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Federal employees are on track for an average pay increase of 3.1 percent next year.
House-Senate negotiators locked in the pay raise as part of a $137.6 billion spending bill for fiscal 2006 that covers the departments of Treasury, Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, as well as other agencies. The House approved the measure, 392 to 31, Friday and sent it to the Senate.
The 2006 raise will vary by locality, under recommendations made by the Federal Salary Council, an advisory group. If the White House follows the council's recommendation, federal employees in the Washington-Baltimore area would receive a 3.44 percent pay increase in January.
In approving the raise, Congress continued a "pay parity" practice of recent years to ensure that the civil service and the military receive equal raises. President Bush had proposed a two-tier raise for next year -- 3.1 percent for the military and 2.3 percent for the civil service.
Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), who pushed for the parity approach, said many civil service employees work with the military daily to protect the nation. "With security threats at home and abroad, it is important that federal employees, nearly 700,000 of whom work at the departments of Defense and Homeland Security, receive a fair pay adjustment," Hoyer said.
The White House argued against the civil service raise, saying that an increase of 3.1 percent would cost about $1 billion more than Bush's proposal and "would be very difficult for agencies to absorb." The White House's statement said the government is not having recruitment and retention problems.
But several Washington area members of Congress worked as a team to turn aside the White House pay proposal. In addition to Hoyer, they included Reps. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.), Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) and James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) and Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes (D-Md.).
Union leaders hailed the pay raise but reserved some of their biggest cheers for a provision that would allow federal employees to reorganize into a "most efficient organization" and compete against contractors seeking federal work performed by more than 10 federal employees.
In addition to allowing employees to submit their best bids, the provision would require contractors to show a savings of at least 10 percent or $10 million.
The provision has been resisted by the Bush administration because it complicates agency efforts to make "direct conversions" -- essentially abolishing federal jobs without a contract competition -- and because it makes price, rather than a "best value" process, the key factor in the contract decisions.
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), who fought against a White House veto threat, said the provision "is the first step in leveling the playing field for federal employees."
The provision would apply across government, except at the Defense Department and the Transportation Security Administration. The spending bill for Defense, however, has carried a similar restriction since fiscal 2004.
The White House had knocked out the Mikulski provision in closed-door negotiations with Congress during the past two years but did not prevail this year. John Gage, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, praised Mikulski, Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and others who fought for the provision.
Alex Conant, a spokesman for the Office of Management and Budget, said the administration, after discussions with Congress, "determined that these provisions do not significantly erode the president's management agenda." But, he added, "if they are found to limit the benefit the taxpayers get from the president's management agenda, we will work with Congress to fix them."
Other modifications to the administration's "competitive sourcing" initiative also may win congressional approval this year. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) have won Senate approval of an amendment that would expand employee appeal rights in bid disputes.
Currently, only an agency official can file an appeal on behalf of employees. The Collins-Akaka amendment would permit employees to choose a representative, such as a union official, to protest a contract award if the management official did not do so.
Diary associate Eric Yoder contributed to this column.


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When Bill Parcells and his people arrived in Dallas in 2003, Andre Gurode was languishing as an ordinary interior lineman who wasn't really a center and definitely wasn't a very good guard. Parcells and "his people," which included Tony Sparano let Gurode try to make a name for himself as a guard.
It failed miserably.
Well, rather than give up on Gurode, the Cowboys decided to make an investment in reworking his contract and moving Gurode to center.
Andre Gurode's career took off and he is now a perennial Pro Bowl player.
Well, the same group of people -- Parcells, Jeff Ireland and to a lesser degree, Tony Sparano -- drafted Bobby Carpenter out of Ohio State five years ago and tried to turn him into a 3-4 outside linebacker.
The idea failed. Carpenter was considered a bust until the moment the Cowboys cut him and he went to St. Louis. Then the Rams also cut him this preseason and the Dolphins signed him.
But rather than put him in the same position where Carpenter failed with two teams, the Dolphins found a niche for Carpenter at inside linebacker.
Despite joining the team only days before the regular-season opener at Buffalo, Carpenter actually started that game alongside Karlos Dansby. He also started last week at Minnesota. No, he's not playing every down, but rather on a situational basis.
He has only two tackles. But his goal-line stop of Adrian Peterson at Minnesota last week was an impressive and key moment in the game.
"During our time down there [in Dallas] with Bobby, we didn't kind of see him play inside as much as we're seeing him now," coach Tony Sparano said today. "And sometimes some of these guys start a little bit later. They really do, especially if you're bouncing them around positionally. With Andre, when we came in there he had just played a bunch of games at guard and when you watched it, it took us a while to figure out the best place to put him, too. Same thing with Bobby right now."
So can Carpenter possibly make the kind of leap at ILB that Gurode long ago made when he moved to center?
"Except we brought him in and immediately gave him a role. And that role, so we didn't confuse the whole thing because you look at him and he can play him outside or inside -- we didn't want to do that. We got him a role that he can help this football. But I can see him making that kind of improvement down the road, sure."
So consider this move permanent -- or as permanent as anything can be in the NFL.
"He's inside for a long time," Sparano said. "I'd like to keep him there for a long time."
Sparano said today was the best Friday practice the team has ever had since he's been coach. That is good news for the Dolphins as they wind down preparations for the New York Jets.
Typically, the Dolphins play well when they practice well.
Jets center Nick Mangold, out all week with a shoulder injury, practiced today in New Jersey. He is expected to start for the Jets.

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"If you resist too much the power of the big primary-color emotions that surround the dog, you're missing the experience."
'.......... former New York magazine executive editor John Homans explores [this] in What's a Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend — a remarkable chronicle of the domestic dog's journey across thousands of years and straight into our hearts, written with equal parts tenderness and scientific rigor.
In a chapter on reconciling the inevitable pain we invite into our lives when we commit to love a being biologically destined to die before we do and the boundless joy of choosing to love anyway, Homans cites John Updike's heartbreaking poem "Another Dog's Death" about the last days of one of his beloved animals:
'For days the good old bitch had been dying, her back
pinched down to the spine and arched to ease the pain,
her kidneys dry, her muzzle white. At last
I took a shovel into the woods and dug her grave
in preparation for the certain. She came along,
which I had not expected. Still, the children gone,
such expeditions were rare, and the dog,
spayed early, knew no nonhuman word for love.
She made her stiff legs trot and let her bent tail wag.
We found a spot we liked, where the pines met the field.
The sun warmed her fur as she dozed and I dug;
I carved her a safe place while she protected me.
I measured her length with the shovel's long handle;
she perked in amusement, and sniffed the heaped-up earth.
Back down at the house, she seemed friskier,
but gagged, eating. We called the vet a few days later.
They were old friends. She held up a paw, and he
injected a violet fluid. She swooned on the lawn;
we watched her breathing quickly slow and cease.
In a wheelbarrow up to the hole, her warm fur shone.'


