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For obvious reasons, receiving a discount is more popular than paying a premium.
Closed-end funds, which are investments usually able to be purchased at a modest discount, have gained attention this year because those discounts have widened.
There are more than 650 closed-end funds, with a total market capitalization of $300 billion. Some homework is required to understand how they work and determine if you are getting a deal.
Like many of the more familiar open-end mutual funds, they have actively managed portfolios. But after an initial public offering of a fixed number of shares, the shares of a closed-end fund are traded on an exchange like stocks, with the price set by supply and demand. Managers are not obligated to issue new shares or meet redemption demands from shareholders.
The key for bargain hunters: The price of closed-end shares is determined by the overall market and may be greater or less than the net asset value, or NAV, of the underlying investment portfolio. The difference between the two is the premium or discount when you buy.
"You want to buy a closed-end fund at a discount to its NAV, which is what attracts investors," said Sangeeta Marfatia, a closed-end analyst and director with UBS Wealth Management Research in New York. "But just because it is trading at a discount doesn't always mean it is a good buy."
Determine whether it has an underlying portfolio that has performed well. Consider whether it will continue to pay its dividend, because many investors are specifically looking for monthly income checks, Marfatia said.
"When investors see a big cushion of income from a closed-end fund, they expect its dividend won't be cut, and that's why those funds trade at such big premiums," she said. "However, closed-end funds trading at large premiums can also go down a lot more than funds that are trading at discounts."
In August, a panic in closed-end funds tied to the overall market's trauma led to the price collapse of many. Discounts expanded to 20 percent or more. As sentiment shifted, discounts have narrowed to average around 6 percent, according to Lipper Inc. Yet many funds remain undervalued.
"Closed-end funds are selling at wide discounts, though narrower than in August," said Thomas Herzfeld, chairman and president of Thomas J. Herzfeld & Co. in Miami. "I'd advise investors to look at some of the new-issue closed-end funds, which suffered the worst declines of all."
There have been 35 new-issue closed-end funds this year and none are selling above their offering price, he said. He'd also bravely head into the eye of the nation's debt crisis in search of some bargains.
"Look for closed-end funds with large exposure to collateralized debt obligations," Herzfeld said. "I believe that by the end of the year there will be pretty good buying opportunities there."
Some investors like closed-end funds for several reasons.
"If I can buy the same assets as are in an open-end fund but at 90 cents on the dollar, that's attractive," said Lipper senior analyst Tom Roseen. "Investors also like closed-end funds because they can be traded on a minute-by-minute basis, unlike open-end funds."
Marfatia recommends these closed-end funds:
-- In a taxable stock-and-bond fund, Calamos Strategic Total Return, with a recent discount of 11 percent. Half of assets are stocks, one-third bonds and the rest primarily cash. Largest holdings are AT&T Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., Pfizer Inc. and Washington Mutual Inc. It had a 9 percent market return and 18 percent NAV return over the past 12 months.
-- In a pure stock fund, Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Global Dividend Income, recent discount 8 percent. Top holdings are AT&T, the German utility E.ON, the U.K.'s Scottish and Southern Energy PLC and French firms Veolia Environnement in business services and Societe Generale in financial services. It had a 22 percent market return and 29 percent NAV return over the past 12 months.
-- In a municipal fund, Van Kampen Municipal Trust, recent discount 5 percent. Average credit quality "AA." It had a 5 percent market return and 0.18 percent NAV return over the past 12 months.
Closed-end funds differ from exchange-trade funds, or ETFs, which also trade on a stock market. An ETF has a fixed portfolio and, because of that structure, it likely trades at NAV.
Closed-end funds are subject to registration and regulation with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Because they come in many varieties, they are subject to different risks, fees and expenses, the SEC cautions. They also can invest in a greater number of illiquid securities than open-ended mutual funds are permitted.
The closed-end fund with highest recent premium, according to Lipper, was Herzfeld's $22 million Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, trading with a 37 percent premium.
His fund boasts an 85 percent market return and 34 percent NAV return the past 12 months. Its 76 stock holdings include Seaboard Corp., Consolidated Water Co., Watsco Inc., Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Garmin Ltd.
Andrew Leckey is a Tribune Media Services columnist.


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Nationally the U.S. is on target for one of the worst flu seasons on record. Doctors' offices are inundated with flu patients.
"We're seeing people have really high fever, severe body aches, nasal congestion, cough," says Dr. Ryan Shelton of Carolinas Healthcare System.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now reports 41 states have widespread flu activity.
"It has just been a crazy flu season," says pharmacist Laura Phelps. "We're actually out of our Tamiflu right now, it's just been selling off the shelves."
17-year old Max Schwolert of Texas died from complications of the flu the day after Christmas.
"It started out as the flu, then went to pneumonia and a staph infection on top of that, so those three things combined just took over very quickly," says Michelle Schwolert, his aunt.
His family says Schwolert did not get a flu shot this year. No one knows if it would have saved his life, but experts say the vaccine is a good match to the circulating virus, either preventing it altogether or taking some of the sting out of the illness.
"It can keep you out of the hospital, prevent you from getting pneumonia, even though you have a touch of the flu," explains Dr. William Schaffner.
Many hospitals are strongly encouraging all of their employees get the flu shot. Duke University Health System reacted to the growing flu outbreak just last week.
"We've limited visitation to only adult visitors, so age 18 and older who are healthy," says Dr. Thomas Owens.
There are no limitation on flu vaccines, which are widely available across the country. Doctors say the flu season could last into the spring.

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2004 Football
Hanover College 37, Bluffton University 20
Hanover takes Bluffton 37-20 at Salzman Stadium
By Ben Risinger, Sports Information Director
October 23, 2004
Game Statistics, Game Pictures
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University football team (4-3, 2-1 HCAC) were defeated
by the Hanover Panthers (4-4, 3-1 HCAC) 37-20 on Saturday afternoon.
The Panthers started the scoring effort in the contest to go up 7-0, only for Bluffton to kick a 27-yard field goal six minutes later to put the game at 7-3. The Panthers scored twice more in the second quarter, but with 47 seconds left in the first half junior kicker Seth Burkholder (Pandora/Bluffton) connected on a 39-yard field goal to put the game at 21-6 in favor of the Panthers.
The third quarter wasn't the best for the Beavers as Hanover scored three more times to widen their lead to 37-6. Bluffton would not be stopped as they scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but could not make up the point deficit for the win. The first Beaver touchdown came in the middle of the fourth quarter when senior Mark Gable (Alvordton/Hilltop) found the 4-yard pass from quarterback Aaron Krieger (Temperance, Mich./Ida). Later in the fourth, Krieger found Gable again for an 11-yard touchdown pass. Even with the fourth quarter surge, the final score was 37-20 in favor of Hanover.
Bluffton saw action from two quarterbacks in the contest. Junior Tim Koontz (Goshen, Ind./Concord) completed eight passes for 108 yards. Aaron Krieger posted six completions for 63 yards and two touchdowns. Senior Ben Dodds (West Liberty/Bellefontaine) led the ground attack with 22 carries for 87 yards. Mark Gable led the receivers with seven catches for 108 yards and two touchdowns. Seth Burkholder was 2-for-2 in field goals for the contest with kicks of 27 and 39 yards. Defensively, freshman Sam McCullough (Bluffton/Bluffton) and senior Scott Steiner (Berne, Ind./South Adams) posted 12 tackles each to lead the defensive effort.
Both Hanover and Bluffton posted 14 first downs each in the contest. Hanover posted 402 total yards of offense (72 rushing, 330 passing) compared to the Beavers 298 total yards (121 rushing, 177 passing). Hanover held the ball for 31:44 minutes to Bluffton's 28:16.
Bluffton will be back on the road next Saturday when they travel to Mount St. Joseph for another Heartland Conference contest. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.


