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Ralph, voiced by John C. Reilly, left, and Vanellope Von Schweetz, voiced by Sarah Silverman, in "Wreck-It Ralph."
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"Wreck-It Ralph": Adventures in gameland
- Article by: COLIN COVERT
- Star Tribune
- November 2, 2012 - 3:51 PM
Zany, rambunctious and visually stunning, "Wreck-It Ralph" plunders the world of arcade video games to create a fantasy/comedy where onscreen avatars party like merry hell after the playland closes. Think "Tron" with belly laughs. Or "Night at the Museum" with any laughs.
John C. Reilly delivers an inspired vocal turn as the title character, a Popeye-armed lummox whose role is to damage a building that players repair with the help of Fix-It Felix Jr. It's a repetitive, unappreciated gig (can you feel it, dads in the audience?), and Felix gets all the adulation from the game's other characters. Ralph yearns for his own taste of heroism. He gets little help from the members of his Bad Guys Support Group (attendees include "Street Fighter's" burly Zangief, a "House of the Dead" zombie and Inky the Ghost from "Pac-Man").
So, moving through the arcade's circuitry, he infiltrates a futuristic war game and makes off with a hero's medal. Disrupting that game's reality sets off a domino chain of collateral disorder. The only way to set things right is to enter a racing game a few cabinets over and join forces with a spunky underdog girl driver (Sarah Silverman in delectably bratty form) who glitches out in moments of high stress.
"Wreck-It Ralph" is a visual tour de force, juggling the look of flat, herky-jerky old-school games and the slick, high-def sheen of the current generation. The film cleverly hedges its bets with jokes and references for young and older audiences alike. There's a quick cameo by the new electronica star Skrillex (who contributed a song to the soundtrack) and jokes for duffers who memorized the up-down, left-right secret codes for Nintendo game pads. Though young moviegoers probably play their games on iPhones rather than quarter-gobbling standup consoles, the film's impish energy will surely carry them along. Older gamers should feel sweet pangs of nostalgia when Q-bert, that tube-nosed jumping eggplant of yore, drops in to goose the plot along.
The Disney Animation project was overseen by John Lasseter, chief of the Pixar brain trust, and it's a relief to see him back in his element after the live-action fiasco "John Carter."
Alongside Emmy-winning director Rich Moore ("The Simpsons"), Lasseter makes "Wreck-It Ralph" a colorful rebuke to the established Disney formula of recent years. There's less reliance on movie-star vocal turns, musical numbers and goofball sidekicks, but more whitewater pacing, character development and wit alongside the standard Mouse House sentiment.
Beneath the whirligig fun there's a message or two to chew on, with bad guys who are really good and good guys who are truly villains. Jane Lynch is a hoot as Sgt. Calhoun, a two-fisted military heroine whose macho mannerisms guard a heart as soft as sweet creamery butter. And Alan Tudyk delightfully mimics Ed Wynn's giggly, quavering voice as King Candy, the Oz-meets-Mayor-McCheese sovereign of gameland. Tudyk knows how to say funny things, and how to say things funny.
The film is all about being one's best self under pressure, reaching out to outcasts and trying to understand the rules that other folks operate by. But there's not a preachy or heavy-handed moment in it. Game on!
Colin Covert • 612-673-7186
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Painkillers almost destroyed Jodie Poteat's life and her family.
Painkillers almost destroyed Jodie Poteat's life and her family.
Poteat, a former Lexington resident who recently moved to Rockwell, has one of many success stories from the three years that Lexington Treatment Associates has been in business.
"There is not one person here that I wouldn't call a friend," Poteat said of the treatment center.
Lexington Treatment Associates, which has sister clinics in Charlotte and Salisbury, is a methadone maintenance treatment clinic at 310 Murphy Drive. It opened its doors with 110 patients April 20, 2009. As of late September, it had 434 patients.
"It is complex," Miranda Ricker, program director at Lexington Treatment Associates, said of residents who battle addictions to opiate-based drugs. "It really is a complex disease. They are getting treatment. Every patient has a treatment plan with goals in place and how to reach goals."
The treatment program provides counseling and issuance of methadone to combat the addiction of the commonly abused prescription opiates that include OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin and Dilaudid. Ricker wants to put the word out concerning what she calls a misconception concerning methadone. She explained that people think of methamphetamine, an illegal drug, when they hear about people being treated with methadone at her clinic.
"They think meth," she said. "We do not treat that form of addiction. Methadone is a long-acting opioid, and that is what we use as one of our forms of treatment. We are what's called medication-assisted treatment, so our patients receive medication and counseling. They receive two parts of treatment."
For every $1 spent at Lexington Treatment Associates, the facility, which is regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, saves society $4 to $7 in drug-related crime and incarceration, Ricker said.
Patients pay $80 for an up-front cost when coming to Lexington Treatment Associates. Then there is a $10 fee for each visit thereafter when they are being treated with methadone and counseling. It is a self-pay system, but some insurance companies do reimburse the patients.
"We make sure the patient is a suitable person for the outpatient treatment," said Dr. Jay Fernando, the treatment center's medical director. "Some people are not suitable if they are coming with very uncontrolled psychiatric or physical, medical problems."
The average time for a patient to be treated at Lexington Treatment Associates ranges between six months and one year, Fernando said.
"If anybody in society (is abusing painkillers), do not continue that because addictions can cause problems to their health, the (finances) and families," Fernando said. "All of the (impacts from painkillers on) obligations can be minimized by coming to this program."
In 2009, 16 million Americans age 12 and older had taken a prescription pain reliever, tranquilizer, stimulant or sedative for nonmedical purposes at least once in the year prior to being surveyed, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse's website.
Facing the battle
Poteat, 34, admits she used painkillers to hide from family problems. Surgeries for the removal of wisdom teeth and ovarian cysts, as well as open-heart surgery, caused doctors to issue prescriptions for painkillers to the mother of four children.
"All it took was me saying I needed them, although I may have not needed them as badly as I portrayed," she said.
The addiction began at 22 years old for Poteat. At times, doctors told her to take two OxyContin a day. Instead she took eight.
"I was good at doing what I did," she said. "I knew how to get what I wanted. I don't want to call it a game, but I guess it was. I knew walking in (to the doctor's office) what I was going to say and how I needed to act to get what I want."
Poteat said she intended on getting the medication to cover up the pain she was dealing with at home with the family problems. Instead, it caused one of her children to request leaving the home.
That was after Poteat took measures such as slamming her hand in the door and hitting her finger with a hammer, all in an effort to receive painkillers from doctors.
"It was very painful that I had done things to (my children), and I never meant to," she said. "I wanted to die because I couldn't believe all this time I had done so much for them, and I was actually hurting them, but I didn't realize it until (my child) was already gone."
Poteat began being treated at Lexington Treatment Associates more than a year ago. She said she entered the treatment center saying she was done with the painkillers, and she has never turned back.
"This place is such a savior to people," she said. "For people not to understand that, it really bothers a lot of us. Some people are like I don't care what they think. There are people out here who need this. They can hide their drugs for so long, and they won't come here because they don't want to admit they have to come here and that is not right."
Poteat noticed how she's changed during a recent surgery for a hysterectomy. Doctors were giving her Dilaudid and Percocets. When she was preparing to be discharged, a nurse told her that it might be difficult for her to battle the pain with just the one prescription prescribed by her doctor. He offered to call the doctor for Poteat, but she refused.
"He didn't know my history," Poteat recalled. "He said, 'You've got these four incisions. I'll go catch the doctor.' I said, 'No, whatever he's given me, an ibuprofen and just mad determination will be fine.'"
Poteat has since mended her relationship with her daughter.
A prominent Lexington businessman who wished to remain anonymous also is being treated at Lexington Treatment Associates.
"There are a lot of people in this town who know me and know the type of work I do," he said. "They don't understand about the disease of alcoholism or drug addiction. They don't understand it's a disease basically. It's kind of like when a person hears methadone, they think of crystal meth or methamphetamine. It's nothing like that. When I told my wife I was coming here, she was like, 'What is that? We want you off drugs.'"
The businessman, now 56 years old, battled alcohol addiction at 22 years old and was alcohol free for 10 years before he took up another addiction with drugs. In 2008, the businessman contracted cancer, thus causing a relapse of an addiction with painkillers.
"After the treatments and after being cancer-free, I continued to take the pain pills because once I quit, I would become sick," he said. "The withdrawal would set in and plus I still liked the feelings that pills gave me. This went on for several years. Then it got to be where I had to have them."
The businessman turned to the streets, spending $400-$500 on painkillers. Like Poteat, the businessman never got in trouble with the law. He even stole from his own company to purchase the pills.
"I would wake up in the middle of the night and be sick from going in withdrawal," he said. "I would reach between my mattress and bed and take a few (painkillers), get some water and go back to bed and wake up so I wouldn't be sick."
The businessman has been treated at the treatment center since June 2011. He said the methadone has helped tremendously.
"I said, 'I am tired of this and I can't afford $400 a week,'" he said, referring to his decision to come to Lexington Treatment Associates. "… There is no high from methadone. If I was to go out and take pain pills, it's got a blocker in there. There is no desire to take them. I have no desire to take them. I want to be clean. This has me on the road to recovery here.
Counseling is key role
Talia Brown, a counselor at Lexington Treatment Associates, said the most challenging part of her job is for a client not to recognize the potential they have with overcoming their addiction. In some cases, those patients will continue with their addiction.
Brown said the experience of seeing a client overcome an addiction can't be satisfied by a paycheck. Once a patient enters the treatment center, Brown tells them they are in the right place and staff members are there to assist them in making them feel better.
"Unfortunately, some of the clients fall victim to 'this is what my mother did and this is what my father did,' instead of committing today to make that change in stopping that cycle of addiction that unfortunately haunted that family," she said.
After stabilizing on medication, clients have to make decisions, Brown said.
"As a counselor, it is our goal and duty to help these clients make the best decisions in the best interests of themselves — emotionally, physically, spiritually," she said. "It's individualized and tailored to fit the individual. You see some come in and take hold of the program. They really want that change. Others struggle a little bit."
There are nine counselors who have a maximum of 50 patients at Lexington Treatment Associates.
"Every client is different," said Jodi Shaver, a counselor at Lexington Treatment Associates. "Every approach you take with them is different. It's definitely rewarding."
Brown wants the community to know that the treatment center is more than a "methadone clinic."
"We have a lot of comments about criminals in the community … and at the basis we have very strong statistics that provide us with information that we know it reduces crime in the community and it restores the brain chemicals," she said of the treatment provided by Lexington Treatment Associates. "… We provide more than just a daily methadone dose here. A lot of these clients, we are the only sense of support in transitioning from that hereditary genetically prone lifestyle of addiction here."
Long lines
Ricker acknowledges there are sometimes about 15 people on any given day waiting to enter Lexington Treatment Associates at 5 a.m. She said the treatment center opens at that time to accommodate patients who have early morning work hours.
Naomi Ferguson is an employee at the Merita Bread Store at 300 Murphy Drive, located beside Lexington Treatment Associates.
"We get tons of people who ask on a daily basis, 'Who is this? Who pays for this? What do they do over there?'" she said. "It's definitely no good when (Lexington Treatment Associates clients) are raiding the (clinic) dumpster at night. I've called the cops numerous times (for people) raiding dumpsters and sleeping on the sidewalk. It can't be good. We have a lot of older people and other people who don't know what it is."
Ricker confirmed there had previously been a problem with people raiding the dumpster. She said precautions have since been put in place.
"We do not dispose of our medication in the dumpster anymore," she said. "That's something we used to do. We have noticed that to be a problem. All of our methadone bottles are shredded."
Lt. Chris Leonard of the Lexington Police Department's Vice/Narcotics Unit said he's not aware of any recent problems concerning Lexington Treatment Associates. Davidson County Sheriff David Grice said he also was not aware of any wrongdoing with the center.
Darrick Ignasiak can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 217, or email@example.com.