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By Adeeb Yousif
November 15, 2012 — The Darfur conflict and genocide of nine years has been was widely publicized: the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, widespread sexual assaults, and the displacement of millions from their homes to camps with limited humanitarian services and poor security. But the conflict is nowhere near to an end and the suffering continues. Today, Darfur today is housing the highest number of Internally Displaced Person (IDPs) worldwide facing two major challenges: protection and survival.
The new method of denial that the government is using is yellow fever, despite the fact that it is clearly killing hundreds of citizens. Not only is the government failing to protect and prevent citizens from being killed, but it has also restricted NGOs from moving and from accessing patients to provide them emergency care.
The Sudanese government represented by the Ministry of Health is continuously arguing that there is no yellow fever. But the fact is that people are dying every day in rural Darfur without being accounted for as a result of yellow fever. The sickness epidemic started in Jebel Ahmer—an area 42 Km east of Zalingei, Central Darfur, and then became widespread across all of Darfur. Information is inaccessible at the rural area, as is care, but the disease is able to access remote areas and to kill people.
It has been estimated that over a hundred women, men and children have died and over 400 hundred more affected. It is likely half of them might die as a result of being ignored and a lack of medical services. Neither the government nor NGOs working in health field are making enough preparation to face the disease and save the lives of ordinary citizens in Darfur by at least by vaccinating those who are healthy. The outbreak is particularly virulent in the concentration camps where millions of IDPs are currently living. Yellow Fever is a deadly sickness thereby it requires urgent action to control it from spreading all over, and because of people interacting within the region it can most likely can reach the neighboring counties. Before it kills more, peace and the international community faces a new disaster.
Sickness in itself has no territory and obviously is cannot distinguish between victims but, circumstance and conditions can. Rich people, such as the President, Ministers and those elites always have tools, ways and means of taking care of themselves can travel anywhere for treatment because they have a choice. But poor and ordinary citizens - most of the time if not all - do not have that option and quite often they are dying. The government has therefore been discriminating against citizens biased on their political affiliation and it has become clear that those loyal to the regime got vaccinated, while others whom are not are. This practice has become clear in Zalingei-capital city of central Darfur.
The regime in Khartoum has never use the medium of love of respect or of tolerance to govern the people. They use the medium of terror to terrorize the masses and therefore turned Sudan into a state of subjugation. Rather, they use the medium of racism and racial discrimination to divide the population in order to maintain themselves in power. An example of this is the fact that the regime and its militia committed a massacre by killing over 13 innocent civilians, burned their villages displace the rest of people from home village-Shawa in North Darfur on November 7th 2012.
This article is mainly addressed to the government of Sudan, NGOs working the field in particular World Heath Organization (WHO) to take care of their moral responsibility, to protect and save the lives of those citizens. It is also speaks to people with compassionate hearts to encourage these action by pressuring these bodies to do so. Indeed it is absolutely imperative that human rights organizations investigate and carry out a campaign to prevent yellow fever, since health is one of basic human rights and it is the core of their work.
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Nearly a decade ago, I traveled to New York to meet with the Atkins diet folks to discuss a book project, but I was quickly shown the door after I broached the subject of saturated fat. Can't we tweak the program a bit, I wondered aloud, to emphasize olive oil over artery-damaging fried pork rinds?
Fast-forward 10 years, and researchers are still debating whether saturated fat is devil or angel. A new re-analysis of a decades-old clinical trial involving 458 male heart patients found that those who were randomly assigned to eat a diet rich in polyunsaturated vegetable oils instead of saturated animal fats had a bigger drop in their cholesterol levels over a three-year period than those who stuck with their usual diet — but they also had more heart disease deaths.
About 17 percent of the patients in the intervention group died from heart disease compared with about 11 percent of the patients in the control group. Because the study was fairly small, those differences barely reached the threshold for statistical significance. The National Institutes of Health researchers who conducted the analysis, published last Tuesday in the British Medical Journal, concluded that "these findings could have important implications for worldwide dietary advice to substitute polyunsaturated fats in general, for saturated fats."
For years, the American Heart Association and other medical groups have recommended that most of the 25 to 35 percent of calories that we get from fat each day should come from polyunsaturated fatty acids (fish and safflower, corn, and other vegetable oils) and monounsaturated fatty acids (nuts, seeds, olive oil, avocados).
We've also been told to limit our total saturated fat intake to less than 7 to 10 percent of total calories. Trans fats — which everyone agrees are the most cholesterol-raising and heart-damaging — should be avoided as much as possible, and American food manufacturers have complied by taking partially hydrogenated oils, which contain trans fats, out of most processed foods.
But some nutrition researchers (including those who aren't working for Atkins) contend that there aren't any strong studies to show that saturated fats harm the heart while polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats protect it. In an editorial with the study, Philip Calder, a nutritional immunologist from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom, wrote that studies documenting the heart-protective benefits of replacing butter, cream, and lard with safflower and corn oil have frequently included other dietary changes — such as reducing harmful trans fats in margarine — which may have muddied the findings.
Others, though, believe the case is closed when it comes to the harms posed by saturated fats.
"I don't think this new analysis study should be practice-changing and lead people to consume fewer polyunsaturated fats," said Penn State University nutrition researcher Penny Kris-Etherton, who helped the American Heart Association develop its dietary fat recommendations.
Harvard School of Public Health nutrition chair Dr. Walter Willett agreed, pointing out that the study on which the new analysis is based was initiated in the late 1960s and was limited by the nutritional knowledge of that time. The study participants were provided with products that contained one type of polyunsaturated fat — an omega-6 fat found in safflower oil — rather than the full array of polyunsaturated fats including omega-3 fats found in fish oil and flaxseed oil; the heart-protective benefits of omega-3 fats have been well documented in more recent research.
"Very high intakes of omega-6 polyunsaturated fat without any omega-3 polyunsaturated fat is not desirable," Willett said in an e-mail. "We do need adequate amounts of both."
What's also clear is that Americans often received bad advice to eat as little fat as possible when it was first discovered that reducing saturated fats could reduce cholesterol, and especially after researchers demonstrated that the practice could prevent heart attacks. Too many of us embraced fat-free cakes and cookies after swearing off cheddar cheese and steak — and often gained weight as a result of the excess sugar and calories.
"The controversy over saturated fat really comes from what do you replace it with?" Kris-Etherton said. "If you replace saturated fats with refined carbohydrates, then there may be no health benefits at all."
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THE TENT is a unique hostel located in Munich and the most economical place to stay in the area. Meet travelers from all over the world in a laid-back atmosphere! THE TENT is located in a green and calm park, only a 15 min. tram-ride away from the city center. It is accessible by public transport 24 hours a day and we have no curfew. Besides accommodation in a big tent we offer a beautiful camping-ground.
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She is a bubbly bundle of energy that never seems to have a bad minute, much less a bad day.
Freshman outside hitter Brittnay Estes brings a new dynamic to the Lipscomb Lady Bisons volleyball team. On the court, despite being only 5-foot-10, she is a powerhouse posting 394 kills and 257 digs her senior season.
"I don't think she ever lets her height bother her," Lipscomb coach Brandon Rosenthal said. "She has a wonderful arm. When she hits the ball a little bit of that size factor goes away. Plus she also jumps well.
"She is an all-around athlete. She ran track and competed in the high jump. She played softball."
Estes credits her father, Mike for her jumping ability. Mike, standing 5-11, can dunk a basketball.
"My Dad is an amazing athlete," Estes said. "I got my competitiveness from him too. I was always taught to compete and to try to win."
Estes and setter Rachel Reed earned co-Player of the Year honors in Pinellas County. Both signed with the Lady Bisons to continue their volleyball careers after playing for two-time state champion East Lake High School in Palm Harbor, Fla. She also was a member of the Tampa Bay Juniors 18 Black, the USA Volleyball 18 Open National Championship team this year.
She points to her coaches for showing her ways to avoid having her height become an issue on the court.
"They taught me how to tool the blocks," Estes said. "They taught me shots. They taught me how to swing a different way so I could put a ball down. The coaching and the jumping are how I got to where I am now."
Estes watches other players on her teams as well as opposing players who might be better players than her.
"I watch how they hit the ball," Estes said. "I watch the shots that they hit at certain times.
"They have heavy hands which mean they hit the ball hard. If I am going to be like them then I have to have heavy hands."
That constant drive to make herself better and to become an important member of the team is already evident in preseason.
"The kid is a winner," Rosenthal said. "She wants to be out on the court. She plays hard all the time. She works hard in practice. She is very focused on the court. I think that energy really is going to get her to that next level in college."
She is a student of the game in all areas with a strong focus for what is taking place on the court.
"Brittnay has been very inquisitive in a good way," Rosenthal said. "She is not asking questions just to ask questions.
"She is very detail oriented in her thinking. She really dissects the game. It is neat to see that because she is taking it all in."
Estes, a communications major with an emphasis in television broadcasting, wants to be a starter as a freshman and she stresses that she approaches practice with that goal in mind.
"I'm pushing myself because I do want a starting spot," Estes said. "When I have a goal I want to accomplish that."
The team has spoken by telephone with Alan Williams, author of "Walk On" about his experiences as a walk on basketball player at Wake Forest, and the founder of Teammates First. Estes took note of what Williams had to say.
"He talked about process over outcome," Estes said. "You do the little things first to get you to the big goal.
"That is what I am really trying to do. I'm working hard during practices which are the process."
Rosenthal's teams have a reputation for hard work, but Estes doesn't mind the demands.
"When you have high expectations put on you then you have to be both mentally and physically prepared for all situations," Estes said. "Everything is so much more fast paced in sense of knowing what needs to be done, when it needs to be done and how it needs to be done.
"Practice has been rough. It is more challenging because you know what you are expected to do. It's like a job and I can accept that because this is what we love."
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relation for Lipscomb Athletics.


