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... Recently, though, I've found it works well to simply say: "Sometimes bad things happen to young people, too."...
OP, I am so glad that you are healing so well! I'm just over 6 months out from breaking my leg in 2 places from a wreck as well. (pretty sure it didn't compound because of my weight) I hated the looks I got when we were out running errands with me, though the lookers usually left us alone when mom got the wheelchair out.I use a cane now, for balance and making sure I sit on the shuttle on campus- I can't stand on it anymore...I love what you say though. Of course you can always say that you are really 85, but you know a really good surgeon
"Sometimes bad things happen to young people, too."
Quote from: britannialamode on October 24, 2011, 10:06:15 PM"Sometimes bad things happen to young people, too."That is my favourite response that I've read here on eHell. Awesome.
And I have to say, sad as it is that it had to happen, I just LOVE the idea of an e-hellion out there with an ACTUAL titanium spine!
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HAWLEY - Think of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, where stars of screen and stage are immortalized in the pavement out front.
Why not at the Ritz?
Hawley Council on June 12th discussed a fund-raiser planned by the Ritz Company Playhouse, where paving bricks sponsors will be sought to have lettering engraved and displayed for years to come on the walkway under the marquee on Keystone Street.
Sandy Gabrielson, board member of Ritz Company Playhouse, told The News Eagle that between 700 and 800 bricks will be available, creating a brick pavement completely under the marquee out to the curb. They plan to start selling sponsorships on the July 4th Weekend, and have them ready for placement next year, 2014.
Suggested ideas are to sponsor a brick in memory of a loved one, or for a cast member from the 41 year history of Ritz Company Playhouse to be remembered in an engraving. The year, show and actor/actress' name could be inscribed. Larger bricks are also planned, engraved in honor of founders of the Ritz Company Playhouse, Peg and Dick Murphy and Ed Buckmaster.
Gabrielson said that they are still deciding which brick supplier to use, before announcing prices and full details.
The paving project will also help improve the appearance of the exterior, Gabrielson said, complementing the work done on the facade this past year. A state matching grant enabled them to paint the marquee, doors and windows and other work. That project is nearly complete.
Revenue, he said, is raised by donations, box office sales and small grants. While the non-profit theater group is all volunteer, the cost for any one production includes in part, as much as $3000- $4000 to rent the rights to use the script the music, Gabrislon said.
James Simpson, who acted as a youth at the Ritz, painted the marquee, and suggested the paving brick sponsorships. He said a similar project was successful at the Hawley United Methodist Church.
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In August, lower-level negotiators from Japan and North Korea held the countries' first bilateral talks in four years, but made little progress.
Japan wants information on the abductions of Japanese citizens by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s. Japan believes at least one abductee may still be alive and in the North, though North Korea denies this. Five abductees were returned to Japan in 2002.
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Japan imposed strict sanctions against the North and cut off most economic and cultural exchanges in 2006 after a missile launch. Tensions heightened again earlier this year when the North launched a rocket that it said carried a satellite, but that Japan and other countries criticized as a thinly-disguised test of long-range missile technology. The launch failed just after takeoff.
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The Free will defense is a apologetical argument posited by Alvin Plantinga as a defense for the Problem of evil, and is widely regarded as valid and a sufficient defense by many Contemporary Philosophers. The argument holds that; "It is possible that God, even being omnipotent, could not create a world with free creatures who never choose evil. Furthermore, it is possible that God, even being omnibenevolent, would desire to create a world which contains evil if moral goodness requires free moral creatures."


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Sun/Oracle has known about the bug for something like 10 years, but it's still not fixed.
Betcha it'll be fixed tomorrow!
...it's a critical bug in an Adobe product. Then it's going to linger for months, if not years.
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damn, i ran out of mod points yesterday. +3 Insightful to you, +5 Funny
Why would Adobe *fix* bugs? They're hard at work on a new version, with entirely new bugs. And you can pay $500+ for the privilege of being in their testing department, knowing crash reports get sent straight to
Or get your ass sued for daring to reveal long-standing bugs that the assholes that maintain it have consistently refused to fix.
Yeah bugs that pop up every so often to end users (and are common enough or reported by trusted enough users that they can't just by dismissed as coming from liers/trolls) but only pop up sporadically and/or only pop up on certain systems are a big problem for developers. With no reliable way to reproduce a bug it is almost impossible to fix it.
Even more irritating are the bugs that dissapear as soon as you try to use a debugger.
The firefox memory and CPU usage issues are good examples of this. Way too many users reported them to dismiss them as a lie or fluke but there was no set of steps to reproduce. Every so often one cause was found and squashed but they kept coming up for years and may still be doing so (I still see firefox crash for no apparent reason and it wouldn't surprise me if the cause is running out of address space).
Even more irritating are the bugs that dissapear as soon as you try to use a debugger.
We call those Heisenbugs, as obsering them changes the result.
That bug from 2000 reports an issue in the parsing code but doesn't appear to be a DOS like the one under discussion here.
Java is a secure virtual machine environment. Programs never crash and low level errors like pointer or memory problems are impossible. There is no way this floating point thing is real.
Java is the future and you are retarded. Java is the fastest programming language ever invented, that's why it's the primary language we learn and teach in school.
I have been a HTML programmer for many years, I know what I'm talking about.
Java is the fastest programming language ever invented
That's why it's used to implement all video codecs!
Actually, this is not a security bug allowing someone to break into the server or run their own code. The only possible exploit is using up CPU time. If a server is setup properly, it will not lockup the machine, but it still allows an easy vector DoS against the application and/or application server.
It is still quite critical for anyone who develops internet accessible apps using Java. One person can DoS your entire system with some bad data.
It doesn't matter much if the box is running or not; if the application server that is the reason for the box isn't, the server is considered down.
That it's so incredibly easy to exploit is another issue.
Allegedly, the following works against most web servers that accept different languages:
curl -H 'Accept-Language: en-us;q=2.2250738585072012e-308' $URL
Then there are form fields which accept doubles. Including a lot of payment forms.
>>> is no way this floating point thing is real.
Are you insinuating an int thing is real, if floating point thing is not real?
There is no way this floating point thing is real.
It has to be real. Java lacks built-in support for complex numbers.
Not only is it real, it is rational!
I take Computer Science III [encycloped...matica.com], I know what I'm talking about.
Fixed that for you Mike.
No real-world computing environment is Turing complete (because memory is finite), and provability of termination is in theory possible for all common languages in real-world computing environments (because memory is finite). And in the real world, getting an inifinite-loop bug out of floating-point routine just isn't that hard.
Denial of service attacks are real attacks, BTW. If some random script kiddy can just turn your business off, chanse are you care. This one is probably easy to mitigate, but as a
Also, making italics work on the internet just isn't that hard. Maybe Slashdot needs to hire some of those aforementioned script kiddies, or some chimpanzees, or something like that to improve the "Slashdot 3.0" experience - they could hardly do worse.
My termination inspections are the guy sitting next to me, and vice versa. This is just the kind of problem that code review is good at finding - at leats, given experience reviewers. I don't know what those shops where everyone is under 25 do.
The PHP bug was reported on Dec. 30 and fixed I think on Jan. 3, which is 5 days. I'm pretty sure it doesn't take a time machine to make a one-line fix that quickly!
The PHP bug was reported on Dec. 30 and fixed I think on Jan. 3, which is 5 days.
Yow! 5 days.
I wonder what happened between Dec 30 and Jan 3? Anything that might of distracted the developers?
I've already found the solution to this. Just patch Java to avoid the Pentium FDIV bug! I mean, those Java people are still using Pentiums, right? They claim Java is fast, so it must be the CPUs! Why else would the bug be around for so long?
But I think I'll stick to running Folding@Home on all cores to burn in thermal paste.
Let me clue you in to a little secret: That's not really thermal paste...
I now uninstall Java from any systems I work on as a security precaution. The auto-update is a nice 'feature', but in most client's systems I work on, none of them have any compelling reason for an installation of Java.
Over two years and no fix for Java [h-online.com]
"Sami Koivu has released details of a security vulnerability in Java which he reported to Sun in 2008. A quick test using the current version 1.6.0_23 reveals that it remains unpatched "
I now uninstall Java from any systems I work on as a security precaution.
After cleaning up a virus that came via Java I do the same for people who's computers I work on. Most people really don't need it and it's hard to keep fully patched, not to mention all the zero-day vulnerabilities.
