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"We've found a piece of the set from the soap opera THE DOCTORS," Williams told TV Guide. "And an old applause sign from when they did live TV there."
THE DOCTORS last aired on December 31, 1982.
Soap history uncovered! No word on what the set piece was or what they did with it.
Meanwhile, We Love Soaps contacted SFM, the company that owns the rights to THE DOCTORS and here's the latest update on what's happening with the show: "We are in discussions right now with a major cable channel about resurrecting THE DOCTORS. There is also a possibility for a syndication of the episodes, especially since ABC cancelled two major soaps. Stay tuned."
In other THE DOCTORS news, former star Alec Baldwin is hosting SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE this weekend for a record 16th time. He told Philly.com: "I'd like to think that I have some place in the fabric of NBC's history. I'm not Johnny Carson or Katie Couric, but I've done [30 ROCK] for six years and SNL. I actually started my career [there] doing a soap opera, so I have a lot of NBC on my resumé - for me to now be a question during a building tour, it makes sense."
- FLASHBACK: THE DOCTORS Celebrates 5000 Episodes
- THE DOCTORS on Hallmark: Delayed But Still In The Works


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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - People in the Topeka area are invited to take steps toward helping babies have the healthiest possible start in life.
The March of Dimes kicked off activities for its annual "March for Babies" walk with a lunchtime gathering Thursday at Pozez Education Center in Topeka. Team captains were invited to learn event details, sponsor information and the web site where they can sign up and accept donations.
The highlight of the meeting was hearing from this year's ambassador family, Rachel and Robby Sachs, and their two-year-old daughter, Delaney. Delaney and her twin, Barrett, were born Sept. 30, 2011 at 24 weeks, five days. Each weighed less than two pounds. Sadly, Barrett passed away from an infection 10 days later.
Delaney spent three and a half months in Stormont's neonatal intensive care unit. But today, she's going strong.
13's Melissa Brunner emceed Thursday's event.
The 2014 March for Babies is May 3rd at the Statehouse. People are able to register themselves and their teams or make donations at www.marchforbabies.org.


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BALTIMORE — The Boston Red Sox are in the middle of the AL East pennant race, although not exactly in the fashion they envisioned at the beginning of the season.
At this point, however, the Red Sox can't even fulfill their role as spoilers.
After losing three in a row to the Baltimore Orioles, the last one 6-3 on Sunday, the Red Sox now head to New York to face the Yankees in a season-ending, three-game series.
Baltimore and New York are in a first-place tie in the division, and the Red Sox are in last. The last time Boston (69-90) lost 90 games was in 1966.
"We haven't had a good season," manager Bobby Valentine acknowledged.
Boston fell behind 5-0 in the third inning. Red Sox starter Zach Stewart (0-2) surrendered two homers, including a leadoff shot by Nate McLouth, and lasted only 2 2-3 innings.
"Seemed like first-inning jitters," Valentine said. "Had the ball up a little. Before you know it, it's five runs."
Pitching in front of a crowd of 41,257, Stewart liked the atmosphere but didn't care for the results.
"I like playing in that situation. It gets your adrenaline going," he said. "Those guys, they're basically on the gas pedal right now. They're doing a good job. That was one of those deals where they beat us all series, and I guess they had their foot on our throat right there and pushed down."
Cody Ross and Daniel Nava homered for the Red Sox, who have dropped five straight and 16 of 22.
McLouth, J.J. Hardy and Chris Davis hit solo homers, and Jim Thome drove in two runs for Baltimore. The Orioles completed a sweep and went 13-5 against Boston, their most wins in a single season versus the Red Sox since 1970 (13-5).
Joe Saunders (3-3) allowed three runs, eight hits and no walks in 7 1-3 innings for Baltimore. Obtained in a late-August trade with Arizona, Saunders has yielded a total of 12 earned runs in his last six starts. Jim Johnson worked the ninth for his 50th save.
A sunny, breezy fall afternoon couldn't have started much better for the Orioles. After the video board showed the Yankees and Angels losing early, McClouth hit the fourth pitch from Stewart over the left-field wall.
Hardy and Davis followed with singles before Stewart hit Jones with a pitch to load the bases. After Matt Wieters bounced into a run-scoring 4-6-3 double play, Thome followed with grounder up the middle that beat the shift and rolled into the outfield, scoring Davis for a 3-0 lead.
Boston wasted doubles in the second and third innings before Hardy led off the bottom of the third with his 22nd home run. Jones singled with one out, and Thome chased Stewart with an RBI single.
Ross homered in the fourth to get the Red Sox to 5-1. Davis connected off Clayton Mortensen in the fifth, his 31st homer of the season and fourth in four games.
Nava homered in the seventh with a man on.
Notes: Jones was chosen Orioles MVP in a vote among media covering the team, the second straight year he's won the award. "It is given to me, but I think the whole team deserves it," he said. ... Boston hit three doubles and now has a major-league leading 214 for the season. ... Red Sox RHP Clay Buchholz, who's 2-4 with a 5.84 ERA lifetime against the Yankees, starts Monday night against CC Sabathia. Rookie Wei-Yin Chen (12-10) starts for Baltimore in Tampa Bay against Alex Cobb (10-9). ... The top three players in the Baltimore lineup — McLouth, Hardy and Davis — combined to go 6 for 10 with three HRs and five runs.
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BALTIMORE — The Boston Red Sox are in the middle of the AL East pennant race, although not exactly in the fashion they envisioned at the beginning of the season.


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Hypersonic Radio Black-Out Problem Solved 88
KentuckyFC writes "Russian physicists have come up with a new way to communicate with hypersonic vehicles surrounded by a sheath of plasma. Ordinarily, this plasma absorbs and reflects radio waves at communications frequencies, leading to a few tense minutes during the re-entry of manned vehicles such as the shuttle. However, the problem is even more acute for military vehicles such as ballistic missiles and hypersonic planes. Radio blackout prevents these vehicles from accessing GPS signals for navigation and does not allow them to be re-targeted or disarmed at the last minute. But a group of Russian physicists say they can get around this problem by turning the entire plasma sheath into a radio antenna. They point out that any incoming signal is both reflected and absorbed by the plasma. The reflected signal is lost but the absorbed energy sets up a resonating electric field at a certain depth within the plasma. In effect, this layer within the plasma acts like a radio antenna, receiving the signal. However, the signal cannot travel further through the plasma to the spacecraft."


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Transfer news: Wigan fans told by Uwe Rosler that permanent signings are unlikely
Wigan fans have been told by Uwe Rosler that permanent signings are unlikely to be forthcoming this month.
Last Updated: 13/01/14 12:34pm
When Owen Coyle was still at the Latics helm, he frequently made a point of reiterating his desire to spend some of chairman Dave Whelan's money in this transfer window.
It was thought Coyle would make an effort to bring a big-money striker to the DW Stadium, using some of the cash accrued through midfielder James McCarthy's move to Everton at the end of August which brought an eight-figure sum to the club.
However, Coyle departed at the start of December and Rosler does not believe he has been at the club long enough to decide which players would be the right fit.
He said: "When the manager comes in at the beginning of the December and then three weeks later the transfer window starts, what do you expect?
"The budget is spent in terms of the amount of players we have in. It's a big squad but that was needed because of the European games.
"What (the January transfer window) allows me is it might free up some money on the wage budget to bring in loan players until the end of the season or on a short-term to help us and that is what I'll try to do."
Rosler's first signing at Wigan certainly fitted that bill with Everton defender Tyias Browning arriving on a one-month loan, while Cardiff striker Nicky Maynard could follow this week with Nouha Dicko's exit seemingly imminent after he watched potential suitors Wolves on Saturday.
Hull City boss Steve Bruce also revealed earlier this month that Latics had made a firm enquiry for their central defender Jack Hobbs, who is currently on loan at Nottingham Forest, but Rosler insists his focus is trained on the next transfer window after this campaign ends.
"My real first transfer window will be in the summer where we now have five months, six months time to prepare," he added.
"Three weeks to prepare is not enough. The last thing I want to do is to go out now and buy panic buys; that is not needed because we have good players here.
"The last thing we need is that we are making that sort of panic buys and failing, it's very important when we go for permanent deals we put ourselves in a position where we know all about the player and we limit the risk of failure.
