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Switch to Forum Live View No Christian Should Support the death penalty
|11 years ago :: Oct 12, 2007 - 12:10PM #1
Though this discussion began some time ago on the old board, I think it offers much to think about and discuss.
To me, Christianity's two fundamental rules are these: love and forgiveness.
But the death penalty is a violation of forgiveness. Forgiveness is release; it is far better to forgive than to wallow in hate for the rest of your life. But how can a murderer be forgiven in life by the family of their victim(s) or be given a chance to repent if they are executed?
And to those who really don't or can't forgive, see it this way:
Keeping a murderer locked up in jail to fester and rot for the rest of their life is a far worse penalty than death.
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|11 years ago :: Oct 17, 2007 - 1:33PM #2
I have said this before. The DP is not about vengeance. It is about punishment.
The biggest reason that I support the DP is because allowing a murderer to live places more value on his/her life than that of their victims. The victims in these cases cannot speak for themselves. But, their lives should have more intrinsic value than that of the person that killed them. Why does the murderer deserve better than what was given to the victim?
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|11 years ago :: Oct 18, 2007 - 5:28PM #3
I'm against the death penalties for the reasons already mentioned in the first post. The death penalty does not stop people from murdering. The people that are going to murder someone are going to murder them, no matter the consequences.
I am also very against the death penalty because of the chance that the person sentenced to death was not guilty. I've heard of too many cases where prisoners on death row have been exonerated because of new evidence that surfaced and I've heard of way too many cases where people were found innocent after they were killed. This makes me feel uneasy and rather ill. If the prisoner was guilty, they have to sit in jail thinking about what they did for the rest of their lives. If the prisoner was innocent, that just gives them all that time for them and their families to try to prove their innocence.
Besides the fact that you can't pardon a dead person, it's actually cheaper to house an inmate for life than it is to kill them simply because of all of the automatic appeals that are in place when someone is sentenced to death.
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|11 years ago :: Oct 18, 2007 - 5:40PM #4
I am against the death penality because I don't it to be all that satisfactory as a punishment, not to mention we have found faults in our trial system that have led innocent people to be executed. You can't just say "sorry" and hand them their life back.
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|11 years ago :: Oct 18, 2007 - 11:05PM #5
Then whether you want to or not, you have just stated that you would assign more value to the life of the murderer than that of his/her victim.
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|11 years ago :: Oct 19, 2007 - 8:07AM #6
Bubbysmommy... do you believe in abortion? If not, then you take a very hypocritical stance. Taking a life is taking a life. Humans cannot decide WHO gets to live. We are not God, that is His place... that's the argument anti-abortion people should be making against the death penalty.
For the record, I believe in the death penalty, and I am pro-choice.
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|11 years ago :: Oct 19, 2007 - 8:36AM #7
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|11 years ago :: Oct 19, 2007 - 9:14AM #8
[QUOTE=bubbysmommy;7497]Then whether you want to or not, you have just stated that you would assign more value to the life of the murderer than that of his/her victim.[/QUOTE]
Actually, no. It simply means that I value ALL human life, including the victim and the murderer. I don't pick and choose which lives are worth more than others based on what someone else says. Everybody's life is precious, even a murderer's. To kill them because they killed someone else makes you no better than them.
And what if you were in the jury that sent an innocent man to be executed? It happens way too often. Saving half a dozen innocent lives is well worth getting rid of the primitive, barbaric acts of the death penalty. I'd rather like to think we've progressed beyond the caveman days of "You hit me with club. I hit back!"
The US is one of the only western countries that even still has the death penalty and the countries that don't have it have less crime. We should learn by example, rather than make knee-jerk reactions.
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|11 years ago :: Oct 19, 2007 - 9:46PM #9
I will say this again here, because we are in a new home. I believe the DP should be an option only if there is absolute proof as to guilt. Before you say it, yes I know it is rare. Thus the DP should be equally as rare. I do not like the criminal justice system that we are currently forced to deal with. However, I do think that there must be a place for the DP. The man that murdered my best friend & their 2yr old daughter was not only caught literally in the act of trying to murder one of their young sons, both of the surviving boys testified that their daddy had killed their mommy. If this was not proof enough, He ended up pleading guilty.
That is the person that I believe we should be executing. Him & people like him. Not the person that claims to be innocent & there is no real evidence to back up his/her guilt.
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|11 years ago :: Oct 20, 2007 - 11:20AM #10
TMarie, I understand your passion but it confuses two definitions of death. The taking of an innocent child's life enutero, is not the same as taking the life of a convicted murderer. Accountability for one's actions attaches at a forensic level. We do not hold an unborn child accounable for their actions at the same level. Other posters are correct that about 26 persons so far have been released from death row from the hundreds awaiting imposition of a death sentence. However, not all persons who have been released were on death row. The question of "proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt" is always one that causes people to question what level of proof is necessary to convict much less impose the death penalty. In a recent USSC decision, whether to impose the death penalty is now a decision left to a jury, not a judge. (Interestingly in Arizona, as in other states, the death penalty is imposed more often now that it is in the hands of citizen-jurors than it was when judges imposed the penalty). Proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt is not proof beyond "all doubt" and that, I believe, is where citizens who serve on capital cases, probably struggle the most. Given that many jurors are aware of wrongful convictions, I think they probably demand a higher level of proof than say jurors on a non-capital case such as a possession of drugs case or some other low level offense, although I can't prove this to be true. Finally, since most capital cases take approximately 17-20 years to impose sentence from the date of conviction, I think the most telling point is the cost it imposes on the states to maintain these actions. Death penalty cases from arrest to conviction cost an average of $700,000 to $1million dollars (in some case more, but these are not the norm). The appellate costs can easily equal that. And in Arizona, nearly 60% are reversed on either the sentence or the trial (meaning imposition of life in prison or sending back for a new trial). No easy answers, but just my two cents. Herman
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Awesome! No hurry though.
I used the simplest way to set the the font up so it is pretty limited. The only way to show unicode characters is to print them out which can only be done in the external text. e.g. printf "\u00b0" . Improving the font handling has been on the todo list for a while and shouldn't be too hard so I can probably have it done today.
I should have said if I didn't get it done that day it'll be a while before I would...
I've added support for multibyte fonts in some_sorta_bar. Fonts are defined in a comma seperated list. It's best to end the font list with ,* or there'll be errors about missing fonts.
