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The story is being written and soon reality will settle in. At that point, when the haze of this moment dissipates, and clarity and reason return to our national psyche, we will be faced with a moment of national reckoning for a nation that lost its way.
Too much ink has already been spilled on Stephen Harper's Omnibus Crime Bill, soon to become law. I preface it as Stephen Harper's because we should never forget who steered our criminal justice system, and by proxy, our societies, in this direction.
Let us never forget that as the U.S. Sentencing Commission speaks out against mandatory minimums, as the U.S. State of Texas undoes the disaster it wrought upon itself in the name of mandatory minimums, and here in Canada as the federal prison ombudsman, correctional officers, lawyers, the legal profession, and most recently judges, warn us of the futility, illegality, and cruelty of what we are about to embark upon -- that it was Stephen Harper's stubborn ignorance that led us here.
Perhaps there is a hidden epidemic of crime sweeping this country that has been unreported -- that the statistical fact that crime is at its lowest level since 1973 is incorrect. Such an epidemic might evidence the fact that our current approach to law and order, and dare I say it, rehabilitation, is not having its desired effect.
Let us also suppose for a moment that our social agencies are so flush with cash that we have spent all we can spend on programs proven to reduce recidivism among convicted felons. Let us pretend that Nunavut has at least one addiction treatment centre where in the capital, Iqaluit, 90 per cent of crimes involve some form of substance abuse.
And finally, we can pretend that we have been transported to an earlier era, when justice existed in the gallows. Back then there was no debate about a just society, about fairness. Young or old, all the same. To be strong was to be vindictive.
Stephen Harper and his cronies -- Vic Toews, the Minister of Public Safety, and Rob Nicholson, who my friend Gerald Caplan aptly calls the Injustice Minister, must believe these fallacies. It is the only logical explanation for why they have chosen to embark down the most illogical of roads.
It is easy to prey on people's fears and prejudices. This government has shown that it works. If it is a craft, they have mastered it. The tragic irony is that the boogeyman of this bill -- the first time offender who fell victim to circumstances that those who now condemn him could never begin to navigate, or the youth who at some point will re-enter the societies they have been removed from, will in fact emerge the hardened criminals they are painted as.
Too much evidence (oh, the facts!) tells us that sending non-hardened criminals to prison only gives us more hardened criminals in the long run. We will have created the crime we seek to erase.
Quebec has said it will refuse to pay the bill's cost. It will not embark down a course that will undo all the progress it has made in rehabilitating young offenders so they can rejoin society as citizens, not criminals.
Ontario recently estimated the cost of its share of this disaster at $1 billion. One billion dollars wasted on prisons, on creating criminals, and destroying communities. In an age of austerity, with the future uncertain, instead of spending precious resources where they are needed most -- in our schools, our hospitals, and our industries -- we will waste them on prisons; colossal, mega-prisons.
The strong crushing the weak.
Passing the Omnibus Crime Bill, which the House of Commons has done already and the Senate is poised to do, is only the first chapter in this story. The next chapters will tell of what happens when a smart country does something so utterly stupid. And one can only hope that when confronted with what we know is coming, we will permit ourselves what we are about to deny to too many among us, a second chance.


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Randall takes talents to Old Dominion golf team
By ODU Athletics
Jan. 23, 2012
It's taken a while, but winter appears to have finally arrived here in New England with the recent snow that has blanked our region.
The weather has been a little different for recent Cumberland High grad and talented golfer Jamison Randall, a freshman at Old Dominion University in Virginia. "It's better than New England," said Randall, via the phone on Saturday morning. "It's much warmer. In fact, I'm playing golf (today)."
After a standout youth career on the junior and amateur circuit and for the Clippers where he guided his teammates to a state championship this past June with an individual title, Randall is enjoying his time down south for the Monarchs, and adjusting to the often-tough transition as a college player.

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Shots often take the night from 0 to 60, leading to mixed results. But the team at the newly opened Fells Point lounge, Willow, want to change the shot's reputation with their menu of creative, craft shots, smartly called Abbreviations.
Think "cocktails in miniature." Lead bartender Julia Momose explains that all 11 Abbreviations are designed around infused spirits that she makes fresh and in-house. All of the infusions featured can be turned into full-size cocktails, an idea owner Ryan Perlberg hopes will "invigorate customers and bring something different to Fells Point. We're a classy shot bar." Momose adds that there's an Abbreviation for every palate. Here are three tempting suggestions to sip or shoot. They are small in size but big in taste.
The Rebound ($7)
Let me start with my favorite. What caught my eye? It's a gin shot. Yes. And talk about bad-ass. There are only two ingredients: green-tea infused organic Bluecoat gin and mint syrup. But don't be too intimidated; it also happened to be extremely fresh — brushing-your-teeth fresh — and herbal with a slightly spicy finish. it's an approachable shot for just about anyone.
Rhubarb Pie ($7)
Truly, a dessert shot — without the calories. Rhubarb-infused vodka — the very smooth Prairie Organic — and house-made vanilla syrup combine for a light honeyed taste. I was expecting this to be tangy, but it's sweet, light and good enough to savor over several sips.
Cliffrise ($7)
A spicy little meal, the Cliffrise is a layered blend of house grenadine, lime juice and jalapeno-infused El Jimador tequila, an Agave Reposado with a smoky flavor. Of the three I tried, this was the most "shot-like" in quality — a full kick of ingredients that run the gamut from hot to soothing.
The Abbreviations menu is an adventure. You'd usually do shots to get the night rolling — or cap off a sloppy bar crawl. Here, though, the shots are your night. And you'll remember it.
Where to Get Abbreviations
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My favorite opening I've written for a newspaper article is: Anna Trunek loves three Georges and a Georgene.
It appeared in the June 17, 2007, issue of Northwest Herald, a fellow Shaw Media publication, in an article about children named after a parent. Anna Trunek married George Trunek on Valentine's Day 59 years earlier and gave his son his name and his daughter a female variation of it. Then, George Trunek Jr. overruled his wife's suggestion of Kyle and passed the name onto his son, although he claimed family members called the youngest George "Bud" to avoid confusion at family functions.
I suppose some parents want their children's names to be a bit more unique, though.
That was part of the reason DeKalb County Clerk John Acardo started compiling lists of the most popular baby names in DeKalb County: Shortly after he was elected in November 2010, several friends who were expecting and didn't want to use popular names asked him about it.
Now, he releases the list of the most popular local baby names every six months. From January through June, 477 babies were born in DeKalb County, 243 boys and 234 girls.
The most popular names for girls were: Olivia, Alexa, Emma, Grace and Abigail, in that order. For boys, they were: Isaac, Andrew, Jaxon, Matthew and Michael.
Olivia also made the national top five list for baby girl names in 2012, as compiled by the Social Security Administration. Nationally, Isabella, Olivia, Ava, and Emma have been quite popular in recent years, while Jacob has topped the boys list since 1999.
You can check out the national lists for the past 100 years here: http://shawurl.com/ogi.
You can check out past lists for DeKalb County here: http://shawurl.com/ogj.
Thanks to Acardo's lists, Jaxon and Chace have been added to my list of potential baby names. I'm not opposed to a Jillian Jr., either. It'll be awhile before I have to worry about such things, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared.
Google fail: A more immediate need, though, is suggestions for good places to walk dogs. Ideal would be a park or forest preserve with bathrooms, garbage cans, trails in which we could comfortably walk 3 to 5 miles and running water to hydrate BlackJack. (As his name might lead you to believe, he's black and fluffy, so he needs plenty of water in this heat.)
BlackJack and I have walked the length of the Nature Trail a few times and around our DeKalb neighborhood a few hundred times, but I could use some suggestions from you, dear readers. When I used Google to search for dog friendly places in DeKalb, all I got was apartment listings.
BlackJack (and I) would sincerely appreciate any recommendations you can make.
• Jillian Duchnowski is the Daily Chronicle's news editor. Reach her at 815-756-4841, ext. 2221, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Residents in a west side neighborhood speak out about growing problems in their community. From gangs to graffiti and illegal dumping, residents say they need help from city leaders.
Just a few years ago, Hector Valdovinos moved to Rockford from Chicago hoping to find a better life for his wife and three kids, especially his older son.
"I was afraid for him to get involved in gangs or drugs or whatever and that's the same problems we're facing right now. That's what we have here," says Hector.
Valdovinos is battles gang graffiti on his home and garage and says someone has been dumping garbage and used tires behind his home for over a year. He tired of cleaning it up.
"No one wants to get involved. The policeman don't care we don't have enough car patrols," Hector adds.
The father of three has gone to his alderman, the mayor, the health department and his state rep. Rockford's mayor recognizes the problems facing residents in this west side community and says the city is responding.
"The areas that are having more problems get more resources. So the idea that nothing is being done here first of all is false. And the idea that we don't care is really wrong also," says Mayor Doug Scott.
Hector Valdovinos says it's still not enough and he wonders how things will be after the city's next round of budget cuts. The city provides a free service to remove graffiti from private property.


