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The teenager, who admitted to drawing inspiration from Edoardo Molinari's Gleneagles victory and Ryder Cup call-up, matched the lowest round of his short professional career by grabbing seven birdies for a seven under par 64.
After finishing 13th in The 2009 Open Championship and 36th at The Masters Tournament in April - leads England's Graeme Storm and Finn Mikko Ilonen by one.
Manassero is trying to become the youngest winner in European Tour history, but would happily settle for earning enough to avoid Qualifying School in November.
A top five finish could do that after receiving the sixth of the seven invitations he is allowed this season.
"It was a perfect round of golf and a great start to a tournament that is very important to me," said the Verona player, whose other start will be the Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland next month.
Asked about Molinari and his brother Francesco both making Europe's side for the coming match at The Celtic Manor Resort Manassero added: "It's a big inspiration for me and all the guys growing up in Italy.
"It's unbelievable what they are doing. I watched Edoardo's win on Sunday - it was beautiful."
Storm and Ilonen are also former British Amateur Champions and they have already gone on to European Tour success.
Winner of the Alstom Open de France three years ago, Storm came back from an opening bogey with seven birdies, while Ilonen, with victories in Indonesia and Sweden to his name, sank a bunker shot on his final hole to join him in second place.
"It was an entertaining round," said the Finn. "I didn't strike the ball the best but I managed to put a good score on the card.
"I had a couple of chip-ins coming in. On the last I holed out from the bunker for a four and it was a great way to finish with a 65.
"I had a chip-in on the fifth as well. It was a tricky pin there and I went over the green with the second shot and chipped in. I didn't have too many putts today."
Storm added: "I've been playing really nice for a while and it's been frustrating so it was nice to get a good round under my belt. The game is consistent but to be perfectly honest I haven't holed many putts for a while. That is my best putting round all year.
"I love the venue and the course is growing on me. If the ball trickles off the green and you make a bogey you have to smile and get on with it. There is no better place than Crans when the weather is like this."
Molinari, who is taking three weeks off after this event to rest and then prepare for his Ryder Cup debut, did not drop a stroke, but was lucky at the long 15th when his pulled third shot was pulled into the trees, but came out just short of the green.
He was playing with twice Open Champion Greg Norman, the 55 year old Australian managing a four over 75 on his long-awaited return 12 months after shoulder surgery.
Miguel Angel Jiménez, the other member of Europe's side in the field, had a 67, the same as Ryder Cup vice-captain Darren Clarke.
When Norman – golf's legendary Great White Shark – stepped up to the first tee, he did so as the newest member of Omega's family of brand ambassadors.
Omega and Norman made the announcement as the event got underway at the scenic Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club.
Norman joins a roster of Omega ambassadors which includes fellow golfers Sergio Garcia and Michelle Wie, Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps, actors George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, supermodel Cindy Crawford and astronaut Buzz Aldrin among others.


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Cardiff boss Malky Mackay hailed debutant Fraizer Campbell after the striker scored two minutes after stepping off the substitutes' bench to secure a 1-0 win at Leeds.
The table-topping Bluebirds were second-best until Mackay introduced his £650,000 buy from Sunderland in an inspired 62nd-minute substitution. Young Leeds defender Sam Byram's careless clearance ran to Craig Bellamy whose low shot was expertly turned past Paddy Kenny by Campbell, who was immediately buried by his overjoyed new team-mates.
"I am delighted for Fraizer. He is very humble and has rapidly bought into our team ethic," Mackay said. "He is a willing runner and an intelligent footballer who knows where the goal is. He has not played a lot of football lately so the mind was willing and the flesh was weak, but he will soon be up to speed."
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Paradise Galleries announced yesterday that they are introducing new items in the Princess Catherine The "Royal Wedding" Doll's wardrobe, including her wedding reception gown and outfits worn during her North American tour with Prince William in July 2011.
The first dress in the collection is the Princess Catherine "Stunning Reception Gown," a replica of the dress Kate wore during the post-wedding dinner dance at Buckingham Palace. The two additional dresses that complete this collection are from Prince William and Princess Catherine's first North American tour as a Royal couple.
The Princess Catherine "Canada Day Ceremony Ensemble" includes a custom-made red maple-leaf hat worn in celebration of Canada Day. This ensemble was worn for Kate's engagement photo and then again for the North American tour by adding Queen Elizabeth's Maple Leaf Broach.
The Princess Catherine "North American Tour Blue Lace Dress" is the third dress in the Royal collection. Paradise Galleries has recreated the dress, blue lace lined with white sateen, for the Princess Catherine doll.
In addition to the three new Princess Catherine fashion outfits, the Princess Catherine The "Royal Wedding" Doll, and a Replica Engagement Ring, Paradise Galleries is the first U.S. Company to actually make a William doll, a companion piece that completes the Royal Collection. The full line is available for sale on the Paradise Galleries website: www.paradisegalleries.com.