#define FONT "-*-terminusmod.icons-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,*"
here's the conkyrc I use
out_to_x no
out_to_console yes
double_buffer yes
use_spacer left
update_interval 1
no_buffers yes
&L&4Î &9${mem} &4±&2${execi 20 /home/pnewm/.bin/sensors_out} &4µ &2 $freq_g &3${cpu cpu1}% ${cpu cpu2}% ${cpu cpu3}% ${cpu cpu4}% &C &4ð &6 $battery &4¤ &5${if_up wlan0}${downspeed wlan0}${wireless_link_qual_perc wlan0}%$else${downspeed eth0}$endif &R&4¹&2 ${uptime} &4É&2 ${time %a %d/%m} &4:&2 ${execi 60 /home/pnewm/progs/c.files/fuzzyctime} &4ê
to get this screenshot
I should have snapwm done 'soonish'
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
You sure do know how to keep an idiot in suspense I did say no hurry though
Some some_sorta_bar news.
Instead of reading from the root windows name it now takes input from a pipe. So
conky | some_sorta_bar &
for example.
I've added some error checking too. There's a new define for turning off messages about missing fontsets.
#define FONTS_ERROR 1 // 0 to have missing fonts error shown
I found that with ,* on the end of the font list that the bar was being made taller than the visible font needed, I guessed due to some font in ,*.
Last edited by moetunes (2012-05-26 15:23:53)
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
Some snapwm news.
I've added multibyte font support to snapwm. Here's a pic :
If you want "icons" in the bar print them in a terminal and copy/paste to .snapwmrc and/or your external text, save the file and hit Alt+u. There's a new define in the config.h to turn on/of errors about missing fontsets :
#define FONTS_ERROR 1 /* 1=Don't 0=Print errors about missing fonts */
and I fixed up a couple of little things like if it's updated it won't change the tiling mode on desktops that have open windows.
Last edited by moetunes (2012-06-03 01:22:13)
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
Hey, I'm having a problem using my font stlarch_font. A few of the icons are getting cut off a little and I'm getting some flicker and maybe a little spike in cpu. It seems like something is messing with it. Stlarch_font only contains icons and uses the unicode private use area. It is wider (8x10) than the other font I'm using with it (termsyn6x11). I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not. It seems to work fine in dwm like this. I don't know if you've tried it with stlarch_font or not. I noticed that the colors changed too for the status part of the bar. I had to change them from 4 to 5, and 1 to 2. Anyway, here's a screenshot. It has the relevant part of my config.h and my conkyrc in the screenshot.
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I haven't tried with lots of different fonts yet. Terminusmod.icons had one glyph that was drawn a bit to the right but all the rest worked fine. I get no flicker or cpu spikes using it so I'll see how stlarch and termsyn fonts go here. If it renders fine in dwm I have some more work to do.
I find it interesting that some fonts work better than others as Gullible Jones found out here
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
Thanks. The current verion of termsyn might be a little bit of a mess. I'm going through the 7x12 now. I don't know what I did on the 12 bold. It almost looks like I copied the 11 bold into the 12? Doooh. It will be drastically improved when it's updated. I haven't got to the 14 yet. I should have it updated in a few days. You can use stlarch_font with any other font, like terminus. Anyway, if there is anything I can do to help test it let me know. I can post a screenshot of the icons if you need me to. Or you can convert them to .bdf and use gbdfed to view and edit them. Speaking of which, I noticed that when I use gbdfed and have a terminal open on the same desktop, the prompt changes (from solid to outlined)? I know it is happening in monocle but I can't remeber if it happens with other layouts. It doesn't seem to happen if they are on different desktops.
I used stlarch and terminusmod.icons for the fonts and it seems to be fine now. Here's a pic :
I'll sort out some_sorta_bar with the fixes, Cheers for speaking up stlarch.
About your terminal, does the terminal have the focused window border colour and the prompt stays 'off' ? I'll see what happens here with gbdfed.
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
It still seems messed up here. The icons are showing correctly now but the desktop names are getting cut off and the end near the clock is too. Everytime I open a window or pretty much do anything the WINDOWNAME keeps popping up (I have mine set to 0 length). I tried changing the length but it desn't seem to make a difference. And I tried using vertical mode with gbdfed and I do lose all focus and can't change it. Here's another screenshot (it's the new termsyn 12 btw in xterm in the shot, and termsyn 11 in the bar):
edit: I forgot to ask again about the colors. I was using &4 for the icons and &1 for the text in the status part of the bar and after the first update I had to change it to &5 for the icons and &2 for the text but the rest of the bar didn't change.
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Some snapwm news.
I've said it before and I'll try saying it again
It seems to be fine now.
I changed how I placed the characters in the bar and had some fine tuning to catch up on. It should be fine now with having the number of open windows shown in the desktop switcher and I've fixed the window name displaying, I hadn't added the limit yet... I don't know what's up with you having to change colours yet stlarch, but if I do I'll update the wiki if necessary. If the flicker is still an issue I'll add a double buffer, it's ok on this i5 laptop but I'll check it on the pentium3.
@stlarch If the gbdfed problem was new it might be ok now, if not how did you install it? The aur version is out of date and I'd like to check it out.
Here's a pic :
I've sorted some_sorta_bar out as well.
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
Ha. Well, it seems close now. I'm still getting the last letter of a couple of my desktop names cut off. It looks like the text is all one space too far to the right on that part of the bar. The status part looks right now. I am still getting some flicker too. The window name is fixed. It seems like gbdfed is ok too now. I have the focus border colors back in tiling mode and I get the prompt back too. I am using the one from the AUR. I believe it's up to date? (1.6) The one in the AUR has a patch from OK100 that fixes the editor. I don't know if it's been merged upstream or not but it's not very useful without that. Here's another shot of the bar:
Thanks again for doing all of this.
With newest some_sorta_bar I have an issue about the bar segfaulting when the declared font isn't available and when data is piped to it...
Thanks in advance!
@stlarch I had swapped a file for an older one and forgot the fix for when using SHOWNUMOPEN, sorry about that.
"It seems to be fine now." heh. I'll add the double buffer bit to fix the flicker soon.
@mhertz Here it worked ok with
#define FONT "t" - ssb used fixed font ok but
#define FONT "" - caused the segfault. Is that what you did?
I put in a check for the length of the font list and it should be ok now. Cheers for speaking up.
