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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
And I'm Audie Cornish. And we begin this hour with a few numbers and the story they tell about the troubled tech giant Hewlett-Packard. The company revealed yesterday that its profits dropped 31 percent from the same quarter a year ago. So now HP plans to cut a big number, some 27,000 jobs. How big is that? Roughly 8 percent of its global workforce. NPR's technology correspondent Steve Henn joins us now to talk about what this move means for the company that helped create Silicon Valley. Hey there, Steve.
STEVE HENN, BYLINE: Hi.
CORNISH: So you spend a lot of time reporting on companies that are doing well, that are growing and big profits. But this news from Hewlett-Packard, I mean, this is one of the biggest layoffs in corporate America, frankly, since the end of the financial crisis. So what is going on at HP?
HENN: Well, HP has sort of fallen out of step with where much of the industry is headed. You know, HP is still one of the largest computer companies on the planet in terms of revenue, and it's really enormous. It has 20 times the revenue of Facebook, close to 100 times the number of employees. But its future - at least according to Wall Street analysts and investors - doesn't look that bright. So right now, Wall Street values Hewlett-Packard at half of what it just sold Facebook for.
And the reason is that Hewlett-Packard makes a lot of its money from selling personal computers. And unless you're Apple, personal computers have very, very thin margins. You don't make a lot of money by selling each computer. So right now, HP is attempting to figure out what's next for the company, how it can move into the world of computing that seems like it's going to be dominated by mobile phones, tablets and, you know, what people call cloud computing systems.
CORNISH: But we're not talking about totally new technologies here. I mean, didn't HP try to make a tablet?
HENN: Yeah. They did - the TouchPad. And, you know, you may remember it didn't do very well. It was expensive, and until they cut the price dramatically, it really didn't sell. And actually, HP spent billions of dollars buying Palm. Do you remember the PalmPilot?
CORNISH: Yes, I do.
HENN: Yeah. So they bought Palm, and they created the - they tried to create at least this entire mobile phone ecosystem. And after the TouchPad flopped, the previous CEO, Leo Apotheker, abandoned that effort. So really, this restructuring isn't about moving into mobile. It's about moving into computing services really aimed at corporations and companies and startups, moving into the cloud.
CORNISH: You mentioned that term the cloud. I mean, some of us might be familiar with it as we're storing our data up on servers with various programs, whether they be Flickr or Facebook or all sorts of things where we're getting to store things off of our computer up in the mystery cloud. But what is HP going to do with this?
HENN: Well, HP wants to move into the business where they're actually renting businesses that server space and that computing capacity. So if I'm starting the next great app in Silicon Valley rather than having to buy my own stuff to power it, I can rent that from HP. Now, there are businesses out there that already do that. Amazon is the biggest one, but HP wants to compete in that space now.
CORNISH: HP also has a relatively, at least, new CEO in Meg Whitman, and it sounds like she's got a big challenge in front of her. If she's successful, what would an HP look like in five years if you were to forecast it?
HENN: Well, I think she clearly wants to make a company that's less consumer oriented, that's less dependent on really highly priced competitive consumer products, like PCs and printers, and more focused on delivering services and solutions to businesses where there are fewer competitors in the field and HP can really differentiate itself by offering things other people can't and therefore charge a premium for it.
CORNISH: All right, Steve. Well, thanks for getting us up to speed.
HENN: Sure thing.
CORNISH: That's NPR technology correspondent Steve Henn talking with us about Hewlett-Packard. The company plans to cut 27,000 jobs over the next two years. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.


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The family of a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed along the Mexico/Arizona border says the man was a devoted Mormon who developed a love for the Mexican people and culture while serving on a mission in Mexico City.
Agent Nicholas Ivie and two other agents were fired upon Tuesday about five miles north of the border as they responded to an alarm triggered by a border sensor. The wounded agent was released from the hospital after undergoing surgery. The third agent wasn't injured.
A Mexican law enforcement official says federal police have arrested two men who may be connected with the shooting but authorities aren't saying much else.
Ivie's family described the 30-year-old as a loving father and husband who loved his job as a Border Patrol agent.

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Satisfy big appetites for chewing fun with fruit-themed bird toys. Small Fruit Wooden Bird Toys by Caitec Corp offer Parakeet to Conure sized-birds an outlet for natural chewing behavior. Long-lasting wood pieces keep beaks busy while vibrant, fruity colors add welcomed cheer to bird cages. Keep birds happy with stimulating climbing and swinging activity that enriches any cage.
Small Fruit Wooden Bird Toys by Caitec Corp features an assortment of wood pieces and beads that dangle freely from plastic cords to entice play. Pineapple Wooden Bird Toy features chain links to hold up to heavy chewers. Colorful wooden beads with leather knots challenge clever birds. Includes hanging chain with quick link.
Small Fruit Wooden Bird Toys are recommended for Parakeet to Conure-sized birds.
In the wild, birds use all of nature's bounty for play, exercise, and to condition their beaks. These activities both physically and mentally stimulate each bird's inquisitive mind. Your bird also needs a variety of high-quality, safe toys to satisfy her natural instincts to play, chew, and preen. In addition, suitable toys also help prevent boredom and the destructive behavior it often encourages. The best toys mix a combination of components into one activity play center - catching both your bird's eye and intellect to entice her into healthy activities that exercise both her muscles and her mind.
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Baked Beefy Onion Soup Recipe
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This is the only onion soup recipe I know of that is baked in a casserole, making it easy to serve to a crowd as a fist course. I love this recipe for dinner parties because it can be made ahead. This rich soup can also be a meal in itself.
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- 1-1/2 pounds meaty beef soup bones
- 2 quarts water
- 1 medium carrot, quartered
- 4 black peppercorns
- 3 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
- 2 sprigs fresh parsley
- 2 large onions, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup butter
- 6 slices French bread (1/2 inch thick)
- 6 slices Swiss cheese
- In a soup kettle, combine the first six ingredients. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 3 hours. Strain the broth, discarding soup bones, carrot and seasoning; skim fat.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute the onions in butter over medium heat for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Divide the onions among six ovenproof bowls. Ladle about 1 cup broth onto each. Top each with a slice of bread and Swiss cheese. Bake at 350° for 50-55 minutes or until golden brown. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Baked Beefy Onion Soup in Reminisce January/February 2004, p48
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Abstract: Tell Raqa'i: Village Archaeology in Early Urban Mesopotamia
Excavations conducted at Tell Raqa'i in the Khabur valley of upper Mesopotamia (modern northeast Syria) have revealed a near-complete village dating to ca. 2900-2500 BC, the period when urban civilization began to emerge. While archaeologists tend to focus on the big cities and their wealthy inhabitants, work at Raqa'i allows us to see how "the other half" lived, which can be surprisingly sophisticated. This talk will discuss the evolution of the Raqa'i village through the centuries, the life its people led, and the role that this and other villages played in the development of Mesopotamian urban civilization.
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Tunnel Vision AWsecSeptember 30th, 2008 , by Andrea
While in High School I took physics. The professor was certainly what I would call a "Science Geek". Thick horn rimmed glasses with faded yellow lenses, a pocket protector, slicked back hair and an inability to communicate his passion for physics to a room full of pubescent students. In addition my teacher had tunnel vision, his visual field was limited, so he could only see what was directly in front of him. This made for interesting classroom dynamics because anyone outside of his field of vision had an advantage when it came to the passing of notes, cheating and talking in class. Needless to say this affliction was not an asset to his teaching.
The words "Tunnel Vision" came up in my home recently. My husband commented that I had "tunnel vision" in terms of all things blood type related. I was not particularly offended by what he said, but it did cause me to think about why he would say that.
Possibly it is because every one I meet I try and guess their blood type, from TV characters to my neighbors and coworkers. I will repeatedly say to my husband, "I think he is an O... or maybe a B". I know if he ate differently he would be able to run that marathon and actually build muscle tissue." (my husbands eyes roll lovingly and he smiles)
I recently saw some old friends that I hadn't seen for quite some time, I quickly rattled off all their blood types, they stood amazed that I remembered this detail about them. It is not that I want to remember, it seems I simply can't keep the information out of my head. If someone tells me a health complaint, in my mind I am trying to decide which GenoType they are, "must be a Gatherer if the thyroid is bothering him."
Or maybe he said I have tunnel vision because I study the lists of foods or maybe because I reread the books over and over, for tiny tidbits of information.
Or because I will wake him in the middle of the night with some dream that centered around the people I love having there lives changed by eating for their type.
I am not sure why he would accuse me of having tunnel vision but I don't mind at all.


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Every angler has his or her favorite fishing spot, I'm no different. Last weekend while fishing Lake Pardee, which is full by the way. My son and I were struggling to get any bites. We moved around from spot to spot until I decided that we try an old spot that I've been fishing since I was a kid. There was a time when that spot was the only place that I would fish on the lake, but as my boats have gotten bigger and more reliable, I've since ventured out. After fishing a while, my son ...