Java is among the many plugins I disable in Firefox. One of the first things I do. Firefox updates are frequent enough to be secure but the plugins is where the problems are.
Does Java software crash all the time because of this bug? No, of course not, that's one reason Java software is useful at all.
Like with any software, it is essential to prioritize bug fixes. You deal with the bugs that bite you, and save the rest for later.
This is a valid principle for anything made by people, not just software. Somebody might find out, for example, that if you subject a window to a specific frequency of sound, the window will shatter. So what! Don't do that! But...if burglars start
Somebody might find out, for example, that if you subject a window to a specific frequency of sound, the window will shatter. So what! Don't do that! But...if burglars start going around with a device that emits this frequency, then it's time to come up with an antidote.
Except that the resonant frequency of the windows in your example is dependant upon their volume and mounting frames - thus making it different from window to window. Being able to crash all sorts of Java programs by throwing a certain number at them is a little more repeatable.
Repeatable yes, but that also requires programs to have well known and easily deliverable raw floating point number insertion points. Some will have tons and others won't have any. It seems analogous to the window flaw after all.
I think this bug is less critical than PHPâ(TM)s bug, because Java Servlets are not used as much as PHP
"Java sucks less because people use it less". Sounds reasonable.
It's also not true - all JSP sites render as Servlets, as I think most Java web technologies do.
The same goes for available software. Compare the number of open-source web frameworks and content management systems available for the two languages. Java is barely a blip. PHP is everywhere, and python and ruby are follow-ups.
Which doesn't change the fact that PHP is more widely used on the web than Java.
That may be true but you sure didn't prove it here.
Pretty much every web hosting project offers a basic LAMP or WAMP stack. Java? Not so much.
I agree, especially Google's App Engine which...oh wait.
Anyway, your point is that for cheap web hosting PHP is more common and that PHP rules the least common denominator of web sites. Tell us something we didn't know.
The same goes for available software. Compare the number of open-source web frameworks and content management systems available for the two languages. Java is barely a blip. PHP is everywhere, and python and ruby are follow-ups.
Great! But the relevance is, s you like to say, "not so much" to your argument.
If you measure by number of
They probably serve more pages than all the java servlets combined.
Are you shocked that people who have an axe to grind about Java are using this to criticise the language? Has slashdot *ever* given Java a fair go? I think not.
The problem that any Real Programmer has with Java is not how the language works - there's always a place for a language with the sharp corners rounded off. The problem is Java is the new COBOL - the language in which all the most boring programming jobs in the world get done by business school graduates. You can do cool things in any language, but if you're doing the least cool things, chances are you're doing them in Java. Any criticism of details of the language are sort of an afterthought - they're h
No it does not crash all the time, but given that i am a server framework programmer this issue is severe enough. It is not funny if a well placed http get parameter can shoot down your entire server. It of course depends on the backend code really trying to convert the number into float params. So far Tomcat has fixed this relatively quickly other frameworks as well ( you still can shoot down the server on framework level)
But the final fix has to come from Oracle.
Don't say I haven't warned you!!!!!
Isn't slashcode written in perl rather than java?
Actually, it looks like they use Varnish as a kind of loadbalancer.
A fix in form of a patch has been posted on the 10 year bug report of the same bug. Didn't seem to like that helped a fix find its way into Java.
Guess they simply used the Harmony Code for this stuff and Harmony does not have the bug in.
Guess they simply used the Harmony Code for this stuff and Harmony does not have the bug in.
It was fixed in Harmony a year and a half ago:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-329 [apache.org]
If it's the same problem PHP had, then it requires an x86 FPU.
If it's the same problem PHP had, then it requires an x86 FPU.
It is not. Both bugs are similar in the sense that they're triggered by some border cases of floating-point values, but are otherwise completely unrelated.
I haven't used floats or doubles in a long time. From a business perspective (think monetary values) it almost always makes more sense to use BigDecimal and apply rounding rules, particularly if those values are stored in a database where scale and precision are known or required. I would imagine the same would be true for scientific values, GIS coordinates, etc. (anything with a known precision). The only use for float/double that comes to mind is something where absolute precision isn't critical and speed is important, such as graphics/physics calculations for games, in which case you generally wouldn't be parsing user-entered values anyway.
Also, the default/packaged JSF numeric input converters produce either Long or BigDecimal values (per spec) depending on whether a decimal is present, so this should only affect a very small subset of use cases that are easily patched or avoided (old JSP/servlet code, Struts, etc.)
Also, the default/packaged JSF numeric input converters produce either Long or BigDecimal values (per spec) depending on whether a decimal is present, so this should only affect a very small subset of use cases that are easily patched or avoided (old JSP/servlet code, Struts, etc.)
Do you really think that "old JSP/servlet code" is rare? Systems that pre-date JSF popularity are the norm.
Well, technically all JSF apps are also servlet-based, and I was initially concerned that everything was affected based on comment #53 in the source article, but I tried the header on my local applications with no ill effects (my application does use resource bundles and would by necessity look at the locale headers). I also looked at jmx-console and web-console to make sure they were okay--these are by and large basic servlet/JSP apps. (JBoss 5.1, Java 1.6.0_22 64 bit.)
The JVM itself is definitely affect
There are many areas where the overheads of arbitrary-precision arithmetic are not acceptable. There are also areas where arbitrary-precision arithmetic is not good enough, and systems that formally deal with irrational numbers like or 3 or rationals like 1/3 with recurring binary and decimal representations. Mathematical formulas to ensure that roundoff errors [wikipedia.org] are well conditioned and don't accumulate are well understood by people who have complex computational needs.
Your assertion that you can "just us
I said BigDecimal is appropriate for most business use cases, especially when dealing with money, as you can control the precision and rounding behavior. The problem with floating point formulas is that they don't always round in the way you want or need them to. If you've ever applied percentage discounts and then added up the results you will see that iusing float or double often causes you to be off by one or two cents. Here [blogspot.com] is a good post on the problem with relevant examples.
Stated another way, if y
The last part of the above post is actually incorrect. (javax.faces.convert.NumberConverter) uses DecimalFormat, which by default produces either a Long or a Double depending on whether the value fits into a Long. You can call DecimalFormat.setParseBigDecimal to make it use BigDecimal, though. Also, DecimalFormat does some digit manipulation via DigitList before calling Double.parseDouble. So Double.parseDouble("2.2250738585072012e-308") is affected, but new DecimalFormat.parse("2.2250738585072012e-308"
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It does not have to be a huge production unless you want it to be.
TBH it sounds like in this case the issue was not insulin at all, but the GMTB's need for attention for whatever reason. Generally speaking, though, I don't see anything wrong with injecting insulin at the table/in someone else's home.
I'm just wondering if the mother had been fit (flat stomach), would it have bothered you so much? It sounds like the fact she exposed her fat belly was particularly offensive to you.Her behavior was wrong but I don't think her obesity should be the issue.
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Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher could be available for selection by the end of October, according to Goal.com.
The Scotsman has not featured in a competitive game for the Red Devils since United's 4-3 win against Newcastle United in December 2012.
Fletcher has been unable to train with his Manchester United teammates over the last nine months due to a longstanding chronic bowel problem.
The 29-year-old underwent surgery in January to resolve the condition but has been given time off to fully recover from the operation.
Red Devils boss David Moyes named Fletcher in his Premier League 25-man squad earlier this month, which would have given the Scottish international a much-needed boost ahead of his return.
Manchester United's medical team are reluctant to publicly announce an anticipated return date for Fletcher in case he suffers any further setbacks.
Moyes will be delighted to have Fletcher back at his disposal with his current crop of stars failing to impress.
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The De Morgan Centre
Re-opened after refurbishment in September 2011, the De Morgan Centre is dedicated to the Victorian ceramic artist William De Morgan and his wife Evelyn, a symbolist painter. There are around 250 objects on display including William De Morgan's 'Blackbird Bottle' (1888-1907), which reflects the Victorian fascination with the Middle East in terms of form and decoration, and his iconic 'BBB' thistle tile (1872-1904), which was produced in a range of colourways throughout De Morgan's career. Paintings on show by Evelyn De Morgan include 'The Hour Glass' (1904-1905) for which Janey Morris, wife of the designer William Morris, modelled. Together, the De Morgans were involved in a number of social movements of the day, including prison reform and women's suffrage and, as such, the Centre is also a resource for those who wish to learn about late-nineteenth-century social and political history as well as art and design.