"I can't say that in three weeks that I'd be 110 per cent happy having the knowledge to go for long-term contracts at the moment."


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Elsie L. Dodson, 95, of LaFontaine, IN, and having relatives in Mt. Etna, IN, died Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at 12:20 p.m. in Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Mrs. Dodson retired from RCA and attended New Life Community Church. She was involved in the CB Social Club.
She was born in Marion to Clarence and Ethel Lloyd. She married Floyd A. Dodson on Dec. 18, 1936. He preceded her in death on May 13, 1997.
Survivors include a daughter, Joan (Larry) Oliver, of LaFontaine; four sons, Ralph Dodson, of Carlisle: William (Kathy) Dodson, of LaFontaine; Floyd Dodson, of Mt. Etna; and Larry Lee Dodson, of Marion; 10 grandchildren, Teresa (Todd) Elderman, Ernie (Penny) Dodson, Natalie, Judy, Shelly (Mike) Eastman, Anita (Charles) Kean, Melissa Marceau, Amanda (Josh) Wood, Jennifer (Shaun) Jordan and Christine (Tony) LaCroix; 12 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Calling is Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, from 10 a.m. to noon at Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service, North Chapel, 1341 N. Baldwin Ave., Marion, with a funeral service following at noon. Rev. David Grieve and Rev. Joel Simmons will officiate. Burial will be in Gardens of Memory, Huntington County.
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By Jim Tracy, State Senator
This week flew by at the Capitol as more heated legislation came into committees and session. My welfare reform bill, Senate Bill 244, passed through the Senate during Monday session. This bill would put restrictions the businesses in which public assistance EBT cards may be used by prohibiting individuals from using them in liquor stores, adult cabarets, tobacco shops, and tattoo parlors.
The bill also outlines the consequences of any business or EBT recipient who chooses to overlook the restrictions. The House companion bill, House Bill 119, is scheduled to go through the House Health Subcommittee this Tuesday, March 5th.
My bill concerning concussions among youth athletes, Senate Bill 882, also passed through the Senate during Thursday session. This bill would require coaches to take any athletes, who display signs of a concussion, out of the game to be evaluated by a healthcare professional who must then provide written permission for the athlete to return to the sport. The House companion bill, House Bill 867, is scheduled to go through the House Education Subcommittee this Tuesday.
Another bill that is drawing a lot of attention across Tennessee is Senator Ketron's bill, Senate Bill 837, which would call for a referendum among the citizens of Tennessee in 2014 to decide whether or not wine should be sold in their city's and county's grocery stores. This bill passed through the Senate State and Local Government committee on Tuesday. However, the vote was very close as 5 Senate members voted in favor of the bill and 4 voted against it. The bill was then placed on the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee calendar for this Tuesday. The House companion bill, House Bill 610, is scheduled to go through the House Local Government Subcommittee this Wednesday, March 6th.
The Senate Finance Committee was briefed this week on the effect that the federal sequestration plan would have on Tennessee's budget. This came after the Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution 38 on Monday which urges the U.S. Congress to adopt a balanced budget.
With the federal sequestration plan comes an estimated $100 million dollars worth of cuts within Tennessee's budget this year. Much of what will be cut will come from Title 1 and Special Education funds. Tennesseans take pride in the state's balanced budget and financial responsibility. Therefore the threat of these cuts continues to cause widespread concern.
Senate Bill 142 passed through the Senate on February 11th and its companion bill, House Bill 118, passed through the House of Representatives during session on Thursday. The bill is now awaiting the Governor's signature in order to become a law. SB 142 allows Tennesseans to transport and store firearms in their vehicle in public and private parking lots.
I met this week with the Commissioner of the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to discuss how state government can streamline the licensing process of Early Intervention Resource Agencies (EIRA). Currently, there are two state agencies involved, the Department of Education and the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. These departments oversee these EIRA programs which serve children with developmental delays. I realize that this as a duplication of effort and cost to the state government. Therefore I am working towards creating a uniform process to help EIRA agencies and the families that they serve.


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|2008-10-27, 07:59
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|2008-10-27, 08:59
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But OSS progresses as its userbase grows. If those users who don't need CAD/video editing ran OSS operating systems on their PCs, then I'm sure those OSes would be more attractive for CAD/video editing developers.
Don't you think?
|2008-10-27, 17:10
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I guess it all comes down to how vast ur knowledge of computers are and what u need the computer for
If very little and plays alot of games go with Windows Xp/Vista
I dual boot Gentoo Linux 2008 and Xp on my computer
And i have Fedora 9 on my PS3
|2008-10-27, 22:51
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Of course being open source has it's coolness aspects. Bugs (on a popular project) can be nuked pretty quick, and there's always the finger pointing to stupid source. I suppose the biggest pro to open source is that if it sucks from version X onwards someone else can usually go and create their own version of the software that doesn't suck (provided the legal issues allow it). But this is not in the definition of better software, just better a development cycle.
Open Source makes better software, but Open Source Software won't by default be better then their counterparts (you just can't help bad design and concepts). Lets just say a project will most likely be better developed if it's open source as oposed to the same project being closed source.
|2008-10-28, 06:26
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The problem is no one but Microsoft can make Windows suck less.
|2008-10-28, 06:42
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As I said what choice is there really? Every high school graduate since the early to mid 90's has had significant exposure to Windows. OSX/Linux to date is good for 10% of the world's users combined. Where is the readily available talent pool? Where is the certifications? Anyone at this stage can say "oh yeah I know how to use Linux" but how do you prove it? SUn and Novell have certificate courses but not for the mainstream., which are rare as hen's teeth to begin with as well.
You can have the best product in then world but with no infrastructure, no/limited qualified users then it's just a white elephant.
Case in point look at the Linux server market share vs the desktop marketshare. The server market has infrastructure, qualified staff to keep it going and really make full use of the potential (last look 20-30% market share). Desktop = 0 infrastructure (and no an internet forum doesn't count)= 1 % marketshare. This is where I feel Linux is failing horribly. It all starts in schools. Kids are forced to learn Windows. Adults/kids choose to learn Linux. The product can be competitive. It doesn't have to be perfect (When was a MS product perfect out of the box?). It's too much to ask the 1% to go out and spread the word and teach people to use the o/s. And anyone saying there is no learning curve or it isn't steep is lying. It takes effort, commitment and an interest. For the vast majority of people, adults in particular - learning an operating system in their spare time doesn't even register in the top 1000 things they'd use their spare time for. Particularly when they've been indoctrinated from an early age.
|2008-10-28, 12:13
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Also there are 5 countries that are heavily investing in OSS for their infrastructure and with the credit crunch hitting home hard, this might be the thing that pushes people to save the additional pennies that a MS or Apple system would cost them.
|2008-10-28, 13:53
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Gregory House
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You're asking for corporatist infrastructure from a purely community-based meritocracy, which is almost completely the opposite. There are companies involved, but they seek their profits elsewhere (the server market).
The problem comes from the chicken-and-egg problem of Microsoft dominating the market and thus people learning Windows because, for most people, it's part of the PC. Linux doesn't even exist for most people. It's not about certifications, it's not about learning the operating system, it's about learning about the existence of alternatives. Most people don't even know what an operating system is. How do you expect them to choose?
Of course, schooling is a very important issue here. But with Microsoft dominating the market (and Microsoft lobbying schools into teaching computing only as MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint), it's very hard to make a breakthrough that way.
But we're holding strong, and steadily we're gaining new users everyday. For our Gutsy Gibbon release party, Ubuntu-ar managed to gather less than 20 people. For the Hardy Heron party (which I didn't manage to attend), there were about 25 people. We have scheduled the Intrepid Ibex release party for next Thursday, and we have already over 50 people who said they were going to attend, and from what I could see, more than 30% were relatively new users (and that's only in Buenos Aires, we've got about 40 people meeting in other parts of the country).
Of course, that doesn't mean we will see everyone who promised to come actually come to the party, but nevertheless we've almost doubled the attendance. In just six months.
The other day, the guy who came home to fix my AC saw my Ubuntu-stickered PC and told me, "Wow, you run Linux". An AC guy over 70 years old.
|2008-10-30, 05:07
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See as much as I find Linux useful - the sheer number of distros and some of them are more painful than others (I'm looking at you Sabayon and Gentoo) the lack of standardization is also a problem.