The Good Vibrations Motorsports 56th annual March Meet, at the famed AAA of Southern California/Famoso Raceway, represents the first seasonal event of the NHRA Heritage Series. The results in Funny Car also count toward the Bakersfield/Boise Blitz challenge. The weather was perfect and brought out near record crowds each of the three days.
Weather conditions for the 31st annual Carquest Auto Parts NHRA Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park near Phoenix, Arizona was comfortable and partly cloudy, producing some great on track performances. The conditions also brought out a near capacity crowd over the entire three days of racing.
Competing in the United States Polo Association (USPA) Interscholastic Girls (seventh grade – 12th grade) division, Oakdale took third place overall at the Western Regional Tournament at Central Coast Polo Club in Los Osos, California. The team was in action Feb. 13 through 15 and played against Maui Makaha, Maui, Hawaii and Horse Park, Menlo Park, California. They placed third overall.
The 31st annual Carquest NHRA Nationals at Wild Horse Motor Sports Park in Phoenix, Arizona, featured some strong performances throughout qualifying, thanks to some very good weather conditions. Just enough sun to put some heat in the track with some cloud cover to keep the temperatures in the optimal range for tuning performances in all the professional categories. The great weather also brought out huge crowds for the two qualifying days.
The sun spent most of the weekend shining down on the 55th annual Circle K Winternationals in Pomona as the NHRA Mello Yello kicked off the 2015 season with a near capacity crowd at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.
Life has not always been easy for Ryan "The Executioner" Tobar, but through the struggles, Tobar has become a star in both the octagon and in life.
The 2015 NHRA Season opened with the 55th annual Circle K/NHRA Winter Nationals in Pomona at the LA County Fairplex. Throughout qualifying, 70 degree plus temperatures and overcast skies prevailed, producing some of the best conditions seen in a while for some great on track performances. But, just as the final rounds of professional qualifying arrived, the overcast skies turned into rain, cancelling the fourth and final qualifying session. Thus, the final elimination fields would be set after just three highly competitive sessions of qualifying.
The 2015 motorsports racing season looks to be very exciting for race fans. There are new racers popping up in and around the Stanislaus and San Joaquin County areas all the time.
The first fishing advice I ever received was to be patient. I'm not sure if I even understood the word back then, I just knew that I was expected to wait for the fish to come to me. This time of year, I'm constantly reminded of that advice as the bites are usually harder to come by. There are a couple of things that I do to keep motivated when the fishing gets tough. I always bring a warm thermos of coffee. Just about the time frustration starts to set in, I pull out my thermos and warm ...
A lot of people that I've been talking to are concerned about the lack of rain we've had so far this season. Through writing this column, I've learned that there's a definite pattern in the weather from year to year. It seems like every fourth year we have a similar dry spell and then all of a sudden, we are hit by a series of big storms that just about make up for all the lack of rain. Seven years ago the Delta along with other surrounding waterways had to be shut down as they were ...
Wyatt Hansen is a sophomore at Oakdale Charter High School. He is a normal teenager who attends classes, has homework and daily chores. What separates Hansen from other high school kids his age is that he is already an established rodeo star. Hansen competes in calf roping and team roping.
Oakdale's Sports Year In Review Features Highlights Galore
2014 was a big year for the Oakdale Mixed Martial Arts Academy, and the man that runs it.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is offering pig hunting opportunities at Grizzly Island Wildlife Area in Solano County. CDFW will accept application cards through close of business Feb. 9, 2015 and the drawing will be held on Feb. 12, 2015.
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Reminiscing (undubbed – prev. unreleased, don't know if we have) (September 10, 1958)
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walter hale wrote:That date you mentioned (quite interesting BTW) would the source of it be George Klein?
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KiwiAlan wrote:walter hale wrote:oh of course. It would've had to have been reel to reel player/recorder.
Nope! Those didn't come on the market until about 1950!
The only practical way then was to make an acetate at a radio station or recording studio.
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drjohncarpenter wrote:JEFF d wrote:That picture is just incredible!!!!!!
Yes -- and there are apparently 5 or 6 more.
How weird would it be if you were one of the people who saw this show? It would haunt you forever.
Buddy Holly wasn't just good, he was GREAT. And very ambitious.
Only 22, he would have done so much. It's such a heartbreaker.
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CHAMPAIGN – The University of Illinois and a community college in Champaign are opening food pantries to meet what they believe is a need among college students.
The Newman Shares food pantry at the university's St. John's Catholic Newman Center isn't sure how many students need more food than they can buy, the center's Sister Maryann Schaefer said. But the school administration believes there is a need, particularly among graduate students and upperclassmen – students who have moved out of dorms and in many cases no longer have parental financial support.
"We're figuring somewhere around maybe 30 percent of your upperclassmen and graduate students," she said. "The trend is they stay in a dorm facility for two years and then they move out into an apartment, and that's where the difficulty begins."
Campus food pantries have opened in recent years around the country to help students who don't have enough money to cover their expenses and keep themselves well-fed. In many cases they have spouses and children, too.
The University of Missouri, University of Arkansas, University of Mississippi, Auburn University and other schools in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Oregon and West Virginia have opened or are considering opening their own food pantries.
Some schools pay to help keep the pantries supplied, while many rely on donations and volunteer hours. In Champaign, the Eastern Illinois Foodbank is helping provide food.
Parkland College, which is across Champaign from the University of Illinois, draws many poorer international students taking less-expensive classes they hope will help get them into the university, Schaefer said. Many lack the money to take care of all their expenses.
That food pantry is under construction and is expected to open by Thanksgiving, The (Champaign) News-Gazette reported. It's expected to be open one day a month.
The Newman food pantry will be open two nights a month.
On the opening night this week, Schaefer said, two families came by to get food.
"Both students were from Parkland," she said, adding that she anxious to see how widely the services will be used. "We have no idea, and we sit and wait."
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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Long before it was known for fine cheese or the Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin was famous for beer, especially the national brands brewed in Milwaukee.
The brewing tradition started by the city's German immigrants in the 1800s endured for more than a century, until industry consolidation began sending familiar beers to other companies and cities.
Now a small group of Milwaukee residents wants to revive that proud history by buying Pabst Brewing Co. from a California executive in hopes of returning the brand to its birthplace, possibly as a city-owned brewery.
The effort appears to be a long shot, requiring hundreds of millions of dollars. But city officials like the idea, and at least one industry analyst says the plan is not beyond the realm of possibility.


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I was thinking about sending out some wood to a stabilizer
any helpful hints a bout the process.
I was thinking about sending out some wood to a stabilizer
any helpful hints a bout the process.
I was thinking about that too, I ended up getting some Nelsonite and doing it myself with some maple burl. The project isn't finished yet butt is looking good so far!
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"The Buddha resides as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain."
WSSI is the industry leader. They do the best job out there. Some home meathods produce fair results, but seldom get the penetration. WSSI uses methylmethacrylate, essentially filling the wood down tothe cell level with lexan (plexiglass).
Feel free to visit my website, http://www.rodrigueknives.com
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
I have good experiences with the quality of the stabilization done by WSSI, but I found them to be very unresponsive and finally started using knifeandgun.com for my wood. I do not see a major difference in quality between the two, and K&G react to phone calls and emails plus they have a shorter turn-around time. I keep hearing that WSSI is good and reliable, so maybe that is an exception or I am not a big enough fish to pay more attention to. I agree with Pierre, most others I have tried are much less reliable and hit and miss - mostly miss...
If my KKF Inbox is full (or not), please contact me via Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
I have sent wood to wssi many times, sometimes in large batches sometimes small ones. Any time I have called I got Mike right away. I know they don't provide overnight service, so I am a patient customer. In fact, I can't tell you how long it has taken, because I didn't keep track. I am about to send out a batch, I have some wood coming in tomorrow.
Laminated metals specialist, Kitchen knife and gadget maker
"Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a day, set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life"
I have a feeling I had some stuff from the same place, real sticky inside. Never had a chance to try K&G, will give them a shot though...
Feel free to visit my website, http://www.rodrigueknives.com
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I just want to make sure: I am not trying to say anything bad about Mike or WSSI, it was just easier to communicate with K&G and - all other things being equal - I moved there. I'm a bit cranky today and may have come across more critical than I am, and I may just have had bad luck reaching Mike by phone a few times. And patience is helpful in any case, the process and the drying just takes some time.
I try to send my pieces in a little oversized, there is always a chance that they warp or bend a little bit and I need a bit of buffer. As for dryness, there is a limit of how dry it can get in Hawaii but so far I have not had any problems with that. I just try to make sure I let the pieces sit for a few months (actually years by now) before I send them in.


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The #NRL Ladder after Round 11. Souths and Cronulla march up the table while at the other end, the T...
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Match Summary The St George Illawarra Dragons have delivered a footballing lesson to the Canberra Raiders, thrashing the visitors by 58-16 at windy WIN Stadium this afternoon.
The Raiders opened the scoring after just four minutes when half back Todd Carney scored the first of his two tries.
The Dragons struck back four minutes later with the forward combination of Simon Woolford, Justin Poore and Dan Hunt making inroads up the middle of ruck to deliver Hunt his first try of 2007.