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Couchbase Server now available as NoSQL Database-as-a-Service for the Cloud
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – August 27, 2012 – Couchbase, the leading NoSQL database company, today announced its integration solution for the VMware vFabricTM Application DirectorTM, a cloud-enabled application provisioning solution that simplifies how to create and standardize portable application deployment topologies across cloud services. This solution allows deployment and management of Couchbase Server on any VMware vCloud®-powered private, public or hybrid clouds. Now, application middleware teams can easily leverage Couchbase Server in their virtual and cloud environments to create scalable, high-performance, always-on web applications.
Couchbase Server is a simple, fast, elastic, open source NoSQL database optimized for the data management needs of interactive web applications. It automatically distributes data across commodity servers or virtual machines. Now, Couchbase Server can be easily deployed via VMware's cloud-enabled application provisioning solution, further simplifying the creation and standardization of application deployment topologies across cloud services.
Specific benefits of Couchbase Server on VMware's vFabric Application Director include
- Flexible application development and deployment: Using Couchbase Server's flexible data model and vFabric Application Director's ability to automate application deployment, users can rapidly implement changes to their web applications.
- Easy scalability of the entire stack: With Couchbase, it's easy to scale the database layer, growing a cluster to hundreds of servers, without any interruption or change to an application. With vFabric Application Director, it's easy to automate and orchestrate provisioning of your application. Together, users will be ready to scale out the entire infrastructure stack to adjust to demand.
"We're excited to be a part of VMware's vFabric Application Director Ecosystem," said Couchbase CEO, Bob Wiederhold. "Working directly with cloud application provisioning tools like Application Director, developers can utilize Couchbase Server to create interactive web applications that scale out to support large numbers of users, providing high-performance, cost-effective cloud instances for their applications."
"In today's cloud era, organizations need a better approach to accelerate application deployment across cloud environments," said Ramin Sayar, vice president and general manager, Virtualization and Cloud Management, VMware. "With our partner ecosystem, we want our customers to have a wide selection of ready-to-deploy industry leading application infrastructure products and applications from VMware Cloud® Application Management Marketplace. With Couchbase integration, our customers now have access to an easily scalable, highly reliable NoSQL database that drastically simplifies deployment in hybrid clouds by expanding and contracting scaling and infrastructure requirements without any manual management or downtime."
About Couchbase Server
Couchbase Server NoSQL database technology is optimized for the data management needs of interactive web applications. Web application developers and operators rely on Couchbase Server for:
- Easy Scalability: It's easy to scale the data tier with Couchbase Server without any interruption or change to an application. With one click of a button, users can expand a cluster up to hundreds of servers, automatically keeping the workload evenly distributed among them.
- Consistent High Performance: With consistent sub-millisecond response time, Couchbase Server helps ensure a positive experience for application users. Couchbase Server's high throughput means fewer servers are required to serve growing numbers of application users.
- Always on availability: Couchbase Server's high availability features means applications are always online, 24x7x265. Whether upgrading the database, system software or hardware – or recovering from a disaster – Couchbase Server allows you to do so with zero downtime.
- Flexible data model: As a NoSQL database, Couchbase Server eliminates the need to create and manage schemas, dramatically reducing the complexity and time required when making changes to an application.
About Couchbase
Couchbase is the NoSQL database leader, with production deployments at AOL, Deutsche Post, NTT Docomo, Orbitz, Salesforce.com, Zynga and hundreds of other household names worldwide. Couchbase Server is the simple, fast, elastic NoSQL database that delivers a more scalable, high-performance, and cost-effective approach to data management than relational database technology. It is particularly well suited for web applications deployed on virtualized or cloud infrastructures. Couchbase is also the company behind the Couchbase open source project, and is funded by Accel Partners, Ignition Partners, Mayfield Fund and North Bridge Venture Partners. www.couchbase.com


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I'm using Windows task manager to execute PHP scripts on schedule.
To do this I'm using a simply BAT file to run the command.
start C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.5\php.exe C:\wamp\www\site\test.php arg1 arg2
To testing the cron job I have it updating a text file with the date / time. Running the BAT file or script directly works file, the problem I'm having is when the task is run with Task Manager the relative paths are relative to a folder in the Task Manager, and not the script.
Is there anything I can do to make the paths relative to the script folder and not Windows Task Manager?
ini_set( 'include_path', '.;'.dirname(__FILE__));// windows
ini_set( 'include_path', '.:'.dirname(__FILE__));// non win
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Here's the Cataclysm story so far, based on the official site FAQ and the Cataclysm Preview Panel.
While we've been off fighting Arthas and leaving a piece of ourselves in the cold northern wastes, Deathwing the Destroyer has been brooding in Deephome, the elemental plane of earth, for some time now. As he regained his strength and was patched back up by the denizens of the plane, he prepared for his assault on Azeroth. With cataclysmic force, he burst through the ceiling of the elemental plane and brought destruction to Azeroth.
Nearly all areas of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms were affected by the eruption. The Barrens is cleft in twain, with an enormous volcanic fissure splitting it into two different zones. Orgrimmar has been destroyed, prompting Garrosh Hellscream not only to rebguild the city, but to voraciously expand the Horde's territories. The Desolace shoreline was cracked open, allowing water -- and life -- back into the zone. Auberdine has been flooded and destroyed, forcing the Night Elves to move north. Everything and everyone is affected.


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The Department of the Interior (DOI) rivals the Smithsonian Institution in holding natural and cultural objects in trust for the American public. With over 195 million objects and archives, Interior's museum collections run the gamut from art to zoology. Museum collections are held by ten of the Department's bureaus, offices, and the Office of the Secretary. This breadth of collections is exemplified in an exhibit "The American Bison: A National Symbol" on Google Arts and Culture.
The Department recognizes the importance of museum collections to its missions and is committed to the stewardship of these resources. DOI stewardship responsibilities include establishing policies and procedures for managing museum collections that meet the highest standards of the museum profession.
The Interior Museum Program (IMP) provides oversight, advocacy, training, and assistance to bureaus and offices in managing museum collections and their associated documentation within the framework of the Department"s policies and standards.
The IMP supports cooperative efforts among DOI bureaus, other Federal agencies, and non-Federal partners to manage museum collections for maximum benefit to the public and the Department. IMP staff led the Interagency Federal Collections Alliance (IFCA) to promote "best practices" in the management of Federal museum collections held in Federal units and non-Federal institutions from 1992-2003. IMP is also a member of the Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections (IWGSC).
The IMP is managed by the Office of Acquisition and Property Management (PAM). This is because museum property is a subset of Federal personal property. The Interior Museum Property Committee and the Executive Program Committee, made up of representatives of each of the bureaus in Interior, provides oversight assistance to the IMP.
In December 2009, the DOI Office of the Inspector General issued the report Department of the Interior Museum Collections: Accountability and Preservation. The IMP staff, in collaboration with DOI bureau curators, are working hard to address the Inspector General"s recommendations. Activities include revising policy, ensuring inventories are conducted in DOI museum facilities and non-DOI facilities that house DOI collections, finding DOI collections in non-DOI facilities, and conducting site reviews of both DOI and non-DOI facilities in order to assess their compliance with Department policy, review museum property management procedures, and provide technical assistance.