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LinkedIn keywords make your profile stand out
Published 3:06 pm, Friday, January 4, 2013
Q: I want to make social media part of my search. How can I get noticed on LinkedIn?
A: Social media plays a significant role in a balanced job search plan, and LinkedIn is a must for professionals.
When you consider the number of companies and recruiters using social media as a way to source candidates, the need to stand out is so important.
According to a 2012 Jobvite social-recruiting survey, 92 percent percent of companies use or plan to use social recruiting and 73 percent have used it to hire a candidate.
For the last couple of years, LinkedIn has surveyed its members, and it's developed a list of most overused profile words.
Here are the top 10: creative, organizational, effective, motivated, extensive experience, track record, innovative, responsible, analytical and problem solving.
So, one of your first tasks is to use a fresh set of keywords in your profile so you stand out.
Using social media techniques and strategies to generate attention is a smart move and should complement traditional tools such as your resume.
Your LinkedIn profile is an important way to connect with people, and it's the way social recruiters find you.
Kimberly Thompson is a national board-certified counselor. Send questions to email@example.com or Houston Chronicle, P.O. Box 4260, Suite 351, Houston, TX 77210. Visit Kim Thompson's blog at blogs.chron.com/careerrescue.


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO)-- Palisade's 31-3 loss to top-ranked Rifle in week six didn't hurt the Bulldogs much in the state rankings.
The Bulldogs slipped two spots to fourth in the state for Class 3A. They are the highest ranked one-loss team in the class.
As for 5A, the Grand Junction Tigers, who fell out of the state rankings in week six for the first time in two years, are now making some ground. The Tigers received three votes in week seven's poll.
The story of the year, though, is the Cedaredge football team. The Bruins have won five straight games and now sit as the No. 5 team in Class 1A, two spots above the preseason No. 1, the Hotchkiss Bulldogs.