With a stiff breeze at their backs in the first half, the Dragons were able to run in three more tries. But the Raiders maintained their composure and collected a controvesial four-pointer when referee Sean Hampstead seemingly allowed play to continue after the half time siren had sounded.
Trailing by 22-10, the Raiders had the wind at their backs in the second half and the match was still up for grabs.
As expected, the Raiders had the momentum for the opening minutes of the second half. But the Dragons scored next when outside back Josh Morris ran 80 metres to score under the posts, thereby setting the theme for the remainder of the match.
Carney was able to keep the Raiders in the contest briefly with a try in the 55th minute. But the floodgates opened soon after with the Dragons carving up their opposites with five unanswered tries in the final quarter.
In all, St George Illawarra ran in 10 tries to three and ultimately dominated all aspects of the encounter.
Top scorer for the match was goal kicker and halfback Jamie Soward who posted a personal tally of 22 points.
Next week the Dragons take on the Warriors in Auckland while the Raiders will take on the Titans in Canberra.
Match Details Round 17 - Full Time :: July 8th, 2007 02:00 PM Venue: WIN Stadium Referee: Sean Hampstead
St George Illawarra Dragons 58 Tries: Dan Hunt, Jamie Soward, Chase Stanley, Ben Ellis, Josh Morris, Justin Poore, Beau Scott, Rangi Chase (2), Matt Cooper Goals: Jamie Soward (9/10) Canberra Raiders 16 Tries: Todd Carney (2), Ryan Hinchcliffe Goals: Todd Carney (2/3)
LeagueUnlimited.com Player of the Match 3 Points: Justin Poore (Dragons) 2 Points: Jamie Soward (Dragons) 1 Point: Rangi Chase (Dragons)
LeagueUnlimited.com Live Commentary Welcome to a very cold WIN Stadium at Wollongong, where the Dragons host the Raiders.
Changes -
Dragons as per the program.
Raiders: Withers into five-eighth, with Campese being sent back to Premier League. Weyman onto the bench. Hinchcliffe goes to hooker.
1 min: The Raiders kick of giving the Dragons first use of the football.
4 min: TRY Canberra Raiders After a few mistakes by both sides, the Dragons open up close to the line and Carney strolls through to scure under the posts. He converts his own line. Conversion attempt by Todd Carney successful. Canberra Raiders 6-0
8 min: TRY St George Illawarra Dragons The Dragons respond here with Woolford getting out of dummy half and giving the ball to Poore who finds some space and Hunt backing up to score under the sticks. Soward converts and we're locked up here. Conversion attempt by Jamie Soward successful. 6 all
12 min: The Dragons squander good field position with a dropped-ball. Miller looks hurt for the Raiders with some sort of leg injury.
13 min: Carney kicks out on the full, Dragons back in good field position.
18 min: The Raiders starting to apply some pressure now.
19 min: Now Logan is looking a little bit ginger for the Raiders.
20 min: TRY St George Illawarra Dragons The Dragons work a nice set play from a scrum with Hornby and Soward performing a run-around with a decoy and Soward breaks the line to score. He converts his own try as Scott Logan comes from the field for the Raiders. Conversion attempt by Jamie Soward successful. St George Illawarra Dragons 12-6
23 min: Soward giving Milne a hard time with the ball in the air today. Stiff breeze down here at the 'Gong.
26 min: A few handling errors creeping into the game with players struggling with the wind.
28 min: Checking a try to the Dragons...
28 min: NO TRY - but the Dragons get the scrum feed.
30 min: TRY St George Illawarra Dragons The Dragons are in this time through youngster Chase Stanley. Hornby puts in a kick and Goodwin can't handle it. Stanley swoops and the Dragons got a bit lucky there. They've had plenty of possession too. Soward can't convert but the Dragons now have a 10-point lead. Conversion attempt by Jamie Soward unsuccessful. St George Illawarra Dragons 16-6
33 min: TRY St George Illawarra Dragons The Dragons are in again, with the ball going through several hands and the entire width of the field to score under the posts. Ellis grabs the try after particularly good work by Cooper to keep the ball alive. Soward converts and the Dragons are building a solid lead. Conversion attempt by Jamie Soward successful. St George Illawarra Dragons 22-6
36 min: The Dragons bomb a try here as Soward keeps bombing Zillman who spills the ball. Scott recovers it but the support drops the ball.
37 min: Good recovery by the Raiders as they go 100m to force a scrum in Dragons territory.
40 min: TRY Canberra Raiders A bit of controversy here as the Raiders go in after the buzzer sounds. Hinchcliffe scores from dummy half as the Dragons forget to play the whislte. Carney can't convert and they go to the sheds trailing by 12 points. Conversion attempt by Todd Carney unsuccessful. St George Illawarra Dragons 22-10
Half time Dragons 22-10
40 min: A big let off right on the bell for the Raiders and they're now right back in this game with the winds at their backs in the second half. They're missing Scott Logan in the second spell and he's been their best forward this season.
As for the Dragons, they can probably expect getting bombed a lot in the second half with this breeze really quite difficult to handle.
Still anyone's game and we've seen the Raiders come back in situations like these.
Second half underway...
48 min: TRY St George Illawarra Dragons Josh Morris runs 80m to score under the posts. Follows a fumble from Raiders forward Nigel Plum, picked up by Soward who quickly offloaded to a flying Morris who out-ran everyone to the line. Conversion attempt by Jamie Soward successful. St George Illawarra Dragons 28-10
51 min: NO TRY Dragons denied after Corey Payne picks up a loose ball and places it down under the posts. Video ref rules that the ball was stripped in the previous tackle.
53 min: TRY Canberra Raiders Todd Carney backs up to score after Marshall Chalk hits a hole from 25m out. Conversion attempt by Todd Carney from in front is successful. St George Illawarra Dragons 28-16
55 min: ON REPORT Raiders winger David Milne has been placed on report for allegedly tripping.
56 min: TRY St George Illawarra Dragons Prop forward Justin Poore crashes over as the Raiders appear to be running out of troops. Conversion attempt by Jamie Soward from right in front is successful. St George Illawarra Dragons 34-16
58 min: TRY St George Illawarra Dragons Beau Scott's turn now as the back rower backs up Ben Hornby and then runs 50m to score under the posts. Conversion attempt by Jamie Soward successful and the Dragons hit 40. St George Illawarra Dragons 40-16
66 min: TRY St George Illawarra Dragons Rangi Chase dummies, once, twice, then thrice.. cracking open a tired defence and score under the posts Conversion attempt by Jamie Soward successful. St George Illawarra Dragons 46-16
66 min: Raiders lose another forward with Ryan Hinchcliffe being forced off with broken nose. Raiders bench is diminishing while Saints appear to have no major injury concerns yet with only Corey Payne having to come off for 10-15 min after copping a knock.
67 min: From the restart, Raiders kick out on the full!
69 min: NO TRY Dragons denied. referee rules forward pass as Lagi Setu dives over out wide.
73 min: BIFF Saints get a penalty.
75 min: TRY St George Illawarra Dragons Rangi Chase gets a double. The Dragons backline now carving the Raiders up with ease. Soward from right in front as the Dragons crack the half-ton. Conversion attempt by Jamie Soward successful. St George Illawarra Dragons 52-16
77 min: TRY St George Illawarra Dragons Matt Cooper gets a well deserved try against a well beaten Raiders outfit. Follows a magical offload from halfback Jamie Soward. Conversion attempt by Jamie Soward from right in front is successful. St George Illawarra Dragons 58-16
Full time Big win for Saints, smashing a woeful Raiders side by 58-16. The victory breaks a six match losing streak for the Dragons against the Raiders. Plus it is the first time this year that the injury troubled Dragons have won two in a row. For the Raiders it is their fourth successive loss. A disappointing effort from the Raiders who defended terribly and were beaten across the park. For Saints, Jamie Soward scored one try and kicked 9 goals for a personal tally of 22 points. But it was the forwards, led by Justin Poore, who paved the way to win the match, and the backs decided by how much.


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4 sale, Hennessy hyperlite, new with new tarp, never slept in, never outdoors, I removed tthe bug net (I have a bad habit of always tearing up gear to see how it is made!) $35.00 incl. shippoing US
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GLEN ELLYN – A downtown streetscape and parking study several months in the making was presented to the Glen Ellyn Village Board at a workshop meeting Monday.
As dictated by the grant received to fund it, the study provides a conceptual plan for downtown, rather than specific steps that need to be followed by the village.
Some aspects of the plan include installing consistent streetscape elements and adjusting their intensity to match each area of downtown and improving key intersections through curb extensions, additional landscaping or paver art.
Residents at the workshop meeting voiced concerns about moving the iconic horse trough from Main Street and Crescent Boulevard, which is included as an option in the plan.
"People love it, they appreciate it, they recognize it, they look for it, so I think whatever we do at that intersection, I think we should retain the horse trough in its current position," said Leland Marks, chair of the village's Historic Preservation Commission.
Dan Gardner, principal associate of consulting firm Houseal Lavigne Associates, said moving the horse trough is just one of a few possible options, not an official recommendation.