Edit : To show some font icons from e.g. terminusmodx and to have characters from different languages shown the font list should start with the font that has the icons and be followed with a font that has the characters from the different language. To show font icons and some greek letters I have
#define FONT "-*-terminusmod.icons-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-*-stlarch-medium-r-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
on one line which you can see working in the bar at the bottom of this pic :
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You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
Thanks, it seems better now.
Thanks, it seems better now.
I've been getting random crashes which I never get. Turns out XFetchName is returning (null) on occasions which it never used to do, or the propertynotify event changed or ... anyway I fixed that.
Suprised me it did, all the windows disappearing all of a sudden
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
@ prasinoulhs & mhertz - it would be helpful to know what you are using as a font that fails.
There should be an error like in this pic :
I found it would segfault if the font list was empty but it seems to work as expected otherwise here.
Using this commit if i define terminus(mod) as the font i get a Segmentation fault. Any other font will work. (terminus/mod is installed)
#define FONT "-*-terminus-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
make && conky -c ../configs/conky-piperc | ./some_sorta_bar
gcc -Wall -c -o some_sorta_bar.o some_sorta_bar.c
gcc -s -Os -o some_sorta_bar some_sorta_bar.o -lX11
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: ISO10646-1
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: JISX0201.1976-0
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: GB2312.1980-0
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: KSC5601.1987-0
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: JISX0208.1983-0
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: ISO8859-15
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: ISO8859-14
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: ISO8859-13
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: ISO8859-9
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: ISO8859-7
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: KOI8-R
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: ISO8859-5
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: ISO8859-4
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: ISO8859-3
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: ISO8859-2
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: ISO8859-1
:: snapwm :: missing fontset: ISO8859-1
:: snapwm :: Font '-*-terminus-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' Not Found
SSB :: Trying Font 'Fixed'
Segmentation fault
After the last update it works fine.
background no
out_to_console yes
out_to_x no
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
use_spacer none
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Sorry moe, I forgot to add that I just used the default font line unmodified, which I always do, and then it should just use "fixed" instead...
Anyway, It works now again, so thanks alot for that, mate!
I'm glad it's working ok now prasinoulhs & mhertz
Some snapwm news.
I've added double buffering to the text in the bar so it should be flicker free now.
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
Thanks for that, it fixed the flickering but now I get an artifact next to the time at the end of the bar. If I update the bar it will disapear but then return when I log out/back in. Here's another screenshot:
There "shouldn't" be any artifacts in the bar as the buffer is cleared before the external text writes to it but I was 'fixing' little things through the code and ended up making the bar 2px short when it was started, then an update made it full length again. Can you see if a git pull fixes the artifact at the start?
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
Yes, it's ok now. Thank you.
I've never really been sure about having a number & a : for showing the number of open windows on the desktop, looks a bit clunky to me, so I'm trying out different options. Here's what I'm trying now :
basically a meter that grows across the top instead of a number.
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
Some snapwm news.
I moved the meter showing the number of open windows to the bottom of the switcher. Here's a pic :
It works the same as before, if there's more than one window on an unfocused desktop or the current desktop is in fullscreen mode the meter will be shown for that desktop.
As always comments, complaints and alternative suggestions are welcome if they are written on the back of a ten dollar note
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
I wasn't sure about the dots at first, but I kind of like it now. I was just wondering if you ever figured out why my colors changed? And like I said, I noticed a slight increase in cpu usage. It's not much but it seems to be slightly higher than before and than in dwm with a similar setup. I'm not sure how to test it exactly. Running top, it seems to be causing X to use more? Anybody else have the color change? Here's my config.h if you want to test it and see if you notice something I'm missing. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByfkpBn … edit?pli=1
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Millwall have pledged to call in police to investigate claims that four Bolton players were subjected to racist abuse over the weekend.
Bolton forward Marvin Sordell claimed on Twitter that he was taunted by fans at the London club's ground on Saturday as he warmed up as a substitute. He also alleged that three other Bolton players were abused during the npower Championship fixture.
Scotland Yard said no official complaint has yet been made, but that any allegations would be investigated, and a spokesman said: "There has been no complaint made to us, but if any allegation of racist behaviour or chanting is made it will be investigated thoroughly."
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The LiveDVDs are also only available for x86 and amd64, but they contain a few complete graphical environments; KDE, Gnome, Xfce, Fluxbox, etc. They also have distfiles, so not only can you install a basic system, you can install a desktop and related packages if you want so that once you reboot you've got a very solid system.
spottedcat wrote:Message for Mike. No doubt you'll be including this on a future LXF cover DVD, but can I suggest you use the live DVD rather than the CD? It's 3.7 Gb but only available via bit-torrent.
rm -f distfiles/gnome*
rm -f distfiles/kde*
The rest of us are still struggling with the easy-peasey Linuxes.
shifty_ben wrote:Let us know how the installer goes Spottedcat, but I am just going to be changing my profile
spottedcat wrote:.....I think I might try an install with 2007.0 because I read that the gtk installer has been 'fixed'........
spottedcat wrote:Gentoo's not that bad. Go on. You know you want to.
So I grabbed the bar and dragged it back, and dragged, and (a little like this post) dragged a truck load more. And eventually found the middle of the progress bar, the frickin MIDDLE!!! My estimates, based on progressbar progress, were that the install would take about 72hours on a 2.9GHZ dual core machine with 2GB RAM.
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Prerequisite: senior standing, BCM 32100 and BCM 34500; co-requisite BCM 35500 or BCM 35501, and BCM 47500.
Preparation for industrial concentration by faculty and practitioner-guided study and analysis of a current DRR problem. Culminates in a formal oral presentation and paper whose position is justified on the basis of the study and application of earlier coursework. In addition to faculty oversight, each student is typically guided by a practicing manager of the DRR industry who serves as a mentor to further develop student management potential.
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When entrepreneur Leigh Cockram was traveling on business in the summer of 2012, she struggled to find a way to store her hotel key, money and phone while going for a run. She thought, "There's gotta be a better way," so she created one.
The RaesWear concept includes a patented design with a front and back pocket along the entire length of the waistband. The runner uses one of two access points on the front and back to stow a variety of gear, without the fear that it will slip out or pull on their shorts or tights.
The company was named after Leigh's grandfather, Ray, who was a gunner in the Army Air Corp. during World War II. Rae became a family name passed down to future generations and was a nice pun on race wear, while honoring the legacy of service established by her grandfather.