See the O/S is an afterthought for most people. Hey even for me I don't particularly give a crap as long as an o/s sits there and lets me do what I want to do with the least amount of effort. The main concern (particularly for businesses) IMO in order of priority is:
Now certifications do play a role - there's a direct correlation between the number of certified Linux server admins and certified Windows server admins and their respective marketshare. People are willing to pay for support. When I call helpdesk I expect someone qualified to answer. Case in point some assholes at the ubuntu forums a little while back were giving out instructions to delete the root directory to fix issues. There was a massive sticky about 2-3 months ago. Now the mods banned the users and fixed the posts within a reasonable amount of time but in the 5-10mins it took that poor user could have royally borked
his setup.
In a word I think the difference is professionalism. You can be an NPO and be professional - unfortunately IMO even Ubuntu is nowhere near what I'd call professional at this stage.
|2008-10-30, 05:14
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In terms of home usage I've found that support from linux is far from amateurish if you are willing to pay for it. Until recently I've always brought the boxed version of SuSE which gave me full support for a little while and they were very professional.
This is how I summerise it...
Windows/Mac - You pay for support if you want it or not
Linux - Most of them you pay for their company based support if you want it, but otherwise they mostly have darn fine free support based on everyone's good will.
Makes for a good read
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|2008-10-30, 07:30
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I haven't had the same success with many Windows problems, and some have forced me to reinstall the whole system (I remember an instant login bluescreen problem I discussed in this very forum--completely non-informative output with no way of producing any useful google result).
You want it or not, the command line is a powerful tool, for working and especially for debugging. If I have a non-booting Linux PC, I can still be reassured that I'll find some sort of output with which I can attempt to fix the problem, and tools at my disposal to do so (Live CDs, etc). I haven't had such luck with Windows.
|2008-10-30, 08:31
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Pixar's render farm has run on Linux for quite a few years now. I wouldn't be surprised if many of the design workstations are Macs, but the heavy lifting occurs on large Linux clusters. See: http://blogs.computerworld.com/if_it...ects_its_linux
The ability to create large clusters using commodity hardware has been a big sell for Linux at places like Google as well. In fact, I once read that Google's search cluster is so large that they don't bother to replace machines that die for quite a while. It costs more to track down the dead server than it does to throw another one in the rack.
Let me give an alternative view to hobbes_fan's criteria list, especially as it applies to business computing.
*ease of use
I generally see two types of (non-technical) people using computers. One group, and it's a large one, consists of people for whom no computer or OS offers "ease of use." One of my clients describes some of his office workers as people who would say their computers became unworkable because you moved an icon on the desktop. For these people, any change is unwelcome, even upgrades between Windows versions. For businesses forced to upgrade Windows by decisions in Redmond, you'll still need to invest in retraining people like these.
The other group is much more comfortable with computers and are perfectly willing to muck around in some menus to figure out what they need to do. For them the choice of an operating system is really not that important if it supports the functionality they seek.
As I said earlier, most mainstream users don't need more than perhaps a dozen or so applications. Even for people sticking with Windows, the array of FOSS applications like Firefox and OpenOffice make it possible to leave expensive closed-source applications behind. Businesses face the problem of proprietary software that appears to run only under Windows (though Wine and Mono may actually be sufficient even in these cases). In another ten years, though, many of these applications will have migrated to the web, either through third-party providers like Google Apps, or running on local servers. I always argue in favor of web-based solutions in the office environment when possible rather than having to support some proprietary application on every desktop. Commercial vendors in general would prefer the opposite solution since it provides a built-in requirement for support and upgrades. I find this especially infuriating for applications that consist largely of database access where a server running Apache and PHP could provide the entire user interface. Instead you're given some VB or .NET application that has to be installed everywhere and maintained by the provider.
I see more and more people moving back in the direction of thin clients and distributed computing to save money and to enable centralized management of resources. If everyone's running the same copy of OpenOffice, upgrading and troubleshooting takes place on the server not on hundreds of scattered desktops. Those of us with long histories of using computers are amused by this trend which harkens back to the mainframe and mini-computer days of yore.
Last I heard, Microsoft provides essentially no support for Windows or its desktop applications; you're told to ask your computer's manufacturer. If you have a Windows problem, you call Dell, not Microsoft.
Also, based again more on reading and discussions than recent personal experience, professional support for things like Exchange come at a high price. A single support call to Microsoft costs a minimum of $175, I believe. Businesses usually rely on third-party system integrators to provide this type of support. Linux system integrators aren't that big a business yet (sadly for me), but you can get professional service contracts for Linux from companies like IBM, RedHat, and Novell. RH is known for writing bug fixes into the Linux or application source code in response to customer concerns then submitting them upstream to the project's maintainers.
and finally price
Price isn't always at the bottom of everyone's list. One of my clients is a community health center facing substantial budget cuts as a result of the economic crisis. We're moving to Linux-based thin clients and probably a Linux terminal server or two to support the computing needs of the medical staff.
The true cost of Windows is, I believe, much higher than the true cost of Linux, even ignoring the cost of the software itself. Most studies show that Linux installations require fewer support staff than Windows installations. Now part of this difference might be that the average Linux administrator is probably more knowledgeable than the average Windows administrator, but a lot of it has to do with the greater reliability and security of Linux systems. If you can eliminate two or three support staff members at an average cost of $80-100K or so with salary, benefits, overheads, etc., you're looking at numbers that might attract some attention from the folks over in accounting.
None of these arguments says much about what ordinary people should be running. I fully expect Microsoft to maintain its control over computing in the home for many years to come. There are obvious benefits to home users in staying within the Windows monoculture because of its familiarity and because, as WK notes, it's really all they know. Businesses have different incentives and different resources, and it's there that I think we'll continue to see the expansion of Linux both in the server room and on the desktop. I'm not expecting these changes to happen quickly though. If Linux achieves a 20% desktop share in businesses a decade from now, that will represent a major achievement.
|2008-10-30, 09:45
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Funny, i always thought that pixar were using solaris for their rendering farms.
So linux is the new Windows, when is the point people need to start hating it? ^^
|2008-10-30, 20:23
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"What?! you're using Ubuntu/Archlinux/Debian/Suse/[blah blah] with [la la la la] you fuckin' n00b!"
|2008-10-30, 20:36
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Nah, that would be "you are using (K)Ubuntu/Suse/Mandriva/EasyDistro, nooo000b!!!111"
"You're using Slack/Arch/Gentoo/DIYDistro, get a L.I.F.E."
"WTF You're using Canonical/Novell, they've sold their souls to the devil, DIE noob!!11"
Then there's the usual "OMG, {GNOME/KDE} users, lolz, you suck".
|2008-10-31, 05:24
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A recent article from the former head of IT at the german foreign ministry, the interesting line is on the end....
|2008-11-16, 20:59
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However, what do you mean when you say "Unix"? Do you mean an OS specifically named "Unix" (only one platform that I know of actually is called "Unix", notably SCO's UnixWare) or any platform which has been certified by The Open Group (which owns the trademark to the name "Unix")? Given the fragmented nature of the Unix market, you need to be very specific.
Besides, a lot of sites do run Linux, plus a few run the BSDs, e.g. FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
Debian presently uses the exact same runlevel for multiuser interaction whether you're using a GUI or not, which is runlevel 2.
Ubuntu does not use the SysV init system at all, but instead, uses an event-driven program called "Upstart". There are no runlevels in the SysV init sense, though it can be emulated. More info can be had at http://upstart.ubuntu.com. Debian is using it in experimental, while Fedora Core apparently already uses it according to the page.
BSD init does not support runlevels at all. The machine is either running single-user, multiuser (GUI or not), or it is down.
On my desktop Linux box, because I use a GUI on it, does that make me a wuss? I quite frequently have at least one terminal window open, so there.
Remember the i-Opener? Its native OS was QNX. The main people who bought the i-Opener were hackers who wanted a nice, cheap Linux platform, which was not the device's target audience. Though it also should be noted that the i-Opener was not a general-purpose computer. Its only intended uses were to browse the web and read e-mail.
Plus it could be argued that FreeBSD is already on people's desks in some form, notably in the form of Macos. Granted it uses its own form of BSD (Darwin), the fact that Jordan Hubbard, the initial leader of the FreeBSD project, has moved on to Apple, bringing a lot of his FreeBSD experience with him, brings some of FreeBSD onto users' desktops.