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As 15-year-old goalie Kris Oldham (yes, you read that right, 15) was walking past Kenai River Brown Bears coach Oliver David in the Soldotna Sports Center hallway after the Bears 7-5 win over the Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild on Friday, David asked Oldham how he had liked picking up the win in his junior hockey debut.
"It was awesome," Oldham said, his cherubic face looking out of place propped on a 6-foot-4 frame outfitted with bulging goalie gear. "I had fun."
They ain't all like this one, kid. Not even close.
It's not often the Wild and the Bears each give up four power-play goals, not when Wenatchee entered the evening No. 2 in the North American Hockey League on the penalty kill while Kenai River was at No. 5.
It's not often momentum swings this wildly — the Bears led 1-0, the Wild led 2-1, the Bears led 5-2, and the Wild tied the game at 5 before Kenai River's push to the finish.
It's not often Bliss Littler, USA Hockey's winningest coach in junior play, loses a sixth straight game.
And it's not often that a game-winner is scored like that of Alex Jackstadt's. With 8 minutes, 36 seconds, to play, Jackstadt dove on the ice to try and keep the puck in the offensive zone and possibly shovel it ahead to Zack Zulkanycz.
The puck ricocheted off Jackstadt's stick and fluttered over the stunned Wenatchee goaltender and into the net, to the delight of the 721 in attendance.
"It was a lucky bounce," David said. "We won the game on a lucky bounce.
"At the same time, the effort on that play was tremendous."
The win was the fourth in five games for the Bears and puts them at 25-24-6, good for third place in the division. Wenatchee is now 36-13-6 and one point behind Fairbanks for first in the division, so if the playoffs started today, the Bears and Wild would face off.
"We just gave up a lot of chances we don't normally give up," Littler said. "A lot of credit goes to Kenai.
"They're clearly very opportunistic. I don't know how they're a .500 team. They give us fits."
Brad Duwe, Vince Stefan and captain Zac Lazzaro led the charge. Duwe had two goals and three assists, Stefan had a goal and three assists, and Lazzaro buried two goals.
Those efforts spoiled a hat trick by Wenatchee's Chris Kerr and three assists each for Joshua Hartley and Noah Nelson.
Kenai River's game plan was to keep the pressure off Oldham, an affiliate player from the Alaska Junior Aces Under-16 program and the youngest player to ever don a Bears uniform.
With 14:06 left in the first, Lazzaro got that plan off to a good start with a power-play goal.
Then the Bears' Dylan Meier received a five-minute major and was ejected for a cross-check. A penalty on Matt Seidel set up a 5-on-3, and Kerr quickly tallied two goals, although the second technically came in the first seconds of the 5-on-4.
"The game plan was not to give the referee or anyone reason to take you off the ice, because we were giving a 15-year-old his first junior start," David said. "We didn't do a good job of protecting him."
In the second period, the Bears gave Oldham some breathing room. At the 15:07 mark, Stefan whistled a one-time, power-play slapper from the slot past Wenatchee goalie Robert Nichols.
With 13:36 to play and Wenatchee on the power play, Duwe had the goal of the night. He forced a turnover and broke out to a 2-on-1, beating Nichols high on his glove side.
Just 1:34 later, Seidel found Albin Karlsson wide open in front of the net for a goal. Littler then pulled Nichols, saying after the game the move was as much about firing up his team as it was about changing goalies.
"We outworked them in the second period," Stefan said. "We were winning the races to the puck."
Just 2:34 into the third period, Lazzaro again struck on the power play for a 5-2 lead, but Wenatchee wasted no time cutting into that lead.
A minute later, Kerr knifed through the slot for his hat trick. Power-play goals by Jacob Barber and Joe Sullivan had the game tied with 10:40 to play.
"We tried to stay up on the bench," Stefan said. "We kept our cool. We didn't get down at all."
David said the Wild did a great job of driving the puck hard to the net during the comeback.
After Jackstadt's tally at 8:36, Kenai River had to kill one more penalty with 3:59 left in the game.
Alec Butcher, who like Oldham and Jackstadt learned his hockey in Anchorage, made a pivotal play when he stole the puck near the blue line, raced out on a breakaway and drew a penalty shot with 2:40 to play.
Butcher then had the presence of mind to put on his assistant coach's cap.
"Butcher came over and said, 'Maybe it'd be a good idea if I didn't take the shot, coach,'" David said.
The coach looked at the clock. If Kenai River took the penalty instead, Wenatchee would only have 40 seconds to score after the power play expired. Seidel had missed a penalty shot earlier in the evening, and Wenatchee missed one Thursday. David decided Butcher was right.
When the power play ended, the Wild pulled the goalie but never really had any time to set anything up, and Duwe slid the puck into the empty net with 5 seconds left.
"Duwe has been on the upswing for three games in a row," David said. "He has proved he wants to be a player."
Duwe did not join the club until late November and was beginning to find his form when he was hit by two concussions in early January. He came back in mid-February and now has eight points in March.
"It's definitely coming back, but a lot of it has to do with the team," Duwe said. "I can get better, and this team can get better, too."
The Bears and Wild drop the puck at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
"We just want to get out of here with two points," said Littler, whose squad has played five games on an Alaska road trip and lost them all. "We're a beat-up team right now. We've been on the road six of the last seven weeks."
Brown Bears 7, Wild 5
Kenai River133—7
First period — 1. Kenai River, Lazzaro (Stefan, Duwe), pp, 5:54; 2. Wenatchee, Kerr (Nelson, Davis), pp, 15:39; 3. Wenatchee, Kerr (Nelson, Davis), pp, 16:51. Penalties — Wenatchee 2 for 4:00; Kenai River 4 for 19:00.
Second period — 4. Kenai River, Stefan (Duwe, Bushinski), pp, 4:53; 5. Kenai River, Duwe (un.), 6:24; 6. Kenai River, Karlsson (Stefan, Seidel), 7:58. Penalties — Wenatchee 3 for 9:00; Kenai River 3 for 9:00.
Third period — 7. Kenai River, Lazzaro (Duwe, Stefan), pp, 2:34; 8. Wenatchee, Kerr (McHugh, Hartley), 3:35; 9. Wenatchee, Barber (Nelson, Hartley), pp, 5:24; 10. Wenatchee, Sullivan (Hartley), pp, 9:20; 11. Kenai River, Jackstadt (Butcher, Zulkanycz), pp, 11:24; 12. Kenai River, Duwe (Davidson, Walker), 19:55. Penalties — Wenatchee 6 for 12:00; Kenai River 6 for 12:00.
Shots on goal — Wenatchee 12-10-14—36; Kenai River 11-12-17—40.
Goalies — Wenatchee, Nichols (26 shots, 21 saves); Kenai River, Schmit (13 shots, 12 saves).
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Teens who use the Grove Hall Library filled out a survey telling us their favorite musicians, actors, books, and video or computer games. Every day this week, we will vote to see who is your favorite in each category. Tune in Tuesday to vote for actors and actresses, Wednesday for video and computer games, Thursday for books, and Friday for musicians. Winners will be revealed on Saturday! You can find today's poll for favorite musicians here. Anyone is welcome to vote!
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Food: 3 stars
Service: 3 stars
Ambience: 2 stars
Price: $
Address: 33 S. Main St., Longmont
Contact: 303-996-1010, facebook.com/SantaFeCoffee AndBurritoCompany
Hours: 7 a.m.-2 p.m. daily
Credit cards: Accepted
Noise level: Low. Not the best place to start a heated, high-volume argument about green chile since you'd probably disrupt other diners' enjoyment of their meals and the low-key setting
LONGMONT -- Those of us in the Rocky Mountain states generally tend to be an easygoing bunch when it comes to regional cookery. We don't engage in the spirited arguments that Kansas City and Memphis partisans get into over the virtues of their respective barbecue. Even more rarely do we ratchet up tensions to the levels of a Scorsese mob movie such as when New Yorkers and Chicagoans mix it up over who produces superior pizza.
Yet there's one regional dish that does literally and figuratively inflame us otherwise mellow mountain folk, and that's green chile. Otherwise milquetoast individuals will leap to their feet defending the chue from a greasy spoon across from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, while others will doggedly extol the virtues of a rundown joint in Espanola, N.M.
Closer to home, one finds staunch advocates making the case for the Santa Fe Coffee and Burrito Co., a breakfast and lunch spot centrally situated on Longmont's Main Street.
This humble cafe easily stands out among main-drag car dealerships and strip-mall shops; it's the freestanding place resembling a miniature adobe pueblo dotted with little viga crossbeams. Inside, it's a compact space with the basic upholstered banquettes and tables one might expect of an old-school coffee shop, which is what this place essentially is.
The gentlemanly owner, who hails from New Mexico, is constantly on hand to greet customers and top off their coffee. After receiving a friendly hello from him, my dining companion and I snagged one of the last available tables during the Sunday breakfast rush. Our server promptly handed out menus and brought us cups of the $1.75 medium-roast coffee, full-bodied yet smooth and a noticeable cut above what one usually finds at this price.
Standard-issue, two-egg breakfasts, paired with meats ranging from bone-in ham to German sausage, are on tap, as are three-egg omelets and skillets. But the star a.m. attractions fall under the heading of "Southwest Favorites" and include huevos rancheros and green chile-slathered variations on the breakfast burrito theme.
Among the lunch offerings, there are bowls of green and red chile, respectively freighted with pork and beef, matched with two tortillas at the rock-bottom price of $4.95 for a large bowl. Additional Southwestern offerings include chimichangas and a cheese enchilada plate. Burgers and entree salads also share menu space with straight-up diner staples such as chicken fried steak and BLTs.
My friend chose the $8.50 Coronado, essentially a classic Mexican-American combo plate reinterpreted for the breakfast crowd. Peppy chorizo sausage, folded into two fluffy scrambled eggs, made for a substantial component successfully balancing moderate spice with the egg's smooth taste. A side of beans and rice possessed more appealing texture and livelier flavor than typical Mexican restaurant offerings, but the star of the platter was the centerpiece chile relleno.
The medium-sized relleno was loaded up with plenty of cheese. It was as good as a deep-fried, as opposed to pan-fried, relleno gets. On the outside, the batter was crisp but not so thick as to detract from the chile's manageable heat and the dairy-s irresistible gooeyness.
The Santa Fe breakfast burritos come in two sizes, and a generously sized large costs $7.25. Feeling extravagant, I dropped an extra $1.25 to add chorizo to augment the already substantial filling of potato, scrambled eggs and cheese. The spuds were properly tender without being mushy, and as was the case with the Coronado plate, the eggs were fine.
But this filling and the outer tortilla envelope were mere components of a green chile delivery system. Our genial server had indicated two chiles were available, mild and hot, and indicated that the more hotter of the two was closer to medium heat.
Unless you're seeking a blow your head off with the heat experience, this chile should suit most folks just fine. This Hatch chile preparation smothering the burrito carried enough spice to build up an appealing subtle burn in the mouth. Bright best describes this chile's flavor, unsurprising considering it's made fresh daily. The best chiles present more than just raw fire, and this version did just that by letting the pepper's fruitier flavor shine through.
Although the Santa Fe Coffee and Burrito Co.'s green chile might not be the most incendiary, it nevertheless is a must-try for those preferring a milder bowl. Couple that with reasonable prices, and you have a welcoming spot worthy of many culinary arguments in its favor, even if that isn't usually in our nature.


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Who Needs Bloomers? Join the Theater!
Who Needs Bloomers? Join the Theater!
Miss M.A. Gannon. The Dramatic Wonder, 12 yrs of Age, as Little Pickle. Boston: Thayer & Co., 1841.
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Adolescent girls in pants are rarely depicted in print in the nineteenth century. Mary Gannon, a stage performer in Boston and New York, donned trousers for a role in the farce The Spoil'd Child. This lithograph was probably done as a promotional piece for the theater – it was found with another image of Mary (in a lovely lace gown) in the role of Mademoiselle Josephine. Gannon worked steadily as a performer for her whole life, and was highly regarded as a dependable and amusing soubrette.


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Summer Job Fair – Double JJ Ranch – Rothbury, MI
Double JJ's Summer Job Fair to be Held Saturday, April 20
Double JJ Resort
5900 Water Road, PO Box 94, Rothbury MI 49452
Phone: (231)894-4444
Website: www.doublejj.com
As the Double JJ Resort begins to gear up for the summer season, the resort will be increasing the number of employees to over 400, hiring roughly 200 new staff members. To prepare for the large number of summer visitors, hiring for all areas of the resort will take place at the upcoming Job Fair. Positions to be filled include wranglers, front desk, housekeeping, restaurant/bars, maintenance, entertainment/activities, and lifeguards. The Double JJ Resort is proud to continue to be able to draw from the workforce right here in West Michigan.
To make the hiring process more streamlined, the Double JJ Resort will be holding a job fair on Saturday, April 20. From 8am-12pm, we invite applicants to visit the Double JJ for an opportunity to submit their resumes and participate in an on-the-spot interview for their department of choice. The job fair will take place at the Back Forty Ranch inside of the Dance Hall.
To ensure speedy processing of applicants, we ask that individuals bring their resumes and applications to the above date as opposed to sending them to the resort early. Applications may be downloaded at the Double JJ website and filled out in advance.
For more information, visit us online at www.DoubleJJ.com. Affordable overnight lodging packages are available for night or weekend stays. Packages may be booked by calling 1-800-DoubleJJ or visitingwww.DoubleJJ.com.