Leigh began making prototypes herself in 2012, and was directed by The Launch Place to a designer in North Carolina to make additional samples. Realizing she wanted to work closer to home and manufacture the products in Virginia, Leigh connected with Mollie's Originals in Martinsville in 2014, and they have been manufacturing the products ever since.
RaesWear began with one pair of running tights and has grown to 13 products, including shorts, skorts, capris, tights and pants. While initially designed for athletes, customers are using the clothes for both exercise and throughout the day.
The company's website at www.RaesWear.com was launched in December 2014, and products are sold online and at Mollie's Originals. Leigh and her husband have used grass roots efforts, from social media YouTube videos, to appearances at marathon expos, to get the word out. They plan to start a paid advertising campaign shortly.
They have also received requests to develop a product for men, and are currently working on a menswear line.
In true entrepreneurial fashion, Leigh has kept her day job and works on RaesWear at night and on the weekends from her home. Her husband has transitioned to support RaesWear full-time.
"The best analogy I can give for running a business is being pregnant. You're excited and nervous and you stay up at night wondering if things will be okay. And then you have your baby and it's wonderful, but you're always stressed and going through peaks and valleys, wondering if you're doing the right things to make your child a success. It's a true roller coaster, but very rewarding to take an idea from concept to reality all on our own," said Leigh Cockram.
RaesWear is another strong example of the innovation and creativity of Virginia entrepreneurs. To learn why the Commonwealth is a great location to grow a business, click here.
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2005-06 Men's Basketball
Bluffton 76, Denison 53
Bluffton moves to 5-1 with 76-53 dismantling of Denison University
By Bill Hanefeld Jr., sports information director
December 10, 2005
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's basketball team (5-1) dominated the Denison University Big Red 76-53 on Saturday, December 10, 2005. Bluffton's 5-1 start is its best since 1965-66 when the Beavers opened the season 6-0 on the way to a 17-6 campaign.
The Beavers started slowly as Dan Hodgkinson, who led the Big Red with 16 points, knocked down his first three shots to help Denison take a 10-6 lead with 13:20 to play in the first half. Bluffton knotted the game at 12 when junior Tom Heil (Stow/Archbishop Hoban) followed a David Patch (Minster/Minster) three-pointer with a triple of his own. Six straight points from Eric Sweet (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) led to a 13-1 Bluffton run that gave the Beavers a 27-15 advantage with just over five minutes to play in the opening stanza. Freshman Colt Cunningham (Powell/Worthington Christian) knocked down a trey and a jumper late in the first half as Bluffton took a 14-point cushion (37-23) into halftime.
Both teams struggled to find the hoop during the opening minutes of the second half.
Junior Ricky Reucher (Toledo/Central Catholic) came in off the bench following a Bluffton timeout and
sparked the Beavers with four quick points. Denison traded baskets with Bluffton until
the 12:40 mark of the second stanza when two free throws from Jordan Krantz pulled the Big Red within 12 points of the Beavers. Bluffton tightened its grip defensively
and outscored the Big Red 26-15 over the final 12 minutes to drop Denison to 2-6 on
the season.
Sweet did the job again for the Beavers as he led Bluffton with 18 points, six rebounds and four blocks. Patch came in off the bench to score 12 points on 4-5 shooting, including a perfect 2-2 from beyond the arc. Junior Mike Anthony (Ohio City/Delphos St. John's) also finished in double digits as he tallied 10 points. Although the Big Red defense held senior Scott Bergman (Elmore/Woodmore) to eight points, he found open teammates for seven assists and came up with four steals. Bluffton shot 50 percent for the game (27-54) while it held Denison to 36.5 percent (19-52). Denison was able to keep it close early in the game as it outrebounded the Beavers 40-26, including 15-5 on the offensive glass.
Bluffton will return to action on Monday, December 19 when it travels to Marygrove College. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.


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A Main Street bar found guilty of violating city code and slapped with a three-year ban on lucrative outdoor activities on its property might still be able to have outside bands, vendors and alcohol sales during this year's Bike Week.
DAYTONA BEACH — A Main Street bar found guilty of violating city code and slapped with a three-year ban on lucrative outdoor activities on its property might still be able to have outside bands, vendors and alcohol sales during this year's Bike Week.
City Attorney Marie Hartman has authored a written opinion that concludes city commissioners should still consider Main Street Station's application to take part in all activities for Bike Week, which will be March 8-17.
Hartman said in the opinion that because Main Street Station filed the application in November, and the city code violation decision didn't come down until December, the bar should still be in the running for businesses that are granted special outdoor privileges during Bike Week.
"Unless a waiver is granted or the finding of noncompliance is overturned on appeal to the Circuit Court," Hartman wrote, ". . . the three-year prohibition in (city code) does not apply to that application."
Hartman said the three-year ban — never imposed before on Main Street — should run from the day after the special magistrate filed his code violation order, which would be Dec. 13, until Dec. 12, 2015.
City commissioners will probably consider the Main Street Station application at their Jan. 16 meeting, and they could still turn it down. They could also give the bar the green light to take part in all Bike Week activities, and it doesn't matter that a Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce Bike Week advisory committee — which only makes recommendations — voted against the Main Street Station application last month, Hartman said in an interview Wednesday.
Hartman's decision provides hope for the bar owners that the business could still do everything it normally does during Bike Week, a 10-day biker party that most all Main Street businesses rely on heavily for annual profits, at least once over the next three years.
"Of course that's kind of short-term help, but it's not a long-term fix," said Peter Heebner, the Daytona Beach attorney representing the bar.
Heebner said the bar's owner, Rick Johns, still wants an appeal hearing before a special magistrate, which could happen as soon as Tuesday. If the special magistrate upholds the three-year outdoor activity ban, Heebner said his next move will likely be filing a petition in circuit court.
At a minimum, the bar will want an answer soon on what it can and can't do during Bike Week because the business needs to start booking bands, ordering alcohol and making other plans as quickly as possible, said the bar owner's daughter, Phaedra Lee, who handles marketing and event planning for Main Street Station.
The bar's code troubles started Oct. 17, the day before Biketoberfest, when a city code officer on a routine inspection found Main Street Station's stage to be too close to the sidewalk. Johns was given 12 hours to correct the violation but he said that wasn't nearly enough time and the stage remained where it was.
The matter went before a special magistrate Dec. 11, and Johns argued the stage never needed to be moved because it was far enough away from the sidewalk. City officials conceded they didn't measure the distance but said it was so close they could tell it was out of compliance just by looking.