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Canmore Canada Cup Update
According to our eyes on the ground Greg Flaaten at the Canmore Canada Cup #4, there are some good battles shaping up in the pro men's and women's races, as the riders get ready to start their last laps (5 for the men, 4 for the women). Chris sheppard and roland Green are riding together at the front of the field in the men's race, 40 seconds in front of Canada Cup leader Peter Wedge, with Ryder Hesjedal at 1:20, and Eric Tourville and Craig Gordon way back at 3:00. For the first two laps the first four were quite close to each other, but Sheppard and Green have opened it up a fair bit in the last lap.
Melanie Dorion is riding just in front of Marie-Helene Premont as the women finish their third lap. For the first two laps it was Dorion and Melanie McQuaid together, before McQuaid dropped back (currently in 5th). Amber Chorney is holding down 3rd, with Trish Sinclair 4th.
Late News: halfway through the last lap, Chris Sheppard has opened a huge gap on Roland Green - 1:15. Wedge is catching Green from behind. in the women's race, Premont has dropped Dorion and is trying to stay away for the win.
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U.S. stocks declined on Wednesday as retailers slumped after a report showed holiday shoppers were less enthusiastic than last year and President Barack Obama and Congress prepared to resume budget talks.
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 46 points, or 0.35%, to 13,093. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index shed nine points, or 0.60%, to 1,418. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 23 points, or 0.77%, to 2,990.
Retailers slumped after holiday-related sales increased 0.7% from 28 October through 24 December, compared with a 2% increase last year, according to data from MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse.
Macy's and Saks both declined 3%. Online retailer Amazon.com fell 3.1%.
Meanwhile, President Obama will begin his final effort on Thursday to negotiate a deal with Congress to bridge a series of tax increases and government spending cuts set to begin next week.
Economic data showed U.S. single-family home prices increased in October, reinforcing the view that the domestic real estate market is improving. The S&P/Case- Shiller index of property values in 20 cities increased 4.3% from October 2011.
Technology companies fell with Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, slipping 1.4%. Microsoft Corp. lost 0.7%. EBay Inc. dropped 1.6%.
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. gained 2% as raw-material stocks advanced amid speculation Japan's new government will act to bolster the economy. Prices for gold, copper and silver all rose.
Research In Motion Ltd. surged 11% after erasing a quarter of its market value following last week's earnings report.
In Asia, shares rose on Thursday after the yen touched a 27-month low on prospects for more stimulus and China's industrial companies' profit gained.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained 0.6% to 129 at 12:44 p.m. in Tokyo. The Nikkei 225 Stock Average added 1.4%, heading for the highest close since 10 March 2011, the day before an earthquake and tsunami devastated north eastern Japan and triggered meltdowns at a nuclear power plant.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 added 0.3% and New Zealand's NZX 50 Index rose 0.1% in Wellington. South Korea's Kospi index slid 0.2% while data showed manufacturers' confidence rebounded and sales at major department stores rose.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 0.5%, while the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.2%.


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RIP Greenies Duck and Pea Pill Pockets for Cats. Koa, who is allergic to both chicken and fish among other things, loved them so much, she got duck pill pockets for treats. The other three cats liked them as well, and of course, they were great for giving Koa her steroid pills when the itching gets too bad. When I couldn't locate a supply of Duck and Pea pockets even on the Internet, I wrote to the company. The answer: despite enthusiastic fans, there simply wasn't enough nationwide demand to continue making Duck and Pea Pockets for cats. I'm going to try the dog version, assuming it isn't discontinued as well. I haven't tried the salmon version, but nobody particularly likes the chicken pockets.
After discovering and falling in love with the deliciousness that is Cheetos Cheddar Jalapeno cheezies, I've discovered they are discontinued in Canada.WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Does anyone remember when some of the large grocery stores had little carts for kids (well, Ill say girls only because I never saw a boy using one) could shop alongside their mother? I remember making a list and shopping with my mom.Funny books (thats what we called comics)Animal crackersChocolate milk And I paid with my piggy bank money. I cant remember when those little carts disappeared.
Oceanus, good news! You can still get those little carts here in Australia. I'm trying to remember which store I was run into twice by kiddies pushing those little carts while Christmas shopping last month.
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Even with the new lower raid difficulty, it's good to go in with some knowledge. Reading your Dungeon Journal is a good start, but here are some quick tips on the first four bosses in the Siege of Wyrmrest Temple wing of the Dragon Soul raid.
Here are some quick facts to remember about the Raid Finder:
- No lockouts. Participating in the Raid Finder will not lock you out from doing the raid on 10- or 25-man with your guild or group.
- You only get to roll on loot once per boss per week. You can fight bosses multiple times but are only eligible for loot on the first kill.
- 250 valor points for completing the raid wing.
- Two tanks, six healers, 17 DPSers are needed for a Raid Finder raid.
- You can queue up in Raid Finder with your Real ID friends across servers.


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A freshman congressman unseated a 10-term veteran colleague in a bitter Republican primary in a redrawn Illinois district.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R) unseated longtime Rep. Don Manzullo in Illinois's redrawn 16th congressional district. The Associated Press called the race for Kinzinger on Tuesday evening.
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Rep. Adam Kinzinger, right, unseated longtime Rep. Don Manzullo, left, in a bitter Republican primary.
The Kinzinger-Manzullo battle was just one of several districts forming the undercard of the day's presidential primary battle between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. (Romney won that race handily.)
But none of those contests were as bitter or high-profile, though, as the battle between the veteran Manzullo and Kinzinger, a 34-year-old Air Force veteran and deputy whip in the House who is seen as a potential rising star in the GOP.
The two Republicans had been drawn into a shared district by Democrats in the state legislature. The new 16th district had been seen as marginally favorable to Manzullo.
The race had become a generational battle, and took on higher significance after a somewhat unusual endorsement by Majority Leader Eric Cantor, the second-ranking Republican in the House, whose super PAC spent $50,000 on advertising against Manzullo.
Cantor's decision to endorse added a new dimension of bitterness to the primary, prompting Manzullo to ask for the Virginia congressman's resignation as majority leader.
Democratic leaders were more willing to get involved in another intramural scrape between Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., and former Rep. Debbie Halvorson, who was swept out of office by the Republican wave in 2010 after only a single term in office.
Jackson won the contest easily, and the AP called the race for him Tuesday evening.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., traveled to Chicago earlier this month to endorse Jackson, who was facing the toughest primary battle of his career from Halvorson. Jackson has served in Congress since 1995 and is the son of the civil rights icon who shares the same name.
But Jackson has also been forced to address allegations that he or an associate was engaged in an effort to raise campaign contributions for then-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, in exchange for an appointment to Obama's old Senate seat in 2008. Blagojevich was eventually convicted and sent to jail on corruption charges; the House Ethics Committee continues to investigate Jackson.
Another Democratic favorite with ties to the Obama administration won a primary battle in her bid to challenge firebrand freshman GOP Rep. Joe Walsh in November.
Tammy Duckworth, a disabled Iraq war veteran who served in the Obama administration as an official in the Department of Veterans Affairs, prevailed over opponent Raja Krishnamoorthi, according to the Associated Press.
Duckworth, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2006, enjoyed the support of top Democrats including David Axelrod, the Chicago-based senior strategist to President Obama. She'll face Walsh this fall in a new 8th district redrawn in Democrats' favor.
Liberals also suffered a disappointing loss, too, in a Democratic primary in Illinois's 10th congressional district. Liberal advocacy groups like the Progressive Change Campaign Committee have raised money to promote candidate Ilya Sheyman over businessman Brad Schneider, a more moderate candidate favored by the establishment.
Schneider was able to hold off Sheyman, though, in the battle to take on freshman Republican Rep. Bob Dold in a competitive suburban Chicago district.


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MONDOVI, WISCONSIN -- Satellite Internet is ridiculously expensive for the limited data you are allowed each month. Frontier told me that they now had up to 6 Mb DSL service in my area when "selling" me their product. As I already had them for a landline (they are the only game in town out here in the country), I purchased their Internet Service. In the beginning I had 3+ Mb service, but now am lucky to see 1.5 Mb. In fact, when I try and use the Internet at peak volume times (usually the evening) I can often only get .6 Mb, which is slower than dial-up service!