The study includes other options for the downtown area, such as mid-block crossings, portable outdoor dining, alleyscape and Prairie Path improvements, sustainable landscaping, site furnishings and streetlight standards.
Estimated costs of recommended streetscape improvements to both sides of a typical 400-foot block are $483,180 in the heart of downtown, $318,300 in the transitional area between the urban and residential areas and $151,500 in the downtown residential area.
The study was conducted by consultants Houseal Lavigne Associates, Gary R. Weber Associates, Inc., Engineering Resource Associates, Inc., and Walker Parking Consultants in conjunction with village staff and a steering committee formed to oversee the project.
The village of Glen Ellyn was awarded a $50,000 Community Planning Grant from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning to fund the study, which is meant to advance the streetscape and parking recommendations of the village's downtown strategic plan.
Overall, the study found the current parking supply is meeting existing demand and does not warrant the building of standalone parking structures, although a structure that could be used for residential or retail purposes, as well as public parking, may be something the village will want to explore.
The study also recommends improving the visibility and accessibility of available parking.
However, some board members expressed concerns about the perception of parking in downtown.
"For us to keep saying perpetually that there's plenty of parking downtown goes right up against what our business owners and what our residents tell us," Trustee Robert Friedberg said.
Glen Ellyn residents had the opportunity to share their views of downtown through a visual preference survey, two online questionnaires and a public open house March 20.
Following the open house, the study's steering committee met April 10 to discuss the public feedback and voted to recommend that the village board approve the study.
Next steps include finalizing a plan by June 1, Village Manager Mark Franz said. Village staff will present varying recommendations to the board regarding implementation of options presented in the study.
Recommendations could include using the study to set standards for future developments that come to the village, piloting certain options, adding elements of the study to the village's 10-year street program or implementing options as part of regular maintenance, Franz said.


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From the title of the summary:
Hardware Hackers May the Next Frontier
May what....MAY WHAT?!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!?! Seriously...what's with the editors around here?
Give Taco a break. After all he's been sitting at his computer since you went home from work last, night sifting through terribly written articles. He took a micro nap around 2 last night. He also sent Cowboy Neal on a Coffee run, but... well... I'm sure we all know how that story goes.
that's when the psycho killer attacked and accidentally the whole thing?
No verb, abuse of the term "hacker", marketroid terminology ("frontier"), and generally fails at providing any insight at all as to the article's contents.
This is one serious entry into the "worst Slashdot headline ever" competition.
Taco, I am disappoint.
Taco, I am disappoint.
I think we can cut Taco a break. If it was a kdawson article it would be titled
Malisheus Hardwear Hacking May be teh Next Fronteer
I think somebody accidentally the headline.
I think somebody accidentally the headline.
Damnit, I already posted so I can't mod you up!
In Soviet Russia, you!
Clearly due to a hardware malfunction.
'Hacker' carries a very negative connotation and it seems like, from this article, that some people are trying to perpetuate it.
"Some people?" More all, "almost everyone except hackers themselves." In a way, you can divide the population in four groups: hackers, non-hackers who respect hackers (a tiny minority), people who are annoyed by hackers and want to discredit them, and people who never knew what hacking was about and believed the mainstream media's attacks and propaganda about hackers. Even movies that have hackers as the protagonists seem to portray hackers as people who do nothing but break through security systems.
> the people who insist on calling themselves "hardware hackers" who are
> really "hardware tinkers" are causing a lot of confusion here
Words can have more than one meaning, different meanings in different contexts, and language constantly evolves. Live with it. It's stupid for old-timers to gripe that "hacker" has taken on a new negative meaning, but it is equally stupid to complain that the old meaning is confusing.
BTW, words also have connotations, and the connotation of "tinkerer" is very different
Don't forget.... CARS are made out of parts too!
Someone could manufacture nuts or bolts that melt in the rain!
OHMYGOD! Cars are as dangerous as electronics!
TFA isn't really about hacking at least in the sense of it being remotely done or altering the device to do something different. All it is about is the danger of outsourcing to companies far and wide and the potential of not truly knowing is received and sold to the public at large (which means it was designed exactly for what it does which may or may not be in the interests of the future owner).
May. The Next Frontier. These are the failures of the Slashdot Editors. Their ongoing mission: To explore strange new URLs, to seek out new memes and new trending topics. To boldly fail where no man has failed before!
Back when I was a kid, Kirk was dating green women and Goatse was the frontier of strange URLs.
No, they're referring to Brian May [wikipedia.org], one of the best guitar hackers of all time.
Most of the defenses involve adding a kind of "policing" function to the chip's architecture. For example, one could design a block that would monitor the behavior of other blocks and make sure they fit certain patterns. If another block misbehaves, it would be "quarantined" and the monitoring hardware would take over the now-missing functions.
Yeah, THAT sounds practical. The article author watches/reads too much science fiction.
Or more importantly, whoever is adding the exploit to begin with obviously knows about the redundancy in hardware, which would be bypassed, in the same hardware if you are exploiting. It would add a false sense of security. This is like having TWO latches on your screen door.
I like open source software just fine, but not preachy about it. However, when we are talking about critical infrastructure, this is a good argument for having the systems much, much more open and in plain view of many, many more eye
It is not just about outsourcing; a chip fab in this country might have a worker who is on the payroll of the Chinese government, and who tampers with a chip layout just prior to manufacturing. It is pretty expensive to run a secure chip fab, and even if all chip fabs were domestic, you would still have a number of important computers (think of utilities, critical services, etc.) being manufactured at facilities where the employees might be engaging in sabotage of this sort.
The problem with subverting a sin
Although it's not the solution mentioned in the article, one possibility is to have two competing outsourcers produce the same block, then add comparison logic that verifies that each block is doing the same thing.
Of course, this more than doubles the chip area. Also, the checking logic could be very difficult or practically impossible depending on the complexity of the block.
The whole "quis custodiet ipsos custodes" [wikipedia.org] thing applies to that solution big time.
in the latest Scientific American, by the same guy.
I wouldn't be too surprised if various intelligence services already did this. A service that puts moles in deep cover for decades would certainly be patient enough to put code in silicon and wait years for the right moment to execute it.
I really wish Slashdot headlines would stop using "Hacker" in the sense of "computer-oriented criminal." I clicked on this thinking it would be an interesting story about new hardware developments. It's just another boring story about what might be a problem for law enforcement. Who cares?
I really wish Slashdot headlines would stop using "Hacker" in the sense of "computer-oriented criminal."
You know, I'm pretty sure we've lost that battle -- both within and outside of the geek community.
In my 25+ years of computers, it has primarily referred to people who muck about with systems, with a strong connotation of people who are getting into things they shouldn't just because they can (but not always).
It's only a specific generation who tried to get everybody else to use a different word after we
I just expect more from Slashdot; I expect Slashdot editors not to give in to "the public" you speak of. I'm getting pretty tired of Slashdot, so I'll just take my reading elsewhere.
Isn't it possible to be both a hacker and a "computer oriented criminal" at the same time? I know it's distasteful, but the traditional definition of "hacker" doesn't make any reference to moral values. It's about having an affinity for the technology, an inquisitive nature, a willingness to press the edges of, or even break through, perceived boundaries of what is possible. I'd posit that anybody who is capable of altering the behavior of hardware through physical means is probably a hacker, regardless of
... and so can you !
(Stephen Colbert's next book ?)
All it takes is the ability to do a flash of a motherboard with a ROM that does everything, except adds a keylogger, and a driver that checks for Windows, and reinstalls the botnet client.
Exact same mechanism that LoJack for Laptops uses to reinstall itself. Except done by the blackhats instead of the whitehats. With more and more machines having motherboards with independent network stacks, it would be trivial to enable two-way NAT and have botnet clients that are easily communicated with this way.
Only r
Maybe this is a job for NIST, where they either make a chip fab, or have a contractor under strict guidelines do this exact type of thing.
What I'd like to see is a chip with TPM-like functionality on it, but on a SIM card. This way, people concerned about DRM stacks don't have to worry because there is just a tray for the chip, while people who want additional assurance of their data can just buy a card, slide the card in and go from there. Perhaps stick a little bit of flash on it for encrypted storage s
The problem with DRM/TPM/... today is that the 'vendors' like Apple and Microsoft are taking
the control of the machine away from the owner. This means that a lot of advanced users will be on the 'must break DRM' side of the debate instead of 'DRM increases security'.
Actually, the big problem is that people confuse TPM with DPM. TPM lets someone control the hardware. If you have the keys, that someone is you, no hacking necessary. If you don't have the keys, then presumably you bought a console or a toaster or an iSomething, where you knew what the deal was. Vendors can only take control to the extent you buy their crap.
The big problem with TPM is that it's not an oen standard. Something very TPM-like (but an ISO standard) would allow some simple open source anti-m
Most of the defenses involve adding a kind of "policing" function to the chip's architecture. For example, one could design a block that would monitor the behavior of other blocks and make sure they fit certain patterns. If another block misbehaves, it would be "quarantined" and the monitoring hardware would take over the now-missing functions.
it's about time this kind of thing makes it to peecees. mainframes have this buit-in for eons now. of course, they use this for realiability, but having mainframe class reliability on desktop machines would't be bad, for a few extra bucks
/. editors can't tell the difference between Hardware and Firmware??
