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RENO, NV - Smoke alarms can get you and your family out of a burning building in time, but a sprinkler system can stop the fire at its origin.
That's why fire officials and members of the media gathered on a parking lot near the convention center this morning.
To demonstrate the difference a sprinkler system can make they constructed two identical rooms. That one has no sprinkler system. The other does.
First, a fire is started in a trash can in the non-sprinklered room.
The fire builds quickly. In less than two minutes the smoke alarm has been triggered.
If this were your home, you'd be scrambling to get everyone out safely, then calling the fire department.
But a couple of minutes later, very likely before they could arrive things can get much more serious.
"It can get to flash over phase, which means everything in that room ignites, in 4 to 5 minutes," says Sparks Fire Marshal Bob King.
And in the demonstration that's exactly what happens. The room literally explodes in flame and black smoke.
Firemen put out the blaze, but the destruction is complete. Anything or anyone would have been lost in the 1000 degree heat.
Then the contrast. Identical room, same scenario, but this room has been equipped with a sprinkler.
Again a small fire starts and builds in a trash can. The smoke alarm sounds well within two minutes and a short time later, the sprinklers come on.
Damage is limited. The side of a couch is burned. There's water and smoke damage elsewhere, but little else. Even a house plant on an end table survives.
A comparison of the two rooms makes the point. King says smoke alarms have saved lives, but residential sprinkler systems would save more.
"The sprinkler system will give us that extra time to get out because as we saw today you have two to three minutes at the most to get your entire family out of the house before it's too late."
King says there are two misconceptions about residential sprinkler systems. One is that they are very expensive. "They cost an average of $1.50 per square foot," he says. "A little more in a retrofit."
The second is that when one sprinkler is triggered, all are, wetting down the whole home.
Not true, he says. Each sprinkler fixture is triggered independently.
The systems have already shown up in some new housing developments. The day is coming, he says, when they will be part of the building code and required.


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The wife had a wooden leg and to insure it in Ontario was $2000.00 a year!
When they arrived in Newfoundland, they went to an Insurance agency
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Capital One Cup: Manchester United face trip to MK Dons in second round
Last Updated: 17/08/14 11:22am
Louis van Gaal's Manchester United will face MK Dons in the second round of the Capital One Cup.
United enter the competition a round earlier than the rest of the big names in the Premier League after their failure to make it into Europe this season.
It is the earliest United will have started the League Cup since 1995 when they were knocked out by York City.
Karl Robinson's Dons made it into the second round on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over fierce rivals Wimbledon.
The club's chairman Pete Winkelman told Sky Sports News: "It's the biggest game in the club's history and what a great time to get them as well.
"It's going to be a new-look United, the whole world will be looking at it and we can't wait to welcome them to Milton Keynes.
"We've been trying to get the stadium finished and it's only in the last year we've been able to put all out 30,000 comfortable seats in and I am sure all the United fans who come will have a fantastic night and enjoy the spectacle of football. We just can't wait to put the show on the road."
Last season's beaten finalists Sunderland will face 2011 winners Birmingham City and Newcastle face a long trip to Kent to take on League One side Gillingham.
Capital One Cup - second round draw:
Burton v QPR
Port Vale v Cardiff
Middlesbrough v Preston
Stoke v Portsmouth
Huddersfield v Nottm Forest.
Swansea v Rotherham.
Watford v Doncaster
Millwall v Southampton
Bournemouth v Northampton
Brentford v Fulham
West Brom v Oxford
Scunthorpe v Reading
Derby v Charlton
West Ham v Sheff Utd
Swindon v Brighton
Leicester v Shrewsbury
Crewe v Bolton
Birmingham v Sunderland
Gillingham v Newcastle
Norwich v Crawley
Bradford v Leeds
Aston Villa v Leyton Orient
Burnley v Sheff Wed
Walsall v Crystal Palace
MK Dons v Man Utd
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BONHAM, TX-After several years of planning, Fannin County was given the green light to start a rail service throughout the county and they are hoping it will help revenue roll in.
The Fannin Rural Rail Transportation District agreed to lease 35 miles of railroad from TxDOT, which runs from Old Ector Road in Bonham all the way to Lamar county just outside of Paris and officials said part of the line could bring in millions of dollars in revenue.
Three and a half years ago, Fannin Rural Rail Transportation District president, Glenn Taylor came up with the idea of creating rail service in Fannin county.
"We had the opportunity to get a steam engine tour train, they were ready to come here. But because we didn't have the line coming into Bonham, we couldn't, they didn't want to be here," he said.
Tuesday afternoon, Taylor signed a contract with TxDOT leasing 35 miles of railroad track that runs from Fannin to Lamar county. Part of that will be designated as a tourist line through Bonham.
"The tour train will just be for about 8 miles. It goes a 1908 woodfire steam engine, it's slow and it's very picturesque and we got a beautiful scenery going for about 8 miles to Dodd city," he said.
The proposed tourist train will be rolling through these tracks which is just a couple of blocks away from downtown Bonham and Taylor said part of these tracks have been around since the 1940s. He said the tracks will not only bring in visitors, it'll bring in revenue.
"It would make the opportunity for downtown area for tourists. Tourists in the city of Bonham will be a big boost for our tourism, for our downtown area and our hotels," Taylor said.
Which Bonham Mayor Roy Floyd said means millions of dollars in revenue in the span of ten years.
"They said that if you put a dollar into Bonham, Texas, it will turn over seven times before it leaves," he said.
Taylor said the contract could lead to the creation of other rail services for the rest of the county.
"Also, we'd like to get a freight service all through Honey Grove, Windom to Paris so we can have service for everybody here, for Fannin County."
Taylor said it will cost up to $400,000 to clean-up the 8-mile track for the tourist train.
The Fannin Rural Rail Transportation District will be posting the proposal for this project in about a month to bring in bids.


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NEW YORK — Biogen Idec Inc. said Thursday its longer-lasting injectable multiple sclerosis drug, peginterferon beta-1a, helped reduce patients' risk of relapse by 36 percent when given every two weeks, meeting the goals of a late-stage study.
The medicine reduced patients' risk of flare-ups by 28 percent when dosed every four weeks compared with placebo, the Weston, Mass., firm said in a statement. Based on the results, Biogen said it plans to apply this year for regulatory approval in Europe and the United States.
Peginterferon is a version of Biogen's best-selling drug, Avonex, which is given by injection once a week. Avonex generated $2.7 billion in 2011 revenue. The longer-lasting drug would be deemed successful if it reduced the risk of relapse by at least 30 percent, said Michael Yee, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets.
The trial of more than 1,500 patients was part of the third and final stage of studies generally required for US approval. The drug was safe and tolerable across different dosing frequencies, Biogen said. The most common side effects were redness at the injection site and flu-like symptoms.
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The love for barbecue has paid off for Jared and Suzanne Huizenga of Worcester.
The husband-and-wife team, known in professional barbecue circles as Insane Swine BBQ, placed fourth overall out of 97 teams that competed in the annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue Oct. 27 in Lynchburg, Tenn.
At the event, often referred to as the Jack, the Huizengas placed fourth in the pork ribs category and fifth in chicken.
Jared Huizenga said the team qualified for the Jack by winning the barbecue competition at the Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Festival held this summer in Swanzey, N.H.
"It was the first time that we ever won a BBQ competition," said Huizenga. "Even more exciting, we swept the weekend by also winning the grilling competition at the festival."
In October, the couple won their second BBQ Grand Championship at the Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival in Greenfield.
They also were Grand Champion winners (three times) and the Reserve Grand Champion (second place overall) at previous grilling competitions.
Talk about being on a roll.
The barbecue-obsessed home cooks competed in the BBQ category at the World Food Championships held last month in Las Vegas. There were seven categories to enter, according to Jared Huizenga, who said he and his wife finished second out of 66 teams in the first round of the BBQ competition. "In the second round, we finished fourth," said Huizenga. The couple qualified for the event by winning the Polish BBQ Battle grilling competition held this summer in Gardner.
Huizenga said the World Food Championships was filmed for television and will be broadcast as a reality show series on the A&E network in the spring.
As much as the Huizengas enjoy the world of competition barbecue, they consider it a "hobby" and have no plans to give up their day jobs.
Huizenga works for a market research company in Boston; his wife is a freelance editor.
Huizenga said he grew up on barbecue in Illinois, where his father once owned a butcher shop. "My wife, who is originally from Gardner, never really had barbecue until she met me," he said.
Suzanne Huizenga loves to cook, according to her husband, who said his wife has enjoyed baking desserts since she was a kid.
The Huizengas were certified judges at BBQ competitions in New England before they decided to compete. "After tasting so much barbecue, we realized our barbecue was just as good, if not better," said Jared Huizenga.
"At BBQ competitions, which always involve cooking the same four meats, I usually cook the chicken, pork shoulder and beef brisket, while Suzanne takes care of the pork ribs," said Huizenga. "We both help with arranging the meats in boxes for the judges." Appearance, taste and tenderness top the judges' scoring sheets, he said.
Huizenga explained that at grilling competitions, categories vary from event to event. "Suzanne is more involved in the cooking, and she has done especially well in the dessert category, where her cheesecake has won first place and also received a perfect score last year," he said.
The couple drive to as many competitions as they can, hauling equipment in a utility trailer. They have been a professional team for about five years.
Huizenga is president of the New England Barbecue Society. The 500 members of the nonprofit do charitable work and love to barbecue, said Huizenga. Visit www.nebs.org for more information about the society.