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Pedestrian struck, killed on U.S. 321
A homeless man was killed Friday as he tried to cross U.S. 321 in Hickory.
Rodney Lewis Church, 44, was struck by at least two cars about 10:25 p.m. as he attempted to cross U.S. 321 to reach a convenience store, according to the Hickory Police Department.
Police said Church was wearing dark clothes at the time of the incident, and he was pronounced dead on the scene.
No charges were filed against the drivers of the cars. It does not appear that either driver was drinking.
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oops.. mistake, new one is building and uploading now mic64, thanks.
well..but how can I now boot into arch??
vmlinuarchck26 replaced the old one..there is no backup..
Update: I tried almost every possible way to boot back into arch..I guess there is just no way without chroot or things like that.
Boot your system with a Live CD, and chroot into Arch. pacman -A the standard kernel26 package, which should be in /var/cache/pacman/pkg. You will get the replace question again - say Yes. You should be OK to reboot after that.
I'm not using archck for the moment, but I was looking through the various files, and near the end of post_upgrade in the .install file, there's the following:
# generate new init ramdisk
echo ">>> Generating initial ramdisk. Please wait..."
/sbin/mkinitrd --quiet auto
Should that not be mkinitramfs? :?
Trying to get fbsplash work
I've installed kernel26archck and mkinitramfs from community and put the darch theme in /etc/splash/, the question is:
How can I use mkinitramfs to create an image that has the theme in it?
what do I have to do with chroot exactly?
Great work, everything works except raid... anyway to fix this???
mount: special device /dev/md/0 does not exist
when trying to mount the filesystem.
Anyone installed archck kernel and nvidia driver successfully ? I get:
"-> Performing CC test with CC="cc".
-> gcc-version-check failed:
The compiler used to compile the kernel (gcc 4.1) does not exactly match the
current compiler (gcc 4.0). The Linux 2.6 kernel module loader rejects kern
el modules built with a version of gcc that does not exactly match that of t
he compiler used to build the running kernel"
and gcc in repository is 4.0, not 4.1. What now ?
mic64 - mount your Arch root somewhere e.g. /mnt/arch. Then do
chroot /mnt/arch /bin/bash
You will now be at a bash prompt in Arch. Do the pacman thing, and when it's finished, do
to get out again. Reboot.
got it..works so far
and gcc in repository is 4.0, not 4.1. What now ?
Same problem, unable to install nvidia drivers with this kernel.
Please rebuild with gcc 4.0
Cam: Well, the community package will no longer let you have that. You need to use the ramdisk.
But really... its not that difficult.
The default ramdisk configuration will work for nearly everyone, so the only change is to add the initrd to lilo/grub. A one liner.
The install script automatically runs mkinitramfs for you, so for each new kernel or update, the ramdisk remains at the same path, and your config will still be compatible if you configured it -- no need to change it.
Really, you're just running from something that's a worthwhile change, and allows me to provide more capabilities in ArchCK. It also makes developers life much easier, and your kernel much smaller. You dont realise how many IDE drivers there are, that we are forced to include in an all in one kernel. A lot, and they're wasting your system memory and cache.
But hey, if you dont want initramfs, thats cool. You can always compile your own kernel, the ArchCK patchset itself is unchanged and will work initramfs or no initramfs.
Thanks for the description. I will start to use it eventually, I just don't have a whole lot of time at the moment should my system decide not to boot after the upgrade and I wouldn't know how to fix it except boot from a live CD, chroot and roll back the package. Better to save all that (imagined) drama until a later date I think
I just wanted to add a little helpful line I add to my custom initrd (and in this case initramfs) PKGBUILDS and install files to make the managing of the image files a little easier.
In the install file I add a _kernel_version variable, what its actually set to doesn't matter at this point. and I change the line that calls mkinitrd to use this variable. I also mv the image from its default to a name that more follows the other files in /boot. This keeps me from having to edit grub's menu.lst every time I update the kernel.
# arg 1: the new package version
# arg 2: the old package version
post_install () {
echo ">>> Updatinging initial ramdisk. Please wait..."
/sbin/mkinitrd kernel_version=$_kernel_version
mv /boot/initrd-${_kernel_version}.img /boot/initrd26archck.img
Then at the bottom of the PKGBUILD I use sed to change the value of _kernel_version in the install file to what ever _kernver happend to be in that package. So I don't have to hit myself when I realize I forgot to update the install file after I'm done building the package.
sed -i "s|^_kernel_version=.*$|_kernel_version=$_kernver|g" $startdir/kernel26archck.install
I found that usefull in keeping my ck kernel package up to date while archck was on hiatus
Also do you think you could put CONFIG_IPW2200_MONITOR=y into the config. I hate having to compile a whole kernel just for that one option.
Yeah Gullible... it surprised me too, when it asked if I wanted this kernel to replace the stock one. I went ahead and said yes just to see what it looked/felt like and it broke my system leaving it not bootable. I'm sure I could have played with grub to get it going again, but it was easier to simply restore my previous installation images.
Maybe I'll play with this kernel some this weekend when I have more time for experimenting.
Sorry about the replace guys, that was a stupid mistake, as was a handfull of bugs in mkinitramfs.
A new package was MEANT to be uploaded this morning with that fixed, but my computer locked up during the build. Just my luck.
I looked for the ipw2200 monitor options, and its not there, theres one for ipw2100, but not 2200.
As for GCC, my fault, I had the 4.1 from testing from a few weeks back, which has since been pulled. Next release will be GCC4.
sputnik: Change /dev/md/0 to /dev/md0
whoa... I messed up that release up badly. However all known bugs are fixed in the one building now as well as some improved instructions and initramfs stuff.....
I apologise for the messups and the breakages, caused by that last release.
EDIT: New package has been uploaded.. it will appear in the repos within an hour or two, mirrors after that.
iphitus, Thx for ur work but i have some questions, actually initramfs/initrd is confusing me a bit, now kernel26 from arch repo is initrd right? if i install this one, vmlinuz26 and initrd26.img will still be available to use right? i tired it already with ur first post, i already noticed that, but i had a problem everytime i boot it will display something like vesafb and intel VGA (my card is i910) but booting progress will not be shown all i see is uncompressing kernel, these messages and after that i will be taken to gdm..
so i did removed the kernel26arch and intramfs but that left me with unbootable arch complaining that /initrd (don't quite remember if initrd or initrd.img) not found, i was forced to reinstall since i tried re-installing the kernel from the cd installation, re-install grub, run mkinitrd auto and full, nothing would solve it
now am afraid to install ur new release and be in the same situation, is it normal that i wont see boot progress?
last question, on this new release, following [URL=http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php//index.php/Gensplash]Gensplash[/URL] would get me a splash???
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I looked for the ipw2200 monitor options, and its not there, theres one for ipw2100, but not 2200.
Don't know if this helps
http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/ … /0531.html
Ok, will include in next patchset release.
Gandalf, new release wont mess up the standard Arch kernel, so if you have any problems, you can revert easily.
so i did removed the kernel26arch and intramfs but that left me with unbootable arch complaining that /initrd (don't quite remember if initrd or initrd.img) not found, i was forced to reinstall since i tried re-installing the kernel from the cd installation, re-install grub, run mkinitrd auto and full, nothing would solve it
Actually i know now what happened, i was digging a bit in it and i found the problem, let me quote PKGBUILD of mkinitramfs
build() {
install -D -m 755 $startdir/src/mkinitramfs $startdir/pkg/sbin/mkinitramfs
install -D -m 644 $startdir/src/mkinitramfs.conf $startdir/pkg/etc/mkinitramfs.conf
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/initrd
at the end of it, the line
mkdir -p $startdir/pkg/initrd
which already exist and is needed for booting, but Removing mkinitramfs will remove /initrd folder, and that will drive arch unbootable unfortunately, i've had this 5 mns ago i was like but when i just looked to / i didnt find this folder, i created it and it worked again
so please isn't there a solution to make mkinitramfs not to remove /initrd folder upon removing it???
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The wiki page on initrd includes details on how to mount and view/edit the contents of an initrd image. Can that be done with an initramfs image?
Never mind - found it on suspend2.net and knoppix forum. If anyone's interested, to expand your initramfs image do this:
# mkdir my_initramfs
# cd my_initramfs
# gzip -dc < /boot/your_image_name.img | cpio -i
To recompress it:
# find . | cpio --quiet -o -H newc | gzip -9 > /boot/your_image_name.img
Just a word about the radeonfb sleep fix that iphitus has kindly included in his kernel. This fix allows anyone owning a radeon card in a non-ppc architecture to have correct sleep states, without improper energy comsumption. You obtain this result only if you use the fb with the radeonfb driver (not with the vesafb or vesafb-tng). The patch is activated by default only on certain ibm thinkpad laptops, but is useful on many, many other laptops models (included my compaq presario 2100, for example): for these other models the patch has to be activated with a specific kernel boot parameter:
You can find many infos and a detailed discussion about this fix (which should be included in a future vanilla kernel) here: http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3022
A less techinical (but mainly related to fedora kernles) outline of the problem is here:
http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_ … ACPI_sleep
Obviously, if you want to take immediate benefit of this fix using an initrd or a initramfs, you have to include the radeonfb in you initrd/initramfs kernel image.
Mortuus in anima, curam gero cutis
Also from suspend2.net:
Initrd/Initramfs's with Suspend2
Using an initrd with Suspend2 is possible. To use this, you MUST edit your linuxrc (or init) script to contain the line
echo > /proc/suspend2/do_resume
BEFORE the script mounts your filesystem. If the line is missing, your system will not resume. If the line comes after mounting file systems, you will most likely suffer from filesystem corruption. You have been warned.
I'm building my first initramfs kernel now, so I'll be checking this out anyway, but maybe it should be configurable in /etc/mkinitramfs.conf, like fbsplash and dsdt? Otherwise, people will have to manually edit init.
I didn´t notice that replacement and said "yes" to replace the kernel26.
Now I can´t boot into stock kernel or archck kernel.
Is there any way to get this fixed?
i've got the same problem is it possible to fix it by booting from arch 0.7.1 install cd, and choosing "install kernel" from the menu? I don't have any LiveCD's..
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Res … oot_loader
might help
I would say so long as you can chroot into your system then you could just run pacman -S kernel26 .... set up lilo/grub
Mr Green
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Res … oot_loader
might help
I would say so long as you can chroot into your system then you could just run pacman -S kernel26 .... set up lilo/grub
I am concerned that archck wipes out vmlinuz26 & initrd26.img conflicts with stock kernel ?? but maybe thats what going to be fixed
Mr Green