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Off the top of my head. One CD distro. They weren't first but definitely the best at the time. And no I don't need examples of some hacked Fedora image that wasn't half a DVD's worth of crap. Ubuntu's installer was better and still is, imo, than any other distro. Pop in the cd, see if it works, install. Fast boot times and shutdown times, and no I don't need to see a hacked version of Damn Small Linux with a hacked kernel that can boot faster, yeah good luck getting a new user to use that.
I've been using Linux since Debian Potato, When Red Hat basically dropped the desktop user market and decided to make the guinea pig bate Fedora. I moved to that after going through Mandrake, and Suse. The first time I popped in Ubuntu, it was like a breath of fresh air, one cd, 10 minute install and very little crap installed that I don't need. Debian's apt-get (best package manager imo) and a huge repo. NOTHING, other than maybe debian after being hacked and prodded to oblivion, even came close and still doesn't. The amount of repos, launchpad packages, and sites just dedicated to Ubuntu is staggering compared to anything else.
Finally the biggest usability feature that Ubuntu had compared to other distros. The community. They wouldn't berate you for asking a newb question, you can almost always find answers to almost any Linux issue in their forums. DO a google search and the first queries usually point you to their forums with an answer. Compare that to the other communities at the time. You couldn't even go to the debian forum without someone jumping down your throat if you asked a simple question. Fedora was almost the same with all the Redhat gurus except everyone knew that all the users were there as test subjects. "Get RHEL" they would say, if you don't want to deal with simple installer issues. Suse support was almost dismal as they expected users to rely on the admittedly great documentation at the time, or since you most likely had bought it retail you could contact someone for support. Mandrake was probably the most friendly but the distro was always cutting edge, beautiful, but a hacky, buggy piece of shit. Its like they didn't even test the thing before release. Trust me what Ubuntu has done for quality control alone in distroland is a HUGE contribution, imo.
Oh and before Ubuntu most distros that had any modicum of polish wanted to charge you for something you would most likely replace in 6 months with a newer version and they weren't even that polished or worth the cash, imo. Now I like to pay for things but not what passed for "desktop" linux not that long ago.
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Competition: Culture Shift, Mar. 21 2012 @ iHub
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Are you a creative? Are you in the cultural, or in the digital sector or an IT application developer? Then this is for you…
The British Council in Partnership with iHub invites you to participate in this competation for a seed fund for you innovation for a whooping $5000
If interested, send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com copying firstname.lastname@example.com with a brief profile of your area of creativity before Wednesday 21st March, 2012
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Legitimate programs can be incorrectly diagnosed as being malware because they somehow fit the heuristics of a particular AV.
This can be particularly true for system tools that need to be able to do "low level stuff".
Crypters try to tap into that market (as well) by adverising it as a means to circumvent anti virusses for the above case. And i've seen several legit programs use crypters for that specific purpose.
It's a non-ideal solution for various reasons.
If you really want to be safe from false positives of AV, then the best way to do that is by digital signature. Malware won't be doing this because it establishes a clear link as to who created the software, and thus also who's potentially liable for legal repercussion.


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MONTREAL — Many children dream of being a fireman. I had this dream, too. It was written in one of my childhood yearbooks.
Last week, my friend and I observed the firefighters who worked tirelessly to control the blaze that ravaged a historic building located on St. Jacques Street in Old Montreal, a few metres away from the La Presse printing presses and the Montreal courthouse. (We had parked our cars a few metres away from the building before it caught fire.) We watched in awe. It was "controlled chaos" — an army of firefighters doing their work, surrounded by countless fire trucks and police cars with their revolving lights on, smoke, water splashing in every direction (which would soon form into ice because of the cold weather), fire alarms … Everyone was working in concert to ensure public safety.
I observed the firefighters in full gear, oxygen masks and tanks, face protectors and helmets, special alarm sensors attached to their protective clothing, who either entered or had just come out of the fiery building. Those coming out of the building looked haggard, often wiping the sweat off of their faces with smoke- and/or charcoal-stained clothes and hands. This was not another day in the office. These firefighters had just been to hell and back. Though physically and emotionally exhausted at 12:30 a.m. (the tail end of the operation), the firefighters could still express contentment, flashing a grin to the onlookers, especially when eye contact could be made.
I also observed the supervisor (or fire chief) who, with his tactical board set on an easel, tracked the comings and goings of the firefighters who entered or left the building, so as to ensure that everyone was accounted for. There were also those who manned the canteen services to rehydrate the firefighters, and those who replenished or replaced the depleted oxygen tanks. Each member of the fire department plays a vital role, in which time is of the essence. Imagine if a half-empty oxygen tank — or worse, an empty one — were erroneously given to firefighter about to enter a building to fight a blaze.
One disruption in the chain operational events could lead to a catastrophe, including loss of life.
I did not expect what hit me next: a tremendous sense of pride and respect for our fire department, whose members should be acknowledged and commended for their courage and gallant action. Thank you!
Firefighters have always welcomed my 4½-year-old son and me at the fire station on impromptu visits. My son has yet to be disappointed by a fire station visit and looking inside of a fire truck. He enjoys "reading" books about firefighters and watching Sam le Pompier (Fireman Sam). He recognizes the difference between fire truck sirens (North American and European) and ambulances. Firefighters do a great deal of public outreach, including visiting daycares and schools, educating the general population on fire prevention and combustible materials, as well as collecting funds for various charities.
Years have passed since my childhood dream of becoming a fireman. Though I took another path, having obtained degrees in chemistry and in law, my fascination with and respect for the firefighting profession remains unwavering.
David Durand is a Montreal lawyer.