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More than 800 students in grades 5-8 took part in a unique national contest to photograph our changing world. The contest was organized by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies. From CEC Specialty Group Leader Nancy Colleton of IGES.
Arlington, Va.-- More than 800 students in grades 5-8 took part in a unique national contest to photograph our changing world. The winning photos capture nature in action across the country, from the rocky California coast, to the vulnerable Louisiana wetlands, to the picturesque north shore of Long Island.
This was the fourth-annual Earth Day Photo & Essay Contest held by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).
"We're delighted that so many young students had the chance to discover the value and fun of documenting the nature and science of our changing planet through photography," said IGES President Nancy Colleton. "The quality of the entries was truly remarkable and made it quite challenging to select the winners."
Along with their photograph of something changing in their local environment, middle schoolers submitted an essay answering the following questions:
- What is the change taking place in your photograph?
- What may be causing the change?
- Was the change expected?
- How might the change impact surrounding areas, including people?
- How might this picture look different in the future?
Entries were judged by IGES staff based on relevance to the contest theme (depiction of change in the environment), uniqueness and overall appearance of the photo, and quality of the written explanation.
Martin Serrano, a sixth-grader from Rye Brook, N.Y., earned first place with his photograph of a yellow jacket building a nest. "Our environment is constantly changing in beautiful ways. What we see in my photograph is a queen yellow jacket building a nest after having mated with one or several male wasps," reads an excerpt from Serrano's essay. "This yellow jacket will soon lay eggs and store them separately in the small cavities of the sack also shown in the photograph. This way every egg will have its own cell."
Jessica Steinort, a seventh-grader from Scarborough, Maine, won second place with her picture of a road flooded out by a torrent of water. Steinort wrote: "This road was changed by the force of nature faster than a running gazelle, as are many natural disasters. Hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, these are all this flooded-out road on a massive scale. One change, one extra inch of snow, one more droplet of water, can change the world forever. Blink and you'll miss it."
Third place went to Andrew Broffman, an eighth-grader from East Norwich, N.Y., whose colorful snapshot captured flowering tree branches framing a blue sky with clouds and birds.
The top three winners receive a digital camera, digital photo frame and digital photo keychain, respectively. The top 10 (including the top 3) winners receive their photograph in a commemorative frame.
To view the winning photos from this year and previous years, please visit:
About IGES: Located in Arlington, Va., IGES was established in 1994 and is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization supported by public and private entities. IGES is a trusted leader in Earth and space science education, communication and outreach, and in fostering national and international cooperation in observing the Earth.
Sponsor a Student Contest: Is your company or organization looking for a way to support science education? Contact IGES at firstname.lastname@example.com sponsorship opportunities. In addition to the photo contest for grades 5-8, IGES offers a science-themed art contest for students in grades 2-4, and cash awards for grades 9-12 students demonstrating the best use of geospatial tools or data to study Earth.
Dan Stillman
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Road Warriors Are Remedy to Ducks' Woes Another Key Pitcher Leaves the Island
With the Long Island Ducks struggling for the first time in a long while, losing seven of their last nine games, it was perfect timing for the Road Warriors to come to town for a three game series at Citibank Park this past week. Anyone involved with sports knows that even the worst teams are capabl
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MariaDB sucks. I'll stick with MS Access. Best. Database. Ever.
Real programmers roll their own database files with b-tree indexes.
Real men remember where they left their stuff.
Back in the early 90s I was working on a project that had a really large database (about 10,000 rows.) My coworkers were doing the user interface, and I was doing backend data interfaces. I spent a day learning enough SQL and Informix to do what we needed, but management didn't want to spring for $5K for an Informix software license, so I built the pieces I needed out of the standard Unix sort and join. It worked well enough, though it took an extra week or two because there are lots of slightly differen
MariaDB sucks. I'll stick with MS Access. Best. Database. Ever.
You youngsters have no sense of history. The "Best. Database. Ever." was dBase. No run along and play
let me say it slowly: T E X T F I L E S
Is mentioning "Longest Running Linux Distribution" vital in the context?
Not really. But Slackware is probably the only distro I'd consider running. Most other distros have so much bloat and dependency on scripts that modifying anything breaks stuff. I really dislike how far things have changed from the 2.0 kernel days.
Well, yes; you need to understand how a distro does something before you go modifying their config files. It's not hard really, it's just something to keep in mind.
Personally, I don't see what the big deal is.
Modifying things in CentOS, Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu isn't a simple task to get it all right. In Slackware it is definitely simpler.
Oh, the topic? I use Postgres.
Have you tried ArchLinux?
I used Arch for over a year and really liked it. One day I decided to try Slackware. Biggest improvement was not having to constantly update. Arch is great but it turns out I didn't really need rolling release. Additionally less (admittedly) minor issues with Slackware. Arch is a great distro but Slackware is better (for me).
No actually. I'm more of a BSD fan.
Have you tried ArchLinux?
Arch lost its way when it started shipping and System D as the default init and banning users from its forums for disagreeing with that dreadful action.
I was once a Arch user a couple years ago. It was a awesome distro back then but now it has lost the KISS way!
systemd has it's issues (mostly design issues), but from an admin/user POV, it's easier to maintain and pretty much adheres to the KISS principle.
yes, as it shows that a important distro, known to not doing risky decisions and taking stability as a main goal, will make what everyone thinks but little admit
Yes. It distinguishes between "Nobody should give a damn what this distro chooses to do" and "The is a rather significant choice, considering the distro's notability" and does so using less words and more proof.
A 59 user poll without the option repeatedly mentioned in the comments (which was to dump all of them) at a site pretty much devoted to answering easy linux questions (ie, newbies...)
Who fucking cares? It's not a big deal, at all, for anyone running Slackware.
I agree. There was no option for CowboyNealDB.
The poll was worthless.
Well independent of what the main website is devoted to doing, the forum there is the "Official" web form for Slackware. If you want to post something the developers; mainly Patrick, will read LQ is the place to do it. So for anyone running Slackware and having strong feelings about anything in particular, your opinion matters Pat cares, and you should pay attention to what goes on at LQ; because chances are good you will be affected by it.
Just in case you dont know, LQ is the oficial slackware forum. Many important slackware users and admins are there.
there is also a internal mailling list and the freenode IRC channel. All serve as a feedback for decision making.
An important change in the distro affecting hundreds of users is based on a poll from only 59 people?
That is, in fact, a massive sample size if it's only going to affect "hundreds" of users.
An important change in the distro affecting hundreds of users is based on a poll from only 59 people?
A sample size of 59 is more than sufficient. A more important concern is whether the sample is representative, and whether the question is biased in some way.
People often greatly overestimate the importance of sample size [wikipedia.org] in polling, but increasing the sample size usually makes little difference. For instance, if you are conducting a political poll by phone, you need to consider that Democrats are more likely to be home, more likely to answer the phone (rather than let to go to an answering machine), and more willing to talk to pollsters. You also need to consider that Republicans are more likely to have multiple phone numbers, and are more likely to actually vote. Properly accounting for these factors will improve your results far more than increasing your sample size.
So, why do we bother with the expense of elections? Serious question. If polling 1000 people can tell you what it is we want, then why bother asking everyone?
Legitimacy. If properly conducted, the result would be the same, but people would not trust the process and would not accept the result.
Wouldn't it be better if we just let the smart people in our society take all the positions of power instead of dumbfuck politicians?
Who are the "smart people"? Obviously I am one of them, but I am too busy to run the country.
Wouldn't it be better if we just let the smart people in our society take all the positions of power instead of dumbfuck politicians?
Well, obviously I'm the smartest person in the whole world so I'll be Prez. You seem fairly bright, so how about Secretary of State for Wars and Shit?
Been using slackware from day one, looks like it's finally time to move on.
Ironically, I just ordered my first Slackware DVD today. I have been running Red Hat and Debian variants for years. At work, our enterprise has had a strictly Windows only policy for years. Now, our management is fully committed to an enterprise-wide migration of Windows to Linux for our Oracle database servers (over 500 of them), and I am in charge of it.
The reason I ordered slackware is because it requires in-depth knowledge of Linux, something the other distros don't require as much. I figure this wi
A hundred posts and nobody has asked if it's webscale yet?
Who goeth a-borrowing goeth a-sorrowing. -- Thomas Tusser


text: Janice Taylor, Weight Loss Coach, helps you get clear on what success means to you. Everyone measures success differently. Some people measure it by how much money they make, some by their career path and their titles, some by a successful marriage, some by how pretty or thin they might be.


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Incline Village residents staged a tax revolt tonight on the shore of Lake Tahoe. Their ongoing beef with the Washoe County tax assessor has reached a new level.
The protest took an historic theme tonight as the residents re-enacted the Boston Tea Party.
The tea was a little different but the issue dates back to the birth of our country . . . citizens who think they're being taxed unfairly.
With a heave-ho and in it goes . . . a symbolic barrel of tea thrown into Lake Tahoe at Burny Cedar Beach.
The Village League to Save Incline Assets sponsored this Tahoe Tea
Party to round up the residents and take action against property tax
"We're protesting taxes because it's too high and cost too much," said Jennifer Geddes.
"The difference between a taxidermist and a tax assessor? The
taxidermist only takes the skin," said McAvoy Lane (protraying Mark Twain).
Said homeowner Chuck Otto: "There are people here whose taxes went up 85 percent."
"I'm up to here, some people are up to here - blinded and drowned by the assessor," said protestor Phyllis Farr.
While some have nicknamed Incline Village "Income Village" because
of the exclusive area and beautiful homes, Farr says the tax rates are hurting elderly homeowners.
"They are all suffering, they are on fixed incomes. Some have worked a
lifetime to afford homes here and the taxes are drving them out," she said.
The Tahoe Tea Party begins a new process for these residents. Next
they file their taxes under protest - and they'll file a lawsuit.
"The only way we'll get some relief is to find a court of law," said Maryanne Ingemanson, theTea Party organizer. "If we get a ruling from the court that the assessor has to follow rules and statutes, that would be a huge victory."
Residents contend the Washoe County Assessor has raised taxes illegally over the past several years, an accusation the county has repeatedly denied.
Said Bob McGowan, the Washoe County Assessor: "We've been audited by the state in the past and consequently have passed the audit so it's our belief we've done it in the right fashion."
But clearly these residents don't agree.
So now they take it to court and hope they can convince a judge to side with them.
About 200 residents turned out for the Tea Party . . . but they say they represent more than 5000 Incline Village homeowners who feel they're being gouged by the county.
They plan to file this new lawsuit in about a week and we will continue to follow this story and keep you updated.
It could have far-reaching implications. It could set a new precedent for property taxes.