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Friday, November 14, 2008
Review: Coastal Scents Gel Liners
Quality: 5 out of 5
Packaging: 4 out of 5
Size: 3g/0.11oz
Price: $6.95
Where To Buy: Coastal Scents
Would I buy again: Yes!
Coastal Scents has come out with these fantastic new gel eyeliners. They come in 10 great colors, with the basic Black, Brown, and Navy. What I really like is that they have other colors that you don't normally see in gel liners; white, grape, bright blue, turquoise, silver, and gold. They come in a frosted glass jar with a glossy black top.
The liner is soft and creamy. All you need is a small amount on the tip of your brush to get a solid, pigmented line. A little bit really goes a long way. After applying the liner it dries quickly and doesn't smudge for hours. At the end of the day I only had a tiny bit of smudging at the outer corner of my lower lashes, but I don't think anyone but myself would notice.
I've used this on my lower water liner with no irritation. It lasted about 6 hours before it really started to fade.
- creamy, easy to apply
- pigmented enough that you only need to use a little bit
- dries quickly and doesn't smudge
- lasts for hours on the water line
- wide color selection
- the jar doesn't have any lable with the color name
Isododecane, Polyethylene, Trimethylsilocysilicate, Cyclomethicone, Ozokerite, Ploymethylsilsesquioxane, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Quaternium-18 Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Tocopheryl Acetate, Lecithin, Propylparaben, BHT. May contain: Mica and Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide, Ultramarine Blue, D&C Red No.7 Ca Lake, FD&C Blue No.1 Al Lake, D&C Black No.2.
eyeshadow: Fyrinnae's Kitten In Heels
liner: Sky Line
After 6 hours
8 comments:
- LINEA. said...
i love the sky blue on you! it looks so smooth. & easy to apply.
- November 14, 2008 at 5:26 PM
- Lily said...
thanks for the review! i'm going to order some once my mac fluidline runs out.
- November 14, 2008 at 5:45 PM
- Toma said...
Beautiful! How did you get it to stay so long on your waterline?
- November 14, 2008 at 9:28 PM
- Connie said...
Thanks for the review and swatch! Loving the Sky Line!
- November 15, 2008 at 10:11 AM
- Katrina said...
Toma I didn't do any to my waterline but apply the liner. It stayed without any help from me.
- November 15, 2008 at 11:24 AM
what type of brush do you use for this?
- November 20, 2008 at 5:43 PM
- Katrina said...
I use an angled taklon brush. You could also use the bent eyeliner brush from Sonia Kashuk, a lot of people say its really great.
- November 20, 2008 at 7:59 PM
thanks and also what color eyeyshadow would u wear with the gold one?
- November 24, 2008 at 8:13 PM
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Susie I would love to think of that proposal but the nurses might get up set with the noise coming from my room!
Well I am getting a private room and I could have Rob come and stay with me. They are letting me if I want to. The nurses will be hovering around my door.