I called Frontier and they told me that although it was indeed 6 Mb service, I was near the "end of the line". And as such everyone before me got first dibs on the Internet signal. The customer service representative was very friendly and told me that upgrades were being planned, but there wasn't a specific time table for this area.
I filed a complaint with the Consumer Protection Bureau and another higher-up, Frontier customer service representative called me. He basically said the same thing, and that he understood my frustration and each talking point I made, but said that things were always changing and he suggested I check back in 6 months to see the progress of the upgrade schedule.
The CPB asked me if I was satisfied with Frontier's response to my complaint considering I was paying their lowest possible price for the service ($20/mo.). I said "NO". My point was that it wasn't the fact that the Internet was slow, but rather that I was sold the prospect of 6 Mb service. Had I been told that in reality it would be less than 2 Mb on average in my area (can't stream movies, and my Internet Radio sometimes even stops working!), I may not have subscribed to Frontier. Even at low peak times (mid-day) I cannot get 3 Mb speed, and that's 50% less than they advertised!
To me, that was blatant misrepresentation of their service, and did not represent what many of their end-users experience with their service. It is no surprise to find SO MANY negative reviews of this company on-line. But, with the corner on the rural service market, they don't need to have a consensus. If they were honest about their end-user speeds, they would probably lose business - and they can't afford to do that!
In Frontier's last response to the CPB they flatly stated that they were charging me their lowest rate and that Frontier has NO PLANS to upgrade their service in this area - which is a far cry from what they said when I initially spoke with them. No wonder their customer service reps are so nice on the phone - they have to be, because they are either being mis-information to pass along to us customers, or they are flat out lying. And, it isn't a big enough issue for old Uncle Sam to pursue, so here we are, sucked into a lie and having to live with it.
I see that the Federal Gov't is giving Frontier millions of dollars to improve their Internet service to rural areas. Let's hope that they help the truly rural areas that need decent basic speeds (I don't care about the 60 Mb you can get with cable) - like 6 Mb full-time speed anyway! Being wary of the situation, however, it wouldn't surprise me if Frontier didn't simply improve their services to the "urban/rural" areas closest to their competitors to try and lure in business from them. And why not? We who are truly rural are held hostage to them if you don't want to pay Satellite Internet fees!
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS -- After switching from Verizon FiOS to Frontier, we experienced an internet service outage that lasted a week. We tried to call in, waited on hold for an hour, only to be hung up on when it finally connected to a person. After another hour long wait, we spoke to a service representative who walked us through several different versions of "unplug it and plug it back in and see what happens". Nothing worked. Tech then determined that it wasn't the modem and that they would send out a mobile tech, with first available appointment 4 days out!
The day before our scheduled tech visit, I got a robo-call saying our service had been repaired. WAN indicator was still red, so not sure how they figured they fixed it, but bottom line, it was still unresponsive. Worse, they canceled our trouble ticket when they 'fixed' our problem, so we had to reschedule for another 3 days out (total of 7 days since we reported the problem).
The next day, which was our original scheduled visit, we saw a mobile tech at the end of our street and flagged him down. He was kind enough to look at our modem and noticed that the address ID of the box didn't match what was in their file, so he replaced the box and updated the ID. Still didn't fix the problem. He gave us his phone number to text or call if it still didn't work, but no answer when we tried it.
Next day, same story. We flagged down a tech and he said that he just came from a customer down the street with a similar problem and he couldn't fix it for them either. He called his office, checked something on the box, and left, again leaving a number that we called and texted WITH NO RESPONSE! Finally, on Monday, with no call from either the customer center or one of the two techs who visited our house, the service came back on. Only way we noticed it was that one of the kids noticed that Netflix came back up.
I understand that technical difficulties can and do occur, but the absolute lack of concern when I spoke to the representatives of this company is inexcusable. To a person, their attitude was "I could care less if you do or don't have service, and I care less whether you remain a Frontier customer or not". Unbelievable.
Today I got my bill for $138, and called in to see why they expected me to pay for a months' worth of service that I didn't even come close to getting, and got more of the same. Total offered - $30 in bill credit after spending hours on the phone on hold waiting to talk to somebody, weeks without internet or landline and indescribable frustration at the lack of concern and accountability. Time Warner Cable is the only other service provider in my area. Online reviews tell me that they are probably more of the same, but I'm going to find out.
NORLWALK, CONNECTICUT -- The worst experience ever by dealing any companies in 20 years! This company is like a poison ivy, stay away! I was lured by their salesman to buy a internet+phone+TV package for $80/month. The sales guy said "that is all, no installation fee". So I agreed to give it a try, but still keep my old Optimum services just in case. It took them two weeks to install and turn on internet service and then the real problem came - the TV service, which was provided by DirecTV could not be successfully turned on because direcTV could not find any satellite signals.
I called Frontier. They said they could not do anything about it except I myself to call DirecTV to cancel my TV service and then call them again to cancel internet. I called DirecTV and cancelled TV service, but when I call Frontier to cancel internet, their customer service lady said I should try Dish Network since Dish's signal is 4 times better than DirecTV (no idea why they did not recommend Dish in the first place), and there is no cost to get Dish installed. I waited for another 10 days to get technician from Dish network to drop by and he told me "no signal at all".
While I have to call Dish to cancel TV service and call Frontier again to cancel internet service. This time it was cancelled and I mailed back their modem. I thought this was over, but today I got a bill of $400 said I have installation fee, TV fee, internet service fee, blah, blah. I called Frontier and their explanation was ridiculous - "sorry TV did not work, so we will waive you TV fee, but the other fees can not be waived since you used Frontier service."
I told them I did not use Frontier service at all since I still keep my account with Optimum all the time and been using Optimum only these days. I told them to check the phone and internet usage and they will find out I did not use it at all. Astonishingly, they said they do not check data usage, they only check if my modem is on or not, so since my modem had been turned on all the time, they count me as "using Frontier all the time".
Very rude, very unreasonable, a lot of lies and tricks from sales to customer service. I will not feel surprise if this company goes bankrupt in a couple of years. They can just ruin their reputation this easily. I will tell everybody I know about this experience- in just 15 days, I had many hours back and forth phone calls, stressful argument, long time waiting in the queue to get an agent to talk, failed service and finally a $400 bill. It is a nightmare!
NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT -- It has been three month and counting where I have been waiting for a refund of a installation fee of $99.99 that was suppose to be waived. I am a new customer to this company and decided to go with Frontier communications. So I got my first bill and thought it was a little too high, so I decided to call in. I was told that I was not suppose to get charged a installation fee because I was a new customer and they will waive it if I paid the full amount. I paid the bill in full and then the representative said I will see a refund with 1-7 business days. I called back 3 weeks later, a different representative told me they will need to give a credit for my next billing cycle.
I explained that I just wanted my money back on my card because I was told all I needed to do to get my refund was pay my 1st bill in full. So the representative informed me they will just send me a check that I needed to wait a MONTH for. I said fine. I did not mind. A month goes by. STILL NOTHING in the mail. I called back, spoke to someone ELSE. I stated AGAIN that I just wanted my money back because that's what I was told multiple times. Due to the fact, the first person I spoke with explained to me that I was not suppose to be charged in the first place.
Now a different representative explained that I will have to wait and took the last digits of my card so I can get a refund. So again I called back a few days after waiting patiently. For a third time, again I was told I cannot receive my money. Now I was told I'll get a gift card because it was their fault that they mistakenly charged me for the installation fee. I said fine. I asked for a email regarding this offer so I won't need to call back. And nothing. It has been 3 MONTHS I HAVE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY, CALM AND BEING reasonable. I have been calling since before May 7th, and now it is July 19th.
CLYDE, OHIO -- Frontier provides internet service to my mom in Clyde, Ohio. They never told her that for $70.00 per month they only provide 5 gbytes of data. She recently ran out and her internet slowed to a crawl. When she called Frontier, she was told she could buy more data at 2 GB for $15. However when her computer again slowed down 2 days later, Frontier claimed she had used the 2 GB. She explained that she had only checked email.
They insisted she buy 2 more GB so they could "track" her usage. She reluctantly agreed and Frontier said 2 GB would be available in an hour. Two hours later when her computer was still crawling. Frontier said their "tools" were down and her data might be available the next day. This company is totally inept and a real rip off. Avoid them at all costs.
MARTIINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -- Frontier communications is a joke. Worst company I have ever dealt with. They are incompetent!!!! I wouldn't recommend this company to my worst enemy. I signed up to get service 3 weeks ago and still don't have service. I have made multiple calls to them and have a several appointments scheduled for a technician to come out and each time I was still left with no service. The first appointment that was scheduled the technician didn't even show. How unprofessional is that. No call or anything. Like I said they are a big joke!!!! Do not deal with these people. Give your business to some other internet company.
SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA -- If you're considering Frontier... DON'T! Bay Hardware relies on the internet to run its software tracking 16,000 items in stock. We also process credit cards over the internet. Yesterday morning we discovered that we were without internet service. We immediately contacted Frontier. The best they can do is to put us in line for a service call sometime by 8:00 pm on WEDNESDAY! 6 days to get someone on site!
The reason they are giving is because they have so many outage complaints. What is a business supposed to do in the meantime? Have they done all they can to respond? Have they flown additional technicians in? Have they put all available technicians and vehicles on the road? I spent 3 hours this morning (from Illinois) on the Frontier service chat line, and all the while I had them on the telephone as well. All for naught. They say there is nothing more they can do. They "understand", they say. I think not.
Assemblyman Mike ** has set hearings on the problem for May 18… If you are anywhere near as angry as I am, drop him a note... http://asmdc.org/members/a43/. Please copy/paste to help me get the word out. Big companies are walking all over us and they just don't care.
PLANO, TENNESSEE -- Was switched from Verizon (didn't ask for it just was switched). Nothing has worked correctly since switch. Was told to wait a couple of days after 1st phone call. 3 days later called and was told they would send someone out next day. No one came next day. Called, they said they were backed up and would send someone out next day. Waited, no one came. Called, was told no one was coming out and to be patient. Ok 21 days later still patient. Cannot access the online service to see what is going on, no one has an answer, still nothing works.
Got a call yesterday saying a technician was on route to my residence and I needed to be there. It was 9:30 in the morning and I was at work. Sorry can't just drop everything when they want me too. I was given the tech's number and told that I had to deal with it. So I called. This person was the only bright spot. He was just doing what he was instructed and would do a check up without going in and would reschedule whenever just had to call him back. Switching to TWC.
MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA -- I had Frontier service before and during that one year period I had to call the billing dept EVERY month because they were overcharging me, so cancelled my service. Do they put it on my credit report so in order to try and get it removed?
They promised me their service was much better, systems upgraded and all. I feel for it and my very first bill they charge me for a bundle package that I do not have, called in to have it removed as well as get a credit, waited 30 days for processing accumulating late fees while waiting and then they tell me my credit was denied. READ CAREFULLY. I'm denied a credit for a service I do not have. Frontier is garbage. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA -- Not only is the internet service substandard, but customer service is just as bad. I pay for "Up to 6 Mbps"; the "up to" is how they justify such poor service. I am lucky to get 1.4 Mbps download and 0.2 download speeds. Typically my download is 1.2.
I called technical support and they set a service visit for Saturday. I cleared my day so I would be here. Instead I got a call saying I had been taken off the schedule. They rescheduled me for Monday - and told me I would have someone here before noon. No one showed despite several phone calls to Frontier during which I was repeatedly told they were coming. I had one support person tell me they could still come as late as 9:30 PM. I hung up on that one.
So here it is Tuesday and I have called again. The tech support told me I have a visit scheduled for today, "February 22". I had to tell her that today is February 23. I am paying a monthly fee for a service contract so someone can come out to check my phone lines. Apparently they offer a substandard maintenance plan to match their substandard service.


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2010-11 Men's Basketball
Transylvania 65, Bluffton 57
Transy snaps Bluffton win streak with 65-57 victory in Founders
December 4, 2011
By: Josh Bruner, sports information assistant
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University men's basketball team hosted HCAC rival Transylvania University on Saturday, December 4. The Beavers had the slight advantage at the half, 29-28 thanks to a Brent Farley (Lima/Shawnee) stickback. The Pioneers put together a strong second half, outscoring Bluffton 37-28 for the 65-57 victory. The Beavers suffered their first loss of the season as they slipped to 5-1 overall with a 1-1 mark in the Heartland Conference. The Pioneers improved to 3-2 overall and 1-1 in the HCAC.


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Geology (Bachelor of Science)
General Requirements
Specific Requirements
GEOL 001 or GEOL 005 or GEOL 055; GEOL 062, GEOL 101, GEOL 110, GEOL 260. At least three credits of field experience are required ( GEOL 201 or field camp). Three geology courses (at least three credits each) at level 100 or higher. Minimum of one semester (three credits) research (GEOL 197, GEOL 198). Senior seminar (GEOL 291 and GEOL 292) recommended. Two additional courses in geology or approved science, mathematics, engineering or statistics courses (at least three credits each) at level 100 or higher selected in consultation with a geology advisor. MATH 021, MATH 022; CHEM 031, CHEM 032 (or CHEM 035, CHEM 036); PHYS 051 and PHYS 152; STAT 141 or STAT 211.
- Colleges and Schools: College of Arts and Sciences.
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Manchester United's 100% start to the Barclays Premier League season came to an end at the Britannia Stadium thanks to Peter Crouch's first goal for Stoke in a 1-1 draw.
United went into the game without Wayne Rooney - rumoured to have picked up a hamstring injury - and lost Javier Hernandez early on after he was tackled by Jonathan Woodgate, but took the lead in the 27th minute when Nani played a one-two with Darren Fletcher before clipping the ball past Asmir Begovic.
Red Devils goalkeeper David de Gea then pulled off great stops to deny Andy Wilkinson and Jon Walters, but the Spaniard had looked shaky dealing with crosses and it came as little surprise the hosts' 52nd-minute equaliser came from a corner, which Crouch met with his head to open his account for his new club.
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Just in case this holiday season hadn't given you enough shooters to occupy yourself with, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is preparing to roll out its PC-only closed beta. For current key-holders, the beta will begin on November 30, but Valve assures fans it will move to an open beta eventually.
The announcements came from the CS:GO Twitter account (via PC Gamer). At first, the beta will only include two maps: Dust, and Dust2. The team plans to roll out more beta keys, and then turn it into an open beta.
The beta was delayed in October, which risked impacting the release window. Valve hasn't explicitly claimed it's moving from its early 2012 target, but said they're "more than happy to just keep working on this 'til it's ready to ship."


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MALIBU, Calif. – UC Santa Barbara junior Tobias Galskov was eliminated on Day 4 of the USTA/ITA Southwest Regionals after an amazing run to the semifinals in what is considered to be one of the toughest regionals in the country. Senior Sasha Gryaznov also fell just short of a finals bid, this time in the consolation bracket, losing in a 10-point tiebreaker to Seth Stolar (UCLA).
A day after etching his name in the UCSB record books for making it farther than any other Gaucho at the ITA Southwest Regionals, Tobias Galskov was defeated by nationally ranked, #18 Yannick Hanfmann of USC in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. Galskov posted impressive wins over players from top teams such as UCLA and Pepperdine over the first three days of the tournament but was outmatched by the second seeded, Hanfmann in the semifinals.
UCSB senior Sasha Gryaznov lost in a tough battle against UCLA's Seth Stolar in his consolation draw semifinal match. Stolar came back from a one set deficit to defeat Gryaznov 6-7, 6-4, 10-3 and eliminate the Gaucho from the tournament.
The Gauchos will be back on the courts next Wednesday at the SoCal Intercollegiate tournament in Los Angeles, Calif. The tournament will begin on Oct. 30 and run through Nov. 3 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA.
USTA/ITA Men's Southwest Regional Championships at Pepperdine
October 21, 2013
UC Santa Barbara Results
Singles – Semifinals
#18 Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. Tobias Galskov (UC Santa Barbara) 6-3, 6-3
Singles – Consolation Bracket – Semifinals
Seth Stolar (UCLA) def. Alexander Gryaznov (UC Santa Barbara) 6-7, 6-4, 10-3


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GAINESVILLE, FL (RNN) - No. 19 Florida dominated most of the game and grabbed their first win over a ranked opponent this season, defeating No. 13 Kansas 67-61 at home on Tuesday.
The Gators (7-2) struggled a little at first, allowing the Jayhawks (6-3) to get a seven-point lead four minutes into the game. But Florida bounced back quickly, scoring 21 unanswered points and leading 36-21 at the half. Kansas attempted a last-minute charge that got them within five points of Florida, but the Gators held out with the help of some free throws.