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A suspect has been arrested for the killing of a captive, domestic, trophy, 12-point buck from a Lake Butler game farm Sept. 6.
Dustin Cole Jernigan (DOB 7/26/87) of Haines City turned himself in to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office Sept. 29.
Investigators from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the Union County Sheriff's Office had obtained an arrest warrant for Jernigan Sept. 24 for four felony charges for killing the captive, pen-raised, white-tailed deer.
Charges included armed trespass, two counts of cutting a fence containing livestock and theft of livestock.
The investigation revealed that the suspect trespassed onto Shadd's Game Farm, an FWC-licensed private facility, on State Road 100, west of Lake Butler.
Peabody, a stud deer with an extensive lineage, was killed, and the animal's head and cape were removed.
"The antlers are unique because of a drop tine behind each ear.
The deer was tagged with a pinkish tag in the left ear with the #23 on it," said FWC lead investigator David Lee.
"We sent out flyers to taxidermists around the state, asking them to call us if this deer was brought into their shop."
The owner of the trophy buck, John Shadd, offered a reward of $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the culprit(s).
"We also requested the public's help and asked anyone with information to call and tell us what they knew," Lee said.
After sorting through many calls and tips, investigators discovered that Jernigan gave the deer head to a friend who took it to a taxidermist in Haines City.
The antlers and cape were seized as evidence at the business Sept. 17 by FWC investigators.
"There was a small-caliber bullet hole in the deer's neck, and I took two samples for DNA comparison from the cape," Lee said.
The DNA test results are pending.
Interviews, sworn statements from witnesses and physical evidence supported probable cause for an arrest warrant issued Sept. 24.
Attempts to communicate with Jernigan weren't successful, but messages relayed to him resulted in the suspect turning himself in at the Alachua County Jail Sept. 29 to answer the charges.
"While Jernigan is accused of killing the deer, the investigation is ongoing and may result in other subjects being charged in this case as well," Lee said.
"This case was certainly furthered by the livestock owner offering a substantial reward, but it wouldn't have come together so quickly and successfully if not for the excellent investigative work and communication between FWC investigators throughout the state and the Union County Sheriff's Office," said Capt. Marty Redmond, FWC investigations supervisor for the North Central Region.
The two agencies worked together because the case involved both a property crime and a captive wildlife crime.
Shadd, the owner of the deer, will make the determination as to who will receive the reward upon the disposition of the case in court, according to Lee.


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What a douchebag. Why, in the year 2013, is someone being gay such a big deal?
edit: what year is it, again?...
Who knew that Artie Lang would get the most provocative quote out of a Player. The Niners are going to have to cut him for hometown PR reasons.
What a douchebag. Why, in the year 2013, is someone being gay such a big deal?
edit: what year is it, again?...
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Jesus Chris... Half your fan base is gay
I'm outraged.
Why are people surprised? Football players are some of the dumbest athletes in sports. They are always gonna make statements like this when given the platform. I disagree with him on this, however, he has a right to his opinion--- but that doesn't mean he should speak out about it.. It takes stupidity to say something like that, anyone with any brains knows that
I don't agree with him at all, but I can understand why he would feel uncomfortable.
I am sure it would make some people gay if the 49ers won.
"I don't do that. No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do."
"Can't be with that sweet stuff. Nah can't be in the locker room man. Nah."
Good to see an educated young man with such an expansive vocabulary making such a passionate point. So Eloquent.
^Hilarious. :lol:
Well obviously Chris Culliver wouldn't welcome playing with Tim Tebow.
What a fag.
I actually knew Chris Culliver personally in college.....He was a really humble and reserved kinda guy. I actually met him playing pickup football and he just simply said his name was "Chris" and just acted like a normal person which is kinda rare for a football star at a big school
He was definitely a Southern Christian and very religious too which is probably where this comes from....
Very dumb thing to say, especially in San Fran, but people's ignorant opinions really don't affect me.....Who cares


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Aqib Talib jogged off the field toward the north tunnel Wednesday, a clear path to escape from the persistent drizzle at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Hearing his name, the former New England Patriots cornerback stopped and resumed his strong connection to his new fans.
He exchanged hellos and grabbed a football to sign.
"Man," he said, pressing the black Sharpie onto the wet leather, "I don't know how this is going to come out."
Consider it a metaphor for Talib's arrival in Denver.
The Broncos signed him because they believe he's an upgrade over Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, and wouldn't mind if he conjured up images of Champ Bailey circa 2010. Talib's career, once defined by an erratic trajectory because of injuries and a suspension, is trending upward after his first Pro Bowl appearance.
For a defense seeking an identity, if not personality, Talib is the frosted side of life's mini-wheat. Always talking, usually dancing, and mostly thinking.
"People don't know that he's very smart," safety T.J. Ward said. "He's physical, and he brings that energy. When he's out there, he's chirping, and it's great to play with a guy like that."
Talib left the rival New England Patriots because of the Broncos' aggressiveness. Unable to agree to terms with Rodgers-Cromartie, they switched directions and signed Talib to a six-year, $57 million deal with a $5 million signing bonus. The money was good. So was the opportunity.
"I am not trying to get to the Super Bowl," Talib said. "The goal is to win it, man."
Talib presents problems for defenses because he gives options to defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound Talib can lock down top receivers and provides sound tackling in the running game. He should complement the underrated Chris Harris, and he represents the type of big, physical cornerback general manager John Elway prefers.
"Del Rio's scheme is perfect for me," Talib said. "It's really not just man (defense). It's a mix of zone and man. It gives you a chance to look at the quarterback and break a little bit and a chance to play on the line of scrimmage. It's kind of the best of both worlds."
During one-on-one drills Wednesday, Talib matched up with receiver Emmanuel Sanders, preventing a long touchdown and timing his break perfectly to disrupt a short route. Even in practice, it becomes evident why Peyton Manning said Talib "was the toughest cornerback" he faced last season.
"I want to challenge myself," Talib said. "Going against Peyton is a great workout. He uses his eyes to take you out of the play. It makes me better."
Improvement for the Broncos hinges on Talib returning to the form he displayed during the first half of last season. He ranked among the league's top cornerbacks in various coverage grades. A quadriceps injury, not a hip as was listed on the Patriots' injury report, sidelined him for three games, and left him compromised upon his return.
Finally healthy, he loomed as the Patriots' most important player in the AFC championship game, but he exited soon after colliding with Wes Welker.
"I am not talking about last year. Last year is over. It wasn't my hip, man," said Talib. "It's a new year. I feel great. I am ready to go."
Talib represents a calculated risk. Given his confidence and bravado, he also brings exactly what was lacking in the Broncos' defense.
"I embrace the cornerback role. I'm just out here being myself. If that's a leader, mentor or whatever it is, I let everyone else worry about that," Talib said. "I just study my plays, and I am going to help out any way I can."
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Jazwares will create figures and plush based on several classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters as part of a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products.
Products will hit toy aisles throughout the fall and will feature several properties, including The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Tom & Jerry, Yogi Bear, Space Ghost, Secret Squirrel, Captain Caveman, and Hong Kong Phooey.
The plush line includes a 12-inch pull-string plush with sound and plush deluxe sets. The Hanna-Barbera line of figures features a 3-inch articulated assortment, 2-inch collector's sets, and 6-inch figures.
This post was originally written by Loren Moreno and published by ToyBook.com. For more news, visit www.toybook.com, follow The Toy Book on Twitter, and like The Toy Book on Facebook. The Toy Book is a bimonthly trade magazine covering the toy industry, published by Adventure Publishing Group.