The only item enumerated in your list I can really agree with you on is OpenSolaris.
Silicon Graphics Inc., on the other hand, very much is, being the specifier of OpenGL. As such, the main commercial OS which has found such use is IRIX. A lot of Square's work is rendered using IRIX-powered render farms.
And if you don't think Linux isn't big in the render farm market, think again. Titanic's CG scenes were done with DEC Alpha machines running Linux. Any CG movie released by Dreamworks SKG is done with Linux. As for Pixar, I don't know.
There's a lot of info about Linux in the motion picture production industry as well as software that can be used (and even obtained) from www.linuxmovies.org.
Meanwhile, to go to my own systems, I use a wide variety of systems based on the need.
In my case, I use:
I think OS choice depends entirely on skill level and needs. I think my network setup fits my needs and skill level (very high) pretty well, but then, to fulfill said needs along with what I want to do, I use multiple computers each with different operating systems and configurations to suit the need/want set they are set up for.
For just one computer for a normal user, that's another matter entirely, and as others have said, it's a very personal thing. You have to weigh what you need against what the desired system can(not) do, what sacrifices you feel willing to make (if any), and how comfortable you feel with learning a new system.
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Information in Police Reports is obtained from the Glen Ellyn Police Department. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.
• Molly A. Dixon, 22, 17 Sunset Ave., was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, speeding, improper turn and uninsured motor vehicle at 1:53 a.m. Oct. 27 at Roosevelt Road and Sunset Avenue.
• Cynthia R. O'Neill, 65, 852 Saddlewood Drive, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to reduce speed to avoid collision at 7:41 p.m. Oct. 30 at Park Boulevard and Roosevelt Road.
• Jeffrey A. Roegner, 28, 363 Sandhurst Circle, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, improper lane use and expired registration at 12:47 a.m. Nov. 1 at Roosevelt Road and Baker Hill Drive.
• Robert W. Truex, 54, 2426 Legacy Drive, Aurora, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to signal when required at 4:23 a.m. Nov. 1 at Roosevelt Road and Interstate 355.
• Ilze Blanken, 64, 325 W. St. Charles Road, Lombard, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and improper lane use at 9:37 p.m. Nov. 1 at DuPage Boulevard and Carleton Avenue.
Traffic violation
• Willard M. Cotton, 20, 15132 Turlington Ave., Harvey, was charged with operating vehicle when registration suspended, uninsured motor vehicle, driving while license suspended, speeding and defective windshield at 8:54 a.m. Oct. 29 at Park Boulevard and Lowden Avenue.
• Nelly S. Castro, 19, 381 Brittney Court, Geneva, was charged with driving while license suspended and no rear registration light at 10:03 p.m. Nov. 2 at Roosevelt Road and Nicoll Way.
Marijuana possession
• Christopher D. James, 21, 675 Roosevelt Road, was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana at 11:12 p.m. Nov. 2 at Budgetel Inn, 675 Roosevelt Road.
• Denzel J. Lindsey, 21, 330 Larch Lane, was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia at 1:23 a.m. Nov. 3 in the 300 block of Larch Lane.
Caseem A. Brown, 29, 1198 Royal Glen Drive, and Ronald E. Kitchen, 28, 18W149 Buckingham Lane, Villa Park, each were charged with fighting at 3:44 p.m. Oct. 29 in the 1100 block of Royal Glen Drive.
Vehicle damage
A parked vehicle was reportedly scratched between 9:55 and 10:15 a.m. Oct. 30 at 430 Pennsylvania Ave.
• Thomas C. Phee, 68, 22W445 McCarron Road, was charged with theft less than $500 at 10:39 a.m. Oct. 29 at Village Green Park, 130 S. Lambert Road.
• A locked Schwinn mountain bike was reportedly stolen from a bike rack between Sept. 27 and Oct. 27 at Forest and Stewart avenues. The black bike with red lettering was reported stolen at 2:15 p.m. Oct 27.
Possession of drug
• Mitchell T. Menini, 19, 390 Spruce Lane, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia at 12:19 a.m. Nov. 2 in the 300 block of Spruce Lane.
• Justin W. Wolter, 21, 185 S. Park Blvd., was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia at 1:07 a.m. Nov. 2 in the 100 block of Park Boulevard.
Public intoxication
Edmund Chmiel, 77, 282 S. Milton Ave., was charged with public intoxication at 3:15 p.m. Oct. 30 at Park Boulevard and Sheehan Avenue.
Disruptive public contact
Marvin R. Harris, 47, 999 S. Lorraine Road, Wheaton, was charged with disruptive public contact (panhandling) at 5:41 p.m. Oct. 31 at Jewel, 599 Roosevelt Road.


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BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Carl Icahn dropped his bid Tuesday for emergency and military vehicle maker Oshkosh Corp. OSK, +2.75% stating that he would not extend his $32.50 a share offer that expired at midnight Dec. 3. In a statement, Icahn said that about 22% of the company's shares had been tendered and that none were purchased. "We have said in a number of communications to shareholders since the outset of this tender offer that we would not extend our offer unless at least 25% of the outstanding shares are tendered in the offer. Therefore, we are returning all tendered shares and we will not extend the offer," Icahn said in a statement. Shares of Oshkosh were down 6% at $28.44 in late morning trading.
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I have an if statement that is driving me crazy, and I suspect it's something really simple I have missed.
As you can see below, the testBoolean is set to the value True, but for some reason when debugging, it step through both conditions, so in the end the button1.visble becomes False, but I want it to be set to True.
Dim testBoolean As Boolean = True If testBoolean Then button1.Visible = True Else button1.Visible = False End If
If anyone could explain why, I'd be very greatful.
Many thanks,
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Daniel, well, it's not that bad for productivity. I have been using it for a couple of days and it has not hurt me. :)
Matthew, yes, perhaps I can. But now I am working on something else. I'll add it some time later.
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County legislators held a press conference last week urging the Nassau County Police Department to implement a program that would require its officers to use dashboard and body cameras for what they say would benefit both the public and the police. The NCPD said that development of pilot program for the cameras has already been in place since last month.
On June 4, Legislator Carrie Solages (D-Elmont), along with Legislators Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport) and Siela Bynoe (D-Westbury), held a press conference outside the Nassau County Police Headquarters in Mineola. The proposed resolution comes more than a month since a Westbury man alleged that he was attacked by a county police officer during a traffic stop.
"There is a lot of stress in the job of a police officer and we appreciate that," Solages said. "They are naturally put into very stressful situations and when the public meets a police officer in a given day, that is stressful too. The emotions can fly and memories can be distorted, but now one thing that won't change is the story that the video tape reflects."
The legislators have called on the NCPD to implement the program — first in three precincts, then countywide.
"It's about everyone's protection; the police officers and the general public," Abrahams said. "Transparency and accountability are major reasons for this important announcement, but ultimately it is to ensure the protection and safety of all our hard working police officers and the general public that they serve."
NCPD Inspector Kenneth Lack, however, issued a statement later that day that said that a pilot program is already being developed as part of a comprehensive ethics initiative announced last month. The new technology, Lack said, will be tested and reviewed with the assistance of two private sector companies.
Solages told the Herald that the press conference was held because "they [NCPD] wanted to do it, but didn't implement it, based on my understanding." He also said that it's no coincidence that the NCPD released its statement about development of the program already underway immediately following the press conference.


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U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich
United Steel Workers Legislative Conference
Washington, D.C. July 17, 1995.
Thank you, George. And thank you for the contributions you've made to this union, to the trade union movement, and to working people across America. During the past two and a half years, you've been an inspiring leader and a devoted friend. I know I can always count on you for sound -- yes, steel-plated -- advice. Every Steelworker in this room should be very proud of their president.
Let me begin by thanking all of you for coming to Washington. This legislative conference is unlike any that has come before. There's a new regime in Congress -- and there's lots of work to be done. As you race around Washington these next few days, you'll hear members of this new Congress talk about making government smaller and more efficient. To them, I say this: I defy you to find a smaller, more efficient Labor Secretary. I can get by on 800 calories a day. Try that, Newt Gingrich.