The magistrate's finding of noncompliance triggered the three-year ban on most all outdoor activities, which will mainly apply to Main Street Station during Bike Week and Biketoberfest unless the decision is overruled. The ban could also apply to outdoor activities for other special events the City Commission approves by passing a resolution, Hartman said Wednesday.
If the ban is upheld, Main Street Station would still be able to apply to the city for permits that would allow for some outdoor activities during other events, such as the bar was able to do this week for New Year's Eve.
Heebner said Wednesday the Main Street Station case will come up during a special magistrate session at City Hall on Tuesday morning, but another hearing date will probably be set to consider the case in detail and decide whether to change or overturn the Dec. 11 ruling.
Tom Scianablo, co-owner of Tombstone Silverworks on Main Street, said the city needs to work on being friendlier to businesses on the street.
Scianablo, whose business has been on Main Street for 23 years, said the money he makes renting out an acre of his property on the street to vendors covers his property tax bill. Main Street businesses are already struggling, and if the city makes things harder more could close, he said.
"The city has to be careful what they do to people," Scianablo said.
But City Commissioner Rob Gilliland said it's not the first time Main Street Station has had code issues.
"It's unfortunate they didn't correct the violation," Gilliland said. "I don't like to see any business disadvantaged. But we gave these guys an opportunity to do things other businesses didn't get to do and they were clearly in violation."


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AWS Heads Up-Market with Redshift
Redshift literally represents a shift in Amazon's targeting
By: Maureen O'Gara
Dec. 3, 2012 07:00 AM
Amazon Web Services used re:Invent, its very first customer and partner conference this week in Vegas, to announce the coming of a cloud data warehouse service called Redshift meant to undercut and disrupt the pricey "old guard" brands of Oracle, IBM, Teradata, EMC Greenplum and HP.
Redshift literally represents a shift in Amazon's targeting.
It's going up-market looking for customers among the big corporates that have supposedly overcome their doubts about running mission-critical apps in the public cloud and are now down to figuring out which ones to move first and how quickly.
Amazon evidently thinks it's on the cusp of this great inflection point and to bait the big fellas onto its cloud - as well as defend its 60% IaaS market share against the likes of Google, Rackspace and Microsoft - it's giving them an alternative to the on-premise data warehouses that large companies say are "too expensive and a pain in the butt to manage" and that smaller companies feel are simply beyond their reach according AWS boss Andy Jassy.
Redshift, which is probably the closest AWS has come to peddling an actual application, is a typical pay-as-you-go service with no payment upfront.
It's supposed to cost about one-tenth a traditional data warehouse.
That's why Amazon's figures its high-volume low-margin model is going to take business way from the 60% to 80% gross margin crowd and their scale-lacking private "cloudwash" clouds.
Redshift is currently in limited preview and technical details are kind of thin, but it's reportedly designed to be easy to provision and automates setup, operation and cluster regulation.
It promises to work with all the popular business analytics tools and give great performance. It's a columnar data store used to make certain kinds of ad hoc queries against and its query return on almost any size dataset is supposed to be really fast because of its basic design and because of compression on the server nodes.
The Register thinks it may be based on a parallelized version of the PostgreSQL open source database à la Netezza and Greenplum since it uses PostgreSQL drives to link to third-party BI tools. Anyway, it speaks standard SQL and has JDBC and ODBC hooks for the BI programs.
ITPorPortal says it consists of ParAccel-licensed components, available in two underlying node variants that can contain either 2TB or 16TB of compressed customer data per node. A user can start with a single small node and scale up to a 32 nodes with 64TB of capacity or use fatter nodes and scale up to 1.6PB of capacity.
There was no mention of flash storage to boost I/O as likely as it may be.
Amazon, the Internet retailer, AWS' parent company, which spends a few million a year on a conventional data warehouse, tested Redshift on a two-node cluster and reportedly ran six of its toughest queries on a dataset with two billion rows of data. It found that it ran 10 times faster than its on-premise warehouse and cost $3.65 an hour, or about $32,000 a year, peanuts compared to what it's now spending.
AWS says classic on-premise data warehouses run $19,000-$25,000 a terabyte of storage a year including a few administrators, hardware, software and maintenance.
Redshift is supposed to launch early next year priced at under $1,000 a terabyte a year with the ability to scale to a petabyte or more of storage for those who promise to stick around for a while. It's got one-year and three-year reservations. The price quoted is for a three-year deal on a heavily used 13-node Redshift cluster.
Using it on-demand will cost more. Figure 85 cents an hour for 2TB nodes and $6.80 an hour for 16TB nodes.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and Netflix are already users.
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Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has warned users of Red Hat Linux that they will have to pay Microsoft for its intellectual property. "People who use Red Hat, at least with respect to our intellectual property, in a sense have an obligation to compensate us," Ballmer said last week at a company event in London discussing online services in the UK.
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RE: no software patent in the EU
by Robocoastie on Thu 11th Oct 2007 15:17 UTC in reply to "no software patent in the EU"
I suspect that unless we have a patent revolt in the US the EU will eventually have a patent law. Why? - WTO pressures. NAFTA has enabled the US to kick around its might greatly regarding patents and copyrights so unless the EU stays strong on this issue I suspect it will become an issue at the WTO if it's not already up for discussion.


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I am lost on a couple problems, can anyone help. We are working on Partial Fraction Decomposition, and these are two problems I am stuck on.
Problem 1
x^2-2x / x^4+x^3+16x^2+9x+63
Problem 2
2 / x^4+4x^3+11x^2-3x+9
we were working on breaking down the denom, and using the A+B+C method to solve. Any help would be great.


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Whadda ya know?
Whadda ya say?
Any doctors on the house?
So your water broke??
I thought this was a goof. Are you serious?
Can be fixed. If you are young, in decent shape and arthritis is not an issue you can fully recover
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I'm bad at anatomy - does this mean ur no longer a virgin?
Lose some weight fatass!
Not too big of a deal, but age and weight may figure into your recovery and long-term prognosis. This is your body sending a wake-up call, next up may be a knee replacement.
Sorry to hear dude. Good luck on the repair and rehab.
Amputation of the kankle.
What happened, did you happen to attempt jogging like I did?
lol, you fatted your knee.
because you're fat.
It is an injury to the Cartilage between joint surfaces of the knee. It has a poor blood supply and only heals on its own occasionally. Usually hurts with squats and full flexion. Try Physical Therapy first. Thats what I do.