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Flynn ends game on risky 22-yard TD
Sunday, October 21, 2007
By Ted Lewis
BATON ROUGE -- The Kings of the SEC Road have been conquered.
But barely.
Auburn came within a second of extending its remarkable record away from home Saturday, before LSU spoiled it on Matt Flynn's 22-yard touchdown pass to Demetrius Byrd one tick before time expired, giving the hometown Tigers a 30-24 victory.
Going into Saturday's game, Auburn had won eight consecutive conference road games, including nailbiters at Florida and Arkansas earlier this season.
Auburn controlled things in the first half against LSU, leading 17-7 at intermission, and after falling behind in the fourth quarter had shown the composure it takes to win in hostile environments. Auburn drove 82 yards in the closing minutes to take a 24-23 lead on Brandon Cox's 3-yard pass to Rodgeriqus Smith with 3:21 remaining. Wes Byrum made the tie-breaking extra point.
It wasn't enough, though.
In the end, Auburn's defense, which held LSU to 137 first half yards, couldn't contain the Tigers in the second. LSU had 351 yards in the last two quarters, driving for two touchdowns and a pair of field goals.
That was more yards than Auburn had been allowing per-game (279.0) before Saturday.
Meanwhile, Auburn's only score of the final two quarters came on the Cox to Smith pass. The visitors had 127 yards in the second half with just six first downs.
The game turned in the third quarter.
Although Auburn kept the Tigers out of the end zone, making LSU settle for a pair of Colt David field goals, they weren't able to do anything offensively.
The visitors had only 48 yards in the third quarter and a pair of first downs. Auburn did reach the LSU 49, but with the home team finally getting pressure on Cox, Auburn had to punt 3 yards and two downs later.
Auburn's first half was a textbook on how to dominate on the road.
-- Take the crowd out of the game early.
The Tigers drove 63 yards for a touchdown on the game's first series. Nothing fancy, save for Cox's 17-yard pass to Montez Billings for the score.
-- Don't turn the ball over.
Auburn didn't.
-- Take advantage of turnovers.
Auburn did, Jerraud Powers went 36 yards with the good hop recovery of Ryan Perrilloux's fumble to the LSU 4, setting up the Tigers' second touchdown.
-- Control the clock.
18:27-11:33, Auburn.
-- Don't commit foolish penalties.
Auburn had none, foolish or unfoolish.
-- Turn disadvantage into advantage.
Leading 14-7 midway through the second quarter, Auburn was pinned at its 5 after a Patrick Fisher punt.
A three-and-out would have given LSU great field position, but the visitors, using the elements that had carried them to success earlier in the game -- hitting open receivers underneath while never letting LSU defenders make a play for the ball and getting hard-earned rushing yards from Brad Lester -- drove 90 yards to the LSU 5, where the drive finally stalled.
Auburn Coach Tommy Tuberville appeared to consider going for the first down 2 yards away, and LSU even called time out to guard against the fake. But in the end, Byrum kicked a 22-yard field goal with 1:40 left.
It was three points instead of seven, but it put an exclamation point on the half and should have given Auburn momentum for the second.
That wasn't the case, though.
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Went to the show last night in Atlanta.
Set 2: Rock and Roll -> Heartbreaker[2] -> Makisupa Policeman > Chalk Dust Torture[3] > Wilson[4] > Tweezer[4] -> Silent in the Morning > Birds of a Feather, Joy > Harry Hood[4] > Character Zero[4]
Encore: A Day in the Life > Tweezer Reprise
I'm jealous, especially of the second set. From the show I went to last Friday, they repeated Ocelot, Rock and Roll, Chalk Dust, Tweezer, Character Zero and Tweeprise. Time to mix it up a bit, boys.
And agree about that 2nd set, although any set with Harry Hood elevates it considerably, IMO. Perhaps my favorite jam.
But don't sell short our encore. Trey flubbing Sleeping Monkey was quite memorable. Flubs like that usually are. I was a Dead show at the Spectrum and Jerry forgot the words to Lucy in the Sky (IIRC it didn't come up on the teleprompter) and it turned into an awesome impromptu jam.
That said I was PERFECTLY happy getting the repeats. Antelope, Tweezer, Hood, Rock and Roll, and especially Tweeprise are always welcome!
Time for round 2! Hoping for the first Fluffhead of tour. Wish me luck!
And RageATL, get your ass down there! At least join the party on the lot!
Oh, and Makisupa was GREAT! And get this! Some dude on craigslist totally miracled me for both nights because I was trying to trade an extra for last night to get tonight!
So I miracled some girl
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"if they can lay fiber to my house for internet and tv service"
sounds like FIOS.
Make sure your copper phones lines get to stay in case you want to leave from them later.
but I have faith a free market system will work it out.
Ha ha! Ha! That's funny.
The two parties are, more or less, "RCN" and "a bunch of class-action lawsuit lawyers". Compare the latter parties to the parties who could be construed as injured by this action, "the customers of RCN", whose recompense is nonexistent, and whose input seems to have been minimal.
but I have faith a free market system will work it out.
It might, if it were allowed to operate. That is not the case, however: in most jurisdictions internet is limited by law to certain companies. It is in no way a free market.
Australia is just about to start this process - the $400+ billion National Broadband Network.
Try $43 billion over 10 years and even that's likely to be too high, the government is simply playing brinkmanship with Telstra so they don't try to block the plans: http://www.news.com.au/technology/billion-national-broadband-network-price-tag-a-bluff/story-e6frfro0-1225775686353 [news.com.au]
And virtually all this would've been unnecessary if Telstra had been privatised properly by previous governments - ie. split into an infrastructure company and a normal ISP and phone company, not a huge monopoly.
Australia might fin
RCN used QoS techniques on their network, which is expected. They weren't filtering BT or P2P per se. I'm not completely sure what this is in regards to, but I've never seen them as the big bad that Comcast was.
RCN used QoS techniques on their network, which is expected. They weren't filtering BT or P2P per se. I'm not completely sure what this is in regards to, but I've never seen them as the big bad that Comcast was.
Please explain how "delaying or blocking P2P protocols." constitutes QoS? Delaying perhaps as that's what QoS does. It prioritizes those packets but blocking? QoS doesn't block AFAIK.
According to the judge's summary, RCN was charged with violating the Consumer Fraud and Abuse Act "by promising its customers 'fast and untapped' broadband Internet service, when in fact [it] was engaging in a network management practice called 'throttling,' which was designed to prevent or delay customers from using the Internet in certain ways, including for 'peer-to-peer' file sharing."
Sounds like bait and switch like what Concast has been doing. Don't promise if you can't deliver IMO.
network management practice called 'throttling,'
Throttling is a QoS tecnique of slowing down transmission of lower-priority packets in favor of higher priority packets. To be quite frank, when you're on a cable line (RCN is ia cable provider, FYI), you know you're sharing it with your neighbors. Cable is not a dedicated line, and there's no reasonable expectation of such regardless of how marketing material puff it up. That's the nature of the technology in question. If a home user wanted a dedicated line, they'd have to pay for a dedicated line, not cable broadband.
It's completely reasonable to expect slowing down the transmission of packets that simply have a lower priority for the purpose of QoS using a connection shared between many clients. If a connection drops because of a timeout, then that's too bad. It's not a big deal, because that happens too in QoS (in fact, it'd happen without QoS, but for all of the users), and is more a symptom of the timeout of the client being set too low.
You can't comapre that to Comcast, which was forging packet contents to force P2P and high-bandwidth connections to outright drop.
Most techs know that a Cable internet line is shared between you and your neighbors, but does your average person know that? Is it advertised as such in the company's documentation? I can't say I've actively looked at cable internet lately to know these things, but I'd hazard a guess that they do not, in fact, make plain the pitfalls of their service.
If you have to throttle, then you're overselling and owe a refund.
"You can't comapre that to Comcast, which was forging packet contents to force P2P and high-bandwidth connections to outright drop."
True however that only came out later where as before they were 'claiming' it was network management.
You and I know however that it probably wasn't true. Concast isn't well known for being an honest company. forging packets being an example of that IMO.
Think about it. If everyone just flat out boycotted doing anything for even a week. If an entire nation stopped going to work, if they just ate whatever was in their fridge and spent time taking walks, talking with their friends, and just flat out relaxing, what the hell could corporations do besides finally realize they can't bend us over and rape us?
The mere notion of not checking the internet, not watching TV, and not buying corporate crap on a daily basis. That's what's keeping us from having any control. Maybe a small fraction of the country elects to avoid every corrupt corporation like the plague. Maybe. Maybe a large percent of the population would avoid these corrupt corporations if they had a choice. What remain is that enough people don't give a shit about anything except for living their consumerist lives. So long as that >50% of the population continues to let corporations do whatever they want out of sheer willful ignorance ("I'd do something if I could, but in truth I'd never dream of selling my ipod, let alone not buying a Big Mac every week!"), corporation will continue to do whatever they want. So long as it's profitable to the congress folk, those corporations will get away with bloody murder.
I just don't know how much more I can take before I lose it.
A week of boycott will do nothing since most people pay a monthly subscription. The only way to do this would be to have people cancel their subscription which is simply not going to happen on a scale that would make a difference.
It is also not worth allowing competition for the same reasons it isn't for water/electric companies. It seems like government regulation is the only viable option here.
The boycott is a little more devious.
If no one purchased anything for a week, it would shatter the economy. Stores nationwide would suffer from a week of not only having no employees, but of having no profit. If the people then pointed at the ISPs and said "we're doing it because of them", what do you think would happen?
Lawrence Lessig explains it nicely in this video [blip.tv] and at this website: Fix Congress First. [fixcongressfirst.org]
After campaigning for a year for Universal, Single Payer health care, the voters elected Obama in a landslide.
It took Corporate lobbyists less than a year to buy out ALL of his fellow democrats. They already own the Republicans. Thus, the votes of millions of Americans are nullified by the corruption of a handful of politicians who took bribes (a.k.a. "Campaign Contributions", which they can convert to persona
Maybe it's just the weltschmerz I'm feeling, but do you really see a boycott like that actually happening? Even if it could, you would likely see increased sales the days before, and the days after the boycott to make up for the lost sales to some extent.
I agree that the government is corrupt, but that is where we could actually see the most change, if people had the organization you're suggesting.
1. Your plan requires cooperation from too many people (including the higher-ups of the companies you're trying to screw), most of which are the typical american citizen which doesn't give a crap about your problems, so long as they can watch their nascar/american idol, drink beer, and drive to work in their SUV.
2. Very little would happen to the companies, aside from the fact that the employees at the bottom of the ladder wouldn't get paid for a week (the higher-ups of course still would), and on top of th
Grocery stores would problem enjoy a pretty hefty profit
All that spoiled food costs the store nothing, I agree.
Think about it. If everyone just flat out boycotted doing anything for even a week.
The functional failure mode of that statement is that word everyone. While its hard for many of us to see (since we spend so much time on slashdot) very few folk in this country actually feel like they are getting raped by any given corporation. For instance, if I go back to my podunk little hometown, and start telling people about how shitty out internet options are here, as compared to, say, Europe, they look at me like I am crazy. Most folk are so marveled by the fact that they can Google for an answer
You're comparing the U. S. of A to EUROPE? You must be one of them there Socialists.
Mainstream America
If everyone just flat out boycotted doing anything for even a week.
This would do nothing. After it was over, we would all go back to work and it would be business as usual. By
If an entire nation stopped going to work, if they just ate whatever was in their fridge and spent time taking walks, talking with their friends, and just flat out relaxing, what the hell could corporations do besides finally realize they can't bend us over and rape us?
First of all,
In all seriousness, how do you chose which corporations you would still humour? Electricity company? Gas? TV? Are there any government-funded TV channels in the US? (seriously, I don't know). Would you go out with your friends? Would restaurants still be active [= would those people be working?]. If not, what would you do with your friends? Just walk? Now, I really love my fiancee, and have a
Think about it. If everyone just flat out boycotted doing anything for even a week. If an entire nation stopped going to work, if they just ate whatever was in their fridge and spent time taking walks, talking with their friends, and just flat out relaxing, what the hell could corporations do besides finally realize they can't bend us over and rape us?
Please read a little bit of history, or just look outside your American suburban windows to see what the real world is like. We are living in a pathetic passive era. But here's the rub. When you protest, the government generally steps in to break the civil unrest. Air traffic controllers threaten to go on strike. Fire them all. People collect in the local park and hold signs? Send in the national guard, and bust some heads. Maybe shoot a couple.
I'm all for agitation, but the result is not so
The fundamental legal structure of corporations, especially in the US, is flawed. In most circumstances, the corporation is essentially enslaved to the profit motive of the shareholders-- if they make a decision that would not maximize the benefits to the shareholders, and as long as the profit-maximizing strategy is not criminal, they can sue the corporation and win in court, ethics or principles be damned. This is how Ben & Jerry's turned from a company with principles not unlike that of many progress
I just don't know how much more I can take before I lose it.
Funny how citizens get worked up to a frothy tithy if you touch their broadband, tv, or video games. I'm just curious. Did you get worked up in the last political election? Or, did you sit on the sofa, munching potato chips, cursing about your ISP?
I am not familiar with the US market, but will tell you what it's like in the UK.
One of my previous ISPs decided to introduce throttling on different services using deep packet inspection to implement it. Their priority was for websites (port 80) and POP3 email. Everything else was throttled, in particular P2P services, and VoIP like Skype. However, by strange coincidence, the ISPs own VoIP service was NOT being throttled.
As the company had to issue new terms of service you had to agree to because of the throttling, I left without penalty, and actually told them they were a bunch of shysters who were more interested in saving money that commissioning more capacity (they actually oversold the network and could not keep up). If you can, the only way to teach these companies is to leave them.
Sure, the ISP has grown, but that's on the backs of new users who don't know any better, and would think that different internet services were just that slow all the time.
Actually, the majority of the US has at least 5 options. One or two may have everything that you want, except well those might throttle your connection. Dish I do believe covers the entire US. Most places have a cable company that offers internet. Almost everywhere has POTS/ISDN support. Most places can also get DSL, and I don't know of a place where you can't get a T1 line run to.
Just because some of those options aren't what you are looking for, doesn't mean they don't exist.
Depends... You can use POTS/ISDN if all you want internet access for is checking your email or playing RTS/MMOs.
Dish is fine for Email, web surfing, RTS/MMOs, and video sites like hulu/netflix.
T1's can be quite affordable depending on where you are. Last I checked it was approx $200 for the last one I had run about 8 years ago. I also had 2 T1's to a Tier-1 carrier, but that ran $1000/mo.
So yes, they are quite practical alternatives. If you plan on playing FPS's, then no, but then again, noone is complai
Spoken like someone who has never used Dish for internet access. Dial-up is more reliable & has lower latency.
Won't someone think of the Lawyers? Without Class Actions like this they would likely be severely under paid by millions of dollars.
How about a community internet coop? Set up kind of like the farm or financial coops?
You are an owner of the coop and your monthly fee is for the maintenance of the system?
Given that a federal court has just removed the FCC's authority to regulate network management,
Gah! That is not what happened!
The supreme court upheld their authority to regulate network management. The problem was that the FCC ">didn't make their network neutrality principles as official rules [slashdot.org]. They didn't follow their own paperwork, so they didn't have the power to sue over it.
Doh! I even hit preview.
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"I have no interest in megachurches with jocular millionaire pastors," Ebert writes. "I think what happens in them is sociopolitical, not spiritual. I believe the prosperity gospel tries to pass through the eye of the needle. I believe it is easier for a Republican to pass through the eye of a needle than for a camel to get into heaven. I have no patience for churches that evangelize aggressively.
"I have no interest in being instructed in what I must do to be saved. I prefer vertical prayers, directed up toward heaven, rather than horizontal prayers, directed sideways toward me," he continued. "If we are to love our neighbors as ourselves, we must regard their beliefs with the same respect our own deserve."