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Greencastle, Ind. - After two straight road games, DePauw returns to Blackstock Stadium for a non-conference tilt with Washington University in the first gridiron meeting between the two schools in 26 years.
Tomorrow's kickoff from Blackstock Stadium is set for 1 p.m. and there is no admission charge.
The Tigers are 0-3 after last Saturday's 51-28 loss at Carnegie Mellon. DePauw opened the season with a 31-10 loss to St. Olaf before falling, 52-14, at Wittenberg on September 15. Washington is 1-3 on the campaign after last week's 28-23 win over Kenyon.
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I bought an electric fondue pot at Target for $17.99 recently (regular price $29.99). You just plug it in and turn the dial. No flames required!
What kind of fuel were you using?
Aw. I have a similar story. My mother one Christmas told me that she wanted me to put the potatoes to roast in the oven. It was in a Pyrex dish. I put them in, and 45 minutes later, when she opened the oven door, the Pyrex dish shattered and went everywhere!!!Although it was a pain to clean up out of the oven, and we had no potatoes, it was a good story to tell about afterwards.
I had a Punkin' Junkin' party on November 11th. It ended with a bang...literally..when son second degree burned his entire left hand and wrist when a black powder charge exploded prematurely while they were trying to blow up a few pumpkins. (Worst case of male group stupidity I've ever seen.) While we getting son ready to transport to the ER, my friend Dorsey fell off the top tier of the back deck onto the second one, smashed one of my large flower pots by planting her face in it during her descent. I didn't see it but was told it was an Olympic quality fall and splat. We swore she would have a black eye the next day but she didn't.After DH and son had gone to the emergency room, I was sitting in the living room with a bunch of friends waiting to hear if they had gone to the UNC burn unit or the local hospital before I also followed. All of sudden there was this loud CRACK from the kitchen! I had no idea what it was at the time but later discovered that the glass lid on my Rival Crockpot had shattered into thousands of shards. The crock pot held hot spiced cider but I had turned it off at least 30 minutes earlier. Sounds like you host great parties like I do.
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Faith and football: Evangel head football coach Brenton Illum's strategy for success
November 2, 2012 | Ian Richardson
Nineteenth in the NAIA rankings, 7-3 overall, 6-2 in the conference, 5-1 at home — numbers like these make it an exciting time to be an Evangel Crusaders football fan. The Crusaders will be carrying their success into the final game of the regular season this Saturday versus MidAmerica Nazarene University. But while many are talking about the Crusaders' on-field prowess, exciting developments have been taking place off the field as well. Just ask head coach Brenton Illum.
In his third year at the helm of Evangel's football program, Coach Illum is a witness to all the hard work that takes place between games. For him, football is more than a three-hour diversion on Saturdays. It is a learning experience that touches all aspects of life, an investment to turn his players into well-rounded, godly young men.
"The greatest takeaways from this game for me are the relationships with my coaches who disciplined me and invested in my life and the teammates who have become my best friends," says Illum.
During his junior year of high school, Illum's team reached the 6A state championship. In 1994, he came to Evangel to play linebacker. Illum played only one season for the Crusaders, unable to continue his playing career due to injuries from an automobile accident that he suffered during high school.
However, he was not about to give up football. He worked his way onto the Evangel coaching staff, continuing to coach in Evangel's football program for two years following his graduation. This involvement only intensified his love for the game. "My overall experience here at Evangel in the 1990s hooked me into being a part of football for the rest of my life," he says.
At the age of 24, Illum became the youngest defensive coordinator in the NCAA when he accepted the position at Fort Lewis College in Colorado.
After his tenure at Fort Lewis, Illum held coaching positions at Missouri State University and Western Colorado. He then returned to Evangel in December of 2009 to head the Crusaders' football program.
While many organizations strive to form outstanding football players, Illum's vision for Evangel's program is to form outstanding men who are prepared to succeed in all aspects of life, whether they are on the football field, in the classroom or in the community.
"I see this collegiate sport as an opportunity to teach our players how to compete in the real world, how to overcome challenges, how to live a self-disciplined life, how to budget their time and how to achieve and reach God's potential for them," says Illum. "I want them to leave here with a degree in their hand and look back and say with confidence that they could not have gone anywhere else in the country and become the man that they are today."
The integration of faith and football
To bring this about, Illum takes advantage of every opportunity he can to integrate faith with football. "Coach Illum encourages us to pray daily and lean on someone else if we do not know how to do something by ourselves," says junior safety Denzel Billy. "He does not teach selfish ways, and I think that helps a lot."
"Every Sunday, he will bring in a guest speaker who will share the gospel with us and challenge us to be better Christians," says senior running back Tommy Meyer. "The team's faith comes into practice and games daily because we realize that while we want to go and win for ourselves and for Evangel, we need to glorify God in every situation we can."
Illum and the coaching staff also make sure that the players have opportunities to put their faith into action in the community.
"Not a week goes by during the school year where we are not involved in some way in the Springfield community," Illum says.
"Whether by reading to kids at an elementary school or being at a Boys and Girls Club or going to an apartment complex and playing catch with kids, one way or another we are committed to having a presence with the youth of north Springfield."
One such example came on September 29, when the Evangel football team welcomed 181 youth from the local Boys and Girls Club to enjoy a pre-game tailgate party and hang out with Evangel students during the game. Immediately after the team sealed the 54-44 victory over Benedictine, the kids flooded onto the field along with the rest of the Evangel crowd, witnessing Illum's post-game speech, participating in the team prayer and having the chance to meet with the players face-to-face. In the past year, the team has worked with a total of over 1000 youth from the north Springfield area.
While the team's focus on service has definitely blessed the lives of those around them, it certainly has not hurt their focus on winning football games. Sporting a winning record for the first time in several years, something is definitely clicking. Illum attributes the team's recent success to the ability to learn from the past.
"Every experience builds on the last one," he says. "We are passionate about learning from the good and the bad, falling forward, and calling on all past experiences to make sure that we get better and better as time goes on. "
Meyer agrees. "One factor that has led to our success is the belief in ourselves," he says. "Last year we had a good team, but we weren't ready to win at that moment. This year is different because we believe that we can do anything we set our mind to. No obstacle is too big to overcome."
Regardless of how the remainder of the season turns out, the team's can-do mentality and ability to learn from experience has helped them achieve some special things this year. There is a sense of cohesiveness and community on the team, which is something that trickles from the top down. "Our coaches are here from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m., or even later," says Meyer. "When we see the dedication they have, we cannot let them down. They throw their lives into this program, so we want to give back as much as we can."
With a desire to achieve growth in a holistic way, Illum's work at the helm of the Evangel football program is leading to victory in more ways than one. His hard work ethic and contagious can-do attitude are influencing the young men around him, who are in turn learning to influence the people around them. Illum's integration of faith and football is proving to be a winning strategy that will continue to flourish in the years to come, making the future of Evangel football a bright one.