Florida made half of their 14 3-pointers compared to Kansas' 8-of-19. Kansas led in field goals and free throws, however, making 19 of their 44 field goals and 15 of their 19 free throws.
Scottie Wilbekin led the Gators with a career-high 18 points, six assists and four steals.
This is Florida's first win over a ranked team this season. The Gators lost to then-No. 20 Wisconsin and then-No. 12 Connecticut - both road games.
The game was part of the 2013 Big 12/SEC Challenge. The Big 12 leads 6-3 with one game left to be played.
Florida will play their third ranked opponent in a row against No. 16 Memphis on Tuesday, Dec. 17 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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Lauralee Martin, chief executive officer, Americas, Jones Lang LaSalle
Lauralee Martin has been promoted to chief executive officer, Americas at Jones Lang LaSalle. Martin joined Jones Lang LaSalle in 2002 as chief financial officer and was appointed to the additional position of chief operating officer in 2005. Prior to joining the company, Martin led the real estate businesses at Heller Financial, Inc. and General Electric Capital Corporation. Martin earned a Bachelor's degree from Oregon State University and an MBA from the University of Connecticut.
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The term "pale rider" has a long history, referring both to one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Death), and to the 1985 Clint Eastwood film of the same name, in which Eastwood plays a ghostly preacher possibly sent from heaven (or hell) to aid some struggling miners. However, the history of the Northampton band Pale Cowboy only stretches back to 2004. And the group's name has a far less sinister origin.
Formed initially as a duo consisting of cousins Karl Helander (vocals, guitar) and Aaron Moon (drums, vocals), Pale Cowboy chose its moniker almost by chance.
"Karl and I were just throwing around names in his living room, and Pale Cowboy seemed to be the one that stuck," says Moon. "It doesn't really mean anything, though Karl and I are of Swedish descent and pale complexion, and like cowboy music a lot."
Now with the addition of Phoebe Berkel (vocals, tambourine), Andy Cass (electric bass) and Max Wareham (guitar, vocals), the band has recorded the EP Life Nature Library and played with the likes of such Valley acts as Rusty Belle, Bright Lines and the Sun Parade.
Moon says, "Karl met Phoebe and Max at Hampshire College in 2009. We met Andy a year ago. He was recording our EP for us and got to know the songs pretty well. He joined in on bass a couple months ago. We've had some members come and go but we've been playing with this basic instrumentation for about two years."
During that time the band has cultivated a unique sound based in Americana and classic pop styles, as well indie rock and straight-up rock 'n' roll. Pale Cowboy songs also feature a lot of harmony singing.
"We have three songwriters in the group," Wareham says, "and our process of developing a song is generally pretty collaborative. Though our foundation as a band is old rock 'n' roll and country music, individually we're coming from very different musical backgrounds, so we try to be true and open to our collective influences. Ultimately we try to produce a sound that's straightforward and clear, taking cues from classic pop music."
Next up for the group is more recording, with an EP and LP both in the works.
"We're finishing up a five-song EP that we've been working on for just over a year now," says Wareham. "It's been a long process, but we're really happy with how it's sounding. It's going to be released some time in very early 2013. Once that's done, we'll begin planning a full-length album. Karl and Aaron have a vast trove of demos of songs they've written— mean hundreds of ideas—so we're going to have fun sifting through those for material for the album."•
For more information on Pale Cowboy, please visit http://www.palecowboy.com.


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Shannon Colavecchio, Event Organizer, "5.2 at 5 for Boston" Race has posted a change of venue on the event's Facebook page:
"To every awesome person signed up for Sunday: The good news is, response has been overwhelming! What I thought might draw 40-50 people now is poised to bring hundreds. So we are moving the event to Southwood - same time, same date - to accommodate the large number of people planning to attend. This will be best for traffic safety, parking logistics, and general event success.
The event will start at the Turkey Trot starting point, 4055 Esplanade Way. All questions can be directed to me, email@example.com . I have updated the event info, and please spread the word! Media that covered the event have been notified and will be sending updates to their readers and viewers as well. Our raffle prizes are piling up, businesses including BagelHeads and Red Eye are donating food and drink, and this will be an amazing afternoon to help the Boston runners/spectators and their families. THANK YOU!"
By: Gina Pitisci
Many people that ran in the Boston Marathon Monday were not able to complete the race due to the explosions, and in the wake, some Tallahassee community members and businesses are coming together for an event this weekend where local runners will cross the finish line in honor of those who couldn't.
"As you go through the finish line you are kind of taking it all in and then all of a sudden, the explosion occurred," Warren Emo, Tallahassee Resident, Boston Marathon Runner, said.
Tallahassee resident, Warren Emo has run the Boston Marathon 10 times and says it's an incredible feeling crossing the finish line.
"It's a once in a lifetime opportunity for so many people so the feeling of not being able to complete that goal, they must have felt really robbed by all that," Emo said.
Shannon Colavecchio was in disbelief Monday when she heard the news of the Boston bombings and wanted to do something locally to help.
"My friend said most of those runners got stopped at mile 21 and so what if we ran the last 5.2," Shannon Colavecchio, Event Organizer, "5.2 at 5 for Boston" Race, said.
The "5.2 at 5 for Boston" race will take place this Sunday, April 21. Sign up will be at 4:30 p.m. in front of Momo's pizza located at 1410 Market Square.
There is no fee for the race, however, donations will be accepted and everything collected will be donated to the Boston Red Cross.
"You train for months to do an event like this and you are so focused on doing it and then not to be able to finish it is just a huge let down," Alex Steverson, Tallahassee Resident, Boston Marathon Runner, said.
Steverson plans to run the race Sunday in honor of the people that were not able to cross the finish line.
"I think I want to run it because of the people that were there that were injured. It's just such a tragedy that they were there and that was allowed to happen and so I feel like we need to do this to make a statement for those people more than anything else," Steverson said.
Following the race on sunday, people are invited to stick around for a raffle and eat.
A portion of the proceeds from the food sold at momo's will also be donated to the Red Cross.
Click HERE for more information.
Tallahassee, FL - Some Tallahassee runners who participated in the Boston marathon have now made plans to finish the race, so to speak.
Many of the runners were stopped at Mile 21, so they are planning a 5.2 mile run in Tallahassee to finish the race as a community.
The run will be this Sunday.
The route will start at Momo's Pizza in Market Square at 5:00 Sunday afternoon. The course will go through Maclay, Killearn and back. Participants can then eat at Momo's, where the owner will donate a percentage of sales to the Boston Red Cross.
The race is free to run, with donations optional. There will be race bibs handed out featuring the Boston skyline. Participants are welcome to run, jog, or walk, or just show support from the sidelines.


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This list is a combination of several things - [1] posts that I'm proud of and [2] posts that received the most attention (hits and comments) - I won't tell you which is which... They are divided into several categories and not in any special order. If you have a favorite post here at Kinexxions, why don't you let me know in the comments? Or drop me an email at rrwiseman "at" gmail.com
Tips, Resources, Ramblings and Controversy
- the Allen County Public Library Grand Opening
- the FGS Conference in August
- Who was my inspiration? How did I get into this?
- Why Blog Genealogy? Why not?
- The year wasn't without a bit of controversy, and my post Is this Fair Use? is still the highest ranking in regards to the number of views for a single post here at Kinexxions. It, as well as the follow-up posts, are apparently still of interest since they continue to get hits via Google search.
- Are You Prepared? I'm Not and it's follow-up post My Plan to Prepare for Disaster
- Waymarking - A new Research Tool, perhaps?
- Recycle that old Computer - America Recycles Day
- Two roads diverged...
- Mystery Photos from the Wiseman Family Bible
- Historic Foust Outhouse
- Phend-Fisher Family Reunion Ledger
- Letters from Boot Camp
- Road Trip to Missouri and Kansas


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Boulder Community Health's Mapleton Center — a historic property first home to the Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium in the late 1800s — has changed hands again, this time for $15 million, Boulder County property records show.
Mapleton Hill Investments, an entity registered to Don Altman of Boulder-based AGR Building Inc., acquired the property at 311 Mapleton Ave. from Crystal Ridge Colorado LLC, which paid $12.9 million for the site in January.
Altman and officials from AGR Building could not immediately be reached for comment.