Speaker Gingrich has been travelling around the country lately plugging his new book. I've been travelling, too -- not to sell something, but to listen . . . to listen to real Americans . . . real working Americans in every region of our country.
These working families may not grab the headlines, but the more I listen, the more I realize that they are the unspoken heroes of American life. All of you know what I'm talking about. These Americans are your neighbors and your friends; many are your brothers and sisters in this great union. These Americans sit at the kitchen table at night, figuring out how to pay this month's bills. They pray their kids don't get sick, because the doctor bills are getting more expensive each year. They worry about taking a walk after dinner, because the neighborhood's no longer safe.
They're not on welfare -- although some come perilously close. And they don't need a capital gains tax cut, because they don't have much capital.
They are ordinary Americans, barely holding on, as great waves of economic change engulf them. And they're having a tough time.
Too many families have been working harder, but getting nowhere. It is true that the income of the average household has been increasing. But averages often obscure the important details. After all, Shaquille O'Neal and I have an average height of six feet. The reality is that, for 15 years, the wages of most Americans have been stuck or have fallen -- and families have had a harder time holding on to a decent standard of living. More and more of them have lost their grip on the middle class, or their hope for entering the middle class.
There are some in Washington who claim they have the answer for Americans like these. They even think they have a contract with these families. But over these last few months, watching the House and Senate has been a little like watching a really bad double feature -- "Dumb and Dumber" followed by "Clear and Present Danger."
And nowhere is this more true than in the war over the budget that we've been fighting -- and will continue to fight for the rest of this summer and into the fall.
Nearly every government initiative designed to help trade union members and other working men and women is under assault.
And there's only one solution: We've got to fight this gang!
These politicians say that work should be rewarded -- but then refuse to raise the minimum wage . . . and actually raise taxes on 15 million working families by rolling back the Earned Income Tax Credit. We've got to fight this gang!
These politicians say they care about worker health and safety, but now they've proposed cutting OSHA by one-third, eliminating MSHA, gutting health and safety standards, and smothering worker protections under so many layers of court review that the only workers who benefit will be lawyers. We've got to fight this gang!
These politicians say they're for work over welfare, but now they've proposed eliminating a million summer jobs for disadvantaged kids who want to work. We've got to fight this gang!
These politicians harrumph about how Americans need to save more and plan for retirement, but then propose fencing in the government watchdog that protects the pensions of working families. And that's not the only watchdog they have in their sights. Even when they keep the laws on the books, they remove the teeth that give enforcement its bite . . . and undermine worker protection for wages, hours, working conditions, family and medical leave, and job discrimination. We've got to fight this gang!
These politicians say they care that corporations are downsizing and that wages are stagnating --but then they cut billions from education and training that help ordinary Americans get the skills they need to succeed. We've got to fight this gang!
And where do they want to put all this money? Into a juicy capital gains tax cut for the very rich. These politicians promise to put government on a low-fat diet, but they're serving up a different menu: corporate pork . . . topped with gravy for the greedy. Working people of America have got to fight this gang!
And this at the very time when the earnings gap between the rich and rest is wider than it's been in living memory. Working people of America have got to fight this gang!
And what makes things even worse is that many of the people who want President Clinton's job try to do all of these things while marching under the banner of family values. Family values. It's one of those alarm clock phrases. It rattles us to attention whether we like it or not. That's what Senator Dole did a few weeks ago when he denounced violence in movies, television, and music. He had a lot of important things to say -- but more than anything, he did us a favor by discussing family values in the context of the responsibility corporations owe to the rest of our society.
If what Senator Dole is saying is true -- that companies are not merely profit-making machines -- that corporations are citizens, in a sense, of our society, sharing the benefits and the obligations of citizenship, he has opened up a far broader set of questions than he may realize.
For example, if companies have responsibilities, don't they have a responsibility to provide decent wages to their employees? Corporate profits are setting record levels . . . the stock market is in the midst of one of the biggest bull markets in history . . . and top executives got another 12 percent raise this year -- not even including their stock options. Yet most paychecks are going nowhere. And all over America, loyal employees who have put in 10, 20, 30 years, are getting pink slips from companies that are doing well.
If companies have responsibilities, don't they have a responsibility to respect the right to strike and to bargain collectively for higher wages and better benefits? And don't they have a similar obligation not to bust unions or load employee committees with representatives of management?
We have a moral responsibility to ask these questions. We must explain what family values really mean, and not be cowed by the crowd that thinks it has a copyright on those precious words.
President Clinton wants to raise the minimum wage, because $4.25 is not a living wage -- especially for almost 40 percent of these earners who are their household's sole breadwinner. And he wants to keep his tax break for 15 million working families. That's family values.
President Clinton appointed to the NLRB people like Bill Gould and Peggy Browning and Fred Feinstein as General Counsel, because they understand collective bargaining isn't a privilege. It's a right. This threesome has reactivated the agency -- issuing more injunctions in the last six months than in the last six years. That's family values. And that's precisely why Congress wants to cut the board's budget by almost a third -- not to save money, but to tie the hands of this heavyweight champion of worker rights.
With this spring's executive order, the President said it plain and simple: we will not allow companies that do business with the government to permanently replace striking workers. We've guaranteed that if you are forced to strike, you won't be replaced. That's family values.
Some Republicans have pledged to kill this executive order. They were trying to revoke it before the ink was dry. But the Democrats in the Senate -- led by Ted Kennedy -- stood firm, and kept a filibuster going for five days to prevent the Republicans from eliminating the order. That's family values.
And while many of you use sophisticated machines in your jobs, the President still has a less high-tech tool he's prepared to use: his pen. If the Republicans try to weaken Section 8(a)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act, which protects the independence of unions, get ready for a four-letter word: V-E-T-O. Or if they try to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act, or roll back the Service Contract Act, the President will hand them another veto. That's family values.
He's done this sort of thing before. Right when he came to office, he eliminated President Reagan's and President Bush's anti-union, anti-worker executive orders -- PATCO, Boston Harbor, and the Beck decision. That's family values.
From the Motor Voter Act -- so every American can easily exercise his or her right to vote . . . . to Family and Medical Leave -- so every worker can get his or her job back after a family emergency . . . President Clinton has signed into law 32 bills supported by the unions of the AFL-CIO. That's family values.
Family values don't belong to them. They belong to all of us.
We honor family values every time we create a job. We honor family values every time children have a decent place to grow when their parents are at work. We honor family values every time we secure a working family's pension. We honor family values each time we make the workplace safe. We honor family values every time we move a young mother from welfare to work, or help a worker get better skills, or help someone who has lost a job to find a new one. We honor family values every time we stand with workers who are trying to organize a union.
The future of this nation depends on these kinds of family values. The future of this nation depends on your families. The future of this nation depends on your union and your workers. You are the moral and economic heart of this country.
Let's work together in the next year and a half to preserve what we have won. And let there be no mistake about what we're up against or what this gang is up to. They've declared war on working Americans -- and now they're setting off their bombs . . . Crippling workplace safety . . . cutting enforcement of wages, hours, and working conditions . . . gutting the NLRB . . . going after 8(a)(2) and Davis Bacon and the Service Contract Act . . . blocking a minimum wage increase . . . trying to reverse the President's executive order on striker replacement . . . slashing education and job training. And they say this is all to save money -- even though they plan to hand a huge capital gains tax break to the wealthy and hike taxes on the working poor.
We can't allow this to happen. In the name of working Americans, we can't allow this gang to triumph.
Steelworkers of America, you have been on the front lines defending working Americans for much of this century. And now history is calling you again. I'll be marching with you in this fight -- not shoulder to shoulder maybe, but my shoulder to your hip.
We'll be marching to turn back this tide of terror. We'll be marching to protect the right to strike . . . to keep our unions strong . . . and to guarantee that the places where we work each day are healthy, safe, and fair. We'll be marching for American jobs . . . for wages that can pay the bills . . . and for pensions that come through when retirement arrives. We'll be marching for millions of hard-working, tax-paying, law-abiding Americans . . . who do the heavy lifting . . . who get the tough jobs done . . . who play by all the rules . . . and who ask in return only a fair shake and the simple opportunity to lead a decent life.
We'll be marching, my friends, to restore the American Dream.
Thank you. And God bless you.


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Do you ever turn off your cell phone?