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An anonymous reader writes: Yesterday's twin events with invading rocks from outer space — the close encounter with asteroid 2012 DA14, and the killer meteorite over Russia that was more than close — have brought the topic of defending mankind against killer asteroids back into the news. The Economist summarizes some of the ideas that have been bandied about, in a story that suggests Paul Simon's seventies hit "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover": Just push it aside, Clyde. Show it the nuke, Luke. Gravity tug, Doug. The new proposal is an earth orbiting, solar-powered array of laser guns called DE-STAR (Directed Energy Solar Targeting of AsteRoids) from two California-based professors, physicist Philip Lubin (UCSB) and industrial statistician Gary Hughes (Cal Polytechnic State). Lubin and Hughes say their system could be developed and deployed in a range of sizes depending on the size of the target: DE-STAR 2, about the size of the International Space Station (100 meters) could nudge comets and asteroids from their orbits, while DE-STAR 4 (100 times larger than ISS) could evaporate an asteroid 500 meters in diameter (10 times larger than 2012 DA14) in a year. Of course, this assumes that the critters could be spotted early enough for the lasers to do their work.


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|Early Action students receive their iPads during a luncheon with President Fleming Oct. 2. From left to right: President Fleming; Bethany Donth, senior admissions counselor; Jennifer Coe; Hannah Menendez; Evan Berlanti, Britta Smythe; Tyler Ascenzi; Bryah Hagen; Skye Sherman; and Joe Sharp, dean of admissions. (Not pictured: Brian Lee)
They say that the early bird gets the reward. That was certainly the case for eight Palm Beach Atlantic freshmen who were accepted in their junior year of high school.
"I cannot express how much being accepted to Palm Beach Atlantic University my junior year reduced my stress level for the rest of high school," said Tyler Ascenzi, a freshman at PBA.
Ascenzi, along with Jennifer Coe, Evan Berlanti, Bryah Hagen, Brian Daniel Lee, Hannah Menendez, Skye Sherman and Britta Smythe comprise PBA's fall 2012 Early Action Junior Program class -- students who made an early commitment to attend the University.
"The Early Action Junior Program allows students to apply during their junior year of high school," said Bethany Donth, senior admissions counselor at PBA who worked with the students. "Our first Early Action class knew early on God was calling them to PBA."
According to Donth, the program is unique in that students will commit to attend PBA the summer before their senior year, making them the first committed students each year.
"I decided to apply to the Early Action program because after coming to an open house, then touring several other colleges, I knew PBA was where I wanted to go," said Hagen, an accounting major minoring in communications, from Lake Wales, Fla.
To qualify, students must submit an online application, essay, transcripts and a character recommendation by March 31 of their junior year. A phone interview is also a part of the process. Required standardized test scores are a 1250 on the SAT (without the writing section) and/or a 28 on the ACT and a 3.5 GPA.
Students accepted into the program receive a $3,000 merit scholarship; books paid for their first semester; priority housing, registration and honors review; a parking garage decal for their first semester; and even an iPad.
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Chelsea are ready to make a bid for Porto defender Eliaquim Mangala after the club admitted they may have to sell their star, reports The Metro.
The Blues were interested in signing the defender in the summer and reportedly had a bid rejected for the centre-back.
However, now with the Portuguese outfit ready to sell the star, the Stamford Bridge outfit could be prepared to step up their interest in the 22-year-old.
Mangala, who has a release clause of £50 million, however it's expected that Porto would sell the star for around £30m as they look to gain extra funds.
Porto president Pinto da Costa has now admitted the star could depart the club, as he told reporters: "I see his name linked with clubs all the time in the media.
"He has a release clause and clubs know that, but if a bid arrives that attracts us then we could sell."
However Chelsea look set to face competition for the defender as Premier League rivals Manchester United and Spanish giants Barcelona have also been credited with interest.
The Blues could make an offer as early as January for the defender.
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The GARTEUR AG 11 project
The Control Design Engineering Group of DLR was involved in this research by developing the extended High Incidence Research Model (HIRM+) and exploring an optimisation-based approach to clearance. The automatic model building for HIRM+ is illustrated in the Figure below. Several physical aircraft dynamics models for time simulations and trimming purposes have been generated using components from a Modelica Flight Dynamics Library , where a set of uncertain parameters can be independently specified. Besides nonlinear simulation models, inverse dynamics models expressing the trim conditions have been generated as C-codes to ensure fast evaluation of clearance criteria.
The basic feature of the optimisation-based clearance approach is to reformulate the clearance problems as equivalent minimum distance problems for which "anti"-optimisation is performed to determine the worst-case parameter combination/flight condition leading to worst performance. The basic requirements for the applicability of the optimisation-based approach are the availability of suitable parametric models describing the overall nonlinear dynamics of the augmented aircraft and of accompanying efficient and reliable trimming, linearization and optimisation software tools. The optimisation-based approach has no limitations with respect to clearance criteria, being able to address all kinds of clearance requirements which are expressible as mathematical criteria.
The clearance results obtained for the HIRM aircraft augmented with the RIDE control laws cover several linear stability and handling criteria mostly used in the current industrial practice. Two classes of linear stability related criteria have been considered, namely the stability margin criterion and the unstable eigenvalues criterion. The considered handling criteria were the average phase-rate and the absolute amplitude criteria. The analysis results clearly demonstrate the high potential of the optimisation-based approach in reliably solving clearance problems with many simultaneous uncertain parameters.
For example, for the stability margin criterion it must be checked that the Nichols plots of SISO systems resulted by cutting one loop at a time of the closed-loop system does not enter the exact or approximate exclusion regions of the next Figure for gain and phase.
A typical clearance result is shown below, where the worst-case stability degrees, , for 8 extreme flight conditions are plotted against the angle of attack (AoA). Note that values of in the region below 1 correspond to worst-case parameter combinations which lead to violations of the clearance requirements.