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WASHINGTON - In an unexpected turn of events, the Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that it was not going to permit the emergency contraception pill, Plan B, to be sold over the counter without any age restriction. The agency's commissioner said she had planned to lift the age restrictions but was overruled by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
In dueling press statements, the two Obama administration appointees said they came to opposite conclusions about the safety of making Plan B available to girls under age 17.
The public disagreement was highly unusual, as was Sebelius's decision to pull rank on the FDA. Women's health groups were livid, seeing political motivations in the move as the president prepares to seek reelection next year.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg said "there is adequate and reasonable, well-supported, and science-based evidence that Plan B One-Step is safe and effective and should be approved for nonprescription use for all females of child-bearing potential.''
But Sebelius, who has authority over the FDA, said in her statement that "the switch from prescription to over the counter for this product requires that we have enough evidence to show that those who use this medicine can understand the label and use the product appropriately'' and that she does not believe that the manufacturer's application to make Plan B available over the counter met that standard. She said the studies submitted "did not contain data for all ages for which this product would be available for use.''
She directed the FDA to tell the manufacturer, Teva Pharmaceuticals, that the product would remain as is: stocked behind the pharmacist's counter and available without a prescription only to women aged 17 and over.
A White House official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said there was no political calculation behind Sebelius's decision, adding it is a legitimate question to ask whether young girls can fully comprehend the gravity of their situation and understand the label on a pill bottle.
The FDA and the Health and Human Services Department usually work in lock-step on drug approvals, especially on emotionally-charged matters like contraceptives or the abortion drug mifepristone.
"It's very unusual for this to happen, and I'm unfamiliar with any circumstance in which it has happened,'' Tevi Troy, former deputy secretary of Health and Human Services in the administration of George W. Bush, said of the Health and Human Services reversal.
Teva said in a statement that the company is "disappointed that at this late date, the Department of Health and Human Services has come to a different conclusion'' from the FDA. It added that the company would have to review the decision before determining its next steps.
An agency official said Teva has the option to resubmit an application with additional data or may request a hearing with FDA officials if the company still wants to pursue full over-the-counter access for Plan B.
Plan B, which contains a high dose of the female hormone progestin, has mild side effects, including nausea, abdominal pain, and breast tenderness, and needs to be taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex to be most effective at preventing pregnancy. The newer One-Step product contains just one pill, rather than two to be taken 12 hours apart.
That means the one-pill product is easier to use than the older version that was available when an FDA scientific advisory committee voted in 2003 to recommend that Plan B be sold over-the-counter without any age restrictions. In an controversial move, the FDA at that time decided not to follow the advice of its advisory committee, and it was not until 2006 that it became available over the counter.
Critics blamed the 2003 decision on the Bush administration bowing to pressure from conservatives. That controversy led Susan Wood to resign from the FDA as assistant commissioner for women's health.
"I don't understand the politics in this,'' Wood, now an associate professor of health policy at George Washington University, said yesterday. "Why would this administration and this president, which campaigned that it would respect science, even consider not allowing this drug'' to become more widely available.
"I was frankly stunned and very disappointed,'' she said. "It's very reminiscent of when I left the FDA. . . . It's happening again.''
It is unclear how much political calculations were involved in the decision by an administration that strongly supports abortion rights, said Robert Blendon, a Harvard School of Public Health professor. "There could be so many things at play here,'' he said. "They are clearly reaching out'' to a political center ambivalent on the abortion issue, or those who might support abortion rights but also support limits on those rights, he said. But for those on polar opposites on abortion, "it's not a vote changer.''
Women's health groups were angered by the administration's decision.
"It almost seems cruel to limit access to emergency contraception to young people since this is a tool to help them prevent pregnancy,'' said Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy. "It's hard to imagine, as with other decisions regarding adolescent sexual health, that politics wasn't attached to it.''
In a letter to the FDA, Sebelius pointed out that Teva had not submitted data on 11- and 12-year-olds, who may not know how to use Plan B properly. But two recent studies suggest that young teens a year or two older are just as likely to use Plan B appropriately as college students, according to Dr. Alisa Goldberg, an obstetrician-gynecologist and director of clinical research at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.
"If these young girls do use Plan B the wrong way - whether too long after unprotected sex or even if they haven't had sex at all - they won't incur any harm,'' Goldberg said. "It's a safer drug than aspirin or Tylenol.''
Yesterday's decision, said Dr. Paula Johnson, chief of women's health at Brigham and Women's Hospital, means that the product will remain inconvenient even for older women to obtain, because it will stay behind the pharmacy counter and be dispensed only after someone shows a valid ID. "Time is important since the effectiveness of the medication increases the sooner it's taken after intercourse,'' she said.
Antiabortion groups cheered Sebelius for going against the FDA. "The availability of Plan B over-the-counter for all ages would have bypassed necessary routine medical care for sexually active girls,'' said Jeanne Monahan of the Family Research Council. "There is a real danger that Plan B could be given to young women, especially sexually abused minors, under coercion or without their consent.''Deborah Kotz can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @debkotz2.


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Feb. 13, 2013 Yahoo
"Ok, we're gonna go forward with the plan, with the burn ... like we talked about."
"Seven burners deployed and we have a fire."
"Copy. Seven burners deployed and we have a fire."
These purported police commands come from 5 minutes and 17 seconds of audio allegedly recorded off law enforcement radios during Tuesday's tense standoff between SWAT officers and suspected serial killer Christopher Dorner.
The audio, posted to YouTube, has fueled speculation that authorities may have purposely started the fire to either kill Dorner or force him to surrender.
On Wednesday, law enforcement sources confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that officers did throw incendiary tear gas canisters into the mountain cabin before it caught fire. According to the Times:
SWAT officers surrounding the cabin were under a "constant barrage of gunfire," one source said. "He put himself in that position. There weren't a lot of options." Hoping to end the standoff, law enforcement authorities first lobbed "traditional" tear gas into the cabin. When that did not work, they opted to use CS gas canisters, which are known in law enforcement parlance as incendiary tear gas. These canisters have significantly more chance of starting a fire. This gas can cause humans to have burning eyes and start to feel as if they are being starved for oxygen. It is often used to drive barricaded individuals out.
Dorner, a disgruntled ex-LAPD officer accused of killing four people in the past week, never emerged from the charred cabin near Big Bear Lake, Calif.
The coroner's office is studying the remains of a burned body found in the basement, but an anonymous official told The Associated Press that a wallet and personal items, including a California driver's license issued to Christopher Dorner, were recovered.


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ARDMORE, OK - The chase began when Captain Eric Hamblin and Officer Juan Galicia saw the 1998 silver Ford Taurus Henry Jackson was driving near P Street NE and 7th Avenue on January 16th.
Jackson was wanted for a string of shootings including one that night in Johnston County that killed 21- year old Marcus Cole Holt and another in Ardmore that wounded two ATF agents.
An investigation by the Carter County Sheriff's Office into the officer involved shooting that killed Jackson revealed that Jackson shot first, firing 13 rounds at Hamblin and Galicia. Several shots missed Hamblin's head by only inches.
As Hamblin's car turned onto Martin Luther King Blvd., Jackson sped up until he swerved to the left crashing near H Street NE.
The investigation said Jackson then fired 5 more rounds, hitting Hamblin's car twice. That's when the two officers fired back hitting Jackson who died at the scene.
Just last week, after reviewing the sheriff's investigation, district attorney Craig Ladd said the officers use of deadly force in this situation was lawful and just.


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The Courtesy Hotel was notorious in the West Hempstead community for its problems with crime and drug dealing. For ten years, published reports in both local newspapers and Newsday documented its decline into depravity. For years, Newsday reported, local and county officials cited dozens of arrests monthly for violent sex and drug crimes at the hotel and a number of registered sex offenders resided there.
In 2011, Nassau County Police Department spokesperson Lt. Kevin Smith told reporters, "The 5th Precinct has responded numerous times to disturbances and criminal acts at the hotel."
At that time, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray said at a community rally to close the hotel, "We've worked very hard to rid West Hempstead of this community blight and we eagerly await its replacement with the proposed residential complex that will be both beautiful and community-friendly."
"Every kind of bad nightmare you could envision for your community happened here, Murray told reporters at the demolition.
Two months ago, in December, the promised complex opened to the public and the rental program is reportedly ahead of schedule.
James Stover, a vice president for the development company, told the Herald this week that of the 150 one, two and three bedroom apartments in the new residential complex called West 130 for its address at 130 Hempstead Ave., nearly 40 are already rented and many are occupied.
Stover says that renters range from "young professionals looking for an easy commute to Manhattan to seniors who no longer need their large homes and don't want to shovel snow any longer."
In late 2008, the town created a "Transit Oriented Development" zoning classification for the area, allowing the development to be higher density than the surrounding parcels. That gave developers such as Mill Cree an incentive to purchase the unwanted hotel and turn it to residential use.
Mill Creek calls West 130 a "Transit-oriented luxury rental community," that will "provide housing options especially for young professionals who commute to jobs in Manhattan."


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CHELMSFORD -- Thirty-five Art students from Chelmsford High School and the McCarthy and Parker middle schools have earned awards at the Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards.
Students in grades 7-12 enrolled in public and nonpublic schools in Massachusetts submitted entries for adjudication at the beginning of January.
Students whose work was recognized as an American Vision Nominee, scholarship-winning, Gold Key and Silver Key will be on exhibit at the Massachusetts State Transportation Building at 10 Park Plaza in Boston through early spring. Artwork that received a Gold Key will be sent to the national competition. If selected at the national level, the artwork may be chosen for exhibition in New York for the National Exhibit.
There will be an Awards Ceremony on Sunday, March 11, at the John Hancock Hall in Boston honoring all of the Silver Key, Gold Key, Senior Portfolio, American Vision Nominee and scholarship students.
The following Chelmsford students received awards for their work in the Boston Globe Scholastic Art Competition.
Gold Key: Daniel Dimitrov, McCarthy; Stephanie Gilet, Parker; Emma King, CHS; Ian McGinty, CHS; Emily Moreau, CHS.
Silver Key: Eddie Baron, McCarthy; Cassandra Cairns, CHS; Tanya Dimitrov, CHS; Shailyn Farmer, McCarthy; Laura Leuper, CHS; Irena Manukian, CHS; Sabrina Martin, CHS; Tia Martineau, CHS; Rachel Shiau, CHS; Amanda Untracht, CHS.
Honorable Mention: Jennifer Day, CHS; Lilia Deangelis, McCarthy; Tanya Dimitrov, CHS; Shailyn Farmer, McCarthy; Alyssa Genereux, CHS; Breanna Hadley, CHS; Emily Hadley, CHS; Abby Hickey, CHS; Cameron Kaminsky, McCarthy; Ketaki Mahurkar, Parker; Anna Mul-
lane, Parker; Hannah Riffe, CHS, two awards; Lydia Sabbatelli, CHS; Simran Sehgal, Parker; Rachel Shiau, CHS; Katherine Su, CHS; Emily Tierney, CHS two awards; Tara Wilson, CHS; Melinda Yu, McCarthy; Emil Zulawnik, McCarthy.
Three students at Chelmsford High School will have their artwork featured in winter 2013 edition of The Marble Collection: Massachusetts High School Magazine of the Arts.
Artwork was selected through a juried process and will be printed in paper form in the magazine and online at marblecollection.org.
The Marble Collection Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded in 2008 to enrich the Massachusetts high-school community through educational literary and creative arts programming. It emphasizes the importance of creative cultivation as it pertains to educational achievement, social development, and collegiate and career success. It collaborates with more than 160 Massachusetts secondary schools to develop and deploy arts-education programs.
The students are:
n Emmeline Zhu, Mixed Media.
n Carolen Ibrahim, Digital Photograph Photography.
n Hannah Riffe, Acrylic Painting.