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I've read in a grammar book that the phrase "you're fired!" is used more often in comic-strips than in real life. The book doesn't offer a more detailed explanation. It simply says that the passive form of performative verbs is rarely used and gives only one example, as cited above. could you help me, please? I don't understand why "you're fired" is less frequently used in real life, and why is it more often used in comic-strips. thank you.
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Last night at the Game Developers Conference AMD unveiled its leadership strategy for the worldwide gaming market. AMD's Unified Gaming Strategy comprehensively addresses how AMD will drive the gaming market across consoles, cloud platforms, tablets and PCs. By working with the world's leading hardware and game developers, and by continuing to be a leader in the market by providing the most innovative graphics technologies, AMD firmly believes that they are positioned to drive the next revolution in gaming.
Gaming Evolved, launched three years ago at GDC, is at the core of the AMD Unified Gaming Strategy, and has been the driving force behind the revolutionary "Never Settle" gaming bundles and a major factor behind the adoption of powerful AMD engines in the latest next- generation gaming consoles.
Building on this momentum, AMD today introduced AMD Radeon Sky Graphics, the cornerstone of AMD's industry-leading cloud gaming platform.
Currently there are three AMD Radeon Sky Series graphic boards available, the AMD Radeon Sky 500, AMD Radeon Sky 700 and the AMD Radeon Sky 900.
AMD also showed those in attendance 'Ruby: Rebooted, Reborn, Reloaded,' which is the latest Ruby technology demo video. GDC marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of the original iconic AMD "Ruby" demo and to celebrate this milestone, AMD unveiled a sneak peek of its remodeled and reinvented Ruby. This time around the demo was designed and developed by IllFonic with the help of Crytek's CryEngine 3 game development engine. The latest AMD "Ruby" demo is still under production and will be unveiled to the world in the coming weeks. AMD had plenty to talk about and show off at GDC and one thing is certainly clear – AMD loves gamers!
"Real-time gaming through the cloud represents a significant opportunity and AMD is poised to lead in this vertical thanks to our extensive graphics hardware and software capabilities," said David Cummings, senior director, AMD Professional Graphics. "AMD is working closely with CiiNow,G-Cluster, Otoy and Ubitus to deliver exceptional AMD Radeon gaming experiences to the cloud."
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Everton transfer target Nabil Ghilas has declared he is flattered by the interest of a big club and will decide on his next move at the end of the season.
The Moreirense striker has impressed this season, scoring 11 goals for the struggling Portuguese club - who are lingering just one place above relegation.
The Algerian forward is reportedly on the radar of fellow Primeira Liga club Sporting Lisbon, as well as Ligue 1 side Marseille in France.
Lisbon are losing their main goal threat, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, in the summer after the Dutch striker sealed an £8million deal with Norwich City, and they might turn to Ghilas as the man to replace him.
The 22-year-old is the younger brother of former Hull City player Kamel Ghilas, and the attacker could follow in his footsteps with a move to England.
However, the powerful frontman is keen to see out the rest of the season before making a decision on the whereabouts of his future.
"There is interest from clubs but I will decide at the end of the season," he said, according to Sky Sports.
"Everton? I have heard about that in the papers. They are a very good team and a big club so it is flattering. Let's wait and see if it is real interest at the end of the season.
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In the past two decades, more than half of Africa's lions have been wiped out. As Bernard Kissui wrote in his lion blog, the remaining populations of the African lion are restricted to small and isolated protected areas, where, despite concerted protection, they are subject to unusually high mortality due to close interactions with an ever increasing human population outside protected areas.
"One of the main threats to lions is from people killing lions after their livestock has been killed," Shivani Bhalla, who I'm with in the Samburu Heartland, told me. She was trying to put it in perspective for me.
"Think about it. To a pastoralist, his cattle is everything. It's as valuable to him as your home or your job is to you. If something came in the middle of the night and took all of that from you, wouldn't you be angry? Wouldn't you do something about it?
"They are not malicious people. I think if we can reduce the number of livestock killed by lions and prove that living lions can be valuable to them, they'll stop these revenge-style killings."
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The Mulligan Stew website states that they are not part of any recall when I just looked, but that was a letter dated from March 20th. Apparently they just haven't updated their site to recall these two canned foods?
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Sorry About That, Chief
With the university's action, it will now get the NCAA's blessing to host NCAA-sanctioned events. This was not possible before as the NCAA deemed the depiction "hostile and abusive." It also means that the Illini are stuck with those horribly lame helmets they've been using and will never go to a much cooler design such as this:
While I agree that it's inappropriate for a distinguished university like Illinois to continue to have the Chief perform, I have to wonder how it is that this goes on at Florida State.
Wait, maybe it's because Illinois is a distinguished university and Florida State is....Florida State.
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If you cave into the thought police you're not a distinguished university. Sorry about that, chief.
- February 22, 2007 12:54 AM
- paul said...
Can someone please articulate what is so offensive about a damn mascot? You know, being of Irish descent, I could sit around and bellyache about the decscrimination my ancestors faced when they came to the US 150 years ago. The women whored themselves and the men would brawl for cash, hence the nickname "Fightin' Irish."
I'm not offended. 95% of us aren't. Just like 95% of Seminoles or Illini native Americans are not. Actually it's not that I'm not offended, it's that I don't give a shit. It's a mascot. It's not a blatant attempt to denigrate anyone's ancestry or glorify hegemony and genocide. It's a mascot.
Please tell me what is "hostile and abusive" about Fightin Illini. Is it "Fightin"? Is it the traditional gear that the cheif wears? How about the NOtre Dame mascot that depicts Irish as pugilistic leprechauns? Relax. It's a mascot!! Pretty soon nobody will be able to say or represent anything about anyone because of politically correct reactionaries like you.
- February 22, 2007 7:52 AM
- BARman said...
Paul--it's simple: Political Correctness has nothing to do with logic. It has to do with "minority rights" over majority opinion. I've never bought into it. We've become a society that would rather go out of our way to be offended by EVERYTHING, than retain some balance and humor. I could go on but won't...
- February 22, 2007 10:02 AM
How about changing the Illinois mascot to the "Fightin' Whities"? Oh wait no, that would offend me so much that I would lose sleep, leading to my getting fired from my job, leading to my homelessness, leading to my stealing from others to survive, and in time, leading to my total ruin. Oh these mascots are a slippery slope.
- February 22, 2007 10:08 AM
- Out of Conference said...
I could be wrong, BiB seems to be an authority on football topics like this, maybe he knows more, but I think FSU has the Seminole Tribe's (nation's?) written agreement/approval to use them as their mascot. With the way the Noles have been playing football lately, that may end.
I think it's bullshit that the NCAA dictates what is appropriate for a school to use as a mascot. It should be a local issue settled locally. The NCAA should be there as moderator and host to college athletics in an environment agreed upon by member institutions. It should not take on a life of it's own. Wasn't it UGA that pulled out of the NCAA many years ago and basically helped start the college football association, or something like that, bringing other schools with it and forcing the NCAA to rethink its policy that UGA didn;t like? I think the issue muight have been TV rights.
Next thing you know, the NCAA impose championship boycotts if state's decide to honor their state's history... oh wait, too late.
- February 22, 2007 10:43 AM
And if we're really keeping score on what university mascot is the most degrading, FSU's Seminole chief hasn't got anything on Jenn Sterger.
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- February 22, 2007 11:38 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
now that we've buried chief illiniwick, can we dig a grave for Amamker's tenure, too?
- February 22, 2007 11:56 AM
the reason that fsu is allowed to use their mascot is because it historically accurate, as the seminoles where a very aggressive/violent tribe. the illini, on the other hand, were a peaceful tribe. shouldn't you michigan grads know this
- February 22, 2007 12:12 PM
- dgarr22 said...
It's all about the boobies. FSU has the cowgirls and nobody else does. Now I am no FSU fan but...heck I started thinking about Jenn Sterger and forgot what I was going to say.
- February 22, 2007 12:19 PM
- Jim said...
I can see some white kid dancing around, pretending to be NA as offensive. I can see gross caricatures like Chief Wahoo as offensive. I can certainly see team names like the Redmen, Redskins, Savages (and, to a lesser extent, Indians and Braves) as offensive. Forget political correctness, how about a little sensitivity? I'm sorry, but the "Fightin' Irish" and the "Whities" are specious analogies, at best. How about the Slovenly Drunken Irish? Would that bother you?
There is a line, however. What I *don't* get are objections to team names born of genuine admiration and/or regional pride. I don't understand why Eastern and Central abandoned the Hurons and the Chippewa, and I don't think Illinois should have to drop the Illini (though perhaps they could change it to the Solemn and Respectful Illini, just to make everyone happy). So ditch the mascot, keep the nickname, and all is right in the world.
- February 22, 2007 12:31 PM
- NoleDude said...
Guys, love your blog. But boy did you fail to do your research on this one.
- February 22, 2007 12:35 PM
- Jim said...
Well to be technically accurate, the Seminoles were a conglomeration of several tribes (even including some freed slaves). And I'm going to guess they felt fairly justified in their "aggressive/violent" nature. "Damn savages! Why won't they just lie down and let us oppress them!"
I'm sure those nasty colonists seemed pretty violent and aggressive to the British, too.
Shouldn't you...anonymous grads know that?
- February 22, 2007 12:40 PM
- Out of Conference said...
Noledude - You were referring to the mascot issue, not the "distinguished university" bit with your comment, correct?
- February 22, 2007 1:47 PM
- Yost said...
This is an issue where my first reaction is it's the PC Police in action.
However, not being Native American, I can't say I can put myself in the shoes of somebody who is. However, if indeed the Seminole tribe gave their blessing, then to criticize FSU for their mascot is unfair.
- February 22, 2007 1:52 PM
- VictoryCabal said...
A few years ago, when VT and Miami joined the ACC conference, there was a commercial that had all of the ACC mascots dancing around, and then the Hokie Bird and the Miami Ibis came down, and joined in the dance number.
Sure it was silly, but in a fun way. However, while Chief Oceola (FSU's guy) was in commercial, he wasn't dancing around like the rest of the mascots. It was a more... shall we say dignified... portrayal.
And I think that's part of FSU's deal with the Seminole tribe. The school can use the mascot and the Seminole name, but it has to be in a dignified and historically accurate way.
From what I understand (and I admit that I'm not expert on the matter) Illinois' Chief Illiniwick is a different matter. It's neither dignified, nor historically accurate. Just some dude in feathers jumping around. As one commentator described it: It's like watching a minstrel show.
FSU has a substantial relationship with the Florida Seminole tribe, does lots of different programs with them, and works to use the Seminole imagery in a respectful way. That's the difference.
/doesn't like FSU anyway
//Go Hokies.
- February 22, 2007 3:30 PM
I think most people were offended because Illiniwek's costume and dance were completely made up. The American Indians had no influence on the building of the University or the use of their image. That was more like the sight of their genocide. At least Notre Dame has Irish connections.* You have to be careful here, look at the old minstrel shows that nobody had a problem with.
*"Notre Dame's nickname is inherited from Irish immigrant soldiers who fought in the Civil War with New York City's Irish Brigade"... "Notre Dame's claim to the nickname is justified since its third president was a famous Irish Brigade chaplain whose ministrations at Gettysburg are commemorated in the "Absolution Under Fire," part of Notre Dame's permanent art collection." (Wikipedia)
- February 22, 2007 3:55 PM
Check out the documentary "In Whose Honor?" by Jay Rosenstein for the other side of the debate. Much of the anti-Indian mascot protesting began at UofI.
- February 22, 2007 4:09 PM
- Jim said...
I just skimmed the list on the "In Whose Honor" site of the schools that changed their mascots/nicknames. Why is it that so many change to some variation of "Storm"? I counted at least five. I blame soccer.
- February 22, 2007 4:45 PM
- Out of Conference said...
Re: why so many changed their name to something that included "Storm" in the name.
I guess becaue Red Commie Pinko Bitches just doesn't have the same roll off the tongue, as say, "Red Storm"
- February 22, 2007 9:57 PM
Yea who cares what the Seminole Tribe think when a bunch of white people don't like it
- February 24, 2007 2:14 PM
- TitleIX said...
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- February 24, 2007 2:46 PM
I wonder how long it will be before some Illini students have the balls to show up at the B-ball games dressed up as slot machines.
- February 27, 2007 5:25 PM