Can you??
TFA is talking about someone embedding extra functionality at the chip-level which can later be accessed to achieve some desired result. It is not talking about injecting an update into the firmware of a running system. He's literally talking about hiding something at the circuit board level so by the time the chips are manufactured, they already have the embedded functionality.
So, before you start complaining about th
TFS literally refers to "hiding malicious code in the hardware", and it was the summary I referred to.
I see what you're saying, but my understanding of something at the chip-level is that while it still may be 'code', it's immutable because it's printed on/embedded in the chip (whatever the correct term is) and implements the logic, but it can't be changed.
Firmware is static, but can be modified. It's not clear to me that what is being described is firmware, but true, fixed, unchanging hardware. It just h
Disclaimer: I've been involved in some research in verification of ASICs to uncover trojan hardware. Frankly, I think the threat of hardware hacks tends to be overblown.
The problem with planting Trojan circuits in hardware is that they're traceable. Given a compromised chip, you can locate the manufacturer and the fab it came from, and work backwards to the people who had access to the layout. It would be a financial and P.R. disaster for any third party vendor that allowed such a thing to happen. Who would ever trust them again with a design? These companies want to make money, and allowing government or criminal organizations to compromise the manufacturing process is too big a risk.
On top of that, using a hardware hack is equivalent to firing a shotgun into a swarm of gnats. How can you know that a hacked chip is going to make it into a box that just might happen to be used by a competitor you care about? It's an insane risk with a ridiculously small hope of payoff.
The way to compromise systems is the way that has worked extremely well so far - via software. You can target the attack, you can cover your tracks, and you have plausible deniability if you're caught. If you bribe someone inside the organization, you can place the software you want right on the machines you care about. And as long as organizations keep using Windows, you'll never run out of attack vectors.
A good point, except when small businesses try to extract the best value for money in an expensive IT purchase, counterfeit products can be very tempting - whether you know you're buying fake goods or not is irrelevent when the price is cheap. Cheap counterfeits are [arguabley] not traceable enough. Check out the Reg article on a recent Cisco raid [theregister.co.uk]
I remember reading another article on the Chinese fakes, where it was said that the only outward difference was the type of screw used. Scary to think that a spec
firing a shotgun into a swarm of gnats
Well ya gotta have something to do for entertainment after sex with the family gets boring and everyone runs out of "you might be a redneck" jokes.
OK, so how about the recent articles about Dell servers with infected hardware (I think it was in the monitoring firmware?). Is it Dell's fault, the company that did their refurbs/repairs, or what?
How about all the times when a device with USB-storage came preloaded with malware. Or how about the Intel CPU's that were actually big chunks of useless metal.
So a third-party steals a chip/board design, makes a clone, and then sneaks it in somewhere along the line. It doesn't have to be at the manufacturer, they
Villasenor says there are several types of attacks. Broadly they would fall into two categories: one is when a block stops a chip from functioning, while the other involves shipping data out.
There are lots of other possibilites. Some examples:
" * Enable unauthorized access"
And how exactly are you going to do that in microcode or even hardwired circuits? Its the same BS as when he talks about "shipping data out". Yeah , sure you could do it , if you took up half the chip die with "secret" ROM code that ran its own networking stack, hardware drivers etc etc. If you're thinking about modifying the BIOS thats not hardware hacking, thats software.
Maybe you lack imagination.
Let's suppose I'm Cisco making a new large enterprise switch. I outsource the design of, I don't know, let's say a large Content Addressable Memory used for IPv6 router tables, to Malco, a Chinese design firm that made a very low bid.
I plop the design in there and run the test suite -- all is perfect so I put the switch into production. Unfortunately, a Russian gang paid Malco to include a circuit that reroutes access to your IP address to their site so they can do MITM attacks
"Maybe you lack imagination."
I'm thinking you lack a clue.
"reroutes access to your IP address to their site so they can do MITM attacks and access all of your data"
And how does it decide when to re-route? Or does it for every single network connection you try to make? Yeah , that'll
go unnoticed for , oh , 30 seconds, when nothing works properly. And how do they decode encryption? Include another
100 gates for that? Please.
A hardware hack could be an annoyance, by stopping a mobile phone from functioning. Or it could be more dangerous, if it damages the way a critical system operates.
They wanted their BIOS-corrupting viruses back [wikipedia.org]
BTW, I remember an urban legend circulating that there was a virus that changed some low-level instructions in 3.5 floppy drives making them keep reading discs... which made the drives get on fire. Anyone has got more info on that?
Let's get this "Microsoft is the most used and therefore the most targeted" bit out of the way. Yes, being ubiquitous is a factor, but not in the internet server arena because Microsoft Windows is not the leader in that market -- Linux is. So at least two factors make a hacking target worthwhile on a large scale:
1. Ubiquity
2. Vulnerability (ease of hacking)
One of the reasons Linux isn't an internet target is that there are so many of them and they are nearly all different. There are many distributions, many versions of many distributions, many custom applications on many versions of many distributions... all with different components installed and configured in different ways. (With Windows, things are all pretty much done the same way.)
But why am I talking about this? Seems off-topic yes? Well I wanted to establish some background before going into the hardware situation.
With regards to hardware, we have little in the way of ubiquity. Yes, an increasing number of devices are actually running Linux in the firmware. That makes Linux increasingly ubiquitous in hardware. We have seen exploits associated with HP printers in the past where SNMP was exploited even when it is "disabled." This is an issue because HP printers in the office are quite ubiquitous. We have also seen the news story about certain Dell server system boards were compromised out of the box. Dell is quite common in the office and the data center as well.
But on the whole, the hardware market is still widely varied. We should all be concerned as additional commoditization of hardware components make hardware devices less differentiated. This makes predicting the hardware targets all the more possible. (Although "guessing" the hardware is less of a concern where external exploits will still largely be a software issue and once entry is gained, listing the hardware components would be trivial... processing that list to select from a list of exploit packages would then be trivial as well.)
All of this says "yes, hardware is vulnerable, but never as vulnerable as the software running on it." Keep the software doors tight and you have less to worry about with hardware.
Since nobody seems to have mentioned it yet: Reflections on trusting trust. [uwaterloo.ca]
Note that he already mentions planting exploits into microcode, which is already quite close to the hardware. Do you know for sure there's no exploit planted in the microcode of your CPU? Maybe someone manipulated the compiler for the microcode? The compiler on which the compiler for the microcode was compiled?
But even with the actual hardware, that's possible: Just as you can place an exploit in the C compiler, you can also place an
A couple of years ago there was a news story about how Chip and Pin devices had been hacked in the factory to send information overseas:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/3173346/Chip-and-pin-scam-has-netted-millions-from-British-shoppers.html [telegraph.co.uk]
This definitely falls into Villasenor's "shipping data out" category.
There was also a story recently of someone convicted of modifying these devices.
If it's built in at the hardware level by some jerk, isn't that more of a backdoor?
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Penn State experience is better together for two sisters
Penn State experience is better together for two sisters
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Five College of Education student-athletes were recently recognized with spring 2014 Academic All-Big Ten honors. Two of these honorees, Shannon and Kelly Lechner, are sisters whose Penn State experiences have been enhanced by being together, both in the College's rehabilitation and human services (RHS) program and as members of the women's lacrosse team.
"Kelly and I are super close," said Shannon. "She is my younger sister but also my best friend."
Shannon added that people ask her all the time if the sisters get tired of being together so much, but nothing could be further from the truth.
"Kelly and I have grown up being together in school and sports, so sharing the college experience was the most fun I've ever had," said Shannon.
The sisters do a lot together, everything from rooming with eight other teammates to going on morning runs.
"I love being at Penn State with my sister," said Kelly. "She is always there whenever I need her, and she gives me advice that no one else can. Being in the same major is awesome because we can help each other study."
In the classroom, Kelly, a junior, and Shannon, a senior who graduates in summer 2014, have seen a lot of success academically. This is Shannon's second time receiving the Big Ten honor. She also received the senior academic achievement award at the end of the 2014 season, and she made the dean's list in 2012. Kelly has earned the Big Ten honor three times since her freshman year.
"I always make earning this honor a goal of mine every year," said Kelly. "My grades are very important to me, and it is really exciting to be rewarded for my hard work at the end of the semester."
Shannon said that, considering how challenging Penn State is academically, earning Big Ten honors is an amazing accomplishment for her and her sister. For a student-athlete to receive this honor, they must be a letterwinner and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better.
The sisters both chose RHS as their major because they both have aspirations to work with children after they graduate.
Shannon, who intends to work with children before attending graduate school to get her master's degree and pursue counseling, said she appreciates the flexibility that the RHS program offers and the career options that are available to graduates.
Kelly said that it is her dream to work as a child life specialist to help kids conquer their fears of the hospital. She said she used to be afraid of the hospital until she had heart surgery in high school for a condition called supraventricular tachycardia.
"A child life specialist at Johns Hopkins Hospital helped me through my experience and inspired me to do the same," said Kelly.