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Radio personality Andrew Zepeda is sentenced in Wood County Common Pleas Court in Bowling Green, Ohio.
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Andrew Zepeda, host of the weekday drive-time show Andrew Z in the Morning on WWWM-FM 105 (Star 105), was fired Wednesday afternoon from the Cumulus Media Inc. station along with four members of his on-air team including wife, Michelle Zepeda.
The station retained the services of Carlos Diaz, and a support staff member who had the option to remain at WWWM.
Matt Spaulding, Cumulus Toledo general manager, declined to comment on why the popular radio show host was let go. He said the station is "exploring all options at the moment" in finding a replacement of either local or syndicated programming.
"We haven't been looking," Spaulding said. "This came on suddenly. This wasn't something planned for long in advance."
Zepeda's attorney said Wednesday that neither he nor his client would comment.
Zepeda, 43, of Perrysburg was sentenced to 30 days in the Wood County jail and placed on probation for five years last week for charges relating to a 2010 break-in he orchestrated at the Levis Commons pizzeria he formerly owned.
He pleaded guilty in February, 2011, to theft, complicity to breaking and entering, and failure to remit sales tax, but Common Pleas Judge Alan Mayberry granted Zepeda "intervention in lieu of conviction," ordering him to undergo treatment for an alcohol problem and meet other conditions.
In October, the judge terminated Zepeda's intervention plan and found him guilty of the charges after learning Zepeda had taken part in a celebrity boxing match in September where alcohol was served. Zepeda had violated the plan when he went to Fat Fish Blue!/Funny Bone Comedy Club at Levis Commons, and was recorded drinking what appeared to be champagne in a music video shot at Quimby's at the Park in downtown Toledo.
In the summer Arbitron ratings Andrew Z in the Morning placed sixth in the 25-to-54 age demographic, an increase of four slots for WWWK from its 10th-place finish in summer, 2011.
Zepeda joined the Toledo market on Oct. 31, 2005, as the replacement to Johny D. at Clear Channel's WVKS-FM (92.5). His upbeat morning show thrived on the hits station, but his broadcasting status has been rocky the last two years, beginning with his suspension and then firing from WVKS in late 2010.
After seven months off the air, Zepeda and his Andrew Z in the Morning began broadcasting again on the Cumulus' low-watt WXKR-HD2-FM 1007 (The Vibe) as a test run. In March, 2012, his show was promoted to WWWM.
"No one has ever said anything, but the bottom line [the Vibe] was a test, a probationary period ... to see if any other top 40 station was going to be viable in the market and if I was still viable in the market," Zepeda told The Blade in June after signing a multiyear contract through 2016 with Cumulus Media. "We've been here since March 19 and they said they want to do this long term ... and that's kind of where we're at. I'll be here until December, 2015, at least, which will be almost 10 years in the market, the longest I've been anywhere."
Prior to Toledo, the Los Angeles native worked 10 months at KZPT-FM in Tucson, and at two stations in Michigan, Saginaw's WIOG-FM and Flint's WWCK-FM, where he worked with Spaulding.
In two years Zepeda has been fired by Cumulus and Clear Channel, which between them own and operate most of the Toledo market radio stations.
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2010 Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Aaron, Kalsem, and Miller Receive 2010 Goldman Teaching Excellence Award
Challenging. Engaging. Uncanny. Committed. These adjectives describe the 2010 Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching recipients. All have demonstrated their commitment to students and unrelenting support of the College of Law. Congratulations to this year's recipients: Marjorie Corman Aaron, Kristin Kalsem, and Darrel A.H. Miller.
Professor Marjorie Corman Aaron. Law professors should be familiar with their curriculum teaching assignments. In this respect, there are few instructors who can rival the combination of real-world, clinical, and academic experiences that Marjorie Corman Aaron brings to the classroom. In each of her courses, Professor Aaron passes this rich and broad range of knowledge to her students.
This year's Goldman Prize committee, however, took these qualities as a given. Since 1998, Professor Aaron has been continually growing and improving a lackluster and unpopular part of the curriculum to make it an accessible, enjoyable, and practical gem among dry, bar-prep, and substantive courses. Her stature in her field and dedication to bringing this to the College of Law has become a staple to this institution.
Instead, our committee focused on a different quality highlighted by the student nominations: an ability to look beyond the curriculum. Put differently, Professor Aaron is not bound by her teaching assignments; instead, the students and her experience about what skills are integral to a successful legal career dictate her every semester at the College of Law.
Professor Aaron maintains a persona that truly invites and encourages students to seek her advice. Whether that means inviting and open in-class discussions, questions after class, personal questions, or individual research oversight, she has demonstrated willingness—and, in fact, pleasure—to go well-above and beyond in-class and office hour requirements to meet her students' needs.
In her own right, Professor Aaron blazed paths for students interested in Trial Advocacy, Mediation, and Negotiation. She is simply never satisfied with the status quo, and continues to prod students to see the other half of the legal world: practice. It is a world that looms large over the students at the College of Law, but would be largely left unaddressed if not for Professor Aaron's sincere and remarkable efforts.
This award could be given to Professor Aaron for her undeniable talents and contributions at the College of Law in her areas of expertise. This year's committee, however, recognizes her extraordinary ability to teach students at the College of Law beyond the ordinary bounds. It is our pleasure to honor Marjorie Corman Aaron with a 2010 Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
Professor Darrell A.H. Miller. It is not uncommon to hear first-year law students complaining about Civil Procedure. The fault here is perhaps inherent in the subject matter of Civil Procedure. Civil Procedure can sometimes seem disconnected from the world that exists outside the practice of law, and some of its rules appear pointless or silly. For instance, a rule might require that litigants use a red cover for a particular motion instead of a blue cover. Many students are prompted to inquire: "Why does this matter?" These students would rather learn about the facts of a lawsuit wherein a tortfeasor has accidentally caused a series of injuries to various victims; these students are less interested in learning about how long the victims have to file their lawsuit. Simply put, students often struggle to develop any passion for the study of Civil Procedure.
Yet, here at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, we have living proof that Civil Procedure can be an interesting subject that inspires passion. Professor Miller forthrightly illustrates this passion on an almost daily basis, when he teaches Civil Procedure. In his Civil Procedure classes, as well as his other classes, Professor Miller shows a fiery intensity that engages his students in the subject matter. When Professor Miller is at his best, his students may forget they are even in a classroom. Instead, they may feel they are watching a seasoned litigator deliver his closing argument in an important case. Professor Miller paces in the front of the room and, sometimes, he will punctuate a statement by emphatically slapping the podium. He does not hide his emotion, whether it is anger or humor or shock. Taken together, these techniques draw Professor Miller's audience, his students, into the material.
However, these statements may seem to suggest that Professor Miller only lectures to his classes. This is not the case. Professor Miller also draws generously upon the Socratic Method to ensure that all his students are fully engaged. In addition, he uses entertaining hypotheticals to clarify arcane concepts and to setup further class discussion. In one recurring hypothetical, the plaintiff is trying to sue a minister for "wrongful marriage," because the minister has married the plaintiff's daughter to an "unfit" husband.
Even when the class period has ended, Professor Miller continues his mission of educating students here at the Cincinnati College of Law. After class, Professor Miller is often seen answering student questions, and he participates in out-of-class lectures. Even when he has retreated to his office, his office door is always open.
Professor Miller is also known for his practical assignments. In Civil Procedure, students must write interrogatories and requests for admissions. In Civil Rights Litigation, Professor Miller divides his class into mini law firms, and the students become first year associates who research legal issues and write memoranda. These assignments are an invaluable opportunity to gain practical experience.
In sum, Professor Miller has successfully strived to be a model teacher, and he has cultivated the skills and qualities that earn him his second Goldman Prize in only his third year of teaching. The Cincinnati College of Law is lucky to have such a passionate educator on its faculty.
Professor Kristin Kalsem. Respectful, extremely intelligent, highly personable, and cutting edge—just a few of the words used by students to describe Professor Kristin Kalsem, one of this year's recipients of the 2010 Goldman Prize for Teaching. Not many law students are overly eager to learn the intricacies of secured transactions or bankruptcy, yet these two courses happen to be very popular at the College of Law—precisely because Professor Kalsem teaches them. Impeccably organized, always enthusiastic, and often willing to put extra time and energy into making sure that her students are prepared, Professor Kalsem embodies what the Goldman Prize stands for—excellence in teaching.
Inside of the classroom, Professor Kalsem is most known for her exceptional intelligence, her perfectly organized presentations, and her respect for her students. Professor Kalsem's command of the subject matter she teaches is extraordinary, yet, the way she is able to convey the subject matter to her students is what makes her an incredible teacher. Through PowerPoint slides and discussion, Professor molds otherwise complicated and convoluted principles into more easily decipherable, manageable material. Though she employs the Socratic method, she groups her students into threes, allowing them to answer the questions they know and rely on their group members for questions to which they aren't sure of the answers. No student ever feels embarrassed or frightened, yet all are extremely prepared for each class, having studied with their group members and not wanting to let these members down come class time. Professor Kalsem has found and employed an innovative way to capture the best of both worlds.
Already having established herself at the College of Law as a well-respected and well-liked professor in the areas of secured transactions and bankruptcy, the diversity of Professor Kalsem's teaching skills became evident this year when she taught a special reading group course devoted to the writings of Professor Carol Sanger, a well-read feminist writer and professor who has been an inspiration to Professor Kalsem. Shying away from her famous PowerPoint slides and structured way of teaching, Professor Kalsem knew that for the class to be successful, her students needed to feel comfortable to express their thoughts and ideas about Ms. Sanger's articles. To make sure of this, she made them feel at home—by inviting them into her own home. Even without her PowerPoint slides, she was a brilliant educator, creating lively discussions, respecting the viewpoints of her students, and providing an atmosphere in which conversation flourished. As Ms. Sanger is an inspiration to Professor Kalsem, Professor Kalsem is an inspiration to her students.
The students at the College of Law are lucky to have such an extraordinary teacher as Professor Kalsem. It is because of the overwhelming respect that these students have for her that she has earned this award. With great pleasure, we honor Professor Kalsem with a 2010 Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
About the Goldman Prize for Teaching Excellence
The Goldman Prize has been awarded for over 30 years to recognize excellence in teaching. This award is unique because students nominate and choose the recipients—their professors. To make this decision, the committee also considers the professors' research and public service as they contribute to superior performance in the classroom.