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absolutely, especially in the evenings and when i want to rest w/o being disturbed. with text messaging and voicemail, it's rare that i miss anything all that important and in an emergency, those that need it have my work/home phone.
What do you do to stay yourself? It´s really easy to lose "you" when you become a mom, so what do you do (crafting, reading, painting, etc.) to make sure that you aren´t completely lost under the responsibilities of motherhood?
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Great question! It's so easy to lose yourself. I make a conscious effort to carve out time for myself. A weekly belly dancing class; a good book. Monthly get togethers with friends. It's very hard, but well worth it!
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I hope all is well with you. I haven't seen any new blogs from you and I sent a friend request. I will keep you in my prayers and hope to hear from you one day soon. 9/10/08
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I hope Monday is a good day for you!!!
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Welcome Almond, It's so nice to meet you. I think we all try and remember that we're women, and sometimes that needs to come first. That was so well put, thanks for sharing it.
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There were minor movements in and out of the Comex warehouses today, but nothing of consequence.
Intraday commentary here.
Gold is moving from West to East. There is something going on behind the scenes.
Have a pleasant evening.
"Most societies have an elite and the elite try to stay in power; and the way they stay in power is not merely by controlling the means of production, but by controlling the cognitive map, the way we think. And what really matters in that respect, is not so much what is actually said in public, but what is left undebated, unsaid." Gillian Tett, Financial Times
The Banks must be restrained, and the financial system reformed, with balance restored to the economy, before there can be any sustainable recovery.
"In the Incarnation the whole human race recovers the dignity of the image of God. Thereafter, any attack even on the least of men is an attack on Christ, who took on the form of man, and in his own Person restored the image of God in all. Through our relationship with the Incarnation, we recover our true humanity, and at the same time are delivered from that perverse individualism which is the consequence of sin, and recover our solidarity with all mankind." Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"A credibility trap is when the managerial functions of a society have been sufficiently compromised by corruption so that the leadership cannot reform, or even honestly address, the problems of that system without implicating a broad swath of the powerful, including themselves.
The moneyed interests and their aspirants tolerate the corruption because they have profited from it, and would like to continue to do so. Discipline is maintained by various forms of soft financial rewards and career and social coercion."


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Pistons rally for 115-107 win over Hawks
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- Associated Press
- February 21, 2014 - 9:25 PM
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Andre Drummond had 20 points and 11 rebounds and Kyle Singler made a pair of big 3-pointers late in the fourth quarter to lead the Detroit Pistons over the Atlanta Hawks 115-107 on Friday night.
The injury-riddled Hawks lost their eighth straight game despite shooting 17 of 20 during a 41-point second quarter. Detroit rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit.
Atlanta was without guard Jeff Teague, who was out with a sprained ankle. Al Horford was lost for the season in December with a torn pectoral muscle.
Paul Millsap had 23 points for the Hawks.
Drummond sat out late in the game after the Hawks started fouling him intentionally, but he had already thrown down a spectacular one-handed dunk on Elton Brand early in the fourth quarter.
That dunk came after Drummond knocked away a pass near midcourt. Brand appeared to have him cut off, but Drummond was able to throw down a dunk while being fouled. Brand smiled a bit afterward and even appeared to be looking up at the scoreboard for a replay.
That made the score 93-88. Later, the Hawks started fouling Drummond intentionally, and the move worked. The Detroit big man finished 0 for 8 from the line.
It was tied at 104 when Singler made a 3-pointer from the right wing, and Will Bynum doubled the lead with a driving three-point play with 1:06 to go. A 3-pointer by Singler with 30 seconds left made it 113-106.
Greg Monroe had 22 points and 15 rebounds for the Pistons, who stood pat at the trade deadline Thursday. Detroit is now 2 1/2 games behind Atlanta and Charlotte, who are tied for seventh place in the Eastern Conference.
The Hawks looked unstoppable on offense in the second quarter, scoring at will while going the entire period without a turnover. But the Pistons outscored Atlanta 34-20 in the third.
Brandon Jennings played well in the third and finished with 12 points and 14 assists, although he didn't play at all in the fourth. Detroit went with Will Bynum instead, and he finished with nine points and seven assists.
NOTES: Atlanta shot 85 percent in the second quarter, one of the top marks for one quarter in the NBA this season. Denver shot 87 percent (13 for 15) in the fourth quarter at Toronto on Dec. 1, according to STATS. ... The Pistons outscored the Hawks 66-34 in the paint.
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Worcester Sharks President Michael A. Mudd has announced that the hockey team saw an 8-percent attendance increase during its sixth season in Worcester, averaging 4,402 fans at the 38 home games.
The American Hockey League (AHL) team reported that over the last two seasons, the Sharks have had an increase of 93 percent for group ticket revenue and have improved individual advanced ticket sales by 75 percent. Overall, the Sharks have experienced 37-percent growth in ticket revenue since the 2009-10 season.
The DCU Center reported nine sellouts, which are games with attendance of more than 5,400, during the 2011-2012 season that ended in April. This included a franchise-record crowd of 10,170 on Feb. 24 for a game against the Providence Bruins.
On average, the AHL saw a 5-percent increase in attendance over the 2010-11 season.
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By one metric of commercial real estate activity, Greater Boston's central business district fared better than any other market in the country.
Cushman & Wakefield, a large commercial real estate services firm, compiled statistics in a study that examined business districts' office market absorption rates, which measure the net rate of growth in leasing during a given period. The study looked at the central business districts in 28 cities across the country.
Cushman & Wakefield defines Greater Boston's central business district, or CBD, as including such neighborhoods as the Financial District, the Back Bay, Government Center/North Station, Midtown, Seaport, and Charlestown.
For 2012, absorption rose in Greater Boston's CBD to 1.8 million square feet, versus 200,000 square feet in 2011. For 2012, Chicago was second in absorption with about 1.2 million square feet, and Houston was third with 1.08 million.
"We are seeing very solid leasing and sales activity across all Greater Boston areas and asset classes fueled by increasing occupier and investor demand," said Robert E. Griffin Jr., president of Cushman & Wakefield's New England region. "What is most noteworthy about the recovery now underway in Boston is its level of consistency across the board. In addition to a significant spike in the Financial District leasing activity, we are also seeing very healthy leasing fundamentals in the suburbs approaching a 10-year rolling average. Robust occupier demand is fueling new construction at a level we have not seen in more than a decade. This is supporting a new trend whereby owner/occupiers are opting for new construction over second generation space in both the CBD and suburbs. Also supporting increased sales activity are favorable financing terms combined with attractive pricing and the continued shift toward the 'live-work-play' model which is here to stay."
Just this week, the Globe has published two stories about commercial real estate activity in the Financial District.
A story in Friday's Globe reported that one of the biggest buildings in the neighborhood, 100 Federal St., is exploring plans to open multiple restaurants and shops on its heavily traveled plaza.
And an earlier story noted that Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., the oldest privately held financial institution in the country, is moving to a historic building in the Financial District, signing one of the largest leases in the city in recent years.Chris Reidy can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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"The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Beta Release of Ubuntu 6.10 – codenamed "Edgy Eft", you can read the details on the announce mail.
Don't hesitate to open a bug on launchpad if you face any issue with it, your feedback is welcome. We had a good bug day wednesday with active people on launchpad and #ubuntu-bugs, thanks to everybody who participated! If you want to give a hand to make edgy rocking don't hesitate to join, we will likely have bug days every week and most of the distribution team will focus on bug triage and fixing until edgy


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My cabin was the ultimate in location, location, location.
Don't misunderstand; it was a perfectly pleasant little cabin, if a bit small (some might say cozy), with log walls, matching wood furniture and a spotlessly clean, modern bathroom. The maroon tartan chairs, more appropriate for a lost great-aunt somewhere, were a bit less impressive, but no matter. This cabin was all about the front yard.
And that front yard was the reason that a modest cabin at Jenny Lake Lodge rents for $645 a night. Swing open the front door and there stand some of the most beautiful mountains you will ever see: the soaring, jagged Grand Tetons, sprouting like teeth from the earth as if to take a bite out of the heavens. It's the best front yard in America.
The cabin's most crucial amenity is the pair of wood rocking chairs on the slab out front, and the smartest thing a visitor can do is give them a good rocking. Reading in those chairs is a waste of time. Better to just look ahead at those grand teeth. Bring music. Or a drink. Or — why not? — music and a drink. Just make sure you're looking ahead. Your eyes won't want to leave.