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NHL Hits Grand Slam Home Run At Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium
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Just as many laughed derisively while insisting that the rink would turn into a swimming pool by the end of the first period.
Thousands upon thousands just shook their heads, muttering something about there being no real hockey fans in Southern California, and that Dodger Stadium would be mostly empty.
As evidenced by the sellout crowd at Dodger Stadium on January 25 for Stadium Series: Los Angeles, the naysayers were wrong.


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HOUSTON (AP) -- Matt Moore allowed two hits in seven scoreless innings for his 11th win, and Ryan Roberts hit a pair of homers to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 12-0 win over the Houston Astros on Monday night.
Moore (11-3) won his third straight decision and is tied for second in wins among AL pitchers. Cesar Ramos pitched two perfect innings to complete the two-hitter and help the Rays win their third in a row.
Roberts made it 3-0 with a two-run homer in the third inning off Dallas Keuchel (4-5) and tacked on another run with a solo shot in the eighth inning. It was his second two home run game of the season and the third of his career.


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DEAR DR. ROACH: I have Type 2 diabetes, which is under control, but my creatinine level fluctuates between 2.2 and 3, staying mostly at 2.6. I am asymptomatic and feel fine. I have no swelling in my ankles, and my blood pressure is within normal range. I am 75 years old. I weigh 242 pounds, and I am 6 feet, 3 inches tall. All my electrolytes are within range. Can you explain the significance of the creatinine numbers on my kidneys? I may be going for a knee replacement soon, and my doctor says it is a stress on the kidneys and is cautious. -- S.W.
ANSWER: Creatinine is a waste product of muscles. Everybody has it in their blood. The kidneys get rid of creatinine, as well as many other waste products. So, a higher creatinine level means the kidneys aren't doing as good a job at getting rid of waste products in the blood. Creatinine doesn't hurt the kidneys. A normal level is usually around 1, and a level of 2 means roughly that the kidneys are only working half as well as they ought to. Of course, people vary in their levels; those who are more muscular usually have a higher level. With very poor kidney function the creatinine level may be as high as 10, this is typically about the time people are starting dialysis (which is basically an artificial kidney outside the body for a few hours several times weekly). At that point, potassium levels may be dangerously high -- a very common reason for dialysis to start.
Kidney function, as approximated by creatinine level, affects one's risk during surgery. A creatinine level greater than 2 means there is a higher risk of both heart and lung complications around the time of surgery. Also, many medications need to have a different dosing since the kidney gets rid of many medications. Your doctor is wise to be cautious.
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DEAR DR. ROACH: My 87-year-old mother has taken medication for familiar tremor in her hand for more than 15 years -- 120 mg Inderal and 250 mg primidone daily. For the past seven or more years, she has been experiencing memory problems. Lately she is forgetting recent events quite frequently. I read that beta blockers such as Inderal as well as the epilepsy drug primidone can affect memory, especially in the elderly. We would like to see if her memory improves if she no longer takes these medicines.
Do you think her long-term use of these medications could be impacting her memory? If so, does she need to be weaned off them, or can she just discontinue them? -- D.M.
ANSWER: Medications are a common reason for forgetfulness in the elderly, and both of these medications reportedly can have this effect. However, neither of them is in the most likely category, and it is probable that your mother has another cause. The seemingly slow rate of change suggests it may be dementia. However, I think a trial off the medications might be a good idea. Propranolol (Inderal) sometimes can increase blood pressure if it is suddenly stopped; she should cut the dose in half for a week before stopping it, as a good precaution. And of course, talk to her doctor prior to making any medication changes.
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Of course the timing of this has nothing to do with Easter, but the Turin Shroud Center in Colorado has conned someone into giving them a shitload of money in order to recreate the face of Jesus from that 13th century forgery:
I don't know about you, but he looks remarkably like those traditional pictures of some dude with a beard. But hey, why not use the Turin Banana:
Or perhaps the iron:
Or the KitKat found next to the shroud:
Or the Turin Dog's Arse:
But the real question is: what would Jesus do in response to all of this speculation?
Or maybe …
Update: with thanks to Sean Burt.


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Clearly, the "problem" is that we, the Linux community, should be trying to "convert" the n00bs out there who don't know what apt-get is. Having WINE preinstalled would help them get over the fact that they're not running Windows, yet everything is fine, and they can do pretty much everything today they that they could when they were running Windows yesterday.
apt-get install wine
What's the problem?
The problems are:
1. You need to put "sudo" in front for it to work.
2. You should be using "aptitude" instead of "apt-get" (aptitude stores extra information that makes uninstalls cleaner [psychocats.net]).
All kidding aside, I agree with your post. The fact that it isn't installed by default isn't very big news. There are thousands of packages not being installed by default, and they are all trivially easy to add. A new user just needs to be told that "Wine" is the program they
Every time I read something about Mark Shuttleworth, I become just a little bit more of a fan.
While I have nothing against WINE—indeed, I use it myself for several things—I have to agree that it's just not right for distribution by a company like Dell. There's an art to getting it set up and configured, and while it's good, there are still a lot of applications that either don't work at all or don't quite work right in it.
This is a massive problem, and could seriously backfire on Ubuntu. If people buy a Dell machine with Ubuntu and WINE installed thinking that it will run Windows software, when something doesn't work right (and there will be things that don't work right), the average consumers will get mad at the wrong people: Ubuntu and WINE, not Microsoft. The focus will be on how Ubuntu sucks at running Windows software, not on how Ubuntu rocks at running Linux software.
I see here a golden opportunity for desktop Linux to make major inroads with the public and take a significant step towards advancing free open source software. I also see here a golden opportunity to destroy the reputation of desktop Linux as a viable alternative to Windows and give people the impression that free open source software really sucks. Don't you think for a second that Microsoft is going to be trying their damned best to see that Linux on Dell machines gives people a bad taste for open source software.
I have to give Mark Shuttleworth a pat on the back for seeing the big picture, for sacrificing trying to please everyone for the sake of making sure that this is done right, and that the software that people get is great, not just "it works good enough with a few hours of tweaking."
how would it be Microsoft's fault...
Because some of the API's either aren't fully documented or don't work as they are documented. Also, they've patented some of the critical components that allow software written for Windows to run. The end result is that people working on the WINE project have to do a lot of reverse-engineering of what the APIs actually do (as opposed to what they say they do) and figure out alternatives to really basic things that are legally off-limits.
And let's not kid ourselves.
The DMCA [wikipedia.org] doesn't make reverse engineering illegal. It "criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services that are used to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works (commonly known as DRM) and criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control, even when there is no infringement of copyright itself."
This wouldn't apply to reverse engineering software APIs at all, except perhaps an API that is used to decrypt DRM implementations.
The DMCA is very, very,
The focus will be on how Ubuntu sucks at running Windows software, not on how Ubuntu rocks at running Linux software.
Well, that's great as long as there are perfect 1:1 replacements for all the Windows software somebody wants. That isn't true for any serious gamer, for instance, or people who use custom business apps, which basically means every business that uses IT, or anybody with kids who wants to use a particular educational software package.
Hell I'll happily admit I'm biased, because I used to work on Crossover and Wine, but even the MS Office+Wine combination handily beats OpenOffice. Even when not doing anything Wine or software related, I'd use Word/Excel for office tasks on Linux, because it worked a lot better than OpenOffice did, and the small amount of integration OO had into the desktop wasn't a big deal to me compared to things like, not being sluggish, and being able to perfectly import Word docs. Now don't get me wrong, OO has improved a lot since those days and I want to love it, I really do, but I know there are still a lot of people who use MS Office on Linux over OpenOffice just because they prefer it.
This is just a re-run of the ancient debate about whether Win32 emulation is harmful or good. It never interested me, because it assumes an operating system can be a closed world. That's clearly not true and never has been true, if it was, you should argue that MPlayer being able to play non-Ogg codecs is bad and should be pulled, or OpenOffice being able to read
Don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying that WINE isn't a great piece of software, or that no one should install it because it hinders the development of native Linux applications.
All I'm saying is that for mass distribution of Linux on Dell computers, it shouldn't be included for precisely the reasons that Mark stated. I'm saying that because it's not a primetime player yet, it would cause more harm than good at a critical point in the determination of desktop Linux's feasibility.
If someone wants or n
Simple question.
How would you feel if you bought a Vista machine from Dell, and discovered that to install Firefox you had to run regedit, hack up some registry keys, add some magic URLs to a database somewhere pointing to specially crafted Vista-specific Firefox versions on mozilla.org, and then click through a bunch of security warnings before you could install it?
I know exactly what the reaction on Slashdot would be - they'd be raked over the coals for being anti-competitive, forcing the Moz guys to
Any Linuzzz distro can be obtained for free, so just, download the packages you need and... done.
Yeah, like Windows "just works".
I don't think Linux is any differen
Because there is a big difference between making the claim that a machine is "Linux Compatible" and actually shipping with a tested version pre-installed as a demonstration that there are drivers for all components
I'm NEVER satisfied with the way the OS is installed in any machine I buy, so the first thing I ever do is to re-format the drives in any new computer
WINE isn't even in a default Ubuntu install. With or without Dell, Ubuntu does not ship with WINE. It never has. I hope it never does.
One gripe I have with the community is that we tend to oversell WINE. Even though the WINE team have made a lot of progress lately, I still find WINE to be an imperfect solution, at best. Knowledgeable users know this. But the community insists on preaching WINE to every Windows convert. This is counterproductive.
Rabid WINE advocacy builds unreasonably high expectations of 100% compatibility. This is not yet possible, and it is debatable whether this will ever be possible. New users don't appreciate the difficulty in the project, though. All they know is that NIFTY.EXE won't run. They resent the fact that they've been given "Broken Windows," rather than a "real OS."
This is not to say that I'm against the WINE project at all. Quite the contrary: the compatibility layer gives the Linux community an extra tool. But I cringe every time I see people treating WINE as some sort of panacea, rather than using it correctly as a tool of last resort.
Is not a copy of Windows required for WINE to function? Its been ages since I last tried this permanently-alpha software (I've been using 64-bit CPUs for the last two years), but from what I remember, WINE's own versions of the standard DLLs are not really usably for anything beyond Notepad and Minesweeper.
If this is still true, than Linux will be a slightly-more-expensive version of Windows — if you must run a Windows app or two for some reason, and Mr. Shuttleworth's real concerns are something el
users should want it because of [what Shuttleworth wants]
Telling your market what it should want is a death sentence for a project. It's one thing to do what you want and become popular because so many others can relate. But start shutting down ways they can relate, start enforcing your narrower vision on what was once a vision of maximum openness and freedom, and you alienate people. And once people who liked you for your gateway to freedom start smelling alienation, they run elsewhere.
I hope Shuttleworth
Honestly, I think that the decision to not include WINE in the Dell-packaged Ubuntu install is a great idea. As many pointed out already, WINE is really a crapshoot application (at least in my experience). Some applications will work wonderfully (like Internet Explorer or Winamp), while others will not work at all (Microsoft Office, Photoshop, etc). I'm sure that if the application were more mature and had support for most applications, then it would be valuable to include it (and charge for it as well).
Plus, it's not like the option to install it disappears when you get a Linuxed Dell. There are still repos and other outlets that will make the software available, so it's really just up to the user as to whether he wants to try it or not. Then again, in a couple of months or years time when more people unfamiliar to the Linux platform start purchasing these laptops, there is a very small possibility that they would have an interest in using it as supposed to, say, VMWare (free).
On top of THAT, Ubuntu doesn't even install WINE by default so this is a non-issue to begin with.
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July 03, 2013
The Earlham College Art Collection has received a gift of paintings and drawings by Olive Rush — a celebrated Quaker woman artist who attended Earlham in the 19th century.
Fourteen paintings and drawings by Rush were donated by Joy and Ron Surdam, of Laramie, Wyo. Joy Surdam is a great niece of Olive Rush. She notes that her family has roots in Fairmont, Indiana, and that many of her relatives —including her grandfather, Charles Everett Rush — attended the College. The Surdams have been collecting Rush's work for nearly 50 years, beginning with a painting that they received as a wedding present in 1966.
"Earlham just seemed like a perfect fit for this gift," says Surdam. "Olive Rush grew up in Indiana, studied at Earlham and remained active in the Religious Society of Friends. To me it would make sense to have a significant collection of her work at the College. I hope that others who own her paintings will consider donating them to Earlham when it comes time for them to consider making such a gift."
The pieces donated by Surdam span Rush's painting career — from a still life that she completed at Earlham to paintings dating from late in her career. Earlham owns four additional paintings by Rush. According to Julie May, associate professor of art history and curator of the art collection, this expanded collection will provide additional learning opportunities for students.
"I can imagine wonderful student research projects based on these pieces," notes May. "I routinely use pieces from our collection in my classroom teaching and students use the collection for their individual research, so I am confident that these pieces by Olive Rush will be of great benefit to our students. The College is extremely grateful to the Surdams for this generous gift."
Rush (1873-1966) attended at Earlham for a year, studying with John Elwood Bundy, the College's first art professor and a notable painter in his own right. After Earlham, Rush attended the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. She later took classes at the Art Students League in New York City, Howard Pyle's private school in Wilmington, Del., Richard Miller's class for painters in Paris and at the Boston Museum School.
She worked as an illustrator for such newspapers and magazines as New York Tribune, St. Nicholas, and Woman's Home Companion. Rush also completed many commissioned portraits and murals during her career.
Rush was the first woman artist to settle in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She moved there in 1920, long before it became a popular destination for artists. Rush is perhaps best known for her mural paintings, many of which she completed during the Works Progress Administration (WPA) years. She completed murals at La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe Plaza, the Santa Fe Public Library and in the biology building at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, among others.
She was also the first woman to be granted an exhibition of her paintings at the New Mexico Palace of Governors. While living in Santa Fe, she contributed works to national and international exhibitions The New Mexico Museum of Fine Art offered a major retrospective exhibition of her work in 1957. Also active as an educator, Rush taught mural painting to Native American Artists at what is now the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. More recently, Rush's work was included in a traveling exhibition and catalogue entitled, Skirting the Issue: Stories of Indiana's Historic Women Artists (2004).
A lifelong Quaker, her former studio on Canyon Road in Santa Fe is now home to the Santa Fe Quaker Meeting.
The Earlham College Art Collection contains more than 4000 pieces from all over the world. Students use the collection in art history courses and for independent research. Art works from the collection are periodically displayed in the College's Ronald Gallery in Lilly Library as well as in display cases in the Landrum Bolling Center.