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Yesterday the temperature dropped down to minus 25 C
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I went out on the ice – but stayed out way too long –
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CARY-East Chapel Hill High School women's lacrosse claimed the state title on Saturday with a 15-13 win over Charlotte Catholic at WakeMed Stadium in Cary.
This is the first state championship for head coach Michelle Michaels since coming to East Chapel Hill four years ago—and she says it's a victory that she's been waiting for over the past several seasons.
"We've made it to the semis three times, and this is the first time we've made it past that, so it's been a long time in coming," she says. "I felt like we were right there every year. We'd always lose in the playoffs in a tight game. We just got good competition in our section and region, and we knew we just needed to get past the region."
Sydney Holman was named the tournament's MVP, with five goals and four assists in the championship game alone. Holman ends the season with 128 goals—that's the most ever in North Carolina High School Athletic Association history.
Holman is a UNC recruit and will begin playing for the Heels next fall. She's also the sister of Tar Heel men's lacrosse standout Marcus Holman. Michaels says it's bittersweet to see Holman move on.
"She's put in a good four years, as well as our other seniors, and they've helped me form this program," she says. "I hate to lose a kid of that caliber, but I'm excited to watch what she can do for Carolina."
Farrell Guest, Marrissa Creatore, and Cassie Watters each netted two goals for the Wildcats in the championship game. East Chapel Hill also saw single goals from Allison Morsberger, Cassie Watters, Quin Cullen, Elizabeth Jensen, and Chrissy Kolk, who scored the goal that sealed the victory.
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As the Flat Rock Playhouse comes closer to reaching its $250,000 fundraising goal, theater leaders are increasingly confident they will emerge in 2013 leaner but still able to pull off 24 productions.
As the Flat Rock Playhouse comes closer to reaching its $250,000 fundraising goal, theater leaders are increasingly confident they will emerge in 2013 leaner but still able to pull off 24 productions.
"We believe very strongly there's going to be a 2013 season," said Producing Artistic Director Vincent Marini. But he stressed that ticket sales, season subscriptions and donations must be sustained if the 60-year-old theater company is to avoid closure.
At a Flat Rock Village Council meeting Monday, Playhouse officials released a 2013 business plan that outlines steps the cash-strapped theater company will take in order to solidify its finances.
Those steps include building shows "that have life beyond here," said Bill McKibbin, president of the Playhouse's board of trustees. The theater successfully exported its Music on the Rock series to Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, S.C., he said, and will do two private shows at Harrah's Cherokee Casino next year.
"We hope this is just a test-the-waters and more of those will come," McKibbin told council members.
The Playhouse plans to reduce its operating budget to $4 million in 2013, down $249,000 from this year, by reducing the scope and number of shows it produces, cutting its payroll and hiring a general manager to oversee finances and negotiate contracts. Under the plan, the nonprofit theater will take in $54,053 more than it spends in 2013.
The theater's 2013 budget shows a $46,796 cut in "general theatre operations" from 2012 and a $139,636 decrease in production costs. Marini told the council the Playhouse is reducing its administrative staff and cutting the actor payroll by 25 percent, "which is pretty significant for us."
Additionally, Marini said the theater has $301,460 in automatic cuts that will kick in if revenue projections aren't met at points throughout the year. The bulk of those — $216,000 worth — would occur in the areas of "theatre operations" and "production expenses," according to the business plan.
"We'll continue to cut," McKibbin told the council. "We thought we'd cut all the fat out of the program; we did that in 2011. These cuts actually cut into the muscle, which would make it difficult to walk into future years. But I do not want to be back here" (talking to council members) next year.
On the revenue side, theater leaders project they will sell 92,000 tickets next year, slightly less than the 95,753 they sold in 2011. The 2013 budget anticipates the Playhouse will generate $4.12 million in total revenues, including $3.1 million from ticket sales and concessions, $798,000 in contributions and $167,000 from education programs.
Since 2008, the theater has been successful growing individual and corporate donations, Marini said, but conceded "the big area we're missing is grants." Most theaters the size of the Playhouse receive $200,000 to $400,000 in grants per year, he said; the Playhouse has never gotten more than $25,000.
"So there's a lot of work to be done there," Marini said.
The addition of a $5,000 grant this week from the Perry Rudnick Endowment — part of the Community Foundation of Henderson County — means that close to $200,000 has already been committed to the Playhouse, said Development Director Lynn Penny. That includes $50,000 of a $100,000 matching grant released by an anonymous donor Tuesday.
Although scaled back, the theater's 2013 schedule strikes a balance between appealing to older patrons — a shrinking demographic for the theater — while luring in younger playgoers who are the Playhouse's future, leaders said.
The 2013 schedule includes eight Mainstage productions, down two from this year; five downtown productions, two fewer than this year; and one fewer Music on the Rock show. Two YouTheatre productions are planned, the same as this year.
Marini told village council the Playhouse is maximizing its Music on the Rock tributes because two-thirds of those shows sold out this year.
In addition to cutting the number of shows to "increase demand," Marini said the theater isn't overlapping as many productions between its two venues.
"Only during the highest of the high season is there any overlap at all," he said, to avoid cannibalizing audiences.
Several theaters nationwide are interested in bringing Playhouse shows to their venues, Penny said, including 2011's "Music of the Night" and 2012's "My Favorite Things" and "Zelda." She said the concept of exporting Playhosue products is not new, just one that hasn't been used much recently.
Former Executive Director "Robin Farquhar did this often," she said. "Two shows I was in went to Charlotte Repertory Theatre and Appalachian State University in the '90s."
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WCSU Police Officer LaClair honored for life-saving action
Regional college law enforcement organization cites professional response to emergency
DANBURY, CONN. — Western Connecticut State University Police Officer James LaClair recently received recognition from the Northeast Colleges and Universities Security Association (NECUSA) for swift and decisive action that helped to save the life of a youth found unconscious in August 2011 at a WCSU residence hall.
LaClair accepted the NECUSA Robert Bunker Award for Outstanding Performance at the awards banquet held June 27, 2012, during the association's 59th annual conference in Hyannis, Mass.
The award honored LaClair for his response to an assistance call received by the WCSU Police Department on the evening of Aug. 29, 2011, reporting a medical emergency at a university residence hall in Danbury. Upon his arrival at the scene, LaClair found an unconscious and unresponsive young man and took immediate action to radio for an ambulance and restore the youth's breathing by establishing a clear airway. He continued to assist with care until emergency medical service responders arrived to transport the patient to Danbury Hospital, where the youth made a full recovery.
In a message of thanks to LaClair following the incident, WCSU President James W. Schmotter observed the youth's survival could be attributed to "your professional and effective response. This work does you, the university police force and WCSU proud."
WCSU Police Chief and NECUSA President Neil McLaughlin credited LaClair for a thorough investigation that led to identification of drugs used in the incident involving the youth and the WCSU student whom he was visiting at the time. Noting that the Western student subsequently made a voluntary commitment to obtain treatment for addiction to prescription pain medications, McLaughlin said, "the actions taken by Officer LaClair epitomize the professionalism required to meet the challenges of campus law enforcement. In all likelihood, he saved two lives that evening."
LaClair previously received the Civilian Award of Merit from the Danbury Fire Department for his life-saving action in the August 2011 incident.
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CHEROKEE - After beating Cherokee 61-13 back on Dec. 14, Class 3A, No. 3 Estherville Lincoln Central had a little more trouble with the Braves in the teams' second meeting on Friday.
Maggie McCauley started for Sara Heywood, who was held out for precautionary reasons, and most the most of her extra time on the court.
She hit four 3-pointers in the contest and finishes with a game-high 18 points in ELC's 56-40 victory.
Cherokee tried to limit the Midgets' scoring with a zone defense and held an early 8-5 lead.
But McCauley's first 3-pointer of the night tied the game and then Macy Dahl hit a half-court shot before the first-quarter buzzer to give ELC an 11-8 lead.
Casey Sievert hit a 3-pointer early in the second quarter to help ELC lead 16-8, but it took a couple 3-pointers by McCauley to help ELC stretch its advantage to 24-12 later in the period.
Cherokee made a run at the end of the half though to cut the deficit to 26-20.
The Braves rallied in the third quarter and cut the deficit to two, 30-28.
McCauley responded with her fourth trey of the night that sparked a 9-0 ELC run. Emily Kirchner Casey Sievert and Allie Sievert all scored baskets in the run as ELC led 39-28 after three quarters.
Cherokee got as close as eight in the fourth quarter, but the Midgets made free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.
Kirchner and Casey Sievert each had 12 points while Allie Sievert had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Dahl finished with four points.
Megan Hummel led Cherokee with 13 points.
ELC was 14-of-21 from the free throw line compared to Cherokee's 3-of-6.
The Midgets (16-2 overall, 10-1 in the Lakes Conference) travels to Spirit Lake on Friday.
Editor's note: Emily Kirchner was named Radio Iowa's Class 3A INS Player of the Week. She averaged 18 points, seven rebounds and three steals in a pair of wins. Kirchner scored 26 of the Midgets 37 points in a victory over Spencer. She also hauled down seven rebounds and recorded two steals.
Also, after her 12 points at Cherokee, Kirchner has 990 career points.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's efforts to screen and remove non-U.S. citizens from the voter rolls will soon be revived.
A federal court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit that a Hispanic civic organization and two naturalized citizens filed last year to block the contentious voter purge.
The lawsuit became moot because of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June. That decision halted enforcement of a federal law that required all or parts of 15 states with a history of discrimination in voting to get federal approval before changing the way they hold elections.
The groups fighting the state had argued that Florida's efforts to remove suspected non-U.S. citizens needed to be cleared by federal authorities first because five counties in the state had been subject to the federal law.
Also Wednesday, the U.S. District Court in Tampa lifted a five-month old stay that had prevented Florida from sending any new names of potential non-U.S. citizens to county election officials while the lawsuit was pending.
Secretary of State Ken Detzner said in court filings the state plans to resume removal of voters.
Detzner wrote in an email response to the Associated Press that a timeline of when that effort will resume has not yet been determined.
Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, said the dismissal of the lawsuit was "inevitable" after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
"We have to now find and polish off other weapons to defend the right to vote in Florida," Simon said.
The lawsuit filed in Tampa was one of several skirmishes in the run-up to last year's presidential election over the state's effort to find and remove non-U.S. citizens on the rolls.
Among those who filed the lawsuit was Murat Limage, a Haitian American who became a naturalized citizen in October 2010 and registered to vote afterward. Limage said he received a letter in the spring of 2012 asking him to prove his citizenship.
It was Republican Gov. Rick Scott who first pushed to have the state look for non-U.S. citizens on the rolls. The state initially compared a list of driver's licenses with voter registration data and came up with a potential list of 180,000 voters suspected of not being citizens.
That list was pared back to a much smaller one — of more than 2,600 registered voters — that was sent to county election officials last year. Many election supervisors, however, did not wind up removing anyone after questions about the law and the accuracy of the list arose.
Florida then reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to screen names on a federal immigration database. That yielded a list of nearly 200 names. Some of those on that list included voters who admitted that they are not citizens.
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CHIPPEWA BAY – The Chippewa Bay Fish & Game Club will host the 5th annual River Ray Rugged Woman's Competition during its corn roast, Saturday, Sept 4.
The competition involves a timed obstacle course that includes balancing on a log, setting a tip up, splitting wood, hammering, casting and shooting.They are looking for 10 women who would like to compete. To register, contact Lisa Gallagher at 324-5720 or [email protected]. Deadline for registration is Aug. 23.