Jenny Lake Lodge is one of the few four-diamond hotels (as designated by AAA) housed in a national park (others are in Death Valley and Yosemite), and for that four-diamond cost, the service was, as it should be, impeccable. Within five minutes, the front desk called to ask whether things were "up to your standards." They were. I had already taken note of the king-size bed, the impossibly soft bathrobe and the complimentary purified water stashed in a corner.
Minutes later, a kindly white-haired gentleman working at Jenny Lake in his retirement (smart guy) stopped by to acquaint me with my cabin. The ice and purified water would be replaced twice daily, he said. The day's newspapers would be in the main lodge by 7 each morning, should I want to start my day by the warmth of the stone fireplace. The manager's reception, including champagne and hors d'oeuvres, would begin at 5 that night.
I thanked him, then sat in one of those rocking chairs for a bit. And though mingling with other guests and long-stemmed glasses sounded posh, I had sweatier work to do. I had to start exploring those Tetons.
Sun fleeing quickly, I grabbed my bear spray, essential in these parts, and headed out for a walk on the trail along Jenny Lake. The path traced the edge of the broad, glassy water, afternoon sunlight twinkling off its face and thick stands of pines hugging its shores. Rising above the lake, staring back at me, were those teeth.
There are many stunning peaks in this world, but the Tetons possess their own kind of magic. They climb so sharply and suddenly above the lakes and the pines, perfect jagged point after perfect jagged point, that they turn ominous even in their stillness. On the quiet shores of Jenny Lake, you not only stand toe to toe with that perfection, but you stand in the heart of the 310,000-acre park; those peaks, and the lakes below, including Jenny, were the first part of the Tetons set aside for preservation by Congress in 1929.
About the time the stars started glimmering above, I headed back to the lodge to reacquaint myself with the magic of four diamonds — and five courses. Stays at Jenny Lake Lodge include leisurely dinners with plenty of difficult choices: wild mushroom tempura or local buffalo carpaccio for an appetizer? Braised lamb shank with parsnip purée or seared ruby trout with tomato mushroom ragout as an entree? Plus soup, salad and a dessert that, this night, included the option of fried Snickers. As I munched on mine, I pitied anyone laboring over a camp stove in the dark.
Sleeping early is essential at Jenny Lake Lodge in order to wake early and see those mountains bathed in warm morning light. And sure enough, as the sun began its climb the next day, I rubbed my eyes to find them painted pinkish orange, their high snowy patches aglow. There was nothing to do but find a mug of coffee and sit back.
But then it was time to explore again. After a guided 90-minute horseback ride atop Victor — because that also is included with a Jenny Lake Lodge stay — a staff member drove me in a black Cadillac Escalade ("The official vehicle of Jenny Lake Lodge" when I was there) to a boat launch from which I would be carried across the lake to one of the park's most-trafficked trails: the steep half-mile climb to Inspiration Point.
Inspiration Point affords some marvelously broad views of the lake, but that is as far as many people go. And if you keep walking, you wind deeper into the heart of the Tetons, on the twisting path through Cascade Canyon, where those craggy peaks are demystified a bit; they don't just shoot up into the sky, of course; they bleed into each other and slope down to the earth.
I shared the late summer walk with three young Israeli women who had just finished working at a summer camp in Pennsylvania, then with a couple from Ohio who had happened upon a black bear that morning and discharged their bear spray. The cloud of repellent blew back into their faces, leaving them blinded while the bear sauntered off. I kept the glory of the fried Snickers to myself.
Gladly, I made it back to my cabin without a bear encounter. Instead, I readied myself for a beer encounter, which, yes, I sipped on the front porch of my cabin. I sat there until the sun went down before finding my way to another five-course dinner.
It wasn't until the next morning, as I prepared to leave, that I realized, or even thought to care, that my cabin didn't have a television.
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I am heartbroken. We lost an important member of our family last month. Spy, the big green iguana we have had for four years, left without even saying so much as good-bye.
It was the Monday of Memorial Day weekend, a beautiful sunny day. Dan and the kids had no school, but I had to work at the paper.
So Dan was Mr. Mom, doing the dishes and all of the supervisory duties alone. Believe me, that is no small task. We have a household full of rambunctious boys especially when there's a day off from school. Our house is the place to be for our sons and their friends who like to alternate between playing hoop in the driveway and jumping into our backyard pool.
The boys also like to eat and drink. When we can, we mix up cheap, powdered fruit punch by the gallons and cook burgers and hot dogs to keep everyone filled up.
Naturally, the front and back doors are swinging open and shut so fast, you wonder how they stay on the hinges. The boys are in and out all day long to use the bathroom, get a towel, borrow a bathing suit, get another basketball or grab some cookies.
Spy was likely taking it all in that day, watching for the exact moment when he could slip out the door and run away, never to be burdened by humans again.
He had gotten out once before and ended up in a stand of trees lining our front yard. Jarid, our 11-year-old, saw the jailbreak and captured Spy, returning him to his perch in our picture window.
But that two-minute taste of freedom must have ignited his thirst for even more. He had the run of the house — all three stories — but it wasn't enough. He was always at the door yearning for the outside and perhaps a chance to be with his own kind. Little did he know there are no iguanas hanging around the fields of New Hampshire.
But, the way Spy saw it, Memorial Day was the day. If his little reptilian brain could have actually thought, he would not have been able to believe his luck. One of the boys left the door wide open. Houseflies flew in by the dozens and Spy booked it out of the house and out of our lives forever.
"I'm really sorry, honey," Dan said glumly when I got home from work. "I think Spy is gone for good this time."
"Oh, no!" I gasped, and went into the yard to look for my green guy. But it was already too late. It had been three or four hours since his escape. He could be miles away by now, I thought.
I looked for him again the next day, the day after that and the day after that. I did not expect to find him, but every time I saw a slip of vibrant green in the bushes around our property that didn't seem to fit in, I rushed up to see if it was my Spymaster, as I liked to call him.
I took solace in the fact that he was probably enjoying the sun and eating an endless supply of fresh dandelion greens, but in the days after his escape, we got a spell of raw and rainy weather and I wondered if Spy missed his electric lava rock that sat on the extra-wide windowsill in our picture window. He used to sleep on the pink rock on those chilly nights. He was not used to the harsh elements of a cold and damp New England spring. When he was cold, he would sort of go into this state of suspended animation and I envisioned him lying in a bush waiting for the sun to warm him. I am sure he did not even remember his lava rock or me.
It is hard to love an iguana. His excrement smelled bad and he would drop it in white and green clumps, like bird dung across the oak floor in the living room. Periodically, he would shed and there would be chunks of dead skin lying around the house. And, he wasn't very cuddly. If I picked him up, he would lunge to bite my face or swing his barbed tail to hit me. His claws were like daggers and I often wore gloves to pick him up so I wouldn't bleed.
Still, there was something thrilling about watching him chow down grapes or stand down the dogs if they got too close. They respected him as he lorded over the living room from his perch in our overgrown rosemary plant.
Spy finally got the freedom he was so desperately seeking. I don't think he'll find a girlfriend nearby, but at least he can do as he pleases until winter, when I am sure he will die from the cold.
If you live in Rollinsford and you find my green guy, get in touch. Maybe after a taste of the real world, he'll be willing to come home for the cushy life atop his pink lava rock.
Until then, his lava rock has become a memorial to our discontented lizard. Dan found a tiny plastic iguana and set it on top of the rock.
Good-bye Spymaster. May you find a sunny rock and some succulent dandelion greens.
Mary Pat Rowland is the managing editor of Foster's. Her e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I am heartbroken. We lost an important member of our family last month. Spy, the big green iguana we have had for four years, left without even saying so much as good-bye.


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Xcel Energy has responded to a Boulder letter outlining the city's intention to acquire parts of its electrical system, saying the city was not specific enough.
In a letter delivered Friday and signed by senior siting and land rights manager John Lupo, Xcel identifies several areas the company believes the city's notice did not meet legal requirements to "adequately define the property interests sought to be acquired in a manner sufficient for Public Service to complete the appraisal or to evaluate any offer the City may make."
Among the concerns were the city's plans to purchase some of the equipment and easements to access and operate the equipment at Xcel substations in the Leggett, Niwot and Gunbarrel areas.