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GREENVILLE, Ill.-- The GC men's soccer team lost 2-1 on Senior Night with a late Griffin goal.
Fontbonne was first to get on the scoreboard when Zach Schuchardt scored in the 26th minute. Greenville senior, Jacob Krisher scored the only Panther goal of the game in the 61st minute. Krisher's unassisted goal brought the score to a 1-1 tie until the 84th minute when Fontbonne's Zach Meyer found the back of the net. This goal would prove to be the final one of the match and Greenville fell 2-1.
"We played the best game we've played all season, but we are in the part of the season where performances don't matter, results do," Head Coach, Chris Swift explained. "I'm so proud of our seniors and I'm absolutely gutted for them because they didn't deserve this, but at some point you have to take what you deserve and we haven't done that."
Greenville outshot Fontbonne 26 to 7 in the game. Greenville goalkeeper, Thomas Crown, made 2 saves.
"We have to continue trusting the process and each other because if we play like this, we will win games," Swift said. "We still have all our goals in reach, and we are doing the right things."
Greenville's twelve seniors were honored before the game; Paul Anders, Davis Dossett, Ryan Haas, David Hall, Willie Kersey, Jacob Krisher, Lucas Miller, Matt Miller, Matt Morin, Aaron Mulholland, Mark Ward, and Robert Wright. These men have dedicated a great deal of time and effort to the soccer program over their collegiate careers and they are much appreciated.
The loss moves the team to third in the SLIAC with a record of 6-9-3 (5-3 SLIAC). The team will take the field again on Saturday, November 2 when they travel to Principia College for their final Conference match of 2013.


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For the past several days, we've tried to talk dispassionately as we've offered advice about the public pension crisis Illinois has yet to solve.
In trying to be a voice of reason, we've made it a point to focus on solutions, not scapegoats. We're aiming for results after all, so our priority has been a constructive tone designed to encourage the vested interests and political adversaries to work together to get something done. No helpful purpose to be served, we have thought, in treading old ground and assigning blame.
But in the spirit of transparency, understand this: Inside, we are seething.
The current crisis, the refusal by legislative leadership to resolve it, and the head-in-the-sand obstructionism by some union officials -- all of this is an outrage.
Unforgivable incompetence, spinelessness, and greedy self-interest all wrapped into one. It is, in short, an example beyond any other of the lethal hold special interests have on our broken government.
See? Seething.
What brings this emotion out of us today is the topic we scheduled: What role should taxpayers play in solving the pension crisis?
What role should taxpayers play? If you're talking about should, they should play NO role. Taxpayers had no role in creating this crisis (other than failing to throw out of office the incompetents who did create it). Why should they shoulder a burden in resolving it?
Why should private sector retirees with little disposable income be asked to pay more in property tax bills to ensure that public sector employees who retired years earlier than they did live off pensions that pay far more? Why should even current private sector employees be faced with this prospect?
It's not fair.
Nor, to be clear, is it fair that thousands of rank-and-file teachers and state employees will have to shoulder a burden in the resolution of this crisis. They made their payments. They kept their promises. But they too were hoodwinked by a political process that valued expediency and personal gain over functionality. Ultimately, they were handed a set of promises that all the promise makers who were doing the math knew could not be kept, and then, our leaders piled on by failing for years to meet their obligations to the pension system, turning to excessive borrowing when they could no longer look at themselves in the mirror.
But taxpayers in particular will get little out of whatever solution emerges. A financially more stable government? Let's hope. But beyond that, only a higher tax bill. For that inequity, they are justified in their outrage and we share it. Lawmakers, union leaders and anyone interested in the long-term health, fairness and viability of a public pension system for teachers and other state employees need to consider it as well.
Fair or not, however, taxpayers undoubtedly will have to pay more in whatever reform ultimately is enacted. Fair or not, that scenario is almost certain to happen. In reforming the system, it is the obligation of all our legislators, and the obligation of all the vested interests to minimize whatever that added burden will be.
The unions will talk about promises. And they'll talk about the value of teaching and other public sector jobs. And we don't for a second diminish the validity of that talk. But this isn't a question of whether education and teachers are valued. They are. It's a question about what the state and the tax base can afford.
As for promises, for years, the taxpayers received promises too. For years, they were promised that the pension program was self-sustaining, built primarily around a blend of employee, state and employer contributions.
In all the negotiations that must come in the week ahead -- or if it must come to that, the weeks that follow in the new legislature -- that promise of self-sustainability needs to be protected too.