The Huizengas plan to take "time off" from barbecue after the holidays. "Our schedule has been pretty hectic," said Huizenga. "We were in 14 competitions in 2013. Typically, we've done six to eight a year."
Traveling the barbecue circuit isn't cheap.
There are entry fees at competitions, sometimes as much as $1,000 per contest, said Huizenga. "You also have to supply your own food," he said.
Winners take home trophies, prizes and, of course, bragging rights. Repeat winners, especially the ones who have become circuit legends, sometimes become celebrities with cookbook deals and TV shows.
Huizenga said he and his wife have met a lot of great people at competitions. "We're like a family," he said.
So what's the secret to great barbecue?
"Low and slow" is Huizenga's advice. Meat should be slow-cooked over a low temperature, he said.
Believe it or not, Huizenga does like to dine out on barbecue.
"I love B.T.'s," he said, referring to B.T.'s Smokehouse in Sturbridge.
Barbecue definitely is a lifestyle.
New at Peppercorn's Grille & Tavern, 455 Park Ave., Worcester, is Sunday brunch served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dine-in only.
The menu consists of Starters and Sharables, ranging from s'mores crepes, $9, to breakfast pizza, $9. There's also Funky Monkey Sticky Buns, homemade donuts and a meat medley platter in this section.
Entrees include eggs Amalfi, breakfast lasagna, lobster omelette, shrimp, chorizo and grits, mac 'n' cheese, Baja breakfast burrito, egg bake casserole, pumpkin ginger Belgian waffle, maple salmon with breakfast cupcake (potato cupcake filled with scrambled eggs and topped with Sriracha sour cream. The meals range from $9 to $12.
A section of the menu also has specialty cocktails and coffee cocktails. There's even a "Bloody Bar" that features bloody marys with various mixes and garnishes.
Thomas Oliveri, owner/operator of the restaurant, described the bloody mary bar as "unbelievable."
He said diners are able to order from Peppercorn's regular menu and the brunch menu from noon to 2 p.m. Sundays.
Holiday deal: For every $100 in gift cards purchased at Peppercorn's, consumers receive a bonus $20 gift card. The offer is good until Christmas Eve.
File under: "Spreading holiday cheer."
Breckenridge Brewery will have a beer tasting from 4 to 6 p.m. Dec. 12 at Vinny C's Boylston Liquors, 63 Shrewsbury St., Boylston.
Tip: The brewery's Christmas Ale has rich flavors of caramel and chocolate and is described as "the fermented equivalent of a good fire."
For more information about the tasting and holiday specials at the store, visit www.vinnycs.com or call (508) 869-6436.
Yankee Spirits in Sturbridge will have its annual Champagne Gala from 2 to 5 p.m. Dec. 7. Free to the public.
"This year, we're featuring our finest lineup ever, with plenty of grower champagnes (tiny production, estate wines) mixed in with the newest releases from tried and true labels, with something for every taste and every budget," said Joe Astukewicz, wine director. "Everything being sampled will be on sale at the year's best prices."
Sample champagne, cava, prosecco, sparkling wines and dessert wines. The tasting will include pouring of the latest release from Dom Perignon.
Visit www.yankeespirits.com for more information.
The "Big One" Wine Tasting and Sale is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 7 at Tomasso Trattoria and Panzano, 154 Turnpike Road, Southboro. Admission is $20 per person. The tasting, which includes food, will take place in Tomasso Trattoria. More than 80 wines will be included in the tasting.
Reservations not required. For more information, visit www.tomassotrattoria.com.
Lynch's Riverview Wine & Spirits, 16 Mendon St., Uxbridge, will have a Grand Holiday Wine Tasting from 2 to 5 p.m. Dec. 8.
More than 58 wines to sample, plus a special discount for all of the wines included in the tasting.
Telephone: (508) 278-5100.
Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate is new from Dunkin' Donuts.
The drink features a blend of sweet and salty flavors.
Dunkin' Donuts also offers Mint Hot Chocolate, White Hot Chocolate and classic Hot Chocolate.
In honor of the Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate and the other varieties, Dunkin' Donuts celebrates with a special Hot Chocolate Twitter sweepstakes that offers fans the chance to win $25 mGifts through Dec. 6. Followers of @DunkinDonutscan answer a new question each day about the ways people treat themselves to hot chocolate this holiday season, using the official hashtag #DDHotChoc. Each day, four participants selected at random will each receive a $25 Dunkin' Donuts mGift. No purchase necessary, must be 18 or over to enter. For additional terms and conditions related to the twitter sweepstakes, visit www.dunkindonuts.com.
The new Red Velvet Latte will be available at Dunkin' Donuts through the end of the year.
Holiday Rock, a benefit for Worcester's children, is scheduled from 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 9 at Viva Bene Ristorante, 144 Commercial St., Worcester.
Donations sought are unwrapped toys (gifts for ages infant to 18), or $10. For 12- to 18-year-olds, gift certificates to movies or music stores are suggested.
The toys will be distributed to The Guild of St. Agnes, Friendly House, the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester and Chandler Elementary School.
Viva Bene Ristorante will provide an Italian buffet for guests at the event. Raffles and silent auction to take place.
For more information, call Viva Bene Ristorante at (508) 799-9999.
Chuck's Steak House in Auburn offers a $20 gift certificate with the purchase of $100 in certificates, any denominations. No limit to the number of free certificates, according to the owners of the restaurant.
Friendly Discount Liquors, 1167 Providence Road, Whitinsville, will have a "Whisk(e)y Walk and Holiday Grand Tasting" from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 11.
A $10 donation for the whiskey tasting will benefit the Worcester County Food Bank in Shrewsbury.
The Holiday Grand Tasting will include wine, beer, liqueurs and rum.
Visit www.friendlydiscount.com or call (508) 234-7951.
Allan Eisenberg's "Two on the Aisle" program will be broadcast from noon to 12:30 p.m. Fridays on WCUW 91.3 FM beginning Dec. 6.
Eisenberg reviews theater, concerts and restaurants. Visit www.twoontheaisle.net for archived shows.
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Spartanburg residents Cal and Grey Wicker are bringing a Southern tradition downtown with the Hub City Hog Fest.
Spartanburg residents Cal and Grey Wicker are bringing a Southern tradition downtown with the Hub City Hog Fest.
The two-day event March 22-23 features a barbecue competition and will be held at RJ Rockers Brewery. All proceeds will benefit Mobile Meals of Spartanburg.
"Grey and I entered Tryon's barbecue festival this past year and thought how great it would be to bring a similar concept to Spartanburg," said Cal Wicker, a 2005 Spartanburg High School graduate. "And to be able to give all of the profits from this event to Mobile Meals is icing on the cake."
This competition is in accordance with the South Carolina Barbecue Association's rules and regulations. Competition categories include Boston butts, ribs and brisket. All meats will be provided to each team and are included in the $175 team-entry fee.
Thirty-five teams from across South Carolina and North Carolina are registered to compete. Each team entry includes a designated cooking space, five competition T-shirts and five weekend passes to the festival activities.


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Wayne Rooney has leapt to the defence of under-fire Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea.
The former Atletico Madrid man has come in for heavy criticism in the past couple of weeks. De Gea was blamed by Gary Neville, among others, for a stoppage-time Tottenham equaliser a fortnight ago, prompting manager Sir Alex Ferguson to hit out at the opinions of "idiots".
But De Gea produced a series of excellent saves at Fulham on Saturday as United eked out a crucial 1-0 win, and Rooney said: "David has made some great saves over the last few weeks. I know he got a little bit of criticism after the Tottenham game but it wasn't the biggest mistake I've ever seen. We're all behind him. He's a great player for the future as well."
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Standardizing Java Persistence with the EJB3 Java Persistence APIby Debu Panda
Persistence is critical for most enterprise applications because they require access to relational databases such as Oracle Database 10g. If you're developing applications using Java, you're probably responsible for mundane tasks such as database updates and retrieval, which you do by writing JDBC and SQL. Over the last few years, several object-relational (O-R) mapping frameworks such as Oracle TopLink and JBoss Hibernate have become popular because they make persistence challenges simpler, freeing Java developers to write JDBC code and let them concentrate on business logic. Java standards such as EJB 2.x container-managed persistence (CMP) entity beans have also tried to solve persistence challenges but have been less successful.
Although there are several options for building the persistence tier of applications, there is no single persistence standard for the Java platform that can be used in both the Java EE and Java SE environments. The good news is that the EJB3 Java Persistence API (JPA), which is part of the EJB 3.0 spec (JSR-220), standardizes persistence API for the Java platform. JSR-220 was widely received by O-R mapping vendors such as TopLink and Hibernate, as well as other leading application server vendors and JDO vendors. The EJB3 specification offers a compelling option for building the persistence tier of enterprise Java applications.
In this article, I'll introduce the EJB3 Java Persistence API by using a simple domain object model as an example.
The Domain Model
When you build an enterprise application, you first design the domain object model that you want to persist in the database; then, you work with database designers to come up with the database schema. The domain model is the representation of persistent objects or entities. An entity is a person, place, or thing about which you store data. It contains both data and behavior. A rich domain model has the characteristics of all object-oriented behavior, such as inheritance and polymorphism.
Our simple domain model (Figure 1) has a bidirectional one-to-many relationship between Department and Employee entities. The
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Contractor entities inherit from the
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The Basics of the O-R Framework and EJB3 JPA
If you've used an O-R mapping framework such as Oracle TopLink to build the persistence tier of your application, you'll notice that each framework provides three facilities:
- A declarative way to perform O-R mapping. This method, called O-R mapping metadata, lets you map an object to one or more database tables. Typically most O-R frameworks use XML for storing O-R mapping metadata.