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If, like me, you have a soft spot for mid eighties cartoons, then you're going to be leaping around, giddy with joy at the announcement over on IGN that a new He-Man brawler is heading to iOS devices.
The game is a side scrolling hack-and-slasher, and features seven different areas of Eternia, split into twenty seven different levels, for you to brawl your way through.
The game is published by Chillingo, and developed by Glitchsoft, who created the pretty darn good Star Marine: Infinite Ammo. As you can tell from the screenshot above, it's looking gorgeous, with chunky sprites that pay homage to the original cartoon.
There's no firm release date yet, although we expect the game will be out pretty soon, and it's confirmed as a universal app, so one purchase will get you it for all your many iOS devices.


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"If you have daughters, you should (have a gun)," Chiefs defensive lineman Shaun Smith said Monday. "You have to protect yourself. You work so hard to get to where you at, I'll be damned if I'll just let someone take it from me."If you acquire wealth, you become a theft target!
Linebacker Brandon Siler, who had Thanksgiving dinner with Belcher, also had no problems with guns.Speaking of self-defense and looking at the picture at the link, showing the huge size difference between Belcher and the woman he killed, even if your concern is domestic violence, why would you blame guns? There are any number of ways he could have killed her. A gun would have been the one way she could have defended herself.
"Well, a majority of people own one, especially in the places where they're legal. Most of the time they're for self defense or sport," he said.
And, by the way, I'm not swallowing the story that Belcher traveled from the murder scene — his home — to the football facility for the purpose of thanking his employers for giving him "a chance" in life. That's management's story, and it works as PR. It essentially requests that we sympathize with the murderer. I invite you into a thought experiment: Why else might Belcher have relocated?
With a theory of my own, I asked Meade that question yesterday, and he said something that hadn't occurred to me. Belcher shot his Kasandra Perkins in front of his mother. He had an audience. And he sought out an audience — head coach Romeo Crennel and general manager Scott Pioli — for the suicide. He chose spectators for his self-killing. Having horrified his mother, he went for new spectator-victims, individuals most likely to suffer to see him die. If he thanked them, he was saying you've invested your work and your trust in me and now watch me destroy that.
My theory was different. After the murder, Belcher thought: What do I do now? How can I get out of this? He went to management in the hope that they could bail him out somehow. He was in a terrible jam. Come on, enfold me, protect me. You've got all those ingenious defensive plays on the field, do something for me now. Protect your investment in me. You've done so much for me already. You've given me a chance in life, and a chance is what I really need now. You pulled me up out of nothing. If anyone can help me now it's you.


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Merck & Co. today dedicated new headquarters for its animal health division in Summit, part of a plan to centralize overseas operations in New Jersey that has earned plaudits from state officials.
Merck Animal Health will employ 300 people at a 145,000 square-foot building at the company's Morris Avenue campus. The realignment of Merck's animal health division, a global operation with more than 6,000 employees in 50 countries, is part of ongoing restructuring the New Jersey pharmaceutical company.
"Our new facility brings many of our teams together in collaboration to advance the science of healthier animals," Merck Animal Health President Rick Deluca said in a statement. "This location is ideal to share knowledge with many of our colleagues."
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who attended the event, said the company's decision to locate animal health operations — previously based in the Netherlands — in New Jersey is a boost for the state. The decision comes after years of downsizing by New Jersey pharmaceutical companies, Merck included.
"With our highly educated work force and more scientists and engineers per square mile than anywhere in the world, companies know that they can find the talent they need right here in New Jersey," Guadagno said in a statement. "Merck's decision last year to locate its animal health company's headquarters to Summit is further proof that New Jersey continues to be the epicenter of the life sciences industry."
The Summit building will include most of the animal health unit's commercial, marketing and corporate operations. Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside the United States and Canada, provides drugs, vaccines and health services to veterinarians, farmers, pet owners and governments.
Merck's move of its animal health unit precedes a planned relocation of its corporate headquarters to Summit from the Whitehouse Station section of Readington by the end of 2015. Merck announced the move last year as part of a cost-savings plan. The pharmaceutical giant has announced several restructurings and work force reductions in recent years as it integrates with Schering-Plough, which Merck acquired in 2009.


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Uhhh...Windows was for home users, WFW was for business, and nobody used WinCE, it really wasn't confusing. Now Vista, where you had everything from basic to smoky bacon all aimed at the customer? THAT was confusing.
At least someone other than Ballmer (rumor has it he was too busy squirting with his Zune to care) took over for Win 7 so all you had was basic for the cheap junkers like Atom netbooks (in fact the only ones I ever saw use basic was $199 Atom netbooks) Home Premium (what most got) and Pro for the office users.
But sadly a feces brown Zune just wasn't the mega hit Ballmer thought so now that he doesn't have anything to squirt here we are...sigh. Does he REALLY think people are gonna pay higher than Apple prices for an ersatz Apple experience on a device with the Windows name that won't actually run Windows programs and will have MUCH less apps than iPad or Android?
I just hope the OEMs aren't foolish enough to make those turkeys, they've had a pretty bad year already and getting stuck with several million WinPads that they can't move while everyone's stocking are filled with Kindles and iPads could cause some of them to go under. How much did HP lose on the touchpad again?


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De Niro: Obama 'represents best type of people'
Actor says president 'trying his best' amid setbacks
Academy Award winner Robert De Niro, who supported President Obama's 2008 and 2012 presidential bids, says Obama is "trying his best" in his second term in office.
"He's a good person, period," De Niro told Du Jour Magazine.
"He's trying his best. He's going to do things that people feel are not right or violating one right or another. But at the end of the day, he represents, I think, the best of the type of people that I would like to see running the government."
Continued the actor: "He has to play that game, the political game. They all do. They make statements they can't honor because they're impossible to honor. Once you get into that Washington machinery, you've just got to figure it out and swim against the current and grab onto this rock and that, and just try to maintain your course."
De Niro previously made public comments about Obama. In May 2012, the actor told NBC's "Press Pass" he was looking forward to Obama's second term.
"I know he'll do better in the next four years, when he won't have to worry whether he's gonna be elected or not," De Niro stated at the time.


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Ubisoft was featured heavily at Sony's Gamescom presentation, including the unveiling of a new Watch Dogs trailer.
The trailer reveals the DedSec hacker group who has come to warn the public about the ctOS system and the one who's already infiltrated it.
Ubisoft also revealed at the presentation that Sony Pictures and Ubisoft Motion Pictures are working on a Watch Dogs film with New Regency.
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ABC boss Mark Scott has provoked an outcry after axing its Tasmanian television production unit.
The unit was responsible in the past for Gardening Australia and Collectors, and more recently has produced Auction Room.
Mr Scott said neither Auction Room nor Collectors would be re-commissioned. He said the state would shift to an out-sourced production fund, a model used in Western Australia and South Australia.
Describing it as a tough decision, he said there could be 16 redundancies.
"We can't afford the kind of overhead that's required, and the volume of production that's required to make that viable," Mr Scott said.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy called on the ABC to reconsider its decision.
"As the national broadcaster, it is concerning that the ABC continues to centralise its production processes in Sydney and Melbourne," Senator Conroy said.
"I call on the ABC board to ensure that the broadcaster upholds its clear obligations in relation to cultural diversity and local programming."
The Community and Public Sector Union said the closure could represent a breach of the public broadcaster's charter to provide programs that contribute to a sense of national identity, and reflect cultural diversity.
Greens leader Christine Milne said by further centralising its operations, the move would deny rural and regional Australia its stories.
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said it was at odds with the ABC's obligations as a public funded broadcaster.
Mr Scott said the ABC proposed to invest $500,00 a year for three years in a Tasmanian local production fund, and would seek a matching investment from the state government.
"This is similar to initiatives set up by the ABC in both South Australia and Western Australia which have ensured continuity of local production in these state," he said.


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Innovations at the British Library: A High Density, Fully Automated, Low Oxygen Environment Storage Facility
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The British Library will run out of collection space in 2006/07. In response to this critical need, the Library is building a new, state-of-the-art, 262 linear kilometer (163 linear mile) storage facility. Key issues being addressed include environmental standards, storage and service delivery automation, and interfacing the warehouse management system software to the Library's IT systems. Fulfilling collection management objectives and making key decisions are leading to the construction of a high density, fully automated, low oxygen environment storage facility that simultaneously focuses on care of the collections while providing continued access to the low-use material. This innovative project has radical implications as a blueprint for future library collection storage developments.
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Dawn Olney is currently Head of Collection Storage at the British Library. She read History at the University of Warwick and then became a Society of College, National & University Libraries (SCONUL) trainee at University College London where she earned a MA in Library and Information Studies. She joined the British Library in 1983 as a cataloguer, and has since worked as the Bibliographic Control Officer at the Newspaper Library at Colindale, a planning officer for the relocation of collections and services to St Pancras, and as project manager for the moves of the Library collection into the St Pancras storage facility. Her responsibilities also include stamping, shelf-marking and labeling, all aspects of collection storage including developing storage and environmental monitoring policies, developing and monitoring collection security procedures, and auditing the collections.