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I looked at my drivers lic. and came up with mine. lol
My wife and i were scouting for elk when she took this pic.
Here are a few we found.
Xtreme was the name of our product before Homeland Security forced us out of business. The name may have come because of a lifestyle of playing hard. Still driving a red GTO/6sp. (Needs a 95 hp cam increase) My aerobatic airplane was a Bilanca Decathlon, self taught aerobatic pilot. Raced the 1990 Baja 1000 class 40. Ama National Harescrambles class champion. The dural sport 540 KTM I ride once beat Rickey Carmical to the first turn in outdoor motocross with Guy Cooper riding. My current offroad bike is a KTM 250, my pitbike is an Xtreme CR5 prototype that is currently sold worldwide outside the US. Streetbike is a Yamaha VMax. I am a Vietmam Vet and a 101st Airborne paratrooper. Now everything is use to. I use to solo hunt above timberline. Survived several major storms, last one was in the Lizard Head, I think 1980. 1974, Pole Mountain unit 76 was my first above timberline storm, no tent, just shelter half.
Yesterday my 14yo grandson, Montana, beat me for the first time riding dirtbikes crosscountry.
Well, my handle has been with me a long, long time and came from being the only twelve year old in second grade who could grow a beard!
Hey Jen...! Kicked her A$$! Great work!
Me, I love chasein Mule deer around and my wife says thats what I think about all the time....so thats where Muleys 24/7 came from......Congrats BB for the 1k posts,you've been very help full for many.
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I've had the handle Vanish for over 10 years. I originally chose it for playing the early DEER HUNTER video games online.
It tends to be pretty accurate when it comes to forums, as I'll be obsessively involved in different forums at different points throughout the year and then I vanish for awhile as my interests change for the time being. Usually between fishing, hunting, radio control and video games.
DIY til I DIE
Its kinda a way of life one season into the next i dont really have an off season from hunting except for the summer. It can can also be used for motivation to keep at it no matter how the cards may be stacked against me.
I make a living guiding in the mountains. multi-day backcountry packtrips/fishing trips in the summer, elk and deer hunters come fall, then Snowmobile trips through winter. my handle represents how i make my living.
The story is I was a real cranky baby, probably colic or something. My parents tried everything to no avail. My Great Grandpa, who was born in the 1880's came to visit and suggested a little whiskey, honey and tea. Worked like a charm. He called me a little Toper, an old term for a drinker. It stuck and was eventually shortened to Tope. Grandpa also gave me my first .22 when I was 5, a Winchester model 90 22WRF. Still have it. He passed when I ws 20, sure miss those stories about Montana in the old days.
Mine came from my trout fishing days. Blue Dun dry fly.