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On CNN today, a repulsive person named Marc Lamont Hill, a professor at Columbia University, expressed a certain sympathy for the deservedly dead murderer Chris Dorner, and said that watching his murder spree and manhunt was "almost like watching Django Unchained in real life. It's kind of exciting."
Here is what Hill, a Columbia professor who bills himself as a "hip-hop intellectual," finds exciting: Dorner's shooting to death four innocent people, including a couple who had gotten engaged four days earlier, and two cops who left behind wives and small children.
The scummy Hill, of course, is a racist. Sounds like he's made a decent media career out of it. I wish he were forced to stand in front of the grieving widows, children, mothers and fathers and tell them how "exciting" he found the Dorner drama.


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Move over, February! October is turning out to be the sweetest month of the year. From Red Delicious and McIntosh to Gala and Granny Smith, all kinds of apples are ripe for the picking during the cool, fall season. Caramel is enjoyed all over the world for its sweet, gooey goodness and is considered a perfect accompaniment to apples. What better way to celebrate Apple Month and Caramel Month than by cooking up delectable recipes that combine these two treats?
Caramel Apple Pie ala Mode
When it comes to desserts, nothing is as wholesome and comforting as a slice of freshly baked, home-made apple pie. This mouthwatering Caramel Apple Pie is a modern take on the all-time classic recipe, incorporating a healthy helping of caramel sauce and the captivating flavor of rum into the filling.
Serve your family or guests a warm slice of this apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and they'll be craving for more. If you want caramel sauce that's even more decadent, cook a batch of this maple caramel sauce for a sinfully sweet and velvety final touch.


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TOPIC:healthy people should take care of HIV-infected ones. discuss
HIV is known as one of the most serious diseases ever in the world. Despite the fact that people who meet this disease are very weak and miserable, many people think that we should stay away from HIV-infected people because it's very dangerous. However, to my perspective, we should take care of these unlucky people for these following reasons.
first of all, helping other people, especially misfortunate people, is a moral requirement. what make human be the most senior animal in the world is the emotion. We live together in the same world and we need to help each other in order to make the world better. therefore, if you are human and have emotion, it's right to take care of HIV-infected people as your friend.
Moreover, we have to take responsibilities for our mistakes. Most HIV-people meet this disease because of our bad education. Most of politicians often promise to their citizens that they will improve the education standard in order to make our children become a good citizens and have a better life. However, arcording to recent research, the number of crime and also HIV-people are increasing rapidly. Therefore, it's our responsibility to correct our faults.
Supporter of staying away from HIV people may say that it's waste of time and very dangerous because HIV virus can infect our body at anytime. Nevertheless, this theory has some merits on the surface.HIV-virus just affects our body by blood way, not by communication.
In short, it's undeniable that HIV is a very dangerous disease. However, we must have responsibility to take care and encourage them to become an useful people for the world.