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Submission + - Glass Roof Tiles Let the Sunshine In (gizmag.com)
Zothecula writes: Swedish company, Soltech Energy, recently received the gold medal for this year's hottest new material at the Nordbygg 2010 trade fair in Stockholm, Sweden. The award was fitting because it was for the company's home heating system that features roof tiles made out of glass. The tiles, which are made from ordinary glass, weigh about the same as the clay roof tiles they replace but allow the sun to heat air that is then used to heat the house and cut energy bills.


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Save Our Trails! The TAP Tour 2012Posted in Events on June 1, 2012
The Southwest corner of our great nation has some of the most incredible four-wheeling. That would be a brag if it weren't fact. But another fact is that the anti-access crowd has been hammering our government agencies to limit what you and I can do on our public lands. They are closing existing trails, banning certain uses, and severely limiting our choices of recreation. And while good environmental stewardship is always an important factor of our sport, someone has to step up and carry the torch for land access and for the multiple uses that favor the 4x4 crowd.
Del and Stacie Albright have been on the forefront of these issues, fighting back the tide of anti-access hysteria and putting the best interests of our sport and the 4x4 world forward. Del has been the representative for the BlueRibbon Coalition (BRC) for years, which is one organization that has been working hard to save our trails and promote wise use of our public lands. Last year the Albrights devised an ingenious plan to link a few off-road events together along with a week of scouting and four-wheeling to promote trail access with partners in the industry, clubs, and other organizations. That's why we jumped at the chance to be part of the inaugural TAP (Trail Access Partnership) Tour. Del's motto is: "We will not be tapped out of our trail access!"
Right after the annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas, we trekked to Logandale in our Ultimate Adventure F-150 for the famous Hump-N-Bump event put on by the Vegas Valley 4 Wheelers. This event has been around for 31 years and is situated on some of the most spectacular red rocks this side of Moab. The TAP Tour culminated the following weekend in Parker, Arizona, home of the 16th Annual Desert Splash event hosted by the Parker 4 Wheelers. This area is hardcore rocks and desert terrain with all kinds of runs available, from guaranteed carnage and broken parts to spectacular vistas and view for every style of rig.
In between these famous bookend events we spent time with the Bullhead 4 Wheelers in Bullhead City, Arizona, and the Havasu 4 Wheelers in Lake Havasu City. While scouting trails and discussing land use issues, we felt much progress was made in organizing the good fight.
Next year's TAP Tour may have happened before you get this, but check out the schedule at www.trailaccesstour.com. And make sure you look into the Hump-N-Bump event at www.vv4w.org and Parker Splash at www.parker4wheelers.net. We guarantee you'll be glad you did. And don't forget to support the BlueRibbon Coalition at www.share trails.org.


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The Sterling Highway reopened late Friday afternoon following a two-car collision that killed an elderly man a few miles north of Rocky's Cafe and the Kasilof Community Church.
One man died in the accident; three others were taken to Central Peninsula Hospital by ambulance, Alaska State Trooper Spokesperson Beth Ipsen said.
The accident was reported about 12:05 p.m. Friday.
Ruby Gonzales, of Soldotna, was driving northbound with her husband in a Jeep Cherokee when she lost control on a hill, Ipsen said.
The 82-year-old slid into the next lane and collided with Vincent Redford, of Soldotna, driving a Dodge truck.
The collision threw Daniel Gonzales, Ruby Gonzales' 85-year-old husband, out of the back of the Jeep. Central Emergency Services medics pronounced him dead.
CES ambulances drove Ruby Gonzales; Vincent Redford, 50; his passenger and his mother, Constance Redford, 72 of Soldotna, to Central Peninsula Hospital.
They are being treated for non-life threatening injuries, Ipsen said Friday.
Troopers do not suspect alcohol or drugs were involved in the accident, and indications suggest Daniel Gonzales was wearing a seatbelt, Ipsen said.
Road conditions at the time of the accident were icy, Ipsen said.


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By Andrew Clevenger
The Bulletin
WASHINGTON — Bend businesswoman Aelea Christofferson announced Monday that she is running for Congress in Oregon's 2nd District.
Christofferson, 61, is seeking the Democratic nomination to vie for the seat currently held by Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River. She has never run for elected office before.
Christofferson is the founder and president of ATL Communications, which helps toll-free numbers reduce their routing costs and helps them re-establish service following disasters.
Christofferson said she is resigning as a board member of Cover Oregon, the state's beleaguered health exchange, effective immediately. Previously, she had been a member of the Oregon Health Fund board.
While acknowledging that Cover Oregon and the Affordable Care Act aren't perfect, Christofferson said she wants to continue to advocate on behalf of making health care more widely available and affordable. As a small business owner, she became frustrated with the lack of coverage options for her employees, she said.
Under Obamacare, companies are able to set their contribution and let employees choose their own plans, she said.
Christofferson credited her experiences as a small business owner and the geographic diversity she represented as someone from "the other side of the mountains" with landing her a spot on the Governor's Committee for Health Care Reform in 2007. From there, she continued on to membership on the boards of the Oregon Health Fund and Cover Oregon.
Christofferson said she has crossed party lines and voted for Walden a decade ago, but he has become so conservative she can no longer support him.
"He began to move more right, and as much of the rest of Congress has, instead of making decisions on individual issues, he votes along party lines," she said.
Christofferson pointed to Walden's 49 votes to repeal Obamacare as evidence that he's no longer working on behalf of the best interests of people in Oregon.
"The problem is he's not presenting solutions," she said. "'No' is not a solution."
Christofferson said too much of the coverage of Cover Oregon has focused on the troubled online heath care exchange, which was not ready for its Oct. 1 launch and remains beset by technical problems. Cover Oregon is more than a website, she said. It is a program that is helping provide previously uninsured Oregonians with access to health care.
Walden was the first member of Oregon's congressional delegation to call for an investigation by the Government Accountability Office of Cover Oregon's use of more than $300 million in taxpayer funds. Last week, the GAO confirmed it will investigate Cover Oregon.
"Greg Walden works hard every day to get results for Oregonians, and he looks forward to earning the trust of the voters once more this year," said Walden spokesman Andrew Malcolm, noting that there are other candidates, including Barney Spera of Ashland and Frank Vulliet of Sunriver, running for the Democratic nomination. "If Democratic primary voters decide they want someone responsible for Cover Oregon as their nominee, that is their choice to make."