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Kurt Campbell, director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, credits Rice's heavy travel schedule, an approach to diplomacy that is more pragmatic than other Bush advisers, and a measure of personal pluck.
"She appears to have sort of skated away" from controversies over U.S. intelligence failures and aggressive U.S. tactics in the hunt for terrorists, Campbell said, and from the perception that the United States is "slogging" along in Iraq.
"She appears at once to be close to the president but separate and detached from some of the foibles of the administration, and that's a very hard thing to pull off," he said.
December 26, 2005
Condi in '08?
17 comments:
- DEC said...
Condi would get my vote. And I belong to neither political party.
- Art said...
As someone who once ate lunch with Condi Rice (before she was famous..at the Wingspread Center in Racine) she's one of a handful of people (Colin Powell is another) who could have the Presidency more or less for the asking.
This is, of course, assuming Iraq doesn't totally go to hell between now and 2008.
The question is whether she could win Republican primaries.
- Ruth Anne Adams said...
Oooh. Good use of the verb "skated away" given Rice's training as a figure skater. Also, she's dubbed a "clotheshorse" by the woman writer.
Can a "thin ice" reference be far off?
- vbspurs said...
I'm all over her like Condi on Rice!
But you know how it is -- Presidents are not supposed to be "distinguished".
That's a term used for Senators, of whom we expect gravitas and elegance, and all that good country-club stuff most of us do not embody (although I sure as hell do).
Would I vote for her for President? In a heartbeart.
My dream ticket is Rudi/Condi in oh-eight.
But I don't think she'll run. And he won't be chosen.
And we Repubs are screwed with McCain.
- vbspurs said...
Can a "thin ice" reference be far off?
I'm trying to think of a very witty triple-sowkow followup pun.
I'll be right with you.
- LarryK said...
On foreign policy issues, Condi would be the best prepared and most knowledgeable President in US history. She is kind of a blank on domestic policy, but she's probably more conservative than most people expect (the only domestic issue I know she's spoken out on is gun owners' rights, and her comments would have made Charlton Heston proud). I would say she is close to ideal for this moment, and I think she could win the nomination if she really wants it, but does she? She's never run for anything before, and she'll need a lot of fire in the belly to make it through a Presidential campaign.
Rudi, on the other hand, does appear to want it, and a Rudi-Condi ticket would be competitive in about 48 states. I gotta disagree with Victoria - I think Rudi is the top contender for the GOP nomination. It's true that any other Republican with his positions on abortion/gay marriage etc. wouldn't even be a serious candidate, but Rudi is a special case and, in fact, is very popular with the Republican base (unlike McCain). Of course, Condi is an ideal VP, and if she doesn't run for POTUS she will be at the top the VP list.
- Ruth Anne Adams said...
Sowcow is what you get when the pigs and the cattle get a little too friendly.
- vbspurs said...
On foreign policy issues, Condi would be the best prepared and most knowledgeable President in US history.
With the exception of Jefferson, Madison, and John Quincy Adams...and Teddy Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson, and FDR, and JFK, and GWHB...et al. ;)
She is kind of a blank on domestic policy, but she's probably more conservative than most people expect (the only domestic issue I know she's spoken out on is gun owners' rights, and her comments would have made Charlton Heston proud).
That's because her Republican dad, who probably most people know as the minister from Alabama who is the true love of Condi's life, was told by the police chief in their hometown, that he couldn't protect the Rice family, following the race-disturbances of the time.
Next day, he got a rifle.
There's nothing so powerful as seeing your dad protect his little family with a gun.
That's why I myself am I'm 100% pro-fire arms.
Abortion -- she's very Christian.
It's only in Affirmative Action that she differs from the majority of Republicans in the president's inner-circle.
Which speaks well of both of them.
I gotta disagree with Victoria - I think Rudi is the top contender for the GOP nomination.
Believe me, Larry, I hope you are right.
It's true that any other Republican with his positions on abortion/gay marriage etc. wouldn't even be a serious candidate, but Rudi is a special case and, in fact, is very popular with the Republican base (unlike McCain).
Yes he is, which analysts (especially foreign ones) are consistently aghast, and will continue to be.
They think us Conservatives are all religious nutters.
Well, I'm religious, possibly a nutter, but I don't fit their narrow bill -- I'd vote for him in a trice.
The self-confident part of me wants to say, don't even hold an election if it's Rudy/Condi in '08.
They'll win by a landslide.
But underestimating their opponents is what our friends from the other side always do, to their continued humiliation, and I refuse to do the same thing to them.
But Rudi/Condi will beat any Hillary/Edwards/or Southern White Religious Guy ticket they can think up.
Of course, Condi is an ideal VP, and if she doesn't run for POTUS she will be at the top the VP list.
I'll go with SCOTUS, but I jump off the POTUS ship.
- vbspurs said...
Sowcow is what you get when the pigs and the cattle get a little too friendly.
So basically you are saying a double axl is not Guns-and-Roses related?
Welcome to the Jong-Il!
- Steven said...
The interesting thing would be Rice as the POTUS candidate, balanced on the ticket with a domestic policy specialist -- say, one with expertise on and practical experience with public health care management. Maybe with direct legislative experience, too.
Since this is a Republican ticket, a VP who's utterly reliably anti-abortion would be useful. A Catholic on the ticket might be worthwhile.
Of course, a nonwhite of recent-immigant origins would have its advantages too, especially since it would deflect "Rice is a figurehead" claims.
Somebody else young and vigorous would only add to the charms of the ticket. If you don't pick somebody who is a vertran, somebody invulnerable to draft-dodging questions for other reasons (like youth) would be useful.
In any case, somebody like Congressman Bobby Jindal, of Louisiana's First Congressional District, would be a very interesting VP choice. And, hey, he's just old enough in '08!
- Jacques Cuze said...
Dr. Cond-o-lies-a-lies-alot
August 6th, PDB; "I believe the title was Bin Laden Determined To Attack Inside the United States."
Mushroom Clouds;
"I don't think that anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center, take another one and slam it into the Pentagon, that they would try to use an airplane as a missile"
You see, this war came to us, not the other way around."
# CLAIM: "The fact of the matter is [that] the administration focused on this before 9/11." – National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, 3/22/04
# FACT: President Bush and Vice President Cheney's counterterrorism task force, which was created in May, never convened one single meeting. The President himself admitted that
Katrina & Ferragamo Shoes;
Chevron Tanker Condoleeza;
But in terms of Saddam Hussein being there, let's remember that his country is divided, in effect. He does not control the northern part of his country. We are able to keep arms from him. His military forces have not been rebuilt." 2001
As I was telling my husb— As I was telling President Bush.
- vbspurs said...
In any case, somebody like Congressman Bobby Jindal, of Louisiana's First Congressional District, would be a very interesting VP choice. And, hey, he's just old enough in '08!
I'm not sure I want such a young whippersnapper one heartbeat away from the presidency!
I already didn't take Edwards, who looks like the junior varsity swim champ, seriously because of his excessively youthful looks.
BTW, remember when it was said that Hillary and the DLC were really hoping Kerry would be defeated in '04, because that would make her run for the POTUS (I give in) easier?
I wonder if Barak Obama isn't really hoping for the same outcome in '08 (a Hillary/-D defeat), so he could run in '12?
Gosh, I can't believe I referenced the presidential bid for 2012, already.
I'm worse than Chris Matthews.
- 37383938393839383938383 said...
Obama seems to be involving himself in foreign affairs issues where he can show agreement with conservatives, e.g., Lugar on non-proliferation and Brownback on Darfur. On the domestic side, he has placed a number of prominent -- but politically safe -- holds on administration nominees, e.g., at the FDA and at Treasury. When Obama had the opportunity, he grilled notable nominees, e.g., John Bolton, while coming across as serious and respectful. He is clearly building up a record. When he plans to run is unclear, but it is clear that he is planning to run. That said, in '08 the field will be too crowded and, if anything, he would be called upon to run in the VP slot.
- Simon said...
My views on Rice have not really changed from those expressed here.
I think Victoria is a little off; you can't really have a moderate-moderate ticket, it has to be balanced. Anyone who seriously thinks that the religious right won't cut their throat to spite their face by staying home on election day should study the 1992 election more closely. They would not turn out for a Condi-Rudy ticket, not least because they are both pro-choice. They could live with a McCain-Brownback or McCain-Gingrich, because while McCain is a pain in their ass, he is a pro-life pain in their ass who simply disagrees with them on a few issues. Faced with an acceptable, balanced ticket, and the possiblity of a Hillary presidency, I think the GOP would line up behind McCain, even if he wouldn't be many people's first choice. Further, it seems to me that both Stevens and Ginsburg are going to cling on in office for dear life, which will mean that - like every Presidential election since Roe, and like every Presidential election until Roe is finally overturned - the 2008 election will essentially turn on what kind of Judges and Justices the President will appoint. That means that, unless those two are carried out in the next three years, any GOP nominee for the Presidency or the Senate is going to have to be firmly pro-life, or have a compelling excuse explaining why not.
- LarryK said...
I think you're pretty much wrong across the board. First, Bush 41 lost in 1992 because of Ross Perot. Second, neither Rudy nor Condi are really moderates. Yes, Guliani is very liberal on social issues, but he's also a cost-cutting, crime-fighting, no nonsense hardass, which mostly innoculates him against him against his stands on abortion and gay rights. He can be completely innoculated by simply saying, as I'm sure he would, that he would nominate Supreme Court judges very similar to those that George W has nominated - which is also likely to be accurate. As for Condi, it's not at all clear whether she's pro-choice or not but again,
she is just the type of tough, no nonsense politician that appeals to conservatives.
McCain, on the other hand, has gone out of his way to distance himself from conservatives on many occassions, and they haven't forgotten. Even though his views on many issues are closer to the GOP base than Guliani's, he has a lot of fences to mend, which will be a continuing liability during the primaries.
Don't get me wrong, I think McCain would be a very strong general election candidate and probably a good President, but Rudy-Condi is the dream team and a better bet.
- knoxgirl said...
Victoria: no one's worse than Chris Matthews.
- Drew said...
Imagine the blow to the democrat party if the first African-American, woman president is a republican.


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ARDMORE,OK--A person of interest in the investigation of the two Ardmore homicides from last week was arrested yesterday under different charges in Carter County.
Ricky McGee Junior was arrested on burglary charges by the Carter County Sheriff this past Sunday He's one of two persons of interest remaining in the investigation. Investigators say they're in the process of trying to locate the second, O'shay Brown.
Police say Dimitri Washington voluntarily submitted to interviews with detectives this weekend and is no longer listed as a person of interest in either homicide.
Ardmore police believe the shooting of Volonte Anderson outside All Starz bar and the shooting of Ella Loftis in the 900 block of A street are both gang related.
They are urging the public to call them at 580-223-1212 if they have any information on the shootings or the location of O'Shay Brown.