As athletes, the Lechner sisters, who have played lacrosse since they were very young, work together on and off the field to improve their lacrosse skills.
"We love the sport and grew up around it," said Shannon, "but most importantly, we love playing together."
Missy Doherty, the head coach of the women's lacrosse team, said that Kelly, a midfielder and one of team's captains, and Shannon, an attacker, have a great relationship, which has made each one of them better.
"Shannon has always brought a sense of togetherness and love and is a teammate you always want to have. Kelly brings a sense of competitiveness and drive and has helped us out in critical game situations," said Doherty. "To see two sisters get along so well and support each other, I think that makes the people around them stronger and our team closer."
Kelly said she sees a connection between her major and her sport.
"For both, I have to do my homework," said Kelly. "For my classes I had to do my homework assignments and the readings in order to be successful. The same thing goes for lacrosse. We watch film, and I practice on my own in order to be the best I can be on the field."
Beyond the classroom and the lacrosse field, the Lechner sisters participate in many other Penn State activities. Shannon has danced in THON twice and was also her team's student athlete advisory board leader where she coordinated events for her team. Kelly is a member of the Athletic Directors Leadership Institute, which is a group of athletes who work on various aspects of leadership.
"I love being a member of this group because I get to meet athletes from every team, and they help me become a stronger leader," said Kelly.
Both sisters agree that what makes their team so special is the bonds the team has.
"My team is a group of hard working girls who love to play together and push each other to our limits," said Kelly.
"I know I will keep in touch with so many of these girls because they have become my best friends," said Shannon.


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STATELINE (WIFR) – You might have noticed a longer wait at your local restaurants this weekend. That's because 26,000 people are in town for this year's Puma Cup soccer tournament.
The tournament features soccer teams from throughout the country.
The Rockford Area Convention and Visitors Bureau thinks they'll spend about $1.5 million. That's on things like meals, entertainment, and of course lodging. Even teams from just a short drive away are spending money in the Stateline.
"Yesterday we had about five hours, so we stayed in the wonderful town of rockford and we did some lunch and bowling," said Cathy Grosam, who drove out from Bartlett, Illinois. "The kids had a great time, we had some fun. we're here next week for a tournament with my daughter, so we're excited to come out for that group."
Most area hotels were booked this weekend and expect to be booked next week as well.
The Puma Cup wraps up next Sunday.


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IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa has become the nation's first public university to include optional questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on its application, a move hailed Wednesday by advocates hoping to improve the college experience for gays and lesbians.
University officials say the move sends a strong signal that they value the diversity that gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students bring to campus. They say that knowing some students' sexual orientation will allow them to track their enrollment and graduation rates and promote housing, student groups, and programs that might improve their social and academic success.
''This is a question whose time had come,'' university admissions director Michael Barron said.
Iowa's decision was praised by Campus Pride, an advocacy group that has been lobbying colleges to ask the questions so schools can track the progress of LGBT students. Elmhurst College, a private liberal-arts school in suburban Chicago, became the first — and is still the only other — college to do so last year.
Iowa's new application went into use Dec. 1. The item is listed with other optional questions about topics such as applicants' interest in military programs and fraternities and sororities. A second change added ''transgender'' as an option for an applicant's gender.
The admissions office will immediately e-mail students who identify as LGBT with links to information on housing options and campus resources that may interest them, Barron said.
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I am dismayed that she is taking advantage of my generosity to make a few bucks. No, she is not desperate. And no, I don't feel comfortable saying something unless it's clever and I won't appear to be jealous or petty. — TRACI IN PENNSYLVANIA
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DEAR BEST MAN: That is certainly an appropriate solution to something that shouldn't be a problem in the first place. Women have also occasionally served in the capacity of "best man." I'm glad you mentioned it.
DEAR ABBY: I have seen letters in your column referring to not being invited to children's birthday parties and the hurt that follows. It's amazing to me that some adults have also never learned the importance of being sensitive to the feelings of others.
We recently moved into an established neighborhood where a group of adults go on trips, out to dinner, etc. I am old enough to realize that my husband and I will not be invited to everything. But I am not "old enough" not to feel a stab of pain and isolation when group plans are discussed in my presence and we are not invited.
Somewhere along the line, people need to learn not to discuss group activities in front of those who are not included. No one wants to feel left out. — NEWCOMER TO MINNESOTA
DEAR NEWCOMER: You've said it well. While I don't think the offenders are being deliberately cruel, if people would think before opening their mouths, a lot of hurt feelings could be avoided.
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I bet he out hits the old men that the Reds are going to run out there at 1st.
'I've had my whirlwinds before'; Young gets Nationals 1B job
By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Sports Writer
March 25, 2007
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) -- Two months ago, Dmitri Young was out of a job, pondering retirement.
A week ago, he was stuck in Washington's minor league camp, trying to prove his personal demons are in the past and that he can still swing a mean bat.
On Sunday, Young found out he'll be the Nationals' starting first baseman come opening day, because his chief remaining competition, Travis Lee, asked to be released.
So already, 2007 is looking much better than 2006 for Young, a former All-Star who was as low as low can be not all that long ago.
In the span of one calendar year, he faced an assault charge, treatment for alcoholism and depression, a divorce and hospitalization for diabetes. And then there was the matter of getting cut by the Detroit Tigers with less than a month left in the regular season.
"I was at the bottom of the mountain, the bottom of Mount Everest, and I climbed my way up, one day at a time, knowing that I had to work," Young said in the visitors' clubhouse before Washington's 6-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.
"It wasn't going to be given to me by any stretch and I had to work. I worked every day in the minor league side: do my cardio every day out there, take extra groundballs, take extra swings. I did everything it would take to earn it."
It helped that he knew Nationals general manager Jim Bowden from their days with the Cincinnati Reds. So Young signed a non-guaranteed, minor league deal in February -- and there truly were no guarantees as he began the process of trying to earn another shot at the majors at age 33.
He was, after all, no better than third in line to replace Nick Johnson, the incumbent first baseman who's expected to miss at least the first two months of the season while recovering from a broken leg.
And Young wasn't even in the Nationals' main camp. Instead, he was surrounded by kids a dozen or so years younger, kids who might never make the majors, much less produce the .289 career average with 154 homers and 599 RBIs that Young compiled with the Cardinals, Reds and Tigers.
The doubts did creep in.
"I was like, 'What am I doing out here?' I was like, 'I don't even know if I have it,"' Young said.
Over at the big league camp, Larry Broadway, a perennial prospect, and Lee, a veteran trying to re-establish himself, were given first crack at filling in for Johnson. But Broadway produced only one extra-base hit in 21 at-bats before being optioned to Triple-A on March 18 -- the day Young's exile with the minor leaguers ended.
And now, just like that, Young gets to take advantage of Lee's decision.
Does it all feel like a bit of a whirlwind?
"I've had my whirlwinds before," Young said with a hearty laugh. "This is not a whirlwind. This is just, take it one step at a time -- getting back to playing professional baseball at the big league level."
Bowden is hoping for big things. Asked if Young exceeded his expectations, Bowden said: "My expectations for Dmitri was that he would, No. 1, clean up his life, and No. 2, he would hit .300 with 20 homers, 80 RBIs, 40 doubles and win Comeback Player of the Year. As of now, he's not exceeded that, but I think he's on a path to possibly do that."
There will bumps along the way, to be sure, such as the error Young was charged with when he dropped a throw in the second inning Sunday, leading to an unearned run.
He also went 0-for-3, dropping his spring average to .286.
When he signed with Washington, Young was told that he'd be operating under a "zero tolerance" policy. And, even now, with a job that's his, it's clear that not all is forgotten when it comes to his troubles.
"We haven't had any significant baseball games played yet. This is still spring training. When the season starts, and guys get under contract, sometimes things might get out of whack a little bit," manager Manny Acta said.
"He knows he's made mistakes, and he's willing to move forward, and he's willing to put that behind him. He's not only representing himself. He's representing his family ... and the Nationals organization, including Jim, who was willing to give him a second chance."


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Idaho Prisons Seeing More Suicide Attempts
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Department of Correction officials say they're seeing an increase in attempted suicides and other mental health problems within the state's prisons and jails. Department Director Brent Reinke told Board of Correction members Thursday that in the last month guards found four inmates "hanging from sheets" at facilities around the state.
One of those inmates — a man housed at the Nez Perce County Jail who was about to return to prison — died before guards found him. The remaining three were found and rescued. Reinke says the number of inmates showing signs of suicidal behavior or other mental health problems has also risen. He says that in June, the department tallied 78 reports of inmate problems or unusual behavior, compared to 56 in June of 2012.


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Artwork supposedly created by accused murderer Jodi Arias is up for auction on eBay by her supporters in an effort to help raise money for her family's travel expenses and other fees, according to the auction listings.
Arias is on trial in Phoenix, accused of shooting her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in the face, stabbing him 27 times and slitting his throat. State prosecutors rested their case Thursday morning.
Seven of Arias' drawings have sold on the online auction website since Jan. 10.