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I know some of you have become fans of our high school podcast The Countdown. With National Signing Day just around the corner, we've turned the focus of our podcast to recruiting. Tonight, I began our latest series (we had one last year) with The Herald's Larry Blustein.
This week's episode is a half hour conversation between Larry and I that touches on FIU, Miami and Florida as well as several local recruits including Northwestern High's Wayne Times and Gulliver Prep's Frankie Telfort. We'll have more shows in the coming weeks that will go into more detail with our home teams -- The Canes and Golden Panthers -- as National Signing Day draws near. Among the Canes' topics tonight: Which offensive linemen Blustein thinks Miami has the best shot at getting, his thoughts on Bryce Brown's performance at the U.S. Army All-American game and how he thinks the Canes' class is shaping up. My favorite Blu liner: "UM better super glue Brown's feet to the ground, so he doesn't talk to anyone else."
Here are some other recruiting tidbits I've got to share:
> Defensive end recruit Olivier Vernon still hasn't gotten back to me about whether or not he's going to stick with the Canes or is passing up on them to leave for Florida State or Alabama. He told me he would likely have a decision not long after Christmas. I did, however, speak with his mother tonight. It looks like the decision continues to linger in Vernon's head. He graduates Jan. 14 and is expected to enroll at UM Jan. 20.
> Offensive line recruit Jared Wheeler will make his college announcement -- it should be Miami -- this Saturday at 11:30 a.m. on 790 The Ticket. Vanderbilt is his other finalist.
> Even if Wheeler picks UM, the Canes are still likely going to remain with 19 commitments after this weekened. Blustein told me tonight it looks like tight end Billy Sanders (Blustein speaks to his father) is backing off his commitment and going with UCLA, who Sanders is supposed to visit this coming weekend. Of the three tight end commitments, Sanders is probably the best Miami has. But that's not really saying much. Cory White is expected to be an offensive tackle and Stephen Plein has played mostly defensive end in high school.
Miami does have a few other players they are looking at including Dion Sims, a 6-5, 230-pound kid from Michigan who is supposed to visit UM in three weeks. Sims' first love is basketball. My take on the tight end search: Orson Charles would have had a great opportunity to play right away here if things with Robert Marve, Robert Weiner and UM's program hadn't gone sour. Now, it looks like UM will still be another year away from signing that game-changing tight end.
> I got an email today from the mother of defensive back recruit Prince Kent. It looks like he'll be coming down from Georgia to be with his father -- who lives in Fort Lauderdale -- when he signs his letter of intent on National Signing Day. I'm looking forward to being there for it.


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So CES, the world's biggest consumer electronics show, has been and gone for another year. And what a blast it was too. In some respects it was the most interesting show in a while, largely because it saw a lot of new emerging technologies from smart watches through to high-end 4k TV sets.
Along with our pals at Tech Digest we have gone through the hundreds, make that thousands, of products and picked 12 that we think will be then ones that will shape 2013.
I don't think any will have the impact of say the Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle or even Samsung's early 3D TV sets, but they provide a template which a number of makers will take and refine to deliver the iconic gadgets of the future.
Without further ado then – here is our top twelve.
1 Pebble Smartwatches
So are Apple about to launch an iWatch that connects to a phone and lets you know when you get new messages etc? Well maybe, but some critics are suggesting that Pebble might have already stolen their thunder. The talk of CES, even though the brand wasn't officially at the show, this watch is all about the apps. It connects via Bluetooth to iPhone OS or Android devices and offers Facebook/Twitter updates etc. But the watches real strength is in the growing number of apps for its owners to download. Cyclists can use Pebble as a bike computer, accessing the GPS on your smartphone to display speed, distance and pace data, while runners get a similar set of data displayed on their wrist. It goes on sale soon and can be shipped to the UK. Expect tp pay around £130-150 top own one.


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[Hannover] The Classen Group successfully presented the new design flooring "Neo by Classen" as a real innovation at the January Domotex fair, here, according to the company.
The Classen Group presented an ecological design flooring which is absolutely free from PVC and thus also free from evaporating phthalate softeners and produced in a new method of production and with brand new materials technology. The base material, composite solid fibre (CSF) newly developed by Classen, is actually a polymer-coated wood fibre which makes the flooring more robust and thus makes it impervious to moisture, according to the company. The multilayer Sealtec surface - also a newly developed product of the Classen Group - seals the digitally applied authentic finishing decorating surface. Their special composition helps forming of the Sealtec sealing coating together with an elastic surface which also has a high load capacity.
"Neo by Classen" is waterproof and resilient, healthy and recyclable and also easy to renovate. It looks to combine the best from the worlds of laminate floorings and design floorings. According to the company, the market introduction of the new ecological design flooring is expected by mid-2014.


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It's been nearly a year since Rahm Emanuel cruised to victory in the election for Chicago's mayor. Host Michel Martin talks with Mayor Emanuel about how he's raising Chicago's international profile and working to boost the city's economy. Emanuel also weighs in on President Obama's re-election campaign.
Rahm Emanuel: I Want The World To Come To Chicago
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What happened to religious liberty and a church or business reserved right to "refuse service to anyone." Businesses that refuse service to homoelectives, even on religious grounds, are being sued successfully in some states for door-closing amounts of money by homoelectives that, by definition, do not qualify for minority class protection from discrimination; as homosexual sex is non-compulsory in that one can choose to abstain from sexual relations just as one can choose what kind of sex to engage in and with whom or what within the law (children should never be an option although pedophilia is next on the ACLU list for sexual orientation normalization).
On a trip to Houston, last year, my wife used a hotel restaurant women's restroom. She was shocked to see a urinal in there. The way things are going, I imagine a business owner will soon be sued for not plumbing a urinal in the ladies room! The LGBT (Love Gone Bad Today) think Transgenders and Transsexuals are wildcards from Transyltopsyturvia that legitimize their cause with even more confusion. Transgenders and Transsexuals are just homoelectives that have taken their homosexuality to the next level of perversion (sinful inequality). Legally marrying a pair of homoelectives could never represent nor facilitate a family, which is the foundation of a healthy generating person and society, but only the degenerative corruption of children annexed to the lip-sticked aberration. This is in keeping, however, with the goal of US (Uncle Scrooge) and UN business partner (Uncle Nefarious) to "decrease the surplus population".
"Homosexual Civil Rights" is an oxymoron. It is morally wrong to give legal rights or discrimination protection to those that choose to practice homosexual sex for a multitude of reasons that are consistent with the Constitution of the United States of America and the preservation of it, and in turn, our country. Like a driver license, a marriage license is a privilege, not a right under the 14th Amendment. Some restrictions apply in all states such as age, blood health and type compatibility, relative consanguinity, number of spouses and gender of prospective spouses and their mental competency. As recently as 1986 homosexuality was regarded as a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association.
A marriage license is a privilege regulated by the individual states, in part, for the protection of children; and they (the born and the unborn) need to be protected from the normalization of homosexuality which will also protect them from the normalization of pedophilia and other taboo sexual practices and marriage relationships the ACLU is ready to champion next. Since marriage licensing is the domain and Tenth Amendment right of individual states, state same-sex marriage bans and Proposition 8 in California should be upheld by federal judges; if only by recusal default because of prejudicial bias that conflicts with their oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution. That's why U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb wants the Wisconsin trial to "proceed to a summary judgment on an expedited schedule" because she already knows what her decision is going to be (3/5/2014); a decision consistent with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's advice to state AG's that they don't have to defend their state's ban on same-sex marriage (2/27/2014).
For all are subject to the Law of the Harvest; reaping what is sewn, and homosexuals sew their seed in stony ground. California farmers and ranchers know what I'm talking about. Abraham Lincoln warned us that: "As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide." Before supporting legal rights or discrimination protection for homoelectives, one should ask him or herself two questions: Was I better off before homosexuals became "gay" and prideful?; and: Can I afford another year of gay pride?
The definition of marriage defines a society as dead or alive. Somebody needs to tell President Obama that dead is terminal, not progressive. I think everyone should have an emblazoned "Love Gone Bad Today" t-shirt in their closet where homoelectives should be.