- An API to manipulate entities (for example, to perform CRUD operations). The API lets you persist, retrieve, update, or remove objects. Based on the use of the API and the O-R mapping metadata, the O-R framework performs database operations on your behalf. The API shields you from writing JDBC or SQL code to persist your domain objects.
- A query language to retrieve objects. This is one of the most important aspects of persistence because improper SQL statements may slow down your database. This approach also shields your application from proprietary SQL being cluttered all over your applications. A query language lets you retrieve entities or objects and spares you from writing SQL SELECT statements.
The EJB3 Java Persistence API (JPA) standardizes the use of persistence for the Java platform by providing a standard mechanism for O-R mapping, an EntityManager API to perform CRUD operations, and a way to extend EJB-QL to retrieve entities. I'll discuss these three aspects of JPA later.
Metadata Annotation in Action
Java SE 5.0 introduced metadata annotations. All components of Java EE, including EJB3 JPA, heavily use metadata annotations to simplify enterprise Java development. To learn more about metadata annotations, see Bridging the Gap: J2SE 5.0 Annotations by Kyle Downey. In EJB3 JPA, annotations may be used to define objects, relationships, O-R mapping, and the injection of persistent contexts. JPA also provides an option to use XML descriptors instead. I'll primarily focus on using metadata annotations because they make development much simpler. However, you may prefer to use XML descriptors in a production deployment environment because you can use them to override annotations.
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C. ("Stradling") announced today that litigator, Jason Anderson, previously practicing at Bingham, has joined Stradling as a litigation shareholder practicing out of its main office in Newport Beach, California.
Mr. Anderson is an experienced business and commercial litigator and trial lawyer whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, consumer class actions, merger and acquisition litigation, shareholder and partner disputes and contract and real estate litigation. He has extensive trial and arbitration experience, having tried through judgment or conclusion more than fifty commercial and business cases. Before joining Bingham in 2006, he was an associate and shareholder at Stradling.
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"I have known the attorneys at Stradling for many years and have tremendous respect for their practices and the platform they have built. The firm and its lawyers have a terrific reputation in Southern California. Stradling offers the right fit for my practice and my relationships. It is great to be back," says Jason Anderson.
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Shumlin signs energy bills
EAST MONTPELIER - Friday Gov. Peter Shumlin signed three energy bills.One would make it easier to develop small scale hydro projects and another authorized a fund to help pay for delivery of telephone services to rural parts of Vermont, such as the Northeast Kingdom. Present for that signing was Vermont Senator Vince Illuzzi, at the podium, who sponsored the small hydro and telephone bills. The bills included provisions for promoting the development of alternative energy supplies and allowing citizens with health or privacy concerns to opt out of having smart meters without paying a fee.


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Anyone impacted by the BP Oil Spill now has less than a year to file a claim with the Deepwater Horizon Claims Center is a year away.
Claims Administrator Patrick Juneau wants to remind oil spill victims that the deadline is April 22, 2014.
"As per the Settlement Agreement, individuals, business and non-profit organizations have until April 22, 2014 to file an economic or property damage claim" said Juneau. "I feel this is part of my duty as Claims Administrator to inform the public of these important deadlines as they approach."
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, 1010, killing 11-works and spilling an estimated 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Juneau said as of April 23, claimants have filed 156,978 claims. The Deepwater Claims Center has issued eligibility notices totaling $2,884,497,062.
"We are continuing the job of processing claims on a daily basis," said Juneau.
To file a claim, you visit one of eighteen Claimant Assistance Centers along the Gulf Coast or you can file a claim on line by visiting deepwaterhorizoneconomicsettlement.com.
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CHAPEL HILL – The yard signs are out, the endorsements are coming in, and early voting is just around the corner: yes, campaign season has arrived in Orange County. And between now and Election Day, WCHL will get you ready with four candidate forums for each of your top local races.
It all begins next Monday, October 14–just a few days before the start of early voting–as we host the four candidates for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School Board from 3-4 p.m. and the nine candidates for Chapel Hill Town Council from 7-9 p.m.
We'll keep going the following Monday, October 21 from 7-9 p.m., as we welcome the five candidates for Carrboro Board of Aldermen.
Finally, on Election Day Eve, Monday, November 4, from 3-4 p.m., we'll host Chapel Hill's Mark Kleinschmidt, Hillsborough's Tom Stevens, and Carrboro's Lydia Lavelle–all running unopposed for mayor–for a special conversation about the future of the three towns in the next two years and beyond.
All four forums will take place here at WCHL Studios in Chapel Hill. We'll carry all the forums live on WCHL, streaming as always on our website, Chapelboro.com.
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We were going wherever KD takes us prior to Benson's injury. That's doubly so now.
Might be a bumpy ride, but looks like, save Temple, the A10 will be wide open.
I should also mention that I saw some guy wearing a Chris Wright Golden State Warriors jersey. Kudos to him.
As for Kennard, I seriously doubt he's UK material. I know it's tough to judge a frosh, but the athleticism just isn't there.
Also, FYI, Kennard's dad and Franklin's coach are very close friends. Their families live about 100 yards down the street from each other. Kennard's dad is a Franklin guy, Bales is a Franklin guy. I doubt that Kennard goes anywhere so long as Bales stays HC at Franklin. The kid will get as many big-time offers at Franklin as he would anywhere else. (See: Payne, Adrien.)
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When all is said and done more is said than done.
Dayton made the front page of ESPN.
No way Dayton should be playing with the likes of Temple, trap game or not.
Archie F'n Miller.
At least Dayton did something right.
Dayton moves up to 37th in the new coaches poll, and is Andy Katz's Team of the Week:
They also went from nothing to a 9th seed in Lunardi's tournament bracket.
Oy vey! CJ is out tonight with concussion-like symptoms.
Tough loss to Bona in Olean, New York tonight. The Flyers only had 8 scholarship players and resorted to dressing a practice player.
They fought valiantly in the first half (while shooting 50% from 3), but couldn't hold off Andrew Nicholson (30 points, 13 boards, and 6 blocks) and company in the second half.
Still like what I see from Archie's troops. He's got them playing above their heads right now. Across the board, you can see the players' confidence levels rising as the season progresses. Gavrillovic, in particular, has made huge strides.
Saturday, the Explorers of LaSalle come to the Dayton Decibel Dungeon.
Who's all going to the game on Saturday? I'll be there ... Section 404 ... wearing red and being loud (with some select insults directed toward the eggsavier gangsta thugs).
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Man, I wish I could have been there. Kavanaugh has been playing like a BOSS lately.
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Chelsea are being linked with a summer move for Bristol City starlet Kevin Krans.
The 19-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season, and local website ThisIsBristol claims the Blues are preparing an offer for the striker.
Krans has been a big hit for the Robins' U21 development side, notably scoring a brace in the 4-0 win against QPR in-front of Chelsea scout Adie Mings.
Indeed, the report claims Mings has watched the Londoner on a couple of occasions, and urged the Stamford Bridge hierarchy to make their move for the player.
Premier League rivals Fulham and Reading are also keen, whilst Championship sides Blackburn Rovers and Huddersfield Town have sent scouts to watch the player on separate occasions.
Bristol City boss Sean O'Driscoll drafted Krans into his first team squad for their most recent match against Nottingham Forest last weekend, although he didn't make the bench for the 2-0 win at Ashton Gate.
Krans is yet to make his senior debut for the club, and a move to Chelsea would complete a meteoric rise for the player, who was picked up last summer whilst playing non-league football in Middlesex.
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though nothing happened in the last decade
Yeah, and all that time wasted rewriting code for Y2K! Nothing happened!
that analogy is irrelevant. one was a response to something we KNOW was going to happen BEFORE it happened (or rather didn't, due to the dilligent work of those that sought to prevent it), the other was a knee-jerk response to something that should have been spotted before it happened, but wasn't.
you can't say attacks have been prevented by the TSA's ball groping, and naked-scanning-irradiating-machines without some form of proof. considering the massive scale of abuses the TSA is committing, it'd better be solid proof of thousands of attacks directly foiled by ball-groping, otherwise it simply is not worth the sacrifice in freedom.
The underlying reason 'slippery slope' arguments are considered a logical fallacy is that formal logic uses absolute formulas: ALL men are mortal - Socrates is a man - therefore Socrates is mortal. You can't use logic the same way starting from "MOST men are mortal". It's not considered a proper logical argument to say "If we take step E, we will inevitably eventually end up at Step Z". That doesn't mean it's illogical to argue that a series of events tends in a certain direction, or that it is at least po
The fact that there are more people whining about security at airports than dying in hijackings is a good thing. Because back when it was the other way around, that shit was whack.
You mean it was better back when more people were dying in airports than there were people whining about hijackings? I'm not so sure.
You mean it was better back when more people were dying in airports than there were people whining about hijackings? I'm not so sure.
When was that, actually?
No, seriously. No one's getting killed in the airports. There was one horrific day that no one sane wishes to see repeated. Without any change in security, the circumstances that allowed the attack to occur were gone: placid passengers who would quietly let themselves be highjacked.
More to your point, is it worth it to molest (or violate in another way) one million passengers to save one life? Because at best this is how much protection we are getting from this.
I think he must have meant back in the 70s or so. There was a time period when there was a lot of hijacking, relatively speaking. Then there was almost none for a long time. Then there was 911 and everyone invented a lot of largely irrational security safeguards. If you secure the cockpit door, it becomes almost impossible to hijack a plane. The most you can do is blow one up, and that involves killing fewer people than you would kill if you blew up a bomb at a medium-sized high school sporting event.