Currently, there are two active listings for her artwork being sold by "0817soldierofchrist." One is a drawing of an unidentified model with a bid of $335 and the other is a drawing of Grace Kelly with a bid of $300. The auctions for those two drawings end Monday afternoon.
The seller said the drawing of Kelly is one of three 1950s collection drawings by Arias. The posting said two more pieces in the collection, a drawing of Frank Sinatra and another of Lucille Ball, will be listed in the future.
The artwork is drawn with colored pencils on cardboard.
The trial is scheduled to resume at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 29, according to a Maricopa County Superior Court representative.
Arias admitted to killing Alexander but claims it was in self-defense after he attacked her.
Prosecutors say she drove to Mesa in a jealous rage and murdered him.
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Saturday, March 31, 7-9pm
Share creations inspired by the "Moving Words: InterPlay Poetry Playshop" or just come to play, or witness! First, learn InterPlay forms that are fun to perform and artful to watch. Then, sit back and savor your experience as a Witness, supporting the performers with the spirit of Affirmation. Or, let your bodyspirit pull you up to tell, move, or sing a story, make something up on the spot, join in someone else's offering, or call for an InterPlay form for the joy of it! No experience needed; just a willingness to explore and have FUN!
Also this weekend: Moving Words: and InterPlay Poetry Playshop Saturday March 31, 11am - 3:30 pm. ...and a BodySpirit Celebration Sunday April 1, 3-5pm. All events at same location. See event page for details.


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West Virginia Code §27-6A-(1-11) provides specific guidelines for supervision and treatment of persons with mental disorders/defects involved in the criminal justice system. Forensic Services provide oversight of these processes and collaborates with court personnel, law enforcement, jails and prisons, inpatient staff, community providers, and family to provide management of said defendants in the least restrictive environment considering public safety. Forensic Services provides technical assistance, clarification of legislative regulations, and forensic polices and guidelines to regional psychiatric hospitals, the criminal justice system, community providers and others who interact with those offenders who have been adjudicated as incompetent to stand trial-in need of restoration (IST-R), incompetent to stand trial-unable to be restored (IST-NR), or not guilty by reason of mental illness (NGRMI).
Forensic Evaluation Services - Court ordered forensic evaluations are conducted for West Virginia defendants to provide judgment of competency and criminal responsibility. Additionally, pre-sentencing recommendations for adults found guilty of a sexual offense are provided if ordered by the Court. There is a list of approved forensic evaluators provided on this Website.
Inpatient and Transitional Services - An inpatient Forensic Coordinator works collaboratively with hospital staff to assure provision of quality services for the unique needs of the forensic patient. These services include competency restoration and treatment and preparation for transition to a group home, supported or independent living setting. Dangerousness (risk) assessment and comprehensive community treatment planning identifies community based interventions for successful forensic patient community integration while maintaining public safety.
Community Forensic Monitoring - Ensures that adjudicated defendants have a successful transition from inpatient to community placement including risk management procedures implemented by community providers with guidance and support of the Forensic Community Coordinator and that re-hospitalization occurs when public safety necessitates increased stabilization and/or security.
Research and Training- Forensic collaborates with West Virginia University Department of Forensic Psychiatry to research and promote evidence based practices. Currently, a pilot program is being conducted on the use of LS/CMI actuarial risk assessment instrument in preparing community based treatment plans for those forensic patients ready for conditional release to the community. Forensic Services offers orientation for all new inpatient staff, training, and educational programs upon request.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. November 18, 2009 -- When people have malaria, they are infected with Plasmodium parasites, which enter the body from the saliva of a mosquito, infect cells in the liver, and then spread to red blood cells. Inside the blood cells, the parasites replicate and also begin to expose adhesive proteins on the cell surface that change the physical nature of the cells in the bloodstream.
Experiments show that infected red blood cells are stiffer and stickier than normal ones -- in the later stages of the disease, up to 10 times stiffer. They also tend to adhere to the endothelial cells lining the vasculature, affecting the normal blood flow. This explains some of the common symptoms of malaria, such as anemia and joint pain.
Sticking to the walls of blood vessels is a survival mechanism for the parasite. In order to develop completely, it needs several days inside a red blood cell. Even though parasitized cells are nearly invisible for the immune system, they may be destroyed in the spleen while circulating freely in the bloodstream.
Doctoral student Dmitry Fedosov and Brown University professor George Karniadakis are studying how malaria infections affect the physical properties of red blood cells, and alter normal blood flow circulation. In particular, they examine an increase in blood flow resistance, and dynamics of infected cells in the bloodstream.
They also monitor the mechanical properties of infected red blood cells by measuring membrane temperature fluctuations, and through the response of a "microbead" that is attached to the cell and twisted. The measured properties are then used in modeling the flow of red blood cells in people infected with malaria. They also collaborate with the group of professor Subra Suresh at MIT, who obtain experimental measurements of the properties and the flow of healthy and infected cells.
"Our model predicts the dynamics of malaria-infected RBCs in the bloodstream, which anticipates the possible course of the disease," says Fedosov.
Recently they found that temperature fluctuations of infected red blood cell membranes measured in experiments are not directly correlated with the reported cell properties, hence suggesting significant influence of metabolic processes. They measured an increase in resistance to blood flow in the capillaries and small arterioles during the course of malaria and found that parasitized red blood cells have a "flipping" motion at the vessel wall that appears to be due to stiffness of the infected cells. The developed models will aid to make realistic predictions of the possible course of the disease, and enhance current malaria treatments.
The talk "Multiscale modeling of blood flow in cerebral malaria" by Dmitry Fedosov, Bruce Caswell, and George Karniadakis is at 6:12 p.m. on Sunday, November 22, 2009.
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Thread: questions before i buy a mac...
09-26-2005, 01:46 PM #1andygravityGuestquestions before i buy a mac...
i'm gonna post this thread in a few forums (here, anything goes, design, and video) so pls excuse if you've caught this one already..
i'm seriously considering getting a mac, and have a number of questions..
i plan to do a lot of photoshop and illustrator work, and would like to get into animation and video editing and production, as well as sound production and stuff. i have a project in my head that would involve taking video and enhancing it with animated elements, or "drawing" over the frames... (think DIY budget motion capture type stuff) i also want to do freelance design work on my free time, as well as spend next summer doing a bit of travelling and doing a documentary.
i'm certianly no pro in any of these departments, (aside from photoshop/illustrator) but im a whiz with software and i'm pretty confidant that w/ enough time i can get what i have in my head out on a disk... anyways i'll quit rambling an get to the point
portability would be a great asset, but i know for the $$ spent on a powerbook i can get a much more powerful powermac
my main question - can a powerbook handle video editing and animation type work (and possibly eventually 3d software - blender maybe?) well enough to learn and play on? i could spend ALOT more time working and learning if i could carry my projects around w/ me.. and love the idea of going to an event, filming it, and working on the final video on the trip back.. i know that for, say, after effects, the ati mobility radions DO support the open gl functions, but the system reqs suggest dual processors..
also - i have a sony handicam that records onto mini dvds - could a powerbook be used to capture video directly to the hard drive, bypassing the time restraints and cost of the disks?
lastly - any good tips on software (animation, video compositing, editing, etc - aside from the adobe family) i may want to look into, or any other good forums or sites for this kinda stuff, and any random thoughts, would be appreciated
i'm kinda leaning twords the 17" with a gig of ram vs... well whatever, any of the powermacs really. i know the $$ saved on the powerbook will afford a bigger monitor and more power @ home, and a longer lifespan in geneal as far as hardware becoming obsolete.... but will the PB be enough to do what i want, or would i be better off in the long run just going with a more powerful g5 and biting the bullet on the portability issue?
thanks alot
First off, I answered your post already. Second of all this is totally aganst forum rules. Don't ever post more than on espically in multiple forums. The Switchers Hangout was a perfect place to put it and you just ruined it. You're gonna get in trouble... Haha. Just don't do it again. And next time you join a forum or community, READ THE RULES. Thank you, I'll be here all night. Haha.
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Apple Reentering Bluetooth Arena [Update]
One of the main compliments typically paid to Apple is that the company does a great job of making sleek, attractive hardware that is generally easy to use. That's why it's such a surprise how badly the company has flubbed past attempts at creating first-party Bluetooth headsets for the iOS market. It seems that won't be an issue much longer though, as a
recent acquisition should allow Apple to grow much more competitive in the Bluetooth market.
Update: Upon further review, it seems that Apple hasn't acquired Wi-Gear after all. Despite earlier reports, company CEO Mark Pundsack stated, "The rumor is false. Wi-Gear and its IP are still available for sale." What actually transpired is that Wi-Gear co-founder Michael Kim accepted a new position at Apple, but the company he started wasn't part of the deal.
The company has
apparently bought Wi-Gear, a small, San Francisco based Bluetooth headset manufacturer which specialized in iOS devices. Wi-Gear created the iMuffs style of headsets as well as releasing a Bluetooth 2.0 adapter which allowed older model iPhones and iPods to play nice with newer gear. Now it seems that the company will begin creating Apple-branded headsets which will become the "official" Bluetooth devices for iOS machines (and possibly Mac as well). As of yet no firm timetable has been set for Wi-Gear's first official Apple product.