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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
See how she runs
Amelie Mauresmo is going to run in the New York marathon. She has engaged her former fitness trainer to help her train. This is the woman, you'll recall, who trained during the off-season by climbing mountains.
Mauresmo says that, in the future, she would like to host a television interview show and be a tennis tournament director.
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I think she'll definately be in the top 5, maybe runner up or even win the thing!
btw, did you see the pics/video from her farewell ceremony? The water works were flowing just like when she won it last year. So sad but lovely to see her at peace in her life though.
- February 11, 2010 at 6:07 AM
- Diane said...
I did see the photos. They were quite touching.
- February 11, 2010 at 8:14 AM
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Stand our ground affirmed by task force in Florida, the place Martin assaulted Zimmerman and ended up losing, because he only brought fists to a gun fight.
The 44-page report released by Republican Gov. Rick Scott's office said people have a right to feel safe and secure
Gun ban won't work.
The memo says the ban would have little impact – especially if the many people who already have assault weapons and high-capacity magazines are allowed to keep them – because assault weapons account for a small number of gun deaths. And it says the usefulness of background checks would depend in part on "requiring gun registration," something the president has shied away from in the face of bitter opposition from gun-rights advocates.
Second on my list of "What did you just say?" is this is advice the University of Colorado gives to women to repel attackers. Check it out:
1. Be realistic about your ability to protect yourself.
2. Your instinct may be to scream, go ahead! It may startle your attacker and give you an opportunity to run away.
3. Kick off your shoes if you have time and can't run in them.
4. Don't take time to look back; just get away.
5. If your life is in danger, passive resistance may be your best defense.
6. Tell your attacker that you have a disease or are menstruating.
7. Vomiting or urinating may also convince the attacker to leave you alone.
8. Yelling, hitting or biting may give you a chance to escape, do it!
9. Understand that some actions on your part might lead to more harm.
10. Remember, every emergency situation is different. Only you can decide which action is most appropriate.
Does This Broomstick Go With My Prison Stripes?
Really? Wiccans have Chaplains, let alone need one for those in prisons? Like that is a growing segment of Kalifornistan's prison population?
A 2007 Corrections survey found 183 Wiccan inmates — compared with 42,666 Protestant, 28,884 Muslim, 23,160 Catholic, 8,296 Native American and 2,678 Jewish inmates.
Okay then!!
Another hearing? Why?
Because you think another will change people's minds? Because you have kicked the bee hive(Freedom) and suddenly realize all those peaceful HoneyBbees making 'honey' for the Government(Taxes.) Have turned into 'African Bees' and they are pissed off?
You should have thought of that before your knee jerk reactions.
Dianne Feinstein Is Scheduling Another Senate Gun-Confiscation Hearing… And This Time Around, She's Not Going To Allow Pesky Pro-Second Amendment People, Like You, Spoil Her Party.
The Washington Times reported that Senator Feinstein was apparently "unhappy with the list of witnesses" who testified at the last hearing and "says she plans to hold a separate hearing with witnesses more inclined to back gun control."
Why hold another hearing…? The answer is simple. The American people are winning the battle to stop Feinstein and Barack Obama from eradicating the Second Amendment, but they believe that they can win if they simply change the national dialogue by stifling any and all voices of dissent.
Oh yes… she'll hold her new hearing… she'll stifle any voice of opposition… and she believes her lackeys in the media will give her the political cover she needs to trample on your God-given Constitutional rights.
But we're going to prove Feinstein and Obama wrong… right here and right now.


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Citing a similar announcement made yesterday in which Sony revealed that the PS3 editions of the upcoming rhythm titles would see instrument cross-compatibility, Microsoft representative Chris Paladino stated, "For the record, we also do that."
"Consider this an official announcement," Paladino added. "All the instruments from Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Rock Revolution will be cross-compatible. In other words, welcome to the party."
While neither Microsoft nor Sony specified whether the three titles' guitars, microphones and drums would also see cross-platform compatibility between the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, the announcements bring the long struggle between rhythm game developers over peripheral compatibility to an end.


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- England in India
Swann hails 'magician' Monty
Graeme Swann claims he is happy to play second fiddle to Monty Panesar, provided England keep on winning.
After a defeat in the first Test in Ahmedabad that had many criticising the team, England hit back to level the series with India in Mumbai.
Panesar sat out the first Test, but responded with 11 wickets in the match in Mumbai and Swann has described him as a magician.
"Monty bowled like a magician and I was more than happy to support him," Swann wrote in his column in the Sun. "I'm so happy that Monty took 11 wickets and performed so well. With ball in hand, he has a lovely, rhythmic, repeatable action.
"I've always been an advocate of playing two spinners in sub-continental conditions. I think myself and Monty complement each other well.
"It is harder for batsmen when the ball is spinning away. So Monty is a huge threat against the right-handers and he almost leaves the left-handers to me. It works really well.
"I don't mind one bit that Monty took more wickets than me. All that matters is that the team won. Mind you, I'd always be happy to pay second fiddle if I took eight wickets - including my 200th in Test cricket - every time!
"Our 10-wicket win in Mumbai must rank as one of the finest of my England career. I'm not going to say it was better than our victories by an innings in Melbourne and Sydney a couple of winters ago, but it was a real cracker bearing in mind the circumstances. Few people gave us a chance following our defeat in the first Test."


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Councilman charges into smoke-filled apartment complex with firefighters
:"Mayday, mayday," crackled the words over the radio.
To fellow firefighters, the distress call evokes images of being trapped in a burning building. It is also a plea to save one of their own, which sets hearts pounding and the adrenaline flowing.
But how can firefighters find a downed comrade in a building filled with smoke?
Warwick firefighters have been practicing how to do just that for the past month, and thanks to the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), they've been able to experience doing it in a three-story apartment building. It's all part of Rapid Intervention Training, or RIT.
On Saturday, Fire Chief Edmund Armstrong took the training a step further. He invited Mayor Scott Avedisian and the City Council to step into the shoes – well, boots – of firefighters and see for themselves what it was like.
Actually, there wasn't much seeing as the smoke machines were working overtime at one of the back units of the Four Seasons Apartments off Warwick Avenue. The two, 12-unit buildings are within the airport's high noise contour and have been acquired by RIAC. They are to be demolished next month. But meanwhile, under an arrangement with the city, they are being used for firefighter training.
"This is something that taxes our skills," said Lt. Jason Erban.
The apartment building offers a "unique opportunity," said Assistant Fire Chief James McLaughlin.
Single-family homes are more frequently used for training, but rarely do apartment buildings become available. And with a number of apartment complexes in Warwick, the experience gained at Four Seasons could be invaluable, a real lifesaver not only for tenants, but also firefighters trapped in a burning building.
But do elected officials also want the experience of being in a smoke-filled apartment complex?
It wasn't exactly what Ward 1 Councilman Steve Colantuono was planning on when he showed up holding 15-month-old Cody in his arms. Cody was intrigued by just about everything from the fire trucks to the helmets, hose and orange cones marking a hole in front of the complex. As soon as Colantuono put Cody down, he was off, weaving between firefighters loaded down by Scott Air Packs and heavy jackets.
"I'll watch him," volunteered Chief Armstrong.
Colantuono was game, although he protested that without his prescription sunglasses he wouldn't see a thing. The glasses had to come off in order to fit on a facemask.
"The building is full of smoke. You're not going to see anything anyway," replied Lt. Marcel Fontenault.
Colantuono slipped on the mask and was shown how to use the air regulator. The rest of the crew assembled, ready to dash into the building in response to the mayday call.
Funding for the RIT training and equipment has come from a $730,000 assistance to firefighters grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Equipment purchased with grant funds includes five thermal imaging cameras that enable firefighters to find people in a burning building as well as Pak-Trackers. The trackers are designed to locate downed firefighters through a radio signal, which is activated by the firefighter. The hand-held device emits a beeping that gets more frequent the closer it is to the victim. It also has a series of flashing lights that change from red to yellow to green the closer it is to the subject.
Since the training started at Four Seasons, Erban said 200 firefighters have participated in sessions that are being run six days a week.
On Saturday, firefighters rapidly located a dummy dressed as a firefighter. They rigged the dummy, which weighed close to 250 pounds, with a harness. Then, using a rope system designed by Warwick Firefighter Scott Jensen, state coordinator for technical rescue, they lowered the dummy to the ground from a second-story window. The system is designed to avert having to drag the downed firefighter back through a burning building.
Colantuono and the crew chose to come out the way they went in.
It was a relief to Colantuono, who was dripping by the time he got off his helmet and mask.
Surprisingly, he was OK without his glasses, but he said he felt lost without knowing the codes firefighters used over their radios during the exercise.
There was no need to decipher Cody's reaction.
With arms outstretched he was ready for Colantuono to hold him, even if he was still clomping around in boots and a heavy jacket and looked like a firefighter.
Does anyone remember the picture of Mike Dukaksis in the tank ? That is how ridiculous Steve looks. Time for that empty suit to leave.....did he get the Mayor's permission to play fireman ?
Not the same thing at all. This wasn't a photo op of him driving a fire engine with lights and sirens blaring. This was about getting in there and seeing the work firefighters do and experiencing for himself how hard and technical the work is. The mayor and council make decisions that directly effect the fire dept in this city. They should seek as much understanding in regards to it as they can so as to make the most informed decisions possible. I wish every council member and the mayor did this and I commend the councilman for getting his hands dirty.