Which makes the TSA, mostly, a massive way of pumping money into the economy. I don't mind a few of those--it's good to keep people employed--but we should have them employed in a productive way, rather than one which makes the system less efficient. Put them on environmental projects, for example.
How I can I prove a negative? If a terrorist planned on taking over a plane, then abandoned the plan once he saw the security line at the airport, how would anyone know? I, for one, used to carry plastic weapons on planes for self defense. Now, I don't, because I don't want to get caught. I agree the security is too much, but there's no way of knowing what was prevented.
Yeah...because a terrorist would have seen a gigantic security line at the airport and thought, "damnit, my plan is foiled!" instead of taking the opportunity of the high density of people to start killing them right there.
There are only so many TSA people you can fit inside an airport.
Let's hire MORE and put them to work
In the year 2035, 51% of the population will be employed by the DHS/TSA to watch/search the other 49%.
An Israeli security expert, maybe Rafi Sela, said it's a mistake to put threat assessment and security implementation in the same organization. Do that, and it starts inventing reasons why it should grow.
So let the Israelis do the threat assessment and the Palestinians implement security, and the problem in that part of the world won't grow?
Well, it sounds like it's actually been quite successful, just as the TSA airport searches have been successful. People keep saying "but they haven't caught any terrorists!" and "they failed to catch several bombs!", but who cares? That's not the reason for the TSA's existence. The TSA's purpose is to help prosecute the Drug War, and they're doing a pretty good job at that, as they've caught lots of people transporting drugs. This is good because then these people can be thrown into private prisons, and those prisons make more profit, part of which they can give to various politicians in bags handed under the table.
Time for a regime change.
I am almost sure now that this site is just a mirror of drudge.
Freedom to travel not something we have anymore?
Should I be carrying my papers?
At what point do we tell these assholes to fuck off? This is one government department that needs to be shutdown.
Yeah.... I play a different game with those fuckers.
Agent: What citizenship are you?
Me: The one on my drivers license.
Agent: Where you coming from?
Me: Where I have been.
Agent: Where do you live?
me: Where I came from.
Agent: Didnt you just come from El Centro?
me: I don't know.
Agent: El Centro is where you just came from.
Me: Then why did you ask?
Agent: How long you staying where you going?
me: I don't know yet.
Agent: How could you not know?
Me: It depends.
Agent: On what?
Me: On what happens when I get there
Agent: You have anything in the trunk I should know about?
Me: I have no idea.
Agent: You don't know what is in your trunk?
Me: No, I know what is in my trunk more or less.
Agent: Then is there anything I should know about?
Me: I don't know who you are or what your job description *is* so that is impossible to answer.
This goes on till one of two things happen. A tazer or they just get frustrated and let me go.
I have a close friend that is a medically discharged veteran that is now fighting MS. He was pulled off a Greyhound bus put up against a wall with 2 TSA "agents" keeping him at gun point with M4 carbines with the safety off. For no real reason, seems like they were just looking for drugs on the bus.
When asked if he saw anything suspicious, he said he had indeed seen something off being in the US. Some guys with black caps behaving weirdly. When he was asked to describe them further, he described the TSA agents themselves. They weren't too pleased when he told them this was not what he had fought and came back disabled for.
I can fully understand drug searches, and to some extent support it. But you do NOT pull people off a bus, put them up against the wall and aim weapons at them.
I'm sure having people exit the bus, sit down on the sidewalk and have your weapons at low ready would be just as useful as the above and far less disrespectful and scarring than the above.
I'm saying this nicely, as a person from another country, yes, you are signing up for it, because you do nothing.
Blind Freddy can see you are in a police state, and it's getting worse by the day. The fate of the USA is inevitable.
So, what are YOU going to do about it?
Interesting isn't it.
The time when I noticed it most clearly was recently flying back from a trip in Europe. The airline screening there is about the level the US screening was in the 90's - efficient, pleasant, and necessary. Coming back into the US felt like entering a prison camp - it was very odd. If you don't travel - like many Americans - then you don't really notice it much unless you live in a border state.
Most of the populace is so stupid and lethargic now that it's not really even worth the effort to try to change it
Here's the only thing that should come out of your lips when you are stopped on a non-border crossing:
Am I being detained or am I free to go?
repeat several times.
If they mention anything about searching your vehicle say you know your 4rth and 5th ammendment rights and you do not conscent to any searches.
Then go back to repeating the first phrase.
These are freight trucks used in commerce -- commonly 18-wheel trailer trucks (American version of container trucks), which are required to weigh in at weight stations at certain intervals on their trip. They are often used for smuggling, which was why the weigh station system was built. They are adding more checks to the process, perhaps not because they think they'll catch anyone outright, but because the knowledge of improved operations will deter those who wish to take advantage of this transport system
...which was why the weigh station system was built.
This is not true. States have weight limits. Mostly based on the amount of tonnage allowable per axle. They have these for safety, and road maintenance. Smuggling has nothing to do with it, as a weigh station would be useless for finding it, unless your smuggling tons of material. How would a weigh station even detect smuggling? A lot of times trucks aren't weighed upon leaving the terminal, unless it is to measure compliance with local laws about load weight. And truck weight is highly variable too. So if a truck left the depot weighing X (there is no requirement as far as I know to report this to the state, if this measurement is even taken), and ends up at a station weighing X+1, that weight could even fuel, oil, the trucker purchasing souvenirs, a hitchhiker, a passenger, mud stuck to the chassis, etc...
Let me be the first to say it: "Heil Obama!"
First Bushtard, now this two-faced fascist is carrying on the previous administrations descent to a police state.
So are you voting for the right person for this job [cbsnews.com]?
We say that because it's the ideals that were taught us in grade school, and espoused by the founding fathers. We are roughly as appalled by this as you are, but feel that there's almost nothing we can do about it. Compound this with about half the country feeling directly opposite of us, and clamoring for more paranoia, it's very frustrating. I feel nervous even writing this, and yes I realize that is a bad sign.
By "about half the country feeling directly opposite of us" I have to assume you are talking about the more conservative part of the country. I guess I need to remind you that this program is being put in place and run by the liberals. The fact is, neither end of the political spectrum lack people willing to stomp on the rights of their countrymen to advance their political agendas and consolidate power. Until we get over the "left vs right" paradigm and focus on a "right vs wrong" paradigm this kind of crap will prevail no matter which party is in power.
I'm not quite sure how that meets their mission:
The Transportation Security Administration protects the Nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.
Then again, I'm not sure how much of what they do furthers their mission. It would seem that most of the things they do actually restrict freedom of movement.
How about this mission statement:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Wrong, Comrade! You are so wrong! They are pro-actively protecting us from the imminent threats of massive total destruction by terrorists from Eurasia and Eastasia [wikipedia.org]!
Welcome, Comrades!
Welcome to the Glorious Union of Soviet Corporatist Republics!
"Yes, I witnessed some people dressed in TSA uniforms at a weigh station, and I suspect they may be impostors. Could you send some agents over to check the situation?"
VIPR is allegedly not a response to any particular threat
The threat is very clear - budget cuts. With Osama gone, Al Qaeda a thin shadow of its former self (which was really never much to begin with) and no significant acts of terrorism for the last 10 years, the TSA and the DHS are in jeopardy of being pared back to a size much more appropriate to the risk -- i.e. practically nothing.
If they don't remind us to be scared, who will?
I'm going to be a little more straightforward than the ACs:
Read a fucking book.
So? He's got a few good ideas along with a lot of nutty ones. What's your point?
The US federal budget deficit has exceeded $1 trillion for the third year in a row. Ron Paul proposes $1 trillion in cuts to end the madness, and dumbass Americans think he's on the nutty end.
I'm just waiting for the next US credit rating downgrade.
This is the thin leading wedge of tyranny. Everyone involved in the decision making process of this program, starting with Mr. Bill Gibbons, should be fired and banned from Government employment for life, as they have shown themselves as being clearly unworthy of the public trust.
My father drove trucks here for years through Tennessee, and I don't even need to ask him whether he thinks this is a ridiculous waste of time and taxpayer dollars. Every minute they waste off the road is money from their pockets. Especially when in many cases you leave the truck running during all of this bullshit in order to pull it to the various road markers for different pointless checks.
They will likely never find a single truck carrying anything of federal importance. All they'll do is use it for catching things which the THP or other federal agencies should already be handling, like catching drugs, and add one more level of red tape to the honest hard-working people.
"Where is a terrorist more apt to be found? Not these days on an airplane more likely on the interstate," said Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons.
I wonder, has the TSA ever found a real terrorist? Except from their employees, that is.
I'm not aware of any confirmed instances of a detained bomber at airport security. All the stories come from the ones that have slipped past. Luckily, there were post-9/11 Americans on board are aren't willing to put up with this shit anymore, and every attempt at terrorism in the sky has been thwarted by the passengers.
They stop about 100 guns a month from being carried on planes by passengers.
Uncontrolled search and seizure is one of the first and most effective weapons in the arsenal of every arbitrary government. Among deprivations of rights, none is so effective in cowing a population, crushing the spirit of the individual and putting terror in every heart.
Justice Robert Jackson, chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials
and I was told I just shouldn't fly on airplanes.
Then they came for the truck drivers in Tennessee...
and I was told I just shouldn't drive trucks in Tennessee.
GP is the single best and most on-topic modification of the original that I've ever seen. You, sir, can go screw yourself.
... and please consider saving it for more extreme situations.