The company has
With an arrangement such as this the sky is the limit for iOS Bluetooth integration. With a new company brought in specifically to handle this aspect of the business, we may finally see Apple fully embrace the technology, which will be a huge boon to business consumers and those who prefer a hands-free setup. While the iPhone has always supported Bluetooth, making it a focus will likely be a net gain by improving functionality and building features with Bluetooth support in mind. Also, could this mean that future iPhones may even come with an official Apple Bluetooth headset? At this point it's just wishful thinking, but such a pack-in would definitely be welcomed by many consumers.
We'll keep an eye out for any official product announcements from Wi-Gear. We've got our iMuffs plugged into our ears and await their call with more official info.
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We need to put this situation with the NFL officials to bed quickly…period.
By saying that I'm not suggesting that the league needs to cave into the demands of the referees' union (although that's what I have been saying all along). What I am suggesting is that the players need to forget that the officials on the field are replacements and just play ball. Until further notice the replacement officials are the officials and no amount of whining, complaining or otherwise is going to change that. Funny that for all of the complaining that the players, players union etc have done regarding the replacement officials, the one thing we haven't heard from them is a willingness make up the difference and help bridge the gap that exists between what the refs want and what the league is offering.
Officiating is pretty easy to judge no matter who's doing it. When your team wins a close game the referees were great (or at least competent) and when your team loses a close game the refs were incompetent. Let's not start trying to paint some overly romantic, revisionist history portrait of the officials that aren't there as if we had any respect for them or their calls while they were.
Being new, it's a certainty that officials are going to have growing pains. Of course they'll be slower. And since everyone is aware that they're replacements everyone is on high alert for their mistakes and deficiencies. Game announcers are looking for mistakes to point out and players are constantly barking at our about the replacement officials any time the action in the game isn't going their way.
It's become the norm that after any NFL game decided by a small margin, the referees will be taken to task. We as fans have grown to expect it. We expect it on talk radio, on Twitter, on the message boards and on the highlight shows. We didn't however expect it from the players in the locker room before this season…not if they wanted to keep their full game checks that is.
I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I agreed with everything the officials did in the Ravens game against the Eagles on Sunday (far from it actually). But I never agree with everything the officials do when the Ravens lose a close one. Remember the Terrell Suggs "head slap" on Kerry Collins a few years ago? Remember the Torrey Smith holding call against the Steelers last year on a would-be Ray Rice TD?
That said, I'm also not going to sit here and pretend that I'm not more concerned (far more concerned in fact) with the players' insinuations during and after the game that the referees had somehow cost them the game or had it out for them. Remember Bart Scott's penalty flag toss into the stands against the Patriots in 2007? Bad call…perhaps. Indication that a team was set to melt down…absolutely.
Here are 5 non-officiating related reasons why the Ravens lost to the Eagles on Sunday:
1. The offensive line couldn't stop the pass rush
Joe Flacco was forced to throw under duress for the majority of the night. Maybe it was the Ravens abandonment of the hurry-up that has served them so well through the pre-season and in week one, or maybe the Eagles just have real talent at rushing the passer. Whatever the cause, the Ravens offensive line couldn't hold off the Philly rush and the result was a stagnant offense. The Eagles made the offensive line of the Ravens on Sunday look like what we feared they would be, makeshift and patchwork. Meanwhile Philly down to their only 5 healthy offensive linemen did a marvelous job of keeping the pass rush away from Michael Vick, particularly in the second half.


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First, BRZ vs FRS. I thought this one was really interesting. I really wish the Subaru dealership up here would get a BRZ test car so I could drive it!!
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Sunderland will aim to persuade Ki Sung-yueng to make his stay on Wearside permanent, according to boss Gus Poyet.
The Black Cats manager admitted he will try to tempt the South Korean into making a full-time move to the north east.
Ki scored one and set up another for hat-trick hero Adam Johnson in Sunderland's impressive 4-1 Barclays Premier League romp at Fulham on Saturday.
The victory lifted Poyet's men off the foot of the table, and the Uruguayan said the better Sunderland's form is the more chance he has of convincing Swansea loanee Ki to sign long-term.
"There is a chance (of a full transfer)," said Poyet.
"Swansea had an opportunity to call him back, and they didn't. That was a difficult day for me because I was waiting and waiting.
"I think there are a couple of things we need to make sure: where we are and where we want to go, and with the player as well.
"I can see that he's enjoying his football and making a difference."
Ki is on a season-long loan at the Stadium of Light, but Swansea boss Michael Laudrup seriously considered recalling the 24-year-old last week, to ease a midfield injury crisis.
But the Dane decided against it, leaving Poyet as relieved as he was delighted.
"At least we still have him, I was nervous in that time," said the former midfielder.
"He's very happy, it means so much for him to score that goal. He cares and he's enjoying his new position a bit further up the pitch and making a difference.
"I want players with that mentality, to make us play, and he's been excellent. He's been the most consistent player for me, in my way of playing.
"Then of course John O'Shea and Wes Brown at the back, we're more solid and pressing some of the space.
"The basics are there then hopefully, if we can keep them all fit."
While most managers embroiled in relegation skirmishes have bemoaned the Christmas fixture pile-up, Poyet has taken a novel approach.
Refusing to rotate his squad, the Sunderland boss has kept training as light as humanly possible.
The result is three straight victories, including a 2-1 home win over Manchester United in the Capital One Cup.
"You can play but you can't train," said Poyet.
"If you really want to coach you need to train. But when you play, play, play, recover, then play again, then everything you do in preparation is mental.
"So it's all mental, and information that you are giving the players, but you are not training things and improving things. So for the coach it's difficult.
"For the players it's spectacular, I loved it. When I was a player I just wanted to play, I didn't want to train.
"It's all about talking and talking, because you cannot really train them hard.
"That's the way it is for everyone though. It's working for us at the moment though, so I can't complain!"
He added: "I've never been a fan of the rotation system, I don't like it.
"I know sometimes you have to change because there are too many games, especially if there's one game two days after another.
"But if you look at the last four or five games, there are eight players that have been there most of the time.
"So there are only two or three places up for grabs.
"And that brings consistency, and a better quality of training too. I think we are in a better situation, more consistent."
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Later turnover of stilling basin temporarily impairs water quality
HAYS -- Poor water quality conditions at the Cedar Bluff Stilling Basin have prompted Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) officials to delay the start of the annual trout season at Cedar Bluff.
With the season opening Sunday, Oct. 15, at designated areas, the Webster Stilling Basin and Scott State Park will provide northwest Kansas anglers the best opportunities for success. Smoky Gardens Lake near Goodland and the Glen Elder State Park Pond will not be stocked due to low water.
Mortality of recently-stocked trout at the Cedar Bluff Stilling Basin from water quality problems will delay the trout season there until the week of October 23. Lethal hydrogen sulfide and low dissolved oxygen levels brought on by a later than normal fall turnover of the basin's water has created conditions unfit for trout at this time. Within 10 to 14 days, the effects of the fall turnover should disappear, and additional trout will be stocked then.
During the interim, the Cedar Bluff Stilling Basin and the access road to it will be closed until Monday Oct. 23. This will allow KDWP staff to upgrade the road and parking area, improving overall access.
Remember, everyone -- whether they need a fishing license or not -- must purchase a trout permit to fish for and possess trout. Permits can be obtained at KDWP offices and various license vendors.


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Chemical weapon known as Agent 15 was suspected to have been used in the attack on Homs
A secret State Department cable has concluded that the Syrian military likely used chemical weapons against its own people in a deadly attack last month, The Cable has learned.
United States diplomats in Turkey conducted a previously undisclosed, intensive investigation into claims that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, and made what an Obama administration official who reviewed the cable called a "compelling case" that Assad's military forces had used a deadly form of poison gas.
The cable, signed by the U.S. consul general in Istanbul, Scott Frederic Kilner, and sent to State Department headquarters in Washington last week, outlined the results of the consulate's investigation into reports from inside Syria that chemical weapons had been used in the city of Homs on Dec. 23.
The consul general's report followed a series of interviews with activists, doctors, and defectors, in what the administration official said was one of the most comprehensive efforts the U.S. government has made to investigate claims by internal Syrian sources. The investigation included a meeting between the consulate staff and Mustafa al-Sheikh, a high-level defector who once was a major general in Assad's army and key official in the Syrian military's WMD program.
An Obama administration official who reviewed the document, which was classified at the "secret" level, detailed its contents to The Cable. "We can't definitely say 100 percent, but Syrian contacts made a compelling case that Agent 15 was used in Homs on Dec. 23," the official said.
The use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime would cross the "red line" President Barack Obama first established in an Aug. 20 statement. "We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus. That would change my equation," Obama said.
To date, the administration has not initiated any major policy changes in response to the classified cable, but a Deputies Committee meeting of top administration officials is scheduled for this week.
The report confirms the worst fears of officials who are frustrated by the current policy, which is to avoid any direct military assistance to the Syrian rebels and limit U.S. aid to sporadic deliveries of humanitarian and communications equipment.
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