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STERLING – Local guitar heroes are invited to compete in the Sauk Valley Guitar Legend competition Wednesday at Kidder Music, 2901 E. Lincolnway.
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FORT COLLINS — Colorado State on Saturday faces a New Mexico team that is tricky to defend — and now even trickier to prepare for with much of the team gone for Thanksgiving week.
The Rams are practicing with a reduced squad, as coach Jim McElwain allowed many to go home for the week to be with family. True freshmen and those who are redshirting, for the most part, have been excused from this week's practices.
"This will be the first time they've had the opportunity to go," McElwain said Monday during his weekly news conference. "I think that's important. That's part of being a family. That's part of understanding a young man's life, the importance of what these holidays mean."
There are no classes this week so letting some of the players go also saves on some per diem dollars. Still, the dicey part of the situation is prepping for the Lobos. They've lost five games in a row but bring a complicated option offense, akin to facing Air Force. Usually, the more bodies a team can have to simulate what it is about to face, the better. CSU won't have that.
"You've got to set your practice time without giving up the reps," McElwain said, "but we need to do a good job against each other."
On the subject of New Mexico specifically, McElwain said: "I think (coach) Bob (Davie) has done a great job reshaping the way they think. You can see how hard they play, and that's a credit to him and what they've done there at New Mexico."
Competition continues at all positions, including quarterback, where senior M.J. McPeek and redshirt freshman Conner Smith will play for the starting job. McPeek won the job last week and started against Boise State. Smith entered the game at the start of the second half.
One player who isn't going home, though he could have, is injured linebacker James Skelton. The senior Skelton broke an ankle in CSU's Nov. 10 game against UNLV, effectively ending his season.
Still, he wants to remain around the team in his last week of college football.
"Last week, I came to meetings and stuff," Skelton said. "I kind of just sat back and kind of watched everything take place. This week, I think I'm going to try to make it out to practice. This is my last week of college football. If I can't be out there (to play), I might as well be out there for my teammates. I think I'll just be out there trying to help them. Not necessarily trying to coach them up, but I'll try to be there for them."
Injury updates.Linebackers Shaquil Barrett and Davis Burl are probable for the game. Wide receiver Thomas Coffman and safeties Austin Gray and Conner Roggy are questionable. Offensive lineman Jared Biard and linebacker Kevin Davis had surgery, McElwain said. And defensive lineman John Froland, quarterback Garrett Grayson, linebacker Nick Peralta and linebacker James Skelton are out for the New Mexico game.
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Back in March, I got a subscription to Today's Cacher from my brother-in-law, Team Rock Hound (THANKS again!!!). I've been reading the articles online ever since then, but I was waiting anxiously for the paper magazine to come out.
Well, yesterday I got my first hard copy issue in the mail, and I loved it! I pored over every page, reading every article, front to back. It's a very nice, full-color magazine that is all about caching, from cover to cover. If you get a chance, give it a read.
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Team effort lifts Knights to 21st victory
The No. 11 ranked CCRI Knights men's basketball team traveled to New Haven, Conn. to play the 15-3 Lions of Gateway Community College a Region XXI non-league game. The Knights defeated the Lions 96-81. With the victory, the Knights improved to 21-4 on the season and 8-1 in Region XXI play. With just five more wins, the Knights will tie a program record for victories in a season with 26.
It was another exciting interdivisional match-up between top-20 teams from Region XXI. Both teams traded baskets for the first half, as CCRI used their superior athleticism to score from the inside and the outside while the Lions utilized hot three-point shooting with eight long-range bombs made in the first half to stay in the game. CCRI went into the break with a slim 48-46 lead.
In the second half, the Knights came out in their trademark 1-3-1 half-court trap to slow down the Lions' hot shooting. The strategy worked, as Gateway seemed confused with the new defense, allowing the Knights to outscore the Lions 25-15 in the second half to take a 73-61 lead with 9:15 remaining in the game. From there, the Knights took advantage of their superior inside strength to stay ahead and secure the win.
Leading the way for the Knights was Roger Livramento (Central Falls), who charted his ninth double-double of the season with a career-high 30 points and a game-high 18 rebounds. Desmond Williams (Torrington, Conn.) scored 25 points with 11 rebounds. Also putting up a double-double was Trevor Mabry (Norwich, Conn.) with 16 points and 12 rebounds, while Bryan Yarce (Cranston) ran the offense flawlessly, scoring seven points while dishing out a career-high tying 11 assists. Rounding out the Knights' attack was Isaac Medeiros (Johnston), who chipped in with six points while pulling down 14 rebounds, and Branden Barbosa (East Providence), who added eight points and four rebounds.
The Knights are back in action today at 7 p.m. when they will host the No. 14 Warriors of Massasoit Community College from Brockton, Mass. in an important Region XXI league game. The game will also be taped for Cox Sports 3 and will air Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. on channels 3 and 1003 on Cox Cable in Rhode Island. In addition, after the initial airing, the game will be available via Cox On Demand.
Lady Knights' rally, but fall to Monroe
The CCRI Lady Knights basketball team traveled to New Rochelle, N.Y. to take on the defending national champion and No. 12 Monroe College Mustangs. CCRI fell to the Mustangs 75-69. With the loss, the Lady Knights dropped to 14-10 on the season.
CCRI came out flat in the first five minutes of the game, trailing 17-4 to the Mustangs.
"We came out flat," CCRI head coach Kate Lynch said. "That is something we talked about. We simply cannot do that against a team like Monroe … we can't do that period."
After a timeout, the Lady Knights rallied to pull within five points. CCRI trailed 43-34 at halftime.
In the second half, the Lady Knights pulled within four points with seven minutes remaining. CCRI outscored the Mustangs in the second half, but it was not enough as the Mustangs held on.
Captain Jahira Smith (Norwich, Conn.) led all scorers with 26 points and she also had eight rebounds and five assists. Smith was helped by Krista Trenholm (Hope Valley), who finished with 16 points and nine rebounds, and Jess Randall (Warwick), who finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Rounding out the Lady Knights' top performers was Jenna Ayala (Paterson, N.J.) with six points and six rebounds, while Nyjah Porcher (New Britain, Conn.) dished out eight assists with six rebounds.
The Lady Knights' next game will be on Saturday when they will host the Cougars from Manchester Community College for a Region XXI non-league game.
Lady Knights sink Navy Prep
The CCRI Lady Knights' basketball team traveled to Newport to take on the Rams of the Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS). CCRI came away with a 64-39 victory.
The Lady Knights shot only 32 percent from the floor, but still led 29-13 at halftime after a 5-0 run to close the half by NAPS. The Lady Knights' shooting woes continued in the second half. CCRI concentrated on attacking the basket and getting to the rim.
"Our basket felt like it had a lid on the rim," Lynch said. "We could not buy a basket. A lot of our shots went in and out. It was frustrating, but we battled through it."
The Lady Knights were led by captain Lauren Masse (Woonsocket), who finished with 17 points with five three-pointers. Helping Masse was Ashley Welly (Coral Springs, Fla.), who recorded 13 points and 13 rebounds. Trenholm chipped in with 13 points and eight rebounds, Ayala grabbed 12 rebounds and Smith added seven points, nine assists and six rebounds.
"When you're having trouble hitting from the outside, you have to get to the rim and make a play," Lynch said.


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Patience is a virtue that can be hard to recover when you're trapped in rush-hour traffic or stuck in a long line at the bank.
In Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living, Allan Lokos explains the importance of abandoning anger and unhappiness and walking the path to patience.
Lokos, founder and guiding teacher at The Community Meditation Center in New York, talks with NPR's John Donvan about how to master the art of patience.
Copyright 2012 National Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.


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LA Kings Losing Scuderi, Richardson Shouldn't Come As A Surprise
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UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENCY – DAY 1: After bidding farewell to Rob Scuderi and Brad Richardson, the Los Angeles Kings welcomed defenseman Jeff Schultz to the team, signing him to a one-year deal on Day 1 of unrestricted free agency.
LOS ANGELES — Day 1 of the feeding frenzy in the National Hockey League, otherwise known as unrestricted free agency, ended with what turned out to be a rather expected result for the Los Angeles Kings, who lost veteran, stay-at-home defenseman Rob Scuderi, after he signed a four-year contract valued at $13.5 million with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In the end, family was the deciding factor for the two-time Stanley Cup winner, who will play his second stint with the Penguins, the team he won his first Stanley Cup with in 2009.
"Both [the Kings and the Penguins] have the ability to play deep into the spring," Scuderi told the media during a conference call. "But Pittsburgh is much closer geographically to where I am from, and I thought at my age, I wasn't going to get this opportunity again to pull the trigger on something like this."
Scuderi is a native of Syosset, New York, and has many relatives who reside in New York.