Boulder Community Health sold the Mapleton Center in January as part of its multi-phased, $125 million project that involves relocating the hospital's acute care facility to the Foothills campus. In later phases, Boulder Community Health plans to renovate its Balsam property so that the west Boulder site could serve as the base of operations for some of the rehabilitative services now housed at Mapleton.
The second sale does not affect Boulder Community Health's plans to continue operating at the Mapleton site through the end of next year, Rich Sheehan, a spokesman for Boulder Community Health, said Monday.
In January, the broker who represented Crystal Ridge Colorado in the purchase said the firm looked forward to "re-gentrifying one of the city's most coveted properties."
Officials for the city of Boulder's planning department were not immediately available for comment.
AGR Building, which owns the West End Plaza building in downtown Boulder, specializes in commercial and real estate development.


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March 15, 2006
Santa Barbara, Calif. - The No. 7 UC Santa Barbara men's volleyball team dropped a 3-1 decision Wednesday night against MPSF rivals Cal State Northridge, 28-30, 28-30, 30-21, 23-30.
Brian Waite recorded 17 kills to lead the Matadors while teammates Dan Rhodes had 14, Matt Bellante had 11 and Eric Vance had 10.
Junior opposite Evan Patak finished with 25 kills to lead the Gauchos, hitting .356 in the match.
In game one, CSUN came out firing, hitting for a .440 percentage to the Gauchos .333 clip. Despite falling to a 20-17 deficit, the Matadors inched back, regaining the lead at 28-27. A service ace by Isaac Kneubuhl put the Matadors up by two, and a service error by Theo Brunner ended the game in the Matadors' favor.
Game two was more of the same as Northridge and UCSB fought to an 18-18 tie. A 6-2 Matador run put CSUN in the driver's seat and they would never trail again in the game, winning 30-28.
The Gauchos would not go quietly however, fighting back to win the third game 30-21. UCSB hit a whopping .538 in the game to CSUN's .241 clip and never trailed in the game.
UCSB met its fate in game four however as Dan Rhodes would prove to be too much. Rhodes recorded four of his 14 kills in the final game, including one that gave the Matadors a comfortable seven point lead at 27-19.
UCSB was plagued by 24 service errors and 25 attack errors on the night.
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Here's a list of things happening this weekend, Oct. 5-6, in the Rolla area:
Saturday, Oct. 5
The Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild of Rolla will host the Ozark Festival of Quilts Show Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 5 a.m. and Sunday, Oct. 6, from noon to 5 p.m. at Rolla Middle School. The event will feature 200-plus quilts by local artists, quilt appraisals, demonstrations, silent auctions, bed turnings, vendors, a boutique, secondhand rose, a mystery exhibit, quilts for sale and the 2013 Hoffman Challenge Exhibit. Appointments for quilt appraisals by Hallye Bone, American Quilt Society certified appraiser, can be scheduled by calling Susan Bates at 573-364-7923. For more information, visit www.pieceand plenty.com or call Karen Lyman at 573-578-3047 or Yvonne Meloy at 573-364-6210.
Broadway Baptist Church in St. James will present Praise Fest 2013 Saturday, Oct. 5, through Sunday, Oct 6. The Harper Family will perform Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. This event is free to the public.
Tee Off On Cancer, a golf tournament to benefit Relay for Life of Phelps County, will take place Saturday, Oct. 5. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and tee-off will be at 9 a.m. at the Missouri S&T Golf Course. There will be teams of three and the cost is $50 per person. Lunch will be provided. For more information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Ozark Highlands Christian Church will host Apple Butter Days, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4-5. The working process starts at 9 a.m. both days and the apple butter will be ready for sale by 12:30 p.m. Oct. 5. The cost is $11 for a quart, $7 for a pint and $4 for a half pint. To place an order, call the church at 573-364-0022 or calling Nancy at 573-364-1604 or emailing Nancy at firstname.lastname@example.com and leave your name and number. The church is located at the corner of Highway BB and Country Club Drive.
First Presbyterian Church will host its annual rummage sale Saturday, Oct. 5, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 919 E. 10th St. Proceeds will go to mission projects. For more information contact the church office at 573-364-3852.
The St. James Middle School Chess Tournament for students in grades five through nine will take place Saturday, Oct. 5. Registration begins at 8:15 a.m. The entry fee is $5. Participants must bring their own chess set. For more information contact Jeris Walters at firstname.lastname@example.com or 573-265-2300.
The Turkish Student Association at Missouri S&T will host an exclusive private party Saturday, Oct. 5, at 5:30 p.m. The cost is $10 for association members, faculty, staff and S&T students and $15 for all others. The group has rented out Benton Square Mall to celebrate the formation of the modern Turkish nation by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk with a night of music, history, dancing and food. For ticket information contact Cagatay (Ty) Atmaca at email@example.com. Tickets also can be purchased n the Havener Center through Oct. 2 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The South Central Missouri Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind will meet Saturday, Oct. 5, at 1 p.m. in the activity room of Presbyterian Manor, 1200 Homelife Plaza, Rolla. The meeting will last approximately one hour. Blind or visually impaired people as well as anyone interested in learning more about sight disabilities are invited to attend. Transportation may be provided in certain situations. Contact President Helen Parker 364-1190 or Secretary Fran Morris 364-4387 for more information.
A Republican picnic will be held Saturday, Oct. 5, from noon to 3 p.m. at Rolla's Lions Club Park on South Highway 63. Local elected officials will speak, with a keynote address provided by Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder. Food will be available, with donations accepted to help defray expenses.
In recognition of National Fire Prevention Week Oct. 6-12, the public is invited to attend an open house hosted by Rolla Rural Fire Protection District Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1575 E. Lions Club Drive, Rolla. The Phelps County Ambulance Service, Air Vac Life Team and Life Line Helicopter will also participate. A bounce house for children will be available and a mock extrication will be performed. Soda and hot dogs will be served.
Gospel singing will take place at the Community House Prayer Revival Center Saturday, Oct. 5, starting at 3 p.m. The center is located at 16885 County Road 8240 in Rolla. There will be lunch after the singing. Attendees should bring a covered dish. For more information, call Pastor David Conger at 573-762-9911.
The Optimist Club of Rolla will host a fishing derby for children Saturday, Oct. 5, at Lions Club Park in Rolla. The event begins at 9 a.m. For more information, call 573-426-2211.
Sunday, Oct. 6
The Piece and Plenty Quilt Guild's Ozark Festival of Quilts Show will continue Sunday, Oct. 6 from noon to 5 p.m. at Rolla Middle School. The event will feature 200-plus quilts by local artists, quilt appraisals, demonstrations, silent auctions, bed turnings, vendors, a boutique, secondhand rose, a mystery exhibit, quilts for sale and the 2013 Hoffman Challenge Exhibit. Appointments for quilt appraisals by Hallye Bone, American Quilt Society certified appraiser, can be scheduled by calling Susan Bates at 573-364-7923. For more information, visit www.pieceandplenty.com or call Karen Lyman at 573-578-3047 or Yvonne Meloy at 573-364-6210.
Broadway Baptist Church in St. James will present Praise Fest 2013 Sunday, Oct 6. Final Authority will perform Oct. 6 at 10:45 a.m. This event is free to the public.
St. Patrick Parish in Rolla will host Oktoberfest Sunday, Oct. 6. Food will be served family style from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The cost is $10 for adults ages 13 and over, $5 for children ages 5-12 and children age 4 and under can get in for free. There will be live music, crafts and vendors, raffles, children's games from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., a silent auction and potted mums for sale.
The Rolla National Life Chain, a peaceful and prayerful public witness of pro-life Americans praying for our nation and for an end to abortion, will be held Sunday, Oct. 6, from 2-3:30 p.m. Signs will be distributed near Immanuel Lutheran Church on 10th Street. For more information call Kim Johnson at 364-3909 or Matt and Ellen McLaughlin at 368-3908.


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Benitez: Lampard will break Chelsea record
Rafael Benitez has backed Frank Lampard to score the three goals that would break Bobby Tambling's Chelsea record, despite only using the midfielder sparingly of late.
Lampard is currently on 200 goals but has not scored for the club since the 2-0 win over West Ham in March. The England international, however, has only started three of Chelsea's six games in that period, and was used as an 88th-minute sub in the 2-1 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday.