Christofferson's campaign website doesn't list her party affiliation, and she said she's not hiding the fact that she's a Democrat, but trying to avoid hyperpartisanship.
"Whether I'm a Democrat or a Republican is the least important thing in this campaign," she said. "(Partisanship is) what got the country in the fix it's in."
Christofferson even allowed her position on forestry is likely very similar to Walden's.
"Anybody in Oregon in a public position right now is looking for the same thing," she said. "We all want to find a way to protect the environment and at the same time do something to help rural communities that have relied on timber."
Oregon won't be able to put an end to its timber wars until the groups involved stop taking positions that are non-negotiable, she said.
Christofferson sees jobs as a key issue in the district, and wants to strengthen education efforts so that graduates are better prepared to enter the workforce, she said.
"I have five kids in their 20s, so I have lots of experience with job-seekers," she quipped.
Christofferson earned a bachelor's degree in political science from California State University and a master's in business administration from Golden Gate University. A former president of the Sunriver Chamber of Commerce, she lives in Bend with her husband, Tom Hall.
Christofferson said she wants to return to Washington — she worked briefly as an aide to Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., in her youth — to help find solutions to the country's problems.
"Congress is broken. I hate to say, (but) it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out," she said. "This Congress was the least effective Congress in history and has lost the respect of the American people."
First elected in 1998, Walden is seeking his ninth term in Congress. Klamath County Commissioner Dennis Linthicum is running against him in May's primary. The filing deadline for May's primary is today at 5 p.m.
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Breaking News: EHDI voted unanimously out of House Committee
On March 2, Rep. Capps (D-CA), Rep. Emerson (R-MO), along with Rep. Sutton (D-OH) introduced the EHDI (Early Hearing Detection and Intervention) reauthorization bill, H.R.1246 for the 111th Congress. On March 3, was quickly and unanimously voted out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee with no amendments. Next, it will be scheduled for floor consideration. This is great news for this bill that did not pass in the last session of Congress.


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Richmond, Va., was recently ranked No. 3 on Gallup's Job Creation Index. Comparing the 50 largest metro areas across the U.S., the index looks at net job creation — contrasting percentage of companies hiring against companies letting employees go.
What makes this ranking unique is that it reflects the perception of the local workforce regarding job creation in their city. Gallup performed a survey over calendar year 2011, interviewing employees in each metro area about whether their employers were expanding or downsizing.
Thirty-six percent of Richmond's workforce stated that their employer was expanding while only 14 percent said their company was decreasing its workforce, yielding a net job creation index score of 22.
Richmond's No. 3 ranking illustrates the positive job creation momentum in Virginia, and the workforce survey correlates with actual results. Governor McDonnell recently announced that January's seasonally adjusted unemployment in Virginia fell to 5.8 percent, a three-year low.
Coming shortly after Virginia was named the 2012 Best State to Make a Living by MoneyRates.com, Gallup's Job Creation ranking illustrates the high quality of life and career opportunities employees find in Virginia, as well as why the Commonwealth is able to attract a world-class workforce. New and established companies alike continually praise the skill and productivity of Virginia's workforce.
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The official website of actress Emma Watson has been updated with the news that the newest photo of the Trio seen in Empire Magazine will be part of a charity auction. The photo is part of a display featuring many of the photos taken for the special anniversary edition of Empire that will run May 21- 27 at the Century Club in London, England. The photo of Dan Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron) and Emma Watson (Hermione) will then be auctioned off, with proceeds to benefit the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. This auction will take place on May 28th at the Paramount Club in London.
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UPDATE: The Rochelle Police Department received several Crime Stopper tips regarding the thefts of nearly 40 cans of baby formula that occurred in the last week.
As a result of these tips detectives were able to locate and arrest 22-year-old Frances Taylor of Rockford Illinois, on the charge of Retail Theft, a Class 3 felony.
Taylor was transported to the Ogle County Jail to await a bond hearing.
Detectives have identified the remaining two suspects and those arrests are pending.
ROCHELLE (WIFR) -- On Saturday April 13th, 2013 the Rochelle Police Department responded to Walgreens reference the theft of baby formula. Surveillance footage shows three women entering the store and proceeding to the baby formula, where 20 cans of formula are taken.
On Tuesday April 23rd, 2013 the Rochelle Police Department responded to Super Walmart reference the theft of baby formula. Surveillance footage shows three women, two of which have small children with them, proceeding to the baby formula, where 18 cans of formula are taken.
Comparison of the Walgreen video and the Super Walmart video shows that at least two of the women appear to be involved in both thefts. It is believed that these subjects are responsible for similar thefts as well.
The Super Walmart video shows the suspects leaving the store and getting into a gold/tan 4-door sedan.
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A long-standing tradition for over two decades, dozens of Cincinnatti Firemen and EMTs migrate down to the soft sands and gentle surf of Fort Myers Beach during the spring break season, bringing with them lots of charm, style, philanthropy and a ton of great dance moves!
The firemen are held in high regard by the locals who are sure to make their way down to the Lani Kai for their daily, well-choreographed shows during their stay. You'll see anything from the Village People's "YMCA"?and "Macho Man" to Michael Jackson's "Thriller," songs (and skits) from "Grease," and so many more, with the routine regularly changing every year, to keep the acts fresh and new.
Kicking off their 2014 spring break season at the Lani Kai Fort Myers Beach, you can catch the Cincy Firemen atop the resort's float in the Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival Parade Saturday, March 8, with their first show on the custom-built stage in the sand behind the resort March 9 to 14, and March 16 to 19, once again collecting donations for the Araba Shriners, who, last year, received right around $11,000 from the fund-raising firemen.
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The Cincinnati Firemen are proud to return to their spring-breaking retreat to the south, Fort Myers?Beach, for non-stop fun, laughs, singing and dancing in the sand behind the Lani Kai March 8 to 19, raising funds for the local Araba Shriners during their choreographed shows almost every afternoon.
"We are super psyched about getting back to entertaining in the sand and raising money for a great local charity again," said Angelo "Scar"?Scarlato, one of the lead firemen and founders of the spring-breaking group, along with Joe Diebold. "Our partnership with the Lani Kai has been completely awesome. [Lani Kai owner] Mr. Conidaris and his entire staff treat myself and all of my firefighters/performers just like we are a part of their own family!"
The firemen's 1.5-hour-long routine will feature several of the great skits and songs from past shows, along with a couple of new ones sprinkled in, all choreographed by fellow fireman, Jeff Yount.