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Supermodel Hair How-To: Karlie Kloss + Linda Evangelista's Sexy, Tousled Locks
It's easy to get supermodel hair like Karlie Kloss and Linda Evangelista. Iconic hairstylist Oribe tells us how!
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Sure, you could go with a regular ol' updo for your next big night out—but why bother when you could rock one these tousled, textured looks instead? Iconic hairstylist Oribe gave supermodels Karlie Kloss and Linda Evangelista some seriously sexy 'dos for Allure's December party issue. Here's how to get their looks!
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UVM Athletics' Rally Against Cancer and Skating Strides Raise Nearly $7000 & Awareness for VCC
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- By Jennifer Nachbur
UVM Athletics wrapped up the season's "Rally Against Cancer" and Hockey East "Skating Strides Against Cancer" initiatives on February 15, 2014, raising a total of $6,930.75 for breast cancer research at the Vermont Cancer Center (VCC) at the University of Vermont and Fletcher Allen. The events are part of a nationwide annual campaign designed to promote breast cancer awareness and research support.
Featuring UVM athletes wearing special edition pink game jerseys, the special initiatives took place at four home games. UVM basketball hosted the Rally Against Cancer at a February 5 women's game and February 15 men's game; UVM hockey hosted the "Skating Strides Against Cancer" at a January 25 women's game and a February 14 men's game. UVM women's basketball also participated in the Play 4Kay initiative. A celebrity server dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings in South Burlington, Vt., was held January 21 as part of the Rally Against Cancer effort.
Vermont Cancer Center members and UVM faculty members Gary Stein, Ph.D., VCC co-director, Alan Howe, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology, Brian Sprague, Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery, and Christine Vatovec, Ph.D., research assistant professor of human health and the environment, were on hand to represent the Vermont Cancer Center as UVM Athletics wrapped up the special series on February 15, 2014.
Pink game jerseys were auctioned off as a part of UVM Athletics' fundraising efforts for breast cancer research at the VCC.
View a WCAX-TV Channel 3 sports news clip featuring VCC members Brian Sprague. Christine Vatovec, and the junior member of their family, as they helped kick off the men's basketball game on February 15 at UVM's Patrick Gym.


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Let's face it, footballers have a lot of time to kill.
After training for a couple of hours in the morning, it seems temptation ends up getting the better of most of them – and by the end of the day they've created a new goal celebration.
Some of them are inspired, but most of them are truly awful.
Here are five of the most annoying…
5. Robbie Keane | 'Cartwheel, roll, hands'
Had Robbie Keane just done this the one time - when he scored a dramatic late equaliser against Germany for the Republic of Ireland at the 2002 World Cup finals - that would have been fine and dandy. In fact, it actually looked pretty good on that occasion.
But scoring tap-ins for Tottenham, Liverpool or LA Galaxy – big no, no.
The older he gets, the worse it looks. Stop now, Robbie. You'll end up pulling a muscle soon.
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/rAATIHS430s
4. Cristiano Ronaldo | "I'm here!"
Cristiano Ronaldo has only started doing this recently, but it's infuriating.
After scoring an important goal, the Portuguese superstar will arrogantly point to himself and then to the ground – repeat process until everyone in the stadium wants to hurt you.
It's a team game, Ronnie: go celebrate with your team-mates instead of feeding your planet-sized ego. People will like you more.
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/CcAOVQV3peA
3. Carlos Tevez | The Tevez twerk
My eyes! Oh, the humanity.
Fortunately Carlos Tevez only produced this awful celebration a few times during his spell at Manchester City – but it was still a few times too many.
I'm not sure what sparked it but, to be frank, I don't particularly want to know.
Remember: what has been seen cannot be unseen. So think before watching this clip.
Watch, if you dare, here: https://youtu.be/9dy3is0p6GY
2. Gareth Bale | The trademarked heart
Football officially jumped the shark in August 2013, when Gareth Bale successfully trademarked his heart celebration.
The most expensive footballer of all time started this nonsense with Tottenham and continues to do it at Real Madrid.
When he scored on his Real Madrid debut against Villarreal earlier this season the world held its collective breath as Bale celebrated with his team-mates rather than make a child-like heart sign with his hands.
But in the nick of time he remembered. Thank goodness.
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/sUB1gr8QXO8?t=1m7s
1. Daniel Sturridge | Worst.Dance.Ever
It was better when Daniel Sturridge was at Chelsea. He rarely scored and, subsequently, we never got to see this terrible, terrible dance.
The England international has been prolific at Liverpool, which is a huge shame because we've all seen this dance more times than we'd care to remember recently.
What is it? Why does he always do it? These are two of life's unanswered questions.
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/VGNZirswkaU
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Greater Pentecostal Temple to hold revival
Greater Pentecostal Temple invites the community to celebrate God's goodness and greatness during the Refreshing the Word Revival at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16-18. Keynote speakers are Frances Nix, Ezekiel Gloster, Deloris M. Young.
Greater Pentecostal Temple is located at 5905 S. Okatie Highway. For more information, call 784-6988.
Neighborhood watch meeting
The Levy Limehouse Bellinger Hill neighborhood watch meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of every month at the Levy Community Center on Mitchell Court in Levy.
The Jasper County Sheriff attends each meeting and shares information about the area. There is a brief question-and-answer period.
Safety tips and fundraising ideas also are discussed as the group works to help those in need to ensure their homes are safely lit and protected.
All residents of Levy, including Toomerville, are invited. Contact Kathy Thomas at 368-0381 for more information.
Lions Club meeting
The Hardeeville Lions Club will have its meeting on the third Thursday of the month.
The meeting will be at noon at Cripple Crab in Hardeeville.
Community Clothing Closet needs donations
The Community Clothing Closet at the old Jasper County High School needs clothing.
The organization is seeking donations, which would include school-age children's clothing and uniforms. Shoes, sneakers, ties, belts and jackets are needed.
Donate useable items by contacting Kathy Brown, office of student services, at 717-1601 or 717-1603.
Send items for local briefs to Jessicah Peters at email@example.com.


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A different perspective
In this section we want to take a closer look at certain aspects of art that are less well known but no less interesting, to show the extent to which the masterpieces of our artistic heritage are closely bound up with real life.
La Gioconda di Leonardo da Vinci agli Uffizi nel 1913
la Gioconda di Leonardo da Vinci esposta nel 1913 nella Galleria degli Uffizi, insieme ad altri due capolavori dell'artista di Vinci, l'Annunciazione e l'Adorazione dei Magi.
The thousand colours of marble
It is a well-known fact that our black and white vision of sculpture and classic architecture is the fruit of a misunderstanding that occurred in the XVIII century. The marble buildings of the Graeco-Roman world, like the friezes and statues they housed, featured bright polychromy that represented an essential part of the finished work.
Art at the table
How and what did people eat in the Renaissance? Food, dining tables and kitchens are frequently illustrated in the paintings conserved in the Florentine State museums. This section is intended to offer interesting anecdotes and recipes old and new.


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DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke men's tennis program concluded the 2013-14 campaign listed 14th in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Div. I team rankings. The Blue Devils finished among the top 15 teams in the country for the fifth consecutive year.
The 2013-14 season saw head coach Ramsey Smith's squad compile a 20-7 record, including a 10-1 mark in ACC play. The team took second in the conference regular season standings and ended the regular season on an eight-match win streak that included victories over No. 9 Notre Dame and No. 8 North Carolina. Duke was also ranked among the nation's top 18 programs for the duration of the spring season.
The Blue Devils made their 23rd consecutive appearance in the NCAA Team Championship, serving as one of 16 host sites for first and second round play. Tabbed the tournament's No. 11 seed, Duke reached the second round before falling to Tennessee.
Senior Fred Saba and junior Jason Tahir were selected to the 64-player field for the 2014 NCAA Singles Championship, where both advanced to the second round of play.
Saba garnered All-ACC recognition for the second-straight year and was joined on the all-conference first team by Tahir, while junior Raphael Hemmeler and sophomore Bruno Semenzato received third team All-ACC honors. Hemmeler was also named the ITA Carolina Region's recipient of the Arthur Ashe, Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award.
Saba surpassed the 100-win milestone in singles during the season, becoming the 12th player in program history to achieve the feat. He concluded his collegiate career with a final record of 103-50 in singles and 89-52 in doubles and moved into first on the program's all-time list for career ACC singles wins with 35 for his career.