With Chelsea still facing at least another eight games this season, though - before a summer which may well see Lampard leave the club - Benitez expects the player to come through, despite insisting his rotation will remain in place.
"I have to consider all the squad, always," Benitez said. "Obviously, some players you have to keep an eye on them, if you can do something. But the main thing is the team. I would like to see Frank breaking the record, for sure.
"If I pick him, it's because he's a good player. I'm sure he will score goals. If he can score more than two, he'll break the record. He'll be happy and we will be too. I think he will do it."
Meanwhile, Fulham boss Martin Jol has quashed rumours of a move to Craven Cottage for Lampard, insisting he is focused on developing youth at the club.
"He is the most productive midfield player in England in the last 30 or 40 years," Jol said. "Everyone would love to have him. He's fit and is a good character.
"He will have a smile on his face if he listens to Fulham but I would love to have him. But it's hypothetical as he will never play for Fulham. I'm not sure he will play for a top-10 team.
"He's a legend - a living legend over there. He won all the prizes over there. In the end I have a feeling they will keep him."


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In China, Horse With a Side of Poisonous Fake Muttonby
No one covers European horse meat quite like China Central Television, the state-owned and operated news media and entertainment juggernaut.
For the past week and a half, CCTV newscasts just haven't been complete without the most up-to-date information on the deceit that led to horse meat being sold as beef across Europe. Indeed, horse meat fever runs so hot at CCTV that, as of the afternoon of Feb. 19 in China, a search for "horse meat" on the network's official website produced 313 video results, with only a handful predating Feb. 11.
What might account for such editorial devotion to a foreign news story that will never affect China? "Atypical Pisces," the handle of an anonymous microblogger on the popular Sina Weibo platform, tweeted a theory on the morning of Feb. 18. Her missive opens by describing a conversation with a foreign correspondent for one of China's state-owned news outlets:
"During Chinese New Year a foreign correspondent told me that when something happened domestically in China, they were told to go find an analogous situation in the country where they're stationed. For example, if a landslide happened in China, they had to find local news about a landslide; if a bridge collapsed in China, they had to find a similar piece of news. When this similar news is broadcast on TV, people will think the problem happens globally and China isn't alone in its suffering. Recently, we are talking about horse meat so that must mean China has a big problem with mutton … "
As it happens, China does have a big problem with what state-owned and operated China Radio International recently characterized as "poisonous fake mutton," of which more than 40 tons was recently seized in northern China. This incident -- only the latest in China's history of food scandals -- involves fraudsters treating cheap duck meat with toxic chemicals and mutton grease and selling it as far more expensive lamb to hotpot restaurants. (A 2009 version of the same scam, in which duck was dipped in nontoxic lamb urine to infuse it, supposedly, with muttony flavor, is an all-time Chinese food-scandal low point.)
Despite poisonous fake mutton being a far more disgusting, dangerous and -- at the moment, at least -- Chinese problem than European horse meat disguised as beef, CCTV has run only one story (on Feb. 17) about the domestic mutton scandal. Other state-run news organizations have also been one-sided in their coverage of horse meat versus poisonous fake mutton, though the ratios are not nearly as skewed.
Of course, news editors and producers have many reasons for choosing the mix of stories that run on their programs and in their newspapers. It's quite possible that CCTV's brass believe that their viewers are far more interested -- if not entertained -- by horse meat than by poisonous fake mutton.
As it turns out, the Chinese are interested in both -- and especially in how the coverage of one scandal, and the reality of the other, reflects poorly on the country's leadership. Indeed, food scandals -- and the incompetence of the regulators responsible for stopping them -- have been particularly popular on China's microblogs for several years. In this case, the horse meat coverage has not only failed to distract the Chinese from their own food issues, or convince them that Europe suffers similar afflictions, but also managed to create an intense backlash against CCTV and China's already much-hated food safety regulator.
On Sina Weibo, a Feb. 19 search for "fake lamb" brought up more than 490,000 results, while a search for "horse meat" brought up 430,000. (Admittedly, fake lamb scandals have been around since 2009, at least, and horse meat is a relatively new social media interest.) Of those search results, a vast number of the tweets are either critical of China's abysmal food-safety record or scathing about CCTV's unwavering, wall-to-wall coverage of a European scandal when China has far more serious food issues.
In the former category, the tweets tend to link the horse meat and fake poison lamb scandals, such as in this Feb. 13 post to Sina Weibo by "Exercise Book," an anonymous microblogger with 5 million followers: "I envy the European countries where horse meat is mixed with beef. In our country, duck is mixed with poisonous lamb meat essence." Much in the same spirit, but without reference to poisonous mutton, the Sina Weibo account registered to New Weekly, a popular, independent Guangzhou-based magazine wrote a tweet related to the two scandals on Feb. 17 that has been forwarded more than 38,000 times: "In Europe, unscrupulous businesspeople just add horse to the beef; in China, you don't know whether what you have eaten is meat or not."
In the latter category of tweets, China's microbloggers have become borderline political, often calling into question the integrity and competence of Communist Party-run CCTV. On Feb. 19 a self-identified Beijing police officer tweeted: "When you see CCTV and other mainstream media report the European horse meat scandal, and then you go back and look at our country's food safety crisis and groundwater contamination, don't you want to blush? The nerve!"
Some of the most popular tweets generated from the dual scandals combine the two critiques: culinary and media. This rambling Feb. 15 missive from "fen1234," a microblogger in Anhui province, names several infamous Chinese -- and non-Chinese -- food safety scandals: "CCTV has reported the European horsemeat event for days on end with no goal other than to taunt the European officials: 'Can't you handle such a small thing? It'd be solved if it happened in China.' Is horsemeat poisonous? Compared with clenbuterol, water-injected beef, hormone-ripened chicken, leather milk, melamine, and Sudan red, horse meat is a trifle. Despite the fact that China's food safety situation is notorious around the world, CCTV is willing to serve as the conscience of the capitalist media." Fen1234's tweet has been forwarded more than 5,400 times and generated more than 800 comments.
It seems the already considerable gap between state-run media outlets and the growing ranks of microbloggers who have made a national pastime of deriding them is only growing wider.
(Adam Minter, the Shanghai correspondent for the World View blog, is writing "Junkyard Planet," a book on the global recycling industry. The opinions expressed are his own.)
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LEED O+M: Existing Buildings v3 - LEED 2009
Boys & Girls Club of SF - Mission Clubhouse
San Francisco, CA 94110
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LEED Gold 2012
The Mission Clubhouse's top sustainability goals were to create a safe and healthy environment for the children and staff, use the renovated building's sustainability tactics as educational tools, and lower energy costs to invest money in other programs.
Originally built in 1929, the Mission Clubhouse housed one of the first Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco (BGCSF). Located in the heart of the Mission District, the building is two stories with a single-story gymnasium that has spacious, high ceilings. The Mission Clubhouse is owned by BGCSF and is used for after-school programs and summer camps. The building accommodates around 125 children per day with art classrooms, a learning center, media and game rooms, and a multi-purpose gymnasium.
An adaptive reuse of a historical building, the project is especially unique because of its tight urban location. It is surrounded on two sides by existing housing and has limited access from the street elevations. Approximately 20% of the existing building was salvaged and the remaining 80% was rebuilt using concrete tilt-up panels and steel frame construction to tie to the existing wood frame building. From the onset of the construction project, the project team strove for innovation in its approach to energy efficiency, which was carried through the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance process. The building has zero mechanical cooling, relies heavily on natural ventilation, and has radiant floor heating. These strategies, combined with a 27-kW solar photovoltaic array on the roof, led to an operational energy use intensity of below 30 kBtu per square foot, which is roughly 85% less energy use compared to similar buildings nationally.
BGCSF chose to pursue LEED certification for several reasons. First, it wanted to share with the community its belief that green building is important to the health and prosperity of our children. In addition, pursuing sustainability measures to earn LEED credits would help keep operating and energy costs as low as possible for the local non-profit. BGCSF also realized it had a unique ability to educate our future leaders on the benefits and necessities of sustainability, and knew one of the strongest ways to send that message was by pursuing LEED certification for its building. They are now reaping the benefits of LEED Gold achievement, engaging children with curriculum and activities around sustainability, and saving energy resources and costs with its near net zero electricity operation.
Project details
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- 14,808 sf
- Use
- Public Assembly
- Setting
- Urban
- Certified
- 14 Jun 2012