The boys won't tell us exactly what their new routines are, but, Scar is sure to drop a tantalizing implication. "Hints are 'VMA?awards' and 'The Dark Side.'"
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As you're enjoying the show, dancing and singing along in the sand, keep your eyes peeled for the fireman's boot going around the crowd, where you can place a donation for the Shriners. Other ways to donate to the local organization is by purchasing commemorative memorobilia the boys will be selling by the stage.
"We will be selling T-shirts and koozies again for the cause," Scar said. "This year, we also have 250 14-ounce plastic mugs for sale. With that mug, the Lani Kai will offer $1 off Rum Runners every day, from March 9 through 19!"
What a deal you get to see a great FREE show, make a donation to a great local cause and get discounted drinks during the firemen's stay!
"We'll have about 15 to 20 guys coming this year. You'll see all the regulars, like Joe, Jeff, Ricky D., Kevin, Brad, Jason, Neil and Jesse, and the new guys are all still trying work the time in for their vacation, so you'll meet some new firemen, too," Scar said. "We've been having regular rehearsals to get ready for the show, and we're all super excited!"
Over the four years the boys have partnered with the Lani Kai during their spring break trips down to the island, the fireman have raised about $40,000 for local charities, and eager to once again "shake, shake, shake"?for the Shriners this year.
"The Shriners were so great to work with last year, and we believe what they are doing with the money, helping local children, is a great cause," Scar said. "I'm just hoping to get $10,000 for them this year. If we get that, it's an amazing year. We can't wait!"
Danielle Pierce, wedding and events coordinator for the island resort, is sure to share some kind words about the visiting firemen.
"They are so much fun they're the most unique, fun-loving, charitable people I've ever met. They go out and raise money every year, taking their own time from their vacations, getting out there and making it fun for everyone," she said. "I've seen 5-year-olds and 90-year-olds out there dancing with them. We're so happy to have them back with us!"
All shows start right around 1:30 p.m. behind the Lani Kai (1400 Estero Blvd.), but get there earlier for a closer spot to all the non-stop action.


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Roku Inc., the Saratoga company known for selling boxes that connect Internet video services like Netflix to any TV, Wednesday is introducing a new device that will plug into a TV as easily as a flash drive plugs into a computer.
The Roku Streaming Stick will be about the size of a USB flash drive and requires no wires at all – not even a power cord. It will also use the same remote control that comes with the TV and have built-in Wi-Fi, processor, memory and software.
The Streaming Stick could turn any TV into a smart TV, as long as it has the newer Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) technology, said Roku founder and CEO Anthony Wood.
However, the stick won't be available until the second half of this year. The company made the announcement today to be heard above the high volume of news about the latest and greatest TVs that is sure to come out of Las Vegas next week during the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, the biggest tech industry trade show of the year.
"We want to make sure we're part of the conversation about smart TVs and connected TVs," Wood said.
The Streaming Stick will be priced at $50 to $100, in line with the cost of Roku's existing stand-alone streaming media boxes that do require connecting cords and their own power supply. The boxes feed more than 400 channels of online entertainment services, including Netflix, Hulu and Pandora.
Roku made a big retail push with its boxes last year, moving from online sales only into 13,000 brick-and-mortar stores like Best Buy, Walmart and Target. The company also advertised heavily for the first time on radio and on billboards in the San Francisco and Chicago markets.
Wood said the company saw a 300 percent growth in sales and ended the year with about 2.5 million Roku players sold.
While other Roku boxes work with any TV, the Streaming Stick will only work with Mobile High-Definition Link technology, which was originally developed for mobile devices. The stick would plug into a TV or A/V receiver that has an MHL-enabled HDMI port, which also supplies the power.
The Streaming Stick will give TV manufacturers the flexibility of offering customers a smart TV option without having to build in higher cost components or updating software, Wood said.
Roku would update the software, and customers who worry about their TVs becoming obsolete as technology advances can just replace the stick.
Roku's first announced customer is Insignia, Best Buy's in-house brand.
Kurt Scherf, principal analyst at Parks Associates, called the stick "a game changer" for the smart TV market.
"By reducing the smart form-factor down to thumb drive size and having it powered by the TV itself, Roku is eliminating a couple of big hang-ups for bringing smart TV experiences to end users – cost and ease-of-connectivity," Scherf said in an e-mail. "Plus, you get the aesthetic benefit of not having an unsightly AC adapter powering the unit."
He said the stick would work for secondary TVs in the home "where the consumer doesn't necessarily want to buy a full-blown smart TV or want another connected Blu-ray player."


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Finally, there's some A's news about a player returning rather than being shown the door. Free agent center fielder Coco Crisp will return to Oakland on a two-year deal worth $14 million, plus a $7.5 million club option for 2014, reports ESPN's Buster Olney. All indications I'm getting are that this is all but a done deal. Here's my story on the topic. A's officials aren't confirming anything and neither is Crisp's agent, Steve Comte. But Oakland GM Billy Beane had complimentary things to say about Crisp even as he declined direct comment on whether a contract was in the works.
Does this signing surprise you? I'm a little shocked that Crisp would return given the direction of the franchise. Top starting pitchers Gio Gonzalez and Trevor Cahill have been traded, as have closer Andrew Bailey and fellow reliever Craig Breslow. Beane and Co. have clearly stated they don't think it's realistic for the A's to contend in the AL West this season, and they're building for a future they hope includes a new stadium in San Jose. Crisp told me in September that playing for a contender would be important to him as he entered free agency. I asked Comte how Crisp viewed the A's given the trades that have been made this winter. "(GM) Billy (Beane) always finds a way to piece it together," Comte said. " … I think we've seen a few teams with young talent that have probably exceeded expectations."
A two-year, $14 million deal is pretty steep for a player with Crisp's injury history. And you figure there weren't many teams offering Crisp as much as the A's did on a multi-year deal. Nonetheless, this is an important signing for the A's simply because it brings a recognizable player back into the fold after they've sent so many guys packing. Does it improve Oakland's chances in the AL West? Not really. Does Crisp bring the power this team so desperately lacks with Josh Willingham's departure? Negative. But he provides a steady glove in center field, and manager Bob Melvin is preaching improved defense in 2012. Crisp also brings a little name recognition, as second baseman Jemile Weeks was looking like the A's only hope to build a marketing campaign around. Given how this offseason has unfolded, I'm guessing fans are chalking this up as a surprise victory.
Am I right?