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The local commercial real estate market is a tale of two sectors, with the industrial sector showing signs of improvement while the overall office sector – outside the prized East Memphis submarket – continues to struggle through the first three months of the year, according to recent reports.
The Memphis industrial market started the year on a good note, posting more than 1 million square feet of absorption, according to first quarter reports on the industrial and office sectors from Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors. That's compared to 2 million square feet of new empty space through the first three months of 2012. Vacancy rates have dropped to 14.9 percent.
The Southeast submarket saw the most leasing activity in the first quarter, including TJ Maxx taking 414,504 square feet at Building D in Chickasaw Distribution Center and 237,952 square feet leased by Patterson Warehouse at 295 Marathon Way and 194,000 square feet leased by Patterson Warehouse at 601 Expressway.
The average market rental rate rose .06 cents to $2.63 per square foot. Rents are now up 5 percent from the 2011 low of $2.50 per square foot.
While numbers improved through the first three months of the year, there remains cause for caution and concern because of decreased demand. The Commercial Advisors report said industrial users were scouting 6 million square feet of space in the first quarter, down from 15 million square feet in the third quarter of 2012.
Commercial Advisors president and CEO Larry Jensen said a closer look at the numbers showed that industrial and office sectors that usually do well remain to do so, while those with perennial problems continue to struggle, dragging down the numbers for the total Memphis market in each sector.
"I have been a proponent for a long time for more microanalysis in submarkets," Jensen said.
Jensen pointed to industrial activity in DeSoto County as an example. Through the first quarter, the DeSoto County submarket saw 359,707 square feet of absorption, second behind 508,923 square feet of absorption in the Southwest market.
For 2012, DeSoto County tallied 1 million square feet of absorption. The only other Memphis submarket to post positive absorption numbers last year was the Northwest submarket, with 281,966 square feet.
"The industrial market has been very healthy in North Mississippi because they understand what it takes to get business," Jensen said. "They are not an enemy. They are a submarket. We need to realize that is a viable, healthy submarket and we need to judge ourselves and say, 'Are we doing what it takes to be competitive?'"
Outside the stable East Memphis submarket, the Commercial Advisors report found the rest of the office sector still struggling. The overall market gained 57,912 square feet of empty office space in the first quarter, with the vacancy rate rising 0.3 percentage points to 18.9 percent.
The largest vacancy happened when the sublease at 1023 Cherry Road expired when local investor Brad Martin re-bought the property, which was formerly home to Harrah's Entertainment Inc., Promus and Holiday Inn. The properties there totaled 59,604 square feet.
The report said the East Memphis submarket continues to power along, fueled in particular by six Class A plus buildings east of Poplar Avenue and Interstate 240 in East Memphis. The vacancy rate among those buildings rests at 9.8 percent, far below the 18.9 percent vacancy rate for the overall Memphis market.
"Look at Class A in East Memphis, it's as healthy of a submarket of anywhere I know of in the Southeast," Jensen said.


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Why Valentine's Day Is Good For Singles
Develop a Relationship With Yourself: Know that your relationship status doesn't define your happiness. Happiness is an inside job so seek to find out more about yourself and do things you enjoy and DISCOVER what makes you happy.
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VD can actually be a blessing in disguise for single people. Think about it: If you're single, you don't have to worry about giving your partner anything so you have less to worry about altogether.
That's right… I said it… VD (aka Valentine's Day) can be awesome for single people! We're coming up on one of the holidays that Singles usually dread the most: Valentine's Day! If you are single, I going to tell you how Valentine's Day can be one of the most empowering days of the year.
Now I do realize how this can be a difficult time for Singles. With all the flowers, heart-shaped candy and happy couples everywhere, it can be a constant reminder that you don't have someone special in your life. But this year we're going to celebrate and enjoy Valentine's Day even if we're single.
If You're Single, Consider This:
It's important to learn to be happy while you're single. Single people are beginning to realize that they actually have a lot of time to create a meaningful life for themselves, and they are deciding to pursue their dreams. What are you really passionate about, and what do you enjoy doing? Do you have a rich social life with great friends and loving family members? Being single is the best time to discover what you want out of life and to focus on creating the life you've always dreamed of! Maximize your career, interests, hobbies and relationships while you're single, and make that time the best days of your life.
If you are unhappily single, it will be important to change that so you can get the most out of your single days. I strongly believe that everyone must first learn to be happy without a mate. I know that if my life isn't already fulfilled when I meet a man, than neither he nor marriage can make me happy or fulfilled. Nothing outside of YOU can produce long-lasting satisfaction and happiness—no mate, money, job, house or car can produce true fulfillment in life.
5 Tips for Singles on Valentine's Day!
Pamper Yourself: Treat yourself to a spa treatment, massage or luxurious bath. Sometimes just reading a good book or watching a movie marathon can be very relaxing.
Re-Connect with Family and Friends: Think of 2-3 people that you keep saying you're going to call but haven't had the time to do so. It could be a parent, aunt/uncle, cousin, old college friend but call them…that familiar voice will be very happy to hear from you.
Have a Singles Valentine's Day Party: Get other singles together and have a party or go out on the town on Valentine's Day. One idea for a Singles party is where you and about 4-5 of your single friends all invite 3-4 of their single friends and you end up with a group of about 20-25 single people at a party and everyone is a "friend of a friend."
Develop a Relationship With Yourself: Know that your relationship status doesn't define your happiness. Happiness is an inside job so seek to find out more about yourself and do things you enjoy and DISCOVER what makes you happy.
Give to Community or Charity: Spread some love to others this Valentine's Day by doing some charity work or volunteering at shelters for women and children. This allows you give love into the lives of others and after all, isn't Valentine's Day about celebrating love!
Being single and alone can be a wonderful experience. It's the perfect time for adventure, fun, romance, self-discovery and renewal. Before you get into a relationship, learn to be happy alone. Work on your personal happiness and enjoying the wonderful friends and family in your life.
Author: J.J. Smith (www.jjsmithonline.com), a dating and relationship expert, author, radio host, passionate life coach, speaker and corporate executive. My dating and relationship expertise is in high demand, with recent appearances on NBC4, FOX5, NewsChannel8, Glamour, Ladies Home Journal, the Jamie Foxx Show, the Michael Baisden Show, Montel Williams: Montel Across America, and many others. I'm the author of Why I Love Men: The Joys of Dating, and the host of " Real Talk with JJ and The Fellas," is hot new internet radio show offering no-holds barred dating and relationship advice that has been grabbing listeners, both men and women alike, and keeping them coming back for more!
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Zenit St Petersburg have joined Arsenal in their reported pursuit of Palermo midfielder Josip Ilicic as the Serie A club prepare to cash-in on their prized asset in the summer transfer window following relegation.
According to talkSPORT, Arsenal are monitoring the situation of the highly-rated Slovenia international, but could be outbid in their apparent chase by big-spending Russian giants Zenit.
The St Petersburg club demonstrated their financial clout during the summer transfer window with the high-profile acquisitions of Hulk and Axel Witsel, although Ilicic would be available for a reduced fee given Palermo's financial position.
Arsenal are reported to be in the market for reinforcements in midfield and Ilicic could provide Arsene Wenger with the some added creativity and goals, given his 10 strikes in 31 league appearances for Palermo this term.
The Gunners have also been linked with moves for former captain Cesc Fabregas and ex-holding midfielder Alex Song - both of Barcelona - during the summer transfer window, although forward acquisitions are likely to be a priority for the north London club.
Arsenal are already reported to have entered into talks with Fiorentina regarding the signing of Stevan Jovetic, while the likes of Robert Lewandowski and Edin Dzeko have also been mentioned as targets for Wenger.
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