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Chesapeake Circuit Court
1st Judicial Circuit of Virginia
Circuit Courts Informational Pamphlet
Hon. Alan P. Krasnoff
Phone: (757) 382-3000
Fax: (757) 382-3034
Fax: Criminal & Civil: (757) 382-3035
Clerk's Office Hours
307 Albemarle Drive
Suite 300A
Chesapeake, VA 23322-5579
Judges: Suite 400A
Judges' Chambers: 757/382-3050
- Hon. Randall D. Smith, Presiding Judge, Chief Judge
- Hon. Marjorie T. Arrington, Presiding Judge
- Hon. John W. Brown, Presiding Judge
- Hon. Timothy S. Wright, Presiding Judge
Terms of Court and General Information
- Criminal Terms begin, 1st Tuesday of each month, 2:00 p.m. except when election date or a holiday is Term Day, then Term Day will be held on Wednesday after the 1st Tuesday.
- Civil Terms begin, 1st Tuesday of each month, 10:00 a.m., except when election date or a holiday is Term Day, then Term Day will be held on Wednesday after the 1st Tuesday.
- Civil motions are heard each Wednesday (Visit www.cityofchesapeake.net/civilmotions or call 757-382-3074 to schedule a hearing.)
- Grand Juries, 1st day of each term.
- Civil cases are set by praecipe submitted by Thursday preceding Term Day.
- Court convenes 10:00 a.m. for regular criminal & civil trial dockets; 8:30 a.m. for criminal sentencing and probation violation hearings; and 9:30 a.m. for arraignments.
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Palace slap £20m price on Zaha
Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha will cost at least £20 million should any potential suitors want to prise him away, according to club co-chairman Steve Parish.
Zaha, 19, is considered one of the hottest young talents outside of the Premier League and has been linked with moves to Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham.
Palace have always insisted they want to keep their star player and Parish has now revealed that they are not prepared to lose him on the cheap.
"He is an extraordinary talent," Parish said. "I said at the start of the season that keeping hold of Wilf would be like spending a lot of money on transfer.
"Other sides can fly their kites but it would take £20m before we even got interested.
"He has got the lot, provided he keeps his feet on the ground and continues working so hard on his game - then it will all come."
Zaha, who was named the Football League's Young Player of the Year in March, has hit four goals in 12 appearances for Palace this season.


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Telephone rings. I answer: "Hello?"Caller: Hi!!"Me: "Yes, hello?" Caller "Don't you know who this is?"I have one particular friend, "Jane", who always does this, and others do it as well. Jane doesn't have a terribly distinctive voice -- particularly not just with just the word "Hi". She's not a very close friend -- I see her maybe once a month, or someone who it would be a wonderful surprise to hear from, which might make it more justifiable to be asked to guess, perhaps.It may be that she telephones most friends on mobile phones, which would normally show her name if it was programmed in, but she calls me on my landline. Mostly I do know that it is Jane calling, although I refuse to play the game when she does this every time. This evening when she rang and tried to play the guessing-game I just said, "Someone who doesn't like to identify themselves when they ring?" I really don't know what a polite response would be if someone insists on doing this.
"Don't you know who this is?""No."
I don't play. It would go something like this:Telephone rings. I answer: "Hello?"Caller: Hi!!"Me: "Who is this?" Caller "Don't you know who this is?"Me: "Who is this?" If they don't identify themselves, I hang up. This game irritates me to no end and it's one of my pet peeves.
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It sounds like a bad script from a B movie. One hundred and thirty two prisoners escape from a dusty Mexican jail, through a 4 foot wide tunnel that starts at the prison's carpentry shop.
But that is exactly what happened on Monday in Mexico's Coahuila State, at a penitentiary that is just a few miles from the Texas border.
In a press conference on Monday evening, the state's chief prosecutor told journalists that prisoners at the El Cerezo jail in Piedras Negras walked to freedom through a tunnel that led to the prison's watchtower. Then, they cut the barbed wire that separated them from the outside world, as some prisoners restrained two guards and a prison manager.
Overcrowded jails and corruptable wardens make jailbreaks frequent in Mexico. And while it is rather scandalous, this latest incident in Piedras Negras fails to break the record for a Mexican jailbreak. That grizzly recognition goes to the border town of Nuevo Laredo, where 141 prisoners escaped from the local prison in broad daylight in December 2010.
Piedras Negras is located across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Texas. The Mexican military has set up several checkpoints in the area and is offering a $15,000 reward to anyone who provides information leading to the fugitive criminals. Mexican police suspect that some of the criminals could have crossed the border in their effort to flee Mexican authorities.
Here are the most outrageous jailbreaks in Mexico's recent history:
The largest mass escape occurred on December 17th 2010 in Nuevo Laredo when 141 prisoners managed to exit the local prison in broad daylight through the service door.
The bloodiest jailbreak toook place this February in Apodaca, Nuevo León, when members from the Zetas drug gang spurred a deadly brawl between rival prison groups as a diversion for their escape. Forty four prisoners were found dead.
Perhaps the most ridiculous escape took place on New Years Eve 2010 in Cancún, when 5 criminals accused of drug trafficking, kidnapping and robbery, simply go out of jail by presenting forged liberation papers.
In each and every case, prison authorities have been suspected of complicity. As a matter of fact, corruption is widespread at every level of the Mexican prison system. It is known that prisoners can easily sneak in liquor, prostitutes, phones and in some cases even guns and grenades. Some drug lords manage to live in luxury and direct their criminal operation from their jail cells. In 2011, a police raid in an Acapulco prison, two bags of marihuana, random electrical appliances, a collection of knives and weapons as well as 17 women, most of them prostitutes.


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A Rohnert Park man attempting to run across northbound Highway 101 near Todd Road in Santa Rosa on Wednesday fractured all four of his limbs when he was hit by a car.
The accident happened at 8:34 a.m., shortly after Jonathan White, 32, pumped $3.30 of gas into a gas can at the Rotten Robbie gas station on the east side of the freeway.
White was in critical condition Wednesday night at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
CHP officers said White had been a passenger in a van that had stalled near the southbound offramp on the west side of the freeway. Instead of using the nearby overpass, White crossed the freeway on foot to reach the gas station.
Cathy Decker, a Rotten Robbie employee, said White dumped a handful of "pennies, dimes, nickels and one quarter" on the counter. "He said his kids were late for school and he'd run out of gas," she said.
Another customer, a woman who had seen how frantic White was, offered to give him a ride to the other side of the freeway but he refused. Moments later, White was struck by a northbound vehicle in the carpool lane, Decker said.
CHP Sgt. Alan Capurro said White ran directly in front of a 2000 VW Jetta. "He struck the windshield with his head," Capurro said, adding that White was thrown up against the center median.
Capurro said all four of White's limbs were fractured from the impact; his legs received compound fractures. He was taken to Memorial Hospital and underwent surgery.
Decker said she didn't see or hear the impact, but saw traffic come to a stop.
"He got hit by the onramp area," she said. "His shoe was on the freeway and his pants were around his ankles . . . I wanted to cry. It was sad. Life changes so fast."
Traffic was brought to a standstill while emergency crews dealt with the collision. Traffic returned to normal after about an hour and a half.
CHP officials interviewed a woman in the van. The children were not related to White, Capurro said.
CHP officials are investigating whether White was impaired. There was no information available about the driver who hit White.
You can reach Staff Writer Martin Espinoza at 521-5213 or email@example.com.


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