The city "fails to identify in detail which parts of the equipment it intends to acquire," according to the Xcel response. "It also does not include any legal description of the easement area sought, or any proposed terms for such an easement agreement."
In a footnote, the Xcel letter says the city's notice implied Boulder could not be more specific because of the utility's "unwillingness to provide certain documents." The footnote says that in late 2012, Xcel informed the city it would allow access to certain substations and facilities so Boulder could create an inventory of things that must be acquired for a municipal utility, but Xcel officials say no one has followed up on that offer.
"How the City plans to access our facilities and the proposed scope of its rights are information the City should provide," the footnote reads.
Citing this and similar instances where the city's notice did not list specifics regarding what equipment is being sought, Xcel said it does not feel the clock has started on the statutorily mandated 90-day period by which the utility would be required to provide an appraisal of its equipment to the city. The company asked the city to include the missing information outlined in its response before the process moves along any further.
"We look forward to receiving the requested information so that the parties can engage in the good faith negotiations required by law," the letter says.
Boulder on Jan. 6 sent its notice to Xcel, with local officials calling it a significant step toward creation of municipal electric utility.
"The sending of this notice is an important and concrete step toward understanding all of the costs associated with the possible creation of a local electric utility," Heather Bailey, Boulder's executive director of energy strategy and electric utility development, said in a prepared statement at the time.
According to the city's four-page letter, Boulder will share its appraisal of Xcel's assets with the company after it receives Xcel's own appraisal, which the city is legally required to pay for. City officials at the time said they could not yet legally disclose their appraisal of private property, but it eventually would become public as part of the condemnation process.
Boulder City Attorney Tom Carr on Friday afternoon issued a statement responding to Xcel's letter.
He said the city feels sufficient information has been provided to Xcel for the utility to understand what property Boulder may seek to acquire. He also noted that Xcel in the past has not shared certain information with Boulder when the city requested it, forcing local officials to spend "hundreds of hours" scouring publicly available information for answers.
"State law does not require that a notice of intent include the level of detail requested by Xcel in the response the company gave us today," Carr said in the statement. "The notice of intent included the offer to meet with Xcel's representatives to discuss the details of the acquisition from which Xcel, as the custodian of the information the city does not have access to, could specifically identify any equipment not identified by the city. The city looks forward to meeting with Xcel to share this information and begin negotiations."
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Some homeowners are still in trouble, but the number of filings continues to drop in the region and state
New home defaults throughout Southwest Florida have returned to the pace experienced before the market's crash.
Although the local court system continue to grapple with a backlog of 11,880 old foreclosure cases, the flow of loans becoming delinquent has slowed to a point that recalls 2006 -- the height of last decade's housing boom in the region.
The trend has been consistent across Florida, as fewer homeowners have lost jobs, home prices have risen and lenders have become more willing to modify debt for those still struggling.
The waning initial foreclosure filings are expected to help bring more stability to a housing market already flirting with its best totals in nearly six years.
But with a number of borrowers still late on payments or with loans larger than the value of their homes, some experts warn the housing market is less than healthy.
"Without a doubt, foreclosures have really fallen," said Jack McCabe, a Florida real estate consultant. "We have seen rapid price appreciation this year, and a new law to speed up the process. All of those factors combined, the pipeline has really shrunk for new foreclosures.
"That's great news for Florida, after this cloud has been hanging over our heads the past six years."
From the start of September through the end of November, lenders filed 583 new defaults between Sarasota and Manatee counties. That was down 60 percent from foreclosure starts during the same time one year ago and down two-thirds from those same three months in 2011, according to data from industry researcher RealtyTrac Inc.
New foreclosures filed since September in Southwest Florida also remain lower than any three months combined since the onset of the bubble in early 2005, historic data show.
As 2013 ended, lenders had filed new default notices on 3,392 delinquent homeowners between the two counties. That represents a 39 percent drop from the first 11 months in 2012 and a 78 percent decline from the height of the foreclosure crisis in 2009, when 15,606 new foreclosures were filed in Sarasota and Manatee through November.
New foreclosure filings in 2013 were lower than any other year since 2006, when 2,510 home defaults were reported through 11 months, according to RealtyTrac.
Analysts attribute the decline to general improvement in the economy, together with employment gains and the stock market's rebound.
Mortgage lenders also have become increasingly willing to work out loan modifications or approve short sales in the wake of the $25 billion national mortgage settlement in early 2012.
Even in smaller Charlotte County -- which was hit harder by the Great Recession and has been slower to recover -- new foreclosures are receding.
Mortgage lenders filed 66 new default notices against Charlotte County homeowners in November. That was down 27 percent from October and 57 percent from the same time last year, court records show.
New foreclosures in Charlotte have been in double-digits for five consecutive months -- a first since 2006, a year considered by many as the height of Southwest Florida's housing bubble.
During the trough of the recession, Charlotte's monthly foreclosure totals peaked at nearly 600.
Through 11 months of 2013, the 1,125 new foreclosure filings in Charlotte remained below the pace of 2012 by 38 percent and trailed the tally from 2010 by 49 percent, according to court documents.
"We are seeing foreclosures return to their pre-boom levels, and I expect that number to continue to decline," said Robert Goldman, a Realtor with Michael Saunders & Co. Venice.
"That helps more folks sell their homes, builds equity and adds more health to the overall market."
Across Florida, early stage foreclosure filings also have fallen substantially.
The 6,744 new foreclosure notices throughout the Sunshine State slipped 46 percent over the year and marked the third lowest monthly total since October 2005, records show.
The steady decline in foreclosures has not entirely shown up in most industry reports that measure default activity. That's because many of the older cases have still not cleared the courts entirely, and totals have shifted toward scheduled auctions and bank-owned Realtor listings that are still counted in the numbers.
But as new foreclosures continue to taper, it should help relieve courts in Florida that still face a backlog of 272,470 cases.
Dwindling foreclosures also are expected to bring stability to the housing market, helping prices appreciate and keeping housing inventory at more manageable levels. They also reduce the threat of another crash, like the one that started the country into the recession in 2007.
"You look at the whole cycle of the crash, and the bottom-line is we came through," said Bob Firth, a broker with Re/Max Alliance in Englewood. "We have worked through an awful lot of this distressed inventory."


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12th Annual Nitto Tire NMRA World Finals
NMRA racers put it all on the line for a chance at World Finals Glory
Horse Sense: It's a wrap! While it's common knowledge that the Nitto Tire World Finals marks the end of each Mustang racing season, the close of 2010's schedule brings another bittersweet ending of sorts for the NMRA. The sanction's Pro Outlaw 10.5 class will have a limited schedule in 2011. However, the void brings the always-exciting Super Street Outlaw class to the forefront as NMRA's flagship eliminator, which, along with other changes in the organization's class structure, has us looking forward to all the exciting wheels-up action that's sure to come in 2011!
Victory is every racer's number one objective when he or she brings their Mustang to the starting line. And, in a drag race, finishing on top is the direct result of eliminating, or in basic racerspeak, taking out all opponents.
Methods of achieving take-out success on the dragstrip are varied. Of course, simply beating the brakes off the 'Stang in the other lane is the most-preferred tactic. However, wins can also come as the result of a competitor's driving error, a problem with his car, or even through alliances made with other racers (blocking), in an attempt to help clear a path in eliminations that eventually leads to the Promised Land.
The 5.0 Mustang & Super Ford team witnessed all of the above at the 12th Annual Nitto Tire World Finals in Bowling Green, Kentucky, last October, as event titles and NMRA class championships were earnedand lostby racers who pulled out all the stops to win the ultimate prizes in all-Ford drag racing. We salute each World Finals winner and 2010 NMRA champion.
Through the following photos and captions, we offer a small glimpse of some of the hot happenings that went down in Bowling Green. For more images from the most-exciting weekend in all-Ford drag racing, please visit our website www.50mustangandsuperfords.com.


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It depends what you want to say:
I will be there in a week. (A week from now is when I will go.)
I will be there for a week. (The duration of my visit.)
In the US, we say "On the weekend," not "at the weekend." We would also say "on weekdays" -- but I don't know what other dialects would say.
There is no good opposite to the adjective 'test' - perhaps 'actual.'
This is not a test scenario - it's an actual emergency!
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