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Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has come out of retirement to join the Lancashire Lightning's squad for this year's NatWest T20 Blast campaign.
The 36-year-old never thought he would get the chance to play competitive cricket again, having last done so almost five years ago, but has been training with Lancashire in recent months and is now relishing his opportunity to return.
"I'm really honoured to be part of Lancashire once again," he said on www.lccc.co.uk. "It is something that I never thought would happen but, after training with the squad over the last few months, I am really happy that they have invited me to play.
"I have worked really hard to get back to my fittest and I hope that we have a successful summer. I'm just glad that I can be part of it."
In confirming Flintoff's return, Lancashire did not specify when he was likely to be back in action to boost Glen Chapple's men in their bid to reach finals day at Edgbaston in August.
The Lightning are in T20 Blast action at Old Trafford on Friday evening when they take on Birmingham Bears, before hosting Roses rivals Yorkshire Vikings next Friday.
LCCC cricket director Mike Watkinson said on www.lccc.co.uk: "We are delighted to have Fred involved once again at the club. He is Lancashire through and through and his record for both club and country speaks for itself.
"Fred has been back at Emirates Old Trafford under his own steam since the winter and has been working with the academy and in the nets with some of the other players.
"Over a period of time he has picked up on his physical conditioning and this continues to improve. He has shown in practice that he still has plenty of class with bat and ball, and will be a great addition to the NatWest T20 Blast squad."
There was speculation Flintoff might return for Lancashire 2nd XI in a friendly against a representative team from the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire League at Leek on Tuesday.
Instead, he appeared at Headingley to join training with the first-team squad before day three of their LV= County Championship match against Yorkshire.
In his years away from cricket, Flintoff has explored other options - including one bout of professional boxing.
He represented England in 79 Tests, 141 one-day internationals and seven Twenty20 games. He also made 80 first-class appearances for the Red Rose, scoring 4,042 runs at 35.14 and taking 92 wickets at 29.16.
Flintoff's Lancashire Twenty20 record consists of 16 games, averaging 13.94 with the ball and 29.64 with the bat, with a high score of 93 against Derbyshire in 2009.
Flintoff set for Roses return
Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has come out of retirement to join the Lancashire Lightning's squad for this year's NatWest T20 Blast campaign.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/16/mysql_5_1_downloads/
MySQL 5.1 servers take early bath
Database firm breaks download
tool database
Posted in The Channel, 16th July 2008 11:03 GMT
People clambering to get their hands on the latest candidate release of MySQL 5.1 were yesterday locked out of Sun Microsystems' download servers for several hours.
Sun's latest version of the popular open source database was supposed to land at the end of last month after its original pencilled-in first quarter release was delayed by the company.
El Reg reader Adam told us: "I've been trying to download a MySQL candidate release 5.1 all day but the darn servers seem to be broken. It asks me to select a mirror and then does nothing, not even listing any mirrors.
"It turns out this is for all its downloads for MySQL.com. So frustrating when you are up against a deadline."
We asked Sun if it had been experiencing server problems with its tsystems. A spokeswoman for the firm told us via email late yesterday: "It turns out that over the last few weeks, MySQL had been updating its website's infrastructure.
"One recent change broke the download tool for a few hours this morning, but it should be fixed and working normally now."
MySQL's databases are widely used online. When Sun bought the outfit in January for $1bn, the vendor said it hoped to increase usage in more traditional IT and enterprise settings. Indeed, the MySQL 5.1 release candidate features a number of bug fixes and bread-and-butter database features targeting enterprise deployment.
The database is used by many well-known websites, including tech giants Google, Yahoo! and Nokia – 50,000 copies a day are downloaded.
Sun, which is in the midst of significant layoffs, yesterday posted Q4 prelims in an attempt to calm investors' jittery nerves ahead of publishing its quarterly results on 1 August. ®


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The Highlands perform this week at Orton's. It's a CD release show as well as a fundraiser for Surfers Healing. The band is releasing a three song EP called "Be the Change" and you can the article about the band here. Below is more with the band's singer and guitarist Michael Eakins.
How long has the been around, either for fun or as a playing/performing unit?
Eakins: It all started as Hunter and I mid-summer 2013 playing acoustically and some shows at The Oceanic alongside Selah Dubb a few times and in Asheville at a benefit music festival for cancer awareness for our good friend Derrick Pace's family. We then started working with Ben and decided to book a show as a band and began writing leads and bass lines in September. Our first show was at The Calico Room in November and again in December (2103) with Aaron on bass. I've always done it seriously since I was 17 but not for the money, always for the love of performing and sharing our message through music.
Is this show in conjunction with a fundraiser?
Yes. We are raising money for Surfers Healing through a raffle and selling CD's. South End Surf Shop is our main sponsor. Jeff Degroote gives us a tremendous amount of support and we are so grateful to be teamed up with him and all he does for us also HRB Movement.
What can you say your music and songs are influenced by more? Life experiences? Living on the coast? Youthfulness?
My songs are influenced by all three of those things, you pretty much nailed it, but I love writing about life, being found and free, love, peace, unity, spirituality, the ocean, nature, and where I want to be in the future.
What do you think the new EP "Be the Change" represents at this time in your life?
The material represents chasing your dreams and perseverance, saying that I won't conform to the world around me and take it easy settling down with a simple job. I'll follow my heart. Especially "City Lights" and "My Sound" because I'm only twenty years young and I'll never get a chance to re-live these years in life again. I feel like dreams are the only thing in life worth chasing.
When you look back at it years from now, what do you think you'll see?
I think when I look back years from now I'll see where it all started and the people who supported me, regardless of the circumstances through the struggles. And I'll always remember the people who doubted me, saying that I'd never stand a chance, but I just used those words as motivation to be the best I can be. I think I'll also see a kid with hope in his eyes and love in his heart, with big dreams, a song to sing and a message to be heard.
Is this a physical or digital only release?
The show is a physical release where you can purchase a hard copy of the EP for $4 along with T-shirts pressed by Wahoo Screen Graphix and the design and CD done by Pilot Design. Trent Brinkley made it all possible thought, if it weren't for him and Hourglass Studios the cd wouldn't even be released.
What did you learn from the experience of recording your first album?
I learned that nothing comes easy in life and that you must diligently work and practice in order to achieve greatness and success. The hardest part would be getting everyone playing along to a click track and timing. The most fun part were the memories we'll forever share working our butts off until we finally got the sound we wanted and the joy it brought when we heard the finished product and placing the order for all the CD's and merchandise.


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Other holidays like birthdays tend to get gifts in gift bags. Sadly, I can't really reuse many of the gift bags I get, because people have either written who it is for on the gift tag, or they stuck a tag right on the side of the bag, so I can't get it off. I prefer to do envelopes with people's names on them on top of the gift, so the gift bag can be reused if they want to. My mom and I way over think this...
My wrapping is instantly recognizable under the family Christmas tree. Back in the late 90s I bought a gigantic roll of green paper with red poinsettias printed on it from BigBoxClubStore. At the time, I had no idea how huge this roll actually was. I have wrapped almost every one* of my Christmas gifts in that paper ever since, and I am still only about two-thirds through it. It's become something of a family joke, where someone (usually my MIL) picks up one of the gifts and turns it over and over melodramatically asking, "Now who could this be from?"
Recently my brothers Japanese GF came to visit us. In Japan, the cultural custom for giving gifts stipulates that they must be wrapped, and wrapped very nicely. Its insulting if it isnt, because it looks like one hasnt taken the time and care with the gift, presentation is very important. My mom and I took our gifts to her to Macys to be wrapped because neither of us are good enough gift wrappers to satisfy this requirement.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities say four people were hurt when a driver crashed his vehicle into a Wal-Mart in California and assaulted people in the store.
San Jose police Officer Albert Morales, a department spokesman, says after the crash around 11:15 a.m. Sunday, the driver got out his vehicle and used a blunt object to attack people.
One person suffered what Morales described as serious injuries. He did not know the extent of the injuries to the three other people but says they are not life-threatening.
The driver of the vehicle was arrested when officers arrived. It's not known what prompted the attack, but Morales described him as "uncooperative."
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tnx :)
Thanks for this, i might get active here again and consider applying.
great idea.
that's very cool :)
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I think it will get the average "sandbagger" out here to be more active helping people
Perks are always a good motivator
can we nominate employees for this? :P
I have gotten a lot of help recently from many of the regular staff, and even some from the regular joes as well
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A panel of CIOs speaking at E2 Innovate suggested that that could actually be a good thing for the CIO who is prepared for it.
"I see that as an amazing opportunity," said Michael Skaff, CIO at LesConcierges, a concierge service provider based in San Francisco. "I see the CIO as the catalyst who drives the conversation out to the other departments."
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E2 Innovate, formerly known as Enterprise 2.0, is a conference from InformationWeek's parent company, UBM. Skaff was responding to a question from Eric Lundquist, VP and editorial analyst for the InformationWeek Business Technology Network, moderator of a panel discussion on "Tomorrow's Challenges for Today's CIO." One of the major themes was how CIOs can be agents of innovation, rather than obstacles to it, and the panelists agreed adapting to changing patterns of technology spending is part of that.
Even when Lundquist pressed the point about vendors who do an end run around the CIO and go directly to the business units, Skaff said it was his job to make sure the other executives would nonetheless want to come to him for advice. "I take it as one measure of success or failure the more I find out about projects the business wants to drive outside of IT."
"Most enterprising CIOs will embrace that," agreed Shelton Waggener, senior VP at Internet2, the academic computing network. "IT is never going to be successful as long as it is all capital control and risk management," he said. That's part of the CIO's role, but it can't be the whole story, he said.
A CIO who is thinking ahead will create an enterprise architecture that is adaptable to the introduction of cloud services, including those purchased outside of IT, said Marina Levinson, founder and CEO of the CIO Advisory Group and a former CIO at NetApp and Palm. "The conversation with the business becomes an easy one -- or easier -- as long as you have a strong relationship and you have that architecture defined."
Not to be outdone, Joe Cardenas, CIO at Pacific Compensation Insurance, said he would go farther. "I think you should actually be driving your budget out into the different pieces of the organization and partnering with senior management at executive level to make that happen," he said. "What you'll find at the end of that rainbow is a bigger budget. One of the problems with current IT is we're not trusted with the money. You can actually do more things if you partner with the business to make that happen."
Waggener did caution that the influx of consumer technologies poses some hazards, because consumer products represent "point in time success" whereas enterprise systems must deliver "success over time," which necessitates good data management.
Still, Levinson said CIOs need to lose their reputation for being conservative and risk averse. At a time that they don't necessarily control the whole technology budget, they need to "figure out how to add value in this new world," she said. Maybe CIO needs to stand for something new, she suggested. "I'm recommending to my clients that they develop themselves into being the 'chief innovation officer.'"
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