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The Boston Teachers Union is poised to endorse Councilors Rob Consalvo and Felix G. Arroyo for mayor, potentially bolstering their campaigns with thousands of foot soldiers in the crucial days before Tuesday's preliminary election.
The dual endorsements are expected to be finalized Wednesday afternoon during a general membership meeting that will probably draw hundreds of teachers who are eager to influence the direction of the city's school system.
Education has been a significant issue in the race and a fracture line has emerged over charter schools, which rarely employ unionized teachers. Many teachers oppose election of a mayor who calls for more charter schools.
Both Consalvo and Arroyo are against allowing more charter schools to open and have been vocal in their support for teachers.
"We feel there are a number of candidates who believe strongly in public education, but we think these two far and away separated themselves by being more thoughtful and for having a better grasp of what the schools need to move forward," Richard Stutman, the union's president, said in an interview.
The decision to back two candidates instead of one in a race in which voters can cast a single ballot is unusual for an organization making an endorsement, causing it to split resources and attention between two campaigns.
But equally unusual is the teachers union's decision to endorse a mayoral candidate. The union last endorsed a mayoral candidate in 1991, when the group's former president, Edward Doherty, unsuccessfully challenged Mayor Raymond L. Flynn.
Stutman likened the twin endorsements to those made in the past week by the editorial boards of The Boston Globe and The Boston Herald, which each recommended two candidates.
"Either one would be an excellent mayor," Stutman said of Arroyo and Consalvo.
In some ways, the two endorsements reflect splintered support for the 12 mayoral candidates across the city, where polls have shown the race is too close to call.
A recent Globe poll found John Connolly, another councilor running for mayor, leading the pack, but he was favored by just 13 percent of those polled and many other candidates were clustered tightly behind him, meaning that any of them could prevail.
Whether the Teachers Union's endorsements will elevate either Consalvo or Arroyo to the top two spots remains unclear. Some other candidates have more extensive field operations and money that could put them further ahead. The union hopes to offset that by enlisting their members to canvass neighborhoods on behalf of Arroyo and Consalvo, and the union also intends to publish fliers and run online advertisements.
The union says it has more than 5,000 members, including retirees, living in the city.
"Obviously when you have a group that large, it will have an impact," said Larry DiCara, who unsuccessfully sought the union's endorsement when he ran for mayor 30 years ago.
He said it could be enough to nudge one of them into the final two, especially as many voters are still weighing options and shifting support.
But he added the Teachers Union has less of an impact than a generation ago because fewer members live in the city.
In an interview, Consalvo said he would love to have the union's endorsement.
"I think every little bit [of support] helps," Consalvo said. "I think the election will be decided closely within a few hundred votes."
He also stressed his support of teachers and expressed disappointment about how teachers and the schools have been demonized in the debate on overhauling public education.
"I will be the mayor who will work with the Teachers Union to move the Boston public schools forward," Consalvo said.
In a statement, Arroyo expressed gratitude for the initial union nod, as well.
"As the proud son and husband of public school teachers, I am excited to have earned the support of the men and women who educate our children," said Arroyo. "I strongly believe in supporting our public schools and working with our teachers to improve our education system, and I will gladly defend that work in the general election and as mayor."
Initially, the Teachers Union was not planning to endorse a candidate before the preliminary because the membership was so divided over the candidates and was going to wait until the general election.
But Stutman said momentum for Arroyo and Consalvo picked up considerably after the union sponsored a mayoral forum last Wednesday, where the two candidates won over many teachers. Stutman said Arroyo's passion about lifting all children out of poverty resonated with many members, while Consalvo's zeal for policy and practical ideas appealed to others.
In backing the mayoral hopefuls, the union has to bend some of its own rules. Stutman said last week that an endorsement would require two-thirds support from the union's executive committee, its political advisory committee, and its membership.
But Tuesday, he said the impending endorsements are technically just recommendations of who to vote for, enabling the motion in favor of Arroyo and Consalvo to pass with a simple majority.
The razor-thin poll results, Stutman said, also confirmed for union leaders that expediting an endorsement might influence the election, helping them to get a like-minded candidate in the final race.
The union has made clear its disappointment with candidates who support more charter schools, Connolly in particular. In a flier advertising the recent forum, the union chided Connolly for accepting an endorsement from Stand for Children, a national education organization that often is at odds with teacher unions.James Vaznis can be reached at email@example.com.


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I am trying to draw x=3e^4t+12e^-t where t is x axis and x is y axis
I don't understand how from visualising this i can tell it is a growing function and doesntcross the t axis. I drew for instance y = -2e^4t +12e^-t since I knew it would cross the t axis as I could put y=0 and solve it.
Putting x=o however apparantly cannot be solved. Where am I going wrong,
0 = 3e^4t + 12e^-t
-e^4t = 4e^-t
e^4t = -4e^-t
lne^4t = -ln4 + lne^-t
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has been honored bythe National Archery in the Schools Foundation for establishing the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) in five percent of Louisiana schools.
NASP promotes international-style target archery as part of the physical education curriculum in grades 4-12. The curriculum covers archery history, safety, technique, equipment, mental concentration, core strengthening physical fitness and self improvement. Students use state of the art equipment to shoot at targets placed before an arrow curtain in the school gymnasium. Before presenting the 2-week archery course, teachers undergo an 8-hour Basic Archery Instructor (BAI) training program that is conducted by LDWF education staff.
NASP has been growing in Louisiana since the introduction of the program in 2005. Over 20,000 students in grades 4-12 receive archery instruction in Louisiana. Attendance at the annual state tournament held for participating schools has doubled every year from the first tournament held in 2008. In 2011, over 300 archers participated from across the state. The 2012 state tournament will be held at Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana.
For more information, contact John Savell firstname.lastname@example.com or 318-484-2276.


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Linda Hogan told "Inside Edition" she has watched the infamous video of her ex-husband, U.S. wrestler Hulk Hogan, having sex with Heather Cole.
Hulk Hogan recently announced he is suing the gossip website Gawker for $100 million for releasing the tape without his permission. He is also suing Cole and Bubba the Love Sponge for allegedly recording him without his knowledge.
Asked why she would watch footage of her then-husband cheating on her, Linda Hogan told "Inside Edition,""Who wouldn't want to watch it?"
Hogan went on to admit her adult children with the former wrestling icon were upset about the sex tape's release.
"Brooke was a little bit angry and very disappointed. Nick, on the other hand, was just saddened. He was embarrassed, really," Hogan said.
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|4 years 29 weeks ago
|That's not right: 2010, Notre
That's not right: 2010, Notre Dame.
|4 years 30 weeks ago
|I believe the time change
I believe the time change works the opposite way than what you are thinking. If the sunset at 6 PM this week, it'll set at 5 PM after DST. So it'll be darker earlier.
|4 years 38 weeks ago
|55 - 9, Michigan.
55 - 9, Michigan.
|5 years 5 days ago
|Also known as
"Prom Date"
|5 years 24 weeks ago
|Seems like a good excuse to
Seems like a good excuse to upgrade the TV...
|6 years 3 days ago
|Your favorite part isn't that
Your favorite part isn't that we have 3 top 75 players, but that MSU doesn't have any (yet)? That's a sad statement and I am guessing they'll have their share by the time the class comes to a close. Be happy about your own successes, not about others' downfalls.
|6 years 14 weeks ago
|You aren't positive, so you
You aren't positive, so you made something up about a recruit's/parent's opinion?
Kalis has only been living in Ohio for a few years, so he didn't grow up with an alligiance to OSU.
|6 years 14 weeks ago
|To go along with my comment
To go along with my comment above, it is also important to note that only 3 of their top 25 players have committed (2 to North Carolina). I think this list will change a little bit.
|6 years 14 weeks ago
|I agree that by the end the
I agree that by the end the ranking won't be #2. Not counting Hatch and assuming the player's rankings stay around where they are now, the class would probably end up in the 15-25 range.
Virginia was ranked 22nd with 4 players, 1 unranked, the others: 35, 109, 120
Florida State was ranked 23rd with 4 players, 1 unranked, the others: 56, 91, 103
Virginia was ranked 20th with 5 players, 1 unranked, the others: 30, 108, 119, 148
|6 years 15 weeks ago
|Do they refer to MSU has That
Do they refer to MSU has That School Up North State University? Or That School Up North Agricultural College? I mean, they don't use THAT word.
|6 years 17 weeks ago
|Fat Tire?
Are you in Colorado?
It's been nice having Wings games on NBC Sports and the Michigan game on ESPN this week. If only they would put BTN on the basic package.
|6 years 28 weeks ago
|The code has expired.
The code has expired.
|6 years 28 weeks ago
|Good Counsel
Once Countess closes with Diggs, they should work on their former teamates in the 2013 class:
From 247's latest 2013 rankings:
38. Kendall Fuller - CB (offerred)
58. Dorian O'Daniel - RB (interest)
164. Kirk Garner - S (offered)
|6 years 37 weeks ago
None of that is techno. Daft Punk is the only electronic artist on there and the rest are basically current pop songs.
|6 years 39 weeks ago
Felt it last night in Denver. Any other MGoers in the Mile High City?
|6 years 42 weeks ago
|I have watched a missed field
I have watched a missed field goal and Denard getting hurt. Not the way to break in the big-screen!
|6 years 45 weeks ago
|Denver Style
The UM alumni group is going on a mountain hike tomorrow morning. Tomorrow night is Kevin night at a local bar, if your name is Kevin you drink for free. My name is Kevin, it is going to be a good day.
|6 years 45 weeks ago
he takes an official to Michigan or at least unofficially comes to Ann Arbor for a game. It wouldn't be good if his fall only consisted of 5 games on other campuses. If he comes for a game, I don't have many worries about the other trips.
|6 years 45 weeks ago
|Is that all he says? Does he
Is that all he says? Does he mention loving Michigan at all? Because if that is case, and the NCAA goes crazy and doesn't tack on additional penalities, should we worry about Kalis decommiting in the future?
|6 years 46 weeks ago
|This makes a hangover much
This makes a hangover much more enjoyable.
|6 years 48 weeks ago
Maybe it should be "(k)not at the big house"
|6 years 51 weeks ago
|Old Stadium Pic
In their stats on Michigan they used a picture of Michigan Stadium pre-construction. It's amazing at how different it looks after the upgrades.
|7 years 1 week ago
Can someone make a replica of his junior (presumingly) year sweater? I'll take one, thanks.
|7 years 1 week ago
|Latest Pics of Crisler
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|MJ likes it.
|7 years 4 weeks ago
|I second, third, and fourth
I second, third, and fourth this. Jim Adams ftw.
Well him and Conforth.
|7 years 6 weeks ago
|Bad News Bells
Anyone else find the Bells batch this year to be a bit lacking? I have been disappointed the few I have had both on draft and in bottle.
|7 years 7 weeks ago
|Size and quantity
If it is 108 x 62, but the video is only 85 x 47, what is the other space going to be used for?
Also does Minnesota only have one giant board? These will be on both sides, right?
|7 years 8 weeks ago
|As my last name ends in
As my last name ends in "aitis", I fully support this statement.
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|Abide Dude, Abide