When would be appropriate, in your opinion? When the damage is already done and there's nobody to listen? The Nazi's didn't START by gassing Jews and invading Poland, you fucking idiot. The guy wrote the poem to illustrate that evil starts small, and needs to be stopped early. Are you seriously suggesting that we wait until it's too powerful to stop, and THEN start complaining about it?
I don't think I've ever read anything so blatantly stupid.
They just know they're out there! Surely someone has seen one? Checked in the back? Under the axles, sometimes they latch on, start chewing on the power lines.
Aw, c'mon, man, give me a break, I have to catch three more terrorists this month or I don't make my rent. Look,just point at some brown-lookin' trucker y
First Observer Highway Security Program an report anything suspicious that they see to authorities.
Mr. Welles, is that you? This whole thing was President Clark's idea wasn't it?
Are participants required to wear black armbands?
This will probay get me on the watch list but in my opinion President Clark is nothing but a Shadow puppet.
Does jack squat any more. I watch as these Occupy people sit around and sing songs, people up at the capital sing slogans, and they expect things are going to change.
Not gonna happen. If you had the ability to print an infinite amount of money and give it to your friends and yourself, would you give up that sort of power and influence?
You certainly would! Right before you nuke every major city on the globe!
So this whole crapola thing with the TSA isn't going to go away without a real nasty revolution.
No way are the people who have that power going to step aside. They will put a terrorist boogey man in every place they can. If they can't they will nuke a city, and tell you if you don't give us complete control, another "terrorist" will nuke another city.
This is way out of control of the voting booth now.
I would seriously consider having a plan in place to leave the country sooner than later.
Because, if history is any guide, the next thing TSA will be doing is preventing any people from leaving the country, while of course if you are illegal, fine no problem.
There is a definite agenda here, and it is has nothing to do with terrorists that much is for sure.
encouraging truck drivers to join their First Observer Highway Security Program an[d] report anything suspicious that they see to authorities.
"We're calling it, the Knightwatch."
"Be a Government Informer. Betray Your Family & Friends. Fabulous Prizes to be Won"?
Welcome to the Korporate States of Amerika.
Last I checked, Tennessee was further than 100 miles from the national border [aclu.org].
Or are they including foreign embassies and Native American territories in the US as right-to-search borders now? And of the former, I don't just mean static buildings but also ambassadorial mobile vehicles. Want to search without a warrant? Invite a foreign ambassador to visit a nearby county.
If you're within 100 miles of an airport with an international terminal and customs, then you're within 100 miles of the "border". I've built a map using Google showing these radii, for those interested.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7877280@N05/6266115249/in/photostream [flickr.com]
So it's not the majority of the country, but it's a big chunk of it. And all of this land falls under the TSA's direction. Welcome to your shiny new police state.
Thufir's a Harkonnen now.


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Alleviate RSI the Hacker Wayby Jono Bacon
Repetitive strain injury is a common health complaint among IT workers. Despite the increase in cases of RSI, it's possible to avoid the problem by taking the right steps to improve your working conditions. This article explores some of the techniques, methods, and software that you can use to help defend against this increasingly widespread issue.
Preventing RSI before it becomes a problem is quite simple; the process consists of several slight changes to the way you use your computer. Some of these steps include modifications to your working environment, and some involve special software that can help you maintain a healthy working day. Don't worry, we don't expect you to go for a 3-mile jog every day and eat rabbit food; you will simply be making changes to your existing routine. You may hardly notice these changes at all.
Identifying the Symptoms
The symptoms of RSI are fairly easy to identify, typically relating to pain or tightness in the hands and wrists. This kind of pain can often feel like a strong burning sensation. The pain often concentrates in a specific part of the hand, the area most typically affected by repetition in your daily routine. Other associated symptoms include pains and soreness across the arms, elbows, shoulders, and back.
The actual cause of these symptoms is, rather unsurprisingly, repetitive processes. These common and repeated movements often occur so fast and so often that they damage the soft muscles and nerves in your hands and wrists. The people at the greatest risk are those who use computers for many hours in a single session, especially very fast typists who do a lot of keyboard work. This group can include programmers, writers, and documentation creators. In addition to keyboards, mice and trackballs also often contribute to RSI problems; the repetitive clutching and finger movements of operating a mouse or trackball cause the same type of injuries. This naturally brings RSI into the realm of graphic designers, gamers, and other heavy mouse users. If you consider how critical a keyboard and mouse are to virtually every computer, RSI is a very real threat.
Relieving Your Symptoms
If you begin to feel pain in your hands and wrists, you can perform a few exercises and massages while you wait to see a doctor. The very first action to take if you feel any pain is to take a break. Overusing an already overused part of your hands causes RSI, so allow that part of your hand to rest.
When RSI strikes, your hands can swell due to blood not being able to reach the affected tissues. Massage is often effective in reducing this swelling. By gently massaging the area with the tip of a finger, you can help reduce this inflammation by encouraging blood to move into the affected area. Remember to be very gentle; vigorous massage could make your condition worse.
A key technique in preventing RSI is taking regular breaks. These can be normal breaks where you walk around for a few minutes; not only does this help you relax when working, but it also encourages blood to flow around your body and stretches muscles that may have kept the same posture for quite some time. A break is a span of time spent away from a computer; checking your email or chatting to a friend with instant messaging doesn't count. Stand up, walk around, stretch your muscles, and take your eyes off the screen. Experts recommend that you take a break at least once an hour.
A different kind of break is the micropause, in which you regularly stop working and rest for 10 seconds. During a micropause you don't walk around. Instead, simply rest your hands and allow the blood to flow into them. Regular micropauses will greatly reduce the pain in your hands. The biggest problem with this technique is ensuring that you pause regularly for the full 10 seconds, but free software programs can help schedule the breaks.
RSI Prevention Software
Several tools are available to help you keep regular breaks and micropauses; these tools pop up a dialog box to pester you to take a break or micropause at regular intervals. Although these tools can be infuriating on a busy day, they are important to install and use. Make every effort to take a break whenever the software prompts you to, and try to avoid disabling or ignoring the warnings. After a few days of using these tools, you'll develop the habit of obeying the prompts like the good user you are.
Most of these tools allow you to set different timings for different breaks and intervals between those breaks. Timings usually include the regularity of micropauses and the duration of each pause. Start with fairly regular micropauses (once every 30 to 60 seconds) of around 10 or 15 seconds each. You should also try to take a 2-minute break every 15 or 20 minutes.
Windows/Linux: Workrave
Workrave is a great little tool for Linux and Windows. You can configure Workrave to pester you for micropauses and normal breaks at different times. In addition to those breaks, Workrave will also monitor how long you've used the computer in order to inform you when you have reached a reasonable day's limit. Another nice feature is the ability to distribute information about your timing requirements between different systems; if you have multiple Linux and Windows machines in your office and at home, you can set a single time for the duration of your breaks across the whole network.
Mac OS X: AntiRSI
Unfortunately, Workrave is available on Mac OS X only as an X program (installed with Fink), but AntiRSI is a great alternative. Written by Onne Gorter, AntiRSI provides the same kind of functionality as Workrave (but with fewer features). AntiRSI will alert you to take micropauses and breaks. It also detects natural pauses, so it won't ask you to take too many breaks. AntiRSI is a great little tool that provides the key functionality you need in an RSI clock. When you add it to your Mac OS X dock, you will find it an invaluable tool to ensure that you take your breaks regularly.
When you have chosen the software tool that is right for you, set the timings in a way that reflects the level of RSI that you are experiencing. If have no RSI problems, you can use fewer breaks and fewer micropauses. Alternatively, if you experience frequent pain in your hands, increase the number and frequency of breaks. You should always base your timings around yourself.
If you are starting to show RSI symptoms, a good introductory set of timings is a micropause every minute for 10 seconds, a 1-minute break every 10 minutes, and a longer break once an hour. If you use these timings and your RSI does not improve, increase the number of normal breaks and increase your micropauses to once every 30 seconds. If you find that you would like to use an RSI clock for taking normal breaks but not micropauses, aim for a 1-minute break every 10 minutes and a longer break every hour. If you feel even moderate pain, always remember to stop and possibly increase the frequency of your breaks.
Irrespective of your software, you should always pay attention to your breaks and try to schedule them around your work. As an example, if you are on a deadline and need to complete some work quickly, you may be able to rest your hands but still read through a document or web site. Although this allows you to rest your hands, you do also need to take regular breaks to rest your eyes and stretch your muscles. If you can think of different techniques and methods to take your regular breaks without it interfering too much with your work, you will be able to reduce the impact of your breaks throughout the day. The key is to combine your breaks with times that you are not moving your hands or sitting in a rigid posture. Examples of this can include meetings, toilet breaks, lunchtime, and coffee breaks.
Creating a Better Environment
Your working environment plays an important role in preventing RSI problems. The scope of this environment extends to your chair, desk, lights, keyboard, mouse, other input devices, monitor, and various other equipment that you use regularly. The positioning and use of these elements can affect your ease of working, in different and related ways. For example, an incorrectly positioned chair can have a negative effect on your shoulders, which in turn can cause you pain lower down on your arms when you use the keyboard or mouse.
When you try to improve the ergonomics of your environment, there is a temptation to rush out and buy all manner of equipment. Although many of these gadgets do help, correct posture and seat placement will have a far greater effect on your body than any number of devices. The key to this posture is in keeping your body and arms straight.
