technology moves at a fast pace, during interviews they want to know if you can make decisions quickly," she said.
Facebook also looks for people who understand the company and its objectives. "At an interview, you will be asked about what Facebook is doing well and/or projects you are currently working on," Duffley said. "Employees are expected to be passionate about Facebook and its mission to make the world a better place."
It was fitting that the high-tech panel was held in lecture hall at Sage that was recently re-wired for optimal, remote audio-visual communications. The result was a seamless coast-to-coast connection that brought the panelists in Cornell-Queen's boardrooms in San Jose, Calif., and New York City face to face with members of the class of 2015.
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Victim robbed after helping men
Two Hickory men were arrested Thursday after robbing a man at gunpoint after the victim assisted the men with car repair.
Travis Lee Webb, of Hickory, told Hickory Police he stopped to help Geno Marquis Jordan, 23, of Hickory, and Sherrod Jaquis Weaver, 19, of Hickory, with a purple Chevrolet Caprice in the area of Third Avenue Southwest.
According to Hickory Police, Webb said the suspects were going to sell him an amp, so he followed the men to a house in the 200 block of 10th Avenue Southeast at about 11:45 a.m. Thursday.
Jordan and Weaver then allegedly robbed Webb at gunpoint, taking money from him and a firearm from his vehicle. The two men fled from the house on 10th Avenue Southeast in the Chevrolet Caprice, which was spray painted with the word "Wonka" and a Willy Wonka character on the side.
Hickory Police stopped the suspects at about noon Thursday on Lenoir-Rhyne Boulevard. Sgt. R. George told The O-N-E evidence was found inside the vehicle, and Jordan and Weaver were arrested.
Weaver and Jordan are both charged with robbery with a firearm and larceny of a firearm and are in Catawba County jail with a $50,000 bond each. Both men appeared in court today.