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Prior to joining HDR, Lipkus served as executive director for GO Transit's $1.5 billion Georgetown South project in Toronto, for the design and construction of infrastructure that will enhance rail service on the existing GO Georgetown Line, as well as accommodate the new UP Express rail link between Pearson International Airport and Toronto's Union Station.
His 36 years of industry experience also includes vice president at AECOM, where he directed a global rail engineering team involved in more than 350 projects annually. His clients included Class 1 railroads, shortlines, passenger and commuter rail agencies and transit authorities.


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Cancer tears apart Angels for second time
The Angels bassist Chris Bailey is fighting an aggressive form of cancer, the news coming just days after frontman Doc Neeson revealed his battle with a brain tumour.
Bailey has performed through the illness for several months but recently stepped aside to undergo another round of chemotherapy. The band has described the cancer as "life threatening".
Famed for hits like Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again and Tear Me Apart, Bailey and his band mates John and Rick Brewster, Dave Gleeson and Nick Norton have been working on new material ahead of an Australian tour.
John Brewster's son Sam, who has been filling in for Bailey when he wasn't up to performing, will continue to play bass in the group.
Bailey joined The Angels in 1976, left in 1982, and returned to the fold in 2002. His bandmates paid tribute to his bravery in a statement posted on the group's website.
"(We) are deeply saddened to learn that our bass player, Chris Bailey, has an aggressive, life-threatening cancer and is now undergoing palliative chemotherapy," the statement read.
"He is amongst the very best bass players this country has ever produced, and has always been a great and loyal friend. Chris has been in the studio with us recently and has played on some new tracks."
"John's son, Sam, has been playing bass with us for the past five months since Chris' illness began. Chris has been very helpful to Sam. The two have formed a good friendship and Sam will now continue with Chris' blessing."
The musicians have also revealed plans for a benefit concert in Adelaide to raise money for Bailey's family.
The news comes after Neeson, who fronts a separate line-up of The Angels, confirmed he had been diagnosed with a brain tumour over Christmas.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Richard Moe
This event has been canceled at the author's request due to an illness.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was contemplating retirement when war broke out in Europe and he was forced to decide whether to seek a third term, both to lead the American mobilization and preserve the advances of the New Deal.
In a discussion of his new book, Roosevelt's Second Act, Richard Moe examines Roosevelt's duality: the bold, moral statesman who set lofty and principled goals, and the arrogant, manipulative politician in pursuit of them.
Moe was chief of staff to Vice President Walter Mondale and served on President Jimmy Carter's senior staff.
This presentation is part of the Hail to the Chiefs series on the American Presidency co-presented by the Kansas City Public Library and the Truman Library Institute. The series is made possible by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Legacy Fund grants. The series is co-sponsored by KCUR's Up to Date.
Hail to the Chiefs - Fall 2013
All programs begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Truman Forum, Plaza Branch 4801 Main St.
Dwight Eisenhower & Richard Nixon
Jeffrey Frank, author of Ike and Dick: Portrait of a Strange Political Marriage
Thursday, September 12, 2013 - RSVP here
Woodrow Wilson
A. Scott Berg, author of Wilson
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - RSVP here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Richard Moe, author of Roosevelt's Second Act: The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War
Thursday, November 7, 2013 - RSVP here
Warren G. Harding
Phillip Payne, author of Dead Last: The Public Memory of Warren G. Harding's Scandalous Legacy
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - RSVP here