Desk and Chair
When you sit at your computer, check that your back is straight; you should not be slouching or leaning back. With your back in this position, now adjust the rear of your chair to support your back and prevent the chair from rocking or pushing back. Next, check your arms. If you drop your arms to your side and bend your elbows, your arms should ideally be straight, virtually right-angled. Ensure that your fingers are not bent upward or downward, and keep your wrists straight rather than at an angle. You may need to adjust your chair's height to keep your arms in line with the desk. It is always a good idea to spend any RSI-related budget on a good, comfortable, and adjustable chair.
No matter how correct it may be, any rigidly enforced posture will be bad if you stay in that position for a long period of time. Remember to move, adjust, and relax throughout the day. Sitting bolt upright for too long can worsen the situation; the goal is to find an approximate posture and intersperse it with regular muscle movement and plenty of breaks.
The keyboard is a primary area in which you need to check your positioning. First be sure that your wrists are straight, not bent in any way. You'll feel pain in the back of your hand if your wrists are positioned incorrectly. Some researchers believe that the legs on the rear of a keyboard can actually cause some RSI problems and that a flat keyboard is better. Experiment with the legs up and down, but always remember to keep your wrists straight.
When you type, always tap the keys gently. Many people hammer away at their keyboards; this can cause stress in the fingers. You should also ensure that the base of your hand does not rest on the table while typing. If you rest your hands, you will find that your fingers will bend at an awkward angle when typing.
RSI is complex and multifaceted. No single technique can banish RSI from your body, but a combination of these ideas can work wonders. Better seat placement, new keyboard posture, and regular breaks will help combat the risks and allow you to use your computer safely for longer.
Although these methods are proven and helpful, a large proportion of IT workers still fail to see the importance of RSI prevention. They'll eventually have to learn. By using a combination of the methods and software discussed in this article, you can take the first line of defense against the problem. Good luck!
Further links
- Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injury, basic information and advice on RSI
- Typing Injury FAQ, several FAQs about different typing injuries
- RSI Yahoo Group, a discussion group for people with RSI
- RSI Program, resources and help for those who suffer from RSI
Jono Bacon is an award-winning leading community manager, author and consultant, who has authored four books and acted as a consultant to a range of technology companies. Bacon's weblog (http://www.jonobacon.org/) is one of the widest read Open Source weblogs.
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Good Times Bar at 511 First Ave. S. in Estherville will hold its annual chili cookoff Saturday, Feb. 23.
Cut-up is at noon with judging at 3 p.m. Entry fee is $10 for one- or two-person teams.
Anyone interested in entering may call Good Times Bar at (712) 362-9084.
Following are some chili-cooking tips based on some of the comments you might hear from cookoff judges at various judgings.
Don't scald the judges' mouths
Heat (spicy, that is) is fine. A lot of judges say the hotter the better. But the sort of heat that takes a layer or two of skin off a judge's palate probably isn't going to win you a lot of points with the judges.
Fact Box
Mike's chili
By Michael Tidemann
Staff Writer
I won't guarantee that this recipe will win a chili cookoff for you. However, I will guarantee that it will coerce the most fastidious gourmand into obscene gluttony.
This recipe originated from my mother's recipe and evolved over the years and includes some of the flavors I fondly recall from a little Greek diner in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Three cans of dark red kidney beans, drained.
Two pounds of lean ground beef.
One small onion (or a half onion, if you prefer less), chopped fine.
One large can of tomato sauce with an equal amount of water.
Three to four bay leaves.
One tablespoon chili power (or to taste).
One tablespoon cumin (or to taste).
One tablespoon brown sugar (or to taste).
Salt to taste.
Brown meat until it has an even, brown color and place in a crock pot. Brown chopped onion in meat juice, drain and add.
Add tomato sauce with an equal amount of water then add brown sugar and spices.
Turn crock pot on low, mixing ingredients several times. Continue on low for three hours.
Serve, with your choice of sharp cheddar cheese, sour cream or guacamole.
Budget tip: Stretch your chili out by using it as a baked potato topping.
And don't forget the grilled cheese
Grilled cheese and chili go together like Mom and apple pie.
Everyone knows how to make grilled cheese, right? Well, for those unfortunate few of you who don't, here's how:
Butter one side of a piece of bread and put butter-side down on a medium-warm skillet. Place a slice of medium or sharp cheddar on the bread. Top with another piece of buttered bread, butter side up.
Flip when the first side is golden brown, browning the other side to equal color. Serve alongside or topped with chili.
Tip: Also goes well with tomato soup.
Watch the booze
Some chili chefs like to put alcohol in their chili. Some put in beer while some put in Jack Daniel's - a lot of Jack Daniel's.
This was probably not a real good idea the first time it was done and it probably still isn't a real good idea. Chili judges like to have a warm, fuzzy feeling in their tummies after judging a cookoff - not get soused.
Measure your ingredients
And how many really good chili chefs cringe at this one? A lot of people say they never like to measure and that every batch of chili tastes different. The tragedy of that is if you should make a chili that's out of the ballpark you might do it only once in your life. And that's very, very sad.
It's fine to experiment - in fact, all spices should be used "to taste". But measure out those spices so you can determine what your favorite taste really is - and then be able to make it exactly the same way again.
Find test subjects
Find a friend who loves spicy food and one who hates it, along with a couple in between. If they all love your chili, you've got a winner.
Strive for balance
A great chili is one of a complexity of flavors. No one ingredient or spice overpowers the others. A chili that tastes entirely like tomato sauce is probably not going to get as high of a score as one that has myriad flavors or tastes.
Think of it this way. A great chili is like a great wine - with a flavor more like a symphony than a soloist.
Look for color
Color is another factor that chili judges consider. While this can be an entirely subjective consideration, a lot of judges' eyes pop open (in a good way) when they see a dark chili with an equally robust flavor.
Runny is a big no-no as is gloopy. A good chili is somewhere in between. Tip: If your chili is consistently runny, try adding a little corn starch. Just put say a teaspoon of dry corn starch in a cup, add just enough cold water to make a paste, and stir thoroughly until you feel a bit of a drag on the bottom of the cup. Then add it to the chili about 15 minutes before you're ready to serve.
Strive for complexity
The best chilis often have a "secret ingredient" that is next to impossible to get the chef to reveal. This ingredient often lends to the complexity of the chili. You know you have a winner when judges taste the chili then taste it again and again to determine where they've tasted something similar.
Again, like a fine wine, a fine chili is very complex.
Remember the meat
Some people make vegetarian chili. Yes, you heard right. Vegetarian.
This is a terrible idea and will guarantee you last place in every chili contest that you ever enter - unless of course someone else was also foolish enough to make vegetarian chili and managed to mess it up worse than you did.
Use fresh ingredients
This is very, very important. Using fresh ingredients will add greatly to your chili's body and complexity.
Practice your cooking time beforehand
Every cookoff has a range of time between cutup (when the chefs start their preparation) and judging. Similarly, every chili tastes best after simmering a certain about of time.
Determine what the best cooking time is for your chili and make that part of the recipe.
Don't cook your chili too short or long of a time
Chili has to simmer so the flavors intermingle. And that takes time - an hour at a bare minimum. A chili that doesn't have enough simmer time is going to taste like a bunch of ingredients thrown together - but it won't taste like chili.
And don't burn, scald or cook your chili until it resembles textured concrete.


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Prince Harry has provided a reminder to us all on the importance of first aid and why it's something everyone should know.
His Royal Highness is said to have given first aid to an opponent on the polo pitch, after he fell from his horse.
According to reports, the Prince came to the aid of US businessman Bash Kazi, who had been knocked unconscious during a charity match in Campinas, Brazil, last month.
Prince Harry's first aid knowledge could well have saved his opponent's life. Putting someone unconscious in the recovery position ensures their airway is kept open so they can breathe. Without this crucial first aid, they could suffocate.
But Prince Harry's quick-thinking action is not the only first aid story in the news. The Saturday's Una Healey is said to have been extremely concerned after her newborn, Aofie Belle, choked.
It's every parent's worst nightmare not knowing what to do if their child is in danger. Thankfully the incident occurred in hospital where medical professionals rushed to her aid.
Una's not alone. A survey by St John Ambulance showed that if someone was choking, just over half of us (53%) would know what to do. It's not enough.
We know people think first aid is important - 98% of us are aware it saves lives - but unfortunately it's something that we don't all make time to learn.
The prompt first aid received by Fabrice Muamba was one part in a chain that ensured his survival. Stadiums are kitted out with all the right equipment and have medics and first aiders on standby. But what if someone you know and love was taken ill at home. In those crucial minutes before an ambulance got there, would you know what to do?
First aid can be the difference between life and death. It's easy to learn - on a training course or downloading an app and reading how to do CPR while waiting for the bus. I urge you to learn first aid today. Don't leave it until you need it.


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He looked as handsome as he has ever looked on WWE. Was hoping the shirt would come off and he would wrestle but always knew he wouldn't. The shameless plugging of the film was cringe, but maybe no worse than going on a talk show?!
Hell no...
He looked as handsome as he has ever looked on WWE. Was hoping the shirt would come off and he would wrestle but always knew he wouldn't. The shameless plugging of the film was cringe, but maybe no worse than going on a talk show?!
DANG! That Ass
oh and Dolph Ziggler is yumyum.
Woof Woof!
I really hope his wife realizes how lucky she is. He really could do a ton better .
I saw him this past monday when he was here in cleveland for the WWE event,OMG that man is so sexy in person and that accent mmmm.
So sexy!
Always HOT! Look at that trail!
SO SEXY! I wanna do so many nasty things with him
^ Looking hawt!
damn i love u hugh. hey that rhymes.
happy birthday to Mr. Jackman! =D
so sexxxxxy
Hugh is totally gay.