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UTA hosts first-ever Blazing 5K Open Division Run
The 2016 Inaugural Blazing 5K Open Division Run consisted of more than a dozen runners and raised money for the UT Arlington cross country programs on Saturday.
BestOf15-16: Cross Country claims SBC Championship
All five UTA point scorers placed among the top 20 as the men finished with a total of 52 points. Appalachian State was second with 66 points.
XC: Men's team, Ojeda win Sun Belt Championships
The 2015 Sun Belt Conference cross country title is the Mavericks' third in the past four years.
XC: UTA announces cross country schedule
Mavericks will host the Gerald Richey Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 19.
#UTATop10: No. 1 - UTA claims cross country and track & field titles
John Sauerhage has led the Mavs to 27 team conference championships between the indoor, outdoor and cross country seasons.
Since taking over the program's reins in 1996, Sauerhage has led the Mavericks to 19 team conference championships and has won an unprecedented 19 SLC Coach of the Year honors between the indoor, outdoor and cross country seasons. He also has coached 24 All-Americans, and in 2011 guided his men's team to a national ranking of 24th heading into to the NCAA Championships, the highest in school history.
The 2011 season was indeed a banner one. Sophomore Romain Martin earned First-Team All-America accolades during the indoor season after finishing third in the heptathlon. It was the highest national finish by a Maverick since 1998.
In the outdoor season, nine athletes qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, and seven of them - Martin, Cordero Gray, Clayton Vaughn, Isiah Clements, Jeff Rodriguez, Juan Lewis and Andrew Pettis - earned Second-Team All-America honors.
In addition, Martin (men's indoor), Gray (men's outdoor) and Pamela Vinson (women's indoor) earned Southland Conference Track and Field Athlete of the Year awards. Martin (men's indoor), Lindsey Putman (women's indoor and outdoor) and Clayton Vaughn (men's outdoor) also took home league Newcomer of the Year Awards.
During the 2010 cross country season, Sauerhage helped freshman Emily Koenig to an individual Southland Conference championship as well as Athlete of the Year honors.
Finding an empty spot on Sauerhage's mantle today is no easy task, but he hopes it becomes imperative in this, UT Arlington's final year in the Southland Conference.
In 2007, Sauerhage earned his biggest accolade when the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) named him the Division I Outdoor Track and Field Men's South Central District Coach of the Year. He won the award after guiding the men's team to its first SLC outdoor team title in more than a decade with a one-point win over UTSA.
Sauerhage, a former UTA standout, returned to his alma mater in 1989 as an assistant coach, a role in which he filled for seven years prior to being named the head coach in Fall 1996.
As head coach, Sauerhage found success immediately, winning league championships in women's indoor, men's indoor and men's outdoor track in his first season and taking home Coach of the Year honors in each sport. For an encore, he led the Mavs to conference titles in men's indoor and outdoor and women's indoor track and cross country the following year.
In year three, Sauerhage accomplished something that had never been accomplished in UTA history when he led the UTA women to the triple crown, winning the cross country, indoor and outdoor conference championships. Under Sauerhage's tutelage, the Maverick women accomplished the feat a second time in 2001.
In all, the women's indoor team claimed SLC titles in each of his first six seasons, and he was named SLC Women's Indoor Track Coach of the Year each time in that stretch. From 1998-2001, he accumulated more 10 conference titles -- four in women's outdoor, four in men's indoor and two in men's outdoor.
Sauerhage has coached the men's cross country team to one conference championship and the women's cross country team to three conference titles, including back-to-back titles in 2001-02. The Southland Conference has named him Cross Country Coach of the Year three times -- once for men and twice for women's teams.
Since 1989, Sauerhage has coached 10 athletes to individual conference championships in cross country. UTA athletes have also won 73 SLC track titles in events ranging from the 800m to the 10000m, including nine in 1994.
UTA athletes have also performed on the highest levels of international competition. Former athletes Jared Connaughton (for Canada in 2008), Takeshi Fujiwara (for El Salvador in 2004) and Elston Cawley (for Jamaica in 1996) competed in the Olympics. Sauerhage has also coached five athletes who have earned trips to the IAAF World Championships.
Sauerhage's program has succeeded off the track as well. In 2010, the USTFCCCA honored the women's track programs as one of the top Division I academic units. Two athletes, Megan Turner and Brittany Culbertson, were recognized for their individual academic work.
Sauerhage began his collegiate athletic career at LSU, where he placed sixth in the Southeastern Conference in the 1000-yard and indoor mile distances. He also ran a personal-best time of 3:45.36 in the 1500 meters.
In 1982, he transferred to UT Arlington. As a member of the UTA track and field team, Sauerhage won the SLC title in the mile and was a member of the school record-holding 6000-meter relay team. He ranks second in UTA history in the 1500 meters in both indoor and outdoor with times of 3:51.50 and 3:49.35, respectively.
As a prep, Sauerhage was a six-time state qualifier for Arlington High School, won the Class 5A mile in 1979 and ran a personal-best 4:10.6 in the mile.
In addition to his collegiate experience, Sauerhage has also coached on the international level having served as the head coach of the El Salvadorian national team at the 2009 World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia.
Sauerhage graduated from UT Arlington in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He received a master's degree in education from Louisiana-Monroe in 1988 while serving as a graduate assistant coach.
An avid fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and first baseman Albert Pujols, Sauerhage and his wife, Lisa, reside in Arlington.


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The day started off with the opening session, which involved Haxtun's own Kate Kaus, who is serving as the District IV Reporter. During the opening session a motivational speaker by the name of Yahya Bakkar entertained chapter members with his beat-boxing skills along with getting a very inspirational message across.
After listening to Yahya, members who had competitive events that day went off to their designated rooms to start preparing for their presentations to be given later that morning. During this time, several workshops were also going on. In one of them, Governor John Hickenlooper spoke to students about the economy.
At the closing session, several members staged and approximately 35 will be going to Vail in April to compete at the state level. Jake Gerk ran for a district office and at the closing session he was installed as the District IV Reporter. Seniors Kate Kaus and Kelsey Garretson received scholarships from the District.
After the conference, members were able to go to Delgado's Dugout for lunch before returning to school.
The following members placed at districts. Those with an asterisk also qualified for the state conference. Those with two asterisks qualified as alternates.
Taylor Andersen -- FBLA Principles and Procedures, 8th; competing in Partnership with Business**
Kaiser Anderson -- Business Presentation, 5th;
Kaleb Anderson -- Intro to Parliamentary Pro, 4th **
Lane Anderson -- Intro to Technology Concepts, 8th
Tyler Boerner -- Business Plan, 1st *
Rece Coffin -- Computer Applications, 8th
Katlin Davis -- Digital Design, 4th
Luke Davis -- Economics, 8th
Courtny Dickerson -- 3rd* (also competing in Local Annual Report)
Jayden Durbin -- Business Presentation, 3rd; Intro to Parliamentary Procedure, 5th
Brady Edwards -- Business Law, 2nd*
Kelsey Garretson -- Future Business Leader, 1st*; District IV Scholarship
Jake Gerk -- Parliamentary Procedure (team), 1st*; FBLA Principles and Procedures, 5th; Named District IV Reporter for 2012-13
Marquel Gueck -- Who's Who, 2nd**(competing in Community Service at state conference)
Jill Guernsey -- Intro to Business Communication, 7th
Lizzy Hadeen -- Website Design, 1st*
Brady Heinz -- Business Presentation, 5th** (competing in Local Annual Report at state conference)
Kade Hiller -- Client Services, 1st*; Intro to Parli Pro, 2nd*
Sarah Hiller -- Parliamentary Procedure (team), 1st*; FBLA Principles and Procedures, 10th
Katelyn Kaus -- Job Interview, 2nd*; District IV Scholarship
Sabra Kipp -- Electronic Career Portfolio, 1st*
Elliott Krogmeier -- Parliamentary Procedure (team), 1st*; Spreadsheet Applications, 6th
Levi Kurtzer -- Business Ethics, 7th
Karci Lockwood -- Digital Design, 5th ** (competing in Community Service at state conference)
Courtney Lundgren --Business Financial Plan, 1st*
Brittney Mahnke -- Website Design, 1st*
Blake Mari -- Client Services, 2nd*
Kylen Mathias -- Cyber Security, 7th
Alan Michael -- Business Ethics, 7th
Alexis Murillo -- Parliamentary Procedure (team), 1st*; FBLA Principles and Procedures, 6th
Ryan Nelson -- Accounting II, 7th
Kyra Ness -- Website Design, 3rd**; Health Care Administration, 5th**
Nick Newman -- Business Plan, 1st*
Kyle Pierce -- Business Procedures, 8th**
Allison Schaefer -- Intro to Parliamentary Procedure, 1st*; Intro to Business Communications, 1st*
Garrett Shafer -- Impromptu Speaking, 2nd*
Josh Turney -- Parliamentary Procedure (team), 1st*; Business Calculations, 1st*
Brent Vasa -- Business Law, 4th
Matt Wilcox -- Public Speaking II, 4th; Digital Video, 4th (competing in Partnership with Business)
Lauren Wilkening -- Intro to Parliamentary Procedure, 9th
Shelby Wilson -- Spreadsheet Applications, 7th
Taylor Wilson -- Sports Management, 7th; Accounting I, 10th
Jennifer Wisdom -- Intro to Parliamentary Procedure, 3rd*; FBLA Principles and Procedures 9th
Dillon Workman -- Business Presentation, 5th* (competing in Local Annual Report at state conference)
Additional state competitors:
Kent Hiller -- Partnership with Business
Cody Fix -- Community Service
Jayden Durbin -- Peak V Award
Brent Vasa -- Peak V Award