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Only with quantum physics can we actually get a secure data transfer. Or not or both.
It has destroyed the alternative states, yes. But it has created a separate universe for everybody!
So now we all run our very own instances of the universe.
Who am I telling this... you could just be imaginations of my mind... and if not, you are now in MY universe anyway!
So now we all run our very own instances of the universe.
You've shifted into philosophy, my friend.
Solipsism [wikipedia.org]
Damn you, Quantum Physics!! [angryflower.com]
We know it's funny, we just don't know exactly how funny it is.
Come on moderators, its a joke - Yes, I realise its both funny and not funny at the same time.
Before reading it, I thought your post might be funny. But my twin brother saw it first and didn't find it funny, which determined my state.
Its the same man in all 3 places.
Just like DRM, then?
I died laughing when someone opened the box.
Funny... but as I understand it... one mode of QM communications only allows for 100% detection of an intercepted communication, not specifically unbreakable ciphers.
More cyber terror
"So are these man in middle exploits fixed in the latest Ubuntu release ?"
No, they've just changed the name to "koala in the middle" exploits.
In Antwerp, I would think.
Am OpenSSL patch (http://www.links.org/files/no-renegotiation-2.patch) disables SSL
renegotiation, closing the security hole.
But let me ask this : who would ever require SSL renegotiation in practice?
I mean seriously -- changing the cipher in the middle of an SSL session??
-- no mainstream scenario would ever do this.
A question comes to mind why renegotiation was ever supported in the first place.
The next question is what OTHER seldom-used "features" are supported by
most SSL implementations that are just supported so that the implementation
can claim full RFC compliance, but are never actually used by real web sites.
My own SSL builds disable everything except RC4-*-RSA
> The second situation occurs ALL THE TIME in web services that require
> different levels of trust for different content within the same site.
Don't do that.
"But let me ask this : who would ever require SSL renegotiation in practice?"
SSL renegotiation is useful in the following situations, once you have established an ordinary SSL session:
* When you require client authentication
* When you are using a different set of encryption and decryption keys
* When you are using a different set of encryption and hashing algorithms
The last two are kind of useless in practice. The first one is very useful to authenticate the client. Actually, if this is the only way to verify client cert, then SSL renegotiation is vital part of SSL.
Umm, you want to rotate your block ciphers on long-running connections. Saying this isn't useful in practice implies that you must reset connections and recover at the application level instead, or risk using the same block ciphers for too long.
Umm, you want to rotate your block ciphers on long-running connections. Saying this isn't useful in practice implies that you must reset connections and recover at the application level instead, or risk using the same block ciphers for too long.
Exactly. I was going to say the same myself.
But let me ask this : who would ever require SSL renegotiation in practice?
I mean seriously -- changing the cipher in the middle of an SSL session?? -- no mainstream scenario would ever do this.
A question comes to mind why renegotiation was ever supported in the first place.
Client certificates need this.
Maybe its time we stop using SSL and just use GNUPG Auth. Let the user generate their own key and be responsible for their own security, or lets just use smart card readers. We make impossible to secure our machines due to our institutional insecurity. This way we can use it as an excuse to blame terrorists and get the feds involved.
Why aren't smart cards the norm? Why are we using passwords at all?
Let the user [...] be responsible for their own security
Yes, because as all of the botnets have shown, that works so well in practice.
When have we given the user the choice to have an operating system not vulnerable to botnets? They don't get a choice. And let's be realistic, botnets are offtopic.
Note that using a smartcard in this case would not help you. Smartcards provide a protected place to put your keys and do "private" stuff (like signing) but all the same protocols are usually used on top of that (including SSL/TLS).
I doubt GNUPG Auth is without fault itself. It's really hard to do security and crypto stuff correctly. Really, really hard as even the best mathematicians, theorists and developers in the world get caught out all the time.
Show me an example of a PGP failure.
That will not happen, because there is no money in it. Tunnelling over ssh has the same problem.
You are clearly confused. This is about a flaw in the SSL protocol, not a flaw in X.509/PKI. The only real difference between PGP and X.509/PKI is in key management. Using PGP's extremely expensive, time-consuming, and error-prone key distribution method is the reason PGP is going extinct. Your grandma will never go to a key-signing party.
Another thing you are confused about: smart cards? What? What do they have to do with anything? Smart cards typically use X.509, not PGP. And in this case, smart cards wou
How would a smartcard ever be less secure than a password?
The problem is SSL. Did you do your research as to what GNUPG auth is? Sure it does not replace all the functions of SSL, but SSL if it's this broken isnt really much better. I think there should be an alternative to SSL so that SSL actually has reason to improve. If you only offer one crypto protocol and one set of options then what do you expect?
Because you haven't understood security at all!
Smartcards still need a password, or they are no more secure than a fingerprint (cut off the finger) or a credit card (buy something immediately after stealing it).
Passwords alone of course a also not great. But at least nobody can steal a password that is stored only in your mind.
What password of random characters can you actually store in your mind and how many? If anyone actually has access to your machine then all your passwords are useless. Assuming your passwords cannot be cracked is silly. The smartcard removes the need to enter a password into a machine, this prevents remote users from using a software keylogger.
Passwords are why everyone is so easy to hack today. Nobody picks a secure password because those passwords cannot be remembered, and the passwords which can be remem
I had the impression that we paid money to SSL certificate providers because they provided security and identify confirmation. Maybe that was just a wrong impression.
You pay money to certificate providers so that your customers won't be frightened away by scary browser warnings.
The warnings work well enough to cost you more than than price of the certificate.
> You pay money to certificate providers so that your customers won't be
> frightened away by scary browser warnings.
Which they get anyway....and next ignore. Yippie Skippy!
While the SSL crypto part is pretty neat, I always felt the commercial CA
thing is one of the biggest money-making rip-off's in the entire IT field.
Nor do I believe it to be secure or "trust" it. We always assume MITM's to be
someone without access to the CA's themselves. Frankly, the people I worry
more about are those, that DO have a
Indeed. GPG and SSH have workable trust models. Not perfect, but workable. The model in TLS is just wrong. Anything which requires me to trust the (hopefully merely incompetent) people working for Verisign is a loss.
You're confusing a single vulnerability with a systemic problem. When this is fixed, that's what SSL certificate providers will do again.
I read the first article (second won't load...probably hosed by the
Let's say you are paying your mortgage, putting in your bank account information for a transfer. An attacker could inject additional HTML (Javascript, etc.) that sends your response to the attacker's server instead of the mortgage company's server, compromising your account info.
Or a simpler attack would be the bank's online banking login page: again, inject additional HTML to the bank's response, and now you submit your username/password to the attacker's server.
Actually, this isn't true. This attack only allows for injecting data into the request from the client to the server. The attacker doesn't even get to see the result, much less modify it.
Basically, the only thing the attacker gets is the ability to make the client's browser request whatever the attacker wants. You know, the kind of thing you could do with a simple injected IMG tag.
Basically, the only thing the attacker gets is the ability to make the client's browser request whatever the attacker wants.
Oh, is that all? So for example, you can serve something that looks like my bank's home page but originates on your server.
Then when I enter my user name and password your server collects them, and if you're feeling particularly clever redirects me back to my bank's real site. Now you have access to my account, and I'm none the wiser.
This is far more serious than image loading, becau
Erm, no, you're getting it wrong. What this attack means is that the attacker gets the ability to make arbitrary requests for resources on behalf of the user.
So no, it doesn't mean that the attacker can now serve you malicious web pages that will appear to be coming from your bank's web site. What it does mean is that once you go to a secure page on your bank site, the attacker can instruct the bank to transfer money from your account to his, without you ever knowing. This is kind of similar to the IMG tag
You're right, this isn't a big deal. What they're describing is essentially a very complicated CSRF. The upshot is that you can get the user's browser to visit a URL of your choosing, but you can't see the results from that page. Sound familiar? That's because all you'd have to do is embed an IMG tag in some HTTP that the user is getting back in order to accomplish the exact same thing -- no fragile renegotiation attack required.
Thank you security industry for all the hype.
The key difference is that with IMG tag the attacker can only get the user's browser to make GET requests, whereas this attack enables POST requests as well. Any reasonably well-designed online banking application should not be exploitable via GET requests.
Also, the attack vector here is different compared to a "regular" CSRF through XSS. Which one is more practical is open to debate.
So it's really not that big of a deal for HTTPS. Attacks exactly like that already exist, they are called cross site request forgery. However this is a significant attack against other SSL wrapped protocols.
As Admiral Kirk taught us when facing Khan, when you inject prefixes over a datastream like a comm channel to another Starfleet vessel, you can take command of their consoles and lower their shields.
Phew! 2 hours later and only 51 comments. This must not be a big deal.
Y'all had me worried there...
I think it's more that most of us don't understand this stuff. I know I don't, and freely admit it.
Admittedly, I've never had to touch SSL (and if I did, you can be damned sure I'd be learning it inside out), but if I'm a web developer and don't understand it, how can we expect Joe Sixpack to?
It is a complex issue that has no simple/obvious solutions. That's why the usual blah is not occurring.
It is a huge thing because we used to design web services ala 'Slap SSL onto it, and traffic can not be modified and wiretapped' (assuming the server cert is right).
That beauty of SSL, just to add a layer that will take care of it all, is gone
They just keep coming. Is the Web fundamentally, unfixably, insecure?
(That's the Web, not the Net)
The linked articles only discuss authentication via client certificates
Not true. From http://extendedsubset.com/Renegotiating_TLS.pdf [extendedsubset.com]
Cases not involving client certificates have been demonstrated as well.
It is a complex issue that has no simple/obvious solutions. The current protocols and almost all client/server software is vulnerable, and at least some of the attack scenarios are not uncommon.
> and at least some of the attack scenarios are not uncommon.
That sentence is modded informative? Where is the informative part? WHICH scenarios? References?
I think this blog site explains best:
http://www.educatedguesswork.org/2009/11/understanding_the_tls_renegoti.html [educatedguesswork.org]
The only possible interpretation of any research whatever in the `social sciences' is: some do, some don't. -- Ernest Rutherford


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November 16, 2013, 5:01 pm
Adoptive parents of rescued children heroes, if not saints
Re: "Two kids rescued from neglect in Denver in 2006 thriving now in Lamar," Nov. 10 news story.
Skeptics normally reject the concept of sainthood. But even the most hardened skeptic has to wonder if, after all, Meagan and Jeff Hillman may actually deserve the sobriquet. The story of their loving efforts in rescuing two children, victims of unbelievable neglect, brought tears to this skeptic. And how fitting for the story to appear on the weekend set aside for our recognizing heroes.
Maryjane Raabe, Denver
This letter was published in the Nov. 17 edition.
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DailyDirt: Looking Back At Ancient Humans
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
- The mother of humanity lived approximately 200,000 years ago, according to a statistical analysis of a sampling of our genes that could be linked to a "mitochondrial Eve." Note that dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago. [url]
- Red Deer Cave people lived in China thousands of years ago and seemed to like eating cooked venison meat (so they were nicknamed after their meals). These Stone Aged people could be a new species in human evolution, and they show that Neanderthals had plenty of company in Asia. [url]
- Homo floresiensis is another human ancestor who lived in Asia and could possibly have met Homo sapiens about 13,000 years ago. These folks were nicknamed 'Hobbits' because they're the smallest human species ever discovered. [url]
- Recently discovered fossils show that Homo erectus wasn't alone in East Africa, and at least two other Homo species lived nearby around the same time. These findings suggest that the evolution of Homo sapiens wasn't a linear progression (as depicted in many cartoons), and there's no "missing link" in the human family tree. [url]