Hugh is currently starring on Broadway in a limited engagement of Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway, which opened last week to stellar reviews.
The show just broke a house record at the theatre where he is performing, as it brought in over one million dollars in ticket sales last week alone, according to THR.
I'd suck on that.
who's cock is it?
Playing in the water
To be that bike seat
Fuck Me! Fuck Meeeee
God I want to feel his manly biceps mmmmmm
In honor of Australia Day, I just wanted to bump this thread up!
No recent picks of Jackman? Anyone? I know 'Burrito has something
he is sooo fine in real steel.
He's so hot !
Agreed especially for such a tall guy
never because he never had any
^i agree with ya....the wife is older-looking and not attractive...the kid is adopted....he screams gay to me....i love it
The friend of a friend of mine in Australia turned down a proposition from him years ago. (Which caused me to wonder if she'd been certified as insane when I heard about it!) But at the very least, he was hitting on women long before he had a movie career to protect.
ugh i would let him bend me over and screw me silly
He's straight. Just metrosexual that's all.
He's actually not straight. Has "secretly" groped other men at parties and left party with them.
Where are these parties? I want to go to there!
I know because I lived in Vegas for 6 years and worked at one of the more prominent luxury strip hotels where many celebs would party and got to know many of them and their assistants. Let me tell you celeb assistants are where it's at, they have the best insider info.
To the others: A guy who is comfortable in his skin must be gay FFS wise up plus because a well off person adopts a child to give them a better life is Gay really! Could he or his wife be unable to have a child maybe??? Who cares what his wife looks like, we fall in love with who we fall in love with. Plus any of you bitching about her stunning in the looks department I wonder?
"Flipping Dykes I though they were a myth like Weapons of Mass Destruction" Grace Adler.
He's squinting so much in these pics done at Bondi Beach; I bet he's not wearing his glasses or contact lenses.


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Daddy Jones
525 Medford St., Somerville
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.; closed Monday
Credit cards accepted
A visit to Daddy Jones in Somerville's Magoun Square can feel a bit like traveling in a glitch-prone time machine: You aren't quite sure what decade you've landed in.
Kitschy drinks evoke the '80s and '90s, the barware is vintage, the décor a combo of sleek Art Deco and earth-tone modern, and the menu full of traditional Greek specialties that date back generations.
Owner Dimitra Tsourianis has said she's aiming for a fun and easy vibe, the kind customers might find in the home of a friend. The pace is certainly relaxed and the staff friendly, and if you're willing to embrace the stylistic muddle, you'll discover that Daddy Jones is a smart neighborhood spot with playful drinks, a few solid dishes, and plenty of room to grow.
The long bar occupies most of the space. The cocktail list features a range of cheesy, rainbow-bright throwbacks, complete with plastic umbrellas and outsized fruit garnishes, served in chunky vintage glassware.
Those looking to escape the winter blues will appreciate the Blue Hawaiian ($9) made with Raspberry Jolly Rancher Rum, or the Sex on the Beach ($9), a bubblegum-pink concoction dressed up with peach-ginger puree and a splash of ginger beer.
The fizzy Grape Crush ($10) was cleverly presented with a skewer of frozen grapes, but its cognac base was muted by too much lemon. The DJ Cocktail Cooler ($10) arrived in a glass bottle with a homemade "Daddy Jones" label and straw, but the presentation couldn't disguise the fact that this too-sweet cocktail was heavy on the apple flavor and needed another good stir or two.
Simpler cocktails earned high praise. My tablemates and I adored the Bourbon Spoon ($8), a glass of chilled bourbon sweetened with mastiha, a honey and vanilla resin that takes the edge off the bourbon but preserves its throaty heat.
Not a cocktail fan? Daddy Jones offers plenty of other libations, including a Europe-heavy wine list and a selection of craft brews.
The Greek-inspired menu reflects Tsourianis's heritage and includes staples from her childhood in Somerville. Dishes range from bar snacks to small plates to full entrées, so you can find a right-sized bite whether you visit for a quick cocktail or a long dinner.
Meals begin with a serving of sesame seed bread, drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with salt. Don't skip your slice: It's made in-house and has a perfectly crunchy crust.
For starters, try the smoked herring ($5), a recipe made often by Tsourianis's mother and updated with fried capers and grilled romaine. The fried zucchini wedges with skordalia dip ($5) were piping hot and nicely crisped, but the garlicky almond skordalia was so thick we couldn't get it to cover the wedges without using a knife — not ideal for a dip-based bar snack. The baby eggplant ($8), roasted and stuffed with ground beef, was tender and filling.
The well-priced main courses run on the large side at Daddy Jones. The grilled sausage sandwich ($8) was a hit with a fluffy pita, sweet and spicy loukaniko sausage, and a heap of roasted peppers and caramelized onions. The sandwich comes with a generous portion of skin-on fries, which were crisp but too salty.
Kiss your New Year's resolutions goodbye with the Mac Daddy ($12), a macaroni casserole made with cheddar and Greek kasseri cheese and sautéed tomatoes. Chunks of bacon lend a rich, smoky flavor to this already sinful mac.
The grilled lamb skewer ($14) arrived lukewarm and with a few undercooked onions, but it was perched atop a bed of buttery rice pilaf and long slices of tender eggplant and zucchini that earned rave reviews. As for the chicken souvlaki wrap ($9), I was disappointed by overly salted fries (again), but delighted with the tender chicken and light dill yogurt sauce.
The service at Daddy Jones could use some sprucing up. One of our starters never appeared (though we weren't charged for it), drinks were delivered to the wrong diners, and bread plates took an awfully long time to disappear from our increasingly crowded table. For a place that has been open just two months, though, it's not all bad, and the cheerful staff is clearly trying hard.
Tsourianis plans to add some entrées after the New Year and hopes to offer Sunday brunch in late January or early February.
In the meantime, one plan is confirmed: On New Year's Eve, Daddy Jones will embrace its 1980s vibe with a decade-themed celebration. For more information and tickets to the 21-plus event, visit the Daddy Jones website.
After all, why not usher in 2013 with a quick trip back in time? Marty McFly would, like, totally approve.
Emily T. Simon-- Emily T. Simon


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Emily Rogers
Emily Ann (Mitchell) Rogers, 65, of Midland and formerly of the Trent-Merkel area, died Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011.She was cremated. Memorial services are to be held at noon on Saturday, Feb. 12, at Trent First Baptist Church.Emily was born in Merkel. She lived most of her childhood and part of her adult life in the Trent-Merkel area. She worked hard all her life. She had many talents, including making ceramics, writing poetry, drawing and gardening. Her best talent was smiling. One of her sweet smiles could warm you when you were cold, make you happy when you were sad. She was preceded in death by her parents, Merle and Lizzy Mitchell; two sisters, Bettye Mitchell Symmons and Bonnie Mitchell Caldwell; and one son, Michael Lynn Rogers.Survivors include son, Danny Rogers; daughter, Laura Farqahar and husband Jimmy; two extra special friends, Larry Rogers and Kathy Williamson, all of Midland; her oldest daughter, Brenda Rogers and Malcolm of Sweetwater; brother, Henry Mitchell and wife Penny; sister, La Verne Deen and husband Dale of Trent; sister, Wanda Baker and husband Clarence of Levita; brother, Lonnie Mitchell and Caroline of Anson; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.


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2011, seven teams from the New York Collegiate Baseball League and
one expansion team united to form the Perfect Game Collegiate
Baseball League.
RAPIDS, Iowa – In January, PGCBL
President Jeff Kunion announced that the Oneonta Outlaws—2011
champions of the New York Collegiate Baseball League—would join the
PGCBL, setting up a nine-team league that began play Wednesday.
2011 championship roster will return only one player this season. The
coaching staff hasn't changed, but the challenges will.
expect the competition will be a lot stronger," said Head Coach
Greg Zackrison, who has a 74-53 record (.583) in three seasons with
the team. "With the Perfect Game name attached to our league, the
goal is that we'll move up a tier. The league-wide talent has
definitely increased in terms of Division I playing time."
that includes Oneonta.
year, we were a power team," Zackrison continued. "We led the
league in doubles and home runs. But most of our home runs were at
away games because our home field is huge" (the team website lists
the center field fences at 406 feet, the left and right field lines
at 350 feet). "In three years, I think we've hit four home runs
total at home. We must have led the league in 400-foot outs last
season, third baseman Zac Johnson (Illinois State) and shortstop Zach
Lucas (Louisville) will be counted on to provide some pop in the
Oneonta lineup.
Johnson was All-Missouri Valley Conference first team this season,"
Zackrison said. "He looks very good. He's going to be a
middle-of-the-lineup guy for me. And Zach Lucas was the Kentucky
Gatorade Player of the Year last year out of high school. He led
Louisville in doubles as a true freshman."
the large dimensions of Damaschke Field, however, management has
loaded the roster with speedy players this season.
talked about recruiting more speed, bringing in more doubles and
triples guys, and it just kind of worked out that way," Zackrison
said. "We're a very speedy team. We will have a green (light) guy
in seven out of the nine spots in the lineup."
includes former FTB (Florida Travel Ball) players Orlando Rivera and
Omar Garcia (both from State College of Florida), and outfielder
Logan Brown (Baylor). Rivera stole 27 bases in 32 attempts this
season; Garcia was 30-for-33. Brown runs a 6.4 60-yard dash according
to his coaches at Baylor.
the Oneonta lineup figures to be the team's strength, the pitching
is still somewhat in question. Four of the top pitchers Oneonta
recruited were shut down by their schools for the summer. According
to Zackrison, southpaw Sheldon Lee (San Francisco) is the favorite to
lead the rotation.
then there's Donovan Gonzales, the lone player returning from last
year's team.
very, very intelligent, a well-spoken kid," Zackrison said. "He'll
be in politics one day. You almost get taken back that he's such a
young kid."