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It is ironic that we continue to celebrate the fourth of July in the spirit of Freedom and Liberty. Take a look at our School systems in Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, Camden, Englewood, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, New Orleans, Baltimore, Boston, Oakland and others around the country.
Now the question is, why aren't other students getting the education that I and other successful students received? You have many students graduating, but can't fill out job applications, are not at their proper reading and math level, and are not prepared for college and careers.
Here in Jersey City, the State is in charge and there is still no progress over many years. Along comes this Education Reform nonsense and its getting out of hand. Things are getting worse under these reforms, yet people are getting richer from the lucrative contracts and the prison industrial complex that feeds off of the failure of this new education system that I call the New Tuskegee Experiment.
As a young black man who grew up in a Public Housing Project, I had few options for a successful future. But, as I learned things from home, Head Start, grade school and through college, I saw my Education as an opportunity to help myself, my family, my community and potentially, the world. I saw that with education, no one can take it from you once you have it and it is empowering as well.
My education and God's blessings have given me tremendous opportunities and best of all, True Freedom. I can actually feel the spirit of my ancestors praising God for helping me get over and I take with me every day the knowledge that as slaves, they were killed for trying to read. That image alone gives me perspective on how important Education is.
So as I look at my Jersey City Public Schools today, I see that the students and their success are not the focus at Central Office. Yet we know that the future of Jersey City itself depends on the success of its students because they will be the future caretakers and decision makers. Most disappointing is the fact that I cannot deny the separate and unequal education students are getting in the Jersey City Public Schools.
Education quality and opportunity cannot be determined by your zip code or your color or your income. Education itself is not discriminatory or unfair, but those who are entrusted to administer Education have been, and this must stop. The price of Education inequity is too high and should not exist in a country that holds itself to be the beacon of freedom and opportunity.
With that said, I am officially announcing my candidacy for the Jersey City School Board election on November 5, 2013. The education I received in this very same school district was a great opportunity for me and I owe it to all the students of Jersey City to ensure they get a fair shot at a quality education as well.
Lorenzo Richardson


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1 30 oz Bag of Frozen Shredded Hash Browns. (Ore Ida)
2 Cups of Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese or Colby Cheese (1/2 lb)
1/2 Cup Chopped Onion*
1 small Clove of Garlic, minced "optional"
1 10 1/4 ounce of Cream of Chicken Soup, condensed kind. Or
* * * * * 1 10 1/4 ounce of Cream of Celery Soup, condensed kind. Or
* *1 10 1/4 ounce of Cream of Mushroom Soup, condensed kind. (Campbells)
8 oz net weight Sour Cream
1/4 Cup melted Butter or Stick Margarine. (Originally 4 Tablespoons of Strained Bacon Drippings.)*
1 Teaspoon of McCormick's Season All
1/4 Teaspoon Freshly Ground Pepper.*
Place bag of Frozen Hash Browns in refrigerator over night ( you want them icy, but not solid frozen.)
Preheat Oven to 350 F, and spray a 9" x 13" pan with cooking spray.*
Mix Soup, Sour cream, Melted Butter, Onion, Garlic, Season All, and Pepper in a large bowl. Fold in Hash Browns, and cheese reserving 1/2 cup of cheese. Spread mixture in pan, add 1/2 cup of cheese to top. Bake uncovered in 350 F oven for 1 hour, or till cheese starts to brown.*
Serves 8 to 10 people.*


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As the Duke-Carolina football game with the most at stake in the last 50 years approaches, many Tar Heels fans are fretting more over the Blue Devils than usual this time of the year.
After all, who would imagine that Duke might reach the ACC football championship game before Carolina? That's what a Duke victory (9-2 and 5-2 in the ACC) produces Saturday in Kenan Stadium.
And what about all these basketball superstars Mike Krzyzewski continues to sign when his own Hall of Fame career is supposed to be winding down, not revving up?
Well, nothing is ever as good or as bad as it seems.
First of all, the Tar Heels will win the football game and deny Duke a spot in the ACC title game next week in Charlotte. Both teams are having fine seasons with fast finishes and will wind up in pretty good bowls. Since mid-October, the Blue Devils and Tar Heels have been on winning streaks, and both are far better than they played in September.
But, surprising as it may seem, Carolina has produced more explosive playmakers than Duke has. And while the Blue Devils will score some points on a still-young UNC defense, the Tar Heels will score more and repaint the Victory Bell light blue. Over 60 minutes, Marquise Williams and company cannot be contained.
Bet on it.
As for basketball, Carolina shocking overrated Louisville brought some fans in off the ledge after the dismal display against Belmont the week before. The nagging question remains about the eligibility of leading scorer P.J. Hairston (and lesser so senior reserve Leslie McDonald), but the bigger issue should be who's emerging as the new stars of the team.
Despite a demonstrated lack of rebounding and defense in narrow victories recently, Duke has the bigger names in its program with more coming next year. They are still the sexier team, but basketball is a funny game with a long season. What it looks like in November rarely resembles what it looks like in March, for better or worse.
Duke's glamor recruits aren't staying around very long. Jabari Parker is a one-and-done, and the Okafor-Jones-Winslow triumvirate of incoming freshmen has the same plan in mind, if all three can get enough minutes, points and rebounds to become first-round draft picks.
But the point is this: programs are developed in different ways, and Duke looks to be changing its approach, almost as if Krzyzewski knows he has three or four seasons left and is trying to load up with high-profile talent and win another NCAA or two before he retires. That's far more the Calipari-Kentucky recipe than what made Duke among the best programs over the past 25 years.
Carolina, by contrast, has and is signing up very good players who will be in school for three or four years. What you are seeing from Marcus Paige has superstar written all over it; Brice Johnson's head is getting out of the way of his skill set; and youngsters like Kennedy Meeks and Nate Britt have already had their moments. Others like Isaiah Hicks will have theirs. You can bet on that, too.
So, whether Hairston plays this season or not at all, the Tar Heels will have a good basketball team and make the NCAA Tournament. They will be better next year with the addition of Theo Pinson, Justin Jackson and Joel Berry, all highly rated prospects. And what if dynamic Dante Exum, Cecil's son, comes back from Australia to wear Carolina blue for a year or two before going pro?
See, on the grand scale, there should be far more feeling good than fretting. And don't worry about Duke. For starters, they're not winning Saturday.


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1. Re: HelpChris Hughes Aug 2, 2012 3:29 PM (in response to Alex Kim)
Hi Alex -
I would suggest running through some of our community training:
No access is generally a credential issue.
2. Re: HelpCarolina Kandu Aug 2, 2012 3:31 PM (in response to Alex Kim)
Skipped (unsupported device) means that ADDM appliance has No access to the target system, the credential has not even tried. Can you ping from your ADDM appliance to your target system?
3. Re: HelpAlex Kim Aug 3, 2012 7:53 AM (in response to Carolina Kandu)
Ok. I'll try to ping skipped ones. By the way, I'm trying to install Windows Proxy and reading getting started PDF.
It says Windows proxies are downloaded as install files on page 16 but which install file? Is this ADDM install files?
because ADDM install is for Linux so where's this "install files from the applicance and installed onto the local Windows host"? I don't see Windows Proxy install file in EPD.
4. Re: HelpZoe Stone Aug 3, 2012 8:05 AM (in response to Alex Kim)
Hi Alex,
Try looking here for answers on Windows Proxy installation.
and you might want to look here to begin to understand the different discovery states.
I also invite you have a look at our online documentation, which allows you to do a keyword searches.
5. Re: HelpChris Hughes Aug 3, 2012 8:22 AM (in response to Alex Kim)
Alex wrote:
I don't see Windows Proxy install file in EPD.
The proxies need to be downloaded from the appliance. From discovery its under tools.
6. Re: HelpAlex Kim Aug 3, 2012 8:32 AM (in response to Chris Hughes)
I spoke too soon... I found it and installed it. I'll try to use credential (AD) and report back to you.
7. Re: HelpAlex Kim Aug 3, 2012 8:36 AM (in response to Alex Kim)
Oh, by the way, after install, it tried to connect to discovery but the URL seems different.
The main page is http://ip-address/ui but this one showed http://ip-address/ui/slave something.
And I wasn't able to login with system login account. Is that use different login and do you have URL (after close I can't remember the page)
8. Re: HelpCarolina Kandu Aug 3, 2012 8:44 AM (in response to Alex Kim)
You will need to login to your ADDM appliance and get its ip information (run ifconfig command as root).
9. Re: HelpCarolina Kandu Aug 3, 2012 8:46 AM (in response to Carolina Kandu)
Once you get the ip address, you can login using http://ip_address
10. Re: HelpAlex Kim Aug 3, 2012 9:46 AM (in response to Carolina Kandu)
I got the ip address and can login but from proxy server, it showed http://ipaddress/ui/slave*** and i can't remember that url and what's the significance of that url
11. Re: HelpAlex Kim Aug 6, 2012 10:32 AM (in response to Alex Kim)
Okay, I got the proxy server installed and trying to use Active Directory credential. I used my domain account to set up until service acct gets set up for the testing. So ADDM use system for login and active directory proxy server use alex. But when I ran scan, I still don't have any success
not sure what changed but before proxt set up;
skipped 50
no access 60
no response 70
after proxy set up;
skipped 39
no access 71
no response 70
Is the set up or configuration not done correctly? I followed getting started with BMC atrium discovery.
12. Re: HelpAndrew Waters Aug 6, 2012 1:56 PM (in response to Alex Kim)
We need to break this down into steps otherwise we are just guessing at what you have configured.
Starting with Linux.
You need to have a credential set up on the host credentials page (see here).
Once that it is place, try selecting Test from the Actions options on the right of the credential and providing an IP address for one of the Linux machines. This will take you to the Credential Test page. Presumably it will fail, in which case click through the Failure link to see what the system attempt to do. This should give you some indication of what is failing.
For Windows.
Setting up a windows proxy is slightly more complicated. Presuming you have ADDM 8.3.x, you will need to create a Windows Proxy Pool and define the slave within the pool (see here). If you are using an Active Directory (AD) Proxy there is no need to add a Windows credential - it will use the account the same account as the running Proxy. On the other hand if you are using a Credential Proxy you will need to add credential with the windows method. Again try testing this and see what happens.
If we could see what you are getting from the tests then we may be able to help you more.
13. Re: HelpAlex Kim Aug 6, 2012 2:46 PM (in response to Andrew Waters)
Thanks Andrew.
I just installed ADDM 8.3.2 and installed Windows Proxy and slave pool was added long with proxy server install.
Upon install, I ran credential test with an ip address and it failed. saying ssh, rlogin, and telent failed and stopped. I'm using AD proxy.
we have mostly windows and some unix, vmware.
14. Re: HelpAndrew Waters Aug 7, 2012 12:37 AM (in response to Alex Kim)
If checking for Windows access you will either need to select test from the Windows proxy Test action or selecting "Test IP Access..." on the Credentials Tests tab otherwise the system will not try to use an AD proxy to access the machine.


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NAS Guide
My Very Large Cube
My Very Large Cube
The quest to find the perfect storage solution is never ending. Users no longer just hunger for larger capacities and manufacturers are aiming to produce low cost, easily maintainable servers with better quality features. So, it comes as no surprise that new storage servers like the Synology Cube Station CS-406 offer more than just file sharing and large storage capabilities. In fact, Synology has put some emphasis on users by integrating some intuitive server features into the CS-406 that should be welcome both at home and in the office.
What the Cube Can Do for You
Right off the bat, the Cube Station CS-406 supports up to four SATA hard disk drives, but before you get started, there is the little matter of hardware installation that we feel needs some commenting on. HDD installation into the box is actually a snap if you follow the instructions provided. There is a slight problem with cable management and removing of hard drives though, especially during failures so it could have been better if the CS-406 was equipped with hot swappable drive bays to avoid unnecessary down time due to maintenance work.
The Cube Station CS-406 supports RAID 0, 1, or RAID 5 arrays allowing it to have a monstrous capacity of up to 1.5TB with four 500GB hard drives in a RAID 5 configuration or a full 2.0TB if you're gunning all out on speed in RAID 0. In our performance testing, the CS-406 proved to be a capable server with decent all-round performance and impressive write speeds. File sharing is simple and allows up to 1024 users and 128 groups if used in a workgroup environment. The CS-406 can also be integrated into an existing Windows domain, making it even more user-friendly.
Photos can also be shared, as the Cube Station has a photo sharing tool that uses a web interface to share photos within its network or publicly. Photos uploaded to the shared folder created by the Cube Station even turns into a personal photo album with the ability to set access permissions.
A Cube for the Net
Besides being able to share files and photos, the Cube Station CS-406 can also be configured to host web pages. Configuration is painless and can be as easy as dropping your HTML files into a shared folder in the CS-406. In addition to hosting static HTML pages, the Cube Station also allows dynamic content as it supports PHP scripting language and comes installed with mySQL database. Therefore, web applications that have mySQL and PHP scripting will run smoothly on the CS-406.
We were able to test the Cube Station with a free available mySQL administration tool scripted in PHP called phpMyAdmin and observed that creating and managing databases is a snap through a web GUI. We also tested a free PHP-based bulletin board script called phpBB and found that the script was installed in less than a minute and it even created its own database automatically – which is quite similar to how its done in a Linux-based web server.
Final Thoughts
With an impressive write performance, compatibility with HTML, PHP scripting, and mySQL, photo and video sharing, and large storage capacity, the Synology Cube Station CS-406 is truly, an all-purpose box. Users who want to have a low-cost server that can offer both file servicing capabilities and an all-in-one web server must take heed of this gadget in case a server is needed for the home or the office.


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The No. 4 Loyola boys lacrosse team is on to something special in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference playoffs.
More proof came in Tuesday's semifinal against No. 2 McDonogh.
The Dons, who were seeded sixth, won the faceoff battle, executed on attack and kept the second-seeded Eagles in check to come away with a 13-4 win at Johnny Unitas Stadium.
Devin McNamara (two goals, five assists), Kevin Jackson (three goals, one assist) and Alex Roesner (four goals) led the Dons' attack and senior midfielder Kevin O'Toole controlled the faceoffs to key the win.
Loyola (12-8) will meet undefeated and No. 1 Boys' Latin — a 12-10 winner over No. 3 Calvert Hall in Tuesday's other semifinal — in the championship game at 8 p.m. on Friday. The Lakers (19-0) came away with a 13-8 win over Loyola in the regular season on May 3. It's the second straight championship appearance for Loyola, which fell to Calvert Hall, 17-3, in last year's title game. McDonogh ends its season with a 14-4 mark.
After experiencing more downs than ups in the regular season — opening league play with three losses, answering with three straight wins and then closing with three more losses — the Dons have found their footing at just the right time. Leading 4-2 at the half on Tuesday, they ambushed the Eagles with a 9-goal second half.
"We've been through a lot of adversity and there were times we could have rolled over. But we fought our way through — it started with our seniors — and the adversity we dealt with has meant a lot. That's pretty much what you're seeing now — pretty much the essence of our team right now," Loyola coach Jack Crawford said.
Just how far have the Dons come in the postseason?
They needed Mount St. Joseph to upset St. Mary's in double overtime on the final day of the regular season to even qualify for the postseason, claiming the sixth seed as the only playoff team with a record under the .500 mark in league play. In Friday's quarterfinal round, the Dons visited third-seeded Gilman and brashly stayed a step ahead in earning a 17-14 win. On Tuesday, the Dons once again was better in every facet against a second-seeded McDonogh team to avenge an 8-6 regular season loss.
The Dons closed out the regular season with a loss to Calvert Hall with little expectation of Mount St. Joseph beating St. Mary's to gain the final playoff spot. But the Gaels pulled off the upset and the Dons have made sure to take advantage of their second chance.
"It's crazy," Jackson said. "[After losing to Calvert Hall in the regular season finale], I went over to one of my senior classmates, Tyler Llewellyn, and told him it was great playing with him and we get in the locker room and learn we're in the playoffs."
Leading 4-2 at the half, the Dons methodically and emphatically pulled away from McDonogh, which came into the game averaging just under 10 goals per game. After the team's exchanged goals at the start of the third quarter, they scored four straight goals and then closed out the game with the final four to win.
Boys lacrosse
MIAA A semifinal
4 Loyola 13, 2 McDonogh 4
Goals: L – Conrad 2, Jackson 3, Roesner 4, McNamara 2, Llewellyn 2;
M – McGee 2, Frederick, Austin.
Assists: L – Nordbrook 2, McNamara 5, Jackson; M -- None.
Saves: L – Newton 6;
M – Doyle 8.
Half: L, 4-2


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|2007-10-11, 19:24
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Usually golden-time shows are front-pagers in weekly Shonen Jumps.
|2007-10-11, 19:47
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Thanks for explanation. I suppose that 10-11pm is still okay. But 1.25 pm is considered as early morning and it is way past midnight.
I have another question to ask. There are hundreds of episodes for Bleach and Naruto. Why does SnS not capable of putting up hundreds of episodes like them? Is it because of content wise?
I know, some things cannot be compared. I was hoping that current 24 episodes per season can be extended a bit, without dragging the show too much.
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Bleach and Naruto are peculiar since they are mainstream shounen, which are based on a long story, especially that their respective manga aren't done at all. In this case, the productors just make "fillers", giving time the manga to go on, so they can catch up the main plot, instead of deviating (which can bring issues later on)
I insisted the "mainstream" part, as only this kind of series are popular enough so they can be worthy to go beyond the usual "life span for animes", such animes are restricted to prime time, and usually got their content fitting their demography, so absolutely no "mature" or conceptual anime can get such screetime.
That said, the other problem is also the producers and sponsors, which are obviously betting on safe franchise (so popular shounen manga), which can permit such long series.
Usually, an anime getting beyond 50 episodes is just draining budget too much, and doens't interest the watchers much after a period of time.
in any case, Shana is obviously not a kind of story which can fit in such treatement. Basically speaking, splitting a series/story into several seasons is much better, budget and content wise.
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The movie.
They completely stripped the "trigger happy" point, and alastor scene forthe anime, because that would somehow "dampen" the Tenpa Jyousai for the bal masqué arc. (though it does look like a deux ex machina as result)
IIRC, aside of the usual "skipped" daily moments and such, the movie sticks very closely to the novel.
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Not exactly. Just like how Alastor explained, even though Shana has the capacity to unleash completely Alastor, this final attack isn't something without any danger. Hence, it should be only used as a last resort.
That said, the first manifestation of Alastor in the novel was enough to make it clear that Shana might survive from the Tenpa Jyousai. Chances of "survive" are not exactly known, though someone might correct me so.
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well, it certainly hasn't been a long time, seeing as how shana still acts like a teenager.
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A question for novel readers.
I've been reading SNS light novels in Chinese, up to book 10. The problem is, my Chinese is lacking a bit. This wasn't a big problem with previous books, since I had the first season to help me out. But book 10, of course, became a problem as my apparent lacking Chinese skills prevent me from understanding everything. I won't mention details because of spoilers, but it should be obvious for novel readers.
So my question is, does the anime return to where it diverged from the novel? The first two episodes seemingly goes off on a different arc altogether. Is this the new direction of the anime or something? Or will they return to where things got off track in book 8/9?
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It is worth noting though that so far this arc seems to be devoted to redacting the anime back to the same path as the novels. Events are proceeding differently, but they are serving the same purpose as some events that were left out of the first season or else changed from the novels in the first season.
So, I can say that it will probably return to where things got off track. But no promises because I cannot forsee the future.
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Jane G. Stephenson
Jane G. Stephenson, 78, of Warwick, passed away peacefully at her home on September 30,2013.
She is survived by her loving daughter Kelly Genest and son-inlaw, David Genes: grandchildren David and Sarah. Also by her sons: Ronnie, Donald, David, Michael; and their families.
An open house celebration of her life will be held at her daughters home on Saturday October 12, 2013 between 12:00 and 4:00 p.m. Boyleandsonfuneralhome.com
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