January 2009, Donovan contracted a bacterial infection while pitching
for the Tampa Bay Rays' 18 and under team in Australia. He didn't
start feeling the effects of it until May, when a growing abscess in
his liver hospitalized him.
lost 40 pounds in two weeks. I looked like a skeleton," Donovan
said. "They said I would never play baseball again."
contracted the abscess, and Donovan was released from the hospital on
the same day he was drafted by the Marlins.
had worked out with a few pro teams and was looking forward to
signing a pro contract," Donovan said. "I had to tell the teams I
was sick, but the Marlins took a flier and gave me a chance to sign
if I was able to get healthy."
a month later, a blood clot formed in Donovan's left arm, delaying
his rehab. This guaranteed he wouldn't be healthy in time to sign
by the August deadline.
a pro contract, Donovan wanted to attend UC Riverside as a political
science major. But without a baseball scholarship (which was offered
to him before his illness), he wouldn't be able to afford tuition.
That's when he received a call from Doug Smith, the baseball coach
at UC Riverside.
not going to take away your scholarship," Smith told Donovan. "We
want you to come and be a part of the team, even if you can't
coaches at Riverside were very understanding," Donovan said. "They
gave me the time I needed to recover."
was cleared to resume baseball activities over Thanksgiving break,
less than six months after his release from the hospital.
worked my butt off for two-and-a-half months to get ready for the
season," Donovan said. "In my first outing back, I had a
four-inning save against BYU. It was really emotional because of
everything me and my family had been through."
scrapped a 12-to-6 curveball he used as an out pitch before he got
sick. He's since picked up three new pitches—a slider, splitter
and a changeup—as he continues to find the "new Donovan." His
velocity has slowly crept back to where it was in 2009, working in
the 88-90 mph range consistently this season.
hopes to continue his progress with Oneonta this summer.
want to start," he said. "I'd like to get as many innings as I
can, help the team get back to the playoffs and win another
championship. The town deserves it because the fans are unbelievable.
They are extremely passionate about the team." (Oneonta accounted
for more than half the league's total attendance in 2011.)
the next 12 months go well, Donovan could find himself in the same
position he was three years ago when he was drafted.
being told I would never play baseball again, it sounds cliché, but
I'll never take this game for granted," Donovan said. "I'll
just continue to work hard until I'm successful. And if it doesn't
work out, I'm fortunate to have had the opportunity to come to UCR
and get an education.
does he plan to do with that education?
don't know," he said. "Maybe I'll be the president someday or


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The 54th AutoZone Liberty Bowl Football Classic, featuring Iowa State University vs. University of Tulsa, will be held Monday, Dec. 31, at 2:30 p.m. at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, 335 S. Hollywood St. The Temptations will perform at halftime. For a list of bowl week events, visit autozonelibertybowl.org.
Be the Match Foundation will hold a bone marrow registry drive Saturday, Dec. 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis St. Catherine Room, 5959 Park Ave. Potential bone marrow donors must be ages 18 to 44. Contact Trip Rossetti at firstname.lastname@example.com or Mary LeSueur at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Figure Skating Club of Memphis will present "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" Saturday, Dec. 22, at 7 p.m. at Mid-South Ice House, 10705 Ridgeway Industrial Road in Olive Branch. Tickets are $5. Visit midsouthicehouse.com.
Chez Philippe will host a Christmas Eve dinner Monday, Dec. 24, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the restaurant, 149 Union Ave. in The Peabody. Cost is $85, plus $30 for wine pairing. Call 529-4188 for reservations.
The Peabody will host a Christmas Day brunch Tuesday, Dec. 25, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the hotel, 149 Union Ave. Cost is $59 for adults and $22 for children ages 5 to 12. The menu will include traditional holiday dishes, Peabody brunch favorites and champagne. Call 529-3668 for reservations.
Capriccio Grill will host a Christmas Day dinner Tuesday, Dec. 25, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the restaurant, 149 Union Ave. in The Peabody. Cost is $50. Call 529-4199 for reservations.
The Peabody will hold its annual New Year's Eve party Monday, Dec. 31, from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. at the hotel, 149 Union Ave. Entertainment includes Lord T & Eloise, Seeing Red and DJ Mark Anderson. Cost is $45. Tickets to the VIP lounge are $150. Visit peabodymemphis.com or call 529-4000.
Theatre Memphis will present "A Christmas Carol" through Dec. 23 at the theater, 630 Perkins Road Extended. Visit theatrememphis.org for times and tickets.
The Circuit Playhouse will present "The Santaland Diaries" through Dec. 23 in Circuit's Memphian Room, 51 S. Cooper St. Visit playhouseonthesquare.org for times and tickets.
WKNO-TV will premiere "A Memphis Boychoir Christmas with Kallen Esperian" Monday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. on WKNO Channel 10. The concert features the Memphis Boychoir, Memphis Girlchoir, Memphis Chamber Choir and opera soprano Kallen Esperian. Visit wkno.org for a schedule of other air dates.
Memphis Arts Collective will host its 2012 Holiday Artist Market through Dec. 24 at 1501 Union Ave. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Fridays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Visit memphisartscollective.com.
The South Main Art Trolley Tour will be held Friday, Dec. 28, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the South Main Historic Arts District. Email email@example.com for details.
The Circuit Playhouse will present "Ken Ludwig's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas" through Dec. 30 at Circuit, 51 S. Cooper St. Visit playhouseonthesquare.org for times and tickets.
Playhouse on the Square will present "Annie" through Dec. 30 at Playhouse, 66 S. Cooper St. Visit playhouseonthesquare.org for times and tickets.
Germantown Performing Arts Centre will host Laura Schriner's "Southern Impressions" art exhibit at GPAC, 1801 Exeter Road, through Jan. 4 in the GPAC lobby. It will also host "The Art of Dance: Tripping the Light Fantastic in Oils and Photographic Imagery" through Jan. 4. Visit gpacweb.com.
Gallery Ten Ninety One will hosts the exhibit "A Minute and a Half of Summer: Ninety Miniatures by Mary Norman," at the gallery, 7151 Cherry Farms Road in WKNO Digital Media Center, through Jan. 17. Call 458-2521.


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'Halo 4' developers announce extra content for the sci-fi shooter at Comic-Con
SAN DIEGO (AP) "Halo 4" will forward new missions to players.
Developers for the sci-fi shoot-'em-up series told fans at a Comic-Con presentation Saturday that they could expect 10 new episodes of the cooperative Spartan Ops mode each week after the game's launch Nov. 6. Each episode will contain five chapters, totaling 50 new missions over a 10-week span. The extra downloadable content will be free and will last as long as the game's single-player campaign.
Developers from 343 Industries also unveiled a limited-edition "Halo 4"-themed Xbox 360 at Saturday's panel. The 320-gigabyte console includes a copy of the game, wired headset and two controllers. It will cost $399.99.
AP Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang is tweeting from Comic-Con at http://www.twitter.com/derrikjlang.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 20th Aug 2010 21:40 UTC, submitted by koki
This summer, too, the Haikuproject is part of the Google Summer of Code event. One of the more interesting projects is the Services Kit (draft document!) by Christophe "Shusui" Huriaux, which is an API to facilitate the creation of native web-enabled programs using standard web protocols and data exchange mechanisms.
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by Michael Oliveira on Sat 21st Aug 2010 21:04 UTC
The Haiku devs is doing the best they can. While we are thinking in "look-and-feel", and app level, they are thinking about multiple hardware to run the stuff, and make all more stable.
If you wants to go in a particular direction, please join, and contribute. Will be very appreciated.


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*UPDATE* Dehydrated hubby.
Any tips/tricks to help him get better? I've been giving him Gatorade and bought Pedialyte freezer pops but am waiting for them to ice over. His temp is going up and he has vomited.
Sounds like you are doing the right things. The only thing better would be an IV.
has he taken any fever reducer for the fever? I personally would not force any liquids on an adult when they are sick and would just do regular popsicles.
I had to have an IV when I was in this condition a few years ago- it made a world of difference- I felt better almost immediately. I went to one of those urgent care places and they administered it.
Something I like to use is crushed ice - fill a glass with it and pour ginger ale over it (regular, not diet) and let him sip it slowly through a straw- the combination of ginger and icy drink help calm the vomiting.
I was trying to help my micro dude to feel better is give him a wash cloth that's damp not freezing cold but cool.. it seemed to make him feel better
He needs to just rest quietly and not have any solids or liquids until the vomiting stops , if he hasn't vomited for two or three hours, gradually start in with the clear liquids, nothing too heavy, or greasy, popsicles, jello, apple juice, liquids like that and then try a clear soup or broth.
You need to go buy some Propel flavored water bottle drinks. They are great for dehydration issues. And the best part is they taste great. I don't know where you live but, where I live they cost either $1 or 2 for $1. We buy by the case. Every time I get dehydrated I drink this. Of course I drink this whenever I can anyways. You can always do flavored kool-aid single packs to flavor your glass of water if you do not like the taste of water.


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UPDATE: Tuesday weather
Tomorrow is going to have the look and feel of winter with lots of clouds, a breezy northeast wind (at 15 to 25 mph), and some scattered showers. Highs will only be in the middle 40s and wind chill values in the 20s & 30s! Keep an umbrella